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 1052 sixrY.F1F*rH CONGRESS. sm. III. cus. 2-4. 1919. tian bridge district, are hereby extended to one year and three yeailrs, respectively, from July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eig teen. Am°°dm°°t° Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 1, 1919. i l*gh?j CHAP. 3.—J'oint Resolution Authorizing payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for December, nineteen hundred and eighteen. Resolved In; the Senate and House o Re esentatives 0 the United toCli?g;§*il°];dld§etiihc§c1'i• States of Amerika in Congress assemblid That the Secrdftary of the §ij,§§f'*“ D°°°mb°' 2% Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives are author- ' ized and instructed to pay the officers and emplo ees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, including the Cgpitol police, their respective salarilies for the 1fpont(}:; of Dfeclcgmberi) nineteen huncgeddang . eig teen, on the twenty- rst a o ecem er, nineteen un re be(igiiab1ir¤°a§)»iml1i°m` and eighteen; and the Clerk of the House is authorized to pay on hmm the_ same day to Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners ‘Appropi·lation rm- their allowance for clerk h1re for the said month of December: Pro- §f;,‘§’ u‘j§,F;§fYg§‘,§*j mded, That the session emploiyees of the Senate and House of vemw,191s. Representatives shall be paid or the entire month of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and a sufficient sum is appropriated, pflittof any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for a purpose. Approved, January 1, 1919. 19 . I?llI\laRr¥1l326llQl, CHAP. 4.-An Act Providing for the transportation from the District of Columbia of governmental employees whose services no longer are required. . . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives o the United Civilian cm lo ees cnwar wvrk, pic? States of America in Congress assembled, fl`hal:"the heads off the several ,,,,.l,`f,?§‘,?,°{f,?,§{;’§f,"f,‘}},? executive departments and other governmental establishments in segmm the District of Columbia are authorized to furnish to such civilian u,,,_{f‘ employees, 1'0celVII1g compensation, exclusive of the additional $120, at the rate of not more than $1,400 per annum or less than $100 per annum, under their respective jurisdiction as have come to the District of Columbia since Alpril sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, whose services are no onger required and whose em loyment has been or may be terminated by the Govemment wigiout de- D°’°°°PP“°°m°·°*¢· lmquency or misconduct on their part during the period from Novembeneleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, to February twentieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, inclusive, their actual railroad transportation, includin sleepin -car accommodations, from the District of Columbia to tie place From which they accepted employ- ment or to their legal residence, or to such other place not a greater _ _ distance as the employee may elect. T*m°‘°'°PP*Y“'€· Sec. 2. That such transportation must be a lied for within tell days after the termination of service and sh¤.l.l)}i>e used within live Promo. days after Issuance unless an extension of time on account of ill11BSS teguggzges armdy be granted by the proper authority: Rromded, That as to the om- · Pl0)'B9$ Whose services have been terminated dur-mg the period between November eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and the date of the passxe of this Act, inclusive, the time within which hmmm _ tiéagsportation sh thbeipllpheg for shall be ltlwergayildayp frorz the date · o iepassageo is c. ny ersonwosa se exc ane or transfer such transportation for tile use of another shall be puriislied by a fine of not more than $100.