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 608 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 103. 1918. G‘“*’“°Y*· Pprchase __of additional gas buoys for the improvement of aids to Pot m Md navigation in the fifth lig thouse district, $125,000. and v”f,'?°° V"' 'P Improviing theifaidsa todnaviigpition and installing new aids in the otomac iver, ary an an irginia, $95,000. Eighth djsmm _ mourn Lrenrnonsn DISTRICT. im ko'? Aj Improving sand aime Light station, Aiatama, $45,000. ,;,,,,33 °°”S' °" _ Constructing and egyipping a lighthouse depot for the eighth lighthouse district at ew Or eans, ouisiana, or vicinity, $88,500. N“‘°‘°"""°°‘ Nnvrn Lreirrnousn nrsrmcr. vu·g¤na¤ae,w.1. . . . . . . . . . . Estabhshing and unprovmv aids to navigation in the Virgin · Islands of the United Statesb and adjacent waters, West Indies, $50,000. _ m°'°°°"H’“°""" m.nvr·:N·rn Licirrnonsn msrarcur. “°l"i  aIé’I.?§€"i‘2§’ 2°‘iz“”“g’i"ft“a“btghS g’3‘“‘l "°"2'i“gt%d30t° “““g“°i°“ _ ry 1ver an an v1c1n1 y. ofméumm _Sec. 2. That hereafter the sigpropriation, ,"Geheral expenses, Lighthouse Service/’ shall be ava able, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, for the payment of traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actuallly employed by tates mum md mmm or éarivate  to instruct the children of eepers of lighthouses. tamu ru keepers in- _ nc. 3. t hereafter GVGIHX lighthouse keeper and assistant "'v°”5_‘L sg p_ ,63, lighthouse lregger in the Ligh ouse Service of the United. States t e ommissioner o ouses commutation therefor at the rate S I { B bu of 45 cents Tper ration. ’ MQLSSY `mppp Sap. 4. at hereafter the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to provide->,_under retglulations to be rescribed by him, for the sale of gpblications of e Bureau of {Lighthouses and the Lighthouse mm Umm md rvice, including the allowance of a commission for such sales. wahmftm, wash, Sec. 5. That hereafter (post lantern lights and other aids to navi- ,h§,5!jf,dj*·<”*’· °‘°·· °“· gz;tion_m_ay be establishe and maintained, in the discretion of the ' 1OI1(g’8 of Lightholrix, org. of the atpnvxéal appropriations for the Ing t ouse rvice, on es nion an ashington, in the State of as ton.
 * ?°:°‘°l“ B°°Ii:i°h‘ Improving Spectacle Reef  Station, Michigan, $28,000.
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- e service or on vesse s o the t ouse rvice, except ersons continuously employed in district offices or sho s, who shall have reached the age of sixty-five years, after havingllgeen thirty years in the active service of the Government, may at their option be retired from further performance of duty; and all such officers and employees P,,,,,,m_ who shall have reached the age of seventy years shall be compulsorily Hm er cemputing retired from further performance of duty: Prmnkied, That the annual °°y` compensation of persons so .retired shall be a sum equal to_ onefortieth of the average annual pay received for the last Eve years of SGTVICB for each year of active service in the Lighthouse Service or in a department or branch of the Government havin a retirement Au t _ system, not to exceed in any case thirty-fortieths cig such average c1,;d,.§°Y“°°S “° “" gzlpanlpallopay fepleived: Profvideél further, Tiiatf sucthngetirement play mcu e any amoun on accoun 0 su sis ence or other all . ,,g§,‘{g°m',;P;§¤d°¤” °‘ That hereafter a superintendent of lighthouses shall be mggiice and payestab- assigned in charge of each lig thouse district at an annual salary ' of not exceeding $3,000 each, except that the salary of the third lighthouse district shall remain at $3,600, as now fixed by law: