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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 18-20. 1921. 27 Sec. 316. The General Accounting Omce and the Bureau of ad§{’g§§g°;§y“§?§;}, Accounts shall not be construed to be a b1u·eau or office created since wear. January 1, 1916, so as to deprive em loyees therein of the additional V°l'41’p° ms` compensation allowed civilian emplbyees under the lprovisions of section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial ppropriation fit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, if otherwise entitled t ereto. Sec. 317. The provisions of law prohibiting the transfer of em- mZ`,$“§{°§Y,2l,,§{°.§§?$l§ ployees of executive departments and independent establishments gg*'§;_,§°d unt ’“°° until after service of three years shall not ap ly during the fiscal V01.34, p. 449. gear ending me 30, 1922, to the transfer of emriloyees to the General ccounting ce. _ Sec. 318. ·This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the A§{‘m°°‘“t° mm °‘ President: Provided, That sections 301 to 317, inclusive, relating to fggggging Omca tl; Grgfnerag Accounting Office and the Bureau of Accounts, slliall eee.,e¤1uiy1,mr. ' t ee act uy 1, 1921. Approved, June 10, 1921. u.ne10, 1921. CHAP. 19.-An Act For the Eublic sale of post-office site on the west side of South Main Street, in the city of ethlehem, Pennsylvania. lP¤W°» N°· 1*] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United Bethlehem pe. States of America in Oo ess assembled, Tgzt the Secretary of the t°1;¤°*;$1gd_b¤¤i’¤¤i¤s ¤*· Treasury be, and he isyggreby, authorized and directed to sell at public sale the post-office site and buildings thereon erected, situate on the west side of South Main Street, in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, after proper advertisement, and at such time and upon such terms as he may deem for the best interests of the United States, for a sum not less than $20,000, and to execute and deliver to the pur- _ chaser the usual uit—claim deed therefor, and to deposit the proceeds D°P°°“‘ °‘ ¥"°°°°"’· deriveipl from su& sale in the Treasury of the United States as a misce aneous receipt. Approved, June 10, 1921. CHAP. 20.-An Act To amend section 407 of the Transportation Act of 1920. __jE°Igi) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatirves of the United ms, · C, States of America in Congress assembled, That section 407 of the  4 mmm A d' Transportation Act of 1920 be, and it is hereby, amended bly adding ed,°1’ 1’°'482’°m°u ` thereto a new paragraph designated as paragraph (9), as fo ows: M h B com " (9) Upon application of one or more telephone compames for ni  p•g·ni’jli,ted reel; authority to consolidate their properties or a part thereof into a $°“"“*°·°’°· single company, or for authority or one or more such companies to acquire the whole or any part of the property of another telephone company or other telephone companies or the control thereof by the purchase of secruities or by lease or in any other like manner, when such consolidated company would be subject to this Act, the commission shall fix a time and place for a public hearing upon such aP1;§§§gm*;f°"”8 °‘ application and shall thereupon give reasonable notice in writing to the overnor of each of the States in which the physical property affected, or any part thereof, is situated, and to the State public service commission or other regulator; body, if any, having diction over telephone compames, an to such other persons as rt _ may deem advisable. After such public hearing, if the commission t° °°°b°` finds that the proposed consolidation, acquisition, or control will be of advant e to the persons to whom service is to be rendered and in the puli§c interest, it shall certify to that effect; and thereupon any Act or Acts of Congress making the proposed transaction un-
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