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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cns. 171, 173,174. 1926. 321 BICENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH OF GEORGE Bf;°;’g;¤,lQ*{¤g,¥;*,§jj‘°,; WASHINGTON sion. For all necessary expenditures b the United States Commis— ,,§,‘f"·’”"”‘ °‘ °°’°b’*‘ sion for the Celebration of the Two I-Iundredth Anniversary of the Vol-43. p. M1. Birth of George Washington, created by Public Resolution Num· bered 38, approved December 2, 1924, including com ensation of employees and expert advisers and traveling and other expenses of the commission, $10,000, to be expended in its discretion. Sac. 2. In expending appropriations or portions of appropria- D§§§§,“§}gf,{,j‘m“,§hl“ tions, contained in this Act, for the payment for ersonal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with tlie Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of per- ,,,§f,,°},Q"'°§b°,§‘,,,,‘Q“ Mjjj sons imder any grade in any bureau, oHice, or other appropriation ***50, ,2 ,,88 unit shall not at an time exceed the average of the compensation ` 'p' ` rates specified for the grade by such Act, and in grades in which ,,,1; §,“,}§,_°“° "°“"l°“ only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not Au,,,,,,,,,,,, 1,, ,,,,. exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade exce t ':,:§‘Y¤°’*°°**°¤¤ that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade ' advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the com- pensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any ,.,0,,,0 scal year and then only to the next higher rate: Provided, That this HR¤¤¤rié¤¤n not up- restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1 2, 3, and 4 of the &$¤lll°i`re¤i°§srv°il.Z°{i°°1` c1erical—mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary ,,,§;,_“’°d N"' '* of ang person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in t accor ance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require position w1¤i¤6°¤iimii•{ the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one "“°"°“· position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, otiice, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate m§wiK:L+¤ Mw mw higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is plermitted by the Classidcation Act of 1923, and is specifically aut orized by other law. Approved, April 22, 1926. CHAP. 173.-An Act To legalize a pier into the Atlantic Ocean at the foot of hzistolg? Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. [Public, Nu. 142.] Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oon ess assembled, That the consent D§}_°"°'°°“‘ B°°°"» of Congress is hereby given to gghoboth Beach Anglers Club, a OPi·>ri·;=¤l·;¤¤A¢1¤¤=i¤ Delaware corporation at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to maintain a °°°°°’ °°u"d` pier constructed by it without permit into the Atlantic Ocean at the oot of Rehoboth Avenue at that Sizgace: Promkied, That any changes {,°{,",,,,Q°;,,,,,°,, nm in the said structure which the retary of War may at any time wv- deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation shall be promptly made by the owner thereof at its own expense. . Sac. 2. The ri ht to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby *'“°“"“‘°°‘· expressly reserved. Approved, April 23, 1926. CHAP. 174.-An Act Authorizing the designation of poetmasters by the Aggunéériagii Postmaster General as disbursing oliicers for the payment o contractors, emer- [Public. Nc. 14·3·l gency carriers, and temporary carriers, for performance of authorized service on power boat and star routes in Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pom, 80,,,% United States of America in Oongress assembled, That postmasters hgwcméswg cb npr may be designated by the Postmaster General as disbursing oilicers in A{§’§t.I ° "S°"°° 43892°-27--21