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 1016 December 6, 1928. [H . J. Res. 193.1 [Pub. Res., No .69.1 National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol- dier s. Roy L. Marston, ap- pointed a m anager of. December 7, 1928. [S.J . Res.131 .1 CHAP. 5 .-Joint Resolution Providing for the participation by the United [Pub. Res ., No. 70.] States in the International Conference for the Revision of the Convention of 19 14 for the Safety of Life at Sea. International Confer- Resolved by the Senate and Hones of li8pYeesntll'ti es 0,f the en ee for Revision of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of Convention for Safety of Life at Sea. $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby author- sum authorized for participatio n therein. ized to be app ropri ated for th e exp enses of participation b y the Post, p .1612. United States in the International Conference for the Revision of the Conv ention of 1914 for the S afety of Life at Sea, to be held in Lo ndon, Eng land , in 1929, including travel and subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), compensation of employees, stenographic and other serv- ices by contract if deemed necessary, rent of offices, purchase of necessary bo oks and do cum en ts, printing and binding, printing of official visiting cards, and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State. Approved, December 7, 1928 . December 8,1928. [H. R .8728.1 CHAP. 11 .-An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to give motor- [Public, No. 626 .1 vehicle service employees credit for actual time served on a basis of one year for each thr ee hu ndred and six days of eight hours served as substitute. Postal service. Be it enacted b y the Senate and Home of Representatives of the Reclassification of United States of America in Congress assembled, Th at se cti on 11 salaries . 43,p. 1065, of the Act entitled "An Act reclassifying the salaries of postmasters amended, and employees of the Postal Service ., readjusting their salaries and U.S. Code, p.1242 . compensation on an equitable basis, increasin g postal rates to pr ovi de for suc h rea dj ust me nt, and for other pu rpo se s," approved February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1064, United States Code, title 39, section 104), is amended by adding thereto the following : " Subs titut e cle rks, s ubsti tute garage -men drive rs, su bstit ute driver-mechanics, and substitute general mechanics, when appointed regu lar c lerks, gara ge-me n driv ers, drive r-mech anics, or genera l mechanics in the motor-vehicle service, shall be given credit for the actual time se rved as a substi tute on the basi s of one year fo r each three hundred and six days of eight hours, and shall be appointed to the grade to which such clerk, garage-man driver, driver-mechanic, or gene ral mechan ic, would have progr essed had his origin al appointment as a s ubstitute been made to grad e one . Substitute service shall be computed from the date of original appointment as a regular classified substitute, and the salaries of the employees shall be fixed accordingly upon the date of their advancement to a regular position under the Act of February 28, 1925, and thereafter." Approved, December 8, 1928 . Subs titu te cl erks , etc ., when appointed to regular status given credit for time as sub- stitutes. Computation of serv- ice. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs.3,5,11. 1928 . CHAP. 3 .-Joint Resolution For the appointment of Roy L. Marston, of Maine, as a member of the Board of Ma nagers of the National Home for Disabled Vol unteer Soldie rs. Resolved by the Se nate and House o f Represen tatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t Roy L. Marston, of Maine, be, and is hereby, appointed a member of the Bo ard of M anag ers of the N atio nal Home for Dis able d Vo lunt eer Soldiers of the United States to succeed himself. Appr oved , De cemb er 6, 1928.

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