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 1228 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 259-261,265 . 1929 . Proviso, as provided in said Act of 1902 : Provided Tha t this sectio n shall be Effective during March, 1929. effective during March, 1929 ." e Vol . 44, p. 834, amend- SEC . 7. Section 7 of the said Act of 1902 is hereby amended to read Boa rd of personal as follows : " That the Board of Personal Tax Appeals shall meet on tax appeals. To meet first Mon- the first Monday of September of each year and continue in session day in September . until the first Monday in March of the following year, or until such time as their work shall have been completed ." Inconsistent laws re- SEC. 8. That all Acts or arts of Acts inconsistent herewith are pealed . hereby repealed . p Approved, February 18, 1929 . February 18, 1929 . [S. 4257.1 [Public, No . 773.] Alaska. Salaries of Federal officials, etc., appro- priated by legislature thereof, may be paid by the treasurer up to March 31, 1929 . Proviso . Hereafter appropri- ation tq con form wit h Federal law . Vol.37, p. 512. February 18 1929 . 7 CHAP. 261 .-An Act For recognition of meritorious service performed b	[H. R. 13795 .] y [Public, No . 774.] Lieutenant Commander Edward Ellsberg, Lieutenant Henry Hartley, and Boat- swain Richard E . Hawes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Navy . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President Rec ognition of sere- ices of designated offi- of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint Edward cers in salvage of ships Ellsber, now a naval constructor with the rank of lieutenant com- S-4 and 5-51. g mander in the Naval Reserve, a naval cons tructor with the rank of commander in the Naval Reserve; and Chief Boatswain R. E. Hawes, United States Navy, an ensign in the Navy; and to advance Lieu- tenant Henry Hartley, United States Navy, thirty-five numbers on the list of lieutenants of the Navy, in recognition of their services in the salvage of the United States Ships S-4 and S-51. SEC. 2 . T hat these off icers shall b e additional n umbers in the grades to which or in which they are hereby advanced, and in any to which they may hereafter be promoted. Approved, February 18, 1929. Officers to be addi- tional numbers in the grade s. February 19, 1929. [H. R. 15809.] [Publ ic, No . 775.] Mud Creek, By . Preliminary survey directed of, with view to control its flood. CHAP. 260 .-An Act To authorize the payment of certain salaries or com- pensation to Federal officials and employees by the treasurer of the Territory of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That any salaries to United States officials or employees of the United States Govern- ment in Alaska, appropriated by the Alaska Territorial Legislature, session of 1927, may be paid to such United States officials or employees of the United States by the treasurer of Alaska up to and including the date of March 31, 1929, any Federal law to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided, That subsequent to March 31, 1929, all appropriations by the Alaska Territorial Legislature shall be in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August 24, 1912, entitled "An Act to create a legislative assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislative powers thereon, and for other pu rposes," and amendments th ereto. Approved, February 18, 1929. CHAP. 265 .-An Act To authorize a preliminary survey of Mud Creek in Kentucky with a view to the control of its floods. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary survey to be made of Mud Creek in Kentucky from Mining City, at which point said creek empties into Green River,

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