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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cias. 275-277 . 1929 . 1251 reasonable fee not to exceed 10 per centum of the amount recovered, or in the event of any compromise settlement and adjustment of any nlIII cas e of com pro- of the foregoing claims by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, then such officers shall have jurisdic- tion to fix and determine a reasonable fee not to exceed 10 per centum of the amount secured in such settlement or adjustment, to be paid to the attorney or attorneys employed as herein provided, and such fees shall be paid out of any sum or sums adjudged to be due said tribe or bands, or any of them, and the balance of such sum or sums shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of such tribes or bands where it shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum. The amount of any judgment shall be laced Amount of judgment p to cr edit of India ns in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Nez Perce with interest at 4 per Tribe of Indians and shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum and shall be thereafter subject to appropriation by Con- gress for educational, health, industrial, and other purposes for the benefit of sa id Ind ians, includ ing th e purch ase of land and bu ilding of homes, and no part of said judgment shall be paid out in per No per capita pay - of allow ed. capita payments to said Indians. Approved, February 20, 1929. February 20, 1929. CHAP. 276.-An Act To provide for the promotion of clerks and general 	[H. R . 13449 .1 mechanics in the motor-vehicle service. [Public, No. 784 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 6 Postal Service. of the Act of February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, pages 1060 amended 3, p. 1060, and 1061, United States Code, title 39, section 116), is amended by u.S. Code, p. 1243. addin g the foll owin g "Clerks and general mechanics in the motor-vehicle service shall Motor-vehicle serv- be promoted successively after one year's satisfactory service in lePromotion of clerks each gr ade, t o the next h igher grade, until they r eceive the m aximum and general mechanics . y Credit for ti me pay pre scribe d for clerks and g eneral mechan ics in the R eclass ifica- ser ved, e tc . tion Act of February 28, 1925 . In computing one year's satisfactory service, employees shall receive credit for time served in the grades established by the Postmaster General prior to January 1, 1925, as well as the grades created by the Act of February 28, 1925, and the compen sation of em ployee s in t he mot or-vehi cle se rvice on Jan uary 1 , 1925, shall be adj usted accord ingly ." Appro ved, Febru ary 20, 1 929. CHAP. 277 .-An Act To provide for the promotion of clerks February 1929., general mechan - (ii. 813450). ics, dr iver me chan ics, an d ga rage men dri vers in the mo tor- vehi cle ser vice. [Pu blic , No. 785.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 6 Postal Se rvice. of the Act of February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, pages 1060 amended 3, p. 1061, and 1061, United States Code, title 39, section 116), is amended by U.S. Code, p .1243. adding the following "In mak ing pr omotio ns aft er one year' s satis factor y serv ice si nce the l ast pr omotio n, cle rks, g eneral mechan ics, d river mechan ics, a nd garag emen d rivers in th e moto r-vehi cle ser vice, who ha ve bee n tran s- ferred from one post office to another and who have not reached the maximum grade to which they are entitled to progress automatically, shall be given credit for previous service in the same capacity at other post offices, the same as if all service had been performed at one post office . This provision of law shall be effective as of January 1, 1925, and thereafter," Approved, February 20, 1929. Motor vehicle serv- ice. Employees trans- ferred to another office given credit for service in the other. Effective as of Jan- uary 1, 1925.

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