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 1442 Credits allowed post- masters for payments made to mail messen- gers, etc., contrary to double pay restrictions, etc. R. S ., sets. 1763-1765, 3850, pp. 314, 752 . U.S. Code, pp.31,32, 1258 . Vol. 35, p. 1164. U.S. Code, p.490. Sums paid by postal employees to be re- funded. Sums authorized to be appropriated. March 1, 1929. (S .5270 .1 [Public, No . 894.] SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs, 442-444 . 1929. if the total compensation actually paid for all services does not exceed $2,000 for any one fiscal year . SEC. 2 . T he Com ptroll er Gen eral o f the United States is au thoriz ed and directed to (1) allow credit in the accounts of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters for payments made by them, prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, to mail messengers, postal employees, and other employees of the United States employed in post offices contrary to the provisions of sections 1763, 1764, and 1765 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (United States Code ; title 5, sections 58, 69, and 70), section 3850 of the Revised Statutes (United States Code, title 39, section 52), and section 226 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," approved March 4, 1909, as amended (United States Code, title 18, section 356) ; and (2) pay to such mail messengers, postal employees, and such other employees an amount equal to the sums refunded by them or deducted from balances due them prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, under the laws referred to in subdivision (1) of this section . SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act . Approved, March 1, 1929 . CHAP. 443 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to donate a bronze cannon to the city of Phoenix, Arizona . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phoenix, Ariz . Bronze cannon at Unite d Stat es o f Ameri ca in Congre ss asse mbled, That the Secretary Fo rt ay, N. Y ., of war is authorized and directed to donate, without expense to the United States, to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, a bronze cannon marked as follows : L'Obstinee ultima ratio regum no 4. Pluribus nec impar a Strassburg par Berenger 1756, now located at Fort Jay, New York. Approved, March 1, 1929. March 1, 1929. [S. 5684.] [Public, No. 895 .] CHAP. 444.-An Act To amend the War Finance Corporation Act approved April 5, 1918, as amended, to provide for the liquidation of the assets and the winding up of the affairs of the War Finance Corpo ration after April 4, 19 29, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the War Finance Corpo- Unite rationƒ d States of America in Congress assembled, That the War Liquidation of affairs Finance Corporation Act of April 5, 1918, as amended, be, and the of, after April 4, 1929, by Secretary of th e same is hereby, further amended so that at the close of April 4, 1929, Treasury. Vol. the liquidation of the assets remaining at that time and the winding 41, pp. 1084,1360 ; Vol. up of the affairs of the corporation thereafter shall be transferred to 42 Ante, p .40634, 5 . 1481 . the Secretary of the Treasury, who for such purpose shall have all the powers and duties of the board of directors of the corporation under said Act, as amended. For carrying out the provisions of this' Act the Secretary of the Treasury may assign to any officer or officers of the United States in the Treasury Deartment the exercise and performance, under his general supervision- and direction, of any such Money p aid int o powers and duties. He shall from time to time pay into the Treasury miscella- neous as miseellaƒ neous r eceipts. a s misc ellan eous recei pts any m oneys bel ongin g to the corpo ratio n which, in his opinion, are not required for carrying on and complet- ing the liquidation of its remaining assets and the winding up of its affairs, including reasonable provision for the further expenses there- No rights, penalties, of. Nothing in the said Act, as amended, or this Act, shall be con- strued to affect any right or privilege accrued, any penalty or liability

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