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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHS. 571-574 . 1929 . 1533 SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express ly reser ved. Appro ved, Mar ch 2, 1929 . March 2,1929. CHAP. 572 .-An Act To extend the time for commencing and completing 	[H. R .17023.1 the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near East Alburg, Vermont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Th at the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across Lake Champlain at or near East Alburg, Vermont, authorized to be built by the Gulf Coast Properties, Inc ., by the Act of Congress approved May 14, 1928, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from May 14, 1929 . SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby express ly reser ved. Approved, March 2, 1929 . Amendme nt. [Public, No. 998 .1 Lake Champlain. Time ext ended for bridging, at East A1- burg, V t. Ante, p. 514 . Amendmen t. March 2,1929. [H. R. 17026.1 CHAP. 573 .-An Act Granting a part of the Federal building site at Savan- nah, G eorgia, to th e city of Sava nnah f or stre et purp oses. [Public, No. 999 .] Be it en act ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to convey by quit-claim deed to the city of Savannah, Georgia, for street purposes, the following-described strip of land : Not to exceed twenty- two feet south of and abutting on State Street from Bu ll Street to Whitaker Street, in the city of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, in exchange for sixty-five and five-tenths feet, given by the said city of Savannah to the Government as part of a public-build- ing site, in c losing President Street in said city. Approved, March 2, 1929 . Savannah, Ga. Part of building site, at, conveyed to city in exchange. March 2, 1929. CHAP. 574 .-An Act To readjust the commissioned personnel of the Coast [11 . R. 17060.] Guard, and for other purposes. [Public, No . 1000 .] Be it enacted b y the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Th at on and af ter July 1, 1929, the total number of commissioned officers on the active list, regular and temporary combined (exclusive of the commandant and commissioned warrant officers and additional numbers that have been authorized by law), authorized in the Coast Guard shall be five hundred and eighty-eight, consisting of five hundred and twenty- six line officers distributed in the proportion of four in the grade of captain, to eig ht in th e grade of comma nder, to fifteen in the grade of lieutenant commander, to thirty in the grade of lieutenant, to forty-three in the grades of lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign, inclusive ; and of one engineer in chief, eight captains (engineering), sixteen commanders (eng ineering), and eighteen li eutenant com- mand ers (eng inee ring ), and of fi ve c onst ruct ors, and fou rtee n Pr ov i soB. district commanders : P rovide d, That the nu mber of temp orary Temporary officers. commissioned officers, not above the rank of lieutenant, within the total of c ommiss ioned offi cers h erein auth orized shal l be as the President sha ll determine : And prov ided fur ther , That notwith- standing the number of officers herein authorized in the grades of cap ta in (engineering) and commander (engineering), respectively, Coast Guard. Readjus tment of comm issi oned pers on- nel. Vol. 42, p. amended. 1130, Promotion of engi- neer officers at same time as line officers

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