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 1562 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 703-705 . 1929 . such lo st or d estroye d cert ificate ; exc ept tha t a du plicate certif icate shall be issued without the requirement of a bond when it is shown If lost before delivery. t o the satisfaction of the director that the original certificate, (1) before delivery to the veteran, has been lost, destroyed, wholly or in part, or so defaced as to impair its value, and (2) after delivery to the veteran, has, without bad faith upon the part of the person entitled to payment thereon, been partially destroyed or defaced so as to i mpair i ts valu e, is capable of ide ntific ation, and is surren dered by such person to the Veterans' Bureau ." Approved, March 4, 1929 . CHAP . 704.-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing [Public, No . 1032 .] the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebraska . Be it enacted by t he Senate and House of Repr esentatives of the Missouri River . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the times T ime extended for bridging, at Niobrara, for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge Nebr . across the Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebraska, authorized to be built by H . A . Rinder, his heirs, legal representatives, and Ante, p. 708. assigns, by Act of Congress approved May 22, 1928, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from May 22, 1929 . SEC . 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, March 4, 1929 . Issu e without bo nd. Vol.44,p . 1390. Partially etc. destroyed, March 4, 1929. [H. R. 11208.] Amen dment. March 4, 1929. [H. R. 15089.] [Public, No. 1033 .] Int erior for th e fiscal yea r ending Jun e 30, 1930, a nd for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, namely Interior Department appropriations, fiscal year, 1930. Secretary's Office. Secretary, Assistants, and o ffice personn el. Provisos. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act. Vol.42,p.1488. Ante, p. 776. U.S. Code,p.65. If only one positio n in a grade. Advances for unusu- ally meritorious serv- ices. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechani cal service. No reduction in fixed salaries. CHAP. 705 .-An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY S ALAR IES Secre tary of the I nterior, $15,0 00 ; Fir st Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $369,000, in all, $384,000 : Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Colum- bia in accordanc e with the Cl assification A ct of 1923, a s amended (U. S . C ., pp . 65-71, sees . 661-673, 45 Stat ., pp . 776-785), the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the com- pensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation r

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