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 200 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 136, 137 . 1928 . Investigation by see- therefor, and the actual financing and promotion costs. The Secre- retary of war. tary of War may, and upon request of the highway departments of either of such States shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate such costs and determine the accuracy and the reasonableness of the costs alleged in the state- ment of costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reas onab le c osts of cons truc ting, fi nanc ing, and promoting such bridge ; for th e purp ose of such inves tigati on the said J. H. Peacock, F. G. Bell, S. V. Taylor, E. C. Amann, and C. E. Ferris, their heirs, legal representatives, and assigns, shall make available all records in connection with the construction, financing, and pro- Fcl usivsofsecre tary, motion thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War as to the rea- conclusive e sonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 4 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake. Right conferred. to sell, etc ., SEC. 7. The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the rights, power s, and privil eges co nferre d by th is Act ., is her eby gr ant ed to j. H. Peacock, F. G. Bell, S. V. Taylor, E. C. A mann, and C. E. Ferris , their heirs , legal repres entati ves, an d assig ns, an d any c orpo- ration to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mort gage for eclo sure or othe rwis e, i s he reby aut hori zed and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. Am endment. SEC 8 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 7, 1928. March 7, 1928. [H . R.9136.] CHAP. 137 .-An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the [Public, No. 100.] Interior for the fiscal y ear ending J une 30, 1929, and for oth er purposes. Interior Department Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the appropriations, fiscal United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the following yea r, 1929 . 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, 1929, namely Secretary's Office. OFFI CE OF THE SE CRET ARY SALARIES Secretary, Assistants, a nd of fice pers onnel. Sec retary of the Interior, $1 5,000 ; First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Provisos' Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $344,200 ; Salaries limited to in all, $359,200 : Pro vid ed, That in ex pendin g app ropria tions or &V asase rotes under portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment Classification Act . Vol. 42, p. 1488 . for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of pers ons under any grade in any bureau, offic e, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, and in agrade . onepositionin grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of su ch Advances for unusu- position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for ally meritorious cases. 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 Restriction not ao- in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, plicable to clerical-me- That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 cbamoai services. of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in

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