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 434 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 382, 384, 385 . 1928 . Extended lea ve of abse nce allow ed, to at - tend annual convention th ere of, in Habana, Cuba. Pr ovi so. Annual l eave pro- vis ions not modif ied, but accumulation per- mitted. Vol. 27, p. 715; Vol. 35,p.267; Vol.43,p. 1064 . Apr il 20 1928 ' [H. R.10564.] [Public, No. 284 .1 CHAP. 384 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant and con- ve y to the cou nty of W arre n a perpetual easemen t for public highway purposes over and u pon a portion of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vic ksbur g Military United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Park, Miss. gr War ren asCoun t io of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant and convey to the hi ghway across. county of Warren, State of Mississippi, a perpetual easement for the construction and maintenance of a public highway on the Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, at such location and under such conditi ons as may be approved by t he Secretary of War : Cou nty to pay cost. Pr ovided, That the county of Warren shall perform at it s own cost and expense such work as the Secretary of War may require incident Reversion for non- to the construction and maintenance of said highway. us er. SEc. 2. No part of the property granted and conveyed by the Secretary of War for the purposes aforesaid shall be used for any other than highway purposes, and when said property shall cease to be so used it shall revert to the United States of America. Approved, April 20, 1928. Apr il 20,1928 . [H. R. 3510.] [Public, No. 285 .1 Army. George E. Kraul to be appointed a captain of Infa ntry . Proviso. No back pay, etc. the Government and the municipal government of the District of Columbia be, and they hereby are, authorized to grant, in their discretion, extended leave not to exceed sixty days in the calendar year 1928 to veterans of the Spanish-American War for the sole purpose of attending the annual convention of the United Spanish War Veterans and auxiliaries in Havana, Cuba : Provided, however, That this statute shall not be construed to modify the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1893, the Act approved May 23, 1908, and the Act approved February 28, 1925, limiting the annual leave which may be granted with pay to fifteen or thirty days in any one year, except that any portion of the fifteen or thirty days' leave not granted or used during the calendar year 1927, or the fiscal year 1928, may be allowed to accumulate and be pyramided for the purpose herein specified in addition to the fifteen or thirty days' leave with pay in the calendar year 1928 or the fiscal year 1929 . Approved, April 19, 1928. C H AP. 3 8 5 .-An Act To authorize the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Captain George E. Kraul a captain of Infantry, with rank from July 1, 1920. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That, in order to rectify an admitted error of the War Department in the computa- tions of commissio ned service, t he President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, George E. Kraul a captain of Infantry in the Regular Army of the United States, with rank from July 1, 1920 : Provided, That no back pay or allowances shall accrue as a result of the passage of this Act, and there shall be no increase in the total number of captains of the Regular Army now authorized by law by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, April 20, 1928.

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