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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 524-526 . 1928. 499 to, and commissioned in, a staff corps of the Navy in the same rank as formerly held by him in the line, shall take precedence with, but next after, that officer of the line immediately above him in the Navy at the time of such transfer, which officer shall be assigned as his running mate for promotion purposes : Provid ed, That no back pay or allowances shall accrue to any officer by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, May 11, 1928. CH A P. 52 6 .-Joint Resol ution Author izing the er ection of a f lagstaff at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted Stat es o f A merica i n Congre ss assem bled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to select a suitable site and to permit the executors of the estate of Eliza Mackintosh Clinch Ander- son Lawton to erect on public grounds of the United States at Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, a flagstaff, with appropriate landscape and architectural setting, and to place in connection there- with a memorial commemorating the defense of the fort by General Robert Anderson. The design and materials of the flagstaff and memorial shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts. The United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of such flagstaff and memorial. Upon completion thereof the Secretary of War is author- ized and directed to accept, on behalf of the United States, the flagstaff and memorial, in lieu of the legacy in the will of Eliza Mackintosh Clinch Anderson Lawton, providing for the erection of a statue of General Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter. Approved, May 11, 1928. Precise. No back pay, etc. May 11, 1928. al of certain Government [g R . 5746.1 CHAP. 525 .-An Act lo authorize - the apprais property, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to cause the property of the Government used under the contract of October 16, 1924, and re- newals thereof, for the furnishing of electric current to the naval ordnance plant at South Charleston, West Virginia, to be appraised, as provided for in said contract, by three persons as a preliminary to t he pur chase of sa id pro perty by the cont ractor, the three appraisers to consist of one person selected by the Secretary of the Navy, one by the contractor, and the third by the two first so Sel ecti on of app rais- selected, as stipulated in the contract. The person selected and ers. detailed by the Secretary of the Navy for said purpose, who shall be an officer of the Navy, and such persons as may be detailed by the Secretary to assist him, shall serve without additional compen- Allowance sation, except travel and subsistence in accordance with law. One- appraiser. half of the fee and expenses of the third appraiser, not in excess of $10,000, as the Secretary may approve, shall be payable from the appropr iation " Ordnance and ordnance stores," under the Navy Department, which is hereby made available for the purpose. Approved, May 11, 1928. [Public, No. 368.] Navy. South Ch arleston, W. Va. Appraisal and sale of property furnishin g electricity to ordnance plant at. for th ird May 11, 1928. [H.J . Res. 177 .]	[Pub. Res. No. 41 .] Fort Sumter, S. C. Erection of flagstaff, etc ., at, in commemo- ration of defense there- of by General Robert Anderson. Approval, etc. Acceptance in lieu of legacy for a statue.

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