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 594 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 602-604 . 1928 . Fees chargeable for culture is hereby authorized to establish. Said funds may be used grading, forms, etc. for the grading of wool, and for such grading or other service rendered hereunder reasonable fees may be charged, and provided further that hereafter reasonable charges may be made for practical forms of grades for wool. Rules to be made. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture may make such rules and Deposit of receipts. regulations as he deems advisable for carrying out any of the pro- visions of this Act. All receipts hereunder shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Approved, May 17, 1928. May 17, 1928. [H. R .8337.] CHAP. 603 .-An Act To amend the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925, as [Public, No. 410 .1 amended by the Act of June 3, 1926. Air Mail Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vol-43, p .805, amend- United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of eUU.S.Code, p.1264. the Air Mail Act of February 2, 1925 (United States Code, Title 39, section 463), as amended by the Act of June 3, 1926, is hereby amended to read as follows : Postage rate reduced. " SEC. 3. That the rates of postage on air mail shall not be less than. 5 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof ." amend - ed. Vol. 43,p .806,amend- SEC. 2. That after section 5 of said Act (United States Code, Title U. S. Code, p. 1264. 39, section 465) a new section shall be added as follows : Air mail route cer- " SEC . 6 . That the Postmaster General may by negotiation with an tificates. Arrangement author- air mail contractor who has satisfactorily operated under the author- ized with p resent sot's- it y of this Act fo r a period of tw o years or more, arrange, with t he factory contractors to substitute, for former consent of the surety for the contractor and the continuation of the contracts, oblig ation of the suret y during the exist ence or life of t he certif icate provided for hereinafter, for the surrender of the contract and the substitution therefor of an air mail route certificate, which shall be issued by the Postmaster General in the name of such air mail theebyts acquired contractor, and which shall provide that the holder shall have the right of carri age of ai r mail ov er the ro ute set out in th e certifi cate so long as he complies with such rules, regulations, and orders as shall from time to time be issued by the Postmaster General for Pro vis o, meeting the needs of the Postal Service and adjusting air mail opera- Period of certificate. tions to the advances in the art of flying : Provided, That su ch certificate shall be for a period not exceeding ten years from the Canceled for neglect . beginning of carrying mail under the contract. Said certificate may be canceled at any time for willful neglect on the part of the holder to carry out such rules, regulations, or orders ; notice of such intended cancellation to be given in writinby the Postmaster General and Determination of sixty days provided to the holder-in which to answer such written compensation periodi- notice of the Postmaster General. The rate of compensation to the cay. holder of such an air mail route certificate shall be determined by periodical negotiation between the certificate holder and the Post- master General, but shall never exceed the rate of compensation provi ded for i n the ori ginal con tract of the air mail rout e certifi cate holder." Approved, May 17, 1928 . Ma y 17,1 928 [H. R .12383 .] [Public, No . 411 .] Postal Se rvice . Reclassification salaries. CHAP. 604.-An Act To amend section 11 of an Act approved February 28, 1 92 5 (Forty-third S tatutes, page 1 0 64, United States Code, title 39, section 823), granting sick leave to employees in the Postal Service, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first paragraph of section 11 of the Act entitled "An Act reclassifying

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