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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 604, 605. 1928. 595 the sala ries of po stma sters and emplo yees of t he Po stal Serv ice,' readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for othe r pu rpose s," a ppro ved F ebrua ry 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, a ended ' p' 1064, page 1064, United States Code, title 39, section 823), is amended U .S. Code, p. 1286. to read as follows : Leaves of absence to " Employees in the Postal Service shall be granted fifteen days' employees. leave of absence with pay exclusive of Sundays and holidays, each sick le ave cu mu la- fiscal year, and sick leave with pay at the rate of ten days a year, tions extended to six exclusive of Sundays and holidays, to be cumulative, but no sick mon ths . leave with pay in excess of six months shall be granted during any one fiscal year. Sick leave shall be granted only upon satisfactory evidence of illness in accordance with the regulations to be pre- scribed by the Postmaster General ." SEC . 2. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1928 . Approved, May 17, 1928 . Effective July 1, 1928. May 17, 1928. CHAP. 605 .-An Act Providing for the confirmation of grant of lands formerly 	[H . R . 11852.] the Unite d States bar racks at Bat on Rouge, Lou isiana, to t he board of supervisors [Public, No. 412 .] of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the patent issued by the United States General Land Office to the board of supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in trust for the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College under date of February 20, 1903, by virtue of the authority conferred by an Act of Congress approved April 28, 1902, entitled "An Act providing for the transfer of the title to the military reservation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College," which conveyed full and complete title to the buildings and grounds of the United States barracks at Baton Rouge, Lou- isiana, for the purpose of said university and college, being sections 44 and 71 of township 7 south, range 1 west, Saint Helena meridian, Sta te of Louisi ana, c ontain ing tw o hund red and eleve n and fifty- six one-hundredths acres, be, and the same is hereby, approved and Ri ght to confirmed ; and the right of the board of supervisors of the Louisiana recognized . Sta te Uni versit y and Agricu ltural and M echanic al Col lege t o sell or lease any of the said grounds or buildings in its development of said university is fully recognized, the proceeds to form part of the funds of the sa id Lou isiana State Unive rsity and Agr icultu ral an d Mech an- ical College and to be used for the purposes of said university and college, excepting from the force and effect of this Act the parcel of ground containing about two and forty-five one-hundredths acres granted to the Roman Catholic congregation of Saint Joseph's Church of the city of Baton Rouge, by Act of Congress approved September 30, 1890 (Twenty-sixth Statutes, page 503) ; and further excepting that portion of land that lies westward of a line one hundred feet east of the center of the railroad tract of the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railroad Company : Provided, That if the said railroad company shall cease to use and occupy such land it shall thereupon become subject to all the provisions of this Act. Approved, May 17, 1928. Louisiana State Uni- versity, etc. Patent to, of lands of former Baton Rouge barracks, confirmed . Vol.32,p .172. sell, etc., Pa rcels exc epted. To Sai nt Josephs, Church. Vol.26,p. 503 . Post, p. 751. Used by rai lro ad company. Proviso. Disposal when occu pation of railroad ceases

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