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 ,SE VENTIE TH CONG RESS. SEss. I. CHs. 713-715. 1928 . 719 warrant officers of the Regular Army any persons whose conmniS- Warrant officers . Appointment as, per- sioned service in the Army during the World War, added to their sons whose commission service as q uartermaster clerk, amount ed to twelve y ru pt ears or mo re ru ed re war, inter- re quisite Quar- of service prior to June 4, 1920, and who were not eligible for termaster Co rps service. appointment as field clerks, Quartermaster Corps, under the pro- visions of the Act of August 29, 1916, because of the interruption of their twelve years' requisite service as quartermaster clerks to Pro, toes. render commissioned service in the World War : Provided, That for Recognition of World the purposes of this Act, the period of commissioned service during War commission. the World War prior to June 4, 1920, be deemed equivalent to a like period of detached service away from permanent station or duty beyond the continental limits of the United States : Provided further, Credit of service for That in determining length of service for longevity pay and retire- longevity Pay ment they shall be credited with and entitled to count the same military service as authorized for warrant officers, and all classified service rendered as clerks in the military establishment : Provided Numb er l imi tat ion further, That the limitation in the Act of June 30, 1922, on the Vol not .42, . ble. P. 723. number of warrant officers, United States Army, shall not apply to the appointees hereunder. Approved, May 23, 1928. CHAP. 714.-An Act To authorize the erection at Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, of a tablet or marker in commemoration of William Rufus King, former Vice President of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 'United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to erect a tablet or marker in com- memoration of William Rufus King, former Vice President of the United States, at the place of his birth, Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, on ground f urnished by s uch town, afte r the plans and specifications for such tablet or marker have been submitted to and approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. . SEC. 2 . There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasur y not otherwi se appropriat ed, the sum of $2,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, May 23, 1928. CHAP. 715 .-An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service." Vol. 39, p.625. May R. 7903 23,1928 .1 . [H. [Public, No. 488 .1 William Rufus King. Tablet authorized at Clinton, N. C., the birthplace of former Vice Presid ent. Appr oval of p lans. Sum authorized to be appropriate d. Post, p. 1378. May 23, 1928. [H. R . 5718 .1 [Public, No. 489.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Army Navy, etc ., United State s o f America in Congress assembled, That paragraph pay readjustment . 5, section 1, of the Act approved June 10, 1922 (volume 42, Statutes Vol .42,p .626,amend- at Large, chapter 212, page 626), entitled "An Act to readjust the ed. pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Ar my, Na vy, Ma rine Corps, Coast Guard, Coa st and Geode tic Survey, and Public Health Service," be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows : "The pay of the fourth period shall Rates h ppay. errod. be paid to lieutenant colonels of the Army, commanders of the Navy, ent rlingtand service and offi cers of corr espo ndin g gr ade who are not enti tled to the pay of the fifth or sixth period; to majors of the Army, lieutenant com- manders of the Navy, and of ficers of cor responding gra de who have completed fourteen years' service, or whose first appointment in the permanent service was in a grade above that corresponding to second

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