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 720 Exceptions. Post, p. 788. Coa st Guard. Provisos. Effective July 1,1926 . No back pay, etc. May 23,1928. [S. 3463.] [Public, No. 490.] Army. Officers credited with service in Philippine Constabulary, for re- tirement pay, etc. Vol.41,p. 785. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 715-718 . 1928. lieut enant in the Army, or who were appointed to the Regular Army to fill vacancies created by the increase of the commissioned personnel thereof in 1920 ; to captains of the Army, lieutenants of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who have completed seven- teen years' service, except those whose promotion is limited by law to this grade and who are not entitled under existing law to the pay and allowances of a higher grade ; and to lieutenant commanders and lieutenants of the Staff Corps of the Navy, and lieutenant com- mander s, lie utenan ts, an d lieu tenant s (juni or gra de) of the l ine an d engineer corps of the Coast Guard whose total commissioned service equals that of lieutenant commanders of the line of the Navy, draw- ing the pay of this period ." : Provided, That this amendment shall be effective from July 1, 1926 : Provided, That no back pay or allow- ance shall accrue by reason of the passage of this Act . Approved, May 23, 1928 . CHAP. 716.-An Act To recognize commissioned service in the Philippine Constabulary in determining rights of officers of the Regular Army . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in determin- ing the pay period and rights of retirement in the case of officers of the Regular Army, active duty performed as an officer of the Phil- ippine Constabulary shall be credited to the same extent as service under a Regular Army commission or other active duty recognized under the provisions of section 127a of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920 . Approved, May 23, 1928. May 23, 1928. TS. 2542 .1	CHAP. 717 .-An Act For the construction of a private conduit across Lincoln [Public No . 491 .1 Road northeast, in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Columbia. United States o C ond uit for po wer f America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- trans mission author- sioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, ad acr oss Lincoln ized to grant permission to Trinity Cllege to ay a conduit for the transmission of power from their power house under and across Lincoln Road northeast, between Michigan Avenue and Fourth Street, in the District of Columbia, into and upon the property of Trinity College, which is located on both sides of Lincoln Road, under the regulations and subject to the limitations prescribed in the Act entitled "An Act regulating permits for private conduits in the District of Columbia," approved May 26, 1900. SEC. 2 . That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, May 23, 1928. CHAP. 718 .-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the purchase [Public, No . 492 .1 o f a tract of land adjoining the United Stat es target range at Auburn, Maine ," approved May 19, 1926. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Au bu rn, Me . United States of America in Congress assembles, That the Act edvol.44,p.565,amena- entitled "An Act for the purchase of a tract of land adjoining the United States target range at Auburn, Maine," approved May 19, 1926, is amended by inserting after the figures " $3,000," where they appear in said Act, the words " and the sum or sums necessary to be expe nded f or the inves tigati on of title, and fo r the requir ed sur vey Vol. 31, p. 217: Amendment. May 23, 1928 . [s.2463.1

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