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 218 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 108-110 . MAY 14, 1935. 4,6,and8,section27;lots2,4,6,and8,section28;lots2,4,6,and 8, section 29, lots 5, 7, 9, and 11, section 30, township 28 north, range 16 east, of the Montana me ridian, in Mont ana ., b e, and the s ame ar e hereby, withdrawn from the public domain and added to the Roc Boy Indian Reservation : Provided, That the rights and claims of bona fide settle rs ini tiated under the pu blic-l and la ws prio r to J anu- ary 6, 1934, shall not be af fected by this Act. Approved, May 14, 1935. Proviso. Prior rights not affected. [CHAPT ER 109 .] AN ACT May 14, 1935. [s.707.1 5' To amend the Act of May 19, 1926, en titled " An Act t o author ize the Presiden t [Public, No . 56.1 to detail officers and enlis ted men of the Unite d State s Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to assist the governments of the Latin-American Republics in military and naval matters ." Be it enacted by the Senate and Home o f Representatives of the Commonwealth of United States o f America in C ongress assembl ed, That the Act of th aPmyhp etce Idetails May 19, 1926 (Public, Numbered 247), be, and the same is hereby, authorized to. amen ded b striking out the word "and" the words Vol. 44, p. 565, y g precedin g amended. cc Santo Domingo' and inserting after the words " Santo Domingo " the words " and the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands ." Approved, May 14, 1935. [CHAPT ER 110 .1 May 14, 1935. [H. R. 4442.] Making appropriations fur the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the [Public, No. 57 .] Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act, 19 36. Title I-Treasury Dep artment. Appropriation for fis- cal year, 1936. Secretary's office. Secretary, Und er Sec- retar y, Assistants, and office personnel. Division of Research and Statistics included . Experts. Provisos. Salaries limited to aver age rates und er Cl assif icatio n Act ; ex- ce ption s. Vol. 42, p. 1488 ; Vol . 46,p.1003. U.S.C.,p.85. Advances in meri- torious cases. Not applica ble to clerical-mechanical service. AN ACT fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and How e of Representatives of the United State s o f America in Congress ass embled, TITLE I-TREASURY DEPARTMENT That the fol lowing sums ar e appropriated, out of any mon ey in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, ,for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, namely OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries : Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of the Treasury, three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, and other personal services in the District of Columbia including the Division of Research and Statistics and the temporary employment of experts, $258,320 : Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment of personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classifi- cation Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Sec reta ries of the Trea sury and the Ass ista nt P ostm aste rs G ener al the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit Shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grad e by such Act, as amended, an d in grades in which only one posi tion i s allo cated the sal ary of such positi on sha ll not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the aver age of the comp ensation rates of the g rade, but not m ore often than once in any fi scal year, and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shal l not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, an d 4 of the c lerical -mecha nical