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 904 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 757-759 . AUGUST 27, 1935. [CH APTE R 757 .] AN ACT August 27, 1935. [H.R.7380.] Authorizing the Virgin Islands Company to settle valid claims of its creditors, [Public, No. 364.1 and for other pur poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Virgin Islands Company, a nonprofit corporation created by sp ecial act of the Colonial Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John, Virgin Islands of the Unit ed States, to engage in enterp rises for the rehabi l- itation of the Virgin Islands of the United States, is hereby author- ized to pay to Phagen, Tillison and Tremble for services rendered during governmental fiscal years 1934 and 1935 in prov iding a gen- eral accounting and cost system for the corporation a sum not to exceed $1,736.81 : Provided, That this Act shall not be deemed to authorize the payment of any claim out of any money other than funds belonging to or deposited to the credit of the corporation. Approved, August 27, 1935. Virgin Islands Com- pa ny. Settlement of valid claims of its creditors, authorized . Prov iso. Use of funds. August 27, 1935. [H.R.7592.] [Public, No . 365.] AN ACT To exte nd the ti mes for c ommencing and compl eting the construc tion of a bridge across the Ohio River at Sistersville, West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ohio River. Time ex tend ed for United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times bridging, at S ist ers- for c ommen cing and c omple ting the c onstr uctio n of a bri dge a cross ville. W.Va. Vol. 48, p. 1013;Post, the Ohio River at Sistersville, West Virginia, authorized to be built p. 1255. b y the Sistersville Bridge Board of Trustees, by a n Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from June 18, 1935. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 27, 1935. Amendment. August 27, 1935. [H . R. 7709.] [Public, No. 366.] [CH APTE R 758.1 [CHAPTER 759 .] AN ACT To provide time credits for substitute laborers in the Post Office when appointed as regular laborers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Re resentatives of the Postal service. United States o f America in Congress assemble That section 5 of Vol. 43, p. 1060. U.S.C.,p.1714. the Act e ntitl ed "A n Act recl assif ying the s alari es of post maste rs and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to pro- vide for such readjustment, and for other purposes ", approved Feb- ruary 28, 1925 (43 Stat . 1053; U. S . C ., title 39, sec . 101), is amended by a dding ther eto a new parag raph to re ad as foll ows Time c redits for sub - a Whenever an substitute laborer, wwatchman, or messenger is stitute laborers, etc ., y > > when app ointe d on appointed to a permanent position as laborer, watchman, or mes- regular force. senger, the substitute service performed by such laborer, watchman, or messenger shall be computed in determining the eligibility of such person for promotion to grade 2 on the basis of three hundred and fz Promotion s author- six days of eight hours constituting a year's service. Effective at the beginning of the first quarter following approval of this Act, all labore rs, watch men, and messenge rs who ha ve not p rogressed to grade 2 shall be promoted to that grade, provided they have the necessary credit of three hundred and six days of eight hours each constit uting a ye ar's servi ce. " Approved, August 27, 1935.