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 168 75TH CONGRESS, 1S T SESSI ON-CHS. 196-198-MAY 15, 1937 [CHAPTER 196] Ma15,1937 [II.-R. 2928] To amend the law relating to residence requirements of applicants for examina- tions before the Civil Service Commission. [Public, No. 88] Civil Service Com- mission. 26 Stat.235. 5U.S.C.§643. Applica tions f or ex- amin ati ons. Certificate of resi- dence to accompany. Promotion or trans- fer. [CHAPTER 197] May 15, 1937 AN ACT [H. R. 5179] Granting the consent of Congress to the County Commissioners of Essex County, [Public, No. 89] in the State of Massachusetts, to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Merrimack River between the city of Haver- hill and the town of Groveland, Massachusetts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the con- sent of Congress is hereby granted to the County Commissioners of Essex County, in the State of Massachusetts, and their successors and ass igns, to con struct, reco nstruc t, main tain, and op erate a free highway bridge and approaches thereto across the Merrimack River between the city of Haverhill and the town of Groveland in the county of Essex, in the State of Massachusetts, at and near the loca- tion of the existing bridge known as the Groveland Bridge, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regu- late the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved Ma rch 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 15, 1937. Merrimack River. Essex County, Mass ., may bridge, be tween Haverhill and Groveland. Con struct ion. 34 Stat.84. 33U.S.C.§§491- 498 . Amendment. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso of the second paragraph under the caption "Civil Service Commis- sion" in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- one, a nd for other purpo ses", approv ed July 11, 1 890, a s amen ded, i s here by am ended to r ead as fo llows "Hereafter every application for examination before the Civil Service Commission for appointment in the departmental service in the Di strict of Co lumbia shall be ac compani ed by a cert ificat e of a n officer, with his official seal attached, of the county and State of which the applicant claims to be a citizen, that such applicant was, at the time of making such application, a legal or voting resident of said county, and had been such resident for a period of not less than one year next preceding . but this provision shall not apply to persons who may be in the service with civil-service status and seek promotion or appo intme nt in othe r br anche s of the Gover nment ." Approved May 15,1937. [CHAPTER 19 8] May 15, 1 937 AN ACT [H. R.5554] To aut horize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment for use a t [Public, No. 90] the 1937 National Encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars to be held in Buffalo and Niagara F alls, New York, from August 29 to Septem ber 3, 193 7. 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 to lend, at his discretion, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for use at their national encampment to be held in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York, from August 29 to September Veterans of Foreign Wa rs. Loan of Army tents, etc ., for encampment of, Buffal o and Ni- agara Falls, N. Y.