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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 84, 85 -APR. 24, 1939 the same provisions and limitations as other annuities payable out of such fund; but no return of contributions shall be made under para- graph (1) of section 26 of this Act in the case of any Foreign Service officer retired under the provisions of this section: Provided, however, That any officer entitled to the bonus of one year's salary will receive in lieu of such bonus the amount of his contributions and interest under paragraph (1) of section 26 of this Act if such amount exceeds one year's salary. Whenever it is determined that the efficiency rating of an officer is unsatisfactory, thereby meaning below the standard required for the service, and such determination has been confirmed by the Secretary of State, the officer shall be notified thereof, and if, after a reasonable period to be determined by the circumstances in each particular case, the rating of such officer continues to be found unsatisfactory and such finding is confirmed by the Secretary of State after a hearing accorded the officer, such officer shall be separated from the service with the annuity or bonus provided in this section, but no officer so separated from the service shall receive the said annuity or bonus unless at the time of separation he shall have served at least fifteen years. He shall, however, if he has not served at least fifteen years, have returned to him the full sum of his contributions to the annuity fund, with interest thereon at 4 per centum compounded annually, except as provided in paragraph (c) of section 4 of this Act. The benefits of this section, except, at the option of the Secre- tary of State, the return of an officer's contributions to the annuity fund, shall not be given to Foreign Service officers separated from the Foreign Service on account of malfeasance in office." SEC. 5 . This Act shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of sixty days from the date of its approval by the President. Approved, April 24, 1939. [CHAPTER 85] AN ACT To provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to further develop the cooperative extension system as inaugurated under the Act entitled "An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and all Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture", approved May 8, 1914 (U. S . C., title 7, sees. 341-348), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the expenses of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics and the necessary printing and distribution of information in connection with the same, the sum of $300,000 annually. The sums appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture to the several States in such amounts as he may deem necessary, and shall be paid to the several States in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and limitations as the initial payments of $10,000 to each State appropriated under the Act of May 8, 1914. The sums appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for sums appro- priated under such Act of May 8, 1914, as amended and supplemented, and sums otherwise appropriated for agricultural extension work. Approved, April 24, 1939. 589 Contributions not to be returned to certain officers. Ante, p. 587. Proviso. Exception. If efficiency rating unsatisfactory. Annuity or bonus. Servicerequirement. Return of contribu- tions, etc.; exception. Malfeasance in of- fice. Effective date. April 24, 1939 Is. a1S1 I Public, No. 41] Cooperativo exten- sion work in agricul- ture and home eco- noml cs. Annual appropria- tion authorized. Post, p. 945. 38 Stat. 372. 7U. S.C. it341- 348; Supp. IV, §i 343c-343g. Allotments to States. Sums approraed to be additional.

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