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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 351, 352-JULY 25, 1939 [CHAPTER 351] July 25, 1939 [H. R. 6111] [Public, No. 215] Red River. Time extended for bridging, Walsh Co., N. Dak. , to Mar- shall Co., Minn. Location. 52 Stat. 763. Amendment. July 25, 1939 [H. R. 6205] [Public, No. 216] Congressional em- ployees. Additional clerk hire, Members of Congress, etc. 42 Stat. 1217. 2U.S. C. 92. Post, p. 1301. Legislative Pay Act of 1929, amendments. 46 Stat. 34. 2U.S.C.§60a, Supp. IV, § 60a. Existing resolution repealed. Additional clerical assistance to Senators. 46 Stat. 38. 2U.S. C. 60b. Post, p. 1301. Clerk hire, Meem- bers, Delegates, and Resident Commis- sioners. 42 Stat. 1217. 2U.S.C. §92. Prlomso. Maximum salary. Effective date. AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Red River at or near a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point in Walsh County, North Dakota, at or near the terminus of North Dakota State Highway Numbered 17. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Red River, at or near a point suitable to the interests of navigation from a point in Walsh County, North Dakota, at or near the ter- minus of North Dakota State Highway Numbered 17, such point being located near the dividing line between sections 18 and 19, town- ship 157 north, range 51 west, fourth principal meridian, to a point in Marshall County, Minnesota, located near the dividing line between sections 17 and 20, township 157 north, range 50 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian, authorized to be built by the North Dakota State Highway Department and the Department of Highways of the State of Minnesota, by an Act of Congress approved June 16, 1938, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from June 16, 1939. SEO. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 25, 1939. [CHAPTER 352] AN ACT To provide for additional clerk hire in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for pay to clerks to Members of Congress and Delegates', approved January 25, 1923 (U. S . C ., title 2, sec. 92), is amended by striking out "to one or two persons" and inserting in lieu thereof "to one, two, or three persons". SEO. 2. Section 1 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (U. S. C ., title 2, sec. 60 (a)), is amended by adding two new paragraphs under the caption "Clerical Assistance to Senators" as follows: "Ninety-six additional clerks at $1,800 each, one for each Senator, in lieu of the assistant clerks now authorized by S. Res. 144, agreed to August 15, 1935, which resolution is hereby repealed as of January 1, 1940. "Each Senator shall have one additional clerk at $1,500 per annum, and in addition thereto each Senator from any State which has a population of three million or more inhabitants shall be entitled, in addition to the one clerical assistant provided for in this paragraph, to one additional clerk at the rate of $1,500 per annum." SEC. 3. Section 2 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (U. S. C., title 2, sec. 60 (b)) is amended to read as follows: "SEc. 2 . The clerk hire of each Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner shall be at the rate of $6,500 per annum and shall be paid in accordance with the joint resolution of January 25, 1923, as amended: Provided, That no person shall receive a salary from such clerk hire at a rate in excess of $3,900 per annum." SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1940. Approved, July 25, 1939. [53 STAT.

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