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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 927-929-DEC. 6, 16, 1940 Applicability of civil-service laws, etc., to appointments of acting postmasters. Length of appoint- ments. the office of postmaster, or be reappointed thereto, in the event the office is being conducted at the time by an acting postmaster: Pro- vided further, That appointments of acting postmasters to serve during absences of regular postmasters on leave granted pursuant to the terms of this Act shall be made in accordance with the civil- service laws, rules, and regulations, and such appointments may con- tinue until the return to duty of the regular postmaster or until it has been determined that the regular postmaster will not return to duty." Approved, December 6, 1940. [CHAPTER 928] December 16, 1940 [S. 3765] [Public, No. 888] AN ACT To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Columbia River. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for Time extended for bridging, at Astoria, commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Oreg. Columbia River at Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, authorized to be built by the Oregon-Washington Bridge Board of Trustees by an 4Stat. 949; 49 Stat. Act of Congress approved June 13, 1934, as amended, as heretofore 1066,1104; 50 Stat. 563; 52 stat. 446; S3 stat extended by Acts of Congress approved August 30, 1935, January 27, 6 1936, August 5, 1937, May 26, 1938, and August 5, 1939, are further extended one and three years, respectively, from June 13, 1940. Repeal. SEO. 2 . That so much of section 4 of the Act approved June 13, 1934 (48 Stat. 949, 950), which reads as follows: "or the rates of toll shall thereafter be so adjusted as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper maintenance, repair, and opera- tion of the bridge and its approaches under economical management", is hereby repealed. Right reserved SEc. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, December 16, 1940. [CHAPTER 929] December 16, 1940 [8. 3934] [Public, No. 8891 Saint Marys River. Bridge authorized across, at Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. 34 Stat. 84 . 33 U.. C. l 491- 498. AN ACT Authorizing the State of Michigan, acting through The International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, from a point in or near the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in order to facilitate international commerce, improve the postal service, and provide for military and other purposes, the State of Michigan, acting through The International Bridge Authority of Michigan, or the successors to said authority, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, or series of bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, from a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in or near the city of Sault Sainte Marie in the State of Michigan to a point in the Province of Ontario, Canada, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act, and subject to the approval of the proper authorities in the Dominion of Canada. [54 STAT.

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