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 622 Plans and specifica- tions. Monthly payment. Recoupment by U. S. August 22, 1949 [H. R. 1516] [Public Law 257] PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 488, 492. 493-AUG. 19, 22, 1949 [63 STAT. County, to be available to all Indian and non-Indian children with- out discrimination: Provided,That architectural plans and specifica- tions therefor shall be furnished by the local officials without cost to the Federal Government and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior or his duly authorized representative: And provided further, That payment for work in place should be made monthly by the Secretary of the Interior or his duly authorized representative through the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department, on properly certified vouchers. SEC. 2. Any amount expended hereunder shall be recouped by the United States within a period of thirty years commencing with the date of occupancy of the building through reducing the annual Fed- eral payments for the education of Indian pupils enrolled in public, elementary, or high schools of the county or by the acceptance of Indian pupils in said schools without cost to the United States; and in computing the amount of recoupment, interest at 3 per centum per annum shall e included on unrecouped balances. Approved August 19, 1949. [CHAPTER 492] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, offi- cers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1945, so as to provide annual automatic within-grade promotions for hourly employees of the custodial service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Postal ervice. United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (j) of section 14 of the Act entitled "An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to estab- lish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other 39Uta. . 44. ) purposes", approved July 6, 1945, as amended, is amended to read as follows: Compensation of "(j) Charmen and charwomen working part time shall be divided charmen and char- women. into four grades with hourly rates of compensation as follows: "Grade 1- $1.10 per hour Grade 3_ $1.20 per hour Grade 2. 1.15 per hour Grade 4 1.25 per hour Effective date. August 22, 1949 [H. R . 26341 [Public Law 258] Alaska. Transportation on Canadian vessels. and shall be promoted successively at the beginning of the quarter following one year's satisfactory service in each grade to the next higher grade until they reach the fourth grade." SEC. 2 . This Act shall become effective July 1, 1949. Approved August 22, 1949. [CHAPTER 493] AN ACT To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the trans- portation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, until June 30, 1950, notwithstanding the provisions of law of the United States restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passen- gers and merchandise directly or indirectly from any port in the United States to another port of the United States, passengers may be trans-

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