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PUBLIC LAW 86-3e2>SEPT. 32, 1969

SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That no more than $2,700,000 be appropriated for this purpose in any one fiscal year. Approved September 22, 1959,

Appropriation.

Public Law 86-360 AN ACT Tn repeal section 217 of the Merchant Marin* Act, 1936, as amended.

September 22, 1959 [H. R. 5067]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 217 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (56 Stat. 171; 46 U.S.C. 1127), is hereby repealed. Approved Septanber 22, 1959.

Public Law 86-361 AN ACT September 22, 1959 [H. R. 5431] To provide a further increase in the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the annual rate of retired pay of each person retired prior to January 1, 1958, under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended and supplemented, shall be increased, effective on the first day of the first calendar month following the date of enactment of this Act, by 10 per centum, or $150 per annum, whichever is the greater. Approved September 22, 1959.

Lighthouse Service. Retired pay. 40 Stat. 608. 33 USC 763.

Public Law 86-362 AN ACT To provide for absence from duty by civilian officers and employees of the Government on certain days, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of provisions of law relating to pay and leave of absence of civilian officers and employees in or under the Government of the United States, with respect to New Year's Day (January 1), Washington's Birthday (February 22), Memorial Day (May 30), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), Christmas Day (December 25), or any other day declared to be a holiday by Federal statute or Executive order, the following rules shall apply: (1) If any such day shall occur on a Saturday, the day immediately preceding such Saturday shall be held and considered to be a legal public holiday, in lieu of such day which so occurs on such Saturday, (A) for such officers and employees whose basic workweek is Monday through Friday, and (B) for the purposes of section 205(d) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 (65 Stat. 681), as amended (5 U.S.C. 2064(d)).

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September 22, 1959

[H. R. 5752]

Federal employees. Legal holidays.

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