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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 127, 128. 1925. 805 United States or the District of Columbia. in respect to the items involved therein. The sum of $4,438,154.92, representing the difference between such d;g§§¤,§',§$§§§g§,§ credits and charges, is hereby made permanently available in such ¤*¤{¤=¤¤¤(;1.S,,¤¤·i account of the District of Columbia for appropriation by the iipumgnilaiiiaiiirgpiiiii Congress for purchase of land and construction of buildings for °‘°’“‘ public school, playground, and park purposes, other than and in addition to sums appropriated for such purposes in the District _ of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926: Provided, ihigiiiinai mans That nothinv contained in this Act shall be construed to deprive the “°* *"°"°“*°d- District of Columbia, as of and on June 30, 1922, in addition to the sum named herein, of credit for the surplus of revenues of said District collected and deposited in the Treasury of the United States during the fiscal year 1922, over and above a.ll appropriations and other charges for that year or of credit for the unexpended balances ,,,,€Q’,§{,]’°§‘,§’§,f*bg’{',*}',g§ of District of Columbia appropriations covered into the surplus fund mdby warrant of the Secretary o the Treasury issued on June 30, 1922; Mimmmwwmipm or of credit for the proportion the District of Columbia may be gg, i¤¢¤ Trwm entitled to of miscellaneous receipts paid directly into the Treasury ` during the fiscal year 1922; or of credit for the amount erroneously B§rroneous_eharges in charged against the revenues of the District for the fiscal year 1922 iiggd D°°°"“°’ A°‘· on account of appropriations made by the third Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1922, approved July 1, 1922, as the amount of said appropriations were charged against the revenues of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1923, totaling the sum of $819,37383, which is included in the total sum of $2,903,219.% mentioned in line 8, page 2, of this bill, and taken into account in arriving at the net balance of $4,438,154.92, above stated. Provided further, That the Comptroller General of the United cemprml ii°°°r°_o¤msi‘°°lZ} States shall ascertain and determine whether the items mentioned in ‘“‘*"°*’°"*’ the preceding proviso were improperly taken into account in arriving at the net balance of $4,438,154.92, and if, and· to the extent that, any ,I*¤¤=, °jm:d¤g°¤y¤¤SdLv or all of said items shall be so determined to have been improperly un taken into account, the amount thereof shall be added to the said fund of $4.438,1:%.92 and likewise shall be available permanently in the neral account of the District of Columbia for appropriation by the Clbngress for such purposes as it may from time to time provide: Ami provvkled further, That the Comptroller General shal submit R·¤¤· to the Congress at its next regular session a detailed report of the result of his determination and, action as authorized herein. Approved, February 2, 1925. CHAP. 128.—·An Act To encourage commercial aviation and to authorize the P0stm.aster General to contract for air mail service. iP¤¤¤<= N°· 3**9-l Be it emcted by the Senate and H mcse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may AirM¤i1A¤¢· be cited as the Air Mail Act. _ Sec. 2. That when used in this Act the term " air mail ’f means m£,*_$¤¤i¤€ °* "°*' first—class mail prepaid at the rates of postage herein prescribed. Sec. 3. That the rates of postage on air mail shall be not less than *’°S“*¥°’¤*°· 10 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. _ h dm Sec. 4. That the Postmaster General is authorized to contract with ,,,$§§‘,%‘sg ,,¥§.,§n by any individual, firm, or corporation for the transportation of air mail ummby aircraft between such oints as he may designate at a rate not to exceed four~fif1;hs of the revenues derived from such air mail, omamsmessmau. and to further contract for the transportation by aircraft of firstclass mail other than air mail at a rate not to exceed four—fifths of the revenues derived from such first-class mail.