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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . II. Ciis . 313, 314 . 1929 . The appropriation, " General expenses, Lighthouse Service," of the fiscal year in which the work is undertaken shall be available therefor . Aids to navigation SEC . 3 . The Secret ary of Commer ce is authori zed, subject t o the aut hori zed on Pacific app roac hes to Pa nama consent of the Republic of Panama and suitable diplomatic arrange- Can al, in P anama . ments for protecting the interests of the United States, to establish and maintain aids to navigation, including the purchase of sites, if necessary, on Jicarita Island and on Morro Puercos in the approaches to the Panama Canal from the Pacific Ocean, said sites belonging to the Republic of Panama . Depot sit es in Rhode SEC . 4 . The Secretar y of Commerce is authorized to purchase the Island and Adame, to be purchase,
necessary land to be used as sites for lighthouse depots at Newport, Rhode Island ; Portland, Maine ; and Rockland, Maine . Details of superin- SEC . 5 . The Secretar y of Commerce may detail su perintendents of tendents and engineers to Washington author- lighthouses and engineers in the Lighthouse Service to duty at the ized .
Bureau of Lighthouses at Washington without change of status . Approved, February 25, 1929 . February 25, 1929 . [H. R. 16422].
CHAP . 314 .-An Act Making appropriations for the government of the Dis- [Public, No . 804.] trict of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes . Dist rict of Colum- Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the bia .
United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to App ro pri ati ons for defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year expenses of, fiscal year ending June 30 1930, any revenue (not including the proportionate 1930, from District rev-
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GEN ERA L EXPENSES Executive office . E XECU TIVE OF FICE Offic e per sonn el .
For personal services, $49, 160, plus so much as may be necessary Additional for Engi-
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, ne er Commissioner . to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at such rate in Grade 8 of the professional and scientific service of the Classification Act 4 sari os . of 1923, as amended, as may be determined by the Board of Com- salaries limited to missioners : Provided, That in expending appropriations or por- av erage rates under tions of appro priations con tained in this Act for the payment for avera Classification Act . Vol . 42, p. 1488. pers onal ser vice s in acc orda nce with the Cla ssif icat ion Act of 1 923, Ante,p. 776. as amended (U. S. C., pp. 65-71, sees. 661 -673, 45 Stat ., pp . 776- U.S . Code, p. 65. 785), the average of the salaries of the '- otal number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the comp ensati on If o nl y one position rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in a grade.
in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position Advan ces in u nusu- shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade all y meritorious case .
s except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade
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