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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I . CHs . 864-866 . 1928 .

955 Provided further, That the app ropr iati on of s uch sum as m ay be necessary for the enforcement of this Act is hereby authorized ." Approved, May 29, 1928 . Sum authorized . Post, p. 1647. May 29, 1928 . CHAP . 865 .-An Act To adjust the compensation of certain employe es in [H . R .13143 .] the customs service .

[Public, No . 575 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted Stat es o f A merica i n Congre ss assem bled, That the following customs service . Salaries established annual rates of compensation are hereby established for the employees forsp ecified e mployeee. in the customs service hereinafter specified (a) Labore rs, $1 ,500.

Rates . (b) Verifiers, openers, and packers, $1,680, $1,740, $1,800, $1,860, $1,920, $1,980, and $2,040 . (c) Clerks, entrance salary, $1,700 ; clerks having one year's satis- facto ry servic e, $1,800 ; cle rks havin g two yea rs' satis factory s ervice, $ 1, 9 00 ; cler ks having three ye ars' sati sfactory service, $2,000 ; cl e rk s having four years' satisfactory service, $2,100 ; thereafter promotion of clerks to higher rates of compensation shall be in accordance with and $3,600. SEC. 2. All new appointments of employees specified in section 1 at meiniaum rates . is shall be made at the minimum rate of the appropriate salary range . SEC . 3 . Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the time•motions at any promotion of any employee at any time to a vacant position in a higher grade, and when so promoted such employee shall receive the compensation fixed in accordance with law for such position ; and No reductions . nothing herein contained shall be construed to reduce the rate of compensation of any employee in the customs service .

Necessary sums au- SEC . 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such thorized . sums as may be necessary to pay the rates of compensation herein est ablished .

Rates effective July SEC. 5. (a) Sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall take effect on duly 1,19 28 . 1, 1928 . (b) The remainder of this Act shall take effect on the date of its Remainder of Act at once . enactment . Approved, May 29, 1928 . May 29, 1928. CHAP . 866 .- An Act Authorizing conveyance to the city of Hartford, Con- [S .4035 .[ necticut, of title to site and building of the present Federal building in that

[Public, No . 576 .] city . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Hertford. Conn . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in considera- Pre sent p ublic b uild- ing and site granted to, tion of the fact that the site of the present Federal building at on completion of new Hartford, Connecticut, was originally donated to the United States one . for Federal uses, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey by quit claim deed to the city of Hartford, Connecticut, title to said site and the Federal building thereon, upon completion and occupancy of the new Federal building authorized to be constructed in said city. Approved, May 29, 1928 . 5483 5 •- 29-P T1-e 4 existing law . (d) Customs guards, $1,860, $1,920, $1,980, $2,040, $2,100, $2,200, $2,400. $2,300, and (e) Inspectors, $2,100, $2,200, $2 .300, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, $3,000, $3,100, $3,200, and $3,300 . (f) Station inspectors, $3,000, $3,100, $3,200, $3,300, $3,400, $3, 500,