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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . II. Ciis . 221, 222 . 1929 .

1187 cl ause, lin es 12, 13 , 14, and 15 of sa id parag raph, vol ume 42, S tatutes Matter stricken out . a t Large, page 627, " Commissioned warrant officers on the active U. S. Code, p. 1186. li st with c reditable records shall, af ter six years' co mmissione d serv- ic e, receiv e the pay of the s econd per iod, and after tw elve year s' com- missioned service, receive the pay of the third period," and inserting New matter. i n lieu thereof the following " Commissioned warrant officers with creditable records on the Pay of commissioned active list shall receive pay as follows : During the first ten years of warrant officers. commissioned service, the pay of the second period ; after ten years of commissioned service, the pay of the third period ; after twenty years of commissioned service, the pay of the fourth period ." SEC . 2 . That section 7 of said Act is hereby amended by substitut- Maximum Paying a colon for the period, volume 42, Statutes at Large, page 629, 0 Vol. 42, p . 629, amend- line 4, and adding the f ollowing proviso at the end of said Provi so in sert ed . paragraph "Provided further, That when the total base pay, pay for length a cesta etc .,of'comms- o f ser vice and allow ances for subs isten ce an d re ntal of qu arte rs sioned warrant ofrcers. authorized in this Act for any commissioned warrant officer shall U.S. Code, p. 1187. exceed $5,000 a year, the amount of the allowances to which such of ficer is ent itled shall be red uced b y the a mount above $5,000 , and the pay and allowances of a commissioned warrant officer receiving the pay and allowances of the second pay period shall not exceed $3,158 a year for the first three years of commissioned service, $3,258 a year for the next three years of commissioned service, $3,358 a year for the next three years, and $3,458 a year for from nine to ten years' commissioned service." SE C. 3 . That section 10,of said Act is hereby amended by striking Navy nt do fco rs, out in paragraph 1, lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of said paragraph, volume Guard. 42, Statutes at Large age 63 0, the follo wing : on and after July 1, 122, the monthly base pay of warrant edM st r stricken out . p . 1188. officers of the Navy and Coast Guard shall be as follows

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first six years of service at sea, $153 ; on shore $135 ; during the second six years of service at sea, $168 ; on shore, $147 ; after twelve years' service at sea, $189 ; on shore, $168 .", and inserting in lieu thereof New matter . the following " That hereafter the monthly base pay of warrant officers of the est Monthly. base pay Navy and Coast Guard shall be as follows : During the first six years of service, $153 ; during the second six years of service, $168 ; after twelve years' service, $189 ." SEC. 4. That nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to etNo o anyi n of pay, reduce the pa y, all owance s, emo lument s, or o ther b enefit s, inc luding th e Vol . 44, . 725. the benefits of the Act of June 10, 1926, Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 725, that any person now in the service is receiving at the date of the passage of this Act .

Director of Coast and SEC . 5 . That the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall Geodetic Survey . have the pay and allowances of a rear admiral (lower half) of the To receive pay, etc ., of a rear admiral (lower Navy.

half) . Approved, February 16, 1929 . CHAP . 222 .-An Act To quiet title and possession with respect to certain February 1 2 (H. R. 123 22 .] lands in F aulkn er Co unty, Arka nsas .

[Public, No . 764 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That all right ., Public land

, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands situated in Ark ., released to equi- Faulkner County, Arkansas, described as follows : The northwest table owner s . quarter of the northwest quarter, section 11, township 5 north of the base line, range 11 west, Fifth Principal Meridian, containing forty