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74TH CONG RESS . SESS. I. CHS . 498-500. AUGUST 9, 1935. 3 So in original. ` ' SEPARABILI TY OF PROVI SIONS 567 Separ ability pro- vis ion . " S E C . 2 2 6 . If any provision of this part, or the application ther eof to any person, or commerce, or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the part, and part, and the application of such provi- sion to other persons, or comme rce, or circumsta nces, shall not b e affected thereby. " TIME E.e1LCTIVE

Effect ive date . " SEC . 227. (a) This part (except this section, which shall become effective immediately upon approval) shall take effect and be in force on and after the 1st day of October 1935 : Provided, however, pr oviso . That the Commission shall, if found by it necessary or desirable in thor ize d .nement an- That public interest, by general or special order, postpone the taking effect of any provision of this part to such time after the 1 :,t day of October 1935, as the Commission shall prescribe, but not beyond the 1st day of April 1936." Approved, August 9, 1935 . [CHAPTER 499 .]

AN ACT To au thoriz e the Secre tary of War to grant a righ t-of-w ay fo r stre et pu rposes u pon and across the San Ant on io Arsenal, in the State of Texas . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary E~meat' • 'to a%au. of War be, and he is hereby, au thorized to grant an easement for a thorized . right-of-way to the city of San Antonio, State of Texas, to construct and maintain a str eet to be known as Main Avenue, on the San Antonio Arsenal Military Reservation, Texas, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of War may prescribe : Provided, That pr oviso . the construction and maintenance of said thoroughfare shall be No Federal expense . without expense to the United States, and whenever the lands within said right-of-way shall cease to be used for street or highway purposes they shall revert to the United States . Approved, August 9, 1935 . Aug ust 9, 1935 . [S . 1726 .] [Public, No . 256 .] [CHAPTER 500 .1

AN ACT August 9, 1935 . To amend section 559 of title 20 of the Code of the District of Columbia as to [H . R . 3641 .] restriction on residence of members of the fire department .

[Public, No . 257.] Be enacted 1 by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 559 of title 20 of the Code of the District of Columbia be amended to read as follows "RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS OF DEPARTMENT LEAVING DISTRICT

LEAVES OF ABSENCE .-NO member of the fire department shall, unless on leave of absence, go beyond the confines of the District of Columbia, or be absent from duty without permission, except that nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the right of members of the department to reside anywhere within the Washington, D istrict of Columb ia, Metropolitan District ; and leaves of absence exceeding twenty days in any one year shall be without pay and require the consent of the Commissioners, and such year shall be from January 1 to December 31, both inclusive, and thirty days s hall be the term of total sick leave in any year without disallowance District of Columbia Code, amendment . Fire Depar tment m embers . Residence require- ment . Leave of absence . Term of sick leave.