radio station in Porto Rico the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to exchange or lease for such period as he may deem proper any land under naval control in Porto Rico not otherwise Use retained for time required for naval purposes: Provided, That in time of war or national emergency, if necessary, the Navy Department shall have without cost free and unlimited use of any land so exchanged or leased. Proviso. of war. ed. Naval Reserve Force. SEC. 6. That the last paragraph of section 2 of the Act entitled Vol.41, p.834, amend- An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes," approved June 4, 1920, is hereby amended to read as follows: Officers of, and tem "That all officers of the Naval Reserve Force and temporary officers disabled in time of war, of the Navy who have heretofore incurred or may hereafter incur entitled to retirement. physical disability in line of duty in time of war shall be eligible for retirement under the same conditions as now provided by law for officers of the Regular Navy who have incurred physical disability in line of duty: Provided, however, That application for such retirement Tiimited applica- shall be filed with the Secretary of the Navy not later than October 1, 1921." Proviso. tions Solicitor for Navy Department. amended. SEC. 7. That the paragraph in the Act approved March 3, 1921, Vol. 41, p. 1283, making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes, providing for temporary employees in the office of the Solicitor for the Navy Department, is hereby amended to read as follows: Temporary employ ees. Proviso. Pay restriction modified. Bureau of Aeronautics. Secretary. "For_temporary employees in the office of the Solicitor for the Navy Department, $20,000: Provided, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $1,800 per annum except the following: One at $3,000, one at $2,400, one at $2,250." SEC. 8. That there is hereby created and established in the DepartCreated in Navy De- ment of the Navy a Bureau of Aeronautics, which shall be charged partment under the with matters pertaining to naval aeronautics as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, and all of the duties of said bureau shall be performed under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and its orders shall be considered as emanating from him, and shall have full force and effect as such. Duties. Chief of Bureau. etc. Assistant Chief. Detail from Navy or Marine Corps for. Duties, etc. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the officers of the active list of the Navy or Marine Corps who shall within one year after his appointment qualify as an aircraft pilot or observer, for a period of four years, and who shall, while holding such position, have the corresponding rank and receive the same pay and allowances as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by or in pursuance of law for chiefs of bureaus of the Department of the Navy. An officer of the active list of the Navy, or Marine Corps, may be detailed as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and such officer shall receive the highest pay of his grade, and, in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the chief of the bureau shall, until otherwise directed by the President, as provided by R. S., sec. 179, p. 28. section 179 of the Revised Statutes, perform the duties of such chief until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall Chief clerk. Personnel, supplies, etc., for, to be trans reaus. cease. There shall be a chief clerk at a salary of $2,250 per annum. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Bureau ferred from other bu- of Aeronautics such number of the civilian, technical, clerical, and messenger personnel, together with such records, equipment, and facilities now assigned for aeronautic work under the various bureaus of the Department of the Navy or Marine Corps as in his judgment may be necessary. The unexpended and unobligated portion of all moneys heretofore appropriated for any bureau of the Department Moneys available. of the Navy or Marine Corps used in connection with aeronautics, Ante, p. 123. Details for aircraft The number of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine duty from Navy and Corps detailed to duty in aircraft and involving actual flying and Marine Corps. to duties in connection with aircraft shall hereafter be in accordance servers to remain de etc. Command of flying with the requirements of Naval Aviation as determined by the Secre- Provisos. tary of the Navy: Provided, That not to exceed 30 per centum of the Percentage of officers officers in each grade below that of rear admiral who fail to qualify failing as pilots or obas aircraft pilots or as aircraft observers within one year after the tailed. date of their detail into the Bureau of Aeronautics shall be permitted to remain detailed in this bureau: Provided further, That flying units, etc. units or detachments, with the exception of aircraft carriers or other vessels, shall in all cases be commanded by flying officers. SEC. 9. That the President is authorized and requested to invite the Governments of Great Britain and Japan to send representatives to a conference, which shall be charged with the duty of promptly entering into an understanding or agreement by which the naval expenditures and building programs of each of said Governments, to wit, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan, shall be substantially reduced annually during the next five years to such an extent and upon such terms as may be agreed upon, which under- Governments. standing or agreement is to be reported to the respective Governments for approval. Approved, July 12, 1921. Naval expenditures, President to request pan to a conference for mutual reduction of, Post, p. 192. Great Britain and Ja for five years. Report to respective CHAP. 45.—An Act To provide for the retention by the Government of the property in Seward, Alaska, known as the Alaska Northern Railway office building, and its use for court purposes. ing July 12, 1921. [H. R. 5222.] [Public, No. 36.] Railway office buildat, to be retained Seward, Alaska. district court uses. Vol. 38, p. 305. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the property commonly known as the Alaska Northern Railway office building, being situated on lots sixteen to twenty, inclusive, in block sixteen, of the town of Seward, Alaska, which was acquired by the United States under the provisions of the Act of March 12, 1914, entitled "An Act to authorize the President of the United States to locate, construct, and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes, shall not be sold under the provisions of the Act of July 1, 1916, 41, p. 1405. entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes," or other like Acts, but shall be retained by the United States for use by the officials of the United States district court and the Department of Justice. Vol. 39, p. 306; Vol. Transfer to Attorney The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to transfer the custody Geral of said building to the Attorney General for use as above indicated. All laws or parts of laws to the extent they are in conflict with Conflicting laws rethe provisions of this Act are repealed. Approved, July 12, 1921. pealed. CHAP. 46.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Trumbull Steel Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Mahoning River in the State of Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Trumbull Steel Company and its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate at a point suitable to the interest of navigation a dam across the Mahoning River near July 15, 1921. [H. R. 4976.] [Public, No. 37.] ̄ ̄ ̄. Mahoning River. Trumbull Steel ComWarren, Ohio. pany may dam, near Provises. Approval of plans. forbidden. Construction completion. and Termination if interfering with power development. the city of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, in the State of Ohio: Provided, That the work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been filed with and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: Provided further, Use for power, etc., That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate electricity: And provided further, That the authority hereby granted shall cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of the dam herein authorized be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act: And provided further, That the consent hereby given shall terminate and be at an end from and after thirty days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said company or its successors, that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the Removal, etc., by existence of said dam; and any grantee or licensee of the United States proposing to develop a power project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam if the water level to be maintained in said power project is higher than the level of the crest of said dam. power licensee. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 15, 1921. July 15, 1921. [H. R. 5622.] [Public, No. 38.] Wash. reservation. CHAP. 47.—An Act Providing for the appraisal and sale of the Vashon Island Military Reservation in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Vashon Island, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InSurvey, etc., directed terior shall cause the land in the Vashon Island abandoned military of abandoned military reservation in sections one, two, and three, all in township twentyone north, range two east, Willamette meridian, in the county of King, in the State of Washington, to be surveyed and subdivided into tracts and lots to conform as far as practicable to the tracts and lots lawfully occupied by the tenants thereon as lessees or sublessees on May 1, 1920. Occupants under former lease may pur at appraised value. SEC. 2. That after said survey and the approval thereof by the chase a surveyed tract Commissioner of the General Land Office the plat thereof shall be filed in the office of the register and receiver in the manner provided by law, and thereafter any person who as lessee or sublessee was in actual occupation of any portion of the lands described in section 1 hereof on the 1st day of May, 1920, who made actual settlement thereon in good faith under the terms of a certain lease held of the War Department by one James Bachelor, or a sublease thereunder, or anyone who has since said date succeeded to the occupation and interest of any such prior settler, his heirs or assigns, shall be entitled to purchase for the appraised value one of such surveyed tracts so occupied, no right of purchase to exceed the tract actually occupied and improved by a lawful lessee or sublessee on May 1, 1920, and in no case exceeding twenty acres in a body, according to Government surveys and subdivisions thereof, upon the payment to the Government of a sum of money equal to the appraised value thereof, such restric- appraisement to be made as provided by law: Provided, That in making such appraisement the appraisers shall not include the improvements thereon made by the occupants of such lands: Provided further, pay That payment to the Government may be made in one sum, or not less than one-tenth cash and the balance in nine or less number of Limitation. Provisos. tion. Installment ments allowed. equal annual installments, with interest at 5 per centum per annum, payable annually, as the purchaser may elect, and with the option in the purchaser, his heirs and assigns, to pay the remaining installments on any date when installment becomes due. Tracts not pur SEO. 3. That if any tract of the lands described in section 1 hereof chased to be sold at be not purchased by the lessee or sublessee, his heirs or assigns, as public sale. provided in section 2 of this Act, within ninety days after the same becomes subject to purchase under the provisions of this Act, then and in that event the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized Removal of build to dispose of the remaining lands under the provisions of the Act of Vol. 23, p. 103. Congress of July 5, 1884, entitled "An Act to provide for the disposal ings by lessees, etc. of abandoned and useless military reservations," and the said lessees, sublessees, heirs or assigns, who do not purchase such tracts shall have the privilege within a period to be fixed by the Secretary of removing from their tracts any buildings placed thereon, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reappraise any unsold tracts from time to time before offering the same for sale under said Act of July 5, 1884. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior in making the survey lighthouse or roadway provided for by this Act shall ascertain what part of said lands, if any, uses. are needed for lighthouse or roadway purposes, and any lands needed for such purposes shall be segregated or reserved for such use, and the lands so segregated or reserved shall not be subject to disposal hereunder. Approved, July 15, 1921. CHAP. 48.-An Act Granting certain public lands to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal purposes. Reservations for July 15, 1921. [H. R. 2421.] Public, No. 39.] Granted Phoenix, for municipal Ariz., purposes. Provisos. de posits reserved. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the south half of the Public lands northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, township one north, range two east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal purposes, upon condition that the said city shall make payment for such land at the rate of Payment. $1.25 per acre to the receiver of the United States land office at Phoenix, Arizona, within sixty days after the approval of this Act: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other mineral deposits found at any time in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same: Provided further, That the grant herein is made subject to any valid existing easements on said land and upon the express condition that within thirty days of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the Interior the mayor of said city shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use of the land herein granted during the period named in such request, and that in the event of his failure compliance with to so report, or if it is shown in such a report or if the Secretary shall terms. otherwise determine that the terms of this grant have not been complied with, the grant shall be held forfeited, and the Attorney General of the United States shall institute suit in the proper court for the recovery of said lands. Approved, July 15, 1921. Report of use grant. Forfeiture on of non CHAP. 49.-An Act To authorize the construction of a dam across Wabash River at Huntington, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress July 18, 1921. [H. R. 6814.] [Public, No. 40.] Wabash River. may dam, for water supply. Provisos. Use for power, etc., forbidden. Termination if inter fering with power de velopment. Huntington, Ind., is hereby given to the construction by the city of Huntington, Indiana, of a dam for water supply purposes across Wabash River, at such location and in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War: Provided, That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate electricity: Provided further, That the consent hereby given shall terminate and be at an end from and after thirty days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said city that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the existence of Removal, etc., by said dam; and any grantee or licensee of the United States proposing to develop a power project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam if the water level to be maintained in said power project is higher than the level of the crest of said dam: And Commencement and provided further, That this Act shall be null and void unless the dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. licensee. completion. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 18, 1921. July 21, 1921. [H. R. 6573.] [Public, No. 41.] Postal service. Pay of fourth class Vol. 41, p. 1046, amended. CHAP. 50.-An Act To further reclassify postmasters and employees of the Postal Service and readjust their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after postmasters modified. July 1, 1921, postmasters of the fourth class shall be paid the same compensation as now provided by law, except that they shall receive 145 per centum of the cancellations of the first $75 or less per quarter, 70 per centum of the next $100 or less per quarter, and on the balance 60 per centum. Special clerks. Authorized for meritorious services. Designated fifth class employees to become special clerks. Vol. 41, p. 1049. SEC. 2. That as a reward for faithful and meritorious service special clerks may be appointed in the executive, finance, money order, postal savings, registry, mailing, and other divisions of first-class post Offices. Clerks in the executive, finance, money order, postal savings, registry, and other divisions of first-class post offices who were designated as special clerks, finance clerks, cashiers, foremen, bookkeepers, chief stamp clerks, chief mailing clerks, and stenographers on June 30, 1920, and who were, on and after July 1, 1920, assigned as clerks of grade five shall, from and after the passage of this Act, unless they were demoted for cause, be given the designation and status of special Demotion allowed clerks, and assigned to the first or second grade: Provided, That clerks who have been designated as special clerks shall not be demoted except for cause. Proviso. only for cause. Credit allowed clerks and carriers for substitute service. Foremen. SEC. 3. That clerks and carriers in the intermediate or automatic grades who were appointed to regular positions before June 5, 1920, and are receiving less than the maximum grade of salary, shall receive credit for all time served as substitute on a basis of one year for each three hundred and six days of eight hours served as substitute, and be promoted to the grade to which such clerk or carrier would have progressed had his original appointment as substitute been to grade one. SEC. 4. That, effective July 1, 1921, the minimum salary of foreman in first-class offices shall be $2,100 per annum. |