660 sixTY-SEVENTH oouennss. Sess. 11. GH. 227. 1922. grwigwumm Prwided, That the said commission shall not expend a greater sum xm _ than $125,000 during the iiscal year 1923. _
mm" Sec. 3. That the paragraph of the Act entitled ‘_‘An Act to_r·e-
V¤*-41·P·l°52»¤m°¤‘*‘ classify ostmasters and employees of the Postal Service and readjust °d' their saihries and compensation on an equitable bas1s," approved June 5, 1920, providing for leaves of absence, be amended to read as follows: 1»¤•v¤¤ ¤ *0 “Hereafter employees in the Postal Service shall be granted fifteen °mpl°y°° days’ leave of absence with pay, exclusive of Sundeys and holidays, SM l¤¤*° with P°Y» each fiscal year, and sick leave with pay at the rate o ten days a_ year, °i°' exclusive of Sundays and holidays, to be cumulative for adperrod of three years, but no sick leave with pay in excess of thirty ays shall
- ¤!=*¤¤¤'= °**“i· be granted during any three consecutive years. Sick leave shall be
°° granted only upon satisfactory evidence of illness if more than two ,days tileie azpplication therefor shall be accompamed by a physician s cert ca e. ’
Sec. 4. That for the purpose of carryingjout the provisions of the
- °{;-’°,f*;,PP*°P3§,**g“{°}j,*,; Act entitled "An Act to provide that the nited States shall ard the
40,1:. mi.P` Statesin the construction of ruralpost roads, and for other purposes," P°"**" 1m' approved June 11, 1916, and all Acts amendato thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized torhe appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap(propriated, the following additional sums, all such sums to be expen ed in accordance with the provisions of such Act: F°' mh The sum of $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923. F°’”’“- The sum of $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924.
- `°"”5· The sum of $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925.
t,g,}l§¤E;‘{'p0Q°,9m§PP“· The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, immediately am, p. 217- upon the passage of t is Act, to apiportron the $50,000,000 herein authorized to be a propriated for the scal year ending June 30, 1923, hm amcipg thelxseverail) States lays proiided in sectiop) 211upfd thre`hFedeiri1a.l 0°· ,0. way 1 ct a rove ovem er 9, 1921: ro e , at e giéglirevgladifdiwdid §·etary of Agrgdiilture shall act utplon projects submitted to him ° hg°°`°°' under his apportionment of this au orization and his approval of any such project shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Feder? Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto. A,§f"’°'°* H‘g"“'°Y PAR. 2. For the-lpurpose of carrying out the provisions of section m3ggi¢y_;¤¤;(mgg¢Q_e§; 23 of the Federal rghway Act, approved November 9, 1921, there is mus in mmeaii me hereby authorized to be appropriated for forest roads and trails, out °“f§;,,, p_ 2,,, of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro riated, the follow- ' ing additional sums, to be available until expensed, in accordance with the provisions of said section 23: FM 19% The sum of $6,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. F¤r ¤‘>‘5· The sum of $6,500,000 for the fiscal year endin June 30, 1925. mygmlemigg Pan. 3. For the purposes_of this section and og the Acts heretofore ‘ making aeippropriations to aid the States in the construction of rural post ro s the term "bridges" includes railroad grade separations, whether by means of overhead or unde ass crossings. §g}‘},§_l§?f;,,Q‘f_‘,§jénd_ Pan. 4. The provision of section 5 olfpthe Act entitled "An Act ¤d- making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for- the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes/’ gpiproved February 28, 1919, the limitation of $20,000 er t e iygnch téhg Secretary of Agriculture may make, is hereby a.mend)ed o re as o ows: ,u*Q§?§‘g‘§§{,,’§§, @‘f “That the payments which the Secretary of Agriculture may make from sums appropriated under this Act or any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto for the Escal year ending June 30, 1923, Sumqumyan shall not exceed $16,250 per mile exclusive of the cost of bridges of ‘ more than twenty feet of c ear span; and that the payments which the
