250 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 223, 224. 1924. tloods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1,_ 1917: Num: nrglm org? North Branch of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania and _New it .mm’ " &Yorlrl;_and the sum of $8,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated · · · or is ur ose. w§s';,’°““¥’ R"'°‘· Puyalllii PRiver, Washington, and the sum of $5,000 is hereby ` md M0 authorized!) to be appropriated for this purpose. _ ¤ vm. Alleghen and Monongahela Rivers, and the sum of $25,000 is diiildibueiou acm hereby autlyiorized to be appropriated for this purpose: Preceded, Pe¤¤¤v1v¤¤i¤r¤¤¤1i¥¤¤· Thai; no money hereby authorized to be appropriated shall be expended unless and until assurances have been given satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will contribute a like sum of $25,000 for the purpose of making the . E¤>¤¤di°¤*° *!$§§°" survey hereby authorized; and the Secretary of War is hereby md dm mu authorized to receive from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sue sum of $25,000 and to expend the same as the $25,000 hereby authorized to be appropriated may be expended. Approved, May 31, 1924. “°’“‘·‘”‘· cmu. 4.-A A To amend the Aa e¤m1ea··A¤ Act to read'ust the
ppy and alligvancesldf tlite commissioned and enlisted personnel of thd Army,
a , Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Hegh Serviee," approved June 10, 1922. Be it enacted b the Senate and House 0 Re esentattves of the x.%§°}a°di°“m°°°’ United States of?/Amemba in Oongresa asémbgld, That section 3 ef ”·**‘“"·““‘°“°` of the Act entitled "An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel 0 the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service," approved J ime 10, 1922, be, and the same is hereby amenclled by inserting immediately after the first sentence thereof . the fo owing sentence:
Gum? md “Such officers whenever entitled to Federal pay, except armory
I.-§,g§°";°°§Q§§’§§ drill and administrative function ay, shall receive as longevity pay, ¤¤1¤¤z¤vE;¤¤v· in addition to base pay providedp but not exceeding the maximum _ pay prescribed by law, an increase thereof at the er centum and ‘°‘·"·"·°””‘ time rates up to thirty years provided in the tentli paragraph of section 1. $‘§fg;uQ”{,g‘§§,?§5d. Sec. 2. That Section 6 of Said Act be, and the same is hereby, °2· ..1... W eaesdidtmsrd is *°“2r* · A 1 ,1. 1 1. 1. g 1:c. . xcep as o erwise rovi e in e ourt ara a Z1d:°seq,¤¤ ¤é¢iyi&¤?d~ of this section, each cornmissidhed officer below the pgrad-dl ldf 3i.¤§'i}$§¥?° ‘° “°"'° brigadier general or its equivalent, in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act,-while either on active duty or entitled to _ I mmm active duty pay shall be entitled at all times to a mone allowance orl¤°€Jd?$i»°emm.°° for rental o quarters. The amount of such money allbwance for the rental of quarters shall be determined by the rate for one room to be fixed by the President for each iiscal year in accordance with a certificate furnished by the Secretary of Labor showing the cost of rents in the United States for the preceding calendar year as ,,,§,‘j“§,,f,°',,,‘2,i"j1‘Q,’,,,"§ compared with rents for the calendar year 1922. Such rate for ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢r•=·¤· one room is hereby fixed at $20 per month for the fiscal year 1923, and rate Sha be the max1mum and shall be used by the Pifggenttas the standard m fixing the same or lower rates for _ su uen years. ,,§§ °§,,“,‘§§‘“§§§E,§‘Z “To an officer having a dependent, receivi the base pay of the ¢¤*¤· first period the amount of this allowance shall? be equal to that for two rooms, to such an officer receiving the base ay of the second period the amount of this allowance shall be equal) to that for three
