SIXTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 427, 428. 1922. 1047 Cowlitz and Puyallup Rivers, Washington, with a view to preparing (plans and estimates of cost for the prevention and control of fioo s on sa1d_r1vers and their tributaries and to determin` the extegnt to which this Unitiid States and $03:1.1 interests sho$5 coo era emca ou an ans recommen e . 'llblovana River, lglaska. y P ·““"* Yukon—Kuskokwim Porta e, Alaska. English Bay, Saint Paul Isiiand, Alaska. Gastineau Channel and ad`acent waters, Alaska, with a view to imp]-iipving the connection with existing steamship routes. ` 0 Harbor, Hawaii. Hawaii. Kahului Harbor, Hawaii. Sec. 13. That the jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (,, §P,;i *“"°' is hereby extended, for the purposes of levee rotection and bank Floodiurséaicupaex. gotection, to the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River iiiéiiigiiiziiibibiiilsiii tween Cairo, Illinois, and the Head of the Passes, in so far as °‘P““°°· these tributaries and outlets are aifected by the Hood waters of the Mississippi River. _ Sec. 14. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, and D'°d¢° if he deems it fair and equitable to do so, annul a contract entered t Anulmem or coninto on the twenty-second day of May, 1916, between the United £°elwm’°t°"°“th°” States and the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Com an for the removal of Coenties Reef, East River, New York, andprelieve the said company from further obligation thereunder as between the company and the United States. Approved, September 22, 1922. CEAP.428.-An Apt To_amm1d an Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of ignggloyeee in the clasmiied civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, FE11EjT1TsE1“' Be it enacted by the Senate and House offRepresentat·ives of the United , States of America in Congress assemble , That the Act entitled "An Gizil service retire- Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, mi£>f.4i,p.e14. and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, is hereby amended aS'l`(ii10wS: I iif 6 f h h A A " 'tm * at an empoyee ty- ve earso age or over tow om the ct “”“‘Y °° °“°’» of May 22¥1920, applies, who shall have served for a. total period of §i:u¢<f§i§£iiigi§r¤®LsE?§i not less than fifteen years and who, before reaching the retirement $i°s€wie.°ig°°° P °° age as Exed in section 1 of said Act shall become involuntarily V°‘·"·°·°"· separated from the service, unless removed for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency preferred against him, shall be granted an annuity certificate in the manner provided in section 7 o said Act nggvfgxggf ¤z¤ ¢¤ which will entitle said employee, upon reaching retirement age, to ' an annuity as provided in section 2 thereof equal to the annmty he would have received upon such separation from the service had he been of full retirement age: Provided, That the deductions made dp. mam under the provisions of section 8 of said Act of May 22, 1920, from tions to mii-emu; such employee’s salary, pay, or compensation prior to separation '““"‘ from the service shall remain in the "civil service retirement and disability fund" subject to the provisions of section 11 of said Act V•>1-¤»v·61¤- governing the return of deductions in the case of a deceased annuitant or employee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Sec. 2. That any employee coming withm the provisions of section ,u,,,,,,_ °° °‘“““"' 1 of this Act shall have the right to aptply for an immediate annuity in lieu of deferred annuity at the age o retirement; and if otherwise entitled, such immediate annuity shall be granted imder the following €<>¤¤i¤¤¤¤· coiifdiihzniinplovee is eligible for retirement upon reaching the age f€;¤1>¤¤¥¤¢¤ ¤.¤i•=ib¤¤ of seventy years, his immediate annuity is to be foimd by multiplying ° W"'
