SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Cris. 104, 105. 1927. 1085 ties, under the various headings of appropriations made to said de artments as may be necessary. ' _ ` {Adjusted service certificate fund: For an amount necessary under ,,,;*c§{',Q§‘,,§’,‘}df°"‘“° °°" section 505 of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of May $¤y¤2§¤=¤{28 19, 1924, to provide for the payment of the face value of each adjusted sia, alias. ' service certificate in twenty years from its date or on the prior death of the veteran, $112,000,000, to remain available until expended. Mm d Ima, For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year lnsuranliuz M 1928 or in prior fiscal years, $114,000,000. Hospital facilities and services: For carrying out the provisions ,,,§}§§‘,,2‘Z,‘}§’§ ,,,,i‘,'$?§§’j‘l of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize an appropriation to V¤1-4% ¤· 1211-’· provide additional hospital and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hos italization under the " World War Veterans’ Act, 1924,” approved liiarch 3, 1925, $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. _ _ Sno. 2. In expanding appropriations or portions of appropriations, D§t°$§"§lC°S{.Y`§?,Sml° contained in this Act, for the ayment for personal services in the V°'· **1*- 1“”· District of Columbia in accordiance with the Classification Act of Raw 1 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under °ssai¤§*°t¤$'$¤§§ Sli: any grade in any bureau, oilice, or other appropriation unit shall not “"°’· at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified H I _ _ for the grade by such Act, and in grades in which only one position ;¤¤;£3}.°°° °°Sm°° is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusual y meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to ,,,,,,·'§,§‘f,$'*"‘°°,,,,,§,'§,,,,§,§g rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the ade ¤¤¤¤¤· but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then 01% to ,, , the next hi her rate: Provided, That this restriction shall not ap ly a¤¤¤s¤éi¤¤ not tp (1) to gracges 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or $2) §*,.,‘§,"Q,‘,§’,,,,]°‘,},,,,,°lf;,,‘ilf""' to reguire the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation dufgd 1111*1 ¤¤1¤*Y 1* was xed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section Vol.·42,p.1490. 6 of such Act, (33 to require the reduction in salary of any person g,,'§'§,'}',;l°',‘,ZiE‘;§°'{,'{°*'i}'§,l who is transferre from one position to another position in the same 11°°1°¤· or different grade in the same or a different bureau oiiiee, or other _ t appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salaig under ,1gl?§f” are ra °° any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the a e when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act o%T1923, and is specihcally authorized by other law. _ Sao. 3. This Act hereafter may be referred to as the " Independent T‘“° °'A°°· Offices Act, 1928.” Approved, February 11, 1927. _ , February 11, 1w!. CHAP. 105.-—An Act To increase the pensions of‘eertaiu maimed veterans who have lost limbs or have been totally disabledin the same, in line of duty, in lP“°h°’ N°‘ wm the military or naval service of the United States; and to amend section 4788 of the Revised Statutes of the United States by increasing the rates therein for artincial limbs. » , · ( Be it enacted by the Senate and Houacpof Re£1·e.sentati·ves of the P United States of America- in Uongress assemb d, That from and {gig? bz, me speci- after the approval of this Act all persons now on the pension roll, Mlm °‘“'“"S· and all persons hereafter granted a Spension, who while in the mili- tary or naval service of the United tates, andvinline of dusy, shall °dY°'·“·p·°82·°m°“d` have lost one hand or one foot, or have been totally disable in the same, shall receive a pension at the rate of $80 per month; that all persons who in like manner shall have lost an arm at or at any yipint above the elbow, or a leg at or at any `point above the knee, or U ave been totally disabled in the same, shall receives pension at_the rate of $90 per month. 1
