904 SIXTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Gus. 800, 801. 1926. public auction to the highest bidder on such terms as he may prescribe, at not leasthani the appraised value thereof, first having given not less than feisty me public notice of. the t , and termsof sale immedi y prior to such sale by pu ` tion in atilsast one newspaper l1IV1I1g>. Gl"8.l. circu ation in the section of the country in which the l are situated and in auch ,,,§§_°°“°"'”* °‘ “”°*‘* othernewspagrs ashe may deem advisable; that any lots unsold may reofered for sale at an subsequent time in the same manner-at the discretion of the &cretary of the Interior; ,,§,‘}{,,§,§g"“‘°"‘°°‘ and if. not sold at such second for want of bidders then the `Secretary of the Interior shall l the same at private sale mm to mmm for cash at not lem than the appraised value. .. . pany, ol reesvations *Sno; 8. 'llhat when a town organized as a municipality embraces ,?,{m'§‘;:"L,%‘°,l§g§Xi‘,°§ thi! ,1811dS 1¤"quB8i}l0I1, the Socretag of the Interior is authorized price- to patent to the said municip ity,·upon the ayment of $1.25 per acre, for all reservations, for aviation &ld, schools, and other public purposes, to be ' for such purposes only. Approved, July'3, 1926. ‘ · Jul s ms. " i 'M · _ li; *2-7-] GIA?. 801.--—An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Acttfor the retirement ~HBH°· N°- mi of employees in the clasailied civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, and Acts in amendment thereof. A , H,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 0, ,1,,, Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Re entativea of the ¤{;¤¤“g*v¤ ¤¤¤*¤¤ em- United States afyAme¢~aba in Oongresa asaéi That the Act D Y ' entitled “An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May.22, 1920, and Acts in amendment thereof, be, and they are hereby, amended to read as follows: nmoranlrrr ron sormaxnusrrox w·},g° ¤¤° ”"*°°°”¤*· Sac. 1. All employees to whom this Act applies who, before its Vi>l:41,p.614,¤¤1¤¤d- eiective date, shall have attained or· shall t ereafter attain , the °°‘ age of seventy years and rendered at use fifteen ears of service computed as prescribed in section 5 of this Act be elkgible for §g°,;',°•· Bm ,0,60% retirement on an annuity as provided insection 4 hereof: resided, glborfrs. md) me That cit , rural, and village letter carriers, lposboiilce clerks, sea °°°°` post clerhs, laborers, and mechanics genera Hy shall, under like conditions, be eligible for retirement at sixty- ve years of age and ,,,§,‘,l’d‘,§,§§’°°‘,§"‘,g‘L${,’§‘,_· that railway pgstal clerks and those employees engaged iigapursuits gggpigmw ¤¤ ¢¤¤ whosepoecupatiqn is hazardous or requires gieat physi effort, ' or which necewtates exposure to extreme heat or cold, and those employlees whose terms o service shall include fifteen years or more of suc ·service‘ rendered in the-Tropics, shall be eligible at sixty- two years*of age- the classification of employgeee for the·‘· urpose of assignment to the various age groups shall determinedpjointly by the_Oivil Service Commission and the head of theidepartment, branch,for hdependent oiiice of the Govermnent concerned . Provided ,m,l*,{ °*°g further, That anysuch employee who was employed as amechanic laborers sum Anson for the major portion of his service, and not less thauiiftecn Fears, °°'m°' and was subsequent to August 20, 1920, involuntarily trans erred to employment asa laborer, and thereafter involuntarl y discharged from the service of the United States, shall receive such annuity as he would have been entitled to; if on the day of,-his discharge M mma from the service he had been retired under the provisions of this amcmysmvaa-vas. Act: Promiled further, That any lK6Ch8!1lC,i»h&Vl`lIg served thirty years, who was, through no fault of his own, transferred or reduced to a minor position, and who shall have attained, or who shall thereafter attain the age of sixty-two years, shall have his
