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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . II. CFis. 574-576 . 1929 . an engineer officer may be promoted, subject to examination as provided by law, to either of these grades at the same time as a line officer of the same length of total service in the Coast Guard is promote d to e ither of the corre spondi ng grad es in the li ne . Effec t of vacancy at SEC . 2. That each vacancy occurring at the bottom of the list of bottom of list of en- gineers . commissioned engineer officers on the active list after July 1, 1929, shall o perate to re duce b y one the to tal num ber of engin eer of ficers and to increase by one the total number of line officers authorized by section 1 of this Act . computations to or- SEC . 3 . In making any computation required or authorized by or elude officers carried as additional numbers . pursuant to this Act there shall be excluded from consideration those officers carried by law as additional numbers, and whenever a final fraction of one-half or more occurs the whole number next above shall be regarded as the authorized number . Escor t for burial of SEC . 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, is of ficer or enlis ted man in service . hereby authorized to furnish an escort, not to exceed one person, to the place of burial for the body of an officer or enlisted man who has lost his life in the Coast Guard . Such expenses as are incurred for this purpose shall be paid from the proper appropriation . No pay red uc tio n, SEC . 5 . That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to et C'

reduce the rank, pay, or allowances of any commissioned officer of the Coast Guard as now provided by law . inconsistent laws re- SEC . 6 . That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the pealed .

provisions of this Act are hereby repealed . Approved, March 2, 1929 . March 2, 1929 .

[H. R. 17075.] [P ubli c, No . 1001 .] CHAP. 575 .-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota . Red Riv er of the Be it enacted by the Senate .and House o f Representatives o f the North.

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for Tim e extended for bridging, between Far- commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the go, N . llak ., and Moor- Red River of the North between Fargo, North Dakota, and Moor- beAnt Minn . 72. head, Minnesota, authorized to be built by the State of North Dakota, the State of Mi nnesot a, the count y of C ass, No rth Da kota, the co unty of Clay, Minnesota, the city of Fargo, North Dakota, and the city of Moorhead, Minnesota, or any one or more of them, by an Act of Congress approved May 1, 1928, are hereby extended one and three Amendme nt .

years, respectively, from May 1, 1929. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expr essly reserv ed . Approved, March 2, 1 92 9 . March 2, 1929.

[13. R . 17079 .] _ CHAP . 576 .-An Act To repeal the provision in the Act of April 30, 1908, [Public, No . 1002 .1 and other legislation limiting the annual per capita cost in Indian schools . Indian boarding Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the schools . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the provi- co Limit , repealed capita sion in the Act of April 30, 1908 (Thirty -fifth Statu tes at Large , pealed .35,. P. 72, re- page 72), and all other Acts imposing a limit upon the per capita cost in Indian boarding schools, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Appr ove d, Mar ch 2, .929 .