Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 1.djvu/728

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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 450-452-JUNE 29, 1940 salary, pay, or compensation received by them during such period, together with interest computed at the rate of 4 per centum per annum compounded on the last day of each fiscal year, but such interest shall not be included for any period during which the employee was separated from the service." Transfer of creditto SEC. 2. The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain the amount, if any, including accrued interest, due employees of the Alaska Railroad coming within the purview of this Act from the civil-service retirement and 41 stat.614. disability funds created by the Act of May 22, 1920, and to certify Upf. v, ij§ 63-736b same to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized and directed to transfer such amount on the books of the Treasury Depart- ment to the Alaska Railroad retirement and disability fund. Effective date. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following its approval. Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 451] June 29, 1940 [H. R . 8076] [Public, No. 681] National Academy of Sdences, D. C . Furnishing of steam authorized. Proiuos. Payment for steam. Payment for work involved. June 29, 1040 [H. R . 82581 [Public, No. 682] Cypress Hills Na- tional Cemetery, Brooklyn, N . Y. Addition of Mount of Victory plot. Care, maintenance, and marking. AN ACT To authorize the furnishing of steam from the Central Heating Plant to the National Academy of Sciences, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Works Administrator through the Public Buildings Administration be, and is hereby, authorized to furnish steam from the Central Heat- ing Plant for the use of the National Academy of Sciences on the property designated as square 88 in the District of Columbia: Provided,That the National Academy of Sciences agrees to pay for the steam furnished at reasonable rates, not less than cost, as may be determined by the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency: Provided further, That the Federal Works Administrator, through the Public Buildings Administration, is authorized to prepare plans and specifications and to supervise and contract for the work neces- sary to connect with the Government mains and to receive payment from the National Academy of Sciences by the transfer of funds in advance to cover the cost of such work and services, including admin- istrative expenses. Approved, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 452] AN ACT For the marking, care, and maintenance of the Mount of Victory plot in the Cypress Hills Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to accept (on behalf of, and without cost to, the United States) title to that certain burial plot in the Cypress Hills Cemetery, in the Borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the State of New York, known as the Mount of Victory plot and designated on a map of said cemetery filed according to law as lots numbers 354 to 359, inclusive, in section 2, comprising approxi- mately two thousand four hundred square feet, in which plot are interred the remains of the last survivor and of other veterans of the War of 1812, and to make said plot part and parcel of the Cypress Hills National Cemetery acquired in 1870 from and also located wholly within said Cypress Hills Cemetery. The said Mount of Victory plot shall thereafter receive care, maintenance, and marking as provided by U. S . C., title 24, sections 278 and 279. Approved, June 29, 1940. re £ 694 [54 STAT.