1374 74th CONGKESS. SESS. II. CHS. 452-454. MAY 26, 1936. 



[CHAPTER 452.] 



AN ACT 

 May 26, 1936. 



[H. R. 8784.1 To authorize withholding compensation due Government personnel. 



[Public, No. 618.J 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 Esecutive^branch of JJnited States of America in Congress a^ssembled, That hereafter, 

 witohoiding of com- whenever upon the statement of the account of any disbursing officer 

 menfs'hTve'bera made of the United States in the General Accounting Office credit shall 

 illegally, authorized, have been disallowed for any payment to any person in the executive 

 branch of the Government, otherwise entitled to compensation from 

 the United States or from any agencj' or instrumentality thereof, 

 such compensation of the payee may be withheld until full reim- 

 bursement has been accomplished under such regulations as may be 

 prescribed by the head of the department, branch, or independent 

 establishment (including corporations) under which such payee is 

 ProKiso. entitled to receive compensation : Provided, That nothing contained 



affected."^ ""^^ °° in this Act shall be construed to repeal or in any way modify exist- 

 ing laws I'elating to the collection of the indebtedness of accountable 

 or disbursing officers. 

 Approved, May 26, 1936. 



[CHAPTER 453.] 



May 26, 1936. _ ^^ f^'^'^ 



[u. R. 10267.] 'Pq provide for adjusting the compensation of division superintendents, assistant 

 [Public, No. 619.) division superintendents, assistant superintendents at large, assistant super- 



intendent in charge of car construction, chief clerks, assistant chief clerks, 

 and clerks in charge of sections in offices of division superintendents in the 

 Railway Mail Service, to correspond to the rates established by the Classifi- 

 cation Act of 1923, as amended. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilot/se of Representatives of the 



Eaiiway Mail Serv- United States of America in. Congress assembtcd, That the Post- 



"^Adjustmcnt of com- master General is authorized and directed to adjust the compensa- 



pens^ation.^ 1061. tiou of division superintendents, assistant division superintendents, 



u. s. c, p. 1751. assistant sujierintendents at large, assistant superintendent in charge 



of car construction, chief clerks, assistant chief clerks, and clerks 



in charge of sections in offices of division superintendents, Railway 



Mail Service, to correspond, so far as may be practicable, to tlie rates 



Appropriations made established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for posi- 



Bvaiiabie. tions in the departmental service in the District of Columbia. Any 



appropriation now or hereafter available for the payment of the 



compensation of employees in the Railway Mail Service shall be 



available for payment of compensation in accordance with the rates 



adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 



Approved, May 26, 1936. 



[CHAPTER 454.] 



AN ACT 

 May 26. 1936. 



[H. R. 10934.1 To authorize the transfer of the customhouse at Salem, Massachusetts, from the 



[Public, No. 620.1 jurisdiction of the Treasury Department to the Department of the Interior. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 Tr!!^fe?^rf^ciistom- United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secre- 

 house to Department tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed 

 of Interior, authorized. ^^ transfer to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 

 Interior the cu.stomhouse at Salem, Massachusetts, and such ad- 

 joining property, both real and personal, as may now be under the 

 jurisdiction of the Secretar}^ of the Treasury. 



