Chapter 783. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the granting of leave to ex-service men and women to attend the annual convention of the American Legion in Paris, France, in 1927,” approved May 20, 1926
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CHAP. 783.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the granting of leave to ex-service men and women to attend the annual convention of the American Legion in Paris, France, in 1927,” approved May 20, 1926.July 3, 1926.[[H. R. 12890](/us/bill/69/hr/12809).][[Public, No. 504](/us/pl/69/504).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, American Legion convention. *Ante*, p. 587, amended.That the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the granting of leave to ex-service men and women to attend the annual convention of the American Legion in Paris, France, in 1927,” approved May 20, 1926, be amended to read as follows:
"Extended leave allowed ex-service men and women in departments, etc., to attend.“That the heads of the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government be, and they hereby are, authorized to grant, in their discretion, extended leave not to exceed sixty days in the calendar year 1927 to ex-service men and women for the sole purpose of attending the annual convention of the American Legion, *Proviso*. Annual leave provisions not modified, but accumulation permitted.Vol. 27, p. 715;
Vol.35, p. 267; Vol. 43, p. 1064.in Paris, France: *Provided, however*, That this statute shall not be construed to modify the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1893, the Act approved May 23, 1908, and the Act approved February 28, 1925, limiting the annual leave which may be granted with pay to fifteen or thirty days in any one year except that any portion of the fifteen or thirty 'days’ leave not granted or used during the calendar year 1926 or the fiscal year 1927 may be allowed to accumulate and be pyramided for the purpose herein specified in addition to the fifteen or thirty clays’ leave with pay in the calendar year 1927 or the fiscal year 1928.”" Approved, July 3, 1926.