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 1490 SIXTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 265. 1923. custodian of a public building or perform work which is subordinate, incidental, or preparatory to work of a professional, scientific or ¤§iiir¢i:dn°i»1£i¢%rifcIi technical cléarahcgzleir. Tin: poaréd shall mszket aasupveygpfa thse igegg ICGS an s repo o ongress a 1 s rs re _ r es 1 fggowing the passage of this Act schedules of positions, grade? and salaries for such services, which shall_ follow the prrncip es an rules of the compensation schedules herein contained in so_far as these are applicable to the field services. This report shall include a l1st prepared by the head of each delpartment, after consultation witlaeiéhp) boarduancl in agcpirdgnce iyit a ulnifcérm Iptroceciliire tpre- ' `t a in a e osi ions in is e a men o err ol compensation of each employee thereunder 1H accordance with th rules rescribed in section 6 herein. mw *’°’ l’°“" (Sec. 6.pThat in determinin the com nsation to be established 8 P6 _ bows in- initially for the_ several employees the following rules shall govern: n,,Ef,d_“°“ 1. In computing the existing compensation of an employee, any bonus which the employee receives shall be included. ' mg; ,*5:%  2. If the pmbpgoyeedis recpivinti compensaigpnhlplss tihan tlgumirn- `mumrateot eorcass ereo inw`c is uties ,te _ compensation shagrlie increased to that minimum rate. E‘“;,"§{§“°“'“§ 3. If the employee IS receiving compensation within the range my men. . ¤m¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ of salary prescribed for the appropriate grade at one of the rates 10 _ fixed ther·e1n, no change shall  made in the existing compensation. Em ,,¥,°°°‘,,,,’°°§"{§‘,§ 4. If the em loyee is recei com ensation withm the ran pay a the P ving P ge nts- of salary tprescribed for the appropriate grade, but not at one of the rate; xed therein, the compensation shall be increased to the next ig er rate. . m£¤1é%%u y“¢h_g_{ 5. If the employee is not a veteran of the Civil War, or a widow nn, receiving ei- of such veteran, and is recei compensation in excess of the ranve Hg ving 23 $Q,f"“ “pP'°’ °° of salary prescribed for the applrplpriate grade, the compensation shall be réeduced to the rate wit the grade nearest the present compensa ion. Nw •1>r>¤i¤¢¤¤¤¤¢¤- 6. All ni: appiointmeints séilall bp made at the  rate of the appropma gra eor cass ereo. béggggxgaggy 1;:; gmc. 7. Increases 111 comfpensatnon shall be allowed upon the attainmg;. ment and maintenance o the appropriate eiiiciency ratm s, to the P,,,,,,_ next higher rate withm the salary range of the grade: §’meided, Cagdqwswv ¤¤¤¤¤ however, That m no case shall the compensation of an employee mq be increased unless Congress has appropriated money gpm which the increase may lawful y be paid, nor shall the rate for any emloyee be increased beyond the maximum rate for the grade to which rmneawrmaeass. Ei; position is allocated. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the plrornotion of an employee from one class to avacant eitionma igercassatanytime` accod `th civil servilh? rules, and when so promoted the employee ghallrlcrieczive eolniplpiiintion accordéng to the schedule established for the class to w ic e is promote. m,,,,’*:s¤:&¤,¤°*gm°g; A Sec. 8. That nothing_in this Act Shall  or repeal any existnee. mp preference in appomtment or reduction in the service of honorab y diilcharged soldliers, sailor? or marines under any existing law or any xecutive or er now in orce. B§§*°§,'{  Sec. 9. That the board shall review and may revise uniform sys- ¤¤¤¤¤¤y¤¤¤¤- tems of eiiiciency rating established or to be esta lished for the various grades or classes thereof, which shall set forth the de of eiiiciency which sha]l constitute ground for (a) increase in the rate of compensation for employees who have not attained the maximum rate of the c1ass_to w `ch their positions are allocated, (b) continuance at the existing rate of compensation without increase or decrease,
 * cIproxim)`ia.(ie’;r·a(i‘l:es ingsaid scheilules and fixing the proposed rate