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 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 524 -JULY 2, 1940 Substitute the following paragraph (2) for paragraph (2) of section 10 (a): "(2) that he has during his base period been paid wages for employment by employers equal to not less than the amount appearing in column C' of the table in section 8 (b), on the line on which in column 'B' his weekly benefit amount appears;". Substitute the following paragraph (5) for paragraph (5) of sec- tion 10 (a): "(5) that he has been unemployed for a waiting period of not more than two weeks. No week shall be counted as a week of unemployment for the purposes of this subsection- " (A) unless it occurs within the benefit year which includes the week with respect to which he claims payment of benefits: Provided, That this requirement shall not interrupt the pay- ment of benefits for consecutive weeks of unemployment: And provided further, That the week or the two consecutive weeks immediately preceding a benefit year, if part of one uninterrupted period of unemployment which continues into such benefit year, shall be deemed (for the purposes of this subsection only) to be within such benefit year as well as within the preceding benefit year; "(B) if benefits have been paid with respect thereto; and "(C) unless the individual was eligible for benefits with respect thereto as provided in sections 10 and 11 of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935 as amended by this title, except for the requirements of this paragraph; and". Substitute the following subsection (a) for section 14 (a): "SEC. 14. (a) The Board is hereby authorized and directed to administer the provisions of this Act. Subject to the Civil Service Act, the Board is further authorized to employ such officers, examin- ers, accountants, attorneys, experts, agents, and other persons, and to make such expenditures, as may be necessary to administer this Act, and to authorize any such person to do any act or acts which could lawfully be done by the Board. The Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized and andirected to confer a competitive classified civil-service status upon those employees performing services for the Board upon the effective date of this title: Provided, That (1) such employees are certified by the Board as having rendered satisfactory service for not less than six months; (2) that they qualify in such appropriate noncompetitive examination as may be prescribed by the Civil Service Commission: Provided, however, That all employees certified by the Board in accordance with condition (1) hereof shall automatically be eligible to take such noncompetitive examination; (3) that they are citizens of the United States; and (4) that they are not disqualified by any provision of section 3 of civil-service rule V. The Board may, in its discretion, require bond from any of its employees engaged in carrying out the provisions of this Act." 733 8D.C. Code, Supp. V, §320. Eligibility for bene. fits. Requirements. 8 D. C. Code, Supp. V, §324 (a). Administration ot Act. Employment of per- sonneL Civil-service status conferred upon Board employees. Provisos. Certification by Board. Noncompetitive ex- amination. Eligibility, etc. Bonding of employ- ees. TRANSITION PROVISIONS SEC. 2. (a) As used in this section unless the context clearly Definitios. requires otherwise- (1) "old law" means the unemployment-compensation law prior to its amendment by this title; (2) "new law" means the unemployment-compensation law as amended by this title; (3) "effective date" means the date upon which the new law becomes effective; and 54 STAT.]

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