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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 290-JULY 11, 1941 587 mission in the mails, to receipt for registered matter (keeping an accurate record thereof), to keep and have for sale an adequate sup- ply of postage stamps, to make up and dispatch mails, and other postal duties as may be authorized by the Postmaster General, all in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commanding officer of the vessel or of the squadron to which the vessel is attached. Such enlisted men may also be designated as Services with expe- Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks and as Coast Guard ditionary orcesetc. mail clerks and assistant Coast Guard mail clerks with expeditionary forces on shore or for duty at stations and shore establishments under the Navy Department and the Treasury Department, respec- tively, where the services of such mail clerks and assistant mail clerks are necessary. Each mail clerk and assistant mail clerk shall take Oath of office. the oath of office prescribed for employees of the Postal Service and shall be amenable in all respects to naval and Coast Guard discipline, as the case may be, except that, as to their duties as such clerks, the commanding officers of the vessels upon which they are stationed shall require them to be governed by the postal laws and regulations of the United States. Whenever necessity arises therefor any assist- ant mail clerk may be required by the commanding officer of the vessel upon which he is stationed or of the squadron to which said vessel is attached to perform the duties of mail clerk. They shall compensation. receive as compensation for such services from the Navy Department or from the Treasury Department, as the case may be, m addition to that paid them of the grade to which they are assigned, such sum in the case of mail clerks not to exceed $500 per annum, and in that of assistant mail clerks not to exceed $300 per annum, as may be deter- mined and allowed by the Navy Department and by the Treasury Department, respectively." (b) Section 3 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 554; U. S. C., title 39, sec. 135), is hereby amended to read as follows: "Every Navy mail clerk and assistant Navy mail clerk and every Bonds. Coast Guard mail clerk and assistant Coast Guard mail clerk shall ive bond to the United States in such penal sum as the Postmaster General may deem sufficient for the faithful performance of his duties as such clerk." SEC. 10. The Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941 Coast (lid Auxil- (Public, Numbered 8, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended of194nda^ene. ^ as follows: (1) Section 9. Delete the last sentence and substitute therefor: "Any An te, p- 10 member performing such service shall, upon authorization by the capacity; expense. Commandant, be entitled to actual necessary traveling expense, includ- ing subsistence or a per diem in lieu thereof, as prescribed for civilian employees of the Government." (2) Section 202. Insert a comma after the word "Reserve" in the Ante, p. 11. first line and add the phrase "which shall be a component part of the Reserve, status. Coast Guard". (3) Section 205. Add the following language at the end of said Ate, p. 11. section: "In time of peace members of the Coast Guard Reserve may, with Additional training, their consent, be given additional training or other duty either with etc or without pay, as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. When authorized training or other duty without pay is performed by members of the Reserve they may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be furnished with transportation to and from such duty, with subsistence and transfers en route and, during the performance of such duty, be furnished subsistence in kind or commutation thereof at a rate to be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury."

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