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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 346, 347-AUG. 1, 1941 "Professional and scientific service: "Grade 7: $6,500, $6,750, $7,000, $7,250, $7,500. "Grade 8: $8,000, $8,250, $8,500, $8,750, $9,000." SEC. 5. (a) Title II of the Act of November 26, 1940, entitled "An Act extending the classified executive civil service of the United States", is hereby amended by deleting from section 3 (d) (viii) the words "verifiers, openers, packers, guards, inspectors, station inspectors" so that the paragraph as amended will read as follows: "(viii) Offices or positions of clerks and laborers in the Customs Service of the Treasury Department, the compensation of which is fixed under an Act of Congress approved May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 955), as amended;". (b) Upon the passage of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate to the services and grades of the compensation schedules of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the other positions heretofore covered by said Act of May 29, 1928, in the same manner as other positions in the field service of the Treasury Department are allocated under section 2 of the Act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1003). (c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to decrease the existing compensation of any employee, but when his position shall become vacant it shall be filled in accordance with the regular compensation schedule applicable to such position. SEC. 6. Section 3 of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is hereby amended effective on the date of the enactment of this Act by adding at the end of the first paragraph thereof, before the period, the fol- lowing: "Provided further, That the compensation of any employees under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration may be fixed by the Architect of the Capitol without reference to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended". SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry the provisions of this Act into effect. SEC. 8. Insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with prior laws, the provisions of this Act shall control. SEc. 9. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1941. Approved, August 1, 1941. [CHAPTER 347] 615 64 Stat. 1212, 1214. 6U.S.C. 681. Deletions. Customs Service. 19U. C. . C. 6a-6d. Allocations. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U. S. C. S§661-674. No decrease in exist- ing compensation. Filling vacancy. 46 Stat. 32, 38. 5U. S.C. 1662. Temporary employ- ees, Architect's office. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 83). Inconsistent prior laws. Effective date. AIN AUl August 1, 1941 Relating to compensation of former employees of the Railway Mail Service in [H. a. 33671 certain positions and reinstated prior to August 14, 1937. [Public Law 2011 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ongress assembled, That the thirteenth paragraph of section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes", approved February 28, 1925 (U. S. C., title 39, sec. 621), as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following new proviso: "And pro- vided further, That former employees of the Railway Mail Service reinstated to stenographic positions prior to August 14, 1937, may be promoted successively to their grade at the time of separation from the service, but not to a higher grade than grade 4". Approved, August 1, 1941. Railway Mall Serv- ice. 43 Stat. 1053, 1063. Promotionof certain employees. AiT *A Si

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