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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 542, 543 -AUG. 1, 1942 733 mand. such functions may be performed by the commanding general of such distant command in all cases in which the board of review in such branch office is empowered to act and in which the commanding general of such distant command is not the appointing or confirming authority." Approved, August 1, 1942. [CHAPTER 543] AN ACT To amend section 13 of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 13 of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, is hereby further amended to change the salary rates and definitions of certain grades therein, and the title and definition of the custodial service to read as follows: ISUJBPROFESSIONAL SERVICE "Grade 1: The annual rates of compensation for positions in this grade shall be $1,200, $1,260, $1,320, $1,380, $1,440, $1,500, and $1,560. "Grade 2: The annual rates of compensation for positions in this grade shall be $1,320, $1,380, $1,440, $1,500, $1,560, $1,620, and $1,680. " CRAFTS, PROTECTIVE, AND CUSTODIAL SERVICE "The crafts, protective, and custodial service shall include all classes of positions the duties of which are to supervise or perform the work of an apprentice, helper, or journeyman in a recognized trade or craft, or other skilled mechanical craft, or the work of an unskilled or skilled laborer, or police or fire protection work, or domestic or other manual or mechanical work involved in the protection, opera- tion, or maintenance of public buildings, premises, and equipment; the transportation of public officers, employees, and property; the transmission of official papers; the guarding of persons in the custody of tile Government, and caring for their domestic needs and those of persons in the employ or care of the Government. 'Grade 1 in this service, which may be referred to as the junior messenger grade, shall include all classes of positions, the duties of which are to run errands, to check parcels, or to perform other light manual or mechanical tasks with little or no responsibility. "The annual rates of compensation for positions in this grade shall be $720, $780, $840, $900, and $960. "Grade 2 in this service, which may be referred to as the office- laborer grade, shall include all classes of positions the duties of which are to handle desks, mail sacks, and other heavy objects, and to perform similar work ordinarily required of unskilled laborers; to operate elevators; to clean office rooms; or to perform other work of similar character. "The annual rates of compensation for positions in this grade shall be $1,200, $1,260, $1,320, $1,380, $1,440, and $1,500: Provided, That charwomen working part time be paid at the rate of 65 cents an hour, and head charwomen at the rate of 70 cents an hour. "Grade 3 in this service, which may be referred to as the minor crafts, protective, and custodial grade, shall include all classes of positions the duties of which are to perform, under immediate super- vision, custodial, or manual office work with some degree of responsi- bility, such as operating paper-cutting, canceling, envelope-opening, or envelope-sealing machines; firing and keeping up steam in boilers used for heating purposes in office buildings, cleaning boilers, and August 1, 1942 [H. R. 6217] [Public Law 694] Classification Act of 1923, amendment. 42 Stat. 1491. 5U.S.C.§673; Supp. I, § 673. Classes of positions included. Grade 1. Junior messenger grade. Grade 2. Office-laborer grade. Provio. Charwomen. Grade 3. Minor crafts, pro- tective, and custodial grade.

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