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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 274-JULY 6, 1945 computation and treating February as if it actually had thirty days. Any person entering the Postal Service during a thirty-one-day month and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to pay for that month from the date of entry to the thirtieth day of said month, both days inclusive; and any person entering said Service during the month of February and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to one month's pay, less as many thirtieths thereof as there were days elapsed prior to date of entry. For each day's unauthor- ized absence on the thirty-first day of any calendar month one day's pay shall be forfeited. SEC. 8. (a) The compensation of postmasters shall be annual sala- ries to be fixed by the Postmaster General from their respective quarterly returns for the calendar year immediately preceding the adjustment, based on gross postal receipts at the following rates: Provided,That subsection (c) of section 1001 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (47 Stat. 285), as amended, is hereby repealed, retroactive to January 1, 1944, and thereafter the gross postal receipts shall be counted for the purpose of determining the class of the post office or the compensation or allowances of postmasters or other employees, whose compensation or allowances are based on the annual receipts of such offices: Provided further, That in fixing the salaries of the postmaster and supervisory employees in the post office at Washing- ton, District of Columbia, the Postmaster General may, in his dis- cretion, add not to exceed 75 per centum to the gross receipts of that office: FIRST CLASS $40,000 but less than $50,000-- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --. -- --- $3,600 $50,000 but less than $60,000-- 3, 700 $60,000 but less than $75,000- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- -- --- -- --- -- --- - - - 3,800 $75,000 but less than $90,000 3,900 $90,000 but less than $120,000-- -    - - 4, 000 $120,000 but less than $150,000- .-- --- --- -- --- --- -- --- --- -- --- --- -- -- 4 ,100 $150,000 but less than $200,000 4,200 $200,000 but less than $250,000--   - - -4, 300 $250,000 but less than $300,000- --- --- --- --- ---  --- --- -- -4 4 ,400 $300,000 but less than $4(,00K0 - 4, 00 $400.000 but less than $500,000--..--- 4, 800 $500,000 but less than $600,00-  00 $600,000 but less than $1,000,000-- -- --- -- 5 , 600 $1,000,000 but less than $1,500,000-- 6,000 $1,500,000 but less than $3,000,000--- ---  -- 7, 000 $3,000,000 but less than $7,000,000--- -- 8,000 $7,000,000 but less than $10,000 ,000 --     ---   -- 9,000 $10,000,000 but less than $20,000,000--- 10, 000 $20,000,000 but less than $40,000,000 11, 000 $40,000,000 and upward--- 12, 000 SECOND CLASS $8,000 but less than $12,000 - $3, 000 $12,000 but less than $15,000-  - 3, 000 $15,000 but less than $18,000 - 3, 000 $18,000 but less than $22,000 3,100 $22,000 but less than $27,000--- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- --- --- -- 3, 200 $27,000 but less than $33,000--- --- -- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- - - 33,300 $33,000 but less than $40,000  -- --  ---. 3, 400 437 Postmasters. Basis for computing pay. Repeal. 39U.S.C.§280note. Salaries of post- master and supervi- sory employees, D. C. Provided, That where the gross postal receipts of a post office of the Rele e ation to thrd second class for each of two consecutive calendar years are less than $8,000, or where in any calendar year the gross postal receipts are less than $7,000, it shall be relegated to the third class.

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