Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 1.djvu/463

 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 274-JULY 6, 1945 appointed or promoted to a salary grade in excess of $100 less than the salary of the postmaster at the office to which assigned: Grade 1- _______--- $1, 200 Grade 4-_ _ _-- __ ___ ___ ___ $1,500 Grade 2--__ ___ ___ --- 1, 300 Grade5-_ 1, 600 Grade 3 -- __ _ _ -- 1,400 Grade 6 1, 700 and shall be promoted successively at the beginning of the quarter following one year's satisfactory service in each grade to the next higher grade until they reach the sixth grade. The pay of substitute, temporary, or auxiliary employees in the services named in the preceding paragraph shall be on an hourly basis at the following rates: Grade 1-- _________________ $0.59 Grade4---______________ $0. 74 Grade 2---_ ___ ___- -- - -- -- .64 Grade 5-____ ____ ____ ____ __ .79 Grade 3- __________ _ . 69 Grade 6 __- .84 Provided, That substitute, temporary, or auxiliary clerks in post offices of the third class shall not be paid in excess of 79 cents per hour where the salary of the postmaster is $1,700 per annum; in excess of 74 cents per hour where the salary of the postmaster is $1,600 per annum; in excess of 69 cents per hour where the salary of the post- master is $1,500 per annum; or in excess of 64 cents per hour where the salary of the postmaster is $1,400 per annum. (f) Substitute employees listed in this section shall be promoted to the next higher grade at the beginning of the quarter following two thousand and twenty-four hours' satisfactory service in a pay status, including time served as a special delivery messenger: Provided, That there shall be not more than one increase in the rate of pay of such employee within a period of twelve months: And provided further, That when a substitute employee is appointed to a regular position, such employee shall be assigned to a salary grade corresponding to the salary as a substitute. Any fractional part of a year's substitute serv- ice accumulated since the last compensation increase as a slblstitulte shall be included with the regular service of a regular employee in determining eligibility for promotion to the next higher grade follow- ing appointment to a regular position. MOTOR-VEHIICLE EMPLOYEES SEC. 13. (a) Employees in the Motor Vehicle Service shall be classi- fied as follows: Superintendents, $3,100, $3,200, $3,300, $3,400, $3,800, $4,000, $4,200, and $4,400 per annum: Provided,That at offices where the receipts are $20,000,000 or more the salaries shall be $4,700; assist- ant superintendents, $3,100, $3,200, $3,300, and $3,400; chiefs of records and chief mechanics, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, $3,100, $3,200, and $3,400; route supervisors, chiefs of supplies, chief dispatchers, and mechanics in charge, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, $3,100, and $3,200; special mechanics, $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, and $3,000: Provided further, That assistant superintendents shall not be authorized at offices where the salary of the superintendent is less than $3,800. (b) Clerks, driver-mechanics, general mechanics, and dispatchers shall be divided into eleven grades, as follows: Promotion, etc., of substitute employees. Grade 1 -- $1, 700 Grade 2--- 1,800 Grade 3--- 1,900 Grade 4- 2,000 Grade 5--- 2, 100 Grade 6--- - - 2,200 Grade 7 Grade 8- Grade 9--- - Grade 10__ - -- -- Grade 11-- $2,300 2,400 2,500 2,600 2,700

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