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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 274, 275-JULY 6, 1945 the basis of their base salary plus 20 per centum, or $400, whichever is the lesser amount, but not less than $300: Provided,That when the application of the above formula produces a sum that is not equal to a salary provided for the position, the employee shall be assigned to the next higher salary grade: Providedfurther, That no employee shall be assigned to a salary grade above the maximum automatic or additional grade provided for the position: And provided further, That clerks who are employed not less than forty hours per week at third-class post offices, and who are appointed to regular positions, shall be assigned to the minimum salary rate provided for the position. SEC. 24. In the readjustment of part-time positions to conform to the provisions of this Act, substitute, temporary, auxiliary, and other part-time employees for whom hourly rates of pay have been provided in sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19 shall be assigned, respectively, to the hourly rate of pay that most nearly equals their base hourly rate plus 20 per centum: Provided, That when the base hourly rate plus 20 per centum does not equal the hourly rates provided by this Act, fraction units of less than 50 per centum shall be disregarded and fractional units of 50 per centum or more shall be considered as a full unit rate of pay. SEc. 25. Allowable service under the provisions of this Act shall be only such continuous active service as has been rendered and shall not include previous periods or terms of employment: Provided, how- ever, That in the case of employees who have been separated or shall hereafter be separated from the field service of the Post Office Depart- ment for military duty, the periods or terms of such service immedi- ately preceding entry into the military service as well as the time engaged in military service shall be construed as allowable service and pro rata credit shall be given for the time engaged in military service for each year of such service. SEC. 26. Nothing contained in this Act shall operate to decrease the pay of any present regular employee to an amount less than his annual base pay plus $300. SEC. 27. The sums appropriated for salaries and compensation of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Iostal Service in the Act making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, shall be available for the payment of salaries and compensation of post- masters, officers, and emplovees of the Postal Service at the rates of compensation herein provided; and such additional sums as may be necessary are hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 28. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1945. Approved July 6, 1945. [CHAPTER 275] AN ACT Providing for a medal for service in the armed forces during the present war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized and directed to procure, in numbers sufficient for the purposes of this Act, a medal (and suitable appurtenances) of design and official designation jointly approved by them, to be awarded to all persons who shall have served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or of the Government of the Philippine Islands at any time during the period beginning December 7, 1941, and ending with the date of the termination of hostilities in the present war, and whose service 461 Part-time positions. Ante, pp. 443 -5, 457-469. Allowable service. Pay decrease, rnstric- tion. Sums available. Ante, p. 68. Appropriatitl
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thorlzed. July 6, 1945 [H. R. 3436] [Public Law 135] Medal for service in armed forces during present war.

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