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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 505, 506-JUNE 19, 1948 485 which salary grades are provided by such Act, shall, for purposes of establishing eligibility for promotion in the position to which he transfers or is transferred, (1) in the case of an employee in a position for which automatic promotions are provided, be credited with all satisfactory service since his last automatic promotion and (2) in the case of an employee in a position for which automatic promotions are not provided, be credited with all satisfactory service, not exceeding one year of such service, performed in such position. SEC. 2. Any such employee shall be eligible for promotion within Eligibility for pro- the salary grades of his new position after completing an amount of mto service in such position, which when added to the prior service for which credit is provided by the first section of this Act, gives such employee sufficient service for promotion in his new position. SEC. 3. As used in this Act, the term "employee" includes post- "Employee." masters, officers, supervisors, special-delivery messengers in offices of the first class, and all other employees paid from field appropriations of the postal service for whom salary grades are provided in the Act entitled "An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for 39 s at. 43 . computing compensation; and for other purposes", approved July 6, 876;s.pp. ,I853tl sq. 1945. 165, 126 490, 1108, SEC. 4. This Act shall be applicable in determining eligibility for Transfer from one promotion of any employee who has been transferred from one posi- position to anther. tion of the postal service to another prior to the date of enactment of this Act and who has not received a promotion in his new position since such transfer, except that no employee shall be promoted because of such application prior to the first day of the first quarter which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. The rate of compensation of any employee in the postal Dual capacity. service whose services are utilized in a dual capacity shall not be reduced as a result of employment in such capacity: Provided, That Nonapplicability. this section shall not apply to the rural delivery service. SEc. 6. The provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Act shall not apply to employees who transfer or are transferred to the position of post-office inspector or to the position of railway postal clerk. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 506] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the training of officers for the Jr. 1, 14i8 naval service, and for other purposes", approved August 13, 1946, as amended. [Public Law 676 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the training of officers for the naval service, and for other purposes", approved August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1057), as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: (a) In clause (b) of section 2 after the word "Navy" insert the fol- lowing: ", or his designated representative". (b) Amend the first sentence of the first proviso of section 4 to read as follows: "Provided, That such benefits and retainer pay shall com- mence to accrue on the day each midshipman or apprentice seaman commences his first term of college work under the provisions of this Act and that such benefits and retainer pay may be received by midship- men appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of section 3 for a period not exceeding four academic years." (c) Amend section 8 to read as follows: "SFC. 8. The Secretary of the Navy shall during the second quarter of each calendar year cause to be examined (a) the records of all ensigns of the line of the Navy and second lieutenants of the Marine Navy. Officer training. 34 U. S. C. §1020a (b). 34U.S.C., Supp. I, 1020c. Benefits and retainer pay. 34 U.S. C., Supp.I, § 100b (a). 34 U. S.C., Supp. I, §102g. Selection of officers for retention.

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