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P U B U C LAW U l - J U L Y 20, 1953

" (d)(1) For the purpose of computing pay of officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia for the pay period July 1 to July 11, 1953, inclusive, any day off taken by any such officer or member during the period July 1 to July 4, 1953, inclusive, shall be considered as a workday if such officer or member worked or was otherwise in a pay status for an equivalent day in the period June 28 to June 30, 1953, inclusive: Provided, That any such day off falling on July 4, 1953, shall not entitle any such officer or member to additional holiday compensation for that day, "(2) For the purpose of this subsection the term 'day off' means any of the days off duty in each seven-day period to which each officer and member of such Fire Department is entitled pursuant to section 2 of the Act approved June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 498) but such term does not include any 'platoon change day off', as such term is used in such Fire Department." Approved July 20, 1953. Public Law 140

Pay c o m p u t a tion.

••Day off»».

D. C. C o d e 4404a.

CHAPTER 232

AN ACT To provide for an additional Assistant Postmaster General in the Post Office Department.

July 20. 1953 [H. R. 5302]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the Post Office Department an additional Assistant Postmaster General, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall perform such duties as the Postmaster General may designate, and shall receive compensation at the rate of $15,000 per annum or at such other rate as may hereafter be provided by law for Assistant Postmasters General. Approved July 20, 1953. P u b l i c Law 141

CHAPTER 2 3 3

AN ACT To authorize films, and related material, for educational use to be transmitted through the mails at the rate provided for books.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 204(d) of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948 (39 U.S.C. sec. 292a (d)) is amended by inserting " (1) " after " (d) " and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) The rate provided in paragraph (1) for books may apply to sixteen-millimeter films and sixteen-millimeter film catalogs when sent through the mails except when sent to commercial theaters." SEC. 2. Section 204(e) of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary Act of 1948 (39 U.S.C. sec. 292a (e)) is amended by inserting " (1) " after " (e) " and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) The rate provided in paragraph (1) for books may apply to sixteen-millimeter films, filmstrips, projected transparencies and slides, microfilms, sound recordings, and catalogs of such materials when sent to or from (A) schools, colleges, universities, or public libraries, and (B) religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic,

July 20, 1953 [S. 9 7 1 ]

Films, etc. Book r a t e post* age. 62 Stat. 1263.

62 Stat. 1264.

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