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 PUBLIC LAW 728-AUG. 31, 1954

1000 48 Stat. 273.

D. C. police and firemen's salaries. 67 Stat. 74. D. C, C o d e 4814. D. C, C o d e 4813.

D. C. C o d e 4816. D. C. C o d e 4815.

D. C. C o d e 4815. Fire Department privates.

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1148a), for making loans under this Act, and for administrative expenses in connection with such loans. Sums received by the Secretary from the liquidation of loans made under this Act shall be added to and become a part of the said revolving fund. Approved August 31, 1954. Public Law 728

August 31, 1954 [S. 3329]

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CHAPTER 1146

AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 to correct certain inequities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (d) of section 102 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953, approved June 20, 1953 (67 Stat. 77), as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (d) The minimum basic salaries contained in subsection (a) of section 101 of this Act in the grade or rank of Chief of Police shall not be increased by more than four longevity increases, nor shall the minimum basic salaries of grades or ranks below that of Chief of Police be increased by more than five longevity increases." SEC. 2. Section 102 of said Act is amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: "(f) In initially adjusting salaries in accordance with the provisions of this section, any officer or member promoted from a lower grade to a higher grade prior to July 1, 1953, shall receive credit for such part of continuous service in both grades for longevity purposes as is necessary to establish his basic salary, including longevity pay, at least equal to the basic salary he would have received under the provisions of this section in the lower grade had such promotion not been made. Service for future longevity increases of any officer or member whose salary is adjusted under authority of this subsection shall begin as of the date such adjustment became effective." SEC. 3. Subsection (d) of section 202 of said Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (d) The minimum basic salaries contained in subsection (a) of section 201 of this Act in the grade or rank of Fire Chief shall not be increased by more than four longevity increases, nor shall the minimum basic salaries of grades or ranks below that of Fire Chief be increased by more than five longevity increases." SEC. 4. Section 202 of said Act is amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: "(f) In initially adjusting salaries in accordance with the provisions of this section, any officer or member promoted from a lower grade to a higher grade prior to July 1, 1953, shall receive credit for such part of continuous service in both grades for longevity purposes as is necessary to establish his basic salary, including longevity pay, at least equal to the basic salary he would have received under the provisions of this section in the lower grade had such promotion not been made. Service for future longevity increases of any officer or member whose salary is adjusted under authority of this subsection shall begin as of the date such adjustment became effective." SEC. 5. Section 201 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) The annual basic salary of a private of any class of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be increased by—

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