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PUBLIC LAW 68~JUNE 10, 1955

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(e) Substitute employees in the Postal Transportation Service shall be credited with full time while traveling under orders of the Post Office Department to and from their designated headquarters to take up assignments. SPECIAL-DELIVERY EQUIPMENT M A I N T E N A N C E ALLOWANCE

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SKC. 608. (a) I n addition to the compensation provided under this Act regular and substitute special-delivery carriers and specialdelivery messengers at first-class post offices shall be paid an automotive equipment maintenance allowance at the rate of 7 cents per mile or major fraction thereof for miles traveled under the direction of the Department in making delivery of special-delivery mail or at the option of the Postmaster General at the rate of 90 cents per hour spent in making delivery of special-delivery mail. Payments for equipment maintenance shall be made at the same periods and in the same manner as payments of regular compensation. (b) The Postmaster General may provide or hire vehicles under an allowance basis for use in the delivery of special-delivery mail whenever the needs of the postal field service so require. EQUIPMENT M A I N T E N A N C E A L L O W A N C E FOR RURAL CARRIERS

SEC. 609. (a) In addition to the compensation provided in the Rural Carrier Schedule, each rural carrier shall be paid for equipment maintenance a sum equal to 9 cents per mile for each mile or major fraction of a mile scheduled. The Postmaster General may pay such additional equipment maintenance allowance as he determines to be fair and reasonable, not in excess of $3 per day when combined with the equipment maintenance allowance provided by the preceding sentence, to rural carriers entitled to additional compensation under section 302(c) of this Act for serving heavily patronized routes. Payments for such equipment maintenance shall be made at the same periods and in the same manner as payments of regular compensation. (b) Any employee in the postal field service who is assigned to serve any rural route, and who furnishes the vehicle used in the performance of such service, shall be paid the equipment maintenance allowance provided for the route so served, in addition to his compensation. ALLOWANCES FOR P 0 S T: M A S T E R S I N FOURTH-CLASS POST OFFICES

SEC. 610. Postmasters of fourth-class post offices shall be paid as allowances for rent, fuel, light, and equipment an amount equal to 15 per centum of the basic compensation earned in each pay period, at the same time and in the same manner as their regular compensation. TITLE VII—SALARY mCPvEASES RETROACTIVE BASIC SALARY INCREASES

SEC. 701. (a) The basic salary in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this section, of each emplovee paid under the Act of 59 Stat. 435. July Q^ 1945^ as amended (39 U.S.C. secs. 858, 859, 861a, 862, 863-866, 5 USC 1071 note, ggg, 869), Or under the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, shall be increased by 6 per centum effective March 1, 1955 (rounded to the nearest dollar in the case of per annum rates and to the nearest one-half cent in the case of hourly rates, a half-dollar or one-quarter of a cent being

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