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rounded to the next highest dolhir or one-lialf cent, respectively). Such increase shall be applied (1) in the case of each rural carrier to his fixed compensation, his compensation per mile, and any additional compensation allowed him for serving a heavily patronized route, and (2) to the amounts specified in sections 3(c), 3 (d), 12 (a), 12 (e), 15 (f), and 17 (d) of the Act of July 6, 1945 (Public Law 134, Seventy- Jl ^7^ 853.862. ninth Congress), as amended. (b) Retroactive salary shall be paid under this Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the United States (including service in the Armed Forces of the Ignited States) or of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive salary shall be paid a retired postmaster, officer, or emplo3'ee for services rendered during the period begiiming March 1, 1955, and ending with the date of his retirement, or in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 3, idSO, 64 Stat. 395.^ for services rendered by a deceased postmaster, officer, or employee 5 USC 6 If-6 Ik. during the period beginning on March 1, 1955, and ending with the date of his death. For the purposes of this subsection, service in the Armed Forces of the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from training and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such individual to a position in or under the Federal Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia. TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS CLASSES OF POST OFFICES

SEC. 801. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Postmaster General shall divide post offices into four classes on the basis of gross annual postal receipts for the preceding calendar year. He shall place in the first class those post offices at which such receipts are $40,000 or more. He shall place in the second class those post offices at which such receipts are $8,000 or more, but less than $40,000. He shall place in the third class those post offices at which such receipts are $1,500 or more, but less than $8,000. He shall place in the fourth class those offices at which such receipts are less than $1,500, except as provided in section 303(g). A S S I G N M E N T OF E M P L O Y E E S

SEC. 802. With the consent of the employee, the Postmaster General is authorized to detail any employee, including any employee of the departmental service, between the postal field service and the departmental service to such extent as may be necessary to develop a more efficient working force and more effectively to perform the work of the Department. Each such detail shall be made for a period of not more than one year and may be made without change in compensation of the employee so detailed. INCREASES I N BASIC C O M P E N S A T I O N N O T " E Q U IV A L E N T I N C R E A S E S "

SEC. 803. Any increase in rate of basic compensation by reason of enactment of this Act shall not be considered as an "equivalent increase" in compensation within the meaning of section 701(a)(A) of the Classification Act of 1949, in the case of employees who transfer or are transferred to a position coming within the purview of the Classification Act of 1949. 54402

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