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P U B L I C LAW 249-AUG. 5, 19 55

Public Law 249 August 5, 1955 ^^' ^^^^ D.C., school cafeteria employees. Retirement.

65 Stat. 368. D. C. C o d e 311403 note.

65 Stat. 637.

60 Stat. 879; 66 Stat. 19. D. C. C o d e 31728.

Department of State. 5 USC 151a. Under Secretaries and assistant Secretaries.

C o u n s e lor and Legal Adviser.

CHAPTER 575

AN ACT To revive section 3 of the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled, That, effective October 8, 1951, section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Department of Food Services in the Public Schools of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved October 8, 1951 (Public Law 159, Eighty-second Congress), is hereby revived and section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the salaries of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved October 25, 1951 (Public Law 207, Eighty-second Congress), is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. The second sentence of section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia"', approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately before the colon immediately preceding the first proviso thereof the following: "; and (f) continuous temporary service as an employee of any cafeteria or lunchroom operated in the public school buildings of the District of Columbia during any period prior to the date on which such cafeteria or lunchroom is placed under the Office of Central Management, Department of Food Services, District of Columbia, and immediately prior to probationary appointment as a teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia". Approved August 5, 1956. Public Law 250

August 5, 1955 [S. 2237]

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CHAPTER 576

AN ACT To amend the Act of May 26, 1949, to strengthen and improve the organization of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of May 26, 1949 (63 Stat. I l l; 5 U.S.C. 151 (a)), is hereby amended to read as follows: "There shall be in the Department of State in addition to the Secretary of State an Under Secretary of State, three Deputy Under Secretaries of State, and ten Assistant Secretaries of State." SEC. 2. Section 2 of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Secretary of State and the officers referred to in section 1 of this Act, as amended, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Counselor of the Department of State and the Legal Adviser who are required to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall rank equally with and shall receive the same salary as the Assistant Secretaries of State. Any such officer holding office at the time the provisions of this Act, as amended, become effective shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this Act, as amended. Unless otherwise provided for by law, the rate of basic compensation of the Deputy Under Secretaries of State shall be the same as that of Assistant Secretaries of State."

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