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3 C F R, 19 5 4 Siq>p>, p< 84. D. C. Corrections Department employees.

3 C F R, 19 5 4 Supp., p. 84. P e r s o n s sep^ rated without cause after Jan. 23, 1955.

PUBLIC LAW 380-AUG. 12, 1955

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in the competitive civil service in which he served during such period, or (B) within one year after the effective date of this Act meets such noncompetitive examination standards as the United States Civil Service Commission shall prescribe with respect to the position which he holds at the time he makes the application prescribed by this section; and (5) has completed, prior to making such application, a total of continuous or intermittent satisfactory service aggregating not less than three years on the rolls in a position or positions in the competitive civil service; shall, upon application by such employee made within one year after the effective date of this Act to the appropriate department, agency, or establishment concerned, and upon recommendation by such department, agency, or establishment, be converted to a career-conditional appointment or a career appointment determined by the appropriate United States Civil Service Commission regulations governing conversions to career-conditional or career appointments in accordance with Executive Order Numbered 10577, dated November 22, 1954. SEC. 2. The appointment in the competitive civil service of each employee who— (1)(A) was appointed on or after December 20, 1941, to a position in the Workhouse at Occoquan in the State of Virginia, the Reformatory at Lorton in the State of Virginia, or the Washington Asylum and Jail, (B) was appointed to a position in the Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia (as constituted on and after June 27, 1946) with a war service indefinite appointment, or (C) was appointed on or after June 27, 1946, and prior to January 1, 1955, to a position in such Department of Corrections, without regard to the civil-service laws, rules, and regulations; (2) is in a position in the Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia on the effective date of this Act; (3) has completed, prior to making the application prescribed by this section, a total of continuous or intermittent satisfactory service aggregating not less than three years in a position or positions in the municipal government of the District of Columbia; and (4) within one year after the effective date of this Act meets such noncompetitive examination standards as the United States Civil Service Commission shall prescribe with respect to the position which he holds at the time he makes the application prescribed by this section; shall, upon application by such employee made within one year after the effective date of this Act to the appropriate department, agency, or establishment concerned, and upon recommendation by such department, agency, or establishment, be converted to a career-conditional appointment or a career appointment determined by the appropriate United States Civil Service Commission regulations governing conversions to career-conditional or career appointments in accordance with Executive Order Numbered 10577, dated November 22, 1954. SEC. 3. Each individual who— (1) was serving in a position in the competitive civil service under an indefinite appointment on January 23, 1955; (2) between January 23, 1955, and the effective date of this Act, was involuntarily separated from the competitive civil service for any reason other than for cause; (3)(A) during the period beginning June 3, 1950, and ending January 23, 1955, passed a qualifying examination for a

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