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PUBLIC LAW 837-JULY 30, 1966

(b) The Act of J u l ^ 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 682), as amended, is further amended by renumbering title VII (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) as title VIII, and by renumbering sections 701 through stSt° 4?* ^°^^'' ^^ 714 (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act), and references thereto, as sections 801 through 814, respectively. Approved July 30, 1956. Public Law 836

CHAPTER 780

AN ACT To provide in certain additional cases for the granting of the status of regular substitute in the postal field service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appointment of each employee of the Post Office Department who— (1) on the effective date of this Act and on the date of application prescribed in this section is on the rolls under an indefinite or temporary appointment in a position in the competitive civil service for which the salary is fixed by the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955 (Public Law 68, Eighty-fourth Congress); (2) during each of the three consecutive years ending on the date of his application, has been paid for not less than seven hundred hours of satisfactory work in a position or positions for which the salary is fixed by said Act; and (3) meets such noncompetitive examination standards as the United States Civil Service Commission shall prescribe with respect to the position held at the time he makes application; shall, upon application by such employee made within one year after the effective date of this Act to the Postmaster General, or to such officials as he may designate, and upon recommendation by the Postmaster General or his designated representative, be converted to a career appointment subject to applicable law. SEC. 2. Any person who would meet the conditions of section 1 except for absence in the Armed Forces of the United States on the effective date of this Act and is reemployed in the postal field service in accordance with United States Civil Service Commission regulations, shall, upon application made within one year of reemployment, have his former appointment converted in accordance with this Act. SEC. 3. This Act shall not apply to positions of rural carrier and postmaster. SEC. 4. The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on the ninetieth day following the date of its enactment. Approved July 30, 1956. Public Law 837

July 30, 1956 [S. 3592]

P o s t a 1 employees. Career appointments.

69 Stat. 88. 39 USC 951 note.

Absence in Armed Forces.

N o n a pp licability. Regulations.

Effective date.

CHAPTER 781

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to charge for special services to purchasers of timber from Indian lands.

July 30. 1956 [S.3926]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary laniSf *'***' ^'^"^ of the Interior is authorized to charge purchasers of timber on Indian " service charges. 69225 O - 5 7 - 5 0 ( V o l. 70)

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