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74 Stat. 687.

75 Stat. 569.

76 Stat. 854.

PUBLIC LAW 88-426-AUG. 14, 1964

[78 STAT.

"(f) A t seasonal post offices of the fourth class, the Postmaster General may authorize the payment of the basic salary prorated over the pay periods the office is open for business during the fiscal year. " (g) Where the revenue units of a post office of the third class for each of two consecutive fiscal years are less than 36, or where in any fiscal year the revenue units are less than 33, the post office shall be relegated to the fourth class and the basic salary of the postmaster shall be fixed in the manner provided in subsection (b) of this section. " (h) When required by the Postmaster General a postmaster at a fourth-class office shall, and any other postmaster in P F S level 5 when, permitted by the Postmaster General may, furnish quarters, fixtures, and equipment for an office on an allowance basis. The allowance for this purpose shall be an amount equal to 15 per centum of the basic compensation for the postmaster at the office." (b) As of the effective date of this section, the Postmaster General shall place the position of each postmaster in a fourth-class ofEce in the appropriate revenue units category of the Fourth-Class Office Schedule (FOS) determined on the basis of revenue units for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963. The Postmaster General shall assign each such postmaster to the lowest step of the appropriate revenue units category which will provide him compensation not less than 110' per centum of the compensation to which he would otherwise be entitled under F O S II (as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this section). If there is no such step or category, the postmaster shall be paid compensation at the rate of 110 per centum of the compensation to which he would otherwise be entitled under F O S II (as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this section). (c) If changes in the gross receipts category or changes in salary step would occur on the effective date of this section (without regard to the enactment of this section), such changes shall be deemed to have occurred prior to any action taken under subsection (b) of this section. SEC. 112. (a) Subsection (a) of section 6007 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (a) The Postmaster General shall pay to persons, other than special delivery messengers at post offices of the first class, for making delivery of special delivery mail such fees as may be established by him not in excess of the special delivery fee.". (b) Section 2009 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by deleting "at any price less than eight cents per piece" and inserting in lieu thereof "at any price less than the fees established pursuant to section 6007(a) of this title.". gj,^. ^^ Section 3560 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "gross receipts" in subsection (a)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof "revenue unit"; and (2) by striking out "gross receipts" in subsection (f)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof "revenue unit". g^,^ ^^^ (g^) Section 3552(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) Each employee subject to the Postal Field Service Schedule, each employee subject to the Rural Carrier Schedule, and each employee subject to the Fourth Class Office Schedule who has not reached the highest step for his position shall be advanced successively to the next higher step as follows: " (A) to steps 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7—at the beginning of the first pay period following the completion of fifty-two calendar weeks of satisfactory service; and " (B) to steps 8 and above—at the beginning of the first pay period following the completion of one hundred and fifty-six calendar weeks of satisfactory service.

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