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63 Stat. 967. 6 U. S. O. §1121.
PUBLIC LAW 204—OCT. 24, 1951
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SEC. 13. Section 19 (b^ of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (b) Storekeepers shall be paid annual salaries of $4,896 and foremen shall be paid annual salaries of $4,352." SEC. 14. I n the adjustment of assignments to grades, salaries, and positions to conform with the provisions of such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended by this Act— (a) Postmasters and employees for whom salaries are provided in such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended by this Act, shall be placed under the position title which covers their regularly assigned duties and which is in accord with the applicable organizational unit structure and shall be placed under the annual salary or hourly rate prescribed by such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended by this Act, for the position to which assigned. (b) Employees (other than special mechanics, cost accounting clerks, purchasing clerks, and draftsmen) for whom automatic rades and salaries are provided in section 11A of such Act of uly 6, 1945, as added by this Act and who— (1) on the effective date of this Act, are in grades 1, 2, and 3 shall be placed in grade 1; and (2) on the effective date of this Act are in grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 shall be placed in grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 respectively— and shall receive the annual salary or hourly rate of pay of the grade in which placed. (c) Special mechanics who, on the effective date of this Act, are receiving basic annual salaries of $3,670, $3,770, $3,870, or $3,970, shall be placed in grades 1, 2, 3, or 4, respectively. (d) Cost accounting clerks, purchasing clerks, and draftsmen who, on the effective date of this Act, are receiving basic annual salaries of $4,070 shall be placed in grade 1, those receiving basic annual salaries of $4,270 shall be placed in grade 3, and those receiving basic annual salaries of $4,470 shall be placed in grade 5. (e) Post office inspectors shall be placed in the same numbered grade as they are in on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 15. (a) Employees who, under such Act of July 6, 1945, as in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, are entitled to automatic grade promotions on the effective date of this Act, shall be given credit for their earned automatic grade promotion before applying the provisions of sections 4 and 14 of this Act. Employees who, under such Act of July 6, 1945, as in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, would have been entitled to automatic grade promotions within one year from the effective date of this Act, shall 1be given credit for the time served since their last promotion prior to the effective date of this Act in determining eligibility for automatic grade promotions under the provisions of such Act of July 6, 1945, a,s amended by this Act. This subsection shall not apply to any employee who, under section 14 (b)(1), is advanced from grade 1 or grade 2 under such Act of July 6, 1945, as in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, to grade 1 under such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended by this Act. (b) Any increase in rate of basic compensation by reason of the enactment of this Act shall not be considered as an "equivalent increase" in compensation within the meaning of section 701 of the Classification Act of 1949, in case of postal service employees who transfer or are transferred to a position coming within the purview of the Classification Act of 1949. SEC. 16. In the readjustment of salaries to conform with the provisions of this Act, (1) no postmaster (except postmasters in offices of the fourth class), assistant postmaster, supervisor, or employee shall, by reason of the enactment of this Act, receive an increase in basic
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