Chapter 442. For the relief of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters, and for other purposes
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Chap. 442: For the relief of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters, and for other purposes. Chapter 442 45 Stat. 1441 1929-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 442.— An Act For the relief of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters, and for other purposes.
March 1, 1929.[[S. 5255](/us/bill/70/s/5255).][[Public, No. 893](/us/pl/70/893).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That postmasters Postal Service.Postmasters authorized to employ mail messengers, etc., in a dual capacity, or extra duty.and acting postmasters are authorized, when in the judgment of the Postmaster General the needs and interests of the Postal Service require, to employ mail messengers and other postal employees in a dual capacity, or to assign extra duties to such mail messengers and other employees; and, notwithstanding the provisions of sections Double pay restriction waived.R.
S., secs. 1763-1765, p. 314.U. S. Code, pp. 31,32.1763, 1764, and 1765 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (United States Code, title 5, sections 58, 69, and 70), compensation shall be paid to such mail messengers and other employees for such services 1442if the total compensation actually paid for all services does not exceed $2,000 for any one fiscal year. Credits allowed postmasters for payments made to mail messengers, etc., contrary to double pay restrictions, etc.R. S., secs. 1763-1765, 3850, pp. 314, 752.U.
S. Code, pp. 31,32, 1258.Vol. 35, p. 1164.U. S. Code, p. 490. Sec. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to
(1)allow credit in the accounts of present and former postmasters and acting postmasters for payments made by them, prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, to mail messengers, postal employees, and other employees of the United States employed in post offices contrary to the provisions of sections 1763, 1764, and 1765 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (United States Code, title 5, sections 58, 69, and 70), section 3850 of the Revised Statutes (United States Code, title 39, section 52), and section 226 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March 4, 1909, as amended (United States Sums paid by postal employees to be refunded.Code, title 18, section 356); and
(2)pay to such mail messengers, postal employees, and such other employees an amount equal to the sums refunded by them or deducted from balances due them prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, under the laws referred to in subdivision
(1)of this section. Sums authorized to be appropriated. Sec. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, March 1, 1929.
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