Chapter 10. To amend the Act entitled “An Act to adjust the compensation of certain employees in the Customs Service,” approved May 29, 1928
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CHAP. 10.— An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to adjust the compensation of certain employees in the Customs Service,” approved May 29, 1928. December 12, 1930.[[H. R. 12742](/us/bill/71/hr/12742).][[Public, No. 545](/us/pl/71/545).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Customs Service.Pay readjustment of designated employees.Vol. 45, p. 955, amended.[U. S. C. Supp. IV, p. 19](/us/usc/p19). That the Act entitled “An Act to adjust the compensation of certain employees in the Customs Service,” approved May 29, 1928, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “Section 1. The following annual rates of compensation are hereby established for the employees in the Customs Service hereinafter specified: “(a) Laborers. Laborers, $1,500. “(b) Verifiers-openers packers. Verifiers-openers-packers, $1,680, $1,740, $1,800, $1,860, $1,920, $1,980, and $2,040. 1027 “(c) Clerks, entrance salary, $1,700; clerks having one year’s satisfactoryClerks. service, $1,800; clerks having two years’ satisfactory service, $1,900; clerks having three years’ satisfactory service, $2,000; clerks having four years’ satisfactory service, $2,100; thereafter promotionPromotions authorized. of clerks to higher rates of compensation shall be in accordance with existing law.
“(d) Customs guards, $1,860, $1,920, $1,980, $2,040, $2,100, $2,200,Customs guards. $2,300, and $2,400. “(e) Inspectors, $2,100, $2,200, $2,300, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, $2,700,Inspectors. $2,800, $2,900, $3,000, $3,100, $3,200, and $3,300. “(f) Station inspectors, $3,000, $3,100, $3,200, $3,300, $3,400,Station inspectors. $3,500, and $3,600. 1027 “Sec. 2. All new appointments of employees specified in sectionNew appointments at minimum rate. 1 shall be made at the minimum rate of the appropriate salary range: *Provided, however*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized*Provisos*.Transfers. to waive the foregoing provision of this section in the case of employees who are transferred from a position in any class specified in section 1 or from any position in the Customs Service to a position in any of the classes specified in section 1, including that of clerk, when such transfer is made in the interest of good administration: *Provided further*, That in fixing the entrance salary of clerks, transferredCredits allowed. from any position in the Customs Service or the Bureau of Customs, and in giving them increases in pay at any time thereafter, as provided in section 1
(c)of this Act, credit may be given for all previous continuous service in the Customs Field Service or in the Bureau of Customs, whether clerical or otherwise, in positions requiring a first-grade clerical, or higher grade, civil-service examination. “Sec. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent thePromotions to fill vacancies. promotion at any time of any employee from a position in any of the grades or classes specified in section 1 of this Act to a vacancy in a position administratively allocated to any grade under authority of section 3 of the Act approved May 28, 1928, entitled ‘An ActVol. 45, p. 785.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p25).*Ante*, p. 1005. to amend the salary rates contained in the compensation schedules of the Act of March 4, 1923, entitled “An Act to provide for the classification of civil positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services,”’ or to a vacant position legally allocated to any grade created by or under authority of Congress after the passage of this Act, regardless of the period of time the employee has served and regardless of the designation of the vacant position, and when so promoted such employee shall receive the compensation authorized by law for such positions and thereafter shall cease to be affected by the provisions of section 1 of this Act; and nothing containedNo reduction in pay. herein shall be construed to reduce the rate of compensation of any employee in the Customs Service. “Sec. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated suchAppropriation authorized. sums as may be necessary to pay the rates of compensation herein established. “Sec. 5. This Act shall be effective as of the date of its enactment:Effective date. *Provided, however*, That all promotions, transfers, reinstatements,*Proviso*.Service credits, promotions, and other changes. and other changes heretofore made with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury affecting the pay status of any employee in which credit was given for previous satisfactory noncontinuous service in the Customs Field Service or Bureau of Customs or which conform to the provisions of the Act of May 29, 1928, as amended by this Act, are hereby ratified and made effective as of their designated effective dates.” " Approved, December 12, 1930.