Chapter 368. To provide extra compensation for overtime service performed by immigrant inspectors and other employees of the Immigration Service
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CHAP. 368.— An Act To provide extra compensation for overtime service performed by immigrant inspectors and other employees of the Immigration Service. March 2, 1931.[[H. R. 3309](/us/bill/71/hr/3309).][[Public, No. 774](/us/pl/71/774).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Immigration Service.Extra pay to inspectors, etc., for overtime services at night and holidays.of Labor shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of inspectors and employees of the Immigration Service who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of five o’clock postmeridian and eight o’clock antemeridian, or on Sundays or holidays, to perform duties in connection with the examination and landing of passengers and crews of steamships, trains, airplanes, or other vehicles, arriving in the United States from a Rates.foreign port by water, land, or air, such rates to be fixed on a basis of one-half day’s additional pay for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least one hour that the overtime extends beyond five o’clock postmeridian (but not to exceed two and one-half days’ pay for the full period from five o’clock postmeridian to eight o’clock antemeridian) and two additional days’ pay for Sunday and holiday duty; in those ports where the customary working hours are other Prevailing hours of employment.than those heretofore mentioned, the Secretary of Labor is vested with authority to regulate the hours of immigration employees so as to agree with the prevailing working hours in said ports, but nothing contained in this section shall be construed in any manner to affect or alter the length of a working day for immigration employees or the overtime pay herein fixed.
Sec. 2. The said extra compensation shall be paid by the master, Payment for overtime to be made by master, etc.owner, agent, or consignee of such vessel or other conveyance arriving in the United States from a foreign port to the Secretary of Labor, who shall pay the same to the several immigration officers and employees entitled thereto as provided in this Act. Such extra Considered due if reporting for duty.compensation shall be paid if such officers or employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, whether the actual inspection or examination of passengers or crew takes place or not: 1468*Proviso.*Entries at designated ports by international ferries, bridges, etc. *Provided*, That this section shall not apply to the inspection at designated ports of entry of passengers arriving by international ferries, bridges, or tunnels, or by aircraft, railroad trains, or vessels on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, when operating on regular schedules.
Approved, March 2, 1931.