SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. aes. 1925. 1065 Hereafter when the needs of the service re uire the employment on C°¤*P°¤S¤*°’Y ¥*m° Sundays or holidays of laborers or railway iliostal clerkspatglzerminal iiiuiimday °r holiday railway post offices and transfer offices, they shall be allowed compensatory time on one da within six days next succeeding the Sunday, except the last three Slundays in the calendar year, and on one day within thirty days next succeeding the holiday and the last three Sunda§ in the year on which service is performed: Provided, how- {,"°"*?°·,, I wm ever, 'l at the Postmaster General may, if the exigencies of the serv- mugzitdrxi ziiiieoac mi ice require it, authorize the payment of overtime for service on the °"h° ’°‘"‘ last three Sundays in the calendar year or on Christmas Day in lieu of compensatory time. _ All employees herein provided for in automatic grades who have m,1Q§‘§,§‘§1‘§‘°“§,,,, ‘“{,§,°g not reached the maximum grades to which they are entitled to ¥w’¤S¤¤*¤*¤¢*°*Y¤¤"· progress automatically, shall be promoted at the be 'nning of the lm quarter following the completion of one year’s satisfactory service since their last promotion, regardless of any increases in salaries granted them by the provisions of this title. _ The Postmaster General may, when the interest of the service re- c,§,,’Q§,s"§,‘?c§§,‘§$‘“§j quires, transfer any clerk to the position of carrier or any carrier to Hm, ew- ' the position of clerk and interchange the clerical force between the post 0Hice and the motor-yehicle service, such transfer or interchange to be made to the corresponding grade and salary of the clerk or carrier transferred or interchanged. Substitutes appomp Substitute clerks in iirst and second class post offices and the Rail- ed to www vs»¤i¤¤¤¤ way Mail Service and substitute letter carriers in the City Delivery §£°?§iigwi°r me °° Service when appointed regular clerks, railwa postal clerks, or carriers shall have credit for actual time served, on a basis of one year for each three hundred and six days of eight hours served as substitute, and appomted to the grade to which such clerk or carrier would have progressed had his original appointment as substitute been to ade one. ‘ . Postalgermployees and substitute postal employees who served in the ecginpiiixiim 'ivrgli military, marine, or naval service of the United States during the ;'X§{g,O§°mh$Xfm‘§,Y"dll World War and have not reached the maximum grade of salary shall @,0, ,1 D mz receive credit for all time served in the military, marine, or naval ¤me¤i1¤d.’ ` service on the basis of one day’s credit of eight hours in the Postal Service for each day served in the military, marine, or naval service, and be promoted to the grade to which such postal employee or substitute postal employee would have proglrpxssed had his original appointment as substitute been to grade 1. is provision shall apply to such postal employees and substitute postal employees who were in the Postal Service on October 1, 1920. _ No mk or my W No employee in the Postal Service shall be reduced in rank or ummm. Salary as the result of the provisions of this t1tle._ _ _ Sec. 12. That the sums appropriated for salaries a_nd compensa- ,,s{;g¤;*g;;*°{g,‘£*g¤Bv,{g{ tion of postmasters and employees of the Postal__Serv1ce in the Act ams. making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, **””·¤·85· approved April 4, 1924, shall be available for the payment of salaries and compensation of postmasters and postal employees at the rates Mmmm} sums Sw of pay herein provided; and such additional sums as may be neces- u,0,;,,,d_ sary are hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title. ixooxsismxr Acrs nnrmnim Src. 13. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent or in conflict ,,,§}§,°Q’e‘§,,$f* °°°" with this title are hereby amended or repealed.