146 SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 182, 183. 1924. P°**°°—*°*°’¤d°°· Diplomatic Service, consul general, consul, vice consul, deputy consul, consular assistant, consular agent, commercial agent, interpreter, or student interpreter, and shall include periods of service at different times in eit er the Diplomatic or Consular Service, or while on assignment to the Department of State, or on special dnt _ _ _ y) but all periods of separation from the service and so much of any period of leave of absence as may exceed six months shall be §,Q?_'QQ{·°0¤,,,bu,,0uS excluded: Provided, That service in the Department of State prior
- 3%; dgggiimiygglg to appointment as a Foreign Service officer may be included in the
ile. period of service, in which case the officer shall pay into the Foreign Service retirement and disability fxmd a special contribution equal to 5 per_ centum of his annual salary for each year of such employ- ment, with interest thereon to date of payment compounded annually at 4 per centum. m§`r‘;"r§’g,*:;,‘§°"{:é‘;,‘;f; Sec. 19. In the event of public emergency any retired Forei service. Service officer may be recalled temporaril to active service by th; President and while so serving he shall be entitled in lieu of his retirenoent allowance to the full pay of the class in which he is temporari y servmg. _ _ 10L·¤8g; <$g1- Sec. 20. That all provisions of law heretofore enacted relating meow omcers made to secretaries in the Diplomatic Service and to consular officers, ‘§}’,§‘§°B*f,§°,,c§°8,,}-,’,§§?}°‘ which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby made appl1cable_to Foreign Service officers when they are designated 1¤¢=<>|j=¤*¤¢¤¤¤ km re- for service as diplomatic or as consular officers, and that all Acts Sm Do mmm or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. ,,,,,,,(,,,,,,,,i,,,§’,,,, ms, Sec. 21. That the appropriations contained in Title I of the m¤I;*o·: :•ég1_ Act entitled “An_Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes," for such compensation and expenses as are ofected by the pgovisions of this Act are made available and may , _ app ied towar the payment of the compensation and ex enses .,§$§§d°l"°“°““”“°i°’ herein provided for, except that no part of such appropriations §hall_ be gailable for the payment of annuities to retired Foreign ervice officers. i».)e°Zo°iiim°¤fii1°'·&itiiiiii Sec. 22. The titles “Second Assistant Secretary of State ” and
- },§;§°§g’s;,s%{°g*;;;g§ Third Assistant Secretagy of State ” shall hereafter be known as
rams- Assistant Secretary of tate " without numerical distinction of mf{f§l§f,i§§?°°· °'°·· rnnk; but the change of title shall in no way impair the commis- Addmcm Assistant $10%]%, salarios, alpd Sotiés olfglie incumbents. secretary t b _ ere is ere y e a is e in e e artm t f St t dd`- P°‘¤°°°· 0 Q W tional “Assistant Secretary of State," Evho sliinllobe azsoilxilell by Compensation. the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, mmm of Comm and shall entitled to compensation at the rate of $7,500 per annum. Se;v}ge5bolis;1edi I The position of Director of the Consular Service is abolished ,,[;,;§{§¤,§"Q§,§}j,8,j’{ and the salary fprov1ded_ for that office is hereby made available ¤egr$:rg-ms, {OIL *:1; sigary o the additional Assistant Secretary of State herein au o ze . Sec. 23. That this Act shall take effect on July 1 1924. pi? °”°°"'° ""’ “Approved, May 24, 1924. ’ . . . , ni- n ° iifyr?4ti¤°$`f cr-rn iss A A z T s ui [Public. No- 136-l the Legislative Branchcof the éovgdgixgxlténsatlou of ummm and employees of Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re e t ¢'. the Legmama omm United States of America Congress asseméledfr gm a nes of angéggxd my es_ Srcrrozr 1. The following positions and annual (except where resume. specified otherwise) rates of compensation are hereby established:
