SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SEss . III. CH. 10. 1930. "(c) Clerks, entrance salary, $1,700 ; clerks having one year's satis- factory s ervice, $ 1,800 ; clerks having tw o years' satisfact ory servi ce, $1,900 ; clerks having three years' satisfactory service, $2,000 ; clerks having four years' satisfactory service, $2,100 ; thereafter promotion of clerks to higher rates of compensation shall be in accordance with existing law. "(d) Customs g uards, $1 ,860, $1, 920, $1,9 80, $2,04 0, $2,100 , $2,200, $2,300, and $2,400 . "(e) Ins pectors, $2,100, $2,200, $2,300, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, $2,700, $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, $3,500, and $3,600 . "SEC . 2. All new appointments of employees specified in section 1 shall be ma de at the mi nimum rate o f the a ppropr iate s alary range Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to waive the foregoing provision of this section in the case of employe es who are t ransfe rred f rom a positio n in a ny cla ss spe cified jn 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 i n fixing the entra nce salar y of cler ks, trans - ferred from any position in the Customs Service or the Bureau of Customs , and in giv ing th em inc reases in pay at an y time there after, 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 requi ring a fir st-g rade cleri cal, or h igher grad e, c ivil- servi ce examination . "SEC. 3 . Nothing ~n this Act shall be construed to prevent the 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 Act to amend the salary rates oontained 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 pas- sage of this Act, regardless of the period of time the employee has served and r egardl ess of the d esigna tion of the v acant positi on, an d 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 contained herein shall be construed to reduce the rate of compensa- tion of any employee in the Customs Service . "SEC . 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to pay the rates of compensation herein establ ished . " SEC. 5. This Act shall be effective as of the date of its enact- ment : Provided, however, That all promotions, transfers, reinstate- ments, 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 . Cle rks . Pr omotions autho r. ized . Customs guards. inspectors . Stati on in spec tors . New appointments at minimum rate . Provisos. Tra nsf ers . 1027 Credits allowed. Promo tion s to fiil vacancies. Vol.45,p. 785 . 15. S. C., Supp. IV, p.25. Ante, p . 10 05 . No reductio n in pay . Appropria tion au- thorized. Effective da te . Proviso. Serv ice c redi ts, p ro- motions, and other changes.
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