An Act to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemens Salary Act of 1953 to correct certain inequities
PL 83-728 (S.3329), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 728-AUG. 31, 1954 
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48 Stat. 273. 
1148a), for making loans under this Act, and for administrative 
expenses in connection with such loans. 
Sums received by the Secre-
tary from the liquidation of loans made under this Act shall be added 
to and become a part of the said revolving fund. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
August 31, 1954 
[S. 3329] 
Public Law 728 
CHAPTER 1146 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 to 
correct certain inequities. 
D. C. police and 
firemen's salaries. 
67 Stat. 74. 
D. C, Code 4-
814. 
D. C, Code 4-
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D. C. Code 4-
816. 
D. C. Code 4-
815. 
D. C. Code 4-
815. 
Fire Department 
privates. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (d) 
of section 102 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary 
Act of 1953, approved June 20, 1953 (67 Stat. 77), as amended, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(d) The minimum basic salaries contained in subsection (a) of 
section 101 of this Act in the grade or rank of Chief of Police shall 
not be increased by more than four longevity increases, nor shall the 
minimum basic salaries of grades or ranks below that of Chief of 
Police be increased by more than five longevity increases." 
SEC. 2. Section 102 of said Act is amended by adding thereto the 
following new subsection: 
"(f) In initially adjusting salaries in accordance with the provi-
sions of this section, any officer or member promoted from a lower 
grade to a higher grade prior to July 1, 1953, shall receive credit for 
such part of continuous service in both grades for longevity purposes 
as is necessary to establish his basic salary, including longevity pay, 
at least equal to the basic salary he would have received under the 
provisions of this section in the lower grade had such promotion not 
been made. Service for future longevity increases of any officer or 
member whose salary is adjusted under authority of this subsection 
shall begin as of the date such adjustment became effective." 
SEC. 3. Subsection (d) of section 202 of said Act, as amended, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(d) The minimum basic salaries contained in subsection (a) of 
section 201 of this Act in the grade or rank of Fire Chief shall not 
be increased by more than four longevity increases, nor shall the mini-
mum basic salaries of grades or ranks below that of Fire Chief be 
increased by more than five longevity increases." 
SEC. 4. Section 202 of said Act is amended by adding thereto the 
following new subsection: 
"(f) In initially adjusting salaries in accordance with the provisions 
of this section, any officer or member promoted from a lower grade 
to a higher grade prior to July 1, 1953, shall receive credit for such 
part of continuous service in both grades for longevity purposes as 
is necessary to establish his basic salary, including longevity pay, at 
least equal to the basic salary he would have received under the pro-
visions of this section in the lower grade had such promotion not been 
made. Service for future longevity increases of any officer or member 
whose salary is adjusted under authority of this subsection shall begin 
as of the date such adjustment became effective." 
SEC. 5. Section 201 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's 
Salary Act of 1953 is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection: 
"(b) The annual basic salary of a private of any class of the Fire 
Department of the District of Columbia shall be increased by— 
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"(1) $390, while he is assigned to duty as an aide to the Fire 
Chief or to a Deputy or Battalion Fire Chief; 
"(2) $208, while he is assigned to duty as a regular first driver-
operator of a fire department hose wagon, aerial ladder truck, 
rescue squad, or fire department ambulance; 
"(3) $390, while he is assigned to duty as a chief radio tech-
nician ; and 
" (4) $208, while he is assigned to duty as a chief photographer." 
SEC. 6. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 shall take effect as of July 1,1953, and 
section 5 shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period of 
the Fire Department of the District of Columbia which begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 729 
CHAPTER 1147 
^ ^ ACT 
August 31, 1954 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code to permit the filling of oral prescriptions 
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for certain dru.ns, and for other purposes. 
Effective date. 
Narcotic drugs. 
Oral prescri]f>» 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reyresentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2554 
(c) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 is amended to read as tio'iiV.' 
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"(1) USE or D
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S IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.—To the dispens-
ing or distribution of narcotic drugs to a patient by a physician, 
dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, registered un-
der section 3221, in the course of his professional practice only: sslf"^ ^
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Provided^ That such physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or 
other practitioner, shall keep a record of all such drugs dispensed 
or distributed, showing the amount dispensed or distributed, the 
date, and the name and address of the patient to whom such drugs 
are dispensed or distributed, except such as may be dispensed 
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or distributed to a patient upon whom such physician, dentist, 
veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, shall personally attend; 
and such record shall be kept for a period of two years from the 
date of dispensing or distributing such drugs, subject to inspec-
tion, as provided in section 2556." 
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SEC. 2. Section 2554 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) PRESCRIPTION.—To the sale, dispensing, or distribution 
of narcotic drugs by a dealer to a consumer under and in pursuance 
of a written prescription issued by a physician, dentist, veterinary 
surgeon, or other practitioner, registered under section 3221: Pro-
vided^ hoioever^ That (1) such prescription shall be dated as 
of the day on which signed and shall be signed by the physician, 
dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practitioner, who shall have 
issued the same; (2) that such dealer shall preserve such prescrip-
tion for a period of two years from the day on which such prescrip-
tion is filled in such a way as to be readily accessible to inspection 
by the officers, agents, employees, and officials mentioned in section 
2556. 
"In lieu of a written prescription for such narcotic drugs or 
compounds of a narcotic drug which the Secretary, in his discre-
tion (after considering any views expressed on the subject by the 
Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service; the Com-
missioner, United States Food and Drug Administration, the re-
spective heads of State narcotic law enforcement agencies, and