An Act to provide for granting to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department, of the District of Columbia, and the White House and United States Park Police forces additional compensation for working on holidays
PL 82-195 (S.264), enacted 10/24/1951

65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 196—OCT. 24, 1951 
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Public Law 195 
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AN ACT 
To provide for granting to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, 
the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and the White House and 
United States Park Police forces additional compensation for working on 
holidays. 
October 24,1951 
[S. 264] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That under regu-
lations promulgated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
each officer and member of the Metropolitan Police force and of the 
Fire Department of the District of Columbia when he may be re-
quired to work six or more hours on any holiday, shall be entitled to 
receive as compensation for such holiday work, in lieu of his regular 
pay for that day, an amount equal to twice his daily rate of basic 
compensation: Provided^ That no such officer or member shall be 
entitled to additional compensation for such holiday work for any 
day for which he is entitled to receive additional compensation under 
the provisions of Public LaAv 13, Eighty-second Congress, approved 
March 27, 1951. So much of such compensation for such holiday 
work as is in excess of the regular pay for such day shall not be con-
sidered as salary for the purpose of computing retirement compensa-
tion or relief payments under section 12 of the Act entitled "An Act 
making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government 
of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes", approved 
September 1, 1916, as amended, nor shall such excess compensation be 
subject to deduction as provided in section 5 of the Act entitled "An 
Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan 
Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia", 
approved July 1, 1930, as amended. 
Appropriations for personal 
services for the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department 
of the District of Columbia, the White House Police force, and the 
United States Park Police force shall be available for payment of 
the additional compensation authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 2. As used in this Act the word "holiday" means the following: 
The 1st day of January, the 22d day of February, the 4th day of July, 
the 30th day of May, the first Monday in September, the 11th day of 
November, Thanksgiving Day, the 25th day of December, and such 
other days designated by Executive order. 
SEC. 3. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to the White 
House Police force and the United States Park Police force, under 
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Secretary of the Interior, respectively. 
SEC. 4. The provisions of section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act 
making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government 
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, 
and for other purposes , approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 763), as 
amended (title V, U. S. C, sec. 84), are hereby made applicable to 
officers and members of the ]\letropolitan Police force and the Fire 
Department of the District of Columbia. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
D. C. Fire Depart-
ment, 
Metropolitan 
Police Force. 
C ompensation 
for 
holiday work. 
Antt, p. 27. 
39 Stat. 718. 
D. C. Code § 4-501 
dtseq. 
46 Stat. 840. 
D.C.Code 5§ 4-503, 
4-604. 
"Holiday." 
Applicability to U.S. 
P a r k and 
W h i t e 
House Police forces. 
Computation of an-
nual or monthly com-
pensation. 
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