An Act to amend the act of May 28, 1949, to strengthen and improve the organization of the Department of State, and for other purposes
PL 84-250 (S.2237), enacted 08/05/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 249-AUG. 5, 19 55 
[69 S T A T . 
Public Law 249 
CHAPTER 575 
August 5, 1955 
AN ACT 
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To revive section 3 of the District of Columbia Public School Food Services Act, 
D.C., school caf-
eteria employees. 
Retirement. 
65 Stat. 368. 
D. C. Code 31-
1403 note. 
65 Stat. 637. 
60 Stat. 879; 66 
Stat. 19. 
D. C. Code 31-
728. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That, effective 
October 8, 1951, section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a 
Department of Food Services in the Public Schools of the District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved October 8, 1951 
(Public Law 159, Eighty-second Congress), is hereby revived and 
section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the salaries of the 
Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House 
Police, members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia 
and employees of the Board of Education of the District of Colum-
bia", approved October 25,1951 (Public Law 207, Eighty-second Con-
gress), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 2. The second sentence of section 8 of the Act entitled "An 
Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of 
Columbia"', approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by in-
serting immediately before the colon immediately preceding the first 
proviso thereof the following: "; and (f) continuous temporary 
service as an employee of any cafeteria or lunchroom operated in the 
public school buildings of the District of Columbia during any period 
prior to the date on which such cafeteria or lunchroom is placed 
under the Office of Central Management, Department of Food Serv-
ices, District of Columbia, and immediately prior to probationary 
appointment as a teacher in the public schools of the District of 
Columbia". 
Approved August 5, 1956. 
August 5, 1955 
[S. 2237] 
Public Law 250 
CHAPTER 576 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of May 26, 1949, to strengthen and improve the organization 
of the Department of State, and for other purposes. 
De p a r t m e nt of 
State. 
5 u s e 151a. 
Under 
S e c r e -
taries and assist-
ant Secretaries. 
C o u n s e lor and 
Legal Adviser. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of 
the Act of May 26, 1949 (63 Stat. I l l ; 5 U. S. C. 151 (a)), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"There shall be in the Department of State in addition to the Sec-
retary of State an Under Secretary of State, three Deputy Under 
Secretaries of State, and ten Assistant Secretaries of State." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"The Secretary of State and the officers referred to in section 1 
of this Act, as amended, shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Counselor of 
the Department of State and the Legal Adviser who are required 
to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, shall rank equally with and shall receive the same 
salary as the Assistant Secretaries of State. Any such officer holding 
office at the time the provisions of this Act, as amended, become 
effective shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of the 
enactment of this Act, as amended. Unless otherwise provided for 
by law, the rate of basic compensation of the Deputy Under Secre-
taries of State shall be the same as that of Assistant Secretaries of 
State."