An Act to adjust the salaries of postmasters, supervisors, and employees in the field service of the Post Office Department
PL 82-204 (S.355), enacted 10/24/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 204—OCT. 24, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Employees with 15 
years' service. 
Selection of person-
nel. 
Hours of employ-
ment; pay rates. 
Applicability. 
Suspension of com-
pliance. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Informational and 
editorial functions. 
Short title. 
United States or on the Canal Zone; (3) that nothing in this Act shall 
prohibit the continued employment of any person who shall have 
rendered fifteen or more years of faithful and honorable service on 
the Canal Zone; (4) that in the selection of personnel for skilled, 
technical, administrative, clerical, supervisory, or executive positions, 
the controlling factors in filling these positions shall be efficiency, 
experience, training, and education; (5) that all citizens of Panama 
and the United States rendering skilled, technical, clerical, adminis-
trative, executive, or supervisory service on the Canal Zone under the 
terms of this Act (a) shall normally be employed not more than forty 
hours per week, (b) may receive as compensation equal rates of pay 
based upon rates paid for similar employment in continental United 
States plus 25 per centum; (6) this entire section shall apply only to 
persons employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, execu-
tive, or supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly 
by any branch of the United States Government or by any corporation 
or company whose stock is owned wholly or in part by the United 
States Government: Provided further^ That the President may sus-
pend from time to time in whole or in part compliance with this section 
if he should deem such course to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 104. The Governor of the Canal Zone and the Chief of 
Engineers, Department of the Army, are authorized to employ serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 tJ. S. C. 
55a), in amounts not exceeding $15,000 for the Canal Zone Govern-
ment and not exceeding $150,000 for the Corps of Engineers, Depart-
ment of the Army: Provided, That the rates for individuals shall not 
exceed $100 per diem. 
SEC. 105. No part of the money appropriated by this Act which is in 
excess of 75 per centum of the amount required to pay the compensa-
tion of all persons the budget estimates for personal services hereto-
fore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1952 contemplated 
would be employed by the Department of the Army from appropria-
tions for civil functions during such fiscal year in the performance of— 
(1) functions performed by a person designated as an informa-
tion specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications 
and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, 
photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion-picture 
expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or 
(2) functions performed by persons who assist persons per-
forming the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, 
editing, typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information 
publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine 
articles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, 
shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the 
functions described in (1) or (2). 
SEC. 106. This Act may be cited as the "Civil Functions Appropria-
tion Act, 1952". 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
Public Law 204 
CHAPTER 557 
October 24, 1951 
[S. 355] 
AN ACT 
To adjust the salaries of postmasters, supervisors, and employees in the field 
service of the Post Office Department. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Qrfdes^and salaries. United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the Act entitled 
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623 
"An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and 
employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for 
computing compensation; and for other purposes", approved July 6, 
1945 (Public Law 134, Seventy-ninth Congress), is amended by insert-
ing after section 11 thereof a new section as follows: 
59 Stat. 435. 
39 U. S. C. §§ 851-
876. 
"GRADES AND SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES I N T H E AUTOMATIC GRADES 
"SEC. llA. Employees shall be divided into grades and shall receive 
basic annual salaries or hourly rates of pay as shown in the following 
compensation schedules: 
GRADES AND SALARIES OP EMPLOYEES IN THE AUTOMATIC GRADES 
Grades 
REGULAR EMPLOYEES 
Clerks in post offices of the third 
class; carriers in village delivery 
service 
Laborers; cleaners; matrons, head 
charmen, and head charwomen; 
junior mechanics 
Firemen laborers; elevator opera-
tors 
-.-
Mail handlers; messengers; watch-
men; operators of the pneumatic 
tube service; garagemen drivers; 
skilled laborers, sewers 
Telephone 
operators; 
firemen; 
guards; window cleaners; skilled 
helpers 
Special delivery messengers in 
post offices of the first class 
Elevator starters 
Clerks; carriers in the city delivery 
service; dispatchers of the pneu-
matic tube service; driver me-
chanics and general mechanics 
in motor vehicle service; nurses; 
painters 
Assistant 
enginemen; 
general 
mechanics (custodial); elevator 
mechanic helpers; pressmen, 
lock makers, mail bag repairers, 
mail bag examiners, postmark-
ing stamp makers, and mechan-
ics in mail equipment shops; 
requisition fillers and packers in 
Division of Equipment and 
Supplies 
Postal transportation clerks on 
class A runs, in terminals, air-
mail fields and offices of division 
superintendents and 
district 
superintendents; operators of 
highway post-office vehicles 
Postal transportation clerks on 
class B runs; transfer clerks in 
transfer offices and in air-mail 
fields; clerks in inspection service-
Mechanics 
Elevator mechanics 
Special mechanics 
Principalreview clerks 
Traveling mechanicians 
Cost accounting clerks, purchas-
ing clerks, and draftsmen in mail 
equipment shops 
Examiners of equipment and sup-
plies 
Carriers in rural delivery service: 
Fixed compensation per an-
num... 
Compensation per mile per 
annum for each mile up to 
30 miles of route 
For each mile of route over 
30 miles 
$2,770 
2,870 
2,970 
3,170 
3,170 
3,170 
3,270 
3,270 
3,470 
3,470 
3,470 
3,670 
3,870 
4,070 
4,270 
4,570 
4,470 
5,070 
1,418 
58 
20 
$2,870 
2,970 
3,070 
3,270 
3,270 
3,270 
3,370 
3,370 
3,570 
3,570 
3,570 
3,770 
3,970 
4,170 
4,370 
4,670 
4,570 
5,170 
1,442 
60 
20 
$2,970 
3,070 
3,170 
3,370 
3,370 
3,370 
3,470 
3,470 
3,670 
3,670 
3,670 
3,870 
4,070 
4,270 
4,470 
4,770 
4,670 
5,270 
1,466 
62 
20 
$3,070 
3,170 
3,270 
3,470 
3,470 
3,470 
3,570 
3,570 
3,770 
3,770 
3,770 
3,970 
4,170 
4,370 
4,570 
4,870 
4,770 
5,370 
1,490 
64 
20 
$3,270 
3,370 
3,570 
3,570 
3,670 
3,670 
$3,670 
$3,770 
3,870 
3,870 
3,870 
4,070 
4,270 
4,970 
4,870 
5,470 
1,614 
66 
20 
3,770 
3,870 
$3,970 
$4,070 
3,970 
3,970 
4,170 
4,370 
4,070 
4,070 
4,170 
4,270 
5,070 
6,170 
6,670 
1,538 
68 
20 
6,670 
1,662 
70 
20 
5,870 
1,686 
72 
20 
1,610 
74 
20 
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GRADES AND SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES IN TEIB AUTOMATIC GRADES—Con. 
SUBSTITTTTK, TBMPORAKT, 
AUXILURT, AND CHAE 
EMPLOYEES 
Temporary carriers In rural de-
livery service on routes to 
which no regular carrier is as-
signed: 
Fixed compensation per an-
Compensation per mile per 
annum: 
For each mile up to 30 
For each mile of route 
Temporary carriers in rural de-
livery service on routes having 
regular carrier absent without 
Substitute carriers in nu-al de-
livery service on routes having 
regular carriers absent with pay. 
Clerks in post offices of the third 
class; carriers in village delivery 
Mail handlers, messengers, watch-
men; operators of the pneu-
matic tube service; garagemen-
Special delivery messengers in 
Clerks; carriers in city delivery 
service; driver mechanics; gen-
eral mechanics; dispatchers of 
the pneumatic tube service 
Qrades 
1 
$1,418 
68 
20 
2 
3 
4 
5 
0 
7 
8 
9 
Hourly rates 
$1,365 
1.425 
1.565 
1.565 
1.615 
1.715 
1.925 
$1.415 
1.475 
1.615 
1.615 
1.665 
1.766 
$1,465 
1.665 
1.666 
1.716 
1.815 
$1.515 
1.715 
1.715 
1.766 
1.865 
$1,766 
1.816 
1.916 
$1.816 
1.865 
1.965 
$1,865 
1.916 
2.016 
$1,966 
$2,016 
39 U.S. C. §861. 
39 U. S. C. $ 862. 
Detroit River Ma-
rine Service. 
' Rate autboriied for the regular carrier. 
and shall be promoted successively at the beginning of the quarter 
following one year's satisfactory service in each grade to the next 
higher grade until they reach the top automatic grade." 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 11 (b) of such Act of July 6, 1945, is amended 
by striking out "grade 9" wherever it appears therein and inserting 
in lieu thereof "grade 7". 
(b) Section 12 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Marine carriers assigned to the Detroit River Marine Service 
shall be paid an annual salary of $300 in excess of the highest salary 
provided for carriers in the automatic grades in the City Delivery 
Service: Provided^ That the annual salary of such marine carriers 
shall not be in excess of $4,370." 
(c) Section 12 (e) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) Clerks in post offices of the third class shall not be appointed 
or promoted to a salary grade in excess of $100 less than the salary of 
the postmaster at the office to which assigned. 
Substitute, temporary, 
or auxiliary clerks in post offices of the third class shall not be paid 
in excess of $1,465 per hour where the salary of the postmaster is 
$3,128 per annum; in excess of $1,415 per hour where the salary of 
the postmaster is $3,019 per annum; and in excess of $1,365 per hour 
where the salary of the postmaster is $2,883 per annum." 
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(d) Section 15 (f) of such Act is amended by striking out "$3,270" 
^^^- ^- ^- *^'^^• 
wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,670". 
(e) Section 16 (c) of such Act is amended by striking out the 
39u. s. c. §866. 
second, third, and fourth sentences, including the proviso. 
(f) Section 16 (g) of such Act is amended— 
^^^- ^- ^ §866. 
(1) by striking out "grade 9" wherever it appears therein 
and inserting in lieu thereof "grade 7"; 
(2) by striking out "grade 11" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"grade 9"; and 
(3) by striking out so much of the second sentence as precedes 
the first proviso. 
(g) Section 16 (h) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(h) Examiners to be eligible to receive the salary provided in 
this Act shall first progress through the automatic grades to and 
including grade 7." 
(h) Section 16 (j) of such Act is amended by striking out "grade 
9" and inserting in lieu thereof "grade 7". 
(i) Section 16 (k) of such Act is amended by striking out all after 
"regular employees assigned to road duty" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"on an hourly basis at the rates prescribed in section llA." 
(j) Section 16 (o) of such Act is amended by striking out all preced-
ing the proviso therein. 
Ck) Section 17 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
^^^- ^- ^- *^^^-
"(a) Carriers in the Rural Delivery Service shall be divided into 
grades, with salaries based in part on specified rates per mile per 
annum and in part on fixed compensation per annum, as provided in 
section llA." 
(1) Section 17 (d) is amended by striking out "$3,970" wherever 
it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "$4,370". 
(m) The following portions of such Act are repealed: Section 
Repeals. 
12 (b), section 12 (c), section 12 (d), section 13 (b), section 13 (c), gee^S", 86M72.^ ^
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section 13 (d), section 14 (b), section 14 (c), section 14 (d), section 
14 (e), section 14 (f), section 14 (g), section 14 (h), section 14 (i), 
section 14 (j), section 14 (k), section 15 (d), section 15 (e), section 16 
(b), section 16 (d), section 16 (e), section 16 (n), section 16 (s), sec-
tion 18 (b), section 18 (c), section 18 (d), section 18 (e), section 19 
(a), section 19 (c), section 19 (d), section 22 (a), and section 22 (b). 
SEO. 3. The Act entitled "An Act to provide additional compensa-
tion and other benefits for postmasters, officers, and employees in the 
postal field service", approved October 28,1949, is repealed. 
H u^*s.^ c'. §
§ 885-
SEO. 4. (a) Each employee on the rolls of the field service of the ^^• 
Post Office Department on the effective date of this Act for whom 
automatic grades and salaries are provided by section l l A of such 
Act of July 6,1945, as added by this Act, who— 
(1) entered the field service after June 30, 1945, and 
(2) (A) has not been advanced at least two automatic grades 
through the operation of the provisions of the first section and 
section 2 of the Act of March 6, 1946, as amended (Public Law 
317, 79th Congress), the Act of July 31,1946, as amended (Public g^ft %'^- ^> ^^^' "^ 
Law 577, 79th Congress), and section 2 ( a ) , ( b ) , ( c ) , and (d) of ^ 3^'u^ s^c § seiib; 
the Act of October 28, 1949 (Public Law 428, 81st Congress), or 645b;39u.s.c.§8S6! 
(B) is not advanced at least two automatic grades through the 
operation of such provisions and the operation of the provisions 
of section 14 (b) (1) of this Act— 
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59 Stat. 437. 
39U. 8. C. §§56,858. 
shall be advanced two automatic grades or, if such employee has been 
advanced one automatic grade through the operation of such pro-
visions, shall be advanced one automatic grade. For the purposes of 
this section, the assignment of any employee in grade 1 or 2 on the 
effective date of this Act to grade 1 as provided in section 14 (b) (1) 
shall be considered as an advancement of two or one automatic grades, 
respectively. 
(b) Any advancement under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
effective as of the effective date of this Act and shall not be considered 
as a promotion for purposes of determining the date on which any 
employee is eligible for a promotion to the next higher grade. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 8 (a) of such Act of July 6,1945, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(a) The salaries of postmasters and assistant postmasters at all 
classes of post offices and of officers and supervisory employees at post 
offices of the first class shall be annual salaries, to be fixed by the Post-
master General based upon gross postal receipts as shown in the 
quarterly returns of the respective post offices for the calendar year 
immediately preceding, at the following rates: Provided, That sub-
note ^' ^' ^' * ^^ section (c) of section 1001 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (47 Stat. 285), 
as amended, is hereby repealed retroactive to January 1, 1944, and 
thereafter the gross postal receipts shall be counted for the purpose of 
determining the class of the post office or the compensation or allow-
ances of postmasters or other employees, whose compensation or allow-
ances are based on the annual receipts of such offices: Provided 
further, 
That in fixing the salaries of the postmaster and supervisory employees 
in the post office at Washington, District of Columbia, the Postmaster 
General may, in his discretion, add not to exceed 75 per centum to 
the gross receipts of that office: 
'POST OFFICES OF THE FIRST CLASS 
Oross receipts 
Per annum rates 
Post-
master 
Assistant 
post-
master 
General 
superin-
tendent 
of mails; 
general 
superin-
tendent 
of finance 
Assistant 
general 
superin-
tendent 
of mails 
Assistant 
general 
superin-
tendent 
of 
finance 
Superin-
tendents 
$80,000,000 and up.— 
$40,000,000 to $79,999,999.99 
$20,000,000 to $39,999,999.99 
$10,000,000 to $19,999,999.99 
$7,000,000 to $9,999,999.99-
$13,770 
13, 770 
12,770 
11,770 
10,770 
$8,470 
8,470 
7,970 
7,070 
6,870 
$7,470 
7,470 
7,270 
6,870 
6,670 
$6,870 
6,870 
6,870 
6,670 
6,470 
$6,870 
6,870 
6,870 
6,670 
6,470 
$6,470 
6,470 
6,470 
6,270 
6,170 
Gross receipts 
$80,000,000 and up— 
$40,000,000 to $79,999,999.99. 
$20,000,000 to $39,999,999.99-
$10,000,000 to $19,999,999.99. 
$7,000,000 to $9,999,999.99.-
Per annum rates 
Senior 
assist-
ant su-
perin-
tend-
ents 
$6,270 
6,270 
6,202 
6,870 
5,766 
Ciiief 
station 
exam-
iner 
$5,470 
5,470 
8,470 
5,370 
5,370 
Assist-
ant su-
perin-
tend-
ents 
$5,670 
5,670 
5,670 
5,668 
6,270 
Auditor 
$6,170 
6,170 
5,984 
4,970 
4,870 
Assist-
ant au-
ditor 
$5,470 
5,470 
5,470 
4,870 
4,770 
Station 
exam-
iners 
$5,170 
6,170 
6,170 
4,970 
4,970 
General 
foremen 
$6,370 
6,331 
5,331 
5,114 
6,005 
Fore-
men 
$4,806 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
Clerks in 
charge 
$4,570 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
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"POST OFFICES OF THE FIRST CLASS—Continued 
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Gross receipts 
Per annum rates 
Post-
master 
Assistant 
postmaster 
Superin-
tendent of 
mails 
Superin-
tendent of 
finance 
Superin-
tendent of 
money 
orders 
Senior 
assistant 
superin-
tendent of 
mails 
Assistant 
superin-
tendents 
of mails 
$3,000,000 to $6,999,999. 
$1,500,000 to $2,999,999, 
$1,000,000 to $1,499,999. 
$600,000 to $999,999.99-. 
$500,000 to $599,999.99.. 
$400,000 to $499,999.99.. 
$300,000 to $399,999.99.. 
$250,000 to $299,999.99-. 
$200,000 to $249,999.99-. 
$150,000 to $199,999.99.. 
$120,000 to $149,999.99.. 
$90,000 to $119,999.99... 
$75,000 to $89,999.99.... 
$60,000 to $74,999.99.... 
$50,000 to $59,999.99.... 
$40,000 to $49,999.99.... 
$9, 770 
8,770 
7,770 
7,370 
7,070 
6,570 
6,370 
6,170 
6,070 
5,970 
6,870 
5,770 
5,670 
5,570 
5,470 
5,370 
$6,270 
6,070 
6,070 
5,970 
5,870 
5,770 
5,670 
5,570 
5,470 
5,370 
5,270 
5,170 
5,070 
4,970 
4,970 
4.896 
$5, 
770 
5,470 
5,470 
5,270 
5,170 
$5,470 
5,170 
5,170 
5,070 
4,970 
$5,670 
5,470 
$5,270 
5,270 
5,270 
5,070 
5,070 
5,005 
5,005 
5,006 
Gross receipts 
$3,000,000 to $6,999,999.99.. 
$1,600,000 to $2,999,999.99-. 
$1,000,000 to $1,499,999.99.. 
$600,000 to $909,999.99 
. 
$500,000 to $599,999.99 
. . 
$400,000 to $499,999.99 
$300,000 to $399,999.99 
$250,000 to $299,999.99 
$200,000 to $249,999.99 
$150,000 to $199,999.99 
$120,000 to $149,999.99 
$90,000 to $119,999.99 
Perannum rates 
Assistant 
superin-
tendents of 
finance 
$5,270 
4,870 
4,870 
Assistant 
superin-
tendents of 
money 
orders 
$4,970 
4,870 
4,870 
Auditor 
$4,870 
4,870 
4,870 
Station 
examiners 
$4,970 
4,870 
4,870 
General 
foremen 
$6,005 
4,896 
4,896 
Foremen 
$4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
Clerks in 
charge 
$4,670 
4,670 
4,570 
4,570 
4,570 
4,570 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,570 
' P O S T O F F I C E S OF T H E S E C O N D CLASS 
Gross receipts 
Per annum rates 
Postmaster 
Assistant post-
master 
$27,000 to $39,999.99. 
$18,000 to $26,999.99 
$12,000 to $17,999.99 
$8,000 to $11,999.99-
$6,070 
4,870 
4,770 
4,770 
$4,670 
4,570 
4,461 
4,362 
'•'•Provided, That where the gross postal receipts of a post office of the 
second class for each of two consecutive calendar years are less than 
$8,000, or where in any calendar year the gross postal receipts are less 
than $7,000, it shall be relegated to the third class. 
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STAT. 
Oross receipts 
$7,000 to $7,990.99 
$6,000 to $6,999.99. 
$5,000 to $5,099.99. 
$4,200 to $4,999.99 
$3,500 to $4,199.99 
$3,000 to $3,499.99. 
$2,700 to $2,999.99. 
$2,400 to $2,699.99 
$2,100 to $2,399.99 
$1,900 to $2,099.99 
$1,700 to $1,899.99 
$1,500 to $1,699.99. 
Per annum rates, 
postmasters 
$4,298 
4,162 
4,058 
3,917 
3,781 
3,645 
3,509 
3,400 
3,264 
3,128 
3,019 
2,883 
'''•Provided^ That where the gross postal receipts of a post office of the 
third class for each of two consecutive calendar years are less than 
$1,600, or where in any calendar year the gross postal receipts are less 
than $1,400, it shall be relegated to the fourth class. 
'POST OFFICES OF THE FOURTH CLASS 
Gross receipts 
Per annum rates, 
postmasters 
$1,300 to $1,499.99 
$1,100 to $1,299.99 
$1,000 to $1,099.99. 
$900 to $999.99.... 
$800 to $899.99.... 
$700 to $799.99.... 
$600 to $699.99.... 
$500 to $599.99.... 
$450 to $499.99.... 
$400 to $449.99.... 
$350 to $399.99-... 
$300 to $349.99.... 
$250 to $299.99.... 
$200 to $249.99.... 
$150 to $199.99.... 
$100 to $149.99.... 
Less than $100... 
$2,611.20 
2,494.80 
2,336.04 
2,177. 28 
2,045.44 
1,914.88 
1,762.66 
1,588.48 
1,441.60 
1,327.36 
1,218.66 
1,111.32 
979.20 
848.64 
685.44 
522.24 
326.40" 
69 Stat. 437. 
39U.S,C. §§66,868. 
39 U. S. C. § 859. 
(b) Section 8 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
a new subsection as follows: 
"(c) At central accounting offices where the gross postal receipts 
are less than $7,000,000 the superintendent of finance, or the employee 
in charge of central accounting records and adjustments of the 
accounts, shall be allowed $200 per annum in addition to the salary 
specified in subsection (a). At central accounting offices with receipts 
of less than $1,000,000, the employee performing the duties of an 
auditor shall be allowed a salary equal to that of a foreman." 
SEC. 6. Section 9 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
" S U P E R V I S O R S I N THE UNITED STATES STAMPED ENVELOPE AGENCY; SUPER-
INTENDENTS AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS OF CLASSIFIED STATIONS 
AND BRANCHES 
"SEC. 9. (a) The annual salaries of supervisors in the United States 
Stamped Envelope Agency shall be as follows: 
"Agent, $5,770; assistant agent, $5,270. 
"(b) The salary of superintendents and assistant superintendents 
of classified stations shall be based on the number of employees 
assigned thereto and the annual postal receipts. No allowance shall 
be made for sales of stamps to patrons residing outside of the territory 
of the stations. At classified stations each $25,000 of postal receipts 
shall be considered equal to one additional employee: Provided.^ That 
in determining the number of employees at a classified station, credit 
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shall be allowed for service performed by regular employees, substi-
tute employees other than those serving in lieu of regular employees 
absent from duty for any cause, and temporary employees assigned to 
the station, and for each two thousand and twenty-four hours of serv-
ice performed by such employees credit shall be allowed for one 
employee. 
"(c) At classified stations, the annual salaries of superintendents 
and assistant superintendents shall be as follows: 
"Number of employees 
Superintendent 
Assistant su-
perintendents 
2,001 and up 
1,001 to 2,000 
601 to 1,000,, 
401 to 500.:.. 
301to400_... 
201 to 300.-.. 
151 to 200.... 
101 to 150.... 
76 to 100 
51 to 75. 
28 to 50 
16 to 25 
6 to 16 
l t o 6 
$6,470 
6,470 
6,370 
6,170 
6,070 
5,970 
5,770 
5,670 
5,549 
5,331 
5,114 
5,005 
4,787 
4,678 
$5,970 
5,970 
5,870 
5,670 
5,570 
5,470 
5,270 
5,170 
5,005 
4,787 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 10 of such Act is repealed, 
(b) Section 11 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Postmaster General shall determine the supervisory 
needs in each organizational unit in the field service of the Post Office 
Department and shall fix the number of supervisors to be employed in 
accordance with the salary schedules provided in sections 8 (a), 9, 
13 (a), 14 (a), 15 (a), 15 (b), 16 (a), 18 (a), and 19 (b) of this Act: 
Provided^ That not more than one assistant postmaster may be 
employed at any post office.'' 
SEC. 8. Section 13 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The salaries of supervisory employees in the Motor Vehicle 
Service shall be annual salaries based upon the number of employees 
supervised as follows: Provided, That, in determining the number of 
employees supervised, credit shall be allowed for service performed by 
regular employees, substitute employees other than those serving in 
lieu of regular employees absent from duty for any cause, and tempo-
rary employees, and for each two thousand and twenty-four hours of 
service performed by such employees credit shall be allowed for one 
employee: 
59 Stat. 443. 
39 U. S. C. ii 860. 
39 U.S. C. 1(861. 
39U.S.C. §§56,858, 
859, 863-866, 868, 869. 
39 U.S. C. S
I 863. 
Motor Vehicle Serv-
ice. 
S u p e r v i s o r y 
employees. 
"Number of 
employees 
701 and up.-
401 to 700 
251 to 400 
101 to 250 
51 to 100... 
31 to 50 
16 to 30 
--
11 to 15 
-.. 
6 t o l 0 
l t o 6 
-.-
Superin-
tendent 
$6,470 
6,470 
6,170 
5,970 
5,770 
5,670 
6,170 
5,070 
4,870 
Senior 
assistant 
superin-
tendent 
$5,970 
Assist-
ant 
superin-
tendent 
$5,170 
5,170 
6,170 
5,170 
5,070 
4,970 
4,970 
Assistant 
superin-
tendent of 
auxiliary 
garages 
$5,070 
4,970 
4,970 
Chief of 
records 
$5,170 
5.170 
4,870 
4,870 
4,670 
4,570 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
Chief me-
chanic; 
chief of 
supplies 
$5,170 
5,170 
4,870 
4,870 
4,670 
4,570 
4,470 
Chief dis-
patcher; 
route 
super-
visors 
$4,970 
4,970 
4,870 
4,870 
4,670 
4,570 
4,470 
Mechan-
ics in 
charge 
$4,870 
4,870 
4,770 
4,770 
4,670 
4,470 
4,470 
4.470 
4,470 
4,470 
Dispatch-
ers 
$4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470 
4,470" 
630 
PUBLIC LAW 204^-OCT. 24, 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
69 Stat. 446. . 
SOU. 8. C. §864. 
Custodial Service. 
S u p e r v i s o r y 
employees. 
SEC. 9. Section 14 fa) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
" (a) The salaries oi supervisory employees in the Custodial Service 
shall be annual salaries as follows: 
' 'Cubic content of buildings 
i or more buildings with— 
50,000,000 cubic feet and 
up 
- 
-
16,000,000 to 49,990,900 
cubic feet 
I or more buildings ^th— 
40,000,000 cubic feet and 
up 
20,000,000 to 39,990,909 
16,000,000 to 10,000,009 
cubic feet 
10,000,000 to 14,909,990 
cubic feet 
6,000,000 to 0,000,000 
3,000,000 to 6,090,009 
cubic feet 
1,000,000 to 2,000,000 
600,000 to 009,900 cubic 
feet 
Less than 600,000 cubic 
feet 
Gen-
eral 
super-
in-
tend-
ent 
$6,070 
6,970 
Assist-
ant 
gen-
eral 
super-
in-
tend-
ent 
$6,970 
Super-
in-
tend-
ing 
engi-
neer 
$6,270 
6,170 
6,970 
6,370 
4,370 
4,170 
Super-
in-
tend-
ent of 
build-
ing 
$6,770 
6,770 
6,270 
6,970 
6,670 
5,370 
6,070 
Assist-
ant 
super-
in-
tend-
entof 
buUd-
ing 
$6,770 
6,766 
6,270 
4,970 
Chief 
engi-
neer 
$6,770 
6,746 
6,270 
6.970 
6,670 
6,370 
6,070 
Assist-
ant 
chief 
engi-
neer 
$6,670 
6,666 
6,170 
4,970 
Assist-
ant 
super-
in-
tend-
ing 
engi-
neer 
$6,270 
4,970 
Engi-
neers 
$4,970 
4,970 
4,970 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
Inspec-
tion 
engi-
neers 
$6,970 
6,970 
Me-
chuv 
ical 
engi-
neers 
$6,970 
6 970 
Number of employees 
supervised 
161 and up 
101 to 160 
61 to 100 
41 to 60 
31 to 40 
21 to 30 
11 to 20. 
^ 
I to 10 
Super-
hitend-
ent 
of 
shops 
$6,770 
6,770 
6,670 
6,370 
Assist-
ant 
super-
intend-
ent 
of 
shops 
$6,970 
6,970 
6,876 
6,668 
Gen-
eral 
fore-
men 
of me-
chan-
ics 
$6,22? 
6,222 
6,222 
6,222 
6,222 
Fore-
men 
of me-
chan-
ics 
$4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
Gen-
eral 
fore-
men 
of 
la-
borers 
$4,770 
4,670 
4,362 
4,134 
4,134 
Fore-
men 
of 
la-
borers 
$4,134 
4,134 
4,134 
3,917 
3,917 
3,699 
Fore-
men 
of 
eleva-
tor 
oper-
ators 
$4,470 
4,470 
4,362 
4,362 
4,362 
Cap-
tain 
of 
guard 
$4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,362 
4,352 
4,134 
3,917 
Lieu-
ten-
ant 
of 
guard 
$4,134 
4,134 
4,134 
3,917 
Chief 
tele-
phone 
oper-
ator 
$4,'270 
4,270 
4,270 
4,270 
Assist-
ant 
chief 
tele-
phone 
oper-
ator 
$3,917 
3,917 
3,917 
3,917 
Number of employees supervised 
Foremen 
Clerks in 
charge 
161 and up. 
101 to 160... 
61 to 100.... 
41 to 60 
31 to 40 
21 to 30 
11 to 20 
ItolO 
$4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
$4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670" 
39 U. 8. C. S 866. 
Inspection Service. 
SEC. 10. (a) Section 15 (a) of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(a) The annual salaries of inspectors in charge, assistant inspec-
tors in charge, and supervisory employees at division headquarters 
of the Inspection Service shall be as follows: 
'Title 
Per annum rates 
Post office inspector in charge 
Ass^tant post office inspector in charge 
Superintendent 
A ^ t a n t superintendent 
Chiefs of section 
$8,470 
7,770 
6,770 
6,270 
6,170" 
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PUBLIC LAW 204—OCT. 24, 1951 
631 
(b) That portion of section 15 (b) of such Act which precedes the 
first proviso is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Post office inspectors shall be divided into ten grades with 
annual salaries as follows: 
Grade 6 
$5,970 
Grade 7 
6,370 
Grade 8 
6,770 
Grade 9 
7,270 
Grade 10 
7,770 
Grade 1 
$4,970 
Grade 2 
5,170 
Grade 3 
5,370 
Grade 4 
5,570 
Grade 5 
5,770 
and shall be promoted successively at the beginning of the quarter 
following one year's satisfactory service in each grade until they 
reach grade 8:". 
SEC. 11. Section 16 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The annual salaries of officers and supervisory employees in 
the Postal Transportation Service shall be as follows: 
69 Stat. 460. 
39 U. S. O. 5 866. 
39 U. S. C. J 866. 
Postal Transporta-
tion Service. 
"Organizations 
Division offices 
-
Railway post offices and highway 
post offices: 
Class B: 
Runs in which more than 60 
feet of distributing space is 
authorized over entire 
length of the run in either 
direction not less than 5 
Runs with 60 feet or less of 
distributing space 
Class A 
Terminals 
Oeneral 
superin-
tendent 
$8,470 
Exam-
iner 
$4,896 
4,896 
Assistant 
general 
superin-
tendent 
$7,470 
Assistant 
examiner 
$4,787 
4,787 
Number of employ-
ees in organization 
61 and up 
31 to 60 
11 to 30 
ItolO 
101 and up 
31 to 100 
lto30 
251 and up 
101 to 260 
31 to 100 
ItoSO 
Assistant 
general 
superin-
tendents 
at large 
$7,270 
Oeneral 
foremen 
$5,270 
5,270 
5,270 
5,270 
6,270 
6,270 
Superin-
tendents 
at large 
$6,770 
General 
foremen 
$5,114 
5,114 
6,114 
6,114 
5,114 
6,114 
5,114 
6,114 
6,114 
Admin-
istrative 
assist-
ants 
$5,970 
General 
foremen 
$4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,806 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
4,896 
District 
superin-
tendent 
$6,770 
Foremen 
$4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
4,787 
Assistant 
district 
superin-
tendents 
$5,970 
Clerks in 
charge 
$4,670 
4,670 
4,570 
4,670 
4,570 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,670 
4,570 
4,570 
4,670 
4,570 
4,670" 
SEC 12. Section 18 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The annual salaries of supervisory employees in the Mail 
Equipment Shops shall be as follows: 
39 U. S. C, S 868. 
Mail Equipment 
Shops. 
'Title 
Per annum rates 
Superintendent 
-
Senior assistant superintendent 
Assistant superintendent 
General foremen 
Engineers in charge 
Foremen of mechanics 
Foremen of repair 
Assistant foremen 
$7,470 
6,470 
5,970 
5,370 
4,870 
4,570 
4,370 
4,170" 
632 
PUBLIC LAW 204—OCT. 24, 1951 
[66 
STAT. 
59 Stat. 458. 
39 U. S. C. § i 
Ante, p. 
Ante, p. 625. 
63 Stat. 967. 
6U. S. O. §1121. 
SEO. 13. Section 19 (b^ of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Storekeepers shall be paid annual salaries of $4,896 and fore-
men shall be paid annual salaries of $4,352." 
SEC. 14. In the adjustment of assignments to grades, salaries, and 
positions to conform with the provisions of such Act of July 6,1945, 
as amended by this Act— 
(a) Postmasters and employees for whom salaries are provided 
in such Act of July 6,1945, as amended by this Act, shall be placed 
under the position title which covers their regularly assigned 
duties and which is in accord with the applicable organizational 
unit structure and shall be placed under the annual salary or 
hourly rate prescribed by such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended 
by this Act, for the position to which assigned. 
(b) Employees (other than special mechanics, cost accounting 
clerks, purchasing clerks, and draftsmen) for whom automatic 
f
rades and salaries are provided in section 11A of such Act of 
uly 6,1945, as added by this Act and who— 
(1) on the effective date of this Act, are in grades 1, 2, 
and 3 shall be placed in grade 1; and 
(2) on the effective date of this Act are in grades 4, 5, 
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 shall be placed in grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7, 8, and 9 respectively— 
and shall receive the annual salary or hourly rate of pay of the 
grade in which placed. 
(c) Special mechanics who, on the effective date of this Act, 
are receiving basic annual salaries of $3,670, $3,770, $3,870, or 
$3,970, shall be placed in grades 1, 2, 3, or 4, respectively. 
(d) Cost accounting clerks, purchasing clerks, and draftsmen 
who, on the effective date of this Act, are receiving basic annual 
salaries of $4,070 shall be placed in grade 1, those receiving basic 
annual salaries of $4,270 shall be placed in grade 3, and those 
receiving basic annual salaries of $4,470 shall be placed in grade 5. 
(e) Post office inspectors shall be placed in the same numbered 
grade as they are in on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 15. (a) Employees who, under such Act of July 6, 1945, as in 
effect prior to the effective date of this Act, are entitled to automatic 
grade promotions on the effective date of this Act, shall be given credit 
for their earned automatic grade promotion before applying the pro-
visions of sections 4 and 14 of this Act. Employees who, under such 
Act of July 6, 1945, as in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, 
would have been entitled to automatic grade promotions within one 
year from the effective date of this Act, shall 1be given credit for the 
time served since their last promotion prior to the effective date of this 
Act in determining eligibility for automatic grade promotions under 
the provisions of such Act of July 6, 1945, a,s amended by this Act. 
This subsection shall not apply to any employee who, under section 
14 (b) (1), is advanced from grade 1 or grade 2 under such Act of 
July 6, 1945, as in effect prior to the effective date of this Act, to 
grade 1 under such Act of July 6,1945, as amended by this Act. 
(b) Any increase in rate of basic compensation by reason of the 
enactment of this Act shall not be considered as an "equivalent 
increase" in compensation within the meaning of section 701 of the 
Classification Act of 1949, in case of postal service employees who 
transfer or are transferred to a position coming within the purview 
of the Classification Act of 1949. 
SEC. 16. In the readjustment of salaries to conform with the pro-
visions of this Act, (1) no postmaster (except postmasters in offices of 
the fourth class), assistant postmaster, supervisor, or employee shall, 
by reason of the enactment of this Act, receive an increase in basic 
65 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 204—OCT. 24, 1951 
633 
annual salary of less than $400 per annum or in excess of $800, (2) no 
postmaster in an office of the fourth class shall receive an increase of 
more than 20 per centum of his present salary, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Act, and (3) employees paid on an hourly basis snail 
receive an increase of 20 cents per hour over their present compensa-
tion. 
SEC. 17. The Act entitled "An Act to provide additional compensa-
tion for postmasters and employees of the postal service", approved 
May 21,1946 (Public Law 386, Seventy-ninth Confess), and section 
101 of title I of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for permanent 
postal rates and to provide pay increases for Government employees", 
approved July 3, 1948 (Public Law 900, Eightieth Congress), are 
repealed. 
SEC. 18. The third sentence of subsection (a) of the first section of 
the Act entitled "An Act to provide uniform longevity promotional 
grades for the postal field service", approved May 3,1950 (Public Law 
500, Eighty-first Congress), is amended by inserting after "5 per 
centum per annum" the following: "or $100 per annum, whichever is 
the lesser,". 
SEC. 19. The first proviso in the paragraph headed "Third class" in 
section 1 of the Act of February 28,1925 (43 Stat. 1054), is repealed. 
SBO. 20. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to credit certain 
service performed by employees of the postal service who are trans-
ferred from one position to another within the service for purposes of 
determining eligibility for promotion", approved June 19,1948 (Public 
Law 674, Eightieth Congress), is amended by striking out", not exceed-
ing one year of such service,". 
SEC. 21. Subsection (e) of section 17 of the Act entitled "An Act to 
reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the 
Postal Service, to establish uniform procedures for computing com-
pensation ; and for other purposes", approved July 6,1945, as amended 
(Public Law 134, Seventy-ninth Congress), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(e) In addition to the salaries provided in this section, each carrier 
in the rural delivery service shall be paid for equipment maintenance 
a sum equal to 9 cents per mile per day for each mile or major fraction 
of a mile scheduled. The Postmaster General may, in his discretion, 
allow and pay such additional equipment maintenance allowance (not 
in excess of $3 per day when combined with the equipment mainte-
nance allowance provided by the preceding sentence) as he may deter-
mine to be fair and reasonable in the case of rural carriers entitled 
to additional compensation under subsection (d) of this section for 
serving heavily patronized routes. Payments for equipment and main-
tenance as provided herein shall be at the same periods and in the same 
manner as payments for regular compensation to rural carriers." 
SEC. 22. In the exercise of the authority granted by section 81 of 
title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended, the Governor of the Canal 
Zone is authorized to grant, as of the effective date of this Act, addi-
tional compensation to postal employees of the Canal Zone Govern-
ment, based on the additional compensation ffl'anted by this Act to 
similar employees in the field service of the Post Office Department 
of the United States. 
SBO. 23. (a) This Act shall become effective as of July 1,1951. 
(b) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid under this 
Act onl;y in the case of an individual in the service of the United States 
(including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) or of 
the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date 
of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation 
Repeals. 
60 Stat. 203. 
39 U. 8. C. a 877, 
878. 
62 Stat. 1260. 
39 U. S. C. § 878a. 
64 Stat. 101. 
39 U. S. C. I 
62 Stat. 484. 
39 U. 8. C. § 879. 
59 Stat. 456. 
39 U. S. C. § 867. 
Canal Zone employ-
Effective date. 
634 
PUBLIC LAW 205—OCT. 24, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
or salary shall be paid a retired postmaster, officer, or employee for 
services rendered during the period beginning July 1, 1951, and end-
ing with the date of his retirement. 
(c) In the case of any employee who entered the field service of the 
Post Office Department after July 1, 1951, and prior to, or on, the 
date of enactment of this Act, the term "effective date", as used in this 
Act, means the day of entry of such employee into the field service. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
October 24,1951 
[S. 466] 
Public Law 205 
CHAPTER 558 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Administrator of General Services to transfer to 
the Department of the Army certain property in Saint Louis, Missouri. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re'presentatiwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed to transfer, 
without reimbursement, to the Department of the Army those build-
ings formerly known as the War Assets Administration Sales Build-
ings, located at 8900 South Broadway, Saint Louis, Missouri, together 
with the land and facilities in connection therewith, and now under 
the control and jurisdiction of the General Services Administration. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
October 24,1951 
[H. R. 1038] 
Public Law 206 
CHAPTER 559 
AN ACT 
Relating to the policing of the buildings and grounds of the Smithsonian 
Institution and its constituent bureaus. 
Restrictions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Smithsonian insti- l/mted States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
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buildings of the Smithsonian Institution and the Trustees of the National 
and grounds. 
Gallery of Art, or their authorized representatives, may designate 
employees of their respective agencies as special policemen, without 
additional compensation for duty in connection with the policing of 
the respective buildings and grounds specified in section 9 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. Public travel in and occupancy of the specified grounds is 
hereby restricted to the sidewalks and other paved surfaces, except in 
the National Zoological Park. 
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for anyone other than an authorized 
employee or concessionaire to offer or expose any article for sale within 
the specified buildings or grounds; or to display any sign, placard, or 
other form of advertisement; or to solicit alms, subscriptions, or 
contributions therein. 
SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for anyone other than an authorized 
employee to touch or handle objects of art or scientific or historical 
objects on exhibition, or for anyone to step or climb upon, remove, 
or in any way injure any object of art, exhibit, including exhibit 
animals, equipment, seat, wall, fountain, or other erection or architec-
tural feature, or any tree, shrub, plant, or turf, within the specified 
buildings or grounds. 
SEC. 5. (a) In addition to the restrictions and requirements specified 
in sections 2 to 4, inclusive, of this Act, the Secretary of the Smith-
Regulati(ms.