An Act to provide for the payment of compensation to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police force, the White House Police force, and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, for duty performed on their days off, when such days off are suspended during an emergency
PL 84-227 (S.2427), enacted 08/04/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 227-AUG, 4, 1955 
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Public Law 226 
CHAPTER 548 
AN ACT 
For the relief of desert land entrymen whose entries are dependent upon 
percolating waters for reclamation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the require-
ment of section 1 of the Desert Land Act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 
377), that the right to the use of water by a desert land entryman 
"shall depend upon bona fide prior appropriation" shall be waived in 
the case of all desert land entries which have heretofore been allowed 
and are subsisting on the effective date of this Act, which are depend-
ent upon percolating waters for their reclamation, and which are 
situated in the State of Arizona under the laws of which the percolat-
ing waters upon which the entries are dependent are not subject to the 
doctrine of prior appropriation but are usable under State law for 
irrigation and reclamation purposes. 
Approved August 4, 1955. 
August 4, 195S 
[S.U773 
D e s e r t l a r i d 
entrymen. 
Relief. 
43 u s e 321. 
Public Law 227 
CHAPTER 549 
AN ACT 
To provide for the payment of compensation to oflScers and members of the 
Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police force, the White 
House Police force, and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, 
for duty performed on their days off, when such days off are suspended during 
an emergency. 
August 4, 1955 
[S.2427] 
65 Stat. 27. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section firemwi.^'*"*'* "*'* 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a five-day week for officers and 
compen satory 
members of the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park 
Police force, and the White House Police force", approved August 
15, 1950, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4—904), is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) Whenever the granting of days off has been suspended and 
discontinued pursuant to this section, each officer and member shall 
be entitled to receive, in addition to his annual basic salary, com-
pensation at the basic daily rate for each day of duty which he per-
forms by reason of the suspension and discontinuance of his days off 
under this section. Any officer or member so performing duty shall 
be entitled to all rights, benefits, and privileges, and shall be subject 
to all obligations and duties to which he is entitled or to which he 
is subject on any regular workday. Such compensation shall be treated 
for the purpose of computing retirement compensation or relief pay-
ments, or for deduction, in the same manner as is compensation for 
duty voluntarily performed under subsection (e) of this section." 
SEC. 2, Subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to 
amend the Act entitled 'An Act to classify the officers and members 
of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes', approved June 20, 1906, and for other purposes", approved 
June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 499), is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: "Whenever the granting of days off has been suspended 
and discontinued pursuant to this subsection, each officer and member 
shall be entitled to receive, in addition to his annual basic salary, com-
pensation at the basic daily rate for each day of duty which he per-
forms by reason of the suspension and discontinuance of his days off 
under this subsection. Any officer or member so performing duty 
D. C. C o d e 
404a.