Volume 52 · 1077
Public Law 75–678
Extending the classified civil service to include postmasters of the first, second, and third classes, and for other purposes.
Approved June 25, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
Extending the classified civil service to include postmasters of the first, second, and third classes, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That postmasters of the first, second, and third classes shall hereafter be appointed in the classified service without term by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, That postmasters now serving may continue to serve until the end of their terms, but they shall not acquire a classified civil service status at the expiration of such terms of office except as provided in Section 2 hereof.
Sec. 2.
Appointments to positions of postmaster at first-, second-, and third-class post offices shall be made by the reappointment and
Classification, non-competitively.
Promotion.
classification, non-competitively, of the incumbent postmaster, or by promotion from within the Postal Service in accordance with the provisions
Competitive examination.
of the Civil Service Act and Rules, or by competitive examination, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Act and
Residence requirement.
Rules. No person shall be eligible for appointment under this section unless such person has actually resided within the delivery of the office to which he is appointed, or within the city or town where the same is situated for one year next preceding the date of such appointment, if the appointment is made without competitive examination; or for one year preceding the date fixed for the close of receipt of applications for examination, if the appointment is made after competitive examination.
Sec. 3.
Appointments of acting postmasters in all classes of post
Acting postmasters, appointments by Postmaster General.
Proviso.
Service limitation.
offices shall be made by the Postmaster General: Provided ,That acting postmasters shall serve not to exceed six months from the date of their designation, except that the Postmaster General may extend the period of service of any acting postmaster beyond such six months’ period with the permission of the Civil Service Commission.
Sec. 4.
All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
Inconsistent laws repealed.
repealed.
Approved, June 25, 1938.