Public Law 75–707

That the first paragraph of section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes”, approved February 28, 1925, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence:

Rural letter carriers, additional compensation.

“The Postmaster General may, in his discretion, allow and pay such additional compensation as he may determine to be fair and reasonable in each individual case to rural letter carriers serving heavily

Provisos.

Limitation.

patronized routes not exceeding thirty-eight miles in length: Provided, That in no case shall the total compensation of a rural letter carrier serving a heavily patronized route of thirty-eight miles or less in length exceed $2,100 per annum, exclusive of maintenance

Report to Congress.

allowance: Provided, further, That the Postmaster General shall report to the Committees on Post Offices and Post Roads of the two Houses the number and names of the routes, on which these increases shall be made, by January 1, 1940, after which date no further increases shall be made. ”

Sec. 2.

This Act shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month next following the month in which this Act is enacted.