Volume 72 · 122
Public Law 85–421
To amend the District of Colombia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1953 to provide that service in the grade of inspector and the grade of private in the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be service in the same grade for the purpose of longevity increases.
Approved May 19, 1958
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the District of Colombia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1953 to provide that service in the grade of inspector and the grade of private in the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be deemed to be service in the same grade for the purpose of longevity increases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
subsection (a) of section 202 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1953, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4–816 (a)), relating to longevity increases of officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, is amended by inserting immediately following the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: “In computing service for the purpose of determining longevity increases under this section, service in the grade of inspector or assistant marine engineer, and service in the grade of private, shall be deemed to be service in the same grade.”
Subsection (f) of such section 202 (D. C. Code, sec. 4–816 (f)) is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof.
Sec. 2.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as of the first day of the first pay period of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia which began after July 24, 1956.
No compensation shall be payable, by reason of the enactment of this Act, for any period prior to such effective date.
Approved May 19, 1958.