July 1, 1947, 61 Stat. 240 D. C. C. 4-902 D. C. C. 4-903 [PUBLIC LAW 154-80TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To provide seniority benefits for certain officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who are veterans of World War II and lost opportunity for promotion by reason of their service in the armed forces of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, who served in the armed forces of the United States during the period beginning May 1, 1940, and ending December 31, 1946, and (1) whose name appeared during such service (as a result of a regular or reopened competitive examination for promotion) on any civil-service register with respect to such force or department for promotion to a higher rank or grade, or (2) whose name appeared on such a register as a result of a reopened examination taken subsequent to his release, shall, for the purpose of determining his seniority rights and service in such rank or grade, be held to have been promoted to such rank or grade as of the earliest date on which an eligible standing lower on the same promotion register received a promotion either permanently or temporarily to such rank or grade. (b) No officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be entitled to the benefits of this section who has reenlisted after June 1, 1945, in the Regular Military Establishment or after February 1, 1945, in the Regular Naval Establishment. SEC. 2. No officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall, by reason of the enactment of this Act, be (1) reduced in rank or grade, or (2) entitled to any compensation for any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 1, 1947. July 7, 1947, 61 Stat. 248, 257 [PUBLIC LAW 163-80TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 208-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 3611] AN ACT To fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. SEC. 6. * In crediting previous experience of any person who has been absent from his duties because of naval or military service in the armed forces of the United States or its allies, the Board of Education is hereby authorized to include such naval or military service as the equivalent of approved experience. * (aq) No provision in this Act shall be interpreted as preventing any teacher, school officer, or other employee of the Board of Education who has been granted leave to enter the armed forces of the United States or its allies from receiving any annual longevity increase or increases to which he otherwise would be entitled when he returns to service in the public schools. Approved, July 7, 1947. July 21, 1947, 61 Stat. 398 D. C. C. 4504a [PUBLIC LAW 205-80TH CONGRESS] [S. 924] AN ACT To credit active service in the military or naval forces of the United States in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits from the policemen and firemen's relief fund, District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits from the policemen and firemen's relief fund, District of Columbia, each member of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the White House Police force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and each member of the United States Secret Service who has actively performed duties other than clerical for ten years or more directly related to the protection of the President, who shall have left active employment in any such department, force, or service to perform active service in the military or naval forces of the United States, shall be credited with all periods of honorable active military or naval service performed on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the war as declared by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress. Approved July 21, 1947. |