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74Th CONGRESS . SESS. I . CHS. 535, 546. AUG UST 14,1 5,1 935 .

651 on lay-off periods as provided in Post Office Department circular letter numbered 1348, dated May 12, 1921 ; and railway postal clerks comas sa o yme t oo or required to perform service in excess of six hours and forty minutes tional . daily, as herein provided, shall be paid in cash at the annual rate of pay or granted compensatory time, at their option, for such overtime . SEC. 2 . The r atio of su bstit ute p ost- offic e cle rks, subst itute city limat i letter carriers, substitute laborers, substitutes in the motor vehicle se rvice , and subst itutes in t he Rai lway Mail Servic e sha ll be not more than one substitute for eight regular employees : Provided, Pr o 80 That at post offices with receipts of more than $50,00 per annumoffices . in larger and less than $10,000,000 per annum, the ratio of substitutes shall not be more th an one substitute for ten regular employees : Pro- vi ded fu rth er, That at post offices with receipts of less than $500,000 the ratio shall be not more than one substitute for twelve regular employees, and at offices having less than twelve employees one sub- stitute shall be provided : Provi ded f urthe r, That where the ratio of substitutes on the date of the enactment of this Act is in excess of the ratio provided for herein no additional substitutes shall be appointed until these ratios are established : And provided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not operate to furlough or dismiss any regular substitute . SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect October 1, 1935 .

Effe ctive da te . Approved, August 14, 1935 . of subs titutes offices with receipts less than $500,000. Es tabl ishm ent of ra- tios . No regular substi- tute to be furloughed. etc . [CHAPT ER 546 .]

AN ACT For the suppression of prostitution in the District of Columbia . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress ass embled, That it shall not District oC ol nasty be lawful for any person to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for inviting, etc ., for for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or pvois27 p . 323 ; Vell persons, in or upon any avenue, str eet, road, highway, ope n space, 36, p . 833, amended. alley, public square, or enclosure in the District of Columbia, to accompany, go with, or follow him or her to his or her residence, or to any other house or buildin g, inclosure, or other place, fo r the pur- pose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under a penalty of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both . And it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, or persuade, or address for the purpose of inviting, entic ing, or pe rsuadi ng an y pers on or perso ns fr om any door , win- dow, porch, or portico of any house or building to enter any house, or go with, accompany, or follow him or her to any place whatever, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd pur- pose, under the like penalties herein provided for the same conduct in the streets, avenues, roads, highways, or alleys, public squares, open spaces, or i nclosures . SEC. 2 . Any person who frequents or lives in houses or other estab- lishments of ill fame, or who (whether married or single) engages in or commi ts act s of fornic ation for h ire, shall be co nside red a vagrant, and subject to the penalties provided in section 8 of an Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia, approved July 29, 1892 ", and as amended by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1909 . SEC . 3 . The court may impose conditions upon any person found guilty under the aforesaid sections and so long as such person shall comply therewith to the satisfaction of the court the imposition or August 15, 1935. [S. 405.] [Public, No . 276 .] Residents , etc ., of houses of ill fame con- sidered vagrants. Vol. 27, p. 323; Vol. 30, p.723;Vol.35,p. 711 . Discretio nary powe r of court to impose cer- tain conditions, etc .