75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 157-AP'R.1, , 1938 airmen, and matters connected therewith as the Secretary of Com- merce shall prescribe in accordance with the authority vested in him under the Air Commerce Act of 1926, as amended. The provisions of section 13 (relating to pay and working conditions and relations of pilots and other employees) of the Air Mail Act of 1934, approved June 12, 1934, as amended, shall apply to all contracts awarded under this Act. SEC. 2 . The Postmaster General shall report to Congress as soon as practicable the final results of experimental services conducted under this Act, together with his recommendations for legislation to establish on a permanent basis any such services ascertained to be essential or useful in carrying out the object of this Act. He may from time to time make preliminary reports and recommendations to Congress whenever definite conclusions are reached in respect of any such service. SEC. 3 . The first sentence of subsection (f) of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to revise air-mail laws, and to establish a commis- sion to make a report to the Congress recommending an aviation policy", approved June 12, 1934, as amended (U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. II, title 39, sec. 469A (f), Public, Numbered 420, approved January 14, 1938), is amended to read as follows: "(f) The Postmaster General shall not award contracts for air- mail routes or extend such routes in excess of an aggregate of forty thousand miles, and shall not pay for air-mail transportation on such routes and extensions in excess of an annual aggregate of sixty million airplane-miles." SEC. 4 . That subsection (c) of section 3 of the Act entitled "'An Act to revise air-mail laws, and to establish a commission to make a report to the Congress recommending an aviation policy", approved June 12, 1934, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(c) If, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, the public inter- est requires it, he may grant extensions at any point of any route: Provided, That the aggregate mileage of all such extensions on any one route shall not exceed two hundred and fifty miles, and that the rate of pay for such extensions shall not be in excess of the rate per mile fixed for the service thus extended." SEC. 5 . Subsection (d) of section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to revise air-mail laws, and to establish a commission to make a report to the Congress recommending an aviation policy", approved June 12, 1934, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(d) No person shall be qualified to enter upon the performance of, or thereafter to hold an air-mail contract, if it pays any officer, director, or regular employee compensation in any form, whether as salary, bonus, commission, or otherwise, at a rate exceeding $17,500 per year for full time: Provided, That it shall be unlawful for any officer or regular employee to draw a salary of more than $17,500 per year from any air-mail contractor, or a salary from any other com- jpany if such salary from any company makes his total compensation more than $17,500 per year. SEC. 6. Whenever he shall find it to be in the public interest, because of the nature of the terrain and the impracticability of sur- face transportation, the Postmaster General may award contracts for the transportation of any or all classes of mail by airplane upon star routes not over two hundred airplane-miles in length by direct flight between termini, payment for such service to be made from the appropriation for inland transportation by star routes: Provided, That all laws and regulations not in conflict with this section gov- erning star routes shall be applicable to contracts made under the 44 Stat. 570. 49U.S.C.§171- 184. Pay and working conditions of pilots, etc. 48 Stat. 937; 49 Stat. 618. 39 U. S. C. §49k; Supp. III , § 469k. Report and recom- mendations to Con- gress. Preliminary reports and recommenda- tions. 48 Stat. 934; 49 Stat. 615; ante, p. 6; post, p. 1029. 39 .S.C.§ 469a (; Supp. III ,§ 469a (f,. Contracts; mileage limitation. 49 Stat. 615 . 39 U. S. C., Supp. IlI, § 469a (c). Granting of exten- sions. Proviso. Limitation on ag- gregate mileage and pay. 49 Stat. 617. 39 U. S. C.,Supp. Ill,§ 4t9e (d). Air mail contrac- tors. Compensation of of- ficers, etc., limited. Proviso. Unlawful to exceed limitation. Star route airplane service. Post, p. 1144 . Provisos. Laws and regula- tions applicable. 219 52 STAT.]
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