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PUBLIC LAW 85-533-JULY 18, 1958
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Public Law 85-533 AN ACT To provide for the designation of liolidays for the officers and employees of the government of the District of Columbia for pay and leave purposes, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 302 of the Federal Employees P a y Act of 1945, as amended (59 Stat. 295; 5 U.S.C. 922), is amended by striking out "or Executive order," and inserting in lieu thereof ", Executive order, or with respect to employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, by order of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,". SEC. 2. Thefirstsectionof the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing compensation for certain employees", approved June 29, 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 1246; 5 U.S.C. 86a), is amended to read as follows: "That hereafter whenever regular employees of the Federal Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia whose compensation is fixed at a rate per day, per hour, or on a piece work basis are relieved or prevented from working solely because of the occurrence of a holiday such as New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Veterans Day, or any other day declared to be a holiday by Federal statute, Executive order, or, with respect to employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, by order of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or on any day on which the departments and establishments of the Government are closed by Executive order, or, with respect to the employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, on any day on which the departments or establishments of such government are closed by order of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or, on any day on which such employees are relieved or prevented from w'orking by administrative order issued under such regulations as may be promulgated by the President, or, with respect to the employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, on any day on which such employees are relieved or prevented from working by administrative order issued under such regulations as may be promulgated by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, they shall receive the same pay for such days as for days on which an ordinary day's work is performed.". SEC. 3. The Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for purposes of the administration of holidays for employees of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, shall have the same authority to prescribe regulations as that possessed by the President for purposes of the administration of holidays for employees of the Federal Government. SEC. 4. (a) The first sentence of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for granting to officers and members of the Metroolitan Police Force, the Fire Department of the District of Columia, and the White House and United States Park Police forces additional compensation for working on holidays", approved October 24, 1951, as amended _(65 Stat. 607; D. C. Code, sec. 4-807), is amended by striking out "six or more hours on any holiday, shall be entitled to receive as compensation for such holiday work, in lieu of his regular pay for that day, an amount equal to twice his daily rate of basic com-
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