A-3967, JULY 14, 1924, 4 COMP. GEN. 56
Highlights
CLASSIFICATION OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES - COMPENSATION FOR ALLOCATED GRADES THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS IS AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED TO PAY COMPENSATION TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE GRADE OR CLASS TO WHICH ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 6 OF THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF MARCH 4. 1924: I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF JULY 14. AS FOLLOWS: MAY I HAVE YOUR OPINION IN ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. ARE WE REQUIRED TO PAY THE SALARIES PROVIDED FOR IN THE REVISED ALLOCATIONS OF THE PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION BOARD WHERE THE GRADE HAS BEEN ADVANCED? 2. ARE WE AUTHORIZED TO PAY THEM? 3. ARE WE AUTHORIZED TO APPROXIMATE THEM BY ADVANCING THE PAY WITHIN THE GRADE APPROPRIATED FOR?
A-3967, JULY 14, 1924, 4 COMP. GEN. 56
CLASSIFICATION OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES - COMPENSATION FOR ALLOCATED GRADES THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS IS AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED TO PAY COMPENSATION TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE GRADE OR CLASS TO WHICH ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 6 OF THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF MARCH 4, 1923, 42 STAT. 1488, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1924, 43 STAT. 593.
ACTING COMPTROLLER GENERAL GINN TO THE LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, JULY 14, 1924:
I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF JULY 14, 1924, AS FOLLOWS:
MAY I HAVE YOUR OPINION IN ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. ARE WE REQUIRED TO PAY THE SALARIES PROVIDED FOR IN THE REVISED ALLOCATIONS OF THE PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION BOARD WHERE THE GRADE HAS BEEN ADVANCED?
2. ARE WE AUTHORIZED TO PAY THEM?
3. ARE WE AUTHORIZED TO APPROXIMATE THEM BY ADVANCING THE PAY WITHIN THE GRADE APPROPRIATED FOR?
THE ACT OF MARCH 4, 1923, 42 STAT. 1488, PROVIDES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE. SECTION 13 OF SAID ACT FIXED THE COMPENSATION SCHEDULES FOR THE POSITIONS CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT. SECTION 5 PROVIDES THAT SAID SCHEDULES SHALL APPLY TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND SECTION 2 SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES THAT THE TERM "DEPARTMENT" SHALL INCLUDE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. SECTION 4 PROVIDES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE POSITIONS IN EACH DEPARTMENT IN THEIR APPROPRIATE GRADES IN THE COMPENSATION SCHEDULES AND FOR FIXING THE RATE OF COMPENSATION OF EACH EMPLOYEE THEREIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 6, AND SAID SECTION 4 FURTHER PROVIDES THAT "SUCH ALLOCATIONS SHALL BE REVIEWED AND MAY BE REVISED BY THE PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION BOARD AND SHALL BECOME FINAL UPON THEIR APPROVAL BY SAID BOARD.'
QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 ARE ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND QUESTION 3 IN THE NEGATIVE.
THE RATE OF COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO ANY EMPLOYEE WITHIN A GRADE TO WHICH ALLOCATED IS TO BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 6 OF THE SAID ACT OF MARCH 4, 1923, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1924, 43 STAT. 593.