No annual increase in salary shall be paid to any person who, in the judgment of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, has not rendered satisfactory service, and any private who fails to receive such annual increase for 2 successive years shall be deemed inefficient and forthwith removed from the service by the Mayor; provided, that under such rules and regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia shall promulgate, the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief of the Fire Department shall select and report to the Mayor from time to time the names of privates and sergeants in each Department who by reason of demonstrated ability may be considered as possessed of outstanding efficiency, and the Mayor is authorized and directed to grant to not exceeding 10% of the authorized strength, respectively, of such privates and sergeants in each Department additional compensation at the rate of $5 per month; provided further, that the Mayor may withdraw such compensation at any time and remove any name or names from among such selections.
(July 1, 1930, 46 Stat. 840, ch. 783, § 4.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 4-401.
1973 Ed., § 4-802.
Change in Government
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402(111) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 (D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act (D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
Miscellaneous Notes
Office of Major and Superintendent of Metropolitan Police abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 5-105.01.
Office of Chief Engineer abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 5-402.
(a) For all pay computation purposes affecting employees covered by this act or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, basic per annum rates of compensation established by this act or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, shall be regarded as payment for employment during 52 basic administrative workweeks.
(b)(1) Whenever for any such purpose it is necessary to convert a basic annual rate established by this act or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 to a basic biweekly, weekly, daily, half-daily, or hourly rate, the following rules shall govern:
(A) The annual rate shall be divided by 52 or 26, as the case may be, to derive a weekly or biweekly rate;
(B) A weekly or biweekly rate shall be divided by 5 or 10, as the case may be, to derive a daily rate;
(C) A daily rate shall be divided by 2 to derive a one-half daily rate;
(D) In the case of the Metropolitan Police force, except with respect to computation of holiday pay, a biweekly rate shall be divided by the number of hours constituting the biweekly tour of duty in order to derive an hourly rate;
(E) In the case of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia:
(i) A biweekly rate shall be divided by 2 to derive a weekly rate;
(ii) The weekly rate shall be divided by the number of workdays in the average established workweek to arrive at a daily rate;
(iii) A daily rate shall be divided by 2 to derive a one-half daily rate; and
(iv) An hourly rate shall be determined by dividing the daily rate of pay by 12, except for the purpose of computation of holiday pay; and
(F) In the case of officers and members of divisions of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia other than the Firefighting Division, except with respect to computation of holiday pay, a biweekly rate shall be divided by the number of hours constituting the biweekly tour of duty in order to derive an hourly rate.
(2) All rates shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent.
(c) For all officers and employees referred to in this act, or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, each pay period shall cover 2 administrative workweeks except that with respect to employees of the Fire Department the 1st pay period shall be for the period July 1 to July 11, 1953, inclusive.
(June 20, 1953, 67 Stat. 76, ch. 146, title IV, § 405; July 20, 1953, 67 Stat. 182, ch. 231, § 1; June 25, 1956, 70 Stat. 338, ch. 446, § 1; July 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 378, Pub. L. 85-533, § 5; Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 485, Pub. L. 85-584, title V, § 502(b); Oct. 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 831, Pub. L. 87-399, § 5; Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 596, Pub. L. 87-697, § 3.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 4-405.
1973 Ed., § 4-821.
References in Text
"This act," referred to throughout this section, means the Act of June 20, 1953.
The District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, referred to throughout this section, is codified in § 5-541.01 et seq.
