TITLE 41 , CHAPTER 1 , Sec. 38.

SOURCE
June 30, 1936, ch. 881, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 2038
Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.

CODIFICATION

Provisions of second sentence of this section that authorized the Secretary to appoint an administrative officer and such attorneys and experts ''without regard to the provisions of the civil service laws'' were omitted as obsolete. Such appointments are subject to the civil service laws unless specifically excepted by such laws or by laws enacted subsequent to Executive Order 8743, Apr. 23, 1941, issued by the President pursuant to the Act of Nov. 26, 1940, ch. 919, title I, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 1211, which covered most excepted positions into the classified (competitive) civil service. The Order is set out as a note under section 3301 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

''Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5'' substituted in text for ''the Classification Act of 1949, as amended'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5

AMENDMENTS

1949 - Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ''Classification Act of 1949'' for ''Classification Act of 1923''.

REPEALS

Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions of all other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Labor, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, Sec. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 43a, 353 of this title; title 25 section 450j; title 40 section 333

Notes on Sec. 38.