Deduction for privileges.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Deduction for privileges.—The reasonable value, to be determined by the board, of quarters, subsistence, laundry, domestic service and other facilities furnished employees, in accordance with law, shall be deducted from their compensation: Provided, That no deduction shall be made for subsistence and rental of quarters in the case of light keepers stationed in remote and isolated places, and marine officers, petty officers, and crews of vessels and launches on board vessels to which they are assigned; nor shall deduction be made for rental of quarters for the use of barracks, outposts, guardhouses, prisons, hospitals, dormitories, and adjoining buildings and other similar structures, in the case of employees required by law or regulations to sleep or live in such quarters for the better performance of their duties; nor shall deduction be made for laundry in the case of employees of hospitals and similar institutions required by law or regulations to wear uniform, as the board may determine in each case: Provided, further, That the provisions of this section shall not be enforced in any bureau or office until the rates of salaries provided in this Act shall be in effect in that bureau or office in accordance with paragraph (d) of section ten of this Act.