Section 8
SEC. 8. Provision for "excess of actual salary."—The item of appropriation for "excess of actual salary" provided in this Act under "salaries and wages shall be paid to the incumbent of the position to which said "excess" pertains who is actually receiving the same "excess" as part of the salary granted to him upon his appointment to the said position before the reduction of the basic pay thereof to the amount provided herein: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if the position be vacated and the successor to its previous incumbent shall have previously received an equal salary plus the "excess of actual salary" in the same or any other branch of the Government service, such excess shall be allowable to him.