All employees of the former departments and divisions heretofore
employed by the Animal Shelter and Control Department, the Department
of Public Works, the Department of Cemeteries, the Department of Real
Estate and the Traffic Control Department, as presently existing,
are hereby transferred in their entirety to the Department of General
Services, including all property, equipment and budgetary appropriations.
These employees shall be continued as employees of the Department
of General Services with the same qualifications, pensions and retirement
rights and privileges as they had immediately prior to this transfer.