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 1080 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 163. 1917. tendent and his assistants not to exceed $200, street car tickets not exceeding $25, office equipment, and contingent expenses m connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Gardens,_care, and maintenance of motor-propelled delivery vehicle, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, $12,000. E¤¤=¤¤v¤- EXECUTIVE. P*¤¤¤¤¤*~ For compensation of the President of the United States, $75,000. Vice P*==*¤¤**· For compensation of the Vice President of the United States, $12,000. E‘°°"““’ °m°°‘, Office of the President: Secret $7 500· executive clerk $5 000· iv r y 2 1 2 2 ` ¤1;lg:&iy' mm 8 chief clerk, $4,000; applointmentaglbrk, $3,500; record clerk, $2,500; two expert stenograp ers, at $2,500 each; accountant and disbursing clerk, $2,500; two correspondents, at $2,500 each; clerks— two at $2,500 each, four at $2,000 each, live of class four, two of class three, four of class two, three of class one; messengers—three at $900 each, three at $840 each; three laborers at $720 each; in all, §Q‘{,§“,,§·°,,,,,,,,,,,c,_ $76,780: Provided, That employees of the executive departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Government may be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States for such temfporar£smsistance as may be necessary. °°"““‘°“‘°‘*’“"“· For contingent expenses 0 the xecutive Office, including stationery, record books. telegams, telephones, books for library, furniture and carpets for offices, automobiles, expenses of ar e, including labor, and miscellaneous items to be expended in tie E- cretion of the President, $30,000. Bmw °‘Em°*°¤°Y· BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY. ,S,§,*,§§_§‘=°¤,§;*g§°,‘}{'§,*§j To enable the Bureau of Efficiency, authorized by the ur ent gg: etiewnnenw, deficiency appropriation Act approved February twenty-eighth, ,,3,; ,,_ ;5_ nineteen hundred and sixteen, to establish and maintain a system of ‘ efliciency ratings, to investigate administrative needs of the service relating to personnel m the several executive departments and inde- V°‘·*"’»PP·“3·’5°· pendant establishments, required by the legislative, executive, and "°‘· "8· P· *°°S· jud1c1alappr0pr1ation Acts for the fiscal years ninteen hundred and thirteen and mneteen hundred and fourteen, respective], and to mmm investigate duplication of statistical and other work andv methods ‘ of busmess in the various branches of the Government service; for purchase or exchange of ectuipnient, supplies, stationery, books and periodicals, printing and indmg, traveling expenses not exceed- I mg $3,000, and street car fare not exceeding $50; in all, $60,000: g;;*;;,mm_ P1-qmded, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a compen- Cmm against satnon exceeding $4,000 per annum. _ n.,»r.;;iS§a¢,,., ae. The Bureau c Efficiency shall mvostégate the methods of examining _,,,,';;g;,,*§§ *°¤ ° °¤· and auditing claims against the _Umt States and accounts of d1S— bursing officers, and of accountm for receipts and disbursements and shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Treas1u•y and to Submawmh Oolpvgress, with recommendations, at its next regular session. { lnycstigtillz mss- e Bureau of Eihciency shall investigate the work erformed by °'° WW ·€°°- the Subtreasunes and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to Congress at the begmning of the next regular session what art of the work of the Su treasuries may be transferred to other ogces of the Government, banks of the Federal Reserve Svstem or Farm Loan Bank? and for the fpugiose of this investigation the representatives o the Bureau o E ciency shall have access to all neces- Cm com- sai-élbooks and other_records of the Government. migggm mums to, §B‘·“'§’%u °f If;m°*°P¤Y Shall Qllvestigate the methods of transactbe mmigml mg the pu he business in the Civil Service Commission and report to Congress through the President at the next regular session of Con-