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 S1xTY-FoURTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. os. 162.. 1917. 1121 switchboard operators, assistant messengprs, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of $720 per annum each; for aborers, at the rate of $660 per annum each; assistant telephone-switchboard operators, at the rate} of $600 each, and for charwomen, at the rate of $240 per annum eac. Sec. 3. That the aplpropriation herein made for the officers, clerks, nigiiymiiaignopzmuh and persons employe in the public service shall not be available P°”°'”’· for tue compensation of any persons incapacitated otherwise than temporarily for performing such service. Sec. 4. Phat no part 0 any money appropriated by this or any  “‘°‘ other Act shall be used during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and Resingmm on prices eighteen for the purchase of any typcwriting machine at a price in t° b°p°1d‘°" excess of the lowest rice aid by the Government of the United States for the same mahe and) substantially the same model of machine during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen; such price shall inclu e the value of any typewriting machine or machines given in Ex um exchange, but shall not apply to special prices granted on thewriting °°P ' machines used in schools of the District of Columbia or of {kpc Indian Service, the lowest of which special prices paid for typewritin machines shall not be exceeded in future Sxurchases for such schools: PWM Provided, That in construinlg this section e Commissioner of Patents namiiimim of shall advise the Comptro er of the Treasury as to whether the °’""°°‘°' °' ‘““’“°°s· changes in any typewriter are of such structural character as to constitute a nreylv machine ngtn within the limitatioriis of tl;sS?ction. Dems for Sec. 5. atine n appropriations ma eint ct ersons 0,,,,,,,, 0, 1,,,,,,,, ,,_ in the classified scrviiiefr) at Vgasgiiigtliin, District of Columbia, slliall not Mm- t be detailed for service outside o the District of Columbia excc t for or in connection with work pertaining directly to the service at tile seat of government of the department or other Government estab- P . lishment from which the detail is made: Provided, That nothing in nZ?¤°ii¤m¤ ot ms this section shall be deemed to apply to the investigation of any ;§;,,§f’°°“°“"°"’ "' matter or the reparation, prosecution, or defense of any suit by the De artment oi) Justice. Slnc. 6. That hereafter the members of the Joint Committee on p§§§{'}f,,f°""”""° °" Printin who are reelccted to the succeeding Congess shall continue <·¤mm¤•m» ui. as memicrs of said committee until their successors arc chosen: Pro- {,’fQ§f§§,,,,,,,,, M md vided, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House <,:{;y—hj;>·;°¤;°;;g¤¤M of Representatives shall, on the last day of a Congress, appoint ` members of their respective Houses who have been elected to the succeeding Con ess to iill any vacancies which may then be about to occur on saidgbommittee, and such appointees an the members of said committee who shall have been reelected shall continue until pcm M when their successors are chosen. The Joint Committee on Printing shall, Consresnimniesicn. when Congress is not in session, exercise all the ppwers and duties devolving upon said committee as provided by w, the same as when Congpelss is in session. _ A rm, { m_ Sec. 7. at to provide, during the iiscal year nineteen hundred ,,,,§§’,,'°",,,,,.‘°’,§,°',,,, and eighteen, for increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum {>{L¤;g 8{·=6:**;}r_‘¤ er annum to emplo ees who receive salaries at a rate per annum ’ iiss than $1,200, andy for increased compensation at the rate of five per centum per annum to employees w o receive salaries at a rate not more than $1,800 per annum and not less than $1,200 (per an- ,, I num, so much as may e necessary is appropriated: Provide, That .~.ppnr—»i»a. my to this section shall only apply to the cmp oyces who are appropriated ffg,*f‘°¥°°‘ "“‘°' “““ for in this Act specifically and under luniplsums or whose employment Mm to comm is authorized herein: Provided further, at detailed reports shall be submitted to Congress on the iirst day of the next session showing the number of persons, the grades or character of positions, the original rates of compensation, and the increased rates of compensation provided for herein. 91890°—-—vor. 39-—rr 1---71