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 SIXTY-FIFTH ooncnnss. sm. 111. cn. se. 1919. 1223 For contingent exlgenses of the Executive Ofhce, includin sta- °°¤“¤¢•¤*•*P°¤*°* tionery, record boo, telegnms, telephones, books for library, furniture and carpets for 0 ces, automobiles, expenses of g e, including labor, and miscellaneous items, to be expended in the discretion of the President, $30,000. BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY. B¤¤¤¤·>fE¤¤•=l¤»¢y- To enable the Bureau of Efliciencg, authorized by the Urgent ,,,,*},§‘,{}‘°‘*" d°“*$‘ Deficiency Appropriation Act approve February 28, 1916, to estab- V<>1·<*>»1>·15- lish and mamtam a s stem 0 efliciency ratings, to investigate administrative needs of die service relating to rsonnel in the several executive departments and independent estalilihhments, required by the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Acts for the V;{°l,,3'{;{>01gg*3· 759 fiscal years 1913 and 1914, respectively, and to investigate duplication ' ` of statistical and other work and methods of business in the various branches of the Government service; for purchase or exchange of equipment, supplies, stationery, books and periodicals,  and binding, traveling expenses not exceeding $3,000, and street car fare ,,,0,,,;,, not exceeding $50; in all, $125 000: Provided, That not morecthan Payrnéuhum. · fifteen persons shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation in excess of $3,000 per annum. ‘ crm snnvron coMmss1oN. ‘:§.’.r“°"‘°° °°“* Three commissioners, at $5,000 each; chief examiner, $3,500; secretary, $2,500; assistant chief examiner, $2,400; chiefs of divisions-one $2,400 (who shall act as assistant secretary), two at $2,000 each; certification clerk, $2,000; examiners-0ne $2,400, three at . $2,000 each; six at $1,800 each; clerksy->=—six of class four, twenty- eight of class three, thirty-nine of clms two, fifty-two of class one, tI111'iiy—foH1' at $1,000 each twenty-two at $900 each; messenger; assistant messenger· skilled laborer, $720; four m er be, at $420 each. Custodian force: Engineer, $840; generx meclisanic, $840; telephoneswitchboard operator; two Bremen; two watchmen; two elevator conductors, at $720 each; three laborers ; four charwomen; in all, $291,020. T For tem orary employees for the Civil Service Commission, $50 000: ,,,,_°"“’°'"’ °““"°" Prmnkled, That not more than two persons shall be employed here- §;;°?gmc,,m under at a rate of compensation exceeding $1,400 per annum and no ` person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceedm $1,800 per annum. Iiinin roses: District secretaries—two at $2,400 each, one $2,200, F‘°*d '°•‘°°· four at $2,000 each, five at $1,800 each; clerks—one of class four, one of class three, one of class one, seven at $1,000 each, six at $900 each, five at $840 each; messenger boy, $480; in all, $45,680. For five field examiners at the rate of $1,500 per annum each, for mld °*¤m*¤¤*¤· work in connection with members of local boards and other necessary work as directed b the commission, $7,500. · No detail of clerks or other emploiyees from the executive depart- ments or other Government esta lishments in the District of Columbia, to the Civil Service Commission for the performance of duty in the District of Columbia, shall be made for or d the fiscal year 1920. The Civil Service Commission shall, however, have &;`””’°' °‘ “¤P*°Y‘ power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of its employees ` erein provided for to or from its office force, field force, or rural carrier examining board. Exrmvr nxsmxmzsz For employment of expert examiners not in E‘P°'*°““‘“‘°”· the _Federal service to prepare questions and rate papers in examinations on special subjects for which examiners witlnn the service are not available, $2,000.