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 1014 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 363, 364. 1925. Secretary of the Interior pay to the receiver of the United States land office of the district in which the lands are situated the appraisal price of the lands, and thereupon a patent shall issue to said applicant for such lands as the Secretary of the Interior shall deter- D*’P°°°·‘ °' ¥"°°°°d* mine that such applicant is entitled to purchase under this Act. The proceeds derived by the Government from the sale of lands hereunder shall be covered into the United States Treasury and applied as pliioipdesll by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of u c an s. - *° “° P Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for admmistering the provisigns of this Act and determining conflicting cla1ms arising hereun er. Approved, February 27, 1925. F°[;iuiii12i'i5ii?5` CHAI'. 864.-An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State  and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and for other purposes. ’ - · Be it enacted b the Semzte and House o Representatives of the D<i_yP•i¢r:¤p¤r¤i%=t;;e.?]§ United States of Zlmerica in Congress aasefnbled, That the followi:ry,iiiii°i3epai·¤fie¤i§ ing sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not *““* L°‘ otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice and for the udiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and _ Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, namely: Depmmumusme. TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE orrion or sncnnranr or srarn smear? Uézdemc- Salaries: For Secertary of State, $12,000; _Undersecretary of §,${ "“ ° °° °°" State, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in Pmimt accordance with the Classificatwn Act of 1923, including temporary sums inmim to employees, $1,057,600; in all, $1,069,600: Provided, That in ex- ’Eiigi;zi°e¤¤ii>ii°i·x¤e`i°d°' pending a pro riations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, ger the payment for pjlpsonal services in the District of Vo1.42,p. Mss. Columbia in accordance with " e Classification Act of 1923," the average of the salaries of the total number_ot persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for mngy one D¢¤i¢i¤¤ the ade by such Act, and in grades in wh1ch only one position ° °‘ is agdcated the salary of such fposition shall not exceed the aver- ,3*;;, ¤m>H¤¤¤1¤ to age of the compensation rates or the grade: Provided, That this im. ””°° w` restriction shall not appl (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerics]- d§Q§’d_“‘°d "“°"' ‘* mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of V¤¤· 42. 1>· Mw any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in Tgogfgggguggggelg accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the iiiiii. reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same Sulggligswgggmajntliisha or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) ' to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by “The Classification Act of 1923,” and is specifically authorized by other law. coxrrxcnxr nxrizxsns, nnranmrnxr or srarn C¤¤¢i¤¢¤¤=¤¤d¤¤i¤· For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including statione °°“°”°°`“°x°°°°°° furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of same, repairs agi