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 SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 225. 1925. 893 of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such V°‘-42»P·**°°· Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is p0'§Q?§‘,§‘°'$,i2‘{,,§‘,§‘,°*’§§ transferred from one position to another position in the same or d“°“°¤· different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under ,,,f,‘,',§_f§" S“*°"' me 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. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, wan DEPARTMENT For purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, in- ,,§;§§‘{;';‘,§§;eS °°°‘ cluding their exchange; books of reference, blank books, pamphlets, ° periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor—saving devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting, linoleum, lilin equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuei gas, and heating apparatus for buildings, electric power, electric light; repairs to, alterations and installations in Government-owned buildings (other than those under the supervision of the Superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings) occupied by the lVar Department and its bureaus; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and motor cycles, and one motorpropelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; street-car fares, not exceeding $750; and other absolutely necessary expenses, including a per diem allowance not to exceed $4 in lieu of subsistence, $99,685. $ For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices, S°"*i°°°'Y· 69.000. For postage stamps for the department and its bureaus, as re- P°°*“°· guired under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters adressed to Postal Union countries, $250. _ _ _ For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureaus ,,,;""°‘°‘ ‘“‘d b"‘d` and offices, and for all printing and binding for the field activities under the lVar Department, except such as may be authorized in accordance with existing law to be done elsewhere than at the Gov- Pm, ernment Printing Office, $600.000: Provided, That the sum of $3,000, M,,d$; b,,nm,,,_ or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publication, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of _ medical officers, when approved by the Secretaryof lVar, and not m,§`,‘;{ C"' °' E“*—“‘ exceeding 570,000 shall be available for printing and binding under the direction of the Chief of Engineers. coxrrxcuxcrns or THE Amar For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided Amy °°“"“‘°"°‘“· for and embracing all branches of the military_ service, including the office of the Chief of Staff ; for all emergencies and extraordmary expenses, including the employment of translators and exclusive of all other personal services in the lVar Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices in the District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified; to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of War, and ,,mm_ for such purposes as he may deem proper, $48,960: Provzded, That 8dsa1e_orw¤gs¤ppH¤s. . · 1ustmgclmms,etc. not to exceed $29,960 of the money herein appropriated shall be expended for the ayment of salaries of civilian employees connected with the sale ofp war supplies and the adjustment of war contracts