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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 102. 1929 . 1095 TITL E I-D EPARTM ENT OF STA TE Depar tment of Sta te. OFFICE OF SECR ETARY OF STATE Salaries : For Secretary of State, $15,000 ; Undersecretary of State Secre tary, ffice er- y > y , retary, and ofirce per- $10,000, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, sonnet. including temporary employees, $1,315,000 ; in all $1,340,000 : Pro- Previsos. Salaries limited to vided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropria- average under Classifl_ tions, contained in this Xct, for the payment for personal services cat t io oi Act. 1483 . in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U . S. C ., pp . 65-71, sees . 661-673, 45 Stat ., Ante, p . 776 . pp . 776-785), the average of the salaries of the total number of U.S. Code,p.65. persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropria- tion unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensa- tion rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in If only one p osition grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such in a grade . position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position Advances in u y ally meritorious cases, in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade, but not more often than once Restriction not appli- in any fiscal year, and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, cable to clerical-me- That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of "'ill' service . the clerical-mechanical service, or to require the reduction in No reduction in fixed (2) salaries . salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of Jul 1, vol . 4 2, p . 149 0 . 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 Of such Act, (3) to U.S. Code, p. 66. req uire the reduc tion in s alary of a ny p erson who is tr ansf erred Transfe rs to anothe r position without reduc- from one position to another position in the same or different grade tion. in the same or a different bureau, office, or .other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate perrmited .salary rates higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law . When specifically aapproved by the head of an y of th e exec utive twee Transfers appro priations be- When appriations departments provided or herein, transfers may be made between for an y bureau, etc., to meet reallocation in- the appropriations in this Act under the respective jurisdiction of creases . any bureau, office, institution, or service, in order to meet increases in compe nsat ion r esult ing from the r eall ocati on by the Pers onnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Contin gent and mis . For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, cellaneous expenses of newspaper clippings, furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of Department. same, repairs and material for repairs ; books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, not exceeding $10,000 ; newspapers not exceed- ing $1,200, for which payment may be made in advance of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not to exceed $5,0 00, an d mant enance, repa ir, an d stora ge of motor- propel led ve hi- cles, to be used only for official purposes ; automobile mail wagons, including storage, repair, and exchange of same ; street-car fare not exceeding $150 ; refund of fees erroneously charged ed and aid for Refund of passport, ~ y • paid fees erroneously the issu e of pass ports to perso ns wh o ar e exe mpted from the pay- charged. 1 .750. went of such fee by section 1 of the Act making appropriations for U.S.Code, p.657. the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, approved June 4, 1920 (U. S. C., p. 657, sec. 214 examination of estimates of appropriations in the field ; and other misce llaneo us ite ms not inclu ded in the fo regoin g, $70 ,705, of whi ch $5,000 shall be immediately available.
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