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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 270 . 1929 . 1247 the United States Veterans' Bureau so as to furnish adequate accom- modations for its beneficiaries either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. Expendituresauthor- The allotments made to the Public Health Service, War, Navy, and ized from allotments to Interior Departments shall be available for expenditure for care and other agencies. treatment of beneficiaries of the United States Veterans' Bureau, and for necessary minor repairs and improvements of existing facili- ties, under the various headings of appropriations made to said departments as may be necessary. Adjus ted s ervi ce ca r- Adjusted service certificate fund : For an amount necessary under tific ate f und. s ecti on 5 05 of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of May Pay Payments o. 128, Vol. 19, 1924 (U. S. C., pp. 1232-1233, s ee s . 64 5-64 7), to provide for the 44, p. 826. payment of the face value of each adjusted service certificate in U.S. Code, p. 1232. twenty years from its date or on the prior death of the veteran, $112,000,000, to remain available until expended. Military and naval For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year insurance. 1930 or in prior fiscal years, $115,250,000 . Hospital facilities and services : For carrying out the provisions Additional hospital, g dispensary, facil ities , of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation to provide and se rvi ce . a ddit iona l ho spit al, domi cili ary, and out -pat ient dis pens ary faci liti es of Act cfo rng pr ovi si ons for pers ons enti tled to hosp ital izat ion unde r th e Wo rld War Vet- ant e, p° 715 . erans' Act, 19 24, as amended, and for other purposes," approved bl Immediately availa. May 23, 1928 (45 Stat., pp . 715-717), $6,000,000, to be imme diat ely v . Pr i o inc urr ing available and to remain available until expended : Prov ided, That additional obligations for the purpose of carrying out said Act, the Director of the United autho rize d. States Veterans' Bureau, with the approval of the President, may enter into contracts incurring additional obligations not in excess of $2,000,000. Total, United States Veterans' Bureau, $499,975,000. SEC. 2 . In expending ending appropriations or 1~portions of appropria- the Personal District of Co ser vic es um- tions, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in bia . on ex- the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of ce e di n g a ve r ag e s al a - 1923, as amended (U. S. C., pp. 65-71, sees . 661-673, 45 Stat ., pp. r' Vol . 42,p. 1488. 776-785), the average of the salaries of the total number of persons Ante, p.776 . under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit U. S' Code, p,65. shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the com- pensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical- mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accord- ance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduc- tion in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade 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 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. SEC. 3. This Act hereafter may be referred to as the " Independent Offices Act, 1930 . " Total appropriated by this Act, $5 41 ,4 45 ,7 40. Approved, February 20, 1929. If only one position in a grade. Allowance in unusu- ally meritorious cases. Proviso. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical-me- chan ical serv ice. No reduction in fixed sal ary. Vol. 42, p. 1490. U.S. Code, p.66. Transfers to another position without reduc- tion. Higher salary rates allowed. Title of Act.

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