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 1402 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 367. 1929 . sanitary condition of building, light, heat, and power ; stationery and office printing, including blanks, price lists, and bibliographies, $85,000 ; for catalogues and indexes, not exceeding $25,000 ; for supplying books to depository libraries, $85,000 ; in all, $195,000 : Proviso. Provided That no art of this sum shall be used to supply to de osi- Supp lying depos i- h ll tary libraries restr icted. tor y libraries a ny documents, books, or oth er printed ma tter not Printing reports o f requested by such libraries. departments, etc ., may In order to keep the expenditures for printing and binding for the be discontinued. fiscal year 1930 within or under the appropriations for such fiscal year, the heads of the various executive departments and independent establishments are authorized to discontinue the printing of annual Proviso. Originals to be kept or special reports under their respective jurisdictions : Provided, for public inspection. That where the printing of such reports is discontinued, the original copy thereof shall be kept on file in the offices of the heads of the respective departments or independent establishments for public inspection. Purchases allowed with out referenc e to Purchases may be made from the foregoing appropriations under Supply 8po ttee, i the " Government Printing Office," as provided for in the Printing Vol.36,p. 631. Act approved Jan uary 12, 1895, and without reference to section 4 ii.S. Code, p. 1309. of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U. S. C., p. 1309, sec. 7), con- cerning purchases for executive departments. Pction e vehicles re- SEC stric tion . 2 . No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used Re stri ction on ex- for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. ceeding average salaries SEC. 3. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, in do ignnat n ed ooices. contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the Ante, p. 77 6 6. Dis trict of Colu mbia in accor dance with the Classificati on Act o f II. S. Code, p .1417. 1.923, as amended (U . S. C., pp. 65-71, sets. 661-673 ; 45 Stat., pp. 776-785), the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, or If only one position the Government Printing Office, shall not at any time exceed the aver- in a grade. age of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated Advances allowed in the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the com- unusually meritorious pensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases. cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to ra tes higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but Proviso. not more often than once in any fiscal year, and then only to the next Not app lic ab le to higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to cleric al-mechani cal se rvi ce. gr ades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the cleric al-mech anical servic e, (2) to req uire No fixed salary re- duction. the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed . Vol.42,p.1490. as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Transfe rs to anothe r position without reduc- Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is trans- tion. ferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation Higher salary rates unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at allowed. a rat e higher than the maximum r ate of the gr ade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and Joint congressional is specifically authorized by other law. Committee created. SEC. 4 . A joint committee of Congress is hereby created, consisting of three Senators, to be appointed by the Vice President, and three Members of the House of Representatives of the Seventieth Congress, To repo rt on adjust - who are Members elect to the Seventy-first Congress, to be appointed pant of number employees and of pay of by th e Speaker. It shal l be th e duty of the joint committ ee to inves- Con g ress, and of tigate and report to the first session of the Seventy-first Congress, by Architect of the Capi- tol. bill or otherwise, what adjustments, if any, should be made in the numbers and compensation of the officers and employees of the Sen- ate and House of Representatives, including joint committees, joint commissions, and other joint services of the two Houses, and of the office of the Architect of the Capitol. Approved, Fe bruary 28, 1. 92 9.

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