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 642 Naval records, war with Central Powers. Judge Advocate Gen- era l. Chief of Nava l Oper- ati ons. Board of Inspection and Survey. Dir ect or of Naval Communications. Naval Intelligence. Bur eau of Naviga- tion. Proviso. Adjusted Compensa- tion Act balances avail- able. Hydrographic Office. Additional employ- ees . Naval Observ atory. Nau tic al Al ma nac Office. Comp uter s on piec e work. Bureau of Engineer- ing. Bureau of Construc- tion and Repai r. Bureau of Or dnance. Bureau of Supplies and A ccou nts. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Bureau of Yards and Docks. Bureau of Aeronau- tics. Salaries limited to average rates unde r Classification Act. Vol.42,p.1488. If only one p osition In a grade. Allowance in unusu- ally meritorious cases. Proviso. Restriction not appli- cable to clerical-me- chanical services. No reduction in fixed salaries. Vol.42,p. 1490. Transfers to another posit ion w itho ut re duc- tion. Pay men ts under higher rates permitted. Depar tmen t co ntin- gent expenses. Library, etc. Naval records of he world war. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESs. I. Cii. 656 . 1928 . cation, of the naval records of the war with the Central Powers of Europe, $38,700. O ffic e of Judge Adv ocate Gene ral, $112 ,280. Office of Chief of Naval Operations, $67,460. Board of Inspection and Survey, $19,660. Office of Director of Naval Communications, $127,760. Office of Naval Intelligence, $38,180. Bureau of Navigation, $456,740 : Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $450,000 for administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, fiscal year 1924, approved Decemb er 5, 1924, shall remain avail able un til Ju ne 30, 1929. Hy drogra phic O ffice, inclu ding $ 23,000 for us e excl usivel y for the pay of additional employees, $353,460. N aval Obser vato ry, $ 112,6 80. Nautical Almanac Office, $33,280, including $2,500 for pay of computers on piece work in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and in improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars. Bureau of Engineering, including $10,000 for use exclusively for the pa y of a dditio nal em ployee s, $29 0,200. Bureau of Construction and Repair, $355,850. B ureau of O rdna nce, $144, 440. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $807,330. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $73,860. Bureau of Yards and Docks, $261,420. Bureau of Aeronautics, $233,560. In all, salaries, Navy Department, $3,739,500. I n exp endin g ap propr iatio ns or por tions of a ppro priat ions con- tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of 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 the grade by such Act, 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 compensation 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 restric- tion 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 differen t bureau, office, or other appropri ation uni t, or (4) to preve nt 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. CON TI NGE NT EXPENSES For professional and technical books and periodicals, law books, and necessary reference books, including city directories, railway guides, freight, passenger, and express tariff books and photostating, for d epart ment libr ary ; fo r pur chase of p hoto graph s, ma ps, docu- ments, and pictorial records of the Navy, photostating and other necessa ry inc identa l expe nses i n conn ection with t he pre parati on for

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