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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 234, 235. 1931. 1191 Purchases may be made from the foregoing appropriation under the "Government Printing Office," as provided for in the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, and without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U. S. C., title 41, sec . 7), concerning purchases for executive departments. SEC. 2. N o part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. SEC. 3 . In expending appropriations or portions of appropria- tions, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 192 3, as amended, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, or the Government Printing Office, 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 compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year, and then only to the next higher rate : Prov ided , That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3,and4of the cle rical-m echanic al ser vice, (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person wh o is transferr ed 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 preven t the payment of a salary u nder any grad e at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate ali leder is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law. Approved, February 20, 1931. Purchases independ- ent of Supply Com- mittee. Vol . 28, p. 601, Vol. 36,p.531. U.S . C.,p. 1309. Private vehicles re- striction. Average salaries in desi gnate d off ices not to be exceeded. Ante, p. 1003. U.S.C ., Supp. IV, p. 25. If only one position in a grade. Advances allowed in unusually meritorious cases. Precise. Not ap pl ica ble to clerical-mechanical service. No flied salary reduc- tion. Vol. 42, p . 1490. U.S.C.,p .66 Transfers to another posit ion w itho ut re duc- tion. salary rates Feb ruary 20, 1931 . CHAP. 235 .-An Act To aut horize the Secretary of War to resell the un- [n 36 .1 disposed of portion of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, approximately three hundred [Public, No. 692 .1 and twenty-eight acres, and to also authorize the appraisal of property disposed of under authority contained in the Acts of Congress approved July 9, 1918, and July 11, 1919, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ es of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, after due advertisement, to sell at public auction, for cash, but at not less than the appraised value, that portion of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, approximately three hun- dred and twenty-eight acres, which was attempted to be sold under authority of the Act of Congress approved February 28, 1920 (41 Stat . 453, 454), but which sales were not consummated by the respective purchasers. The Secretary of War is also authorized to have said land appraised again, the cost of such appraisal to be paid from the proceeds derived from the sale ; and the net proceeds of such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the fund known as the military-post construction fund : Provided, That here- after no real estate of the War Department shall be sold or disposed of without authority of Congress, and all existing Acts or parts thereof in conflict with this proviso, other than s~ ecial Acts for the sale of stated tracts of land, are hereby repealed. Approved, February 20, 1931. Camp Taylor, Ky. Sale of certain por- tion of, authorized. Vol. 41, pp. 453, 454. Appra isal and pay- ment of costs. Deposit of net pro- ceeds. Prec ise. Future sales of war Department real estate de nied, witho ut ap- proval of Congress. Conflicting laws re- pea led.

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