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 1278 SEV ENTY- FIRS T C ONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 279 . 1931 . bills, to be paid from such appropriations : Provided further, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1932 shall not exceed $218,830 ; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties and the amount paid to each. Chief of Ordnance. Office of Chief of Ordnance, $446,618. Chemical Warfare Of fice of Service. Chief of Chemical Warfare Service $52,429. Chief of Coast Artil- Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $25,720. lery. Militia Bureau. Militia Bure au, War Department, $149,804. In all, salaries, War Department, $5,105,897. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, con- tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretaries of War the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, of fice, or other appropriation unit 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 ave rage of the comp ensation rates fo r the gr ade, exc ept 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 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 accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another posi- tion 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 max imum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classi- fication Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law. When specifically approved by the Secretary of War, transfers may be made between the appropriations in this Act under the respecti ve juris diction of any bu reau, of fice, co rps, or branch, i n order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the reallo- cation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Limitation on expen- diture. Restriction on ex- ceeding average salaries. Vol. 42, p.1488; Vol. 45, p. 776. Ante, p. 1003. U.S. C.,p.65; Stipp. IV, p. 25 . Exception . If only one position in a grade . Allowance in unusu- ally meritorious cases. P rovi so. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical-me- chanical service. No reduction in fixed salary. Vol. 42, p. 1490. U.S. C.,p.66; Supp. IV, p. 25. Transfers to another position without reduc- tion. Higher salary rates allowed. Transfers of appro- priations between bu- reaus, etc., to meet re- allocation increases. CONT ING ENT EXP ENS ES, WAR DEP ART MENT Department oon ti n- For stationery ; purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, including their exchange ; books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps ; typewriting and adding machines, an d other labor-sav ing devi ces, inc luding t heir rep air and e xchange ; furniture and repairs to same ; carpets, matting, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges ; mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and motor cycles ; freight and express charges ; street-car fares, not exceeding $750 ; postage to Postal Union countries ; and other absolutely necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, $155,000. For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureau and offices, and for all printing and binding for the field activities under the War Department, except such as may be authorized in accord- ance with existing law to be done elsewhere than at the Government, gent expenses. Printing and binding.

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