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 1376 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. CHs. 281, 282. 1931. IV, .S. C.,p. 62; Supp. persons under any grade in any bureau, office or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation If only one position rates s pecified for the grade by suc h Act as amended, and in gra des in a grade. in which on ly one position is allocated the salaray of such position Advances in unusn- shall not e xceed the average of the comp ensation rates for the grade ally meritorious cases. 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- pensa tion rates of the grade bu t not more of ten than once in any Proviso • fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this Restriction not appli- cable to clerical-me- restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical- chani cal ser vice. No re duction in fixe d mechanical service, or (2) to require th e reduction in salary of any salary person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accord- Vol. 42, p .1490. y s Ante, p. 1005. ance with the rule s of section 6 of such Act, (3) to requ ire the Transfers to another position without reduc- red uction in salary of any p erson who is tran sferred from one tion. position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) P IIigh a salary rates 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. Transfers allowed SEC. 3. When specific ally appr oved by the head of any i nde- betwe en appropria- tio ns for any bur eau, pendent bureau or establishment provided for herein, transfers may etc" to meet realloca- tion increases. b e made between the appropriations in this Act under the respective jurisdiction of any bureau, office, institution, or service, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the reallocation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organ- iz atio n un it . Any such tr ansfers shall be reported to Congress i n the annual Budget . Motor vehicle vehicle travel SEC. 4. Whenever, du ring the fisc al year endin g June 30, 19 32, the executive head of any independent bureau, office, or establish- ment appropriated for in this Act shall find that the expenses of travel, including travel at official stations, can be reduced thereby, he may authorize in lieu of actual operating expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, the payment of not to exceed 3 cents er mile for m otor cycles or 7 cents per mi le for an automobile used for necessary travel on official business. Title of Act. SEC. 5. This Act hereafter may be referred to as the " Indep end- ent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 ." Total ap propriated by this Act, $1,0 52,777,010. Approved, February 23, 1931. February 23, 1931. [x .R. 16738.1	CHAP . 282 .-An Act Making appropriations for the government of the [Public, No. 721 .1 ' Distr ict of Colum bia an d othe r acti vities charg eable in who le or in par t agai nst the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the D istr ict of Colu mbi a, United Stat es of Americ a in Congress assembled, That in order to Appropriations lf year penses of, fiscal fiscal ye ar defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1932, fro m 00 00 ending June 30, 1932, any revenue (not including the proportionate from the Treasury .' share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior fiscal years) now required by law to be credited to the District of Columbia and the United States in the same proportion that each co ntributed to the activity or source fro m whence such revenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and, in addition, $9,500,000 is appropriated, out of any Advances. money in the Treasury not otherwise ap propriated, t o be advanced July 1, 1931, and all the remainder ou t of the comb ined revenues of the District of Columbia, and the tax rate in effect in the fiscal

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