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 280 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 273 . 1930 . P . 25.8 . C., Supp. IV, title 5, sees. 661-673, U. S. C ., Supp. III, title 5, see. 673), with the exception of the First Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secre- Poat, p. 1003. tary 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 If only one position for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only in a grade• one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed Advances in unusu- the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in ally meritorious cases . 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 Restriction not an- to clerical-me- Only to the next higher rate : Provided That this restriction shall plicable ch anical se rvice • notapply1togrades123 and 4 of the clerical-mechanical serv- No reduction in fixed • ) 7 7 7 salaries . ice or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose Vol . 42, p. 1490. U.S.C.,p.60. compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the p~Transfers to another rules of section 6 of such Act (3) to require the reduction in salary ition without re- duction, 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, Payments under office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a higher rates permitted . 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 specificall~y authorized by other law . Transfers from bu- When specific ally appro ved by th e Secretar y of the I nterior, reau, etc ., appropria- tions to meet real loca- transfers may be made between the appropriations in this Act under t ionof positi onsth erein f the respective jurisdiction of any bureau, office, institution, or service, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the real- lo 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. Solicitor's office. OFFICE OF SOLICITOR Off ice perso nnel. For pers onal s ervic es in the D istri ct of Colum bia, $12 9,500 . CON TINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE RIOR gent Department contin- For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the bureaus and offices of the department ; furniture, carpets, ice, lum- b er, h ardwa re, dr y goo ds, a dverti sing, teleg raphi ng, t elepho ne se rv- i ce, i nclud ing pe rsona l ser vices of te mporar y or emerg ency t eleph one operators ; street-car fares for use of messengers not exceeding $150, expressage, diagrams, awnings, filing devices, typewriters, adding, a ddressing, and chec k-signing machines, and other labor-sa ving de vices, including the repair, exchange, and maintenance thereof ; constructing model and other cases and furniture ; postage stamps to prepay postage on foreign mail and for special-delivery and air- s Traveling , m ail s tamps for u se in the United Stat es ; tr aveling exp enses, incl ud- ing necessary expenses of inspectors ; fuel and light ; examination o f est imate s for appro priat ions i n the field for any b ureau, offi ce, Property damages. or service of the department ; not exceeding $500 shall be available for the payment of damages caused to private property by depart- vehicles. ment motor vehicles ; purchase and exchange of motor trucks, motor cycles, and bicycles, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor trucks, motor cycles, and bicycles to be used only for official purposes ; rent of depart- Di sba rmen tex pen ses. ment garage ; expense of taking testimony and preparing the same in connection with di sbarment proceedings instituted against per- sons charged with improper practices before the department, its bureaus and offices ; expense of translations, and not exceedin $1,000 f or con tract steno graph ic re portin g services i not exceeding 700 for

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