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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 341 . 1930 . 393 ing sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, namely OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Secretary's Of fice. For Secretary of Agriculture, $15,000 ; Assistant Secretary, and for Secretary, Assistant, other personal services in the District of Columbia, including $7,294 o ffice and lab or, e d per- for extra labor and emergency employments, and for personal serv- ices in the field, $721,000 ; in all, $736,000, of which amount not to exceed $708,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia : Provided, That in expending appropriations or p or- or- Salari 03 s es limited to tions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for avera ge rates under Class ifica tion Act. personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U . S. C ., title 5, sees . 661-673 ; 45, .s 7c., p. 65; Supp. U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, sec. 673), with the exception of the Assist- iv, P. 25. ant Secretary the average of the salaries of the total number of Post, p. 1003. persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the av erage of the c ompensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in If grade, on e pos ition in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade a Advances ionsun nu u- except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may b e made to rat es higher tha n the average of the com- pensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year, and then only to the next higher rate
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pl'R oabl e •titon cle rical- That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of mechanical services. the clerical-mechanical service, or to require the reduction in salaries 2 . ction infixe d salary of any person whose compensation (2) was fixed, as of July 1, ,p. 1490. 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) toIv,p '2• 8:' p ss ; Supp. require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade, p sran fe t>touan oth r in the same or different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, tion. or (4) 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 permitted salary rates is permitted b y the Classif ication Act o f 1923 as amen ded, and is specifically authorized by other law : Provided further, That the Contracts for steno. Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to contract for stenographic graphic reporting. reporting serv ices, and the appropriatio ns made in thi s Act shall be available for such purposes : Provided further, That the Secretary fo Purrcaase of options of Agriculture is authorize d to expend f rom appropriat ions avail- able for the purchase of lands not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land : Provided further, fice•or employee ssu- That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used ing predictions, etc ., of for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department of future prices of cotton. Agriculture wh o, as such of ficer or empl oyee, or on be half of the department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same. For salaries and compensation of necessary employees in the plo e echanical,eto .,em- mechanical shops and power plant of the Department of Agri- Post, p.1561. culture, $102,000. M ISC ELL ANE OUS EXPENSES, DEP ART MEN T OF AGRICULI URE For stationery, blank books, twine, um dry goods, soap Department y> > > paper, g f yg i gent expenses . brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel, water and gas pipes, heating app aratus, furnit ure, carpets, con ti n-

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