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 1372 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CIL 144 . MARCH 1, 1933 . of State. $1,683,449 : Provided, That in expending appr opri atio ns or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the four Assistant Secretaries of State and the legal adviser of the Department of State, the Assistant to the Attorney General and six Assistant Attorneys General, the Assistant Secretaries of Com- mer ce, the Assi stan t Se cret ary and the Seco nd A ssis tant Sec reta ry of Labor, 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 for the grade by such Act, as amended : 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 ally person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require Tranfer, to another the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one poitionwithoutreduc position to another position in the same or different crrade in the lion. same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) Higher salary rates t0 revent tllC ayment of a salar under an grade 'at .a rate higher permitted. p p Y Yt+ n than the maxirrrtun rate of the grade when such higher rate is per- mitted by the Classification Act of 192 .3, asamended,,urdisspecifically If only one posit on authorized by. other law, or (5) to reduce the com . pen-aatiim of any in a grade. person in a grade -i .rr which only one position is allocated. Prerisos. Salaries limited to average rates under Cl sssi fica tiun Act. Vol 42, p 1488; Vol. 45, p 770; Col. 46 . p. 100.1. 1'. SC.,p.65;Supp. VI, p 31. E xeeptions.
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nn- plicable to eten, .il-uie- cii,.in~ .il Ssrs i e No reduction in fixed saliva, .C ol 42, p 1490 . 1'.S.C,p.l,o. Contingent expenses at department. Vehicles. Refund of erroneous pau .porr foes. Vol 41, p. 750; Vol. 44,p.8 I`. C ., Supp. VI, p.367. Pass port age ncie s. CONTI~' GEN T EXPENSES, DEP AR TM ENT OF STATE For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, furn itur e, f i,tu res ; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices, including their exchange, not exceeding $10,000 ; repair and materials for repairs ; pur chas e an d ex chan ge o f bo oks, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, and when authorized by the Secretary of State for dues for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, not exceeding X1 .5 .880 ; newspapers not exceeding $1,500 ; maintenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes (one for the Secretary of State and two for dis- patclting mail, and one motorcycle for the general use of the depart- ment) : aut omob ile mail wag ons, inc ludi ng s tora ge, repa ir, and exch ange of same street-car fare not. exceeding $150 ; traveling expenses : refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for the issue of passports to persons who are exempted from the payment of such fee by section 1 of the Act making appropriations for the Diplo- matic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, approved Tune 4, 19 .20 (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 22, sec. 214a) ; the examination of estimates of appropriations in the field ; and other miscellaneous items riot included in the foregoing ; $77,000. PRINTING AND BI NDI NG Printing and hind- For all printing and binding in the Department of State, includ- iƒg. ing all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $185 .000. PASSPORT AGENCIES Satariesandexpenses. For salaries and expenses of maintenance, traveling expenses not Pro? inns to exceed $500, and rent outside the District of Columbia, for not Temp ora ry em- l o excced five passport agencies, $62,705 : Pr ovid ed, That not to plo5 etS . exceed $15,000 shall be avail 'hle for salaries of temporary employees.