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 1432 [CHAPTER 203 .] Mar ch 3, 1 933 . AN ACT [H. R_13872 .]_ Makin g appropr iations fo r the Dep artment o f Agricult ure for the f iscal year [Public, No.419.1 ending June 3 0, 1934, and fo r other purpose s. e Department tmen tfAgi- Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho we of Representatives of the approptions fiscal year 1934. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the fol lowing sums are appropriated, o ut of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, namely Secretary's office. 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 203. MARCH 3, 1933 . OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Secr etary, As sistant, office, emergency, and For Secretary Agriculture, of Agricultu re s Assistant Secretary, and for other field personnel . personal services in the District of Columbia, including $7,294 for Provisos. extra labor and emergency employments, and for personal services Cl eaning depa rtment in the field, $731,347 : Provided. Th at in addition thereto, this buildings. appropriation may be reimbursed for the cost of such additional employments as may be necessary for cleaning, in whole or in art, of buildings of the Department of Agric c rlture in the city of shing ton from the appropriations made for the bureaus or offices for which Salaries li mit ed to such service is performed : Provided further, Th at in expending average rates under Classification Act. appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, 45, p. 776 ; Vol. 88; . 46, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in 1003. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the U.S. C.,p.65; Supp. VI, p. al. exception of the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of Exception. the total n umber of persons under any grad e 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 Rest riction not ap- amended : Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply (1) pllcable to clerical-mechanical service. t o grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mech anical service, o r (2) to No reduction in fixed require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation salaries. was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section vol. 42, p.1490. 6 of such Act, (3) to require . the reducti on in salary of any person U.S. C., p. 66& who is transferred from one position to another position in the same Transfers to another or differen t grade, in the s ame or different bureau, office, or other position without re- duction. app rop riat ion un it, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any High er salar y rates gra de at a rate hig her th an the maximum rate of the grade wh en permitted. such higher ra te is permitted by the Classifi cation Act of 19 23 as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to If o nly one position in a grade. reduce the com pensation of an y person in a gr ade in which onl y one position is allocated : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri- gr Pohnttr= is for ste no- culture is authorized' to contract for stenographic reporting services, and the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for such Purch ase of o ptions Provided That the Secretary of Agriculture is for land. a purposes : torized to expend further, rom apropriations availale for the purchase of lands not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular quarters c afoorliving tract or tracts of land : Provided further, That not to exceed $23,600 of the appropr iations available for salaries and expenses of off icers andemployeesoftheDepartmentofAgriculturepermanentlysta-p . 818. U.I S4 C., Supp. VI, tioned in foreign countries may be used for payment of allowances p .20 . for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approve d June 26, 1930 (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 5, sec. 118a), but not to exceed_ $720 may be so used for any one person : No payment to of- Provided further, Tha t no art of the funds appropriated b this fice r or em ploy ee is- , p y suing predictions, etc., Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the of future cotton prices. Department of Agriculture who, as such officer or employee, or on