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 72d CONGR ESS. SESS. I. CH. 482. JU LY 14, 1932 . 665 CONTINGENT EXPENSES, WAR DEPARTMENT For stationery ; purchase of professional and scientific books, law b ooks inc ludi ng t heir exchange ; books of reference, pamphlets, peri odi cal s, n ews pap ers, ma ps ; typewriting and addin g machines, an d other l abor-savi ng device s, includ inEr thei r repair and excha nge ; Judge Advocate Gen- eral. Pro viso. Experts, etc., for patent infringement suits . Office of the Judge Advocate General, $113,294 : Provided, That not to exceed $29,122 may be used for the employment of such experts, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretly of War, and other employees as may be required by the Judge Advocate General of the Army for the preparation of evidence for use in behalf of the Government in claims or suits filed in Federal courts on account of alleged patent infringements and other causes and for like services in connection with other patent matters and other causes, including not to exceed $2,365 for nece ssary per diem a nd traveling exp enses in connection therewith, as authorized by law. Office of the Chief of Finance, $382,720. Chief of Finance. Office of the Quartermaster General, $830,825. er uartermaster Gen- . Office of the Chief Signal Officer, $106,620. c Signal Officer. of the Chief of Air Corps, $234,105. Ch ief Chief ofi Air Corps. Office of the Surgeon General $282,489. Surgeon General. O ffice of Chief of Bureau of fnsular Affairs, $85,413. Insular Af fairs Bu. Office of Chief of Engineers, $124,526 : Pro vid ed, That th e service s chief of Engineers. of ski lled d raftsme n, civ il eng ineers, and s uch ot her ser vices as the able o mfr n etc ., pay- of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the a ble ons. OtL office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations : Provided further, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1933 shall not exceed $218,830 ; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Office of Chief of Ordnance, $446,618. Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $52,279. Office of Chie f of Coast Artil lery $25,720. Mili tia Bure au, War Dep artm ent, 149 ,804 . In all, salaries, War Depa rtment, $ 5,101,254. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, con- Restriction on ex- ceeding average sala. tained in t his Act, for the payment for pe rsonal services in the rtes. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 45v p. 2, p V488 ;48, p. 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretaries of 1003• s c.,p.ss; Supp. War the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under v,1, .28. any grade in any bureau, office, or other. appropriation unit shall Exception. not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended : Provided, That this restric- Rosttictionnotap pa- tionshallnotapply(1)togrades12,3,and4oftheclerical-cabletoelerleman ch anica lserv icel mechanical service, or (2) to require t e reduction in salary of any No reduction In fixed person w hose compensatio n was fixed as o f July 1, 1924, in accord- sal Vol u. S. ante with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to re uire the C., p.66. Transfers to another re duct ion in salary of any person who is tran s er red rom one p ositi on wi thout re- po sition to ano ther p osition in th e same or dif ferent grade in the same auction ' Higher sal ary rates or a diff erent bureau, offic e, or other a ppropr iation unit, (4) to pre- allowed. vent the payment of a salary under an y grade at a ra te higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by th e Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and i s specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. Limitations, etc. Chief of Ordnance. Chemical warfare Service. Chief of Coast Artil- lery. Militia Bureau. It only one position in a grade. Department contin- gent e xpenses.
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