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 468 Provisos. Sal ari es limited to average rates under Classification Act. Vol. 42, p.1488; Vol . 45, p. 776 100 3 . U.S.C.. P . 65; Supp. VII,p.34. Exception. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service . No reduction in fixed salaries. Vol .42,p. 1490; U.S. C., p.66. Transfers to another position without reduc- tio n. Higher rates pe r- mitted If only one position in a grade. Contracts for steno- graphic reporting . Purchasing options on land . Allowances for living quarters abroad . Vol. 46, p. 818 . U.S C ,Supp .VII,p . 20 Predictin g future prices of cotton forbid- den . Depa rtme nt co ntin - gent expenses. Dispatch agent, New York. 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 89. MARCH 26, 1934 . Senate, and whose compensation shall be at the rate of $10,000 per annum, Assistant Secretary, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $548,560 : Prov ided , That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment for personal services in th e District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, offic e, or other a ppropri ation unit sh all not at an y time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act as amended : Provided further, 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 any person whose cgmpensa- tion was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade, in the same or different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, (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 is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923 as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is all ocated : Provide d further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to contract for stenographic reporting services, and the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for such purposes Provided fu rther, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend from appropriations available for the purchase of lands not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land : Provided further, That not to exceed $22,990 of the appropriations available for salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture permanently stationed in foreign countries may be used for payment of allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (U .S .C ., Supp . VI, title 5, sec. 118a), but the amount so used for any one person shall not exceed the amount permitted by law to be so used, during the fiscal year 1935, for any one person in the foreign service of the Department of Com- merce : Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf 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. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE For stat ione ry, blan k bo oks, twi ne, pape r, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, furniture, carpets, and mattings ; for freight, express charges, adver- tising and press clippings, telegraphing, telephoning, postage, wash- i ng t o we l s ; for the maintena nce, repair, a nd operation of not to exceed three (including one for the Secretary of Agriculture, one for general utility needs of the entire Department, and one for the Forest Service) and purchase and exchange of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, at a net cost of not to exceed $2,500, and one motorcycle for official purposes only ; for the payment of the Department of Agriculture's proportionate share of the expense of the dispatch agent in New York ; for official traveling expenses,
 * Vol. 46, p.