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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. C H. 165. APRIL 26, 1934 . paid from such appropriations : Provided further, That the expendi- tures on this account for the fiscal year 1935 shall not exceed $199,242 the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Con- gress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Office of Chief of Ordnance, $377,037. Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $45,312. Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $22,417. National Guard Bureau, War Department, $127,604. In all, salaries, War Department, $4,184,380 : Provided, That the number of enlisted men on duty in the offices of the Chiefs of Ord- nance, Engineers, Coast Artillery, Field Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry on March 5, 1934, shall not be increased, and in lieu of enlisted men whose services in such offices shall be terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1935, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, subject to such reduction as may be required by other law, the appropriation " Pay, and so forth, of the Army ", shall be available. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, con- tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretaries of War, 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 any person whose compensation 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 perso n who is tr ansfer red fr om one posi tion to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, (4) to prevent the pay- ment 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 Classi- fication 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 allocated. CONTI NGENT EXPE NSES, WAR DEPARTME NT For stationery ; purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, including their exchange ; books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps ; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange ; furniture and repairs to same ; carpets, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges ; for the purchase of a passenger-carrying automobile for the official use of the Secre- tary of War at not to exceed $2,500, including the value of a vehicle exchanged ; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes ; freight and express charges ; street-car fares, not exceeding $750 ; postage to Postal Union countries ; and other abso- lutely necessa ry expenses, $181,631, of which sum $8,0 00 shall be available exclusively for the several objects embraced by the appro- pri ation contain ed in this Ac t entitled " Cont inge ncie s, M ilit ary Intelligence Division ", and it shall not be lawful to expend, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, for any bureau, office, or 615 Expend iture s lim- ited . Proviso. Detail of enlisted men not to be increased. Civilia ns to f ill va- cancies. Fund available. Res tri cti on on ex- ceed ing av era ge sal a- ries. Vol. 42, p 1488; Vol . 45, p. 776;Vol. 46, p. 1003 . II.S C.,p. 65; Supp. VII, p.34. Proviso. Restriction not appli . cable to clerical-me- chanical service. No redu ction i n fixed salaries. Vol. 42, p. 1490, U.S.C.,p.66. Transfer to another position without re- duction. Higher salary rates allowed. If only one position in a grade. Department contin. gent expenses.