Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 1.djvu/1900

 7 4TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 726. JU NE 23, 1936 . derived shall be credited wholl y to the District of Columbia, and , in a ddition, $5,000,000 (of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail- a ble f or ex pendit ure, under the d irect ion o f the Presi dent, for making an independent study of the fiscal relations between the United States and the District of Columbia and enabling him to report to Congress at the beginning of the next regular session, what, in his j udgment, is a, fa ir and equitable amount to be paid by the United States as an annual contribution toward the expenses of the govern- ment of the District of Columbia ; such sum shall be available for p ersonal services without regard to the civil-servic e laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and for such other expendi- tures as may be necessary in connection with such study) is appropri- a ted, out of any m oney in the Treas ury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced July 1, 1936, and all of the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District of Columbia, namely : GENERAL EXP ENSES EXECUTIVE OFFICE 1855 Amount for study of fiscal relations between United States and Dis- tri ct of Columbia. Report to Congress. General expenses. Execut ive offic e. For pers onal services, $ 47,400, plus so m uch as may be nec essary to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at such rate in grade 8 of t he professional and scientific service of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, as may be determined by the Board of Commis- sioners : Provided, That in expendi ng appropriation s or portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment of personal serv ices in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the two civilian Commissioners the average of t he salaries of th e total number of persons under an y grade in any bure au, 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, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the com- pensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restric tion shall not ap ply 1) to grades Restri ction not ap. plicable to clerical- 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service ; (2 to require the mechanical service. r eduction in salar y of any person w hose compensation was fixed, as sal aorreductioninfixed of Ju ly 1, 1924, in ac cordance with the rules of section 6 of such ' Vol. 42, p .1490;U .S. Act ; (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is 'Transfer to another transferred from one position to another position in the same or position w ith out pay re ducti on. Office personne l. Additional, for En- gineer Commissioner. Provisos. Salaries limited to average ra tes under Clas sification Act c eptio ns. Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45, p . 776 Vol .46,p. 1003. U.S.C.,p.85. If only one position in a grade. Advances in meri- torious cases. different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit ; (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under Hig her rates permit- a ny grade at a rat e higher than the maximum rate of the grade when ted. such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law ; or (5) to reduce If on ly one position the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one posi- ina grade . tion is allocated. Pu rchas ing divi sion : F or pe rsona l serv ices, $57, 000. Purchasing division. h Building inspection Building inspection division : For personal services, $122,860. Build ing division. Plumbing in spection division : Fo r per son al se rvi ces, $ 43 ,69 0 ; two dipso bing inspe ctio n members of plumbing board at $150 each ; in all, $43,990. Smoke regulation and control : For personal services, equipment, instruments, supplies, transportation, and other contingent expenses necessary for the enforcement of the Act entitled "An Act to prevent the fouli ng of the atmosph ere in the Distri ct of Columbia by smoke and other foreign substances, and for other purposes", approved August 15, 1935 (49 Stat ., p . 653), $15,000. Smoke regulation and control. Ante, p. 653
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