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 74T H CONGRESS. SESS. I. CIT. 101. MAY 9, 1935. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Salaries : For the Secretary of the Interior, Under Secretary (which position is hereby established in the Department of the Interior with compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum and with appointment thereto b the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $431,590 : Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for per- sonal service s in th e Distri ct of C olumbia in acco rdance w ith the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the First Assista nt Secr etary an d the A ssistant Secret ary the av era ge 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, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation 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 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 person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or diffe rent grad e in the same or a dif feren t bur eau, offi ce, or ot her appropriation unit, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the gr ade 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 a llocated. OFFICE OF SOLICITOR For personal services in the District, of Columbia and in the field, $284,600 . DI VISION OF INVEST IGATIONS .For investigating official matters under the control of the Department of the Interior ; for protecting timber on the public lands, and fo r the m ore effi cient e xecution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof ; for protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation ; for adjusting claims for swamp lands and indemnity for swamp lands ; and for traveling expenses of agents and others employed hereunder, $391,700, including not exceeding $22,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia ; not exceeding $35,000 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor boats for the use of agents and others employed in the field service ; and not to exceed $5,000 to meet unforeseen emerg encies o f a con fidentia l chara cter, to be exp ended un der the direction of th e Secretary of the Interior, who shall make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such certificate shall be deemed 104019'-36--12 177 Secretary's office. Salaries. Position of U nder Secretar y establi shed. Provisos. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act. Exceptions . Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45, p. 776; Vol. 46, p. 1003 . LT. S. C., p.85. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical-me. cbanical service. No reductio n in fixed sal aries. Vol.42,p.1490;U.S. C., p . 86. Transfer without re- duction. Payments under higher rates permitted. If on ly one position in a grade. Sol icitor's office. Office personnel. Division of investi. gations. Protecting ti mber and public lands. Post, p. 583. Swamp lands. Traveling expenses. Vehicles and motor boats. Emergencies.