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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 240, 241 . JUNE 14, 1935. SEC. 3 . On and after the expiration of the operation of this Act the articles described in section 1 coming into the United States from the Philippines shall be subject to the provisions of section 6 of the Act of Congress approved March 24, 1934, entitled "An Act to provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of govern- ment for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes ." SEC. 4 . Except as provided herein, nothing in this Act shall be a Ex~ang construed to modify or repeal the provisions of any existing law. SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate such rules Rules and regula- and regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions hereof tions. and this Act shall be enforced as part of the customs law. Approved, June 14, 1935. ICHAPTER 241 .] AN ACT Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States o f A merica in Congr ess assembled, That in orde r to defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, any revenue (not including the proportionate share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior f iscal years) now r equired by la w to b e cred ited to the D istric t of Columbia and the United States in the same proportion that each contributed to the activity or source from whence such revenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and, in addition, $5,700,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not ot herwise appropr iated, to be ad vanced July 1, 1935, and all of the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District of Columbia, namely GENERAL EXPENSES June 14, 1935 . [H.R.3973 .1 [Public, No.138.] District of Colu mbia, Appropriations for expenses of, fiscal year 1936, from District rev- en ues and $5 ,700 ,00 0 from the Treasury. General expenses . EX ECUTI VE OF FICE Executive office. 341 Provisi ons of Inde- pendence Ac t, applica- bility. Vol . 48, P. 459. law not For personal services, $47,420, plus so much as may be necessary to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at such rate in grade 8 of the professional and scientific service of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, as may be determined by the Board of Commis- si on e rs : Pro vid ed, That in expendi ng appropriatio ns or portions of appro pria tion s co ntai ned in t his Act for the paym ent of p erso nal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with t he exception of the two civili an Commissione rs 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, and in grades in which only one pos ition is all ocated the sa lary o f such posit ion sha ll not excee d 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 Restriction not appli- shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical han ical serv ice~ l-me - Office personnel. Additional, for Engi- neer Commissioner . Prooisos. Salaries limited to a vera ge rat es unde r Classifi cation Act ; ex- ce ptions. Vol. 42, p. 1488 Vol. 45, p. 776; Vol. 46, p. 10 03. U.S.C.,p.85. One position in a grade. Advances in merito- rious cases.