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 75TH CONGRESS, lsr SESSION-CH. 423-JULY 1, 1937 In all, salar ies, W ar Dep artmen t, $4, 762,167
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That the number of warrant officers and enlisted men on duty in the offices of the Chiefs of Ordnance, Engineers, Coast Artillery, Field Artil- lery, Cavalry, Infantry, and Chaplains on March 5, 1934, shall not be increased, and in lieu of warrant officers and enlisted men whose services in such offices shall be terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1938, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in ac cordan ce wit h the Classi ficatio n Act of 192 3, as amende d, the appropriation "Pay 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 Co lumbia in ac cordan ce wit h the C lassif icatio n Act of 192 3, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary 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, 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, an d 4 of th e clerica l-mechani cal 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 posi- tion in the same or different grade in the same or a 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 allocated. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CONTINGENT EXPENSES, WAR DEPARTMENT 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 devic es, in cluding their repai r and exchan ge ; furniture and repairs to same ; carpets, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges ; purchase of an automobile for the official use of the Secretary of War at not to exceed $2,500, including the value of a vehicle exchanged ; main- tenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and one motor-pro- pel led pa ssenge r-carr ying v ehicle, to b e used only f or off icial pur- poses ; freight and express charges ; street-car fares ; postage to Postal Union countries ; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $253,000, and it shall not be lawful to expend, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, for any bureau, office, or branch of the War Department or of the Army having or maintaining an office in the War Department proper, at Washington, District of Colum- bia, any sum out of appropriations contained in this Act (or accru- ing thereto) made for the Military Establishment for any of the purposes mentioned or authorized in this paragr aph. 443 Proviso. Details not to be increased. Civilians to fill va- cancies. 5U.S.C.°°661-674. Post, p. 445. Funds available. Restriction on ex- ceeding average sal- aries. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S.C.°°661- 674 . Exception. Proviso. Restriction not applicable to clerical- mechanical service. No reduction in fixed salaries. 42 Stat .1490. 5U.S.C.°686. Tra nsf ers wi tho ut reduction . Higher rates per- mitted. If only one position in a grade. Department contin- gent expenses.