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 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 186, 187- Apr 29, 1938 May 9, 1938 SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, after due advertisement, to sell or cause to be sold upon such terms and conditions as he deems advisable, but at not less than the appraised value, the remaining portion of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, approximately thirty acres, which was not sold under the Act of February 20, 1931 (46 Stat. 1191), together with any other portion of Camp Taylor which was sold prior to the passage of the Act of February 20, 1931, and title to which may revert to the United States because of default; and he is further authorized, if he deems it advisable, to have said land appraised again, the cost of each appraisal and all other expenses incident to the sale to be paid from the proceeds of sale and the net proceeds of such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of "Miscellaneous receipts." Approved, April 29, 1938. Camp Taylor, Ky. Sale of remaining portion. 46 Stat. 1191. Appraisal and pay- ment of costs. Deposit of net pro- ceeds. [CHAPTER 187] AN ACT May 9 1938 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year [H. R. 9621] ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 497] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the follow- ing sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, namely: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Salaries: For the Secretary of the Interior, Under Secretary, First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $505,860: Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the First Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total num- ber of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appro- priation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the com- pensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, Interior Depart- ment Appropriation Act, 1939. Office of the Sec- retary. Salaries. Proisos. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act; ex- ceptions. 42 Stat. 1488 . 6U.S.C. §661- 674; Supp. III, §$ 673, 673c. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service. No reduction in fixed salaries. 42 Stat. 1490. 6U.S.C.§666. Transfers without reduction. Payment at higher rate permitted. 52 STAT.]

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