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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.--CH. 259-MAY 23, 1938 longing to the Corporation or The RFC Mortgage Company or in which they have an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Providedfurther, That notwithstanding the Payment of admin- provisions of section 4 hereof, except for the limitations in amount stratvepenses, etc hereinbefore specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel ex- penses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Cor- poration shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the 47Stat. 5. provisions of said Act of January 22, 1932, as amended (15 U. S . C. 15 S. cu . § 60ol- 601-617). 617; Supp. III, ch. 14 . SEC. 2. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations Salaries limited to average rates under contained in this Act, for the payment of personal services in the Classification Act District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 5su6.sp.I,§§-674; 1923, as amended, 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 ex- cept that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade, ad- vances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compen- sation 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 re- POi'n no striction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical- plicable to clerical- mechanical service; or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any mechanicalserviced person whose compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance sal sry. with the rules of section 6 of such Act; (3) to require the reduction in Transr without re- salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another duet:on. position in the same or different grade, in the same or different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit; (4) to prevent the payment of a Higher rates per- salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the mit grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law; or (5) Ifonly one position to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. SEC. 3. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, the salaries Interstate Com- merce Commission of the Commissioners of the Interstate Commerce Commission and and Tariff Commis- the Commissioners of the United States Tariff Commission shall be CSomms.larno. t °o at the rate of $10,000 each per annum. SEC. 4. None of the funds made available by this Act for admin- Emergenbylaeno istrative expenses of the agencies under the caption "Emergency appropriate aBpro. priateon acppnts re- agencies" shall be obligated or expended unless and until an appro- qtn ounret . priate appropriation account shall have been established therefor pursuant to an appropriation warrant or a covering warrant, and Accounting. all such expenditures shall be accounted for and audited in accord- ance with the terms and provisions of the Budget and Accounting 42Stat.20. Act of 1921, as amended. 3U.S.C. i. SEC. 5. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or itizenshipreire- authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compen- Pod, p.1163. sation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such person is a citizen of the United States, or a person in the service of the United States on the date of the approval of this Act who being eligible for citizenship has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States. SEC. 6. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro- short title. priation Act, 1939". Approved, May 23, 1938. 435

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