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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 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 have been terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1939, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, 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 Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, 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, 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 pay- ment 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 Classi- fication 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 devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; purchase and exchange of two motor trucks, and maintenance, repair, and opera- tion of motor trucks and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; street-car fares; postage to Postal Union countries; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $261,000, 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 Columbia, any sum out of appropriations contained in this Act (or accruing thereto) made for the Military Establishment for any of the purposes mentioned or authorized in this paragraph. LIBRARY, SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE For the purchase of the necessary books of reference, periodicals, and technical supplies and equipment, $25,000. 643 Civilians to fill va- cancies. 5U. S. C. §5661-674; Supp. III, S§673, 673c. Funds available. Restriction on ex- ceeding average sala- ries. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S. C. 661-674; Supp. III, 1f 673, 673c. Exception. Proviso. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service. No reduction in fixed salaries. 42 Stat. 1490. 5U. .C.. 666. Transfers without reduction. Higher rates per- mitted. If only one position in a grade. Office of the Secre- tary. Department contin- gent expenses. Surgeon General's office. Library expenses.

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