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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 88 -APR. 26, 1939 42 Stat. 1490. 5U.S.C.§666. Transfers without reduction. Higher rates per- mitted. If only one position in a grade. Department con- tingent expenses. Post, p. 992. Library expenses. Preservation, etc., ofspecimens. Printing and bind- ing. Post.p. 992. Proiso. Medical bulletins. Armycontingencies. 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 devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and one motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; street-car fares; postage to Postal Union coun- tries; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $270,000, 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. ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM For the procurement, preparation, and preservation of specimens and the purchase of technical supplies and equipment, $10,000. PRINTING AND BINDING, WAR DEPARTMENT For printing and binding for the War Department, except such as may be otherwise provided for in accordance with existing law, $546,000: Provided, That the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publication, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, when approved by the Secretary of War. MILITARY ACTIVITIES CONTINGENCIES OF THE ARMY For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, including the employment of translators, and exclusive of all other personal services in the War Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices in the District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, and for examination of estimates of appro- 594 [53 STAT.

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