SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 126. 1928 .
16 3.
sp ecifie d for
the
grade
by such Act, and
in g rades
in which only
in If
d
gr ade
. one position
one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed
the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in
Advances in unusu-
unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may
ally meritorious cases .
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
Restriction not ap-
only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restriction shall not
plicable to clerical-me-
apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service,
chamcalservice .
No reduction in fixed
or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose com-
salaries .
pensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules
Vol .
Transfers to 9another
of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of
positionwithout reduc-
any person who is transferred from one position to another position
t` on.
in
the
same
or
different
grade
in
the
same
or
a
different
bureau,
Higher salary rates
office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of
permitted.
a
salary
under any
grade at
a rate higher
t han
the
ma xim um
ra te
of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification
Act of 1923, and is specifically authorized by other law .
Or-eiCE
OF
CHIEF
CLERK
AND
SUPERINTENDENT
Chief Clerk's Office .
Chie f clerk, and office
personnel .
Operating force of
Department buildings .
Salaries :
For the chief clerk, who shall be the
chief
exec utive
officer
of
the
department
and
who may
be
designated
by
the
Secre-
tary of the Treasury to sign official papers and documents during the
temporary
absence
of
the
Secretary,
Undersecretary,
and
Assistant
Secretaries of the department, and for other personal services in the
Di strict o f Columb ia, incl uding th e operat ing forc e of the Treasur y,
Liberty
Loan
and
Register's
Annex
Buildings
and
the
Treasury
Department
Annex,
Pennsylvania
Avenue
and
Madison
Place; and
of other buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, in
accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $484,000 .
Department contin-
C ONT ING ENT
EXP ENS ES,
TR EASU RY
DEP ART MEN T
gent expenses . For newspaper clippings, financial journals, law books, city direc- Refer ence books , etc . tories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the department, $1,000 . For freight, expressage, telegraph, and telephone service, $10,000 . Freight, etc . Rent District of For rent of buildings in the District of Columbia for the use of Columbia. the Treasury Department, $12,500 . For purchase, exchange, maintenance (including gasoline and oil), Motor vehicles . and repair of motor trucks and bicycles, and maintenance and repair of one passenger automobile for the Secretary of the Treasury, all to be used for official purposes only, $9,400 .
File holders, etc . For purchase of file holders and file cases, $8,000 . For purchase of coal, wood, engine and fuel oils, and grease, grate Fuel, etc° baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods, coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, $19,000 . For purchase of gas, electric current for lighting and power pur- Lighting, etc . poses, gas and electric-light fixtures, electric-light wiring and mate- rial, ca ndles, c andlesti cks, dro plights and tubi ng, gas b urners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks, $18,500 . F or pur chase of a wnings and windo w shad es, i nclud ing eq uipme nt pliM Mis cel lan eo us sup - For alcohol , ammoni a, belti ng, benz ine, boi ler comp ound, bo rax, bro om s, bu cke ts, canvas, cleaning compound, cheesecloth, chamois skins, cotton waste, crash, cuspidors, drafting equipment, flags, gaso- line for c leanin g, ga rden and en gine hose includ ing a ttach ments, hand trucks and repairs, kerosene, lace leather, ladders, lye, matches, money boxe s, mop s and hand les an d mop tank s, nai ls, o ils, picks, pitcher s, plant s, polis hes, pow ders, si gns (mov able), s oap, spo nges, stencil plates, street-car fares not exceeding $300, tacks, thermometers,
�