SE VENT Y-FIR ST C ONGRESS . SESS . III. CH. 282. 1931 .
1377 year 1931 on real estate and tangible personal property subject to de ax rate not tax ation in the Dist rict of Columbia shall n ot be dec reased f or the fiscal year 1932, namely SELECT COMMITTEE ON FISCAL RELATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Those members of the Select Committee on Fiscal Relations, Ho use o f Re prese ntati ves, appo inted pur suant to H ouse Reso lutio n Nu mbe red 285 , Seve nty-f irst Cong ress, who are Membe rs e lect to the Seventy-second Congress, or a majority of them, during the per iod from March 4 to December 31, 1931, inclusive, are hereby aut horized to contin ue the i nvestiga tions an d to have the aut hority and privileges provided in such House resolution . Any unobligated Fund available. balance on March 4, 1931, in the allocation made to such select committee from the contingent fund of the House under the authority of House Resolution Numbered 329 , Seven ty-first Con- gress, shall remain to the credit of such committee as continued hereby, to be paid out on the usual vouchers approved as now provided by law . GENERAL EXPENSE S EXECUTIVE OFFICE Ho use Sele ct C om- mittee on Fiscal Rela- tions . Investigations, etc ., to he continued by Members elect to 72d Congress. General expenses . Execu tive office . to be For personal services, $49,380, plus so much as may be necessary Office personnel . Additional, for Engi. to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at such rate in Grade 8 neer Commissioner . of the professional and scientific service of the Classification Act o f 19 23, as amended, as may be determined by the Board of Com- missioners : Provid ed, That in ex pending appropriations or por- tions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment for personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the two civilian commissioners the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall no t at any time exc eed the average of the c ompensat ion rates speci- fied 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 grades, 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 ; (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 redu ction in salary of any p erson wh o is tran sferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit ; or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximu m rate of the grade when such h igher rate is permi tted by t he Cl assif icat ion A ct of 19 23, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law ; Purchasing division : For personal services, $60,560 ; Building inspection division : For pe rsonal s ervices, $161,200 . Plumbing inspection division : For personal services, $42,280 ; for temporary employment of additional assistant inspectors of plumb- ing and laborers for such time as their services may be required, $5,000 ; two members of plumbing board at $1 50 each ; in all, $47,580 ; In all, Executive Office, $318,720 . 57894'-31 87 Provisos . Salaries limited to average rates under C lassification Act
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ceptions . Vol. 42, p . 1488
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45, p. 776. Ante, p . 1001- U.S.C.,p.65
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IV, p.25. If only one position in a grade. A dvan ces in unusu- ally meritorious cases. Restriction not appli- c able to cler ical -me- chanical services . No reduction in fi xed salaries. Vol .42,p . 1490 . Ante, p . 1005 U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 25. Transfers to another position without reduc- tion. Higher rates permit- ted. Purchasing division . Building inspection division . Plumbing inspection division.
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