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74 TH CONG RESS . SESS. I. CH. 39. MARCH 22, 1935. Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. Act of 1923, as amended, w ith the excepti on of the four Assistant 45, p.776;Vol.46,p. 1003 .
Secretaries of State and the legal adviser of the Department of Except C.,P. . State, the Assistant to the Attorney General, the Assistant Solicitor General, and six Assistant Attorneys General, the Assistant Secre- taries of Commerce, the Assistant Secretary and the Second Assist- ant Secretary of Labor, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriatio n unit shall n ot at any time exceed the aver age of the If only one position compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, in grade .
and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates Advances in unusu- for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one posi- ally meritorious cases . tion 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
pl Restriction not ap- Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, chanical services.
and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduc- tion in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of No reduction in fixed July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, salaries. Vol . 42, p. 1490 ; or (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is trans- v.S.C.,p.86.
ferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropria- tion unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade Higher salary rates at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such permitted .
higher rateis permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as one proesdu c ti oII, if Only amended , and is spe cifica lly aut horize d by o ther l aw, or (5) to reduc e the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated . CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Post pg1630 . pens For contingent and miscellaneous e xpenses, inclu ding stationery , furniture, fixtures ; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices, including their exchange, not exceeding $6,000 ; Books, periodicals . repairs and materials for repairs ; purchase and exchange of books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, and when authorized by the Sec retary of St ate fo r dues for li brary member ship in socie ties o r associa tions which issue publica tions to mem bers o nly or at a p rice t o members lower t han to subscrib ers who are not members, not exceed- Motor vehicles ; pur- ing $8,000
- newspapers not exceeding $1,500 ; not to exceed $2,500 for
chase, repair . the purchase including exchange, of a motor-propelled a spas seng er- carrying vehicle for the official use of the Secretrof State ; main- tenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes (one for the Secretary of State and two for dispatc hing m ail, a nd one motorc ycle f or the gener al use of the depar t- ment) ; automobile mail wagons, including storage, repair, and fe e fuedron eausly exchange of same ; street-car fare not exceeding $100 ; traveling charged . 41, p . 750; vcl, expenses ; refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for the issue of 44, p. 887.
passports to persons who are exempted from the payment of such fee U, s.C.,p.960. by section 1 of the Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, approved June 4, 1920 (U . S . C ., Supp. VII, title 22, sec . 214a) ; the examination of estimates of appropriations in the field ; and other miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, $73,000 . Printing and Post, p . 1631. PRINTING AND BINDING bind . For all printing and binding in the Department of State, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Wash- ington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $121,000 .
