74TH C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 156. MARCH 19, 1936 . 66'3, 666 ; U. S. C ., Supp . VII, sets . 661-670), $1,057,000, to be imme- diately available and to remain av ailable until expended . Total, Veterans' Administration, $2,323,727,000 : P ro vid ed , That no part of this appropriation shal l be expended for the purchase of ole omarg arine or b utter subs titut es ex cept for c ookin g pur poses . SEC. 2 . To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936 (Public N o . 461, 74th Con gress), including the empl oyment of personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, purchase of law books, books of re ference, periodicals and newspapers, and other necessary expenses, $440,000,000, together with not to exceed $30,000,000 of the funds made available under the head "Payments for Agricultural Adjustment" in the Supple- mental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approved February 11, 1936 (Public No . 440, 74th Congress) ; to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1938, fo r compliances under said Act in the calendar year 1936 : Provided, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1937, for salaries and other adm inist rativ e exp enses exce pt fo r pay ment of ob ligat ions there for incurred prior to July 1, 1937 : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing pa,~ ments under this item . SEC . 3 . In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act, for the payment of personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appro- priation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the com- pensation 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 co mpensation 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 gr ades 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 different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit ; (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any gr ade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is per- mitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifi- cally authorized by other law ; or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated . SEc. 4 . During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, the salaries of the commissioners of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the commissioners of the United States Tariff Commission shall be at the rate of $10,000 each per annum . SEC . 5 . This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro- priation Act, 1937 ." Approved, March 19 , 1936 . Sum transferred . Ante, p. 1116. Avai labi lity . 1183 Proviso . Butt er s ubst itut es . So11 Conservation and Domestic Allot- ment Act, expe nses . Ante, p. 1148 . Post,p.1648. Prov isos . Salary, etc ., limita- ti on. Transfer of sums for au dit ing payments . Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act. Vol . 42, p. 1488 . U.S.C .,p . 85. Proviso . Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service . No redu ction i n fixed salary . Vol . 42, p. 1490 ; U.S.C.,p.86. Transfers withou t reduction . Higher rates permit- ted . If only one position in a grade. Interstate Commerce Commission and Tariff Commission . Salary rate of com- mis sion ers . Short title .
