52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 464 -JUNE 16, 193S TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES 711 Title I-Depart- mentof Agriculture. Office of the Seere- tary. For the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary of Agriculture, Salaries Assistant Secretary, Director of Finance and Budget Officer at $8,500 so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, and else- where, $581,920: Provided, That in expending appropriations or is lited to portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment of average rates under personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the C42sstat. 1488. 42 Stat. 1488 . Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the 9u5pu. .1 167t1-674; Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropria- tion unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensa- tion rates specified for the grade by such Act as amended and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such I only one positon 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 grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: Provided nt further, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, pIcabletocjerica-mp and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduc- chniclsertce. tion in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of fixedsalaries. 42 Sta. 1490. July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, 5u. st.. 4o. (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is trans- Tranfrs without ferred 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 grade at a Higherratespermit rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and I o ii is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the com- ingrade. pensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is gaphc reporting. authorized to contract for stenographic reporting services, and the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for such purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to o^doS pura ti expend from appropriations available for the purchase of lands not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000 of the rter abroad appropriations available for salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture permanently stationed in foreign countries may be used for payment of allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act 5u.s.o. nsa. approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S . C . 118a): Provided further, That Advance payments. with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture employees of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad may enter into leases for official quarters, for periods not exceeding one year, and may pay rent, telephone, subscriptions to publications, and other charges incident to the conduct of their offices and the discharge of their duties, in advance, in any foreign country where custom or practice requires payment in advance: Provided further, That no part of the Empoyees predict- ingfuturepricesofcot funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any ton; payments to, or- officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who, as such id officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast with respect to future prices
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