PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 119-MAY 10, 1939 Restrictions not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service. No reduction in fixed salaries. 5U.S.C. 666. Transfers without reduction. Payment at higher rate permitted. f only one position in a grade. Personal services. Personal services. Investigation of of- ficial matters; timber protection, etc. Traveling, etc., ex- penses. Vehicles and motor- boats. Annual statement of expenditures. Salaries and expen- ses. 48 Stat. 1269; 49 Stat. 1976. 43U. .C.§315; Supp. IV, 315 . Classification of lands, etc. any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation 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 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, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose com- pensation 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 samebr different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. OFFICE OF SOLICITOR For personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $290,000. DIVISION OF TERRtrORIES AND ISLAND POSSESSIONS For personal services in the District of Columbia, $57,000. DIVISION OF INVESTIGATIONS For investigating official matters under the control of the Depart- ment of the Interior; for protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; for protecting public lands from illegal and fraudu- lent entry or appropriation; for adjusting claims for swamplands and indemnity for swamplands; and for traveling and other expenses of persons employed hereunder, $548,000, including not exceeding $42,370 for personal services in the District of Columbia; not exceeding $56,050 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for the use of agents and others employed in the field service. The Secretary of the Interior shall include in his annual report a full statement of all expenditures made under authority of this paragraph. DIVISION OF GRAZING For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes", approved June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), and as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), including examination and classification of lands with respect to grazing or agricultural utility, preparation of land classification maps and reports, traveling and other necessary expenses, payments for the cost of packing, crating, and transportation (including dray- age) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the 686 [53 STAT.
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