55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. -CH. 262-JUNE 30, 1941 In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations con- tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary of War, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under 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 posi- tion 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 same or 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 THE SECRETARY CONTINGENT EXPENSES, WAR DEPARTMENT For stationery; purchase of professional and scientific books, law- books, including their exchange; books of reference, pamphlets, peri- odicals, newspapers (not to exceed $2,100), maps; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, lino- leum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice. brooms, soap, sponges; purchase (including exchange) of motortrucks; mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motortlrucks and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; streetcar fares; postage to Postal Union countries; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $518,476, and it shall not be lawful to expend, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, for any bureau, office, or branch of the War Department or of the Army having or maintaining an office in the War Department proper, at Washington, District of Columbia, any sum out of appro- priations contained in this Act (or accruing thereto) made for the Military Establishment for any of the purposes mentioned or author- ized in this paragraph: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to any procurement under this appropriation which does not exceed $100 in amount. LIBRARY, SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE For the purchase of the necessary books of reference, periodicals, and technical supplies and equipment, $25,000. ARMY MEDIcAL MUSEU For the procurement, preparation, and preservation of specimens and the purchase of technical supplies and equipment, $14,400. 391 Salary restriction. 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U.S. .C. 661 -674. Post, p . 613. Exception. Proviso. Restriction not ap- plicable in designated cases. 42 Stat. 1490. 5U.S. C. §666. Post, p. M6 Restriction on ex- penditures. Proviso. Minor purchases. 41 U. ... 5.
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