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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. CH. 27. 1927. 935 in all, $366,600: Pmmkied, That in expending appro riations or "°"•°•B ,,· pgmrtions of appropriations, contained in this for Exe payment g%mi¤·¤ué'=;::¤;° r personal services in the District of Columbia rn accordance with v¤1.4z, p°i!ias.' the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any gradein, any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at Jany time exceed the average of the compensation rates specided for the grade by such Act, and ml! mg ¤¤¤ Mm in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such W °‘ position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one mAd;¤:i¤¤t:r{¤r ¤g_¤;- in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average Y °°' of the cggpensation of tlhle grad; but not more often than once inan l aran eno ·-to. enext lugh' errate: ' ¤·¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤¢¤:>- That {his rest!i·eiction shall not gpply; 1): to grades 1, 2, 8, am1».48g} %¤°i1¤1°°»m°i¤°{i°“` the clerical-mechanical service, or (2 ‘*to thereduction in N¤r•<1¤¤¤<>¤i¤¤¤¤¤ salary of any dperson whose compensation was fixed, as of Jul 1, vu.£z,p.1m. 1924, in accor ance with the rules of- section 6 of such Act, (3; to T¤;g:¤¤¤w,g•,,°t& require the reduction in salary of any person who k transferred from, Siren. one position to another positron in t e same`or·diiferent grade in the same or a diifeplent bureau, ogice, cir otherdappropriafrdon unit, or- - 4 to revent e payment 0 a sa ary un er an eat a rate P·¥¤¤¤¤*• ¤¤d¤f liigher Fhan the maximum rate of the grade whenysgdh higher rate m°°"°t°°°°mm°d' is rmitted by the Classification Act of 1923, and is specifically airtilibrized by other law. ‘ orrrcn or sonrcrrox ¤¤1i¤i¤¤’¤0¤¤·· For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance 0f¤¤¤ w¤¤¤¤¤1- with the Classification Act of 1923, $120,000. conrmemnr nxrmrsns, nnrxnrxnm or rm: mrnmoa For contingent expenses of the oiiice of the Secretary and the 1>:v•¤¤~¤¤¤ <>¤¤¤¤- bureaus and oiiices of the department; furniture, ca:5ets, ice, lumber, °°° °x°°°°°°' hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, ephone service, including personal services of temporary or emergency telephone operators, street·car fares for use o memengers not exceeding $150, expressage, diagrams, awnings, Bling devices, typewriters, adding, addressing, and check-signing mac ines, and other labonsavinfg devices, includiplg the re air, exchan and maintenancethereo; constructing m el and osier cases angc furniture; postage stamps to prepay postage on forei mail and for specia1·delivery and air mail stamps for use in the giiited States; traveling expenses, including ,,,_T”““°‘ °""““°‘• necessary expenses of inspectors; fuel and lrght; examination o estimates for a propriations in the field for `any bureau, oiiice or service of the dgpartment; for the purchase for the use of the Sec- m‘§E§f"”°°"° I" S°° retary of the Interior at a cost not to exceed $4,000, of one passenger- carrying automobile to replace one present passenger-carrying auto- mobile, which shall be exc anged or traded 1n part payment t ereof; not exceeding $500 shall be available for the payment. of damages P’°°°""""“"‘· caused to private property by department motor vehicles; purchase and exchange of motor trucks motor cycles, and bicycles, main- tenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passen r-carrying vehicles and motor trucks, motor cycles, an bicyc es, to EE used only for oilicial purposes; rent of department garage; expense of taking ,,,§_“”°"”"""°°'°°' testimony and preparing the same, in connection with disbarment proceedings instituted against persons charged with improper prac- tices before the department, its bureaus and oiiices; not exceeding $500 for newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance; stationery, inc u ing tags, labels, index cards, cloth-lined wrappers, S°°“°'*’·°*°~