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S EVEN TIET H CONGRESS . SEss . I. CH. 57. 1928 . February 15, 1928 . CHAP. 57 .-An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State [H. R . 8269 .] and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and [Public, No. 32.[
Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Departments of State, Appropriations for United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Justice, the Judiciary, and Departments of sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Commerce and Labor . wise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, namely Department of State . Printing and binding. TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE Secretary, undersea Salaries : For Secretary of State, $15,000 ; Undersecretary of State, retary, and office per- sonnel .
and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 19 23, including temporary employees, Provisos .
$1 130,760 ; in all, $1,145,760 : ProProvided, That in expending a ro- Salaries lim it ed to
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payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accord- Vol. 42, p. 1488 .
ance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, If only one position or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average in a grade.
of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, and Allowance in unus- in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such ually meritorious cases . 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 Not ap pli ca ble to of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once clerical-mechanical ser- in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided vices .
That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1,2,3,and4of No fixed salary re- duced .
the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in duced . Transfers to another salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, pos it ion without re- in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require duction .
the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one Payments at'higher position to another position in the same or different grade in the same rates permitted . or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (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 per- mitted by the Classification Act of 1923, and is specifically authorized by other law . CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Contingent and mis- cellaneous expenses of For contingent and miscellaneous' expenses, including stationery, Department . furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of same, repairs and mate- rial for repairs ; books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, not exceeding $10,000 ; newspapers not exceeding $1,200, for which payment may be made in advance ; maintenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes ; automobile mail wagons, including storage, repair, and exchange of same ; street-car fare not exceeding $150 ; and other miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, $53,605 . PRINTING AND BINDING For all printing and binding in the Department of State, including al l of i ts bure aus, of fices, instit utions, and s ervices locate d in W ash- ington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $200,000 .
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