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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 38. MARCH 2, 1934 . [CHAPTER 38.] AN ACT March 2, 1934 . [H.R . 6951 .] Making appropriat ions for the Departm ent of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending Ju ne 30, 1935, namely (Public, No. 109 .] Interior Department appropriations, fiscal year 1935. Secretary's office . Secretary, Assistants, and office personnel . Provisos. Salaries restricted to av erage rat es under Classification Acts . Vol. 42, p . 1488; Vol. 45, p. 776; Vol. 46, p. 100 3. U.S.C., p. 65; Supp. VII, p. 34. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerica l- mechanical service . No reduction in fixed salaries . Vol . 42, p. 1490; U S.C., p.66. Transfer without re- duction . Payments, under higher rates permitted . If only one position in a grade. Solicitor's office . O ffice pers onnel Division of Investiga- tions. Pr otecting timber and public lands . Swamp lands . T raveli ng exp enses . Vehicles. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARI ES Salaries : For the Secretary of the Interior, First Assistant Sec- retary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia, $350,685 : Pro vid ed, That in expending appro- priations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the First Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secretary 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 : 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 compensation 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 wh o is transferr ed 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 compen- sation 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, $256 ,140 . 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 fraudulent entry or appropriation ; for adjusting claims for swamp lands and indemnity for swamp lands ; and for traveling expenses of agents and others employed hereunder, $362,560, including not exceeding $20,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not exceeding $33,000 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor boats for the use of agents and others employed in the field service .
