74T u CONGRESS . SESS. II. C'H. 489. JUNE 4, 1936.
1421 [CHA PTER 489 .] AN ACT June 4, 193 6. Making appropriati ons for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm [11. R. 11418.1 Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other [Public, No . 637 .1 purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, T hat t he fol lo win g Department of Agri- culture, Farm Credit sums are appro priated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Administration appro- wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and for the 1937tions, fiscal reear, Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, namely TIT LE I-D EPA RTM ENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF TI DE SECRETARY Title I-Department of Ag riculture . Secretarr e's office . SALARIES For the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary of Agriculture, rei c c3retar r~Un der erSa - Assistant Secretary, and for other personal services in the District other personal services, of Columbia, and elsewhere, $432,271 : Provided, That in expending sireS . limited to appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act average rates under for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia e Vol`.42tp. 1 Act . V ol. in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with 45, p.X76; Vol.46, p. the exception of the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries u . s . C ., p. 85 . 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 position is allocated the tio n he e onlre one pos` salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensa- tion 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 : Restriction notappli- cable to clerical-me- Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades eha nic als erv ice . 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require salaries ~r 'ic s. reduction in fixed the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed Vol.42,p.1490;U.S. as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such C.,p.s6. Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is Transfer to another transferred from one position to another position in the same or li on po sit ion . without reduc- different grade, in the same or different bureau, office, or other appro- priation unit, (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade mHigher rates per- at a rate higher t han the maximum r ate of t he grade when such higher rate is permit ted by the Classific ation Act of 1923, a s amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the com- If onlre one posit ion pensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is in a grade. allocated : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is Contracts for steno- authorized to contract for stenographic reporting services, and the gr aph ic rep ort ing . appropriations made in this Act shall be available for such pur- poses : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is au- Purchase of options thor ized to ex pend from appro priat ions avail able for t he pu rchas e on lands. of lands not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land : Provided further, That not to exceed Allowanc es for liv ing $33, 400 of the appr opria tions avai lable for salar ies a nd ex pense s quarters abroad . of off icers and emplo yees of t he De partm ent o f Agr icult ure p erma- nently stationed in foreign countries may be used for payment of allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (U .S.C.,title5,sec. Vol. 46, p. 818; U. S. 118a), but the amount so used for any one person shall not exceed the amount permitted by law to be so used, during the same fiscal
