352 Use of ser vice s, etc ., of designated agencies . Provisos. Designated ex- penses deemed non- administrative . Payme nt of ad- ministr ative, etc . , ex - penses . 48 Stat . 1256. 12U.S.C.°°1725- 1732. Salaries limited to averag e rate s unde r Classification Act . 5 U.S.C. °°661-674. Proviso . Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service . No reduction in fixed salary . 5U.S.C.°666. Transfers without reduction . Higher rates per- mi tted . If only o ne posi tion in a grade. Interstate Com- merce Commission and Tariff Commis- sion ; salary rates of Commissioners . Short title . Ju ne 29, 1937 [H.J. Res.361] [Pub . Res., No . 47] Em ergenc y Relief Appropriation Act of 1937 . Continuation of re- lief and work relief, appropriation for. 75 TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS . 396. 401-JUNE 28, 29, 1937 their repair and exchange ; use of the services and facilities of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Federal home loan banks, Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Government as authorized by said title IV ; and all other necessary administrative expenses : Provided, That all necessary expenses in connection with the liquidation of insured institutions under said title IV shall be considered as non- administrative expenses for the purposes hereof : Provided further, That, except for the limitations in amounts hereinbefore specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Corporation shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of June 27, 1934, as amended (U. S. C ., title 12, sets . 1725-1732) . SEC. 2. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act, for the payment of personal services in the Dis- trict of Col umbia in acc ordanc e with the Cl assifi cation Act o f 1923 , as amended, 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 position 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 com- pensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal ye ar and th en only t o the nex t 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 compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accord- ance with the rules of section 6 of such Act ; (3) to require the reduc- tion in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another posit ion in the s ame or diffe rent gr ade, i n the same o r dif- ferent bureau, office, or other appropriation unit ; (4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maxi- mum 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 gr ade in which only one po sition is al located . SEC . 3. Du ring the fisca l yea r end ing June 30, 1938, th e salarie s of the Commissioners of the I nterstate Commerce Commission and the Commissioners of the United States Tariff Commission shall be at the rate of $10,000 each per annum . SEC. 4. This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appro- pr iation Act, 1938" . Approved, June 28, 1937 . [CHAPTER 401 ] JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for relief purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un4ted States o f America in Congress assembled, TITLE I That in order to continue to provide relief, and work relief on use ful pu blic p roject s, in the Un ited S tates a nd its Terri tories and possessions (including projects heretofore approved for the Works Progress Administration which projects shall not be subject to the limitations hereinafter specified in this section), there is hereby
