PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 249-JUNE 29, 1939 June 29, 1939 [H. R. 527] [Public, No. 157] Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940. [CHAPTER 249] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Labor Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Labor Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, namely: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries. Salaries: Secretary of Labor, Assistant Secretary, Second Assist- ant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Colum- continuance of per- bia, $391,680: Provided,That persons (not exceeding ten in number) sonnel determining now employed in the determination of wages pursuant to the pro- wagerates. visions of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act approved March 3, 1931, relating to the rate of wages for laborers and me- chanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on public build- 49 Sutat. Sup1. ings", approved August 30, 1935, may be continued in such employ- IV, § 276a-276a-6. ment and paid from the amount herein appropriated without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws requiring competitive taCpontinuance ocer examinations: Provided further, That persons (not exceeding five in rain persons detailed from US. Employ- number) now detailed to the Office of the Secretary from the United States Employment Service may be continued for the fiscal year 1940 in the Office of the Secretary and paid from the amount herein appro- priated without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws Salaries limited to requiring competitive examinations: Providedfurther,That in expend- average rates under ClsficationAct; ex- ing appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this ceptions. Act, for the payment of personal services in the District of Colum- supp. ISV. 673, 673c bia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary and the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, 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 If only one position amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the comlen- Advance ri trio- sation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases. 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 Restriction not rica- next higher rate: And provided further, That this restriction shall mechanicalservice. not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical No reduction in 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 Transfe with.ute rules of section 6 of such Act, or (3) to require the reduction in Transfer without re- duction. salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different Higher salary rates 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 permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically in o grade. os n authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARBMENT OF LABOB Dtepartment e n Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses p.1319. of the offices and bureaus of the Department, for which appropria- [53 STAT.
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