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July 15, 1939
[H. R . 5610]
[Public, No. 176]
PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 273, 281 -JULY 14, 15 , 1939
[53 STAT.
Cabrillo Quadricentennial Celebration, to be held in 1942, in com-
memoration of the discovery of California and the West Coast of
the United States by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a native of Portugal,
who, while in the service of the King of Spain, entered San Diego
Harbor on September 28, 1542.
Approved, July 14, 1939.
[CHAPTER 281]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and
other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such
District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
District of colum- United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to
,ia.
Appropriations for defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year
rpenses of fscal year
940, from
SDistrict
ending June 30, 1940, any revenue (not including the proportionate
venues and $6,000,-
share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the
fromthereasury. expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and
prior fiscal years) now required by law to be credited to the District
of Columbia and the United States in the same proportion that each
contributed to the activity or source from whence such revenue was
derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and,
in addition, $6,000,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced July 1, 1939, and
all of the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District
Effective date.
of Columbia, and this Act shall be effective as of July 1, 1939, and
any appropriations and authority contained herein shall have the
same force and effect between June 30, 1939, and the date of the
enactment of this Act as though the same had become law on July 1,
iValidsatio o ad- 1939; and the acts of any officer or employee performed during such
period in anticipation of the appropriations or authority contained
herein shall not be invalidated, declared ineffective, or questioned
solely because of the lack of such appropriations or authority during
such period, namely:
Personal services.
Additional, for En-
gineer Commissioner.
Prorisos.
Salaries limited to
average rates under
Classification Act; ex-
ceptions.
5.U. S.C. §661-674;
Supp. IV , § 673,673c.
If only one position
in a grade.
Advances in meri-
torious cases.
GENERAL EXPENSES
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
For personal services, $48,600, plus so much as may be necessary
to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at such rate in grade 8
of the professional and scientific service of the Classification Act of
1923, as amended, as may be determined by the Board of Commis-
sioners: Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of
appropriations contained in this Act for the payment of personal
services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended,
with the exception of the two civilian Commissioners, 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 com-
pensation 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
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