304 Provisos. Salary restriction. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5 U.S. C.§§661-674. Post, p. 613. Restriction not ap- plicable in designated cases. 42 Stat. 1490. 6U. .C.. 666. Radio broadcasts. Restriction on use of funds. Post, p. 832 . Post, p . 832. Timber protection, etc. Personal services. Statement of ex- penditures. PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 [55 STAT. Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of appro- priations, 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 Sec- retary 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, 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 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 accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in 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 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 compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated: Provided,That no part of the appro- priation made available to the office of the Secretary by this section shall be used for the broadcast of radio programs designed for or calculated to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation pend- ing before the Congress. OFFICE OF SOLICITOR For personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $313,640. DIVISION OF TERRITORIES AND ISLAND POSSESSIONS For personal services in the District of Columbia, $122,880. 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 swamplands and indemnity for swamplands; and for traveling and other expenses of persons employed hereunder, $469,100, including not exceeding $43,500 for personal services in the District of Colum- bia; not exceeding $52,500 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for the use of agents and others employed in the field service. The Secretary of the Interior shall include in his annual report a full statement of all expenditures made under authority of this paragraph. GRAZING SERVICE For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improve-
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