478 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sims. I. Ch. 291. 1924. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes, namely: ,.,’3;r,?r···¤*¤·'”*·** TITLE 1-MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND ornnn Ex- PENSES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT INCIDENT THERETO. . . °°°'“""" °m°°‘ orrrcm or sncnmanr or wax. a¤l1°iix`°~iu°i>’éi·s¤¤¤¤1. t' Salaries: Secretary of War, $12,000; Assistant Secretary, $10,000; v°1"°’ " ms' and for otheirbpersonal services in the District of Columbia in accordmum gnge with “ ji gllassijication Act of 1923," $204,916; in all, $226§ remain on ex- : r , at in expendmg` a pro riations or rtions o
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_ services in the istrict of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act (pf 1923, the averalglgzfh the splaries og the totaié numberhof persons1in_eranygradeorc ereo many ureau,0 ce,orot er Not k to appropriation umt, shall not at any time exceed the average of the ,,;,,i,:’§?l¥.‘Z‘;,*i.,,;,,; compensation rates specified for the e by such Act: Provided, °°'§*°•· That this restriction shall not apply 1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of quh,gd_"°‘l"°“°“ '* the cla]-goal-mechanicalhservice, or (2 to th? Seduction in ' _ _ salaryo anypersonwosecompensationis e aso ul 11924 au¥r°if¤g`g¤1?ry” rms in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, or (3)) tb re: °"°°‘ vent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher tllan the maximum rate of the grade when higher rate is permitted ‘ byhthe Classification Act of 1923, and 18 specifically authorized by o er aw. c01rr1Nemrr nxrmvsm, wan nsramunirr. genomes.! mb For purchase of professional and scientific books, law' books, including then- exchange; books of reference, blank books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewnting and addm machines, and other labor·sav1ng devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting, linoleum, fihn eqmpmentf photo supplies, towels ice? brooms, soap, sponge fuei ·as, and ieating apparatus for buil ings, electric power, Electric light; repairs to, alterations and installations in Government·owned buildings (other than those under the supervision of the Superintendent of the State, War, and Nayy Department Buildings) occupied by the War Department and its bureaus; maintenance, repair. and olperation of motor trucks and motor cycles, and one motor- A _ prope ed passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official ,,t,§.‘,°‘]“°""’ '°' S"' purposes; or the purchase or exchange and maintenanc'e and repair of a passenger-carrying automobile for the official use of the Secretary of War (not to exceed $5,000); freight and express charges; street car fares, not exceeding $750; and other abwlutely necessary cxpgnses, including a per diem allowance not to exceed $4 in lieu of Sm su istence, $109,810. °"°"‘ $7For stationery for the department and its bureaus and cices, 2,500. P°mg°' For postage stamps for the department and its bureaus, as recu1red under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters ad- _ __ dressed to Postal Union countries, $250.
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and 0 ces, an for all printing and binding for the iield activities under the War Department, except such as may be authorized in PT I accordance with existing law to be done elsewhere than at the Gov-
bunecm, ernment Printing Office, $600,000: Provided, That the sum of $3,000,
_ or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publica-
