1116 Advances in merito- rious cases . Proz iso . Restriction not appli- cable to clerical-me- chanical services . No reduction in fixed salaries . Vol . 42, p. 1490. U.S.C.,p.66. Transfers to another posit ion witho ut re duc- tion . Payments under higher rates permitted . Transfers from bureau, etc., appro- priations to meet real- location of positions therein. Solicitor's Office. Offic e per sonne l . Department contin- gent expenses. T raveli ng exp enses . Property damages . Vehicles . Disbarment ex- p enses . St ation ery, etc . SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SESS . III. CH. 187 . 1931 . not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a gra de advances may be made to rat es higher than the average of the com- pen sati on r ates 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 posi- tion to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or (4) to pre vent the pay ment of a sa lary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when suc h hi gher rate is per - mitted by the Classification Act o f 1923, as amended, and is spe- cifically authorized by other laws . When specifically approved by the Secretary of the Interior, trans- fers may be made between th e appropriations in this Act under the respective jurisdiction of any bureau, office, institution, or service, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the reallo- cation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit . Any such transfers shall be reported to Con gres s in the ann ual Budg et . OFFICE OF SO LICIT OR For personal services in the District of Columbia, $120,000 . CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the bureaus and offices of the department ; furniture, carpets, ice, lumber, hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, telephone . service, including personal services of temporary or emergency telephone operators ; street-car fares for use of messengers not exceeding $150 ; expressage, diagrams, awnings, filing devices, typewriters, adding and addressing machines and other labor-saving devices, including the repair, exchange, and maintenance th ereof ; c on st r uc ti ng model and other cases and furniture ; postage stamps to prepay postage on foreign mail an d for sp ecial-de livery a nd air-m ail stam ps for u se in the United States ; travel ing expe nses, in cluding n ecessary expense s of inspectors ; fuel and light ; examination of estimates for appro- priations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the depart- ment ; not exceeding $500 shall be available for the payment of dam- ages caused to private property by department motor vehicles
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chase fo r the us e of the Secreta ry of th e Interio r of one passeng er- carrying automobile at a cost not to exceed $5,0 00, to be immediat ely available, including the exchange allowance of one passenger-carry- in g au t om ob il e ; purcha se and e xchange of motor trucks, motor c ycles, and bicycles, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor trucks, motor cycles, and bicycles to be u sed only for off icial pu rposes ; rent of dep artm ent garage ; exp ense of takin g testi mony and prep aring the same in connection with disbarment proceedings i nstituted against persons charged with improper practices before the department, its bureaus and offices ; expense of translations, and not exceeding $1,000 for con- tract stenographic reporting services ; not exceeding $700 for news- papers ; stationery, including tags, labels, index cards, cloth-lined wrappers, and specimen bags, printed in the course of manufacture, and such printed envelopes as are not supplied under contracts made
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