950 Effective as of July], 1930. Acts, etc., ad interim . General expenses. Executive office . SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SEss. II. CH. 848. 1930. 1931, and this Act shall be effective as of July 1, 1930, and any appropriations and authority contained herein shall have the same force and effect between June 30, 1930, and the date of the enact- ment of this Act as though the same had become law on July 1, 1930 ; 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 GEN ER AL EXPENSES EXECUTIVE OFFICE Office personnel .
For personal services, $49,160, plus so much as may be necessary Additional, for En- gineer Commissioner. 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- Salaries Provisos. limited to sioners : Provided, That in expending appropriations or portions of averafication s Act ; ex appropriations contained in this Act for the payment for personal ception .
services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45, p. 776.
amended (U. S. C., title 5, sees. 661-673; U. S. C., Supp. III, title Post, p. . C3° p 65; 5, sec . 673), with the exception of the two civilian commissioners Supp. IV, p.25.
th e averag e of the salaries of the total nu mber of persons u nder any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified If only one position in a grade.
for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only Advances o cases . s al ly meri tor ious one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation 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 grades, but not more often than once in any fiscal year, and Provisos .
then only to the next higher rate : Provided That this restriction Restriction not ap-
Y plicable to clerical- shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical mechanical services . No reduction in fixed service ; (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose salaries° compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the vol . 42, p .1490.
rules of section 6 of such Act ; (3) to require the reduction in salar u.S.C.,p.66.
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Y Transfers to another of any person who is transferred from one position to another posi- position without re- auction .
tion in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, mi nte d .
rates pe r- mitted . 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 Classifi- cation Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law ; Purchasing division .
Purchasing division : For personal services, $61,660 . Building inspection division .
Building inspection division : For personal services, $155,080 . Plumbing inspection Plumbing inspection division : For personal services, $37,800, for division . temporary employment of additional assistant inspectors of plumb- and laborers for such time as their services may be required, 4500
- two members of plumbing board at $150 each ; in all, $43,100 ;
Willi am Tind all .
That the Comnrissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they Service of, continued . Ante, p . 468.
are hereby, authorized to continue William Tindall in the service of the government of the District of Columbia notwithstanding the u sa, p. 72.
provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employ- Ante,p. 468. ees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, as amended ; In all, Executive Office, $309,000 .
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