PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 180-APR . 27, 1938 April 27, 1938 [H. R. 9544] [Public, No. 495] Appropriations for Departments of State and Justice, the Ju- diciary, and Depart- ments of Commerce and Labor, fiscal year 1939. Department of State Appropriation Act, 1939. Office of the Secre- tary. Salaries. Post, p. 1145 . Temporary and piece-work employees. Expenditure with- out regard to Civil Service and Classifi- cation Acts. 5U.S.. .§ § 631-652; 661-674; Supp. III, § 673, 673c. Provisos. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act; ex- ceptions. If only one position in grade. Advances in unusu- ally meritorious cases. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical- mechanical service. No reduction in fixed salaries. U.S .C. § 666. Transfers without reduction. Higher salary rates permitted. If only one position in a grade. Department contin- gent expenses. [CHAPTER 180] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, namely: TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Salaries: For Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State, $10,000; counselor, $10,000; and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including temporary employees, and not to exceed $6,500 for employees engaged on piece work at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of State; $2,256,600, of which amount not to exceed $250,000 may be expended by the Secretary of State without regard to civil service laws and regulations or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided,That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment of personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classifi- cation Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the four Assistant Secretaries of State and the legal adviser of the Depart- ment of State, the Assistant to the Attorney General, the Assistant Solicitor General, and six Assistant Attorneys General, the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, the Assistant Secretary and the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, 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 compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one posi- tion 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 reduc- tion 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, or (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is trans- ferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, 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 Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or (5) to reduce the com- pensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, furniture, fixtures; typewriters, adding ma- chines, and other labor-saving devices, including their exchange, not exceeding $13,000; rental of labor-saving devices, repairs, and 248 [52 STAT.
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