Chapter 294. Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 294.— An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes.May 13, 1926.[[H. R. 10425](/us/bill/69/hr/10425).][[Public, No. 222](/us/pl/69/222).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Legislative appropriations. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927. namely:
SENATESenate. salaries and mileage of senatorsSenators. For compensation of Senators, $960,000.Compensation. For mileage of Senators, $51,00.0.Mileage. For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others:Officers, clerks, messengers, etc. office of the vice presidentVice President’s office. Salaries: Secretary to the Vice President, $4.200; assistant clerk,Secretary and clerks. $2,080: clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; in all, $10,050. chaplainChaplain. For Chaplain, $1,520. office of the secretarySecretary’s office.
Salaries: Secretary of the Senate, including compensation asSecretary, assistant, clerks, etc. disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of contingent fund of the Senate, $6,500; assistant secretary, Henry M. Rose, $4,500; chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of reading clerk, $5,500; financial clerk, $5,000; principal clerk, $3,420; assistant financial clerk, $4.200; minute and Journal clerk, $4,200; legislative clerk, $3,150; librarian, $3,000; enrolling clerk, $3,150; printing clerk, $3,000: executive clerk, $2,890; file clerk, chief bookkeeper, and assistant journal clerk, at $2,880 each; first assistant librarian, and keeper of stationery. $2,780 each: assistant librarian. $2,150; skilled laborer, $1,520; clerics—three at $2,880 each, one at $2,590, one at $1,800, one $2.460, one $2,100, 538one $1,770; assistant keeper of stationery, $2,360; assistant in stationery room, $1,520; messenger in library, $1,310; special officer, $2,150; assistant messenger, $1,520; laborers—four at $1,140 each, two at $1,010 each, one in stationery room $1,440; in all, $102,620. document roomDocument room.
Superintendent, etc.Salaries: Superintendent, $3,600; first assistant, $3,000; second assistant, in lieu of employee heretofore paid under Senate Resolution Numbered 90, $2,400; two clerks, at $1,770 each; skilled laborer, $1,520; in all, $14,060. committee employeesCommittee employees. Clerks and messengers to designated committees.Clerks and messengers to the following committees: Agriculture and Forestry—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Appropriations—clerk, $6,000; assistant clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $3,000; three assistant clerks, at $2,700 each; two assistant clerks, at $2,100 each; messenger, $1,520. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Banking and Currency—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; two assistant clerks, at $1,830 each. Civil Service—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Claims—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,570; assistant clerk, $2,360; two assistant clerks, at $1,830 each. Commerce—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,590; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830. Conference Minority of the Senate—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; two assistant clerks at $1,830 each. District of Columbia—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,480; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Education and Labor—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Enrolled Bills—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Expenditures in the Executive Departments—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Finance—clerk, $3,600; special assistant to the committee, $3,150; assistant clerk, $2,590; assistant clerk, $2,460; assistant clerk, $1,940; two assistant clerks, at $1,830 each; two experts (one for the majority and one for the minority), at $2,360 each; messenger, $1,520.
Foreign Relations—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,590; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520; messenger, $1,520. Immigration—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Indian Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,570; assistant clerk, $2,040; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Interoceanic Canals—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Interstate Commerce—clerk, $3,300; two assistant clerks, at $2,150 each; assistant clerk, $1,830. Irrigation and Reclamation—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Judiciary—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,590; two assistant clerks, at $2,150 each; assistant clerk, $1,830. Library—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Manufactures—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,040; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Military Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,590; additional clerk, $1,940; three assistant clerks, at $1,830 each. Mines and Mining—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Naval Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,590; assistant clerk, $1,940; two assistant clerks, at $1,830 each. Patents—clerk, 539$3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Pensions—clerk, $3,300: assistant clerk, $2,150; four assistant clerks, at $1,830 each.
Post Offices and Post Roads—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; three assistant clerks, at $1,830 each; additional clerk, $1,520, in lieu of clerk paid from contingent fund under Senate resolution of July 17, 1914. Printing—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,150; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Privileges and Elections—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,040; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Public Buildings and Grounds—clerk, $3,300: assistant clerk, $2,040; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Public Lands and Surveys—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,360; assistant clerk, $2,150; two assistant clerks, at $1,830 each. Revision of the Laws—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520. Rules—clerk, $3,300, to include full compensation for thePreparing Senate Manual. preparation biennially of the Senate Manual under the direction of the Committee on Rules; two assistant clerks, at $2,150 each; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520.
Territories and Insular Possessions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,940; assistant clerk, $1,830; additional clerk, $1,520; in all, $373,440. clerical assistance to senatorsClerical assistance to Senators. For clerical assistance to Senators who are not chairmen of theAllowance to Senators not chairmen of committees. committees specifically provided for herein: Seventy clerks at $3,300 each, seventy assistant clerks at $1,940 each, seventy assistant clerks at $1,830 each, $494,900: *Provided*, That such clerks and assistant*Proviso*.Authority as committee clerks. clerks shall be ex officio clerks and assistant clerks of any committee of which their Senator is chairman;
Seventy additional clerks at $1,520 each, one for each SenatorAdditional clerks. having no more than one clerk and two assistant clerks for himself or for the committee of which he is chairman, $106,400; messenger, $1,520; in all, $602,820. office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeperOffice at Sergeant at Arms. Salaries: Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $6,500; AssistantSergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, assistants, etc.Messengers. Doorkeeper, $4,200; Acting Assistant Doorkeeper, $4,200; two floor assistants, at $3,600 each; messengers—five (acting as assistant doorkeepers, including one for minority) at $2,150 each, thirty-eight (including one for minority) at $1,770 each, one $1,310, one at card door $2,400; clerk on Journal work for Congressional Record, to be selected by the official reporters, $2,800;
Deputy Sergeant at Arms and storekeeper, $3,600; stenographer in charge of furniture accounts and records, $1,520; upholsterer and locksmith, $2,100; cabinetmaker, $1,800: three carpenters, at $1,800 each; janitor, $1,800; four skilled laborers, at $1,440 each; skilled laborer, $1,310;Laborers, etc. laborer in charge of private passage, $1,340; three female attendants in charge of ladies’ retiring rooms at $1,240 each; three attendants to women’s toilet rooms, Senate Office Building, at $1,240 each; telephone operators—chief $2,040, seven at $1,200 each, night operator, $1,010; telephone page, $1,010; laborer in charge of Senate toilet rooms in old library space, $950; press gallery—superintendent $3,300, assistant superintendent $2,240; messenger for service to press correspondents, $1,240; laborers—three at $1,100 each, thirty-four at $1,010 each; twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber, atPages. the rate of $3.30 per day each during the session, $8,038.80; in all, $204,558.80. 540 Police, Senate Office Building.For police force for Senate Office Building under the Sergeant at Arms:
Sixteen privates, at $1,360 each; special officer, $1,520; in all, $23,280. post officePost office. Postmaster, etc.Salaries: Postmaster, $2,740: chief clerk, $2,150; wagon master, $1,800; eight mail carriers at $1,520 each; two riding pages, at $1,220 each; in all, $21,200. folding roomFolding room. Foreman, etc.Salaries: Foreman, $1,940; assistant, $1,730; clerk, $1,520; folders—seven at $1,310 each, seven at $1,140 each; in all, $22,340. contingent expenses of the senateContingent expenses.
Stationery.For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, including $7,500 for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $25,000. Postage stamps.Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $200; office of Sergeant at Arms, $100; in all, $300. Motor vehicles.For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $10,000. Automobile, Vice President.For driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Vice President, $3,500.
Folding.For materials for folding, $1,500. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $10,000. Fuel, oil, etc.For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor, $2,000. Furniture.For the purchase of furniture, $5,000. For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, $3,000. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, $2,000. Packing boxes.For packing boxes, $970. Document warehouse.For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents, $2,000.
Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $125,000. Inquiries and investigations.For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers of committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words, $150,000. Reporting debates.For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, payable in equal monthly installments, $44,844.
Senate kitchens and restaurants.For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate, under (he supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate, $35,000. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESHouse of Representatives. salaries and mileage of membersMembers. Pay of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, the Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico, and the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands, $4,407,500. 541 For mileage of Representatives and Delegates and expenses ofMileage.
Resident Commissioners, $175,000. For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others:Officers, clerks, etc. office of the speakerSpeaker’s Office. Salaries: Secretary to the Speaker, $4,200; clerk to the Speaker’sSecretary, clerks, etc.Digest of the Rules. table, $3,600. and for preparing Digest of the Rules, $1,000 per annum; clerk to the Speaker, $1,940; messenger to the Speaker’s table, $1,520; messenger to the Speaker, $1,440; in all, $13,700. chaplainChaplain. For Chaplain, $1,520. office of the clerkClerk’s office.
Salaries: Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensationClerk of the House, clerks, etc. as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, $6,500; Journal clerk and two reading clerks, at $4,200 each; disbursing clerk, $3,570; tally clerk, $3,470; file clerk, $3,420; enrolling clerk, $3,200 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; property custodian and superintendent of furniture and repair shop, who shall be a skilled cabinetmaker or upholsterer and experienced in the construction and purchase of furniture, $3,600; two assistant custodians at $3,000 each; chief bill clerk, $3,150; assistant enrolling clerk, $2,880; assistant to disbursing clerk, $2,780; stationery clerk, $2,570; librarian, $2,460; assistant librarian, $2,240; assistant file clerk, $2,250; assistant librarian, and assistant Journal clerk, at $2,150 each; clerks—one $2,150, three at $2,020 each; bookkeeper, and assistant in disbursing office, at $1,940 each; four assistants to chief bill clerk, at $1,830 each; stenographer to the Clerk, $1,730; locksmith and typewriter repairer, $1,620; messenger and clock repairer, $1,520; assistant in stationery room, $1,520; three messengers, at $1,410 each; stenographer to Journal clerk, $1,310; twelve telephone operators, at $1,200 each; three session telephone operators, at $100 per month each from December 1, 1926, to March 31, 1927; substitute telephone operator when required, at $3.30 per day, $1,000; laborers—three at $1,200 each, nine at $1,010 each; purchase, exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles, $1,200; in all, $127,820. committee employeesCommittee employees.
Clerks, messengers, and janitors to the following committees:Clerks and janitors. Accounts—clerk, $2,880: assistant clerk, $2,150; janitor, $1,310. Agriculture—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,150; janitor, $1,310. Appropriations—clerk, $5,000, and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk. $4,000; six assistant clerks, at $3,000 each; assistant clerk, $2,440; janitor, $1,440. Banking and Currency—clerk, $2,360; assistant clerk, $1,520; janitor, $1,010.
Census—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Civil Service—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Claims—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,520; janitor, $1,010. Coinage, Weights, and Measures—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Disposition of Useless Executive Papers—clerk, $2,360. District of Columbia—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,150; janitor, $1,010. Education—clerk, $2,360. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress—clerk, $2,360. Elections Numbered 1—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010.
Elections Numbered 2—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Elections Numbered 3—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010, Enrolled Bills—clerk, 542$2,360; janitor, $1,010. Flood Control—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Foreign Affairs—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,160; janitor, $1,010. Immigration and Naturalization—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010, Indian Affairs—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,150; janitor, $1,010. Industrial Arts and Expositions—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Insular Affairs—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce—clerk, $2,880; additional clerk, $2,360; assistant clerk, $1,830; janitor, $1,310. Irrigation and Reclamation—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Invalid Pensions—clerk, $2,880; stenographer, $2,560; assistant clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,240. Judiciary—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,940; janitor, $1,240. Labor—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Library—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Merchant Marine and Fisheries—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Military Affairs—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,830; janitor, $1,310.
Mines and Mining—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Naval Affairs—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,830; janitor, $1,310. Patents—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Pensions—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,940; janitor, $1,010. Post Office and Post Roads—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,730; janitor, $1,310. Printing—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,310. Public Buildings and Grounds—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,520; janitor, $1,010. Public Lands—clerk, $2,360; assistant clerk, $1,520; janitor, $1,010.
Revision of the Indexing, etc., revision of the laws and treaties.Laws—clerk, $3,000; janitor, $1,010; for the employment of competent persons to assist the work of indexing, editing, and preparing reference tables for the revision of the laws and treaties of the Codifying District of Columbia laws.United States, $5,000; for the employment of competent persons to assist in compiling and codifying the laws relating to the District of Columbia, $7,500; Rivers and Harbors—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,150; janitor, $1,310.
Roads—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. Rules—clerk, $2,360; assistant clerk, $1,830; janitor, $1,010. Territories—clerk, $2,360; janitor, $1,010. War Claims—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,520; janitor, $1,010. Ways and Means—clerk, $3,600; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,360; assistant clerk, $2,250; clerk for the minority, $2,880; janitors—one $1,310, one $1,010. World War Veterans’ Legislation—clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,150. In all, $257,230. Clerks subject to Clerk of the House at end of a session.Appropriations in the foregoing paragraph shall not be available for the payment of any clerk or assistant clerk to a committee who does not, after the termination of the Congress during which he was appointed, perform his duties under the direction of the Clerk of *Proviso*.Exception.the House: *Provided*, That the foregoing shall not apply to the Committee on Accounts.
Janitors.Janitors under the foregoing shall be appointed by the chairmen, Appointment, etc.respectively, of said committees, and shall perform under the direction of the Doorkeeper all of the duties heretofore required of messengers detailed to said committees by the Doorkeeper, and shall be subject to removal by the Doorkeeper at any time after the termination of the Congress during which they were appointed. office of sergeant at armsOffice of Sergeant at Arms. Sergeant at Arms, deputy, cashier, etc.Salaries:
Sergeant at Arms, $6,500; Deputy Sergeant at Arms, $2,880; cashier, $4,000; two bookkeepers, at’$2,640 each; Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs. $2,150; pair clerk and messenger, $2,150; messenger, $1,730; stenographer and typewriter, $1,200; skilled laborer, $1,140; hire for automobile, $600; in all, $27,630. Police, House Office Building.For police force, House Office Building, under the Sergeant at Arms: Lieutenant. $1,520; nineteen privates at $1,360 each; in all, $27,360. 543 office of doorkeeperDoorkeeper’s office.
Salaries: Doorkeeper, $5,000; special employee, $2,500; superintendentDoorkeeper, special employee, etc. of House press gallery, $3,300: assistant to the superintendent of the House press gallery, $2,240; janitor, $2,040; messengers—Messengers, etc.seventeen at $1,500 each, fourteen on soldiers’ roll at $1,520 each; laborers—seventeen at $1,010 each, two known as cloakroom men at $1,140 each, eight known as cloakroom men, one at $1,010, and seven at $800 each; two female attendants in ladies’ retiring rooms, at $1,440 each; attendant for the ladies’ reception room, $1,200;Folding room.Superintendent, etc. superintendent of folding room, $2,880; foreman of folding room, $2,340; chief clerk to superintendent of folding room, $2,150; three clerks, at $1,040 each; janitor, $1,010; laborer, $1,010; thirty-one folders, at $1,200 each; shipping clerk, $1,520; two drivers, at $1,140 each; two chief pages, at $1,740 each; two telephone pages, at $1,440 each; two floor managers of telephones (one for the minority), at $2,400 each; two assistant floor managers in charge of telephones (one for the minority), at $1,830 each; forty-one pages, during thePages, etc. session, including ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $3.30 per day each, $15,694.80; press-gallery page, $1,200; superintendent of document room, $3,050; assistant superintendentDocument room.Superintendent, etc. of document room, $2,460; clerk, $2,040; assistant clerk, $1,940; eight assistants, at $1,600 each; janitor, $1,220; messenger to pressroom, $1,310; maintenance and repair of folding room motor truck, $500; in all, $205,874.80. special and minority employeesSpecial and minority employees.
For the employment of Joel Grayson in the document room,Joel Grayson. $2,740. For six minority employees at $2,150 each, authorized and namedMinority employees. in the resolution of December 7, 1925, $12,900. To continue employment of the assistant foreman of the foldingSpecial employees. room, authorized in the resolution of September 30, 1913, $1,737.40. To continue employment of the person named in the resolution of April 28, 1914, as a. laborer, $1,140. To continue employment of the laborer authorized and named in the resolution of December 19, 1901, $1,140.
Clerk, under the direction of the Clerk of the House, named in the resolution of February 13, 1923, $2,740. Successors to any of the employees provided for in the five precedingAppointment of successors. paragraphs may be named by the House of Representatives at any time. Office of majority floor leader: Legislative clerk, $3,600; clerk,Majority floor leader. $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,830; janitor, $1,310; in all, $9,620. Conference minority: Clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $1,830; janitor,Conference minority. $1,310; in all, $6,020.
The foregoing employees to be appointed by the minority leader. To continue the employment of messengers in the majority andCaucus rooms messengers. minority caucus rooms, to be appointed by the majority and minority whips, respectively, at $1,520 each; in all, $3,040. post officePost office. Salaries: Postmaster, $4,200; assistant postmaster, $2,570; registryPostmaster, assistant, etc. and money-order clerk, $1,830; thirty-four messengers (including one to superintend transportation of mails), at $1,520 each; for the employment of substitute messengers, and extra services of regular employees at the rate of not to exceed $125 per month each, $1,000; laborer, $1,010; in all, $62,290. 544 Mail vehicles.For the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles for carrying the mails, $3,400. official reporters of debates Official reporters of debates.Salaries:
Six official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House, at $6,000 each; assistant, $3,000; six expert transcribers, at $1,520 each; janitor, $1,220; in all, $49,340. committee stenographers Stenographers to committees.Salaries: Four stenographers to committees, at $6,000 each; janitor, $1,220; in all, $25,220. “During the session” to mean 116 days.Wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and sixteen days from December 6, 1926, to March 31, 1927, both inclusive. clerk hire, members and delegates Clerk hire of Members, etc.Vol. 43, p. 152.For clerk hire necessarily employed by each Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner, in the discharge of his official and representative duties, in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government,” approved May 24, 1924, $1,760,000.
Contingent expenses.CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE Folding materials.For materials for folding, $5,000. Furniture, etc.*Post*, p. 1154.For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including not to exceed $13,000 for labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, and including not to exceed $10,000 for material and labor to reconstruct office cabinets and to convert roll-top desks into flat-top desks, $38,000. Packing boxes.For packing boxes, $4,500. Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, and including reimbursement to the official stenographers to committees for the amounts actually and necessarily paid out by them for transcribing hearings, $75,000.
Committee hearings.For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $15,000. Special and select committees.For expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $40,000. Telegraph and telephone service.For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $60,000. Stationery.For stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners, including $5,000 for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, $60,000.
Postage stamps.For postage stamps: Postmaster, $250; Clerk, $450; Sergeant at Arms, $300; Doorkeeper, $150; in all, $1,150. Automobile, Speaker.For driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $3,000. Folding.For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $12,000. Clerical assistance to Clerk of the House.For assistance rendered during the calendar years 1925 and 1926 in compiling list of reports to be made to Congress by public officials;
Specified objects.compiling copy and revising proofs for the House portion of the Official Register; preparing and indexing the statistical reports of the Clerk of the House; compiling the telephone and Members’ 545directories; preparing and indexing the daily Calendars of Business; preparing the official statement of Members’ voting records; preparing list of congressional nominees, and statistical summary of elections; preparing and indexing questions of order printed in the appendix to the Journal pursuant to House Rule III; and forElection statements. recording and filing statements of political committees and candidates for nomination and election to the House of RepresentativesVol. 43, p. 1071. pursuant to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925, $5,000, To pay William Tyler Page, Clerk of the House of Representatives,William Tyler Page.Compiling, etc., documents in contested-election cases. for services in compiling, arranging for the printer, reading proof, indexing testimony, stenography and typewriting, supervision of the work, and expenses incurred in the contested-election cases of the Sixty-ninth Congress, as authorized by the Act entitled “AnVol. 24, p. 445.
Act relating to contested elections,” approved March 2, 1887, $2,483.68, and an additional sum to such persons as were actuallyAdditional, for assistance. engaged in the work, designated by him, and in such proportions as he may deem just for the assistance rendered in the work, $1,516.32; in all, $4,000. capitol policeCapitol police. Salaries: Captain, $2,150; three lieutenants, at $1,520 each; twoPay. special officers, at $1,520 each; three sergeants, at $1,410 each; forty-four privates, at $1,360 each; one-half of said privates to be selected by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and one-half by the Sergeant at Arms of the House; in all, $73,820.
For contingent expenses, $200.Contingent expenses. For purchasing and supplying uniforms and motor cycles toUniforms, etc. Capitol police, $3,750. One-half of the foregoing amounts under “ Capitol police ” shallDivision of disbursements. be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTINGJoint Committee on Printing. For clerk, $4,000; inspector, under section 20 of the Act approvedClerk, etc.Vol. 28, p. 603. January 12, 1895, $2,490; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,100; for expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the CongressionalCongressional Directory.
Directory, $1,600; in all, $10,190, one half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSELLegislative Counsel. For salaries and expenses of maintenance of the office of LegislativeSalaries, etc. Counsel, as authorized by section 1303 of the Revenue ActVol. 40, p. 1141; Vol. 43, p. 353. of 1918 as amended by section 1101 of the Revenue Act of 1924, $50,000, of which $25,000 shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and $25,000 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONSStatement of appropriations. For preparation, under the direction of the Committees onFor preparing, first session, sixty-ninth Congress. Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills, as required by law, $4,000, to be paid to the personsVol. 25, p. 587. designated by the chairmen of said committees to do the work. 546 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOLArchitect of the Capitol. office of architect of the capitol Architect, chief clerk, etc.Salaries:
Architect of the Capitol, $6,000; chief clerk, $3,150; civil engineer, $2,770; two clerks, at $1,840 each; compensation to disbursing clerk, $1,000; laborers—one at $1,104, two at $1,010 each, two at $950 each; forewoman of charwomen, $760; twenty-one charwomen, at $412.80 each; in all, $31,052.80. Elevator conductors.For forty-eight elevator conductors, including fourteen for the Senate Office Building and fourteen for the House Office Building, at $1,520 each, $72,960. capitol buildings and groundsCapitol buildings and grounds.
General repairs to building.Capitol Buildings: For work at the Capitol and for general repairs thereof, including cleaning and repairing works of art, flags, flagstaffs, halyards, and tackle; personal and other services; purchase or exchange, maintenance, and driving of motor-propelled, passenger-carrying office vehicles; and not exceeding $100 for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books and city directory, $70,240. Travel allowances.Appropriations herein made under the control of the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $1,000.
Pointing stonework.For pointing up the stonework, House and Senate wings of the Capitol Building? and for all labor, material, and personal services connected therewith, $5,000. Electric lift, House wing.For an electric lift for the House wing of the Capitol, with a capacity of two thousand pounds, for the use of the folding room of the House of Representatives, $1,500. Restoring corridor decorations, Senate wing.For continuing the work of restoring the decoration of the first-floor corridors in the Senate wing of the Capitol, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $5,000.
Improving, etc., grounds.Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, pay of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners, care of trees, plantings, fertilizers, repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways, $69,918. Replacing drains.For labor and material and all necessary expenses for replacement of drains on the west fountain plaza and Maryland Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue approaches on west side of Capitol Building, $5,000.
Repairs to garages, etc.For repairs and improvements to Senate and House garages and Maltby Building, including personal services, $1,500. Senate Office Building.Maintenance.Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, and for all necessary personal and other services for the care and operation of the Senate Office Building, under the direction and supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules, $89,413.80. Furniture, etc.For furniture for the Senate Office Building and for labor and material incident thereto and repairs thereof, window shades, awnings, carpets, glass for windows and bookcases, desk lamps, window ventilators, name plates for doors and committee tables, electric fans, and so forth, $7,500.
House Office Building.Maintenance.Capitol power plant.Maintenance.Buildings supplied.House Office Building: For maintenance, including miscellaneous items, and for all necessary services, $97,217. Capitol power plant: For lighting, heating, and power for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, and Congressional Library Building, and the grounds about the same, Coast and 547Geodetic Survey, the Union Station group of temporary housing. Botanic Garden, Senate garage, House garage, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the Senate, Government Printing Office, and Washington City post office; pay of superintendent of meters at the rate of $1,940 per annum and $300 additional for the maintenance of an automobile for his use, who shall inspect all gas and electric meters of the Government in the District of Columbia without additional compensation; for necessary personal and other services; and for materials and labor in connection with the maintenance and operation of the heating, lighting, and power plant and substations connected therewith, $244,011.60.
The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $38,000 forRemodeling Capitol heating System.Balance available.Vol. 43, p. 673. remodeling and improving the heating system of the Capitol Building, contained in the Deficiency Appropriation Act approved December 5, 1924, is continued and made available for the same purposes until June 30, 1927. For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising for the powerOperating supplies. plant which furnishes heat and light for the Capitol and congressional buildings and other buildings specified in the foregoing paragraph, $137,922.
The foregoing appropriations under the Architect of the CapitolPurchases independent of Supply Committee.Vol. 36, p. 531. may be expended without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910, concerning purchases for executive departments. Hereafter the purchase of supplies and equipment and the procurementOpen market purchase for small amounts. of services for all branches under the Architect of the Capitol may be made in the open market without compliance with sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes of the United States[R.
S., secs. 3709, 3744, pp. 773, 738](/us/rs/s3709/3744/pp773/738). in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $200 in any instance. The Department of the Interior, the Public Health Service, theReimbursement tor current, etc., furnished to other Government buildings. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Union Station group of temporary housing, the Government Printing Office, and the Washington City post office shall reimburse the Capitol power plant for heat, light, and power furnished during (he fiscal year 1927, and the amounts so reimbursed shall be credited to the appropriations for the said plant and be available for the purposes named therein. library building and groundsLibrary buildings and grounds.
Salaries: Chief engineer, $2,520; chief electrician, $2,520; decorator,Operating force, $2,000; painter, $1,728; assistant engineers—one $1,860, two at $1,764 each, one $1,728; machinists—one $1,764, one $1,728; two assistant electricians at $1,800 each; carpenters—one $1,800, one $1,728; plumber, $1,740; skilled laborers—two at $1,320 each, five at $1,260 each; in all, $37,184. For trees, shrubs, plants, fertilizers, and skilled labor for theTrees, plants, etc. grounds of Library of Congress and for repointing and repairing masonry wall around Library grounds, $2,500.
For repairs, miscellaneous supplies, electric and steam apparatus,Repairs, etc. and all incidental expenses in connection with the mechanical and structural maintenance of said building, including repairs to skylights, gutters, roof, and down spouts; pointing-up open joints in stone walk around the octagon and dome; partitions and grille work to inclose workshops; repairs and replacements of plumbing in lavatories and for ventilation of east south curtain, second story (card division), and completion of waterproofing of vaults over machinery in east cellar of building, $12,500.
For furniture, including partitions, screens, shelving, and electricalFurniture, shelving, etc. work pertaining thereto, $12,000. 548 Painting.For miscellaneous and necessary painting throughout the Library Building, $2,500. Improving ventilation.New bookstack furnishings.For improving ventilation of north and south bookstacks, $12,000. For metal and wood furniture and other furnishings for equipping the new bookstack in the northeast court of the Library Building, $13,000. Completing new bookstack.To complete the construction of new bookstacks in the northeast court of the Library of Congress, $400,000. botanic gardenBotanic Garden.
Director, and personnel.Vol. 42, p 1488.Salaries: For the director and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $77,544; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library. Repairs, improvements, etc.Repairs and improvements: For procuring manure, soil, tools, purchasing trees, shrubs, plants, and seeds; materials and miscellaneous supplies, including rubber boots and aprons when required for use by employees in connection with their work; traveling expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence of the director and his assistants not to exceed $475; street-car fares not exceeding $25; office equipment and contingent expenses in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden; exchange, care, and maintenance of motor-propelled vehicles; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; general repairs to buildings, greenhouses, heating apparatus, packing sheds, storerooms, and stables; painting, glazing; repairs to footwalks and roadways; repairing and putting comfort stations in sanitary condition; repairs and improvements to director’s residence; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $47,300.
Minor purchases, without advertising.The sum of $150 may be expended at any one time by the Botanic Garden for the purchase of plants, trees, shrubs, and other nursery [R. S., sec. 3709, p. 773](/us/rs/s3709/p773).stock, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Four trucks from War Department.Within thirty days after the approval of this Act the Secretary of War is authorized to deliver to the Botanic Garden, without payment therefor, four trucks.
Plans for new conservatories, etc.Any unexpended balance of the appropriation of $5,000 “to enable the Joint Committee on the Library to carry out the Vol. 43, pp. 729, 1297.provisions of the joint resolution entitled ‘Joint resolution providing for the procurement of a design for the use of grounds in the vicinity of the Mall by the United States Botanic Garden,’ approved Reappropriation.January 7, 1925,” is reappropriated and made available for the same purposes for the fiscal years 1926 and 1927 for expenditure by contract or otherwise as the joint committee may direct including services heretofore employed or rendered.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESSLibrary of Congress. salaries Librarian, and personnelFor the Librarian, chief assistant librarian, and other personal services in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923,” $518,585. copyright officeCopyright Office. Register, and personnel.For the Register of Copyrights, assistant register, and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $165,640. 549 legislative reference serviceLegislative Reference Service. To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ competent personsPersonnel for designated work. to gather, classify, and make available, in translation, indexes, digests, compilations, and bulletins, and otherwise, data for or bearing upon legislation, and to render such data serviceable to Congress and committees and Members thereof, including not to exceed $5,700 for employees engaged on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $61,530. distribution of card indexesCard indexes.
For the distribution of card indexes and other publications of theDistribution service. Library, including personal services, freight charges (not exceeding $500), expressage, postage, traveling expenses connected with such distribution, expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, and including not to exceed $16,000 for employees engaged on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the Librarian; in all, $102,364.
Temporary services: For special and temporary service, includingTemporary services. extra special services of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $3,000. sunday openingSunday opening. To enable the Library of Congress to be kept open for referenceExpenses. use on Sundays and on holidays within the discretion of the Librarian, including the extra services of employees and the services of additional employees under the Librarian, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $13,125. increase of the libraryIncrease of the Library.
For purchase of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers,Purchase of books, etc. and all other material, for the increase of the Library, including payment in advance for subscription books, and society publications, and for freight, commissions, and traveling expenses, and all other expenses incidental to the acquisition of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library by purchase, gift, bequest, or exchange, to continue available during the fiscal year 1928, $95,000;
For purchase of books and for periodicals for the law library,Law books, etc. under the direction of the Chief Justice, $3,000; For purchase of new books of reference for the Supreme Court,Books for Supreme Court. to be a part of the Library of Congress, and purchased by the marshal of the Supreme Court, under the direction of the Chief Justice, $2,500; In all, $100,500. printing and binding For printing and binding for the Library of Congress, includingPrinting and binding. the Copyright Office and the binding, rebinding, and repairing of library books, and for the Library Building, $260,000.
For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of theCatalogue of Title Entries. Copyright Office, $45,000. contingent expenses of the library For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, stationery, supplies,Contingent expenses. stock, and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous traveling 550expenses, postage, transportation, incidental expenses connected with the administration of the Library and Copyright Office, including not exceeding $500 for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, $10,000. library buildingLibrary Building.
Administrative assistant, etc.Salaries: For the administrative assistant and disbursing officer and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $107,702. Sunday, etc., opening.For extra services of employees and additional employees under the Librarian to provide for the opening of the Library Building on Sundays and on legal holidays, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $3,550. Temporary services.For special and temporary services in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Building, including extra special services of regular employees at, the discretion of the Librarian, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $500.
Mail, incidental expenses.For mail, delivery, and telephone services, stationery, miscellaneous supplies, and all other incidental expenses in connection with the custody and maintenance of the Library Building, $7,000. Trust Fund Board.Expenses.Vol. 43, p. 1107.For any expense of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, including cost of its seal, not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the board, $500, to be immediately available. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEGovernment Printing Office. office of public printerPublic Printer’s Office.
Public Printer, Deputy, and office personnel.*Proviso*.Deemed a separate unit.*Post*, p. 553.Salaries: Public Printer, $7,500; Deputy Public Printer, $5,000; for personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $143,953: *Provided*, That for the purpose of conforming to section 3 of this Act, this appropriation shall be considered a separate appropriation unit; in all, $156,453. public printing and bindingPrinting and binding. Working capital provided.To provide the Public Printer with a working capital for the following purposes for the execution of printing, binding, lithographing, mapping, engraving, and other authorized work of the Government Printing Office for the various branches of the Salaries, wages, etc.Government:
For salaries, compensation, or wages of all necessary officers and employees additional to those herein appropriated for, including employees necessary to handle waste paper and condemned material for sale; to enable the Public Printer to Holidays.comply with the provisions of law granting holidays and Executive orders granting holidays and half holidays with pay to employees, to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of law Leaves of absence.granting thirty days’ annual leave to employees with pay; rents, fuel, gas, heat, electric current, gas and electric fixtures; bicycles, Contingent expenses.motor-propelled vehicles for the carriage of printing and printing supplies, and the maintenance, repair, and operation of the same, to be used only for official purposes, including purchase, exchange, operation, repair, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use of the officers of the Government Printing Office when in writing ordered by the Public Printer (not exceeding $4,000); freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service; furniture, typewriters, and carpets; traveling expenses; stationery, postage, and advertising; directories, technical books, and books of 551reference (not exceeding $500), subscriptions for which may be paid in advance; adding and numbering machines, time stamps, and otherMachinery, equipment, etc. machines of similar character; machinery (not exceeding $200,000); equipment, and for repairs to machinery, implements, and buildings, and for minor alterations to buildings; necessary equipment, maintenance, and supplies for the emergency room for the use of all employees in the Government Printing Office who may be taken suddenly ill or receive injury while on duty; other necessary contingent and miscellaneous items authorized by the Public Printer:*Proviso*.Furnishing supplies to departments, etc. *Provided*, That inks, glues, and other supplies manufactured by the Government Printing Office in connection with its work may be furnished to departments and other establishments of the Government upon requisition, and payment made from appropriations available therefor; for expenses authorized in writing by the JointInspection.
Committee on Printing for the inspection of printing and binding equipment, material, and supplies and Government printing plants in the District of Columbia or elsewhere (not exceeding $1,000); forIndexing Congressional Record. salaries and expenses of preparing the semimonthly and session indexes of the Congressional Record under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing (chief indexer at $3,150, one cataloguer at $2,880, and two cataloguers at $2,150 each); and for allPaper, materials, etc. the necessary labor, paper, materials, and equipment needed in the prosecution and delivery and mailing of the work, $2,400,000, toCharged to Congress. which shall be charged the printing and binding authorized to be done for Congress, the printing and binding for use of the Government Printing Office, and printing and binding (not exceedingArchitect of the Capitol. $1,500) for official use of the Architect of the Capitol when authorized by the Secretary of the Senate, in all to an amount not exceeding this sum.
Printing and binding for Congress chargeable to the foregoingAuthority for Congressional work. appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containing an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made. During the fiscal year 1927 any executive department or independentPayment for work ordered by departments, etc. establishment of the Government ordering printing and binding from the Government Printing Office shall pay promptly by check to the Public Printer upon his written request, either in advance or upon completion of the work, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Public Printer in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment: *Provided*, That proper adjustments*Proviso*.Adjustment of accounts. on the basis of the actual cost of delivered work paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly and as may be agreed upon by the Public Printer and the department or establishment concerned.
AH sums paid to the Public Printer for work that he isSums paid for work to be credited to working capital. authorized by law to do shall be deposited to the credit, on the books of the Treasury Department, of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office, for the year in which the work is done, and be subject to requisition by the Public Printer. All amounts in the Budget for the fiscal year 1928 for printing andEstimates for departments, etc., to be incorporated in single items. binding for any department or establishment, so far as the Bureau of the Budget may deem practicable, shall be incorporated in a single item for printing and binding for such department or establishment and be eliminated as a part of any estimate for any other purpose.
And if any amounts for printing and binding are included as a partDetails to be given if part of other estimates. of any estimates for any other purposes, such amounts shall be set 552forth in detail in a note immediately following the general estimate *Proviso*.Engraving and Printing Bureau excepted.for printing and binding: *Provided*, That the foregoing requirements shall not apply to work to be executed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Restriction on paying detailed employees.No part of any money appropriated in this Act shall be paid to any person employed in the Government Printing Office while detailed for or performing service in any other executive branch of the public service of the United States unless such detail be authorized by law.
Payment for postal card presses.Payment of not to exceed the contract price of $125,000 for three postal card presses ordered in fiscal years 1924 and 1925 shall be made upon audit and order of the Joint Committee on Printing; and such audit, order, and payment shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties concerned as to correctness of the account. office of superintendent of documentsOffice of Superintendent of Documents. Superintendent, and personnel.For the Superintendent of Documents, assistant superintendent, and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act *Provisos*.Compensation allowances for night, etc., work.of 1923, $382,050: *Provided*, That employees in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents may be paid compensation for night, Sunday, holiday, and overtime work at rates not in excess of the rates or additional compensation for such work allowed to other employees of the Government Printing Office under the provisions of Vol. 43, p. 658.the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office,” approved Deemed a separate unit.*Post*, p. 553.June 7, 1924: *Provided further*, That for the purpose of conforming to section 3 of this Act, this appropriation shall be considered a separate appropriation unit.
Contingent expenses.For furniture and fixtures, typewriters, carpets, labor-saving machines and accessories, time stamps, adding and numbering machines, awnings, curtains, books of reference (subscriptions to which may be paid in advance); directories, books, miscellaneous office and desk supplies, paper, twine, glue, envelopes, postage, car fares, soap, towels, disinfectants, and ice; drayage, express, freight, telephone and telegraph service; traveling expenses (not to exceed $200); repairs to building, elevators, and machinery; preserving sanitary condition of building, light, heat, and power; stationery and office printing, including blanks, price lists, and bibliographies, $85,000; for catalogues and indexes, not exceeding $18,400; for supplying books to depository libraries, $85,000; in all, $188,400: *Proviso*.Supplying depository libraries restricted.*Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be used to supply to depository libraries any documents, books, or other printed matter not requested by such libraries.
Reports of departments, etc., may be discontinued.In order to keep the expenditures for printing and binding for the fiscal year 1927 within or under the appropriations for such fiscal year, the heads of the various executive departments and independent establishments are authorized to discontinue the printing of *Proviso*.Originals to be kept for public inspection.annual or special reports under their respective jurisdictions: *Provided*, That where the printing of such reports is discontinued, the original copy thereof shall be kept on file in the offices of the heads of the respective departments or independent establishments for public inspection.
Purchases, without reference to Supply Committee.Vol. 28. p. 601.Vol. 36, p. 531.Purchases may be made from the foregoing appropriations under the “ Government Printing Office,” as provided for in the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, and without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910, concerning purchases for executive departments. Sec. 2. Private vehicle restriction. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles.
Hereafter the 553Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives and theCongressional stationery room. Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, respectively, shall make and issue regulations specifyingPurchase through, limited. the classes of articles which may be purchased by or through the stationery rooms of the House and Senate. Sec. 3. In expending appropriationsRestriction on exceeding average salaries in offices designated.Vol. 43, p. 1488. or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress, or the Government Printing Office, shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by suchIf only one position in a grade.
Act, 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 ofAdvances allowed in unusually meritorious eases. 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 gradesNot applicable to clerical-mechanical services.No fixed salary reduced. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service,
(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 isTransfers to another position without reduction. 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, or
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary underHigher salary rates permitted. 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,” and is specifically authorized by other law. Approved, May 13, 1926.