Chapter 580. Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes
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Chap. 580: Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. Chapter 580 45 Stat. 573 1928-05-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 580.— An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.
May 16, 1928.[[H. R. 9481](/us/bill/70/hr/9481).][[Public, No. 400](/us/pl/70/400).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following Independent Offices Act, 1929.Appropriations for fiscal year 1929.sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, namely:
EXECUTIVE OFFICEExecutive Office. compensation of the president and vice presidentCompensation. For compensation of the President of the United States, $75,000.President. For compensation of the Vice President of the United States, $15,000.Vice President. office of the presidentOffice of the President. Salaries: For Secretary to the President, $10,000; personal services Secretary, and office personnel.in the office of the President in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $86,480; in all, $96,480: *Provided*, That employees of *Proviso*.Detail of employees to office.the executive departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Government may be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States for such temporary assistance as may be deemed necessary.
Contingent expenses: For contingent expenses of the Executive Contingent expenses.Office, including stationery, record books, telegrams, telephones, books for library, furniture and carpets for offices, automobiles, expenses of garage, including labor, special services, and miscellaneous items, to be expended in the discretion of the President, $35,000. For printing and binding, $2,800.Printing and binding. Traveling expenses: For traveling and official entertainment expenses Traveling, etc., expenses.of the President of the United States, to be expended in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely, $25,000. 574 Executive Mansion, etc.executive mansion and grounds Care, repairs, etc.For the care, maintenance, repair, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures of the Executive Mansion, the Executive Mansion greenhouses, including reconstruction, and the Executive Mansion grounds, and not to exceed $100 for traveling expenses, to be expended by contract or otherwise as the President may determine, $102,000.
White House police.white house police Salaries.Salaries: First sergeant, $2,700; three sergeants at $2,400 each; and thirty-five privates at $2,100 each; in all, $83,400. Uniforms and equipment.For uniforming and equipping the White House police, including the purchase, issue, and repair of revolvers and the purchase and issue of ammunition and miscellaneous supplies, to be procured in such manner as the President in his discretion may determine, $2 500. Total, Executive Office, $437,180.
Independent establishments.INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS Alien Property Custodian.ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN All office expenses.Vol. 40, p. 415; Vol. 41, pp. 35, 977, 1147; Vol. 42, p. 351, 1511; Vol. 44, p. 406.All expenses of the office of the Alien Property Custodian authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes,” approved October 6, 1917, as amended, including compensation of the Alien Property *Ante*, p. 254.Payment from funds under control of Custodian.Custodian at not to exceed $10,000 per annum; shall be paid from interest and collections on trust funds and other properties under the control of such Custodian.
American Battle Monuments Commission.AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION All expenses.Vol. 42, p. 1509.For every expenditure requisite for or incident to the work of the American Battle Monuments Commission authorized by the Act entitled “An Act for the creation of an American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the American soldier in Europe, and for other purposes,” approved Title to land in foreign countries.March 4, 1923, including the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries for carrying out the purposes of said Act without submission to the Attorney General of the United States under the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes; employment of Travel expenses.personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the transportation of, mileage of, reimbursement of actual travel expenses or per diem in lieu thereof to the personnel engaged upon the work of the commission; the reimbursement of actual travel expenses (not exceeding an average of $8 per day for subsistence) or per diem in lieu thereof (not exceeding $7 per day) to, and the transportation of the members of the commission, while engaged Office expenses abroad.upon the work of the commission; the establishment of offices and the rent of office space in foreign countries; the purchase of motorpropelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the official use of the commission and its personnel in foreign countries, at a total cost of not to exceed $2,000; the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles which may be furnished Printing, etc.to the commission by other departments of the Government or acquired by purchase; printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photographing, and typewriting, including the publication of information concerning the American activities, battlefields, memorials, and cemeteries in Europe; the purchase of maps, textbooks, news-575papers, and periodicals, $700,000, to be immediately available and to *Provisos*.Contracts, etc., authorized.remain available until expended: *Provided*, That the commission may incur obligations and enter into contracts for building materials and supplies and for construction work, which, inclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore made available, shall not exceed a Technical work abroad.total of $3,000,000: *Provided further*, That notwithstanding the requirements of existing laws or regulations and under such terms and conditions as the commission may in its discretion deem necessary and proper, the commission may contract for work in Europe, and engage, by contract or otherwise, the services of architects, firms of architects, and other technical and professional personnel: *Provided*Traveling expenses, etc., of Army officers. * further*, That when traveling on business of the commission officers of the Army serving as members or as secretary of the commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for other members of the commission.
ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE COMMISSIONArlington Memorial Bridge Commission. For continuing the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Continuing construction of Memorial Bridge.Vol. 43, p. 974.across the Potomac River at Washington, authorized in an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a memorial bridge across the Potomac River from a point near the Lincoln Memorial in the city of Washington to an appropriate point in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes,” approved February 24, 1925, to be expended in accordance with the provisions and conditions of the said Act, $2,300,000, including all necessary incidental and contingent expenses, the maintenance and repair of one motorpropelled passenger-carrying vehicle, printing and binding, and traveling expenses, to remain available until expended.
BOARD OF MEDIATIONBoard of Mediation. For five members of the board, at $12,000 each, $60,000.Members of board. For other authorized expenditures of the Board of Mediation in All other expenses.Vol. 44, p. 579.Services in the District.performing the duties imposed by law, including not to exceed $90,080 for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923; personal services in the field; contract stenographic reporting services; supplies and equipment; law books and books of reference; not to exceed $200 for newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance; periodicals ; traveling expenses; rent of quarters in the District of Columbia, Rent in the District and outside.if space is not provided by the Public Buildings Commission, and rent of quarters outside the District of Columbia, $155,102.
Arbitration boards: To enable the Board of Mediation to pay Expenses of arbitration boards.Vol. 44, p. 582.necessary expenses of arbitration boards, including compensation of members and employees of such boards, together with their necessary traveling expenses and expenses actually incurred for subsistence while so employed, and printing of awards, together with proceedings and testimony relating thereto, as authorized by the Railway Labor Act, including also contract stenographic reporting service and rent of quarters when suitable quarters can not be supplied in any Federal building, $80,000, to be immediately available.
Emergency boards: For expenses of emergency boards appointed Emergency boards, expenses.Vol. 44, p. 586.by the President to investigate and report respecting disputes between carriers and their employees, as authorized by section 10, Railway Labor Act, approved May 20, 1926, $50,000. For all printing and binding for the Board of Mediation, $2,800.Printing and binding. Total, Board of Mediation, $347,902. 576 Board of Tax Appeals.BOARD OF TAX APPEALS All expenses.Vol. 43, p. 336.Vol. 44, p. 105.For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Board of Tax Appeals as authorized under Title IX, section 900, of the Revenue Act of 1924, approved June 2, 1924, as amended by Title X of the Revenue Act of 1926, approved February 26, 1926, including personal services and contract stenographic reporting services to be obtained by renewal of existing contract, or otherwise, rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, traveling expenses, car fare, stationery, furniture, office equipment, purchase and exchange of typewriters, law books and books of reference, periodicals, and all other necessary supplies, $682,740, of which amount not Services in the District.*Proviso*.Rent restriction.to exceed $511,940 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Board of Tax Appeals, $38,000. Total, Board of Tax Appeals, $720,740. Efficiency Bureau.BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.Expenses.For chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923; contract stenographic reporting services; contingent expenses, including traveling expenses; supplies, stationery; purchase and exchange of equipment; not to exceed $100 for law books, books of reference, and periodicals; and not to exceed $150 for street-car fare; in all Services in the District.$210,000, of which amount not to exceed $202,540 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Bureau of Efficiency, $350. Investigations extended to District municipal government.That the duties and powers of the Bureau of Efficiency prescribed by law with reference to investigations in the executive departments and independent establishments of the Federal Government are hereby extended to include the municipal government of the District of Columbia. Total, Bureau of Efficiency, $210,350. Civil Service Commission.CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Commissioners, and office personnel.Salaries:
For three commissioners, at $7,500 each per annum, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $578,160. Field force.Field force: For salaries of the field force, $334,000. Details from departments, etc., in the District forbidden.No details from any executive department or independent establishment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere to the commission’s central office in Washington or to any of its district offices shall be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929; but this shall nor affect the making of details for service as members of boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the district secretaries.
Emergency transfers of office and field work.The Civil Service Commission shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of its employees herein provided for to or from its office or field force. Expert examiners.For employment of expert examiners not in the Federal service to prepare questions and rate papers in examinations on special subjects for which examiners within the service are not available, $2,000. Examining presidential postmasters.For examination of presidential postmasters, including travel, stationery, contingent expenses, additional examiners and investigators, and other necessary expenses of examinations, $26,000, of which amount not to exceed $22,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 577 For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners Traveling expenses, etc.acting under the direction of the commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington and including not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings of public officials when specifically directed by the commission, $32,000.
For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the Civil Service Contingent expenses.Commission, including furniture and other equipment and repairs thereto; supplies; advertising; telegraph, telephone, and laundry service; freight and express charges; street-car fares not to exceed $200; stationery; purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, directories, payment in advance for subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, not to exceed $1,000; charts; purchase, exchange, maintenance and repair of motor trucks, motor cycles, and bicycles; maintenance, and repair of a motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicle to be used only for official purposes; garage rent; postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries; special-delivery stamps; and other like miscellaneous necessary expenses not hereinbefore provided for; in all, $44,000.
For rent of building for the Civil Service Commission, $24,592, Rent.if space can not be assigned by the Public Buildings Commission in other buildings under the control of that commission. For all printing and binding of the Civil Service Commission, Printing and binding.including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $58,000. Total, Civil Service Commission, $1,098,752. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTSCommission of Fine Arts.
For expenses made necessary by the Act entitled “An Act establishing Expenses.Vol. 36, p. 371.a Commission of Fine Arts,” approved May 17, 1910, including the purchase of periodicals, maps, and books of reference, and payment of actual traveling expenses of the members and secretary of the commission in attending meetings of the commission either within or outside of the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers approved by the commission, $7,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
For all printing and binding for the Commission of Fine Arts, $300.Printing and binding. Total, Commission of Fine Arts, $7,300. EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSIONEmployees Compensation Commission. For three commissioners and other personal services in the District Commissioners, and office personnel.of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including not to exceed $1,000 for temporary experts and assistants in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to be paid at a rate not exceeding $8 per day, and for personal services in the field; for furniture and Contingent expenses.other equipment and repairs thereto; law books, books of reference, periodicals; stationery and supplies; traveling expenses; fees and mileage of witnesses; contract stenographic reporting services; rent and miscellaneous items, $460,000.
For all printing and binding for the Employees’ Compensation Printing and binding.Commission, $15,000. Employees’ compensation fund: For the payment of compensation Employees’ compensation fund.Allowances from.Vol. 39, pp. 743, 745.provided by “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916, includ-578ing medical examinations, traveling and other expenses, and loss of wages payable to employees under sections 21 and 22; all services, Burial expenses.appliances, and supplies provided by section 9, as amended, including payments to Army and Navy hospitals; the transportation and burial expenses provided by sections 9 and 11; and advancement of costs Recoveries.Vol. 39, p. 747.for the enforcement of recoveries provided in sections 26 and 27 where necessary, accruing during the fiscal year 1929 or in prior fiscal years, $3,200,000.
Total, Employees’ Compensation Commission, $3,675,000. Vocational Education Board.FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION vocational education Hawaii.For extending to the Territory of Hawaii the benefits of the Act Vocational education extended to.Vol. 39, p. 929.entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its Vol. 43, p. 18.expenditure,” approved February 23, 1917, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii,” approved March 10, 1924, $30,000.
Vocational rehabilitation.vocational rehabilitation Expenses of providing.Vol. 41, p. 735; Vol. 43, p. 430.For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment,” approved June 2, 1920, as amended by the Act of June 5, 1924, *Proviso*.Basis of apportionment to States.$750,000: *Provided*, That the apportionment to the States shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $1,034,000, as authorized by the Act approved June 2, 1920, as amended by the Act approved June 5, 1924.
Administrative expenses.Investigating placements, etc.Vol. 41, p. 735: Vol. 43, p. 432.For the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports regarding the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and their placements in suitable or gainful occupations, and for the administrative expenses of said board incident to performing the duties imposed by the Act of June 2, 1920, as amended by the Act of June Office personnel, etc.5, 1924, including salaries of such assistants, experts, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, as the board may deem necessary, actual traveling and other necessary Attendance at meetings.Rent, etc.expenses incurred by the members of the board and by its employees, under its orders; including attendance at meetings of educational associations and other organizations, rent and equipment of offices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books of reference, law books, and periodicals, payment in advance for subscriptions Printing and binding.to newspapers not to exceed $50 per annum, stationery, typewriters and exchange thereof, miscellaneous supplies, postage on foreign mail, printing and binding to be done at the Government Printing Office, and all other necessary expenses, $73,000, of which Services in the District.amount not to exceed $53,720 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Attendance at meetings allowed from expenses of board.Appropriations available to the Federal Board tor Vocational Education for salaries and expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of educational associations and other organizations which in the discretion of the board are necessary for the efficient discharge of its responsibilities. Total, Federal Board for Vocational Education, $853,000. 579 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSIONFederal Power Commission. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of All expenses.Vol. 41, p. 1063.the Federal Power Commission as authorized by law, including traveling expenses; contract stenographic reporting services, and not exceeding $500 for press-clipping service, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, $108,840, of which amount not to Personnel.exceed $87,840 shall be available for personal services, and of this amount not to exceed $83,840 shall be available for personal services, in the District Services in the District.of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923: *Provided*, That the transfer of civilian employees to the rolls of *Proviso*.Transfer of civilians to rolls without salary reduction.the Federal Power Commission on July 1, 1928, may be made without reduction in salary.
For all printing and binding for the Federal Power Commission, Printing and binding.$3,800. Total, Federal Power Commission, $112,640. FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSIONFederal Radio Commission. For five commissioners, at $30 each per diem, $18,000.Commissioners. For all other authorized expenditures of the Federal Radio Commission All other expenses.Vol. 44, p. 1162.in performing the duties imposed by the Radio Act of 1927, including personal services, contract stenographic reporting services, printing and binding, supplies and equipment, travel and other necessary expenses, $62,560, of which amount not to exceed $40,260 may Services in the District.be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Total, Federal Radio Commission, $80,560. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONFederal Trade Commission. For five commissioners at $10,000 each per annum, $50,000.Commissioners. For all other authorized expenditures of the Federal Trade Commission All other expenses.Vol. 38, p. 717.in performing the duties imposed by law or in pursuance of law, including secretary to the commission and other personal services, contract stenographic reporting services to be obtained on and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its discretion, through the civil service or by contract, or renewal of existing contract, or otherwise, supplies and equipment, law books, books of reference, periodicals, garage rental, traveling expenses, not to exceed Vol. 38, p. 722.$225 for newspapers, foreign postage, and witness fees and mileage in accordance with section 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, Services in the District, etc.$895,000, of which amount not to exceed $771,030 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, including witness fees.
For all printing and binding for the Federal Trade Commission, $18,000.Printing and binding. Total, Federal Trade Commission, $963,000. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICEGeneral Accounting Office. Salaries: Comptroller General, $10,000; Assistant Comptroller Comptroller General, Assistant, and office personnel.General, $7,500; and for other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $3,557,500; in all, $3,575,000. Contingent expenses:
For traveling expenses, materials, supplies, Contingent expenses.equipment, and services; rent of buildings and equipment; purchase and exchange of books, books of reference, and periodicals, tabulating cards, typewriters, calculating machines, and other office appliances, including their development, repairs and maintenance, including motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and miscellaneous items, $220,000. 580 Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General, $25,000.
Total, General Accounting Office, $3,820,000. Housing Corporation.HOUSING CORPORATION Salaries in the District, for specified purposes.Salaries: For officers, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia necessary to collect and account for the receipts from the sale of properties and the receipts from the operation of unsold properties of the United States Housing Corporation, the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, property commandeered by the United States through the Secretary of Labor, and to collect the amounts advanced to transportation facilities and others, $40,300: *Proviso*.Pay restriction;*Provided*, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $5,000 per annum, and only one person may be employed at that rate.
Contingent expenses.Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices at Washington, District of Columbia, including purchase of blank books, maps, stationery, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, freight and express charges; telegraph and telephone service; and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, and necessary to collect moneys and loans due the corporation, $5,000. Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the United States Housing Corporation, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $800.
Collections from sales, etc.Vol. 41, p. 224.Collections: For the collection of money due from the sale of real and other property under the provision of the Act approved July 19, 1919, the collection of rentals from unsold properties, including necessary office and travel expenses outside of the District of Columbia, $22,000. Government Hotel, D. C.Washington, District of Columbia, Government hotel for Government workers: For maintenance, operation, and management of the hotel and restaurants therein, including purchase and replacement of equipment and personal services and including not to exceed $300 for the repair and maintenance of an automobile for official use, Personal services in the District.$403,250, of which amount not to exceed $238,590 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia in addition to any *Proviso*.Pay restriction.meals and lodging allowed employees: *Provided*, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $5,000 per annum, in addition to any meals and lodging, and only one person may be employed at that rate.
Maintenance of unsold property.Maintenance, unsold property: To maintain and repair houses, buildings, and improvements which are unsold, $400. Miscellaneous property expenses.Miscellaneous expenses account of property sold: To pay taxes, special assessments, and other utility, municipal, State, and county charges or assessments unpaid by purchasers and which have been assessed against property in which the United States Housing Corporation has an interest, and to defray expenses incident to foreclosing mortgages, conducting sales under deeds of trust, or reacquiring title or possession of real property under default proceeding, including attorney fees, witness fees, court costs, charges, and other miscellaneous expenses, $4,000.
Use of former appropriations restricted.No part of the appropriations heretofore made and available for expenditure by the United States Housing Corporation shall be expended for the purposes for which appropriations are made herein. Total, Housing Corporation, $475,750. 581 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONInterstate Commerce Commission. For eleven commissioners, at $12,000 each; secretary, $7,500; in all, Commissioners and secretary.$139,500. For all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution Personnel, and expenses.of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, traveling expenses, and stenographic reporting services to be obtained Stenographic reporting.on and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its discretion, through the civil service or by contract, or renewal of existing contract, or otherwise, $2,564,500, of which amount not to exceedServices in the District. $2,008,010 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure Special counsel, etc.shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $3,000 for necessary books, reports, and periodicals; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture similar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply schedule; and not exceeding $139,000 for rent Rent, D.
C.of buildings in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That this appropriation *Proviso*.Rental restrictions.shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission. To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce compliance Vol. 34, p. 593; Vol. 36, p. 556; Vol. 41, p. 493.with section 20 and other sections of the Act to regulate commerce as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906, and as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920, including the employment of necessary special accounting agents or examiners, and traveling expenses, $1,327,745, of which amount not to exceed $200,000 may be Services in the District.expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed Railway safety appliances.Vol. 27, p. 531; Vol. 29, p. 85; Vol. 32, p. 943; Vol. 39, p. 298.Accidents.Vol. 36, p. 350.Safety signals.Vol. 34, p. 838; Vol. 35, p. 324; Vol. 38, p. 212.regarding and to enforce compliance Enforcing accounting by railroads.with Acts to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and authorizing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906, and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908, to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation, including the employment of a chief Inspectors.inspector at $6,000 per annum, and two assistant chief inspectors at $5,000 each per annum, and such other inspectors as may be necessary, and for traveling expenses, $515,824, of which amount not to exceed $80,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Services in the District.Columbia.
For all authorized expenditures under section 26 of the Act to Automatic train-control devices, etc.Vol. 41, p. 498.regulate commerce as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920, with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices which comply with specifications and requirements prescribed by the commission, including investigations and tests pertaining to block-signal and train-control systems, as authorized Vol. 34, p. 838.by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906, and including the employment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling expenses, $148,320, of which amount not to exceed $100,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
For all authorized expenditures under the provisions of the Act Safe locomotive boilers. etc.Vol. 36, p. 913; Vol. 38, p. 1192; Vol. 40, p. 616.of February 17, 1911, ‘’To promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,” as amended by the Act of March Vol. 43, p. 659.582 4, 1915, extending “the same powers and duties with respect to all parts and appurtenances of the locomotive and tender,” and amendment of June 7, 1924, providing for the appointment from time to time by the Interstate Commerce Commission of not more than Vol. 36, p. 914.fifteen inspectors in addition to the number authorized in the first paragraph of section 4 of the Act of 1911, including such legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical help as the business of the offices of the chief inspector and his two assistants may require, and forServices in the District. traveling expenses, $493,856, of which amount not to exceed $70,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Physical valuation of railroads.Vol. 37, p. 701; Vol. 40, p. 271; Vol. 42, p. 624.Valuation of property of carriers: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to carry out the objects of the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce,’ approved February 4, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof,” by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers Issue of stock, etc.subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, Officials.bonds, and other securities, approved March 1, 1913, including one director of valuation at $10,000 per annum, one supervisor of land appraisals, one supervising engineer, and one supervisor of accounts, at $9,000 each per annum, and one principal valuation examiner at *Proviso*.Rent restriction, D.
C.$7,500 per annum, and traveling expenses, $2,200,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission. Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Interstate Commerce Commission, including reports in all cases proposing general changes in transportation rates and not to exceed $10,000 to print and furnish to the States at cost report form blanks, and the receipts from such reports and blanks shall be credited to this appropriation, $265,000: *Proviso*.Schedule of Sailings excepted.Vol. 41, p. 498. *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be expended for printing the Schedule of Sailings required by section 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act.
Attendance at meetings.Not to exceed $5,000 of the appropriations herein made for the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be available for expenses, except membership fees, for attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the commission. Total, Interstate Commerce Commission, $7,654,745. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS All expenses.*Post*, p. 1627.For scientific research, technical investigations, and special reports in the field of aeronautics, including the necessary laboratory and technical assistants; contracts for personal services in the making of special investigations and in the preparation of special reports; traveling expenses of members and employees; including not to exceed $500 for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance upon meetings of technical and professional societies; office supplies and other miscellaneous expenses, including technical periodicals and books of reference; equipment, maintenance, and operation of the Langley Laboratory.Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory; purchase, maintenance, operation, and exchange of motor-propelled passenger-carrying Services in the field and the District.vehicles; personal services in the field and in the District of Columbia; in all, $587,000, of which amount not to exceed $72,560 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $5,000 may be expended for the development and Wind tunnel.procurement of a design of a wind tunnel suitable for research on full-sized airplanes.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, including all of its offices, laboratories, and 583services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $13,000. Total, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, $600,000. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITALPublic Buildings and Parks of the National Capital. For personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance Personal services.Vol. 43, p. 983.with the Classification Act of 1923, $1,724,530, including not to exceed $25,000 for intermittent and seasonal employees at per diem rates of compensation to be fixed by the director.
For general expenses in connection with the maintenance, care, Maintenance, care, etc., of designated buildings, grounds, etc.improvement, protection, operation, repair, cleaning, heating, and lighting of the Washington Monument and grounds; the Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool; the house where Abraham Lincoln died; grounds surrounding executive departments; and public buildings in the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, including the installation of an electric elevator in the Winder Building, not to exceed $10,000; per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the director, not exceeding current rates for similar employment in the District of Columbia; rent of buildings in the Rent, etc.District of Columbia; city directories; contingent expenses; traveling expenses and car fare not exceeding $300; communication service; professional, scientific, technical, and law books; periodicals and reference books; blank books and forms; photographs; maps; leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees; not exceeding $7,000 for uniforms for employees; the maintenance, repair, exchange, storage, and operation of not to exceed one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of equipment and fixtures; $857,000.
Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, $3,450. A plot of ground comprising not to exceed forty-two thousand Ground for bathing pool.square feet in the southwest corner of square numbered 3530, being a portion of the site of the McKinley High School and the Langley Junior High School, is hereby made available for one of the bathing pools authorized by the Act approved May 4, 1926. Vol. 44, p. 394.Total, Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, $2,584,980.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONSmithsonian Institution. For expenses of the general administrative office, Smithsonian Administrative office expenses.Institution, including an additional assistant secretary at $7,500 per annum during the present incumbency, compensation of necessary employees, traveling expenses, purchase of books and periodicals, supplies and equipment, and any other necessary expenses, $32,500. International exchanges: For the system of international International exchanges.exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, and purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $48,208.
American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches American ethnology.among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of archaeologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $60,300. 584 International Catalogue of Scientific Literature.International Catalogue of Scientific Literature:
For the cooperation of the United States in the work of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation of a classified index catalogue of American scientific publications for incorporation in the International Catalogue, clerk hire, purchase of books and periodicals, traveling expenses, and other necessary incidental expenses, $7,460. Astrophysical Observatory.Astrophysical Observatory: For maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including assistants, purchase of books, periodicals, and apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, repairs and alterations of buildings, preparation of manuscripts, drawings and illustrations, traveling expenses, and miscellaneous expenses, $33,200.
National Museum.national museum Furniture, etc.For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of collections, including necessary employees, $29,560. Heating, lighting, etc.For heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service, and traveling expenses, $84,040. Preserving collections, etc.For continuing preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including necessary employees, travel, and all other necessary expenses and not exceeding $5,500 for preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications, $502,546.
Repairs, etc.For repairs of buildings, shops, and sheds, including all necessary labor and material, $17,730. Books, etc.For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference, $2,000. Postage.For postage stamps and foreign postal cards, $450. National Gallery of Art.national gallery of art Administration expenses.For the administration of the National Gallery of Art by the Smithsonian Institution, including compensation of necessary employees, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, traveling expenses, and necessary incidental expenses, $31,168. printing and bindingPrinting and binding.
For all printing and binding for the Smithsonian Institution, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located American Historical Association.*Proviso*.No pro rata restriction.in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $95,000, of which not to exceed $7,000 shall be available for printing the report of the American Historical Association: *Provided*, That the expenditure of this sum shall not be restricted to a pro rata amount in any period of the fiscal year.
Services in the District.Total, Smithsonian Institution, $944,162, of which amount not to exceed $727,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Tariff Commission.TARIFF COMMISSION Salaries and expenses.For salaries and expenses of the United States Tariff Commission, including purchase and exchange of labor-saving devices, the purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, books of reference, gloves and other protective equipment for photostat and other 585machine operators, payment in advance for subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, and contract stenographic reporting services, as may be necessary, as authorized under Title VII of the Act Vol. 39, p. 790.entitled “An Act to increase the revenue, and for other purposes,” approved September 8, 1916, and under sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 Vol. 42, pp. 941–947.of the Act entitled “An Act to provide revenue to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved September 21, 1922, $738,000, of which amount not to exceed $562,470 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed Services in the District.$2,000 for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance at meetings concerned with subjects under investigation by the commission: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay *Proviso*.Salary restriction.the salary of any member of the United States Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under said sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 of said Act, approved September 21, 1922, wherein he or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative.
For all printing and binding for the Tariff Commission, $16,000.Printing and binding. Total, Tariff Commission, $754,000. UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARDGeographic Board. For salaries and expenses of the United States Geographic Board, Salaries and expenses.including personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and for stationery and office supplies, $3,660. For stationery and printing and binding, $640.Stationery, printing and binding.
Total, United States Geographic Board, $4,300. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARDShipping Board. For seven commissioners at $12,000 each per annum, in all, $84,000.Commissioners. For all other expenditures authorized by the Act approved September All other expenses.Vol. 39, p. 728; Vol. 41, p. 988.Personnel included.7, 1916, as amended, and by the Act approved June 5, 1920, including the compensation of a secretary to the board, attorneys, officers, naval architects special experts, examiners, and clerks, including one admiralty counsel at $10,000 per annum, and other employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and for all other expenses of the board, including the rental of quarters outside the Outside rent.District of Columbia, law books, books of reference, periodicals, and traveling expenses of members of the board, its special experts, and other employees, while upon official business away from their designated posts of duty, and for the employment by contract or otherwise of expert stenographic reporters for its official reporting work, and including the investigation of foreign discrimination against vessels Investigating discrimination against American vessels, etc.and shippers of the United States and for the investigation of transportation of immigrants in vessels of the United States Shipping Board, $195,750, of which amount not to exceed $172,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Estimates to include employees permanently detailed from Fleet Corporation.That the annual estimates of the Shipping Board for the fiscal year 1930 shall include the salaries of all employees whose service with the board has become permanent through detail from the Merchant Fleet Corporation.
For all printing and binding for the United States Shipping Printing and binding.Board, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $9,000. 586 Shipping fund.united states shipping board shipping fund Merchant Fleet Corporation expenses payable from.Vol. 44, p. 1451.Vol. 41, p. 988.Sources of.*Post*, p. 690.For expenses of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, for administrative purposes, miscellaneous adjustments, losses due to the maintenance and operation of ships, for the repair of ships, and for carrying out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920,
(a)the amount on hand July 1, 1928, but not in excess of the sums sufficient to cover all obligations incurred prior to July 1, 1928, and then unpaid;
(b)$13,400,000, of which $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for reconditioning and operating ships for carrying coal to foreign ports;
(c)the amount received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, from the operation *Provisos*.Payment of claims limited.Liquidation expenses. of ships: *Provided*, That no part of these sums shall be used for the payment of claims other than those resulting from current operation and maintenance;
(d)so much of the total proceeds of all sales pertaining to liquidation received during the fiscal year 1929, but not exceeding $2,225,000, as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquidation, including also the cost of the tie-up and the salaries and expenses No payment of claims.of the personnel directly engaged in liquidation: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be used for the payment of claims;
(e)all Earned interest included in fund.interest earned on the funds, excepting the construction loan fund, of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation is to accrue to these funds and is made available for the purposes hereinbefore set forth subject to the limitations herein established. Unexpended balance for claims continued.Vol. 42, p. 647.That portion of the special claims appropriation, contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923, committed prior to July 1, 1923, and remaining unexpended on June 30, 1928, shall continue available until June 30, 1929, for the same purposes and under the same conditions. Operation of ships taken back from purchasers.To enable the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation to operate ships or lines of ships which have been or may be taken back from purchasers by reason of competition or other methods employed by foreign ship owners or operators, there is Reappropriation of balance.Vol. 44, p. 318.hereby reappropriated the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $10,000,000 made for similar purposes in the Independent Offices *Proviso*.Approval of President required.Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That no expenditure shall be made for the purposes of this paragraph from this sum without the prior approval of the President of the United States. Attorneys subject to approval of Attorney General.No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any attorney, regular or special, for the United States Shipping Board or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation unless the contract of employment has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. Pay restriction.No officer or employee of the United States Shipping Board or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation shall be paid a salary or compensation at a rate per annum in excess of $10,000 except the following: One at not to exceed $18,000, three at not to exceed $15,000 each, and one at not to exceed $12,000. Rent restriction in the District.No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation shall be available for the rent of buildings in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1929 if suitable space is provided for said corporation by the Public Buildings Commission. “Mount Vernon”and “Monticello,” steamships.Reconditioning of, directed.For the reconditioning of the steamships Mount Vernon and Monticello at a total cost not in excess of $12,000,000, not to exceed $10,000,000 is made available from the Construction Loan Fund and shall be reimbursed to such fund with interest at. such rate and within such period as the board may determine, but not exceeding ten years 587after the elate of commission of such reconditioned vessels: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Selling price limited.That after such reconditioning neither of said steamships shall be sold for less than the cost of reconditioning, less a deduction of 5 per centum per annum for depreciation from the date of completion of such reconditioning to the date of sale. Total, United States Shipping Board, $13,688,750: *Provided*, That *Proviso*.Compensation of attorneys.of the sums herein made available under the United States Shipping Board, not to exceed an aggregate of $350,000 shall be expended for compensation of regular attorneys employed on a yearly salary basis and for fees and expenses of attorneys employed in special cases. UNITED STATES VETERANS’ BUREAUVeterans’ Bureau. For carrying out the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to Salaries and expenses.Vol. 42, p. 147.establish a Veterans’ Bureau and to improve the facilities and services of such bureau and to further amend and modify the War Risk Insurance Act approved August 9, 1921,” and to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “World War Veterans’ Act, 1924,” approved Vol. 43, pp. 607,1302; Vol. 44, p. 826.June 7, 1924, as amended, and for administrative expenses in carrying out the provisions of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of Adjusted Compensation Act.Vol. 43, p. 121; Vol. 44, p. 826.May 19, 1924, including salaries of personnel in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and expenses of the central office at Washington, District of Other expenses.Columbia, and regional offices and suboffices, and including salaries, stationery, and minor office supplies, furniture, equipment and supplies, rentals, and alterations, heat, light, and water, miscellaneous expenses, including telephones, telegrams, freight, express, law books, books of reference, periodicals, ambulance service, towel service, laundry service, repairs to equipment, storage, ice, taxi service, car fare, stamps and box rent, traveling and subsistence, including not to exceed $4,000 for the expenses, except membership fees, of employees Attendance at meetings.detailed by the director to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical science and annual national conventions of such organizations as may be recognized by the director in the presentation or adjudication of claims under authority of section 500 of the Vol. 43, p. 1311.World War Veterans’ Act as amended, and traveling expenses of employees transferred from one official station to another when incurred on the written order of the director, salaries and expenses of employees engaged in field investigation and supervision, passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, including purchase, maintenance, repairs, and operation of same, salaries and operating expenses of the Arlington Building and annex, including repairs Arlington Building.and mechanical equipment, fuel, electric current, ice, ash removal, and miscellaneous items; and including the salaries and allowances, where applicable, wages, travel and subsistence of civil employees at the United States veterans’ hospitals, supply depots, dispensaries, and clinics, including the furnishing and laundering of white duck suits, and white canvas shoes to employees whose duties make necessary the wearing of same, $40,000,000: *Provided*, That physicians, *Proviso*.Allowance for transferring household effects of medical service employees on changes of stations.dentists, and nurses of the medical service of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, in addition to their compensation, when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, may be allowed, within the discretion and under written order of the director, the expenses incurred for packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of their household effects and other personal property not exceeding in all 5,000 pounds. Such portion of this appropriation as may be necessary shall be Allotment to Public Health Service details.allotted from time to time by the United States Veterans’ Bureau to the Public Health Service and shall be available for expenditure by 588the Public Health Service for necessary personnel, the pay, allowances, and travel of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service detailed to the United States Veterans’ Bureau for duty. Printing and binding.For printing and binding for the United States Veterans’ Bureau, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $135,000. Military and naval compensation.Vol. 41, p. 371.Vol. 43, pp. 615, 1304.Vol. 44, p. 793.Compensation: For the payment of military and naval compensation accruing during the fiscal year 1929 or in prior fiscal years for death or disability provided by the Act approved October 6, 1917, as amended, and the World War Veterans’ Act 1924, approved June 7, 1924, as amended, $195,000,000. Medical, hospital, etc., services to beneficiaries.Medical and hospital services: For medical, surgical, dental, dispensary, and hospital services and facilities, convalescent care, necessary and reasonable after care, welfare of, nursing, prosthetic appliances (including special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic appliances prescribed by the bureau), medical examinations, funeral, burial, and other incidental expenses (including preparation for shipment and transportation of remains) accruing during the fiscal year 1929, or in prior fiscal years, traveling expenses, Books, magazines, etc.and supplies, and not exceeding $100,000 for library books, magazines, and papers for beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Court expenses for guardians, etc.Bureau, court or other expenses incident to any investigation or court proceeding for the appointment or removal of any guardian, curator, conservator, or other person legally vested with the care of the claimant, or his estate, or in connection with the administration of such estate by such fiduciaries, including court costs and other expenses incident to proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken for commitment of mentally incompetent persons to hospitals for the care and treatment of the insane, $31,675,000. Disposal of allotted appropriation.This appropriation shall be disbursed by the United States Veterans’ Bureau, and such portion thereof as may be necessary shall be allotted from time to time to the Public Health Service, and the War, Navy, and Interior Departments, and transferred to their credit for disbursement by them for the purposes set forth in the foregoing paragraph. Use for new hospitals, sites, etc., forbidden.Amount for alterations, etc.No part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any site for a new hospital, for or toward the construction of any new hospital, or for the purchase of any hospital; and not more than $3,309,384 of this appropriation may be used to alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals under the jurisdiction of the United States Veterans’ Bureau so as to furnish adequate accommodations for its beneficiaries either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials. Expenditure authorized from allotments to other agencies.The allotments made to the Public Health Service, War, Navy, and Interior Departments shall be available for expenditure for care and treatment of beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, and for necessary minor repairs and improvements of existing facilities, under the various headings of appropriations made to said departments as may be necessary. Adjusted service certificate fund.Payment of.Vol. 43, p. 128.Vol. 44, p. 826.Adjusted service certificate fund: For an amount necessary under section 505 of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of May 19, 1924, to provide for the payment of the face value of each adjusted service certificate in twenty years from its date or on the prior death of the veteran, $112,000,000, to remain available until expended. Military and naval insurance.For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year 1929 or in prior fiscal years, $106,750,000. Total, United States Veterans’ Bureau, $485,560,000. Sec. 2.Personal services in District of Columbia.Vol. 42, p. 1488 In expending appropriations 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 5891923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under Restriction on exceeding average salaries.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, and in grades in which only one position If only one position in a grade.is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually Allowance in unusually meritorious cases.meritorious cases of 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 *Proviso*.Restriction not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No fixed salary reduction.Vol. 42, p. 1490.Transfer to another position without reduction. 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 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 Higher salary rates allowed.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, and is specifically authorized by other law. Sec. 3. This Act hereafter may be referred to as the “Independent Title of Act.Offices Act, 1929.” Total appropriated by this Act, $527,593,111. Approved, May 16, 1928.
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