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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 46 STAT. · June 30, 1931 · Chapter 407

Chapter 407. Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 407.— An Act Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. June 6, 1930.[[H. R. 11965](/us/bill/71/hr/11965).][[Public, No. 311](/us/pl/71/311).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Legislative appropriations for fiscal year 1931.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 5](/us/usc/p5). 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, 1931, namely:
SENATESenate. salaries and mileage of senatorsSenators. Compensation.For compensation of Senators, $960,000. Mileage.For mileage of Senators, $51,000. Officers, clerks, messengers, etc.For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others: office of the vice presidentVice President’s office. Secretary, and clerks.Salaries: Secretary to the Vice President, $4,620; clerk, $2,400; assistant clerks—one $2,280, one $2,160; in all, $11,460. chaplainChaplain. Chaplain of the Senate, $1,680. office of the secretarySecretary’s office.
Secretary, assistant, clerks, etc.Salaries: Secretary of the Senate, including compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of contingent fund of the Senate, $8,000; assistant secretary, Henry M. Rose, $4,500; chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of reading clerk, $5,500 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; financial clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant financial clerk, $4,200 and $600 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; minute and journal clerk, $4,500 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, $3,840; legislative clerk, enrolling clerk, and printing clerk at $3,540 each; chief bookkeeper, $3,600; librarian, $3,360; two executive clerks, file clerk, and assistant journal clerk at $3,180 each; first assistant librarian, and keeper of stationery at $3,120 each; assistant librarian, $2,460; skilled laborer, $1,740; clerks— two at $3,180 each, one $2,880, one $2,760, two at $2,400 each, two at $2,040 each; two assistant keepers of stationery at $2,040 each; assistant in stationery room, $1,740; messenger in library, $1,560; 505special officer, $2,460; assistant in library, $2,040; laborers—two at $1,620 each, three at $1,380 each, one in stationery room. $1,680; in all, $121,700. document roomDocument room.
Salaries: Superintendent, $3,960; first assistant, $3,360; secondSuperintendent, etc. assistant, $2,700; assistant, $2,040; two clerks, at $2,040 each; skilled laborer, $1,740; in all, $17,880. committee employeesCommittee employees. Clerks and messengers to the following committees: AgricultureClerks and messengers to designated committees. and Forestry—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Appropriations—clerk, $7,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk, $4,200; assistant clerk, $3,900; three assistant clerks at $3,000 each; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each; messenger, $1,800. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Banking and Currency—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220.
Civil Service—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Claims—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Commerce—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220. Conference Majority of the Senate—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Conference Minority of the Senate—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220.
District of Columbia—clerk, $3,900; two assistant clerks at $2,880 each; assistant clerk, $2,200; additional clerk, 1,800. Education and Labor—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Enrolled Bills—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Expenditures in the Executive Departments—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Finance—clerk, $4,200; special assistant to the committee, $3,600; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,700; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each; two experts (one for majority and one for the minority) at $3,600 each; messenger, $1,800.
Foreign Relations—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220: additional clerk, $1,800; messenger, $1,800. Immigration—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Indian Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Interoceanic Canals—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Interstate Commerce—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Irrigation and Reclamation—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Judiciary—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Library—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Manufactures—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800.
Military Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks 506at $2,220 each. Mines and Mining—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Naval Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each. Patente—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Pensions—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; four assistant clerks at $2,220 each.
Post Offices and Post Roads—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; three assistant clerks at $2,220 each; additional clerk, $1,800. Printing—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Privileges and Elections— clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800, Public Buildings and Grounds—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Public Lands and Surveys—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each.
Revision of Laws—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; Preparing Senate Manual.additional clerk, $1,800. Rules—clerk, $3,900, and $200 toward the preparation biennially of the Senate Manual under the direction of the Committee on Rules; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800. Territories and Insular Possessions—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; assistant clerk, $2,220; additional clerk, $1,800; in all, $481,300. clerical assistance to senatorsClerical assistance to Senators.
Allowance to Senators not chairmen of designated committees.Clerical assistance to Senators who are not chairmen of the committees specifically provided for herein, as follows: Seventy clerks at $3,900 each; seventy Authority as committee clerks.assistant clerks at $2,400 each; and seventy assistant clerks at $2,220 each, $596,400. Such clerks and assistant clerks shall be ex officio clerks and assistant clerks of any committee of which their Senator is chairman. Additional clerks.Seventy additional clerks at $1,800 each, one for each Senator having no more than one clerk and two assistant clerks for himself or for the committee of which he is chairman; messenger, $1,800; $127,800; in all, $724,200. office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeperOffice of Sergeant at Arms, etc.
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, secretaries, assistants, etc.Messengers, etc.Salaries: Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,000; two secretaries (one for the majority and one for the minority) at $5,400 each; two assistant secretaries (one for the majority and one for the minority) at $4,320 each; messengers—five (acting as assistant doorkeepers, including one for minority) at $2,400 each, thirty-eight (including two for minority) at $2,040 each, one at $1,560, one at card door, $2,880; clerk on journal work for Congressional Record, to be selected by the official reporters, $3,360;
Deputy Sergeant at Arms and storekeeper, $4,440; clerk, $2,460; stenographer in charge of furniture accounts and records, $1,740; upholsterer and locksmith, $2,400; cabinetmaker, $2,040; three carpenters at $2,040 each; janitor,Laborers, etc. $2,040; skilled laborers—seven at $1,680 each, one at $1.560; laborer in charge of private passage, $1,680; three female attendants in charge of ladies’ retiring rooms at $1,500 each; three attendants to women’s toilet rooms, Senate Office Building, at $1,500 each; telephone operators—chief, $2,460, seven at $1,560 each; night operator, $1,380; telephone page, $1,260; laborer in charge of Senate toilet rooms in old library space, $1,200; press gallery—superintendent, $3,660, assistant superintendent, $2,520, messenger for service to press correspondents, $1,740; laborers—three at $1,320 each, thirty-four at Pages.$1,260 each; twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of $4 per day each, during the session, $10,164; in all, $252,104. 507 Police force for Senate Office Building under the Sergeant atPolice, Senate Office Building.
Arms: Special officer, $1,740; sixteen privates at $1,620 each; in all, $27,660. post officePost office. Salaries: Postmaster, $3,060; chief clerk, $2,460; wagon master,Postmaster, etc. $2,040: seven mail carriers at $1,740 each; two riding pages at $1,440 each; in all, $22,620. folding roomFolding room. Salaries: Foreman, $2,460; assistant, $2,160; clerk, $1,740; folders—chief, Foreman, etc.$2,040, seven at $1,560 each, seven at $1,380 each; in all, $28,980. contingent expenses of the senateContingent expenses.
For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate,Stationery. including $7,500 for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $25,000. Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $250; office of Sergeant at Arms,Postage stamps. $100; in all, $350. For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles forVehicles. carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $13,000. For driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for theVice President’s automobile.
Vice President, $4,000. For materials for folding, $1,500.Folding. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $10,000. For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor,Fuel, oil, etc. $2,000. For the purchase of furniture, $5,000.Furniture, etc. For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, $3,000. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, $2,000. For packing boxes, $970.Packing boxes.
For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents, $2,000.Document ware house. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $125,000.Miscellaneous Items. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,Inquiries and investigations.*Post*, p. 1065.. 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, $250,000.
For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, payableReporting debates. in equal monthly installments, $60,340. For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for SenateSenate kitchens and restaurants. 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 the supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate, $40,000. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESHouse of Representatives. salaries and mileage of membersMembers.
For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives,Pay of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners. Delegates from Territories, the Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico, and the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands, $4,405,000. 508 Mileage.For mileage of Representatives and Delegates and expenses of Resident Commissioners, $175,000. Officers, clerks, etc.For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others: office of the speakerSpeaker’s office.
Secretary, parliamentarian, etc.Digest of the Rules.Salaries: Secretary to the Speaker, $4,620; parliamentarian, $4,500, and for preparing Digest of the Rules, $1,000 per annum; assistant parliamentarian, $2,760; clerk to Speaker, $2,44)0; clerk to Speaker, $1,440; messenger to Speaker’s table, $1,740; messenger to Speaker, $1,680; in all, $20,140. chaplainChaplain. Chaplain of the House of Representatives, $1,680. office of the clerkClerk’s office. Clerk of the House, clerks, etc.Salaries:
Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, $8,000; journal clerk, two reading clerks, and tally clerk, at $5,000 each; enrolling clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; disbursing clerk, $3,960; file clerk, $3,780; chief bill clerk, $3,540; assistant enrolling clerk, $3,180; assistant to disbursing clerk, $3,120; stationery clerk, $2,880; librarian, $2,760; assistant librarian, and assistant file clerk, at $2,520 each; assistant journal clerk, and assistant librarian, at $2,460 each; clerks—one $2,460, three at $2,340 each; bookkeeper, and assistant in disbursing office, at $2,160 each; four assistants to chief bill clerk at $2,100 each; stenographer to the Clerk, $1,980; assistant in stationery room, $1,740; three messengers at $1,680 each; stenographer to journal clerk, $1,560; laborers—three at $1,440 each, nine at $1,260 each; telephone operators—assistant chief, $1,620, sixteen at $1,560 each; substitute telephone operator when required, at $4 per day, $1,460; 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, $3,960; two assistant custodians at $3,360 each; locksmith and typewriter repairer, $1,860; messenger and clock repairer, $1,740; purchase, exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicle, $1,200; in all, $157,880. committee employeesCommittee employees.
Clerks and janitors.Clerks, messengers, and janitors to the following committees: Accounts—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Agriculture—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Appropriations—clerk, $7,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant clerk, $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; three assistant clerks at $3,900 each; assistant clerk, $3,600; two assistant clerks at $3,300 each; messenger, $1,680.
Banking and Currency—clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Census—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Civil Service—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Claims—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Coinage, Weights, and Measures—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Disposition of Useless Executive Papers—clerk, $2,760. District of Columbia—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Education—clerk, $2,760. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress—clerk, $2,760.
Elections 509Numbered 1—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Elections Numbered 2— clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260, Elections Numbered 3—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Enrolled Bills—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Expenditures in Executive Departments—clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Flood Control—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Foreign Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk $2,460; janitor, $1,260. Immigration and Naturalization—clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Indian Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,260.
Insular Affairs—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Interstate and Foreign Commerce—clerk, $3,900; additional clerk, $2,640; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Irrigation and Reclamation—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Invalid Pensions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,880; expert examiner (Norman E. Ives), $2,700; stenographer, $2,640; janitor, $1,500. Judiciary—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,160; assistant clerk, $1,980; janitor, $1,500. Labor—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260.
Library—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Merchant Marine and Fisheries—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Military Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Mines and Mining—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Naval Affairs—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560. Patents—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260. Pensions—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,160; janitor, $1,260. Post Offices and Post Roads—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560.
Printing—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,560. Public Buildings and Grounds—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Public Lands—clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Revision of the Laws—clerk, $3,300; janitor, $1,260. Rivers and Harbors—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; janitor, $1,560. Roads—clerk, $2,760; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Rules—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,260. Territories—clerk, $2,760; janitor, $1,260.
War Claims—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $1,740; janitor, $1,260. Ways and Means—clerk, $4,620; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,640; assistant clerk, $2,580; clerk for minority, $3,180; janitors—one, $1,560, one, $1,260. World War Veterans’ Legislation—clerk, $3,300; assistant clerk, $2,460; in all, $296,000. Appropriations in the foregoing paragraph shall not be available for the payment of any clerk or assistant clerk to a committee whoClerks subject to Clerk of the House at end of the Congress.*Proviso*.Committee on Accounts excepted, does not, after the termination of the Congress during which he was appointed, perform his duties under the direction of the Clerk of the House: *Provided*, That the foregoing shall not apply to the Committee on Accounts.
Janitors under the foregoing shall be appointed by the chairmen,Janitors.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. 510 office of sergeant at armsOffice of Sergeant at Arms. Salaries:
Sergeant at Arms, $8,000; Deputy Sergeant at Arms,Sergeant at Anns, deputy, cashier, etc. $3,180; cashier, $4,920; two bookkeepers at $3,360 each; Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs, pair clerk and messenger, and assistant cashier, at $2,820 each; stenographer and typewriter, $600; skilled laborer, $1,380; hire of automobiles, $600; in all, $33,860. Police Force, House Office Building, under the Sergeant at Arms:Police, House Office Building. Lieutenant, $1,740; nineteen privates at $1,620 each; in all, $32,520. office of doorkeeperDoorkeeper’s office.
Doorkeeper, special employee, etc.Salaries: Doorkeeper, $6,000; special employee, $2,820; superintendentMessengers. of House press gallery, $3,660; assistant to the superintendent of the House press gallery, $2,520; chief janitor. $2,700; messengers— seventeen at $1,740 each, fourteen on soldiers roll at $1,740 each; laborers—seventeen at $1,260 each, two (cloakroom) at $1,380 each, one (cloakroom) $1,260, and seven (cloakroom) at $1,140 each; three female attendants in ladies’ retiring rooms at $1,680 each; attendant Folding room.Superintendent, etc.for the ladies’ reception room, $1,440; superintendent of folding room, $3,180; foreman of folding room, $2,640; chief clerk to superintendent of folding room, $2,460; three clerks at $2,160 each; janitor, $1,260; laborer, $1,260; thirty-one folders at $1,440 each; shipping clerk, $1,740; two drivers at $1,380 each; two chief pages at $1,980 each; two telephone pages at $1,680 each; two floor managers of telephones (one for the minority), at $3,180 each; two Pages, etc.assistant floor managers in charge of telephones (one for the minority), at $2,100 each; forty-one pages, during the session, including ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $4 per day each, $19,844; press-gallery page, $1,920;
Document room.Superintendent, etc.superintendent of document room (Elmer A. Lewis), $3,960; assistant superintendent of document room, $2,760 and $420 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; clerk, $2,320; assistant clerk, $2,160; eight assistants at $1,860 each; janitor, $1,440; messenger to pressroom, $1,560; maintenance and repair of folding room motor truck, $500; in all, $247,604. special and minority employeesSpecial and minority employees. Minority employees.For the minority employees authorized and named in the resolution of April 15, 1929-—one at $3,180 (J.
J. Sinnott), five at $2,820 each; in all, $17,280. Special employees.Assistant foreman of the folding room, authorized in the resolution of September 30, 1913, $1,980. Laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of April 28, 1914, $1,380. Laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of December 19, 1901, $1,380. Clerk, under the direction of the Clerk of the House, named in the resolution of February 13, 1923, $3,060. Appointment of successors.Successors to any of the employees provided for in the five preceding paragraphs may be named by the House of Representatives at any time.
Majority floor leader.Office of majority floor leader: Legislative clerk, $3,960; clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; in all, $9,240. Conference minority.Conference minority: Clerk, $3,180; legislative clerk, $3,060; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560; in all $9,900. The foregoing employees to be appointed by the minority leader. Caucus rooms messengers.Two messengers, one in the majority caucus room and one in the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority whips, respectively, at $1,740 each, $3,480. post officePost office.
Postmaster, assistant, etc.Salaries: Postmaster, $5,000; assistant postmaster, $2,880; registry and money-order clerk, $2,100; thirty-four messengers (including one to superintend transportation of mails) at $1,740 each; substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees, when required, at the rate of not to exceed $145 per month each, $1,240; laborer. $1,260; in all, $71,640, 511 For the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motorMail vehicles. vehicles for carrying the mails, $3,400. official reporters of debates Salaries:
Six official reporters of the proceedings and debates of Official reporters.the House at $7,500 each; assistant, John J. Cameron, $3,000; clerk, $3,360; six expert transcribers at $1,740 each; janitor, $1,440; in all, $63,240. committee stenographers Salaries: Four stenographers to committees, at $7,000 each; janitor,Stenographers to committees. $1,440; in all, $29,440. Whenever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing“During the session” to mean 121 days. paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and twenty-one days from December 1, 1930, to March 31, 1931, both inclusive. clerk hire, members and delegates For clerk hire necessarily employed by each Member, Delegate, andClerk hire of Members, etc.
Resident Commissioner, in the discharge of his official and representative duties, in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to fix the*Ante*, p. 38.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 8](/us/usc/p8). compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government, approved June 20, 1929, $2,200,000. contingent expenses of the houseContingent expenses. For materials for folding, $3,000.Folding. For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including notFurniture, etc. to exceed $20,000 for labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, $40,000.
For packing boxes, $4,500.Packing boxes. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries and labor unless Miscellaneous Items.specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including reimbursement to the official stenographers to committees for the amounts actually and necessarily paid out by them for transcribing hearings, and including not to exceed $750 for medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses for the emergency room and for the attending physician, and not exceeding $2,000 for official expenses of theExpenses, majority floor leader. majority floor leader as authorized by House Resolution Numbered 101, Seventy-first Congress, approved December 18, 1929, $75,000.
For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other thanCommittee reporting. special and select committees, $25,000. For expenses of special and select committees authorized by theSpecial and select committees. House, $40,000. For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services,Telephone and telegraph service. $90,000. For stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners,Stationery. including $5,000 for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, $60,000.
For postage stamps: Postmaster, $250; clerk, $450; sergeant atPostage stamps. arms, $300; doorkeeper, $150; in all, $1,150. For driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobileSpeaker’s automobile. for the Speaker, $4,000. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1Folding speeches, etc. per thousand, $20,000. For assistance rendered during the calendar years 1929 andClerical assistance to Clerk of the House. 1930 in compiling list of reports to be made to Congress by public officials; compiling copy and revising proofs for the House por512tion of the Official Register; preparing and indexing the statistical Specified objects.reports of the Clerk of the House; compiling the telephone and Members’ directories; 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;
Recording, etc., political statements.Vol. 43, p. 1071.[U. S. C., p. 15](/us/usc/p15).and for recording and filing statements of political committees and candidates for election to the House of Representatives pursuant to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 (U. S. C., title 2, sec. 241–256), $5,000. William Tyler Page.Compiling, etc., documents in contested election cases, 71st Congress.To pay William Tyler Page, Clerk of the House of Representatives, 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 Seventy-first Congress, as authorized by the Act entitled Vol. 24, p. 445.[U.
S. C., p. 13](/us/usc/p13).Additional assistance.“An Act relating to contested elections,” approved March 2, 1887 (U. S. C., title 2, secs. 201–226), $2,483.68, and an additional sum to such persons as were actually 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. Pay.Salaries: Captain, $2,460; three lieutenants at $1,740 each; two special officers at $1,740 each; three sergeants at $1,680 each; forty-four privates at $1,620 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, $87,480.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, $200. Uniforms, etc.For purchasing and supplying uniforms and motor cycles to Capitol police, $6,750, to be immediately available. Division of disbursements.One-half of the foregoing amounts under “Capitol police” shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTINGJoint Committee on Printing. Clerk, etc.Salaries: Clerk, $4,000 and $800 additional so long as the position Vol. 28, p. 603.[U.
S. C., p. 1418](/us/usc/p1418).is held by the present incumbent; inspector under section 20 of the Act approved January 12, 1895 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 49), $2,820; assistant clerk and stenographer, $2,400; for expenses of compiling, Congressional Directory.preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, $1,600; in all, $11,620, 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 COUNSELOffice of Legislative Counsel.
Salaries, etc.For salaries and expenses of maintenance of the office of Legislative Counsel, as authorized by law, $75,000, of which $37,500 shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and $37,500 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONSStatement of appropriations. Preparing, first and second sessions Seventy-first Congress.For preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of the statements for the first and second sessions of the Seventy-first Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regu513lar appropriation bills, as required by law, $4,000, to be paid to theVol. 25, p. 587. persons designated by the chairmen of said committees to do the work.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL office of the architect of the capitolArchitect of the Capitol. Salaries: For the Architect of the Capitol and other personal servicesArchitect, and office personnelVol. 45, p, 776.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p25).*Post*, p. 1003. in his office, under the Classification Act of 1923 as amended by the Act of May 28, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, sec. 673), and the “Legislative Pay Act of 1929” (46 Stat., p. 38), including an executive assistant who shall act as Architect of the Capitol during the absence or disability of that official or in the event there is no Architect, $45,300. capitol buildings and groundsCapitol buildings and grounds.
Capitol Buildings: For necessary expenditures for the CapitolGeneral repairs to buildings, etc. Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art; purchase or exchange, maintenance, and driving of motor-propelled passenger-carrying office vehicles; pay of superintendent of meters, 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; and not exceeding $300 for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books, periodicals, and city directory; $341,554.20, of which $70,000 shall be immediately available.
The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $500,000 for theSenate wing.Balance available for reconstructing.Vol. 45, p. 525. reconstruction of the Senate wing of the Capitol, contained in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, is hereby continued and made available until June 30, 1931. Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the CapitolTravel allowances.*Post*, p. 1553. shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $2,500.
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the CapitolPersonal services. shall be available hereafter for expenses of personal and other services. Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of grounds surroundingImproving grounds. the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; personal and other services; care of trees; plantings; fertilizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; purchase of waterproof wearing apparel; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment orSnow removal.[R.
S. sees. 3709, 3744, pp. 733,738](/us/rs/s3709/3744/pp733/738).[U. S. C., pp. 1309, 1310](/us/usc/pp1309/1310). under contract without compliance with sections 3709 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) and 3744 (U. S. C., title 40, sec. 16) of the Revised Statutes; $71,381.38. For enlarging and improving the Capitol Grounds in accordanceEnlarging and im proving grounds. with the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds,” approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1694),Vol. 45, p. 1694. including reimbursement to the District of Columbia for surveys in connection with such work, $4,763,893, to remain available until expended, of which sum $1.200,000 shall be available immediately.
For repairs and improvements to Senate and House garages andRepairs, garages, etc. Maltby Building, including personal services, $1,000. Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: ForSubway, Capitol to Senate Office Building.Repairs, etc. repairs, rebuilding, and maintenance of the subway cars connecting 514the Senate Office Building with the Senate wing of the United States Capitol and for personal and other services, including maintenance of the track and electrical equipment connected therewith, $2,000.
Senate Office Building.Maintenance.Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment and for labor and material incident thereto and repairs thereof; and for 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, acting through the Architect of the Capitol who shall be its executive agent, $202,214, of which sum $18,500 shall be available for a standpipe system for fire protection.
Completing approach to Senate Office Building.*Post*, p. 1184.For the completion of the approach to the Senate Office Building at the corner of Delaware Avenue and C Street Northeast, in general conformity with other similar treatments adjoining such building *Proviso*.Contracts authorized, expenses in open market, and employment of skilled personnel, etc.at the main entrance thereto, $500,000: *Provided*, That the Architect of the Capitol is hereby empowered to enter into contracts within the sum of this appropriation; for the necessary traveling expenses, advertising, purchase of material, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the open market; and the employment of all necessary skilled, architectural and engineering personnel and other services, Vol. 36, p. 699.without reference to section 35 of the Act approved June 25, 1910. [U.
S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).The amount hereby appropriated to be disbursed by the Disbursing Officer of the Department of the Interior. House Office Building.Maintenance.Bust of Joseph G. Cannon.House Office Building: For maintenance, including miscellaneous items, and for all necessary services, $162,060. To procure a marble base or pedestal for the marble bust of the Honorable Joseph G. Cannon, $500. New House Office Building.Vol. 45, p. 1071.To continue carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition of a site and the construction *Ante*, p. 136.*Post*, p. 1184.thereon of a fireproof office building or buildings for the House of Representatives,” approved January 10, 1929 (45 Stat, p. 1071), including printing and binding and other miscellaneous expenses, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended.
Capitol power plant.Maintenance. Buildings supplies.*Post*, p. 861.Capitol power plant: For lighting, heating, and power for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Congressional Library Building, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, House garage, Maltby Building, folding and storage rooms of the Senate, Government Printing Office, and Washington City Services, etc.post office; personal and other services; engineering instruments, fuel, oil, materials, labor, advertising, and purchase of waterproof wearing apparel, in connection with the maintenance and operation of the heating, lighting, and power plant, $345,310.
Constructing systems to new buildings.For the construction of underground duct lines, steam tunnels, installation of condensate piping and pumping systems and duplicate steam lines from the Capitol power plant to the new buildings, and for all labor, materials, personal and other services, including engineering and professional services, and for all other expenses incident thereto, $365,425. Purchases Independent of Supply Committee.Vol. 36, p. 531.[U. S. C. p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309).The appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol may be expended without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U.
S. C., title 41, sec. 7), concerning purchases for executive departments. Reimbursement for current, etc., to designated buildings.The Government Printing Office, and the Washington City post office shall reimburse the Capitol power plant for heat, light, and power furnished during the fiscal year 1931 and the amounts so reimbursed shall be covered into the Treasury. 515 library building and groundsLibrary building and grounds. Salaries: For chief engineer and all personal services, underChief engineer and other personnel under Classification Act.Vol. 45, p. 776.[U.
S. C., Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p25).*Ante*, p. 38.*Post*, p. 1003.Trees, plants, etc. the Classification Act of 1923, as amended by the Act of May 28, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, sec. 673), and the “Legislative Pay Act of 1929” (46 Stat. 38), $45,280. For trees, shrubs, plants, fertilizers, and skilled labor for the grounds of Library of Congress, $1,000. For necessary expenditures for the Library Building under theRepairs, etc. jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, and appurtenances, and personal and other services in connection with the mechanical and structural maintenance of such building, $58,000.
The appropriation “Bookstacks, Library Building, 1929Additions to stacks.Balance available.Vol. 45, p. 1397. and 1930,” contained in the Legislative Appropriation Act approved February 28, 1929, is hereby continued and made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1931. For furniture, including partitions, screens, shelving, and electricalFurniture, etc. work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, $42,500. To enable the Architect of the Capitol to provide for the care,Additional buildings for Library.*Ante*, p. 487. maintenance, and repairs for rental or use by the Library of Congress of all buildings or other structures as may be acquired on the site for additional buildings for the Library of Congress in squareCare, maintenance, etc., of building in acquired area. 761 and part of 760, and to raze such buildings in said area as may be requested by the Joint Committee on the Library, and to provide for all necessary personal and other services and material of all kinds necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of anVoL 45, p. 622.
Act entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes,” approved May 21, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 622), $10,000, to be immediately available. To enable the Architect of the Capitol to procure preliminary plans,Preliminary plans, estimates for buildings on authorized site. models, and estimates of cost for a building or buildings, including connections to the Library of Congress, and personal and other services, to be located upon the site authorized in the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and forVoL 45, p.622. other purposes,” approved May 21, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 622), withoutVol. 36, p. 699. reference to section 35 of the Act approved June 25, 1910; $10,000, to be immediately available.
Bartholdi Fountain: For carrying out the provisions of paragraphBartholdi Fountain.Removal to new Botanic Garden.Vol. 44, p. 932. 3 of section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for enlarging and relocating the United States Botanic Garden, and for other purposes,” approved January 5, 1927 (44 Stat., p. 931), including*Post*, p. 1185. personal and other services and miscellaneous expenses, $5,000. Supreme Court Building: For continuing the construction of theSupreme Court Building.Continuing construction of.**Ante*,* p. 51. building for the United States Supreme Court in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a building for the Supreme Court of the United States,” approved December 20, 1929, $1,000,000.
The Architect of the Capitol may continue the employment underDesignated employees may be continued beyond retire mentage.*Ante*, p. 470. his jurisdiction of Laura Bradley, Charles E. Fairman, Charles A. Howard, and Henry W. Taylor, notwithstanding any provision of the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes,” approved May 22, 1920, and any amendment thereof, prohibiting extensions of service for more than four years after the age of retirement. 516 BOTANIC GARDENBotanic Garden.
Director, and personnel.Salaries: For the director and other personal services, $101,260; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library: *Proviso*.Quarters, etc., allowed without deduction of pay.*Provided*, That the quarters, heat, light, fuel, and telephone service heretofore furnished for the director’s use in the Botanic Garden shall not be regarded as a part of his salary or compensation, and such allowances may continue to be so furnished without deduction from his salary or compensation, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Act of March 5, 1928 (U.
S. C., title 5, sec. 678),Vol. 45, p. 193.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 16](/us/usc/p16). or any other law. 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 $975; street-car fares not exceeding $25; office equipment and contingent expenses in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden; maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger motor vehicle, and exchange, care, operation, and maintenance of motor trucks; 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; care, maintenance,Poplar Point Nursery. and purchase of fuel for greenhouses located at Poplar Point Nursery; installing telephone and electric light, with care and maintenance of same, and making water connections at Poplar Point Nursery; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $71,800.
Heating system.For the installation of a heating system for two new greenhouses at the Poplar Point Nursery, including a brick chimney, $11,700, to be immediately available. Heating small greenhouses.For the construction of an auxiliary heating system to supply heat to the ten small greenhouses at the Botanic Garden, $9,800, to be immediately available. Enlarging and relocation expenses.Vol. 45, p. 4.*Ante,* p. 5.Balance available.*Post*, p. 1066.The appropriation of $600,000 for “Enlarging and relocating Botanic Garden, 1928 and 1929,” contained in the Deficiency Appropriation Act approved December 22, 1927, and continued available by Public Resolution Numbered 5, approved June 5, 1929, is hereby continued and made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931.
Minor purchases without advertising.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1300](/us/usc/p1300).The sum of $300 may be expended at any one time by the Botanic Garden for the purchase of plants, trees, shrubs, and other nursery stock, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C.. title 41, sec. 5). LIBRARY OF CONGRESSLibrary of Congress. salaries Librarian, and personnel.For the Librarian, Chief Assistant Librarian, and other personal services, $777,045. copyright officeCopyright Office.
Register, and personnel.For the Register of Copyrights, assistant register, and other personal services, $231,880. 517 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 translations, 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, $70,950. 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 $44,110 for employees engaged in piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the Librarian; in all, $157,240. temporary services For special and temporary service, including extra special servicesTemporary services. of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $3,000. index to state legislationState legislation.
To enable the Librarian of Congress to prepare an index to thePreparing Index and digest of. legislation of the several States, together with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation, as authorized and directed by the Act entitled “An Act providing for the preparation of a biennialVol. 44, p. 1066.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 10](/us/usc/p10). index to State legislation,” approved February 10, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 2, secs. 164, 165), including personal and other services within and without the District of Columbia (including not to exceed $2,500 for special and temporary service at rates to be fixed by the Librarian), travel, necessary material and apparatus, and for printing and binding the indexes and digests of State legislation for official distribution only, and other printing and binding incident to the work of compilation, stationery, and incidentals, $38,280. sunday openingSunday opening, etc.
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, $18,000. 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, including expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian in the interest of collections, 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 1932, $130,000.
For purchase of books and for periodicals for the law library,Law books, etc. under the direction of the Chief Justice, $50,000. 518 Reference books for Supreme Court.For purchase of new books of reference for the 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. printing and binding Printing and binding.For miscellaneous printing and binding for the Library of Congress, including the Copyright Office, and the binding, rebinding, and repairing of library books, and for the Library Building, $207,000.
Catalogue of Title Entries.For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office, $50,000. Catalogue cards.For the printing of catalogue cards, $122,500. contingent expenses of the library Contingent expenses.For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, stationery, supplies, stock, and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous traveling expenses, postage, transportation, incidental expenses connected with the administration of the Library and Copyright Office, including not Attendance at meetings.exceeding $500 for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, $9,000.
Photoduplicating expenses.For paper, chemicals, and miscellaneous supplies necessary for the operation of the photoduplicating machines of the Library and the making of photoduplicate prints, $4,000. library buildingLibrary Building. Superintendent, etc.Salaries: For the superintendent, disbursing officer, and other personal services, $148,247. 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, $4,700.
Temporary services, care of building, etc.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. Incidental expenses.For mail, delivery, and telephone services, rubber boots and rubber coats for workmen, uniforms for guards, stationery, miscellaneous supplies, and all other incidental expenses in connection with the custody and maintenance of the Library Building, $8,900.
Trust Fund Board.For any expense of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the board, $500. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEGovernment Printing Office. Public printing and binding.Working capital for.Public printing and binding: 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 Public Printer, and Deputy.branches of the Government:
For salaries of Public Printer, $10,000,Salaries, wages, etc.and Deputy Public Printer, $7,500; 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 Holidays.Printer to comply with the provisions of law granting holidays and Executive orders granting holidays and half holidays with pay to 519employees; to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of law granting thirty days’ annual leave to employees withleaves of absence.Contingent expenses. pay; rents, fuel, gas, heat, electric current, gas and electric fixtures; bicycles, 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, newspapers and magazines, and books of reference (not exceeding $500) subscriptions for which may be paid in advance; adding and numbering machines, time stamps, and other machines of similar character; machinery (not exceeding $300,000); equipment,Machinery equipment, etc. 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: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Furnishing supplies to departments, etc. 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 Joint 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); for salaries and expenses of preparing the semimonthly and session indexes ofIndexes, Congressional Record. the Congressional Record under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing (chief indexer at $3,480, one cataloguer at $3,180, two cataloguers at $2,460 each, and one cataloguer at $2,100); and forPaper, materials, etc. all the necessary labor paper, materials, and equipment needed in the prosecution and delivery and mailing of the work; in all, $2,500,000, to which shall be charged the printing and binding Charged to Congress.authorized to be done for Congress, the printing and binding for use of the Government Printing Office, and printing and binding (not exceeding $2,000) for official use of the Architect of the CapitolArchitect of the Capitol. when authorized by the Secretary of the Senate; in all to an amount not exceeding this sum.
The Public Printer may continue the employment under his jurisdictionWilliam A, Smith.Continuance of employment of beyond retirement age.*Ante*, p. 470. of William A. Smith, Congressional Record clerk at the Capitol, notwithstanding any provision of the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes,” approved May 22, 1920, and any amendment thereof, prohibiting extensions of service for more than four years after the age of retirement.
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 1931 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 520by 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 *Proviso*.Adjustment of accounts.or certification in advance of payment: *Provided*, That proper adjustments 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 establishmentSums paid for work, credited to working capital. concerned.
All sums paid to the Public Printer for work that he is 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 they year in which the work is done, and be subject to requisition by the Public Printer. Estimates for departments, etc., to be incorporated in single items.All amounts in the Budget for the fiscal year 1932 for printing and 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 Details to be given if part of other items.other purpose.
And if any amounts for printing and binding are included as a part of any estimates for any other purposes, such amounts shall be set forth in detail in a note immediately following *Proviso*.Engraving and Printing Bureau excepted.the general estimate 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. office of superintendent of documentsOffice of Superintendent of Documents.
Superintendent, and personnel.Vol. 45, p. 776.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p25).*Post*, p. 1003.Vol. 43, p. 658.[U. S. C., p. 1417](/us/usc/p1417).For the Superintendent of Documents, assistant superintendent, and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 661–673; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, sec. 673), and compensation of employees paid by the hour who shall be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office,” approved June 7, 1924 (U.
S. C., *Proviso*.Item a separate unit.*Infra*.title 44, sec. 40), $524,000: *Provided*, That for the purpose of conforming to section 3 of this Act this appropriation shall be considered a separate appropriation unit. Contingent expanses.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 $76,000; for supplying*Proviso*.Supplying depository libraries restricted. books to depository libraries, $85,000; in all, $246,000: *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, and the requests therefor shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent of Documents. 521 In order to keep the expenditures for printing and binding forPrinting reports of departments, etc., may be discontinued. the fiscal year 1931 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 annual or special reports under their respective jurisdictions: *Provided*, That where the printing of such reports is discontinued*Proviso*.Originals to be kept for public inspection. 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 may be made from the foregoing appropriation underPurchases allowed without reference to Supply Committee.Vol. 28, p. 601.Vol. 36, p. 531.[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309). 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 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 7), concerning purchases for executive departments. Sec. 2. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be usedPrivate vehicles restriction. for the maintenance or care of private vehicles.
Sec. 3. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations,Restriction on exceeding average salaries in designated offices.Vol. 45, p. 776.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p25).*Post*, p. 1003. contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 661–673; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, sec. 673), the average of the salaries of the total number or persons under any grade m 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 gradeIf only one position In a grade. by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusuallyAdvances allowed 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*.Not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No fixed salary reduction.Vol. 42, p. 1490.[U.
S. C., p. 66](/us/usc/p66).Transfers to another position without reduction.Higher salary rates allowed. apply
(1)to grades 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 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 of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law. Approved, June 6, 1930.
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Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes
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