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Public Law 524.

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(/us/bill/74/pl/523).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Distinguished Service Medal. Presentation of, to Comdr. Percy Todd, British Navy. Navy Cross. Presentation of, to Lt. Comdr. Charles A. deW. Kitcat, British Navy. That the President is authorized to present the Distinguished Service Medal to Commander Percy Todd, British Navy, and the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Charles A. deW. Kitcat, British Navy, in recognition of the skill and heroism displayed by these officers when the United States ship Fulton, en route from Hong Kong, British Crown colony, to Foochow, China, on March 14, 1934, was destroyed by fire.
Approved, April 17, 1936. Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes. 1936-04-17 49 Stat. 1214 233 Chapter 74 2 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 233.] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes.
April 17, 1936.[[H. R. 11691](/us/bill/74/hr/11691).][[Public, No. 524](/us/74/pl/524).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1937. 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, 1937, namely: Senate.SENATE Senators.salaries and mileage Compensation.For compensation of Senators, $960,000.
Mileage.For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $51,000. Officers, clerks, messengers, etc.For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others: Vice President’s office.office of the vice president Secretary to, 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. chaplain Chaplain.Chaplain of the Senate, $1,680. 1215 office of the secretarySecretary’s office. Salaries:
Secretary of the Senate, including compensation asSecretary, assistants, clerks, etc. disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of contingent fund of the Senate, $8,000; 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 $2,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; assistant financial clerk, $4,500; Parliamentarian and Journal Clerk,Parliamentarian and Journal Clerk. $5,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, $3,600; legislative clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; enrolling clerk, $4,000 and $1,000 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; printing clerk, $3,540; chief bookkeeper, $3,600; librarian, $3,360; assistant Journal Clerk, $3,360; executive clerk, $3,180; first assistant librarian, and keeper of stationery, at $3,120 each; clerks—one at $3,180, one at $2,880 and $300 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent, four at $2,880 each, one at $2,640, five at $2,400 each, two at $2,040 each, two at $1,860 each, four at $1,740 each; special officer, $2,460; laborers—one at $1,620, five at $1,380 each, two in Secretary’s office, at $1,680 each; in all, $130,500. document roomDocument Room.
Salaries: Superintendent, $3,960; first assistant, $2,640; secondSuperintendent, etc. assistant, $2,040; three assistants, at $2,040 each; skilled laborer, $1,380; in all, $16,140. committee employeesCommittee employees. Clerks and messengers to the following committees: AgricultureClerks and messengers. 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, $2,880; 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; two assistant clerks, at $2,220 each. 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, $2,220; 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;1216 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, $3,600; 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, $3,600; 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; two additional clerks at $1,800 each. Judiciary—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; two assistant clerks at $2,580 each; assistant clerk, $2,220. Library—clerk, $3,900; two assistant clerks, at $2,400 each; 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 at $2,220 each. Mines and Mining—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; two additional clerks, at $1,800 each. Naval Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,880; assistant clerk, $2,400; two assistant clerks at $2,220 each.
Patents—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; four 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 the Laws—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,400; assistant clerk, $2,220; 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 Affairs—clerk, $3,900; assistant clerk, $2,580; two assistant clerks, at $2,220 each; assistant clerk, $2,000; additional clerk, $1,800; in all, $503,460. Clerical assistance to Senators.clerical assistants to senators Allowance to Senators not chairmen of specified committees.Clerical assistance to Senators who are not chairmen of the committees specially provided for herein, as follows: Seventy clerks at $3,900 each; seventy Ex-officio committee clerks.assistant clerks at $2,400 each; and seventy assistant clerks at $2,220 each; such clerks and assistant clerks shall be ex-officio clerks and assistant clerks of any committee of which their Senator is chairman; 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; in all, $724,200. 1217 office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeperOffice of Sergeant at Arms, etc.
Salaries: Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,000; twoSergeant, at Arms and Doorkeeper, secretaries, etc. 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; Deputy Sergeant at Arms and storekeeper, $4,800; clerks—one $3,000, one, $2,100, one, $2,000, two atClerks, messengers, etc. $1,800 each, one, to the secretary for the majority, $1,800; one, to the secretary of the minority, $1,800, one, $1,500; messengers—one, $2,640, four (acting as assistant doorkeepers, including one for the minority), at $2,400 each, twenty-nine (including two for minority), at $1,740 each, four, at $1,620 each, one at card door, $2,400 and $240 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; two special messengers, at $1,800 each; clerk on journal work for Congressional Record to be selected by the Official Reporters, $3,360; upholsterer and locksmith, $2,400; cabinetmaker, $2,040; three carpenters, at $2,040 each; janitor, $2,400; five skilled laborers,Laborers, etc. $1,680 each; 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, fourteen, at $1,560 each; laborer in charge of Senate toilet rooms in old library’ space, $1,200; press gallery—superintendent, $3,660; assistantSuperintendent, press gallery. superintendent, $2,520; messengers for service to press correspondents—one, $1,920; three at $1,440 each; laborers—three, at $1,320 each; twenty-eight, at $1,260 each, three, at $480 each; special employees—seven, at $1,000 each; twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber, atPages. the rate of $4 per day each, during the session, $15,204; in all, $259,664.
Police force for Senate Office Building under the Sergeant atPolice, Senate Office Building. Arms: Lieutenant, $1,740; special officer, $1,740; thirty-one privates at $1,620 each; in all, $53,700. post officePost Office. Salaries: Postmaster, $3,600; assistant postmaster, $2,880; chiefPostmaster, assistants, etc. clerk, $2,460; wagon master, $2,040; twenty-six mail carriers, at $1,620 each; in all, $53,100. folding roomFolding Room. Salaries: Foreman, $2,460; assistant, $2,160; clerk, $1,740;Salaries. folders—chief, $2,040, fourteen at $1,440 each; in all, $28,560.
The provisions of the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 are herebyLegislative Pay Act of 1929, amended. Vol. 46, p. 32. [U. S. C., p. 8](/us/usc/p8). amended so as to correspond with the changes made by this Act in the designations and rates of salary of certain positions under the Senate. contingent expenses of the senateContingent expenses. For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation ofAutomobile for Vice President. an automobile for the Vice President, $4,000. For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, payableReporting debates, etc. in equal monthly installments, $60,340.
For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture,Furniture; cleaning, repairing, etc. $2,000. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by theInquiries and investigations. Senate, including compensation to stenographers of committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per1218*Proviso*. Salary restriction.hundred words, $150,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for services, personal, professional, or otherwise Per diem and subsistence.
Vol. 44, p. 688; [U. S. C., p. 103](/us/usc/p103).in excess of the rate of $3,600 per annum: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses except in accordance with the provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926, as amended. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation; one-half expenses.For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, $27,000.
Folding, etc.For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $18,000. For materials for folding, $1,500. Fuel, oil, advertising, etc.For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor, $2,000. Senate kitchens and restaurants.For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate, under the supervision of the Committee *Proviso*.
Increase In prices authorized.on Rules, United States Senate, $35,000: *Provided*, That said Committee on Rules is hereby authorized and directed hereafter to add a minimum of 10 per centum to each order in excess of 10 cents Outside service.served in the said restaurants and 20 per centum to all orders served outside of said restaurants, and the proceeds accruing therefrom shall be placed in a fund to be used in the payment of any deficit incurred in the management of such kitchens and restaurants.
Motor vehicles.For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use or the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $7,960. Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $200,000. Packing boxes.For packing boxes, $970. Postage stamps.Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $250; office of Sergeant at Arms, $100; in all, $350. Furniture; purchase, etc.For the purchase of furniture, $5,000. For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, $3,000.
Stationery.For stationery for Senators and for the President of the Senate, including $7,500 for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, $19,500. Warehouse rent.For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents, $2,000. House of Representatives.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Members.salaries and mileage of members Pay of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners.For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, $4,385,000.
Mileage.For mileage of Representatives, the Delegate from Hawaii, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and for expenses of the Delegate from Alaska, $171,000. Officers, clerks, etc.For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others: Speaker’s office.office of the speaker Secretary, etc.Salaries: Secretary to the Speaker, $4,620; three clerks to the Speaker, at $2,400 each; messenger to Speaker, $1,680; in all, $13,500. 1219 the speaker’s tableSpeaker’s table.
Salaries: Parliamentarian $4,500, and $1,500 additional so longParliamentarian, etc. Preparing Digest of Rules. so 11So in original. the position is held by the present incumbent, and for preparing Digest of the Rules, $1,000 per annum; Assistant Parliamentarian, $2,760 and $750 additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent; messenger to Speaker’s Table, $1,740; in all, $12,250. chaplain Chaplain of the House of Representatives, $1,680.Chaplain. office of the clerkClerk’s office.
Salaries: Clerk of the House of Representatives, includingClerk of the House, clerks, etc. 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; 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 at $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, twenty-three 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; operation, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles, $1,200; in all, $167,800. committee employeesCommittee employees.
Clerks, messengers, and janitors to the following committees: Clerks, messengers, and janitors.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 $3,300each; 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 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 Numbered 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—1220clerk, $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, $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 Office 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. Office of Sergeant at Arms.office of sergeant at arms Sergeant at Arms, deputy, cashier, etc.Salaries: Sergeant at Arms, $8,000; Deputy Sergeant at Arms, $3,180; cashier, $6,000; assistant cashier, $4,000; two bookkeepers at $3,360 each;
Deputy Sergeant at Arms in charge of pairs, $3,600; pair clerk and messenger, $2,820; stenographer and typewriter, $1,800; skilled laborer, $1,380; hire of automobile, $600; in all, $38,100. Police, House Office Building.Police force, House Office Building, under the Sergeant at Arms: Lieutenant, $1,740; sergeant, $1,680; thirty-seven privates at $1,620 each; in all, $63,360. Doorkeeper’s office.office of doorkeeper Doorkeeper, special employee, etc.Salaries: Doorkeeper, $6,000; special employee, $2,820; superintendent Janitors, messengers, etc.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, Folding room.attendant 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 Pages.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; two1221assistant floor managers in charge of telephones (one for the minority) at $2,100 each; forty-seven pages, during the session, including ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $4 per day each, $34,028; press gallery page, $1,920; superintendent ofDocument room. 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, $261,788. special and minority employeesSpecial and minority employees. For the minority employees authorized and named in the HouseMinority employees Resolutions Numbered 51 and 53 of December 11, 1931:
Two at $5,000 each, three at $2,820 each; one at $3,600 (minority pair clerk, House Resolution Numbered 313 of August 7, 1935); in all, $22,060. Special employees: Assistant foreman of the folding room,Special employees. authorized in the resolution of September 30, 1913, $1,980; laborer, authorized and named in the resolution of April 28, 1914, $1,380; laborer, $1,380; clerk, under the direction of the Clerk of the House, named in the resolution of February 13, 1923, $3,060; in all, $7,800.
Successors to any of the employees provided for in the twoAppointment of successors. preceding paragraphs may be named by the House of Representatives at any time. Office of majority floor leader: Legislative clerk, $3,960; clerk, $3,180; assistant clerk, $2,100; for official expenses of the majority leader, as authorized by House Resolution Numbered 101, Seventy-first Congress, adopted December 18, 1929, $2,000; in all, $11,240. Conference minority: Clerk, $3,180; legislative clerk,Majority floor leader. $3,060; assistant clerk, $2,100; janitor, $1,560; in all, $9,900.
The foregoing employees to be appointed by the minority leader. Two messengers, one in the majority caucus room and one in theCaucus rooms, messengers. minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority whips, respectively, at $1,740 each; in all, $3,480. post officePost Office. Salaries: Postmaster, $5,000; assistant postmaster, $2,880; registryPostmaster, assistant, etc. and money-order clerk, $2,100; forty-one 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, $1,740; laborer, $1,260; in all, $84,320.
For the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motorMotor vehicles. vehicles for carrying the mails, $2,500. official reporters of debates Salaries: Six official reporters of the proceedings and debatesOfficial reporters, etc. of the House at $7,500 each; clerk, $3,360; six expert transcribers at $1,740 each; janitor, $1,440; in all, $60,240. committee stenographers Salaries: Four stenographers to committees, at $7,000 each;Stenographers to committees, etc. janitor,$l,440; in all, $29,440.
Whenever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing“During the session” construed. paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and eighty-one days from January 1 to June 30, 1937, both inclusive. 1222 Members, etc.clerk hire, members, and delegates Clerk hire, etc.For clerk hire necessarily employed by each Member and Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, in the discharge of his official and representative duties, in accordance Vol. 46, p. 38. [U.
S. C., p. 11](/us/usc/p11).with the Act entitled “An Act to fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government”, approved June 20, 1929, $2,190,000. Contingent expenses.contingent expenses of the house Furniture, etc.For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including not to exceed $27,500 for labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, $43,750, of which sum $2,250 shall be available immediately. Packing boxes.For packing boxes, $3,500.
Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including reimbursement to the official stenographers to committees for the amounts actually paid out by them for transcribing hearings, and including materials for folding, $75,000, of which $15,000 shall be available immediately. Committee reports of hearings.For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $30,000.
Special and select committees. *Post*, p. 1598. *Proviso*. Salary restriction.For expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $100,000: *Provided*, That no person shall be employed under this appropriation at a rate of compensation in excess of $3,600 per annum. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation; one-half expenses.For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, $27,000.
Expenditures restricted.No part of the appropriations contained herein for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives shall be used to defray the expenses of any committee consisting of more than six persons (not more than four from the House and not more than two from Funeral expenses limited.the Senate), nor to defray the expenses of any other person except the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office and except the widow or minor children or both of the deceased, to attend the funeral rites and burial of any person who at the time of his or her death is a Representative, a Delegate from a Territory, or a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
Telegraph and telephone service.For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $95,000. Stationery.For stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, for the first session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, and for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House (not to exceed $5,000), $59,750. Emergency room.For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses for the emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, including an allowance of not to exceed $30 per month each to three assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, and January 20, 1932, $3,000.
Postage stamps.Postage stamps: Postmaster, $250; Clerk, $450; Sergeant at Arms, $300; Doorkeeper, $150; in all, $1,150. Folding, etc.For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $17,000, to be available immediately. United States Code, preparation, etc. Vol. 45, p. 1008; [U. S. C., p. 4](/us/usc/p4).For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized, by the Act approved May 29, 1928 (U. S. C., title 1, sec. 59), $6,500, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Revision of the Laws. 1223 For assistants in compiling lists of reports to be made to CongressClerical assistance to Clerk of House.Specified objects, etc. by public officials; compiling copy and revising proofs for the House portion of the Official Register; preparing and indexing the statistical reports of the Clerk of the House; compiling the telephone and Members’ directories; preparing and indexing the daily calendars of business; preparing the official statement of Members’ voting records; preparing lists 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; 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, secs. 241–256); and for such other assistance as the Clerk of the House may deem necessary and proper in the conduct of the business of his office, $5,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall*Proviso*.Use restricted. be used to augment the annual salary of any employee of the House of Representatives. For exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of anAutomobile for Speaker. automobile for the Speaker, $4,000. CAPITOL POLICECapitol Police.
Salaries: Captain, $2,700; three lieutenants, at $1,740 each; twoSalaries. special officers, at $1,740 each; three sergeants, at $1,680 each; fifty-two 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, $100,680: *Provided*, That no part of*Proviso*.Standards prescribed. any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an officer or member of the Capitol Police (including those for the Senate and House Office Buildings) who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board.
For purchasing and supplying uniforms, for maintenance andUniforms, etc. repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and for contingent expenses, $10,000, of which $600 shall be immediately available for the exchange of two such vehicles. One-half of the foregoing amounts under “Capitol Police” shallDivision of disbursement. be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTINGJoint Committee on Printing. Salaries:
Clerk, $4,000 and $800 additional so long as the positionClerk, assistant, etc.Vol. 28, p. 603.[U. S. C., p. 1932](/us/usc/p1932). 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. For salaries and expenses of maintenance of the office ofSalaries and expenses. 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. 1224 Statement of Appropriations.STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS Preparation, second session of Seventy-fourth Congress.For preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of the statements for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills, as required by law, $4,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairman of such committees to do the work.
Architect of the Capitol.ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL office of the architect of the capitol Architect, assistant, and office personnel.Salaries: For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law; and the Assistant Architect of the Capitol shall act as Architect of the Capitol during the absence or disability of that official or whenever there is no Architect; $51,900. Capitol Buildings and grounds.capitol buildings and grounds Maintenance, repair, etc.Capitol Buildings:
For necessary expenditures for the Capitol 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 (not to exceed $1,000), maintenance, and driving of motor-propelled passenger-carrying office vehicle; not exceeding $300 for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books, periodicals, and city directory; and 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 in his absence, disability, or when there is no superintendent of meters, these duties shall be performed by any other employee designated by the Architect of the Capitol; $416,724, of which sum $108,750 shall be immediately available for replacing switching equipment for electric substations.
Travel, etc., expenses.Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $1,750. Improving Capitol grounds.Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol power plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; purchase of waterproof wearing apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without [R.
S., secs. 3709, 3744](/us/rs/s3709/3744).[U. S. C., pp. 1803, 1805](/us/usc/pp1803/1805).compliance with sections 3709 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) and 3744 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 16) of the Revised Statutes, $120,963, of which $25,000 shall be immediately available. Legislative garage.Legislative garage: For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all necessary incidental expenses, $9,040. Subway, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings.Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings:
For repairs, rebuilding, and maintenance of the subway cars connecting the 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. 1225 Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items andSenate Office Building, maintenance, etc. 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; in all, $242,069.
House Office Buildings: For maintenance, including equipment,House Office Buildings, maintenance, etc. miscellaneous items, and for all necessary services, $370,509. Capitol power plant: For lighting, heating, and power for theCapitol power plant, maintenance, etc. Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, legislative garage, folding and storage rooms of the Senate, Government Printing Office, and Washington City post office; personal and other services, engineering instruments, fuel, oil, materials, labor, advertising, and purchase of waterpoof 11 So in original. wearing apparel in connection with the maintenance and operation of the heating, lighting, and power plant, $674,360, of which sum $210,000 shall be immediately availabe 11 So in original. for construction changes and the installation of additional equipment.
The appropriations under the control of the Architect of thePurchases independent of Procurement Division, Treasury Department.Vol. 36, p. 531.[U. S. C., p. 1804](/us/usc/p1804). 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. The Government Printing Office and the Washington City postReimbursement for heat, etc., to designated buildings. office shall reimburse the Capitol power plant for heat, light, and power furnished during the fiscal year 1937 and the amounts so reimbursed shall be covered into the Treasury. library building and groundsLibrary building and grounds.
Salaries: For chief engineer and all personal services at rates ofSalaries. pay provided by law, $46,720. Salaries, Sunday opening: For extra services of employees andSunday opening. additional employees under the Architect of the Capitol to provide for the opening of the Library Building on Sundays and on holidays, at rates to be fixed by such Architect, $2,139. For necessary expenditures for the Library Building and GroundsMaintenance, repair, etc. under the 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 and grounds, $24,500: *Provided*, That the unexpended *Provisos*.Maintenance, etc., of elevators.*Ante*, p. 470.balance on June 30, 1936, of the portion of the appropriation of $139,900 and of the reappropriation of $30,300 allocated for installation, replacement, and reconditioning of elevators, contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936, shall continue available for the same purposes until June 30, 1937: *Provided further*, That theDamon W.
Harding, continued employment.Vol. 41, p. 614.[U. S. C., p. 92](/us/usc/p92). Architect of the Capitol may continue the employment under his jurisdiction of Damon W. Harding, until June 30, 1938, 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 after the age of retirement. For furniture, including partitions, screens, shelving, andFurniture, etc. electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, $17,000. 1226 Annex, construction, equipment, etc.Vol. 46, p. 583;
Vol. 48, p. 202; Ante, p. 326.Annex, Library of Congress: Toward carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and equipment of an annex to the Library of Congress”, approved June 13, 1930 (46 Stat. 583), as amended by the Act approved June 6, 1935 (49 Stat. 326), $2,225,000, to remain available until expended. Botanic Garden.BOTANIC GARDEN Director, and personnel.Salaries: For the director and other personal services (including not exceeding $3,000 for miscellaneous temporary labor without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended), $86,262; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.
Maintenance, repairs, etc.Maintenance, operation, repairs, and improvements: For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden, and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and equipment pertaining thereto, including procuring fertilizers, soils, tools, trees, shrubs, plants, and seeds; materials and micellaneous 11 So in original. supplies, including rubber boots and aprons when required for use by employees in connection with their work; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; disposition of waste; traveling expenses of the director and his assistants not to exceed $600; street-car fares not exceeding $25; office equipment and contingent expenses; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any other Act; repair, maintenance, operation, purchase, and exchange, of motor trucks and a passenger motor vehicle (the cost of such passenger vehicle not to exceed $750, including the amount allowed on any vehicle given in part payment therefor); purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; repairs and improvements to director’s residence; and all other necessary expenses; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; $28,725.
Minor purchases without advertising.[R. S., sec. 3700, p. 733](/us/rs/s3700/p733); [U. S. C., p. 1803](/us/usc/p1803).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). Distribution of shrubbery, etc.No part of the appropriations contained herein for the Botanic Garden shall be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, plants, shrubs, or other nursery stock.
Open-market purchases of supplies, etc.[R. S., secs. 3700, 744](/us/rs/s3700/744).[U. S. C., pp, 1803, 1805](/us/usc/pp1803/1805).The purchase of supplies and equipment and the procurement of services at the Botanic Garden may be made in the open market without compliance with sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes of the United States in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $50 in any instance. Library of Congress.LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Salaries.salaries Librarian, and personnel.For the Librarian, Chief Assistant Librarian, and other personal services, $911,365.
Register of Copyrights, etc.For the Register of Copyrights, assistant register, and other personal services, $251,420. 1227 legislative reference serviceLegislative Reference Service. To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ competent personsPersonnel. 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, $92,990. distribution of card indexesCard indexes.
For the distribution of card indexes and other publications of theDistribution, etc. 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 $58,500, for employees engaged in piecework and work by the day or hour and for extra special services of regular employees at rates to be fixed by the Librarian; in all, $182,190. 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 thePreparation of 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., p. 19](/us/usc/p19). index to State legislation”, approved February 10, 1927 (U. S. C., title 2, secs. 164, 165), including personal and other services within and without the District of Columbia, including not to exceed $2,500Temporary services. 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, $33,000. sunday opening To enable the Library of Congress to be kept open for referenceSunday, etc., opening, expenses. 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, $19,300. union cataloguesUnion Catalogues.
To continue the development and maintenance of the UnionDevelopment, maintenance, etc. Catalogues, including personal services within and without the District of Columbia (and not to exceed $1,400 for special and temporary service, including extra special services of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian), travel, necessary material and apparatus, stationery, photostat supplies, and incidentals, $22,000. 1228 Increase of the Library.increase of the library Purchase of books, etc.For purchase of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, 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 1938, $115,000.
Law books, etc.For the purchase of books and for periodicals for the law library, including payment for legal society publications and for freight, commissions, and all other expenses incidental to the acquisition of law books, $50,000, to continue available during the fiscal year 1938. Reference books for Supreme Court.For the purchase of books and periodicals 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, $7,000.
Books for adult blind.Vol. 46, p. 1487.[U. S. C., p. 16](/us/usc/p16).To enable the Librarian of Congress to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide books for the adult blind”, approved March 3, 1931 (U. S. C., title 2, sec. 135a), as amended, $175,000, including not exceeding $500 for necessary traveling expenses connected with such service and for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian. 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, $258,500.
Catalogue of Title Entries.For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office and the decisions of the United States courts involving copyright, $47,000. Catalog cards.For the printing of catalog cards, $150,000, of which amount $15,000 shall be immediately available. contingent expenses of the library Contingent expenses.For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, stationery, office supplies, stock, and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous traveling expenses, postage, transportation, incidental expenses connected Attendance at meetings.with the administration of the Library and Copyright Office, including not exceeding $500 for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, $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, $5,000. Library building.library building Salaries.Salaries: For the superintendent, disbursing officer, and other personal services, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, $164,260. 1229 For extra services of employees and additional employees underSunday, etc., opening. the Librarian to provide for the opening of the Library Building on Sundays and on holidays, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $5,100.
For special and temporary services in connection with the custody,Special and temporary services. 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. For mail, delivery, and telephone services, rubber Incidentals, etc.boots, rubber coats, and other special clothing for workmen, uniforms for guards and elevator conductors, medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses for the emergency room, stationery, miscellaneous supplies, and all other incidental expenses in connection with the custody and maintenance of the Library Building, $8,900.
For any expense of the Library of Congress Trust Fund BoardTrust Fund Board, expenses. not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $500. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICEGovernment Printing Office. To provide the Public Printer with a working capital for thePrinting and binding. following purposes for the execution of printing, binding, lithographing, mapping, engraving, and other authorized work of the Government Printing Office for the various branches of the Government:
For salaries of Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer;Public Printer, Deputy, etc. for salaries, compensation, or wages of all necessary officers and employees additional to those herein appropriated for, including employees necessary to handle waste paper and condemned material for sale; to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisionsLeaves of absence, etc. of law granting holidays and half holidays and Executive orders granting holidays and half holidays with pay to employees; to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of law granting leave to employees with pay, said pay to be at the rate for their regular positions at the time the leave is granted; rental of buildings and equipment, fuel, gas, heat, electric current, gas and electric fixtures; bicycles, motor-propelled vehicles for theVehicles. carriage of printing and printing supplies, and the maintenance, repair, and operation of the same, to be used only for official purposes, including operation, repair, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and the purchase or exchange of two such passenger vehicles (at a cost, including the allowance on any vehicle given in part payment therefor, or not to exceed $1,000 and $750, respectively), for official use of the officers of the Government Printing Office when in writing ordered by the Public Printer; freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, furniture, type-writers, and carpets; traveling expenses; stationery, postage, and advertising; directories, technical books, newspapers and magazines, and books of reference (not exceeding $500); adding and numbering machines, time stamps, and other machines of similar character; rubber boots, coats, and gloves; machinery (not exceeding $300,000);
Machinery, etc.equipment, and for repairs to machinery, implements, and buildings and for minor alterations to buildings; necessary equipment, maintenance, and supplies for the emergency room for the use of all employees in the Government Printing Office who may be taken suddenly ill or receive injury while on duty; other necessary contingent and miscellaneous items authorized by the Public Printer; 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 District1230Indexes, Congressional Record.of Columbia or elsewhere (not exceeding $1,000); for salaries and expenses of preparing the semimonthly and session indexes of the Congressional Record under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing (chief indexer at $3,480, one cataloguer at $3,180, two Federal Register, printing and distribution.*Ante*, p. 500.cataloguers at $2,460 each, and one cataloguer at $2,100); for the printing and distribution of the Federal Register in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved July 26, 1935; and for all the necessary labor, paper, materials, and equipment needed in the prosecution and delivery and mailing of the work; in all, $3,850,000; to which sum shall be charged the printing and binding authorized to be done for Congress including supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations, the printing and distribution of the Federal Register (not exceeding $150,000), 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 Capitol upon requisition of the Secretary of the Senate, in all to an amount *Proviso*.Working capital, return of portion as unexpended balance.not exceeding $2,850,000: *Provided*, That not less than $1,000,000 of such working capital shall be returned to the Treasury as an unexpended balance not later than six months after the close of the fiscal year 1937.
Congressional work.Printing and binding for Congress chargeable to the foregoing 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. Payment for work ordered by departments, etc.During the fiscal year 1937 any executive department or independent establishment of the Government ordering printing and binding from the Government Printing Office shall pay promptly by check to the Public Printer upon his written request, either in advance or upon completion of the work, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Public Printer in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit *Proviso*.Adjustments 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 establishment Sums paid for work to be 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 the year in which the work is done, and be subject to requisition by the Public Printer. Estimates for departments, etc., to be incorporated in a single item.All amounts in the Budget for the fiscal year 1938 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 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 the executive branch of the 1231public service of the United States unless such detail be authorized by law. office of superintendent of documentsOffice of Superintendent of Documents.
For the Superintendent of Documents, assistant superintendent,Superintendent and personnel.Vol. 46, p. 1003.[U. S. C., p. 86](/us/usc/p86). and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and compensation of employees paid by the hour who shall be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled “AnVol. 43, p. 658.[U. S. C., p. 1931](/us/usc/p1931). Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office”, approved June 7, 1924 (U.
S. C., title 44, sec. 40), $585,000: *Provided*, That for the purpose of*Proviso*.Item a separate unit. conforming to section 3 of this Act this appropriation shall be considered a separate appropriation unit. For furniture and fixtures, typewriters, carpets, labor-savingContingent expenses. machines and accessories, time stamps, adding and numbering machines, awnings, curtains, books of reference; 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 buildings, elevators, and machinery; preserving sanitary condition of building; light, heat, and power; stationery and office printing, including blanks, price lists, bibliographies, catalogues and indexes; for supplying books to depository libraries; in all, $215,000: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be*Proviso*.Supplying depository libraries restricted. 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.
In order to keep the expenditures for printing and binding for thePrinting reports of departments. fiscal year 1937 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*,*Proviso*.Originals to be kept. That where the printing of such reports is discontinued the original copy thereof shall be kept on file in the offices of the heads of the respective departments or independent establishments for public inspection.
Purchases may be made from the foregoing appropriation underPurchases independent of Procurement Division, Treasury Department.Vol. 28, p. 601; Vol. 36, p. 531.[U. S. C., p. 1804](/us/usc/p1804). 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 used forPrivate vehicle restriction. the maintenance or care of private vehicles.
Sec. 3. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations,Average salaries in designated offices not to be exceeded.Vol, 42, p. 1488.[U. S. C., p. 85](/us/usc/p85). 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, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in the Botanic Garden, the Library of ongress, or the Government Printing Office, shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one 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 then1232*Proviso*.Not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.Vol. 42, p. 1490.[U.
S. C., p. 86](/us/usc/p86).only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service;
(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 Transfer to another position without reduction.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, Higher salary rates allowed.or other appropriation unit;
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law; or If only one position in a grade.(5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. Sec. 4. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1937. Approved, April 17, 1936. Relating to the authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make rehabilitation loans for the repair of damages caused by floods or other catastrophes, and for other purposes. 1936-04-17 49 Stat. 1232 234 Chapter 74 2 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 234.] AN ACT Relating to the authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make rehabilitation loans for the repair of damages caused by floods or other catastrophes, and for other purposes. April 17, 1936.[[H. R. 11968](/us/bill/74/hr/11968).][
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