Same To make rules and regu-
lations for enforcement of,
and to decide questions aris-
ing under Act_____.
Same Annual report to Con-
gress.
Appropriation for expenses of

commission, fiscal year 1917__ 66aaa Permanent appropriation for em

ployees' compensation fund__ 66bbb Commission to make finding of

facts and award on claim pre

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ferred to the commission, together with certain clerks---- 66uu

28a. Temporary employees, War Department.-For the temporary employment of such additional force of clerks and other employees as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be proper and necessary to the prompt, efficient, and accurate dispatch of official business in the War Department and its bureaus, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to such bureaus and offices as the exigencies of the existing situation may demand, $1,261,232. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 351).

(See paragraph 44d, post.)

28b. Same-Report to Congress as to number, compensation, etc.The Secretary of War shall submit to Congress on the first day of its next regular session a statement showing by bureaus or offices the number and designation of the persons employed hereunder and the annual rate of compensation paid to each. Id.

28c. Limit as to number receiving maximum compensation.-No more than thirty persons shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation in excess of $1,800 per annum each and not exceeding $2,400 per annum each. Id.

30a. Details for service outside of District restricted.—In expending appropriations made in this Act persons in the classified service at Washington, District of Columbia, shall not be detailed for service outside of the District of Columbia except for or in connection with work pertaining directly to the service at the seat of government of the department or other Government establishment from which the detail is made: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to the investigation of any matter or the preparation, prosecution, or defense of any suit by the Department of Justice. Sec. 5, Acts of May 10, 1916, and Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat. 120, 1121).

(See paragraph 2050, post.)

35a. Lump-sum appropriations, payment of additional salaries to employees from, forbidden.-It shall not be lawful hereafter to pay to any person, employed in the service of the United States under any general or lump-sum appropriation, any sum additional to the regular compensation received for or attached to any employment held prior to an appointment or designation as acting for or instead of an occupant of any other office or employment. This provision shall not be construed as prohibiting regular and permanent appointments by promotion from lower to higher grades of employments. Sec. 12, Act of Aug. 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 680).

36a. Transfer of clerks, etc., of executive departments to independent establishments, etc.-Section five of the Act of June twentysecond, nineteen hundred and six, prohibiting the transfer of employees from one executive department to another, shall apply with equal force and effect to the transfer of employees from executive departments to independent establishments and vice versa and to the transfer of employees from one independent establishment to another: Provided, That the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be considered a Government establishment for the purposes of this section. Sec. 5, Act of June 22, 1906 (34 Stat. 449), as amended by sec. 6, Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 383).

36b. Employment of civil employees of executive departments, etc., in other executive departments, etc., at increased rate of compensation prohibited.-No civil employee in any of the executive departments or other Government establishments, or who has been employed therein within the period of one year next preceding his proposed employment in any other executive department or other Govern

ment establishment, shall be employed hereafter and paid from a lump-sum appropriation in any other executive department or other Government establishment at an increased rate of compensation. Sec. 7, Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 383).

36c. Increase of compensation of civil employees of executive departments, etc., employed in other departments, etc., within one year from such employment prohibited.-And no civil employee in any of the executive departments or other Government establishments or who has been employed therein within the period of one year next preceding his proposed employment in any other executive department or other Government establishment and who may be employed in another executive department or other Government establishment shall be granted an increase in compensation within the period of one year following such reemployment. Id., 384.

36d. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation deemed a Government establishment.-The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be considered a Government establishment for the purposes of this section. Id.

36e. Section 5, Act of June 22, 1906, not repealed.-This section shall not be construed to repeal section five1 of the Act of June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six, which prohibits the transfer of employees from one department to another. Id.

40a. Officers and employees of executive departments, etc., established and to continue from year to year.-The officers and employees of the United States whose salaries are herein appropriated for are established and shall continue from year to year to the extent they shall be appropriated for by Congress. Sec. 6, Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1049).

BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY.

40b. Created as independent establishment.-Hereafter the Division of Efficiency of the Civil Service Commission shall be an independent establishment and shall be known as the Bureau of Efficiency; and the officers and employees of the said division shall be transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency without reappointment, and the records and papers pertaining to the work of the said division and the furniture, equipment, and supplies that have been purchased for it shall be transferred to the said bureau. Act of Feb. 28, 1916 (39 Stat. 15).

40c. Duties relating to efficiency ratings transferred to.-The duties relating to efficiency ratings imposed upon the Civil Service Commission by section four of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act approved August twenty-third, nineteen hundred

1 See paragraph 36, ante, or 34 Stat. 449.

and twelve, and the duty of investigating the administrative needs of the service relating to personnel in the several executive departments and independent establishments, imposed on the Civil Service Commission by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, are transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency. Id.

40d. Same-Establish and maintain system of efficiency ratings, investigate duplication of work, etc.-To enable the Bureau of Efficiency, authorized by the urgent deficiency appropriation Act approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to establish and maintain a system of efficiency ratings, to investigate administrative needs of the service relating to personnel in the several executive departments and independent establishments, required by legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Acts for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and thirteen and nineteen hundred and fourteen, respectively, and to investigate duplication of statistical and other work and methods of business in the various branches of the Government service *. Act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat. 76).

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40e. Same-Investigate methods of auditing accounts of disbursing officers, etc.-The Bureau of Efficiency shall investigate the methods of examining and auditing claims against the United States and accounts of disbursing officers and of accounting for receipts and disbursements and shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to Congress, with recommendations, at its next regular session. Act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1080).

40f. Same-Investigate and report upon methods of transacting business in Civil Service Commission.-The Bureau of Efficiency shall investigate the methods of transacting the public business in the Civil Service Commission and report to Congress through the President at the next regular session of Congress. The officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission are hereby directed to furnish said bureau with such information as it may require to carry out this provision. Id.

40g. Same-Ascertain rates of pay of State and municipal employees. The Bureau of Efficiency shall ascertain the rates of pay of employees of various State and municipal governments and commercial institutions in different parts of the United States and shall submit to Congress at its next regular ression a report showing how such rates compare with the rates of pay of employees of the Federal Government performing similar services. Id., 1081.

40h. Same-Executive departments to furnish information, access to records, etc.-Officers and employees of the executive departemnts and other establishments shall furnish authorized representatives of the Bureau of Efficiency with all information that the bureau may