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 1266 SIXTY-FIFTH coivennss. Sess. 111. cs. se. 1919. the comgienisationvf of any plersons incapacitated otherwise than temporari or e orming suc service. 0i3`i1m §;;*s.t ° Sec. 4. Thatlishe heads of the several executive de}partments and w’“?°w*{§°§h§,°{§‘g§§,‘;§ other governmental establishments in the District o _Columbia are sinudciléggl 6. 1912, if hereby authorized and directed to furnish to such civilian employees, illgnetc., k€r{:€{$ receiving com ensation, exclusive of the additional $120, at the rate h°.i°tiit p.1052. of not more tlian $1,400 per annum or less than $100 per annum, ' under their respective jurisdiction as have come to the District of Columbia since April 6, 1917, whose services are no longer required and whose em loyment has been or may be terminated by the Government witiliout delinquency or misconduct on their part, or who may resign from their positions, during] the period from November 11, 1918, to March 31, 1919, inclusive, their actual railroad transportation, including sleeping-car accommodations, from the District of Columbia to the place from which they acceptedemployment or to their legal residence, or to such other p ace not a greater distance, as Tim., iq, ,,,,,;,,,,8, the employee may elect. Such transportation must be Zpplied for M within ten days after the termination of service and sh be used within five days after issuance unless an extension of time on account of illness be granted b the proper authority. As to the employees whose services have been terminated during the period between November 11, 1918, and the date of the passing; of this Act, inclusive, the time within which trans ortation shall applied for shall be rtnntyret sale,etc.; twentgy days from the date oi) the passage of this ct. Any tperson °‘ “"“¥’°‘"“‘°°· who all sell, exchange, or transfer suc transportation for e use Funds available- of another shall be(punished lg a fine of not more than $100. The expenses authorize by this ct shall be paid from the following appro riations for the fiscal year 1920, which hereby are made available therefor immediately upon approval of this Act: _ wu Department. For the War Department, rom "Temporary employees? gyvg g_,§j&nmt For the Navy Department, from ‘ ‘Temporary employees." .4m,p.1z4z. For all other executive departments and independent establish- ,,2"‘°' °""""°m°°t" ments, from the appropriations for the support of the services in Rmmd to persons which such persons are employed. Any employee who would be eniawmgpnermpessage titled to transplortation, mcluding slee ing·car accommodation under mms "°°‘ this Act and w 0 has left the District ol) Columbia prior to the passage ` of this Act, but not before December 10, 1918, upon application and presentation within sixty days after the passage of this Act of proper proof shall have refimded the cost of actual railroad transportation, including sleeiping-car accommodation, from the District of Columbia . to the p ace rom which employment was accepted, or to their legtal residence, or to such other place not a greater distance to which the Butriesamrranuary employee may have one. The provisions made for the transporta- 7* }»°}Z;J.{°’“d°°‘ tion 0 employees shall not apply to those who enter such service after ¤bQe';°jemdg*&u;?;‘,”ctgf January 7, 1919: Provided, at_payment to any employee for leave ' of absence not earned mfproportion to the term of employment shall be deducted from the re im authorized in this section and the provision made in this Act for the transportation of employees shall not be supplemeritedgdin any manner by the various services in which they are em oy. ch'5{g°'¤*1¤S 1¤¤· Sec. 5. That no part of any money appropriated by this or any sesthpttoueapttm other Act shall be used during the fiscal year 1920 for the purchase “’b"p°"""'· of an typewriting machine at a price in excess of the lowest price paid liy the Government of the United States for the same make and substantially the same model of machine during the fiscal year 1918; such price s all include the value of any typewriting machine or ma- E¤>¢1>¤1¤¤¤- cbines given in exchange, but shall not app? to s ecial prices anted on typewriting machines used in schools o the District of C§lrumbia or o the Indian Service, the lowest of which special prices paid for typewritingsmachines shall not be exceeded in future purchases for g°'°’g`m”r';m8tion 0, such schoo : Provided, That in construing this section the Commisewectetexmscmaet. sioner of Patents shall advise the Comptroller of the Trewury as to