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 SIXTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 27. 1917. 123 subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals; necessary employees; incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, includi 1u·chase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles requirlig For official purposes, not exceeding $100 for the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and exclusive of architect’s fees or compensa- H _ _ tion, $100,000; one-half of which sum shall bpjpaid from the revenues m.§lle§T°m D‘S"‘°° olfl tl{j_—> Dtgsgirgzt of Columbia and the other h from the Treasury of t e ni tates. George Washington Memorial Building: The amount which shall MS§‘2,§*`§§, “’¥{*,§’§§§’gf have been subscribed and paid into the treasury of the George Digikm sumti t, Washi ton Memorial Association before the actual construction of limit aimmaheap `°° said biliilding shall be undertaken prescribed in the Act entitled "An  "gi)f’g,§§‘i2,0_ Act to increase the limit of cost 0 certain gligblic buildings," and so ’ ’ forth, apéiroved March fourth, nineteen hun d and thirteen(Thirty- seventh tatutes, plage eight hundred and eighty-one), is hereby fixed mc M at $500,000, and the limit for beginning the erection of said building mm e¤e¤r$!im°n°° is hereby extended to March fourth, nineteen hundred and nineteen. nrrnasrarn commecn ooMM1ss1oN. C.,‘m.£;F°mm°‘°° For seven commissioners at $10,000 each; secretary, $5,000; in all, i>ii3?§i‘2m. $7 5 ,000. For all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of %ex$°¢$¤°iSé¤n¤as¢¤a¤e laws to regulate commerce, including per diem in lieu of subsistence V°'·38·P·°“°- when allowed pursuant to section thirteen of the sundry civil appro- ‘ priation Act approved August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, $1,100,000, of which sum there may be expended not exceeding H $50,000 in the employment of counsel, not exceeding $3,000 for .a,*““°'“‘_ °'°°“'“°I· necessary books, reports, and periodicals, not exceeding $1,500 for printing other than that done at the Government Prmting Office, not exceediuxgi $100 in the open market for the plurchase of office furniture s` ar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply seihgchulexand not exceeding $70,000 rent of buildings an the District R°”*‘ 0 0 um ia. To further enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce •.¤€i?”$§m?m° compliance with section twenty of the Act to regulate commerce as 3,, P· M "°‘· amended by the Act approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, including the employment of necessary special agents or examiners, $300,000. _ _ _ mnuymmappw To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed ams. regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety ,,,Y°l,,,§’(,g}j ,§,";;_‘,Q,}; of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Act requiring common Vgigia D·t?98· ' carriers to make reports of accidents and authorizing investigations ve1.:§`:;'. 446; ve;. thereof; and to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to “g{,;c3,f°ggum em investigate and test block-signal and train··control systems and asvolhgg, p. sts; vox. appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, ’ p` ' as authorized by the joint resolution approved June thirtieth, nine- _ teen lumdred and six, and the provision of the sundry civil Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, including the exrsgloyment o inspectors, and per diem in lieu of subsistence getdégmwagssmw when owed pursuant to section thirteen of the sundry civil appro- °° ’p° ' priatiélpo Act approved August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, 250, ., Valuation of property of carriers: To enable the Interstate Com- nggswwmhmd merce Commission to carry out the objects of the Act entitled "An v°'·3'·P·7°‘· Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce} approved February fourth, eighteen hundred an eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof by providing for a valuation of the several xm . . . . as of stocks, etc. classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities, approved