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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. CH. 189. 1927. 122]. Bureau of Mines for cooperative work in connection with this appro- priation mayebe expended in the same manner as sums appropriated erein may expended; The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of c,,§SQ,°“0,mgff§,°§,°S§;; services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well p¤¤¤.¤¢·¤· as in the field outside of the District of Columbia, maiy be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 o" the Revised R·S·“°°·37°°·p·T°3· Statutes of the United States, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance; For the purchase or exchange ef professional and scientific books, mP¤¢¢¤¤¤¤ 0* *><>°¤· law books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, ` and other books of reference relating to the usiness of the Bureau of Mines, there is hereby made available from any appropriations made for such bureau not to exceed $3,500; Total, Bureau of Mines, $2,975,150. TITLE IV.—DEPARTMEN‘T OF LABOR L81ggg¤r¤¤·*¤* 0* ormon or ran ssonsrxxx $°¤mmY’¤ OHM Salaries: Secretary of Labor, $15,000; Assistant Secretary, Second Sewewvvqsismuw. Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of md °m°° p°”°°”°l` Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $171,000; in all, $186,000. Commissioners of conciliation: To enable the Secretary of Labor §<2$¤giSSi¤¤¤r= ¤f to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creat- °°vii1.ai?iiZ vas · ing the Department of Labor, and to appoint commissioners of conciliation, traveling exlpenses, and not to exceed $14,140 for personal services in the istrict of Columbia, and telegraph and telephone service, $210,000. oonrixemrr nxrrxsns, nnmarmnxrr or muon For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the otlices and ceuunzenmwaaa. bureaus of the department, for which appropriations for contingent — and miscellaneous expenses are not s ecifica ly made, including the purchase of stationery, furniture and) repairs to the same, carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, laun- dry, street-car fares not exceeding $200; traveling expenses incident to examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; lighting and heating; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor cycles and motor trucks; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for oiiicial purposes; freight and express charges, newspapers not exceeding $275, for which payment may be made in advance; news- paper clippings not to exceed $1,800, postage to foreign countries telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices; purchase of law books, books of refer- ence, and eriodicals not exceeding $3,250; in all, $43,700; and in Addition;] mm im. addition thereto such sum as may be necessary, not in excess of ,;{"§‘§",fjg° °‘¤‘°°°°° ‘°' $13,500, to facilitate the purchase, through the central purchasing Vo1.36,p. au. office as provided in the Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes me, p. mz. at Largehpage 531), of certain supplies for the Immigration Service, shall be educted from the appropriation " Expenses of regulating immigration " made for the fiscal ear 1928 and added to the appro- priation " Contingent expenses, Be artment of Labor," for that year; and the total sum thereof shall be and constitute the appro- Pl§,’;y;§;*jdS°h3°g¤h priation for contingent expenses for the Department of Labor, to puts nivaiouln up