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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 102. 1929. 1119 employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce who may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary expenses of such interment at their post or at home, $1,500 ; Tr ansp orta tion of fami lies and eff ects of offi cers and emp loye es Tr ansportatio n of families and effects. To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and neces- Payin g officers, etc., sary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regula- for expenses of s tin g or returning to posts. tions as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, of families and effects of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes- tic Commerce in going to and returning from their posts, or when traveling under the order of the Secretary of Commerce, $50,000 Provided, That no part of said sum shall be paid for transportation Proviso. Restriction on using on foreign vessels without a certificate from the Secretary of Com- foreign ships. merce and that there are no American vessels on which such officers and clerks may be transported at rates not in excess of those charged by foreign vessels ; Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign and fns pe t ses ete ttend- Domestic Commerce shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic com- merce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work of the bureau by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Com- merce ; The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of Minor purcha ses in foreign countries in services for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in for- open market. eign countries, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in the R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733. manner common among business men, 'when the aggregate amount U. S. Code, p. 1309. of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance ; Total, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, $4,539,923, of Ser vftes in the Dis- which amount not to exceed $1,712,000 may be expended for personal trictt services in the District of Columbia. Census Burea u. BURE AU OF THE CENSUS Fifteenth Census. For salaries and necessary expenses for preparing for taking, com- Salar ies a nd e xpens es piling, and publishing the Fifteenth Census of the United States and inns, preparing for tak- for carrying on during the decennial census period all other work u .ls4 Code, pp. 13 01 d authorized and directed by law (U . S . C ., pp . 329-338, sees . 1-112), at 338. a total cost of not to exceed $39,490,000, including rent of office quar- ters in and outside the District of Columbia ; salaries of employees fzedmployees autho r- in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including temporary employees in the District of Columbia who may be appointed by the Director of the Census, under civil-service rules, for any period not extending beyond June 30, 1932, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Director of the Census, without regard to the Classification Act : Provisos. P rovi ded, That such temporary employees in the District of Colum- Leaves of absence to bia may be allowed leave of absence with pay at the rate of two and temporary employees. one-half days per month ; the employment by contract of personal services for the preparation of monographs on census subjects ; per Special agents, etc. diem com pens atio n of spe cial age nts and expe nses of the same and of detailed employees, whether employed in the District of Columbia or elsewhere : Provided further, That employees of the bureau may Motor-vehicle allow- be paid in lieu of all transportation expenses not to exceed 7 cents once' per mile for the use of their own automobiles or not to exceed 3 cents per mile for the use of their own motor cycles when used for necessary travel on official business ; expenses of attendance at meet- Attendance at meet- ings concerned with the collection of statistics, when incurred on the

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