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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 270 . 1929 . ic es, co ntract steno graphi c repo rting service s to b e obta ined o n and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its discretion, through the civil service or by contract, or renewal of existing con- t ract, or o ther wise, supp lies and equip ment, law book s, bo oks of re ference, periodica ls, garag e rental, traveli ng expens es, not t o exceed $225 for newspapers, foreign postage, and witness fees and mileage in accordance with section 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, $1,197,760, together with $12,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928, of which amount not to exceed $909,000 may be expended for personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia, including witness fees ; and of the amount herein appropriated $250,000 shall be immediately available. For all prin ting and b indi ng fo r the Fed eral Trade Comm issi on, $30,000, of which $10,000 shall be immediately available. Total, Federal Trade Commission, $1,277,760. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Sal aries : Compt roller Gener al, $1 0,000 ; for Assis tant C omptro ller General and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $3,876,000, together with $14,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 ; in all, $3,886,000. Contingent expenses : For traveling expenses including steno- graphic reporting service outside of the District of Columbia not exceeding $2,500, by contract or otherwise ; materials, supplies, equip- ment, and services ; rent of buildings and equipment ; purchase and exchange of books, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, which may be paid for in advance, tabulating cards, typewriters, calculating machines, and other office appliances, including their development, repairs and maintenance, including motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles ; and miscellaneous items, $176,000, to- gether with $24,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928. For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, $30,000. Tot al, Ge neral Accoun ting O ffice, $4,09 2,000. HOUSING CORPORATION Salaries : For officers, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia necessary to collect and account for the receipts from the sal e of p ropert ies an d the receip ts from the o perati on of unsold properties of the United States Housing Corporation, the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, property commandeered by the United States through the Secretary of Labor, and to collect the amounts advanced to transportation facilities and others, $27,850, together with $3,400 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 : Provided, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $5,000 per annum, and only one person may be employed at that rate. Contingent expenses : For c ontin gent and misce llane ous expen ses of the offices at Washington, District of Columbia, including pur- chase of blank boo ks, maps, statione ry, file cases, to wels, ice, brooms, soap, freight and express charges ; telegraph and telephone service ; and a ll ot her m isce llane ous i tems and neces sary expe nses not i n- cluded in the foregoing, and necessary to collect moneys and loans due the corporation, $2,600, together with $1,400 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928. 1237, Vol.38,p.22. Balance available. Vol.44,p. 1075. Services in t he Dis. trict. Amount imm edi- ately available. Print ing and bind- ing. Gener al A ccou nting Office. Comptroller General, Assistant, and office personnel. Balance available. Vol. 44, p. 1075. Contingent ex penses. Balance available. Vol. 44, p. 1076. Print ing and bind- ing. Housing Corpora- tion. Salaries in t he Dis- trict for specified services. Balance available. Vol. 44, p. 1076. Proviso. Pay restr icti on. Contingent expenses. Balance available. Vol .44,p . 1076.

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