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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. C$. 270. 1929. 1243 Act entitled "An Act to increase the revenue, and for other pur- poses," approved September 8, 1916 (U . S . C., pp . 529-531, sees . 91- 53 u. S. Code, pp. 529- 106), and under sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 of the Act entitled Vol . 42,pp .941-947. "An Act to provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign count ries, to enc ourage the i ndustr ies of the Un ited S tates, and f or other purposes," approved September 21, 1922 (U . S. C., pp . 575-576, 580 • s, Code, pp . 575 sees . 154-158 ; pp . 578-580, sees . 174-180, 182-190), $764,000, together with $36,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for Balance available. this purpos e for the fi scal y ear 19 28, of which amount not t o exce ed $690,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of trictr°ices in the Dis- $690,000 and not to exceed $2,000 for expenses, except membership fees, of at tendan ce at meetin gs con cerned with s ubject s unde r inve s- tigation by the commission : Provided, That the commission may Minor purchases. procure supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the R.S.,sec. 3709,p . 733. Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., p . 1309, sec. 5) when the aggregate U.S. Code, p.1309. amount involved does not exceed $20 : Pro vided furth er, That no Salary restriction . part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salary of any member of the United States Tariff Commission who shall hereafter participate in any proceedings under said sections 315, 316, 317, and 318 of said Act, approved September 21, 1922, wherein he or any member of his family has any special, direct, and pecuniary interest, or in which he has acted as attorney or special representative. Pri nting and bin d- For all printing and binding for the Tariff Commission, $25,000. ing. Total, Tariff Commission, $789,000. UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD For salaries and expenses of the United States Geographic Board, incl udin g per sonal ser vices in t he Di stri ct of Colu mbia, and for statione ry and of fice supp lies, $8, 900. For printing and binding, $300. Total, United States Geographic Board, $9,200. Geographic Board . Salaries and expenses. Pri nting and bin d- ing. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOA RD Shipping Board . For seven commissioners at $12,000 each per annum, $84,000. Commissi oners. For all other expenditures authorized by law, including the com- All other expenses . pensatio n of a se cretary t o the boa rd, atto rneys, of ficers, n aval arch i- Personnel i ncluded . tects, special experts, examiners, and clerks, including one admiralty counsel at $10,000 per annum, one technical expert in connection with construction loan fund, at $10,000 per annum, and other employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; and for all other expenses outside rent. of the board, including the rental of quarters outside the District of Columbia, law books, books of reference, periodicals, and traveling expenses of members of the board, its special experts, and other employees, while upon official business away from their designated posts of duty, and for the employment by contract or otherwise of expert stenographic reporters for its official reporting work and including the investigation of foreign discrimination against vessels investigating against criminat ions against and shippers of the United States and for the investigation of trans- American vessels, etc • port ation of i mmigr ants in v essel s of the Unite d St ates Shipp ing Board, $265,750, of which amount not to exceed $240,000 may be services in the Dis . expended for pers onal services in the District of Columbi a : trict. Proviso. Provided, That the annual estimates of the Shipping Board for the Estimates to assign- fiscal year 1931 shall be accompanied by a statement showing the ments from Fleet Cor- number and compensation of employees of the Fleet Corporation poration. assigned to the Shipping Board. For all printing and binding for the United States Shipping ing rinting and bind- Board, i ncluding all of it s bureaus, office s, instit utions, a nd servic es locate d in W ashing ton, D istric t of C olumbia , and elsewh ere, $ 10,000. 54835°- 29-rr 1-52

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