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 SEV ENT Y-F IRS T CONGRESS. SESS. III. Ca. 277. 1931 . 1233 expenditure of $4,500 ; office rent and expenses of field force, includ- Office rent, field sup. ing temporary, stenographic, and other assistance, in the preparation plies, etc. of reports and the care of public property, and so forth ; advertising ; office supplies, including drafting materials, especially prepared paper, typewriting machines, adding machines, and other mechanical labor-saving devices, and exchange of same ; furniture, carpets, elec- tric-light fixtures, and office equipment ; telegraph and telephone service ; freight, expressage, and postage incident to shipments of drawings, furniture and supplies for the field forces, testing instru- ments, and so forth, including articles and supplies not usually payable from other appropriations : Provided, Tha t no expenditures proviso. Transporting operat- shall be made he reunder for tran sportati on of ope rating s upplies for ing supplies excluded. public buildings ; not to exceed $1,000 for books of reference, law books, technical periodicals and journals ; maintenance, operation, other contingencies. and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying ve hic le to be used for official purposes only ; ground rent at Salamanca, New Salamanca, N. Y. York, for which paym ent may be made in advance ; contingencies Ground rent. of every kind and description, traveling expenses of site agents, and of emp loyee s dir ected by th e Secr etary of t he Tr easury to a ttend meetings of technical and professional societies in connection with the work of the Office o f the Su pervisin g Archite ct, reco rding de eds and other evidences of title, photographic instrument, chemicals, plates, and phot ographic materia ls, and such othe r articl es and s up- plies and such minor and incidental expenses not enumerated, con- nected solely with work on public buildings, the acquisition of sites, and the administrative wo rk connected with the annual appropri- ations under the Supervising Architect's Office as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and specially order or approve, but not including heat, light, janitor service, awnings, curtains 2 or Objects excluded. any expenses for the general maintenance of the Treasury Building, or surveys, plaster models, progress photographs, test-pit borings, or mill and shop inspections, $1,938,300, of which amount not to exceed $1,259 ,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Outside professional services : To enable the Secretary of the Se Out tssiide professional Treasury to obtain outside professional and/or technical services, as Vol. 44, p .631. pro vi ded by the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926 (U. S. U. s . 013supp. Iv, C., Supp. III, title 40, sec . 34 2), and by the Act approved March 31, p .561. 19 30 (46 Stat., p . 137 ), and to pay reasonable compensation for such services, and to employ appraisers, when necessary, by contract or oth erw ise. $2,40 0,000, t o remain availab le until expende d. PUBL IC BU ILDING S, OP ERATI NG EXP ENSES Operating force : For such personal services as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary in connection with the care, main- tenance, and rep air of a ll publi c buildi ngs under the con trol of the Treasury Department (except as hereinafter provided), together with the grounds thereof and the equipment and furnishings therein, including assistant custodians, janitors, watchmen, laborers, and charwomen ; telephone operators for the operation of telephone switc hboa rds or e quiv alen t te leph one swit chb oard equ ipme nt in Federal buildings, jointly serving in each case two or more govern- mental activities ; engineers, firemen, elevator conductors, coal passers, ele ct ric ia ns, dynamo tenders, lampists, and wiremen ; mec ha nic al labor fo rce in c onnectio n with s aid buil dings, in cluding carpente rs, plumbers, steam fitters, machinists, and painters, but in no case shall the rates of compensation for such mechanical labor force be in excess of the rates current at the time and in the place where such 57 894'-31 -78 Operating expenses. Operating force. Personal services, as- sistant custodians, etc. Pay restriction.

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