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 230 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 201 . 1930. expenses of garage, including labor, special services, and miscel- laneous items, to be expended in the discretion of the President, $43,500 . For printing and binding, $2,700. Traveling expenses : For traveling and official entertainment expenses of the President of the United States, to be expended in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely, $25,000. Printi ng and bind- ing. Traveling, etc ., ex- penses. Executive Mansion, EXECUTI', MANSION AND GROUNDS etc. Care, repairs, etc. For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, impr ovement, heati ng, and lighti ng, inc luding electri c powe r and fixtures of the Executive Mansion, the Executive Mansion green- houses, includin g reconstr uction, and the Execu tive Mansi on grounds , and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determ ine, $135, 000. Total, Executive Office, $422,320. Independent estab- lishments. American Battle Monuments Co mmis - AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION lion. All exnenses. For every expenditure requisite for or incident to the work of us42p.150. the American Battle Monuments Commission authorized by the Act entitled "An Act for the creation of an American Battle Monuments Commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the A merican so ldier in E urope, and for other purposes, " approved Title to land in March 4, 1923 (U . S . C ., title 36, sees . 121-133), including the acqui- foreign countries. sition o f land or interest i n land in foreign co untries fo r carrying R. S., see.355,p. 60. out the purposes of said Act without submission to the Attorney 1302. S . C., pp.1122, General of the United States under the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 34, sec. 520 ; title 40, sec. 255) ; the maintenance of memorials erected by the commission until the Secretary of War is advised of their completion and assumes their Services in the Dis- maintenance ; employment of personal services in the District of filet Glb idl hh transport ation fifi . ere • tlg Travel expenses .ouma an esewe o, Inea t ,eo rem- INDEP ENDENT ESTABLIS HMENTS bursement of actual travel expenses or per diem in lieu thereof to the personnel engaged upon the work of the commission ; the reim- bursement of actual travel expenses (not exceeding an average of $8 per day for subsistence) or per diem in lieu thereof (not exceeding $7 per day) to, and the transportation of the members of the com- mission, while engaged upon the work of the commission ; the Office expenses establishment of offices and the rent of office space in foreign coun- abroad. tries ; the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles which may be furnished to the commis- sion by other departments of the Government or acquired by pur- Printing, etc. chase- printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photographing, a nd typewri ting, incl uding the publicatio n of infor mation con cerning t he America n activiti es, battle fields, m emorials, and cemete ries in Europe ; the purchase of maps, textbooks, newspapers, and periodi- cals, $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available Proots0s . until expended : Provided, That the commission may incur obliga- Contracts, etc ., au- thorized. tions and enter into contracts for building materials and supplies and for construction work, which, inclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore made available, shall not exceed a total of $4,500,000 abroad hnical work Provided further, That notwith standin g the r equirem ents of exist- ing laws or regulations and under such terms and conditions as the commission may in its discretion deem necessary and proper, the commission may contract for work in Europe, and engage, by con- trac t or otherwise, the services of archit ects, firms of arch itects, and

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