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 798 SEV ENTY- FIRST C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 572. 1930 . Q uorum and seal. to exercise all the powers of the commission. Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of mEEll ectiono fvicec hair- business, and the commission shall have an official seal of which judicial notice shall be taken. The commission shall annually elect a vice chairman to act in case of the absence or disability of the Compensation, chairman or in case of a vacancy in the office of chairman. traveling, etc., a%- penses. " Each commissioner shall receive an annual salary of $10,000, together with necessary traveling and subsistence expenses, or per Principal office in diem allowance in lieu thereof, within the limitations prescribed by the District for general law, while away from the seat of government upon official business . sessions. " The principal office of the commission shall be in the District of Columbia, where its general sessions shall be held ; but whenever the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted or special sessions. delay or expense prevented thereby, the commission may hold spe- cial s essions in any pa rt of th e United States. Office personnel. " SEC. 2. The commission shall have authority to appoint, pre- ss appo intm ent and scribe the duties, and fix the salaries of, a secretary, a chief engi- neer, a general counsel, a solicitor, and a chief accountant subject to the civil service laws, appoint such other officers and employees as are necessary in the execution of its functions and fix their salaries in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fro m officers othe r as amended . The commission may request the President to detail ments. an officer or officers from the Corps of Engineers, or other branches of the United States Army, to serve the commission as engineer officer or officers, or in any other capacity, in field work outside the seat of government, their duties to be prescribed by the commission ; and such detail is hereby authorized . The President may also, at the request of the commission, detail, assign, or transfer to the com- mission engineers in or under the Departments of the Interi or or Agriculture for field work outside the seat of government under the direction of the commission. Contingent expenses " The commission may make such expenditures (including expend- authorized . itures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books periodicals, and books of reference, and for printing and binding as are necessary to execute its functions . Expenditures by the commission shall be allowed and paid upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor, approved by the chair- man of the commission or by such other member or officer as may be authorized by the commission for that purpose ." Vol . 41, p. 1065. SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 4 of the Federal Water Power Report to Congress . Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence : " Such report shall contain the names and show the com- pensation of the persons employed by the commission ." Power re t Federal SEC . 3 . Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of this Act continue until reor g a n - the Federal Power Commission as constituted upon the date of the ization hereunder. approval of this Act shall continue to function until the date of the reorg aniza tion of th e com missi on pu rsuan t to the p rovis ions of su ch Effective date of re- sec tio n. The com mission sha ll be deeme d to be reo rganized up on organization. such date as three of the commissioners appointed as provided in such secti on 1 have taken offi ce, a nd no such comm issio ner s hall be paid salary for any period prior to such date. Water Power Act, SEC. 4 . This Act shall be held to reorganize the Federal Power etc., to remain effective. Commission created by the Federal Water Power Act, and said Federal Water Power Act shall remain in full force and effect, as herein amended, and no regulations, actions, investigations, or other proceedings under the Federal Water Power Act existing or pend- ing at the time of the approval of this Act shall abate or otherwise be affected by reasons of the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 23, 1930.
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