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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 330. JUNE 30,1932 . 461 GEORGE ROGERS CL ARK SES QUI CENT ENN IAL Se sg eorge R tennidl opers Comk COMMISSION mission. For carrying into effect the provisions of the joint resolution pe icipation ex- use s. "Joi nt r esolu tion prov idin g for the par ticip atio n of the Memorial commem- orating achievem ents United States in the celebration in 1929 and 1930 of the one hundred in winning of old and fiftieth anniversary of the conquest of the Northwest Territory Nor thw es t. by General George Rogers Clark and his army, and authorizing an appr opria tion for the cons truct ion of a perm anen t mem oria l of the Vo1 . 45, p. 721; V ol. Revolutionary War in the West, and of the accession of the old ~' p' 1455' Northwest to the United States on the site of Fort Sackville, which was captured by George Rogers Clark and his men February 25, 1779," approved May 23, 1928 (45 Stat ., pp . 723, 724), as amended by the Act of February 28, 1931 .(46 Stat ., pp . 1459-1460), $400,000. GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL C OMMI SSION Gor ge Washington Bicentennial Commis- sion. For carrying out the provisions of the public resolution entitled services and ex- Joint resolution authorizing an appropriation for the participa- pence. tion of the United States in the preparation and completion of Vol.43,p.671. plans for the comprehensive observance of that greatest of all h is- toric events, the bicentennial of the birthday of George Washing- ton," approved December 2, 1924- (43 Stat ., p . 671), and all other activities authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to enable the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to carry out and give vol.4s, p.71. effe ct to cer tain appr oved plan s," appro ved Febr uary 21, 1930 (46 Personal services . Stat ., p. 71), including personal services without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and civil-service regulations, traveling expenses, furniture and equipment, supplies, printing and bindi ng, re nt of buildi ngs i n the Distri ct of Columb ia, a nd all other expenditures authorized by the above Acts, $200,000, to be available Balances available. until expended, together with all balances remaining unexpended from appropriations previously made for the use of this commission for each and every object of expenditure connected with th e cele- bration notwithstanding amounts previously authorized for the cost of activities and the provisions of any other Act ° relating to the expenditure of public moneys, upon vouchers approved by the chair= man of the executive committee, or such person as m ay be des ig- nated by him to approve vouchers : Provided, That nothing con- Promo. 'tained in this paragraph shall be construed to waive the submission ac coun ting. of accounts and vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit . INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION Inter state Co mmerce Commission. For eleven commissioners, at $12,000 each ;; secretary, $9,000, and retary Commi ad nssioners, other pe r- for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of sonal services, laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, traveling expenses, and stenographic reporting services to be Reporting services. obtained on and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its discretion, through the civil service or by contract or renewal of ex isting contr act, o r oth erwise, $2,6 00,000 , of w hich amount n ot Se rvic es in the nis to exceed $2,282,530 may be expended for personal services in the tries. District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000 ; not exceeding $3,000 for pur- chase and exchange of necessary books, reports, and periodicals ; not Books, furniture, etc . exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture similar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply schedule