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 468 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 330. JUNE 30, 1932. Vol. 46, p. 1003. allocated under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, shall 28u. S. C., Supp. V, p. not be subject to reduction in salary by reason of their transfer during the fiscal year, 1933 to the pay roll of the Shipping Board. Printing an d bind- For all printing and binding for the United States Shipping ing. Board, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $10,000. Shipping Board UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD SHIPPING FUND fund. poMerocn nt Fl ett (r: For expenses of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet able from. Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, for admin- istrative purposes, miscellaneous adjustments, losses due to the main- tenance and operation of ships, including operation through an agreement to pay a lump-sum compensation, for the p rotection of the interests of the United States in any vessel on which the United - States holds a mortgage, for the repair of ships, for the purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor vehicles for official purposes only ; for the payment of premiums for liability, fire, theft, property damage, and collision insurance and for other forms of insurance, Including schedule and fidelity bonds, commonly carried by commercial corporations engaged in the same or a similar business, and for carrying out the provisions of the Merchant att i sources of. Marine Act, 1920, and amendments thereto, (a) the amount of oper- mount 932 .on hand sting funds on hand July 1, 1932, not to exceed $50,000,000, including Salaries and ex- the salaries of employees of the Fleet Corporation assigned to the •R ee eeipts. other than Shipping Board ; (b) all amounts received during the fiscal year and sur- plus property. ships rending June 30, 1933, other than the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property ; (c) so much of the total proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property received during the fiscal year 1933, but not Liqu idatio n exp enses. exceeding $1,500,000, as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquida- tion, including the costs incident to the delivery of vessels to pur- chasers, the cost of maintaining the laid-up fleet and the salaries Proviso. and expenses of the personnel engaged in liquidatio n : Provided, Exp erim ental Wor k. That the unexpended balance of $500,000 made available for experi- Vol. 45, p.1244. mental and research work in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act f or the fisca l year 1930 is he reby r eappro priate d and made avail- able until June 30, 1933, for the same purposes and under the same terms, including supervision and inspection of construction of ves- sels on which loans have been made from the construction loan fund claims not payable Provided further, That no part of these sums, (a), (b), and (c), therefrom . Interest earned. shall be used for the payment of claims arising out of the construc- tion and requisitioning of vessels ; (d) all interest earned on the funds, excepting the construction loan fund, of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation is to accrue to these fiends and is made available for the purposes hereinbefore set forth Operating ships for subject to the limitations herein established : Provided further, That carrying coal to foreign ~ c ry. the unexpended balances of the sums made available by the Inde- lialance available. Vol. 45, p .1244. pendent Offices Appropriation Act, 1930, for reconditioning and operating ships for carrying coal to foreign ports shall continue avail able f or the same purpo ses fo r the fiscal year 1933 . Special claims. That portion of the special claims appropriation, contained in the u eglance for, contra- Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923, com- Vol. 45, p .1244. mitted p rior .t o July 1, 1923, and remaining unexpended ‡:fI June 30, 193 2, shall continue available until June 30, 1933, for the same purposes anti under the same conditions. Operation of ships To enable the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet tae o n back from P' Corporation to operate ships or lines of ships which have Peen or may be taken back from purchasers by reason of competition or other methods employed by foreign shipowners or operators, there is