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 72d CONG RESS. SESS. I. CH. 361 . JULY 1, 1932 . 481 ated as may be necessary for these purposes may be transferred by the Secretary of State to the ITnited States Geological Survey or other Federal agencies for direct expenditure, $70,000. To enable the President to perform the obligations of the United States under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain in respect of Canada, signed February 24, 1925 ; for salaries and expenses, including the salary of, the commissioner and salaries of 3051 • -33-31 Transfer to Oeologi. cal Survey. INTERNATIONAL WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO International Water Commission, United States and Mexico : International water 7 ('unlm ;'lsion . United For the expe nses of tile Int erna tion al W ater t .'ollln llsslon, ITIllted Statrsand Aleuco . States and Mexico, as authorized by the public resolution approved Vol. 46, p 1162 February 14, 1931, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, fees for professional services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of State ; travel expenses, including transportation of effects ; subsistence or Vol 11, 1). (M.. per diem in lieu of subsistence notwithstanding tile provisions of t; s.(°., Supp v, p. the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 or regulations prescribed pursu- 90 ° ant thereto ; printing and binding ; subscriptions to foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals ; purchase, exchange, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled, passenger and freight carrying vehicles ; drilling and testing of (lain sites, by contract if U .S.c ., P.o9,Op: 733 . deemed necessa ry without re gard to secti on 3709 of the Rev ised Statutes (U. S. C ., title 41, sec. 5) ; equipment, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem proper, the unexpended balance in the appropriation for this purpose con- Vol . 46, p. l~,s. tamed in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931, is continued available until June 30, 1933 . Effective July 1, 1932, the International Wat er C omm issi on, American section ahohslied~ eRcclive United States and Mexico, American section, is hereby abolished, July 1, 19.3 ;. and the powers, duties, and functions of such section of such com- Powers, etc, trans- mission shall be exercised by the International Boundary Commis- ferred to International Boundary Commis- sion, United States and Mexico, American section . All records, s;on . files, and pr operty of any nature whats oever ( includi ng off ice equ ip- ment) of the American section of the International Water Commis- sion, United States and Mexico, are transferred to the American section, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico . All appropriations and unexpended balances of appropria- Transfer of funds tions made to either of such sections of such commissions in this or prior appropriation Acts shall be available for expenditure by the American secti on, Internati onal Bou ndar y C ommi ssi on, Unit ed States and Mexico, in the same manner as though such latter com- mission had been named in the laws providing for such appropria- tions, and the appropriations herein made available for the fiscal rrerixoI year 1933 shall be merged and constitute one fund : Provided, That I. ;mitatiou . the amount reappropriated under the preceding paragraph shall not exceed $70,000 . The Commissioner of the American section, Inter- national Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, is author- Per son als enlc es. ized to appoint to positions in such section, such employees of the American sec tion, Interna tional Water Commission, Un ited States and Mexico, or other persons as he may deem necessary in carrying out the provisions of this paragraph, and such commissioner is further authorized to designate and redesignate, as he may determine to be necessary, the duties and headquarters' station of all employees under his supervision. INTERNAT IONAL BOUN DARY COMMIS SION, UNITE D STATES AND CANADA AND ALASKA AND CANADA Boundary treaty of 1925, United States and Great Britain. Expenses under. Vol.44, p.2102. I