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 502 Fur nis hin g living quarters, etc., abroad. Vol. 44, p. 1395 ; Vol. 40,p.163. R. S. see.,1765, p. 314. U.S.C.,p.32. Proviso. Maximum allow- ance. Attendance at meet- lugs, etc. Minor purchases in foreign countries. R. S., sec. 3709. p. 733. U.S.C.,p.1309. Services in the Dis. trict. Census Bureau. Fifteenth Census. Expenses of compila- tion, etc. Provisos. Leaves of absence to temporary employees. 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 361 . JULY 1, 1932 . To enable the Secretary of Commerce, under such regulations as he ma prescribe, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitl e "An Act to amend the Act entitled `An Act to establish in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Depart- ment of Commerce, a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States, and for other purposes,' approved March 3, 1927," approved April 12 1930 (46 Stat ., p . 163), to furnish the officers in the Foreig n com merce Servi ce of the B ureau of Foreign and Domes tic Commerce stationed in a foreign country, without cost to them and and within the limits of this appropriation, allowances for living quarters, heat, and light, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 70), $175,000 : Provided, That the maximum allowance to any officer shall not exceed $1,700 ; Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work of the bureau by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meet- ings, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce ; Th e purc hase of su pplies and equip ment o r the proc uremen t of services for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in foreign countries, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 o fd the Re vised Stat utes o f the Unit ed Sta tes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), in the mann er com mon a mong busine ss men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance ; Total, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, $3,988,000, of which amount not to exceed $1,670,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BURE AU OF THE C ENSUS For expenses for securing information for and compiling the census reports provided for by law, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; per diem compensation and expenses of enumerators, special agents, supervisors, supervisor's clerks, and interpreters in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; traveling expenses ; the cost of transcribing State, municipal, and other records ; temporary rental of quarters outside the District of Columbia ; not to exceed $5,000 for the employment by contract of per so nal services for the preparation of mo nog ra phs on census subjects ; not to exceed $26,000 for constructing tabulating machines and re pairs to such machinery and othe r mec hanic al app lianc es, including technical, mechanical, and other personal services in con- nection therewith in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and the purchase of necessary machinery and supplies ; and not to exceed $2 .000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the collection of statistics when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce, $862,125, of which amount not to exceed $672,330 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, including not to exceed $130,000 for temporary employees who may be appointed by the Director of the Census under civil- service rules, a t per diem rates to be fixed by him without regar d to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for the purpose of assisting in periodical inquiries : Prov ided , That tempo- rary employees of the Bureau of the Census may be allowed leave of absence with pay at the rate of two and one-half days per month