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 73 d CONGRESS. SESS. 1. CH. 101 . JUNE 16, 1933. 29 property rec eived during the fiscal ye ar 193. 4 . b u t not exceeding $1,000,000, as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquidation, includ- ~Liquidation expen- ing the costs incident to the delivery of vessels to purchasers. the cost of maintaining the laid-up fleet and the salaries and expenses of the personne l engaged in liquidation : P rovi ded, That no part of 1 '1ams » pay able these sums, (a), (b), and (c) shall be used for the payment of claims therefrom. arising out of the construction and requisitioning of vessels; (d) all interest earned on the funds, excepting the construction loan fund, Interest earned. of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation is to accrue to these funds and is made available for the purposes hereinbefore set forth subject to the limitations herein established Provided further, That the unexpended balances of the sums made operating ships for carrying coal to foreign available by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1930, for ports. reconditioning and operating ships for carrying coal to foreign Balance p. 12 44. ports continued available for the salve purposes for the fiscal year 1933, are hereby made a vailable for the general p urposes herein - before set forth for the Merchant Fleet Corporation for the fiscal year 1934 : Provided further, That, if and when the President of Transfer of funds to the United States shall so direct, not to exceed $4,000,000 of the Po st t for~foreig n Dep art- the funds hereinbefore made available may be transferred to the Post contracts. Office Department and, when so transferred, shall be available only for meeting the cost in the fiscal year 1934 of foreign mail contracts entered into by that Department under the provisions of the bier- Vol . 45, p. 689. chant Marine Act, 1928, approved May 22, 1928, for service upon steamship lines sold by the United States Shipping Board subse- quently to December 1, 1932. That portion of the special claims appropriation contained in the special claims. Brn l con Indep endent Offic es Ap propri ation Act fo r the fiscal year 1923 tinned available. committed prior to July 1, 1923, and remaining unexpended on June Vol . 42, p. 64 7. 30, 1933, shall continue available until June 30, 1934, for the same purposes and under the sa me conditions. To enable the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet operation of ships v taken back from pur- Corporation to operate ships or lines of ships which have been or chasers. may b e take n back from purch asers by rea son o f comp etitio n or at Balance reappropri- other method s employed by foreign ship owners or oper ators, there Vol .44, p. 318. is hereby reappropriated the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion of $10, 000,000 made for similar p urposes in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927 : Provided, That President's approval no expenditure shall be made for the purposes of this paragraph require'l. from this su m without the prior approv al of the Pres ident of the United States. No t snor e than two p assen er-car rying motor vehic les may be stncion . veh icle re , maintained and/or operated in' the District of Columbia from the appropriations in this Act for the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Fleet Corporation. Such vehicles shall be for the use of the officers and employees of the Shipping Board and the Flee t Corporation, under the di rection of the chairman of the Shippin g Board and t he president of the Mer- chant Fleet Co rporation. No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay toE qsSubent ~ f at the compensation of any attorney, regular or special, for the United proval of Attorney States Shipping Board or the United States Shipping Board Mer- General. chant Fleet Corporation unless the contract of employment has been app roved by the Attorney Gene ral of the Uni ted States. No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board icier- Rent in the Distri ct chant Fleet Corporation shall be available for the rent of buildings in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1934 if suitable space is provided for said corporation by the Public Buildings Commission.