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 300 73d CONGRES S. SESS. I. CH. 101 . JUNE 16, 1933. Foreign fuel oil. No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Mer- chant Fleet Corporation shall be available during the fiscal year 1934 for the purchase of any kind of fuel oil of foreign production for issue, delivery, or sale to ships at points either in the United States or its possessions, where oil of the production of the United States or its posse ssions is avai lable, if the cost o f such oil co mpared with foreign oil costs be not unreasonable. Regular attorneys. Of the sums herein made available under the United States Ship- ping Board, not to exceed an aggregate of $150,000 shall be expended for compensation of regular attorneys employed on a yearly salary basis, includ ing th eir cle rical a nd leg al assi stants. Loans to mail-carry- None of the money herein appropriated or authorized shall be Ing corporations. Forbidden, wit hout used to make loans to any corporation with which the Postmaster approval of comptrol- General has made a contract for the carrying of mail under the provisions o f the Merchan t Marine Act of 1928, which contract has not been approved by the Comptroller General. Tot al, United St ates Shipping Board, $310,0 00. Veterans' Adminis- tration. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MIL ITAR Y SE RVIC ES Administration, and dom- me d- ical, hospital dom Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services : For iciliary services. all salaries and expenses of the Veterans' Administration, including Sala rie s and ex- penses. the expe nses of main tena nce and oper atio n of med ical, ho spit al, and domiciliary services of the Veterans' Administration, in carrying out the duti es, powe rs, and func tion s de volv ing upon it purs uant to the Vol. 46, p. 1016. authority contained in the Act entitled " An Act to authorize the U.S.C., supp. VI, p. 707. President to consolidate and coordinate governmental activities affecting wa r veterans", approved July 3, 1930 (U .S . C ., S u pp . V I title 38, sees . 11-11f), and any and all laws for which the Veterans ; Admin istrat ion is now or may herea fter b e cha rged w ith ad min- P its to state istering, $85,773,000 : Provided, That when found to be to the best inst itu tio ns. interest of the United States, not to exceed $500,000 of this amount niay be used for payments to State institutions caring for and main- tain ing vete rans, su ffer ing from neu rops ychi atri c ai lmen ts, who are in such institutions on the date of the enactment of this Act Regional offices. Provid ed, That not to exceed $8,000,000 of this amount shall be Expenses. available for all expenses and maintenance of all regional offices of the Veterans' Administration : Provid ed, That not to exceed $3,500 of this amount shall be available for expenses, except mem- Attendance at meat- Affairs to attend meetings of associations fornthe spromotion fmed- ic al ical s cience and a nnual natio nal co nventi ons o f orga nized war objects designated. veterans : Provided further, That thi s ap prop riat ion shal l be ava il- Services, rentals, ate ., in District and else- able al so for persona l serv ices an d renta ls in the Dis trict o f Colu mbia where. and elsewhere, including traveling expenses ; examination of esti- mates of appropriations in the field, including actual expenses of Tr ansfer of effe cts. subsistence or per diem allowance in lieu thereof ; for expenses incurred in packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of house- hold effects and other property, not exceeding in any one case five thousand pounds, of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty and when specifically author. Wearing apparel. ized by the administrator : furnishing and laundering of such wearing apparel as may be prescribed for employees in the per- formance of their official duties ; purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers ; for passen- Motor vehicles. ger-carrying' and other motor vehicles, including purchase, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of same, including not more than two