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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 102. MARCH 28, 1934 . tems intended to promote the safety of railway operation, inspectors, and fo r trav eling expens es, $4 61,970, of wh ich am ount n ot to exceed $81,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Signal safety systems : For all auth orized expenditures under section 26 of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Trans- portation Act, 1920 (U .S.C ., title 49, sec . 26), with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be re quired to in stall automa tic tra in-sto p or t rain-c ontrol devices which comply with specifications and requirements pre- scribed by the Commission, including investigations and tests per- taining to block-signal and train-control systems, as authorized by the j oint resol utio n app roved Jun e 30, 1906 (U.S .C ., title 45, sec . 35), and including the employment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling expenses, $36,590, of which amount not to exceed $31,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Locomotive inspection : For all auth orized expenditures under the provisions of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurte- nances theret o " (U .S .C ., title 45, sec . 22), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1915, extending " the same powers and duties with respect to all parts and appurtenances of the lo comotives and tender " (U.S .C ., title 45, sec . 30), and amendment of June 7, 1924 (U.S.C., title 45, sec . 27), providing for the appointment from time to time by the Interstate Commerce Commission of not more than fifteen inspectors in addition to the number authorized in the first para- graph of section 4 of the Act of 1911 (U.S.C., title 45, sec. 26), and the amendment of June 27, 1930 (U.S.C., Supp . VI, title 45, sees . 24, 26), incl uding such l egal, techni cal, st enogra phic, and cl erical help as the business of the offices of the chief inspector and his two assistants may require and for traveling expenses, $449,606, of which amount not to exceed $67,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Valuation of property of carriers : To enable the Interstate Com- merce Commission to carry out the objects of the Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate commerce ', approved February 4, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securi ties " , approved March 1, 1913, as amended by the Act of June 7, 1922 (U .S .C ., title 49, sec . 19a), and by the " Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 " (48 Stat ., p. 221), including one director of valuation at $10,000 per annum, and traveling expenses, $1,052,700. In all, sal aries and expen ses, Inte rstat e Co mmerc e Com missi on, $5,305,97 0 . For all printing and binding for the Interstate Commerce Coin- mission, including reports in all cases proposing general changes in transportation rates and not to exceed $10,000 to print and furnish to the States, at cost, report form blanks, and the receipts from such reports and blanks shall be credited to this appropriation, $125,000 : Provided, That no part of this sum. shall be expended for printing the Schedule of Sailings required by section 25 of the Interstate Commerce A ct. 515 Inspectors. Services in the Di s- trict. Safety systems. Vol. 41, p. 498. U.s.c., p.1673. Automatic train con. trol. Vol. 34, p. 838. U.S.C.,p. 1441. Services in the Dis- trict. Locomotive inspec. tion. Vol. 36, p. 913; Vol. 38, p. 1192; Vol. 40, p. 616; Vol. 43, p. 659. U .S .C ., pp. 1439,1441. Additional inspec- tors . Vol. 36, p. 914; Vol. 43, p.659;Vol. 46, p. 823. U.S .C., pp. 1439,1441; Su pp . VII, p.947. Physica l valua tion of rail roa ds, etc. Vol. 37, p. 701; Vol. 40, p. 271; Vol. 42, 1 .- 624 . U.S.C.,p. 1667 . Issue of stock, etc_ Ante, p 221. Printing and binding. Proviso . Schedule of sailings excluded. Vol. 41, p. 497.