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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104. AP RIL 7, 1934 . 533 CONTINGENT EXPENSES FOREIGN SE RV ICE Contingent expenses, Foreign Service. For stationery ; blanks ; record and other books ; seals ; presses ; ing osabr adent build- For signs ; repairs, including minor alterations ; repairs, supervi- 45Vol. 4i4, p. 403; Vol. sion, preservation, and maintenance of Government-owned diplomatic u .s.o ., Supp. VII, and consular properties in foreign countries, and properties acquired p-479. under the Act approved May 7, 1926, as amended (U.S.C., Supp . VI, title 22, sees . 291, 296), and including also custodial service, water, materials, supplie s, tools, seeds, p lants, sh rubs, and similar objects newspapers (foreign and domestic) ; freight ; postage ; telegrams ; advertising ; ice and drinking water for office purposes ; purchase (at not to exceed $750 for any one automobile), maintenance, operation and hire of moto r-pr ope lled or hors e-dr awn pas seng er-c arry ing vehicles, and purchase, maintenance, operation, and hire of other passenger-carrying vehicles ; funds for establishment and mainte- nance of commissary service ; uniforms ; furniture, household furni- ture and furnishings, except as provided by the Act of May 7, 1926, as amended for Government-owned or rented buildings when in the judgment of the Secretary of State it would be in the public interest to do so, not to exceed $75,000 ; typewriters and exchange of same ; messenger service ; operation, maintenance, and rental of launch for embassy in Turkey, not exceeding $3,500 ; compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans. porters, interpreters, translators, Chinese writers, and s uperv isors of construction and compensation of agents and employees of and rent and other expenses for dispatch agencies at Dispatch agencies. London, Kew York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, in- sit Salaries durin g t r an - eluding salaries during transit to and from their homes in the United States upon the beginning and after termination of service in for- eign countries ; traveling expenses, including attendance at trade Traveling expenses ; a ttenda nce at trade and other conferences or congresses under orders of the Secretary of conferences, etc. State as authorized by the Act approved February 23, 1931 (U .S.C ., Vol.c, su2M' VII, Supp . VI, title 22, sec . 16) ; loss by exchange ; payment in advance p .472. of telephone and other similar services and rent of dispatch agencies, expenses of vice consulates and consular agencies for any of the foregoing objects ; cost, not exceeding $350 per annum each, of the tuition of Foreign Service officers assigned for the study of the lan- guages of Asia and eastern Europe ; and such other miscellaneous expense s as t he Pre sident may d eem ne cessary, $1,3 14,870 : Pro vided, o payment to aliens That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for salaries for clerical services. or wage s of p ersons not A merica n citi zens pe rformi ng cle rical serv- ices (except interpreters, translators, and messengers), whether offi- cially de signated as clerks or not, in any fo reign mis sion. RESCUE, RELIEF, AND PROTECTION OF AMERICA N SEAMEN For relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreign Relief of American countri es, in the P anama Canal Zone, and in the Ph ilippi ne Isl ands, ~nze, p. 395. and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Puerto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands ; and for expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea ; $6,000 : Provided, That no part of this or any other appropria- Proviso. ion on ex- tion shall be available for making payment to steamship owners or penditure. operato rs for trans portin g a de stitut e or sh ipwrec ked se aman i f the last pr evious servi ce of the de stitut e or sh ipwrec ked se aman w as on a vessel of such steamship owner or operator and was not terminated by desertion.