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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. C H. 104. APRIL 7, 1934. ings, when incu rred on t he wr itte n aut horit y of the Secre tary of Commerce ; The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of services for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in foreign countries, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 41, sec . 5), in the manner common among business 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, $2,164,157. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 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 ; compensation and expenses of enumerators, special agents, supervisors, supervisors' clerks, and interpreters in the District of Columbia and elsewhere e xpens es ; the cost of transcribing State, municipal, and other records ; temporary rental of quarters outside the District of Colum- bia ; not to exceed $5,000 for the employment by contract of personal services for the preparation of monographs on census subjects ; not to exceed $52,000 for constructing tabulating machines and repairs to such machinery and other mechanical appliances, including tech- nical, mechan ical, and ot her pe rsonal servic es in connec tion t here- with in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and the purchase of necessary machinery and supplies ; and not to exceed $2,000 for e xpens es of att endan ce at meet ings conc erned wit h the coll ecti on of statistics when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce ; $1,593,500, of which amount not to exceed $1,223,870 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, including not to exceed $51,000 for temporary employees who may be appointed by the Director of the Census under civil-service rules, at per diem rates to be fixed by him without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for the purpose of assisting in perio dical inq uiries. Ce nsus of a gricu lture : For sala ries and n eces sary expen ses f or prepari ng for takin g, com piling, and publish ing th e cens us of agri- culture of the United States for 1935 as provided by law (U.S .C ., Supp . VI, title 13, p . 216), including rent for quarters in and outside the D istri ct of Col umbia ; salari es of employ ees in the D istric t of Columbia and elsewhere, including temporary employees in the District of Columbia who may be appointed by the Director of the Census under civil- servic e rule s for any per iod no t exte nding beyond December 31, 1936, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Director of the Census without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act as amended : Provided, That such temporary employees in the District of Columbia may be allowed leave of absence with pay at the rate of one and one fourth days per month ; for the employment by con- tract of personal services for the preparation of monographs in connection with the census of agriculture ; for the compensation of supervisors, supervisors' clerks, special agents, enumerators, and interpreters, and for the necessary traveling expenses of such field employees and of detailed employees of the Bureau ; the purchase of supplies and equipment, including books of reference, periodicals, maps, m anuscr ipts, street -car f ares, punch c ards, and ma terial s ; t he purchase, rental, repair, and exchange of typewriters, calculating machines, punching, tabulating, and sorting machines, and other Census Bureau. Services and ex- pe nses. 551 Minor purchases in foreign countries. R.S.,sec.3709, p.733. U.S.C.,p. 1309. T empora ry em ploy- ees. U.S.C.. P. 65; Supp. VII, p. 34. Census of agricul- ture . S ala ries and ex- pe nses. Vol.46,p.25. U S.C., Supp. VII, p.238. U.S.C., P. 63; Supp. VII, p. 34. Proviso. T empora ry em ploy- ees, leaves of absence. Personal services.
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