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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104. AP RIL 7, 1934 . 567 Ship ping Boa rd B urea u, m isce llan eous adj ustm ents, lo sses due to the maintenance and operation of ships, including operation through an agreement to p ay a lump-sun s compensatio n, for the pro tection of the interests of the United States in any vessel on which the United States holds a mortgage, for the repair of ships, for the purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor vehicles for off ic ial p ur pos es o nly ; for the payment of premiums fo r liability, fire, theft, property damage, and collision insurance and for other forms of insurance, including schedule and fidelity bonds, commonly carried by commercial corporations engaged in the same or a similar business, and for carrying out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Vol, 41, p. 91X 3. Act, 1920, and amendments thereto, (a) the amount of operating funds on hand July 1, 1934 ; (b) all amounts received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, other than the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property ; (c) so much of the total proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property received during the fiscal year 1935, but not exceeding $750,000, as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquida tion, i ncludin g the costs i ncident to th e deliv ery of vessel s to purchasers, the cost of maintaining the laid-up fleet and the salaries and expenses of the personnel engaged in liquidation
 * Provided, That

Restriction an Pk- no part of these sums, (a), (b), and (c) shall be used for the pay- penditure. ment of claims arising out o the construction and requisitioning of vessels. That portion of the special claims appropriation contained in the prlat of 1 claims appro- Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923 com- Vol.42, p . 647. mitted prior t o July 1, 192 3 and remaini ng unexpended on June 30. 1934, shall continue available until June 30, 1935, for the same pur- poses and under the same conditions. To enable the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Opera tion of s hips . Corporation to operate ships or lines of ships which have been or may be taken back from purcha sers b y reas on of compe tition or other methods employed by f oreign shipow ners or operat ors, there is hereby reappropriated the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion of $10 .000,000 made for similar purposes in the Independent °01 .44, p . 318 Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927 : Provided, That Approval of Presi- no expenditure shall be made for the purposes of this paragraph dent. from this sum without the p rior approval of the Presid ent of the United States. No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to Attorneys. Approval of contract pay the compensation of any attorney, regular or special, for the of employment. United States Shipping Board Bureau or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation unless the contract of employ- ment has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. Restriction on rent No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Mer- pay ments. chant Fleet Corporation shall be available for the rent of buildings in the Dist rict of Colu mbia dur ing the fisc al y ear 1935 if suit able space is provided for said corporation by the Office of National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations of the Department of the Interior. No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Mer- on pureness of fuel oil of foreign prodno- chant Fleet Corporation shall be available during the fiscal year Lion. 1935 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 possessions is available, if the cost of such oil compared with foreign-oil costs be not unreasonable.