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 72 Naval assignments as custodians. Contingent expenses, Foreign Service. Government - owned property. Post, pp. 590, 1631. Ve hicle s. Government build- ings abroad. 45 Vol. 44, p. 403; Vol. q.. 971 S. 6.,p.967. Dispatch agencies. Attendance at trade conferences, etc. Vol. 46, p. 1209. U.S.C.,p.943. Loss by exchange. L anguage stud y. Reli ef, e tc., Ame ri- can seamen. Con sul ar pris ons. Care of i nsane. Bringing home per- sons charg ed with crime. R. S., sec. 5275, p. 1022 . U.S.C.,p.774. 74TH CONG RESS. SESS. I. CH. 39 . MARCH 22, 1935. citizens performing clerical services (except interpreters, translators, and messenger s), whethe r official ly designat ed as cler ks or not, in any foreign mission : Provided /vrther, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, upon requ est by the Secretary of State, to assign enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps to serve as custodians, under the immediate supervision of the Secretary of State or the chief of mis- sion, whichever the Secretary of State shall direct, at embassies, lega- tions, or c onsulates of the Uni ted States located i n foreign countries. C ONTI NGE NT EXPE NSE S, FORE IGN SE RVIC E For stationery ; blanks ; record and other books ; seals ; presses ; flags ; signs ; repairs, including minor alterations ; repairs, preserva- tion, and maintenance of Government-owned diplomatic and con- sular prope rties in f oreign cou ntries, in cluding wa ter, mater ials, sup- plies, tools, seeds, plants, shrubs, and similar objects ; newspapers (foreign and domestic) ; freight ; postage ; telegrams ; advertising ; ice and dri nking wate r for offi ce purpose s ; purchas e (at not to exceed $750 for any one automobile), maintenance, and hire of motor- propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and purchase, maintenance, and hire of other passenger-carrying vehicles ; fun ds for establishment and maintenance of commissary service ; uniforms ; furniture, household furniture 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 $65,000 ; typewriters and exchange of same ; maintenance and rental of launch for embassy in Turkey, not exceeding $3,500, including personnel for operation ; rent and other expenses for dispatch agencies at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans ; traveling expenses, including attendance at trade and other con- ferences or congresses under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by the Act approved February 23, 1931 (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 22, sec . 16) ; loss by exchange ; payment in advance for telephone and other similar services, 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 languages of Asia and eastern Europe for relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreign countries, in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands, 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 acknowledgement of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea ; for expenses of maintaining in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Muscat institutions for incarcerating American convicts and persons declared insane by any consular court, rent of quarters for prisons, ice and drinking water for prison purposes, and for the expenses of keeping, feeding, and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane by any consular court in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Muscat ; for every expenditure requisite for or incident to the bringing home from foreign countries of persons charged with crime as authorized by section 5275 of the Revised Statutes (U . S. C ., title 18, sec. 659) ; and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may deem necessary ; $853,500.