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 1336 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. C'H. 405. MAY 15, 1936 . appropriation, allowances for living quarters, heat and light, not- e.S ' see" 174o, p.314. withstanding the provisions of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes Pro viso . (U . S . C ., title 5, sec . 70), $107,000 : Provided, Th at the maximum Maximum allowance. allowance to any officer shall not exceed $1,700 ; Operation, etc., for- Operation, and so forth, of foreign-trade zones : To enable the eign- trade zone s . Secretary of Commerce to comply with the provisions of the Act CVool.49, p. 998; U. S. entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports o f entry of the Un ited Sta tes, to e xped ite and e ncou rage fore ign comm erce, and for oth er purposes", approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat ., p. 998), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, travel- ing expenses, contract stenographic reporting services, supplies and equipment, books of reference and periodicals, newspapers and other publications, fees and mileage of witnesses, and all other necessary expenses, $30,000 . Attendance at meet- Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign and ings, etc. Domestic Commerce shall be available in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned wi th the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either, and also expen ses of il lustrating the work of the Bu reau by sh owing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, when incurred on the writ ten authority of the Secretary of Commerce . Minor purchases in The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of foreign countries. services for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in foreign countries, may be made in open market without compliance R.S.,sec.3709,p.733. with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States U.S.C.,p.1803. (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), in the manner common among business men, when the aggreg ate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance. Ce nsus Bur eau. BUR EAU OF THE CENS US Services and ex- For expenses for securi ng inform ation for and compi ling the penses. Cens us reports provi ded for by law, i ncluding personal services in the District of Columbia and else where ; compensation and expenses of enumerators, special agents, supervisors, supervisor's clerks, and interpreters in the District of Columbia and elsewhere expenses ; the cost of transcribing State, municipal, and other records ; temporary rental of quarters outside the District of Colum- Monogr aphs. bia ; not to exceed $2,500 for the employment by contract of personal Tab ula tin g ma- chines, etc. services for the preparation of m onographs on cens us subjects ; not to exceed $5 4,000 for constru cting tabulating machines and repa irs to such machinery and other mechanical appliances, including technical, mechanical, and other personal services in connection therewith in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and the pur- chase of necessary machinery and supplies ; and not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the collection of statistics when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary Services in the Dis- of Commerce ; $1,900,500, of which amount not to exceed $1,450,000 trict. may be expen ded for personal services in the D istrict of Columb ia, Temporarre employ- including not to exceed $51,000 for temporary employees who may ees. 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 u.S.C.,p.85. of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, for the purpose of assisting in periodical inquiries, and not to exceed $35,000, to be imm edia tely ava ilabl e, s hall be e xpen ded for print ing accu mula ted census data.
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