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 139 8 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 483, 484. JUNE 3, 1936. and periodicals, traveling expenses of members and employees of the Commission (including such expenses and allowances for mem- bers of the Commission when required to be in Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, in connection with the work of the Commission), and such other contingent and miscellaneous expenses as may be Contracts necessary : Provided, That se ction 370 9 of the Revised Statutes ontracts without ad vert ising. (U . S . C., title 41, sec . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any 738 . S., sec. 3709, p. purc hase or se rvice rend ered for t he Co mmiss ion u nder autho rity of u. S.C.,p. 1803. this su bsection. Approved, June 3, 1936. [CHAPTER 484 .] Ju ne 3,1936. AN ACT [H . R . 12527 .] Making appropriations for the Navy Department and the naval service for the [Public, No. 636] fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money i n the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, namely Navre Department and naval service ap- prop riatio ns for fiscal year 1937 . Naval Establish- ment. Secreta rre's offi ce. NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT OF FICE OF THE SECRET ARY MISCELLAN EOUS EXPEN SES Miscellaneous ex For traveling expenses of civilian employees, including not to penses. exceed $2,500 for the expenses of attendance, at home and abroad, upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar org aniza tions when, in the j udgme nt of the Secre tary of th e Nav y, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of Expert s. the Navy Depar tment ; not to e xceed $2,0 00 fo r the part -time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such experts and at such rates of compensation as may be con- tracted for by and in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy ; Cour ts mart ial, et c. expenses of courts martial, purchase of law and reference books, expenses of prisoners and prisons, courts of inquiry, boards of inves- tigation, examining boards, clerical assistance ; witnesses' fees and Accident prevention, traveling expenses ; not to exceed $15,000 for promoting accident pre- shore establishments. vention and safety in shore establishments of the Navy, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy ; newspapers and periodical s for the naval service ; all a dvert ising of t he Na vy Department and its bureaus (except advertising for recruits for the Bureau of Navigation) ; costs of suits ; relief of vessels in distress ; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks ; maintenance of attaches abroad, including office rental and pay of employees, and not to Li ving quarters, etc. exceed $8,000 in the aggregate or $900 for any one person for allow- ances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as author- Vol. 46, p.818. ized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (U. S . C ., title 5, sec . 118a) ; U.S.C.,p.45. the collection and classification of Information ; not to exceed $185,000 for telephone, telegraph, and teletype rentals and tolls, telegrams, radi ogr ams, an d c able gra ms ; postage, for eign and domestic and post-office box rentals ; necessary expenses for interned persons and prisoners of war under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, including funeral expenses for such interned persons or prisoners of Damage cl aim s. war as may die while under such jurisdiction ; of claims for vol.41, p. 132. y payment u.s. C.,p. 1550. damages as provided in the Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 1920, approved July 11, 1919 (U. S. C.,