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 1598 House of Representa- tives. Jo hn T. Buckbee. Pay to widow . St eph en A. Rudd . Pay to widow. Rand olph Perki ns. Pay to widow . William D . Tho mas. Pay to widow. Joseph W . Byrns. Pay to widow . Contested-election ex- pe nses. Post, p. 182 7 . John G . Cooper. Locke Miller. Linc oln Loy Mc- Candless. Samue l Wilder King. Contingent expenses. Hearings. Sp ec ial and select committees, expenses. Provisos. Coordination of F ed- eral executive agencies. Salary restriction. Cooperation by Fed- eral agencies. H ouse co mmit tee stenographers, services. Compiling testimony in con tes ted -el ect ion cases. Vol. 24, p. 445. LT.S.C.,p.19. 74 TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 689. JUNE 22, 1936. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For payment to the widow of John T. Buckbee, late a Representa- tive from the St ate of Illino is, $1 0,000. For payment to the widow of Stephen A. Rudd, late a Representa- tive from the State of New York, $10 000. For payment to the widow of Randolph Perkins, late a Representa- tive from the State of New Jersey, $10,000. For payment to the widow ,of William D. Thomas, late a Repre- sentativ e from the Stat e of New York, $10,000. The foregoing sums to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House. For payment to the widow of Jose h W. Byrns, late a Represen- tative from the State of Tennessee, 10,000, to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House. Contested-election expenses : For payment to the contestant and the contestee for expenses incurred in the contested-election case of Miller against Cooper, as audited and recommended by the Com- mittee on Elections Numbered Three, namely To John G. Cooper, contestee, $1,821 .65 ; To Locke Miller, contestant, $2,000. For payment to Lincoln Loy McC andless, contes tant, for expe nses incurred in the contested-election case of McCandless against King, as audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Num- be red Two, $2, 000. For payment to Samuel Wilder King,_ contestee, for expenses incurred in the contested-election case of McCandless against King, as audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Num- be red Two, $2, 000. The four foregoing sums to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Contingent expenses : For stenographic reports of hearings of co mmitte es othe r than speci al and selec t commi ttees, fisca l year 1936, $5,000. Expenses of special and select committees : For an additional am ount for spe cial and sel ect comm itte es a utho rize d by the Hou se, fiscal year 1937, $20,000 to be immediately available : Provided, That such sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for each and every expense of the select committee of the House of Representatives acting pursuant to H. Res. 460, adopted April 29, 1936, including the employment of personal services, the traveling and incidental expenses of such committee or any subcommittee or member or employee thereof, and the pay and travel of witnesses ; all such expenses to be paid on vouchers authorized by the committee, signed by the chairman thereof, and approved by the Committee on Accounts : Provided further, That no person shall be employed under such appropriation at a rate of compensation in excess of $3,600 per annum : Provided fu rthe r, That the committee is autho rize d to pro cure inf orma tion and ass ista nce from any Fed eral executive agenc y, including th e services of p ersonnel there in, and any such agency is hereby authorized to render such assistance, furnish such information, and detail such personnel as the com- mittee may request : Provided further, That the official committee stenographers of the House of Representatives may be used at all hearings held in the District of Columbia if not otherwise officially engaged. For servic es in compil ing, ar rangin g for the pr inter, readin g proo f, indexing testimony, stenography and typewriting, supervision of the work, and expenses incurred in the contested-election cases of the Seventy-fourth Congress, as authorized by the Act entitled "An Act