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 1606 Aid to the blind, 1937 . Ante, p.645. Availability, 1936. Proviso. Payments restricted prior to approval of S tate plan s. Int erch ange abil ity of designated funds. Pro viso. Statement of trans- fers to be reported. Wage records, Social Security Board. Securing and main- taining, for old-age benefits. Ante, p.622. Attendance at meet- ings. Miscellaneous items. Proviso. Purchase of supp lies, etc. R. S.,sec. 3709, p.733. U.S.C.,p.1803. 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 689. JUNE 22, 1936. and for any quarter in the fiscal year 1937 under such title IV may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title IV by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. Grants to States for aid to the blind : For grants to States for aid to the blind, as authorized in title X of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, fiscal year 1937, $8,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall be available for grants under such title X for any period in the fiscal year 1936 sub sequen t to March 31, 1936 : Provided, That payments to States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1936 and for any quarter in the fiscal year 1937 under such title X may be made with respect to any State plan app roved under such t itle X by th e Soci al Sec urity Board ,prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. The appropriations herein made for "Grants to States for Old- Age Assis tance", "Gra nts to State s for Aid to Depen dent C hildre n", and "Grants to States for Aid to the Blind", shall be available inter- changeably for transfer of appropriations but no such transfer shall be made except upon determination by the Social Security Board that the appropriation from which the transfer is proposed is in excess of the purposes thereof and the appropriation to which such transfer is proposed is insufficient for the purposes thereof
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That a statement of any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Wage records, Social Security Board : For all expenditures neces- sary to enable the Social Security Board to collect and record initial basic data concerning employers and employees, which, together with current individual wage records subsequently to be maintained, will thereafter constitute current total individual wage records and a basis for the identification of employees incidental to, and necessary for, benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, including furnishing identification cards and e mblems to em ployer s and emplo yees ; per son al ser vic es in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; travel expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Board ; supplies ment, office appliances, and labor-saving devices ; services ; advertis- ing, postage, telephone and telegraph ; printing and binding ; rentals, including garages, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere ; not to exceed $250,000 for the employment of persons or organizations by contract or otherwise in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for special accounting, statistical, and mechanical services determined necessary by the Board, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) and the provisions of laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States, but such sum of $250,000 shall not be available for any contract for a period of service exceeding six months ; and miscellaneous items, including those for public instruc- tion and information deemed necessary by the Board, $12,400,000 to remain available until June 30, 1937 : Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S. C ., title 41, sec. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase of supplies or equipment for the Board when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $300.
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