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 1790 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 691. JUNE 22, 1936 . tribution, stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral Reports, etc. commodities and primary products thereof ; preparation of the reports of the mineral resources of the United States, including statistical inquiries . special statistical inquiries ; and including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; purchase of furnit ure and equipment ; stationery and supplies ; typewriting, adding and com- pu ting machin es, a ccesso ries, and r epair s ; newspapers ; traveling expenses ; purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled pas- Services in the nixr senger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work ; and for all triott other necess ary ex penses not i nclude d in t he for egoing, $339 ,990, of which amount not to exceed $255,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Helium production Helium production and investigations : Th e sums made availa ble and inve stigati ons. Ante, pp. 1291, 1413 . for th e fiscal year 1937 in t he Acts making appropria tions for the War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1936, for opera tion a nd ma intena nce o f the plant s for the production of helium for military and naval purposes, including laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons ; purchase, not to exceed $2,500, and exchange as part payment for, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, and all other necessary expenses, and including $11,300 for personal services in the District of Columbia ; helium production for Gas p roduc tion for he lium plants : For production o f natural gas for helium plants including construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of wells, pipe lines, and other facil ities therefor, and includ ing p urchas e, no t to e xceed $750, and exchan ge as part pay- me nt fo r, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, $9,179 : Proviso. Provided, That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate Exp enditure limita- tion. receipts covered into th e Treasury in accordanc e with section 4 of vol.48,p.1227. the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Ac t, 1934 ; Scientific investiga- During the fiscal year 1937 the head of any department or inde- tions for departments, etc pendent establishment of the Government having funds available . for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, transfer to the Bureau of Mines such sums as may Transfer of sums. be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized here und er, and such amo unt s shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for the per- formance of work for the department or establishment fr om which Proviso. are. the transfer is made : Provided, That any sums transferred by any department or independent establishment of the Government to the Bure au of Mines for cooperative work in con nec tion wi th thi s appr opr iati on may be expe nde d in the sa me mann er as s ums appropriated herein may be expended ; Minor purchases The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of without advertising. services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well as in the field outside of the District of Columbia, may be made in x. S., p. 3709, p. 733. open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised u. S. C.,p. 1803. Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec. 5) of the United States, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance ; Attendance at meet- in gs .F or n eces sary tr avel ing exp ense s of the di rect or and empl oyee s. of the Bureau, acting under his direction, for attendance upon