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 1844 74rr1 CONGRESS. SESS. Ii. CH. 725. JUNE 23, 1936. Supp ly Bran ch. PROCUREMENT DIVISION-BRANCH OF SUPPLY Director, office and Salaries and expenses : For the Director of Procurement and other field personnel. personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field service, and for miscellaneous expenses, including two three-and-one-half-ton and two one-and-one-half-ton motor trucks, office supplies and mate- rials, maintenance o f motor trucks, telegrams, telephone service, trav - eling expenses, office equipment, fuel, light, electric current, and other expenses for carrying into effect regulations governing the procure- men t, ware housing, and di stributi on by t he Proc urement Divisio n of the Treasury Department of property, equipment, stores, and sup- plie s in the Distri ct of Co lumbia (includi ng not to excee d $500 to settle claim s for damages caused t o private property by motor Transfer of available Provisos. vehi cles use d b the Procurement Division), $580,000 : Provided y 9 funds to Branch of That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed during Supp ly. the fiscal year 1937 to transfer to this appropriation from any appro- priations or funds available to, the several departments and estab- lishments of the Government such amounts as may be approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, not to exceed the amount of the annual compensation of employees heretofore or hereafter transferred or detailed to the Procurement Division, Branch of Sup- ply, respectively, from any such department or establishment, where the transfer or detail of such employees was or will be incident to a Payments for ma- transfer of a function or functions to that Division : Provided fur- terials, etc • issued. t1 r, That payments during the fiscal year 1937 to the general supply fund for materials, supplies (including fuel), and services, and overhead expenses, for all issues shall be made on the books of the Treasur y Department by transf er and counter-warran ts prepared by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department and coun- tersigned by the Comptroller General, such warrants to be based solely on itemized invoices prepared by the Procurement Division at iss ue pric es to be fixed by the D irector of Pro curement : Pr ov id ed Advances credited to further, That advances received pursuant to law (U. S. C., title 31, fund . Vol. 47, p. 417. sec. 686) from departments and establishments of the United States U.S.C.,p.1407. Government and the Government of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1937 shall be credited to the general supply fund "Fuel" construed. Provided further, That the term "fuel" shall be held to include "fuel Inspection certificate oil" : Provided further, That the requirements of sections 3711 and waived. R. S ., sees. 3711, 3713, 3713 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C., title 40, sec. 109) relative to pp. 733, 734. the weighing of coal and wood and the separate certificate as to the U.S.C.,p.1776. weight, measurement, or quantity of coal and wood purchased shall not apply to purchases by the Procurement Division at free-on-board destination outside of the District of Columbia : Provided further, Cost or recondition. That the reconditioning and repair of surplus property and eq ui p - ing equipment, etc. ment, fo r disposition or reissue to , Government service, may be made at cost by the Procurement Division, payment therefor to be effected by charging the proper appropriation and crediting the appropri- ation "Salaries and expenses, Branch of Supply, Procurement Division ." Ge Palsuppll2rum. d. General supply fund : To increase the general supply fund estab- C.,p.1804. lished by the Act approved February 27, 1929 (U . S . C., title 41, see. 7c), as amended, $250,000. Typewriter repairs, Repairs to typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing etc . machines) in the Government service in the District of Columbia may be mad e at cos t by th e, Procu rement Divisio n, payme nt ther efor to be effected by charging the proper appropriation and crediting the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Procurement Division, Branch of Supply ."