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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 101 . MAY 9, 1935. 205 Pro vi ded, That e xpendi tures hereun der sh all no t exce ed the aggre - Proviso. limita- gate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section tion. 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 ; Vol.4s,p.1227. During the fiscal year 1936 the head of any department or inde- Scientif ic investiga- tio ns for departments, pendent establishment of the Government having funds available etc. for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of the funct ions o f that burea u and which it is unable to pe rform 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 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 hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made : Provided, That any sums transferred Prov iso. Expendit ure of trans- by any department or independent establishment of the Government ferred funds. to the Bureau of Mines for cooperative work in connection with this appropriati on may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended ; The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of Mi nor pur chas es services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well without advertising . as in the field outside of the District of Columbia, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised R .S ., see. 3709, p .733 . Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) of the United States, in the u .S.C.,P.1803. manner common among business men, wh en the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance » For necessary traveling expenses of the director and employees in Attendance at meet- of the Bureau, acting under his direction, for attendance upon meet- ings of technical, professional, and scientific societies, when required in connection wi th the authorized work of the Bureau of Mines and incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of the Inte- rio r, the re is hereby made availa ble fr om any appro priati ons ma de to the Bureau of Mines not to exceed in all, $2,000 Persons employed during the fiscal year 1936 in field work out- Detail of field em- side of the District of Columbia under the Bureau of Mines may p loyees. b e detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for pur poses of pre paring resul ts of their field work detailed shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation onl y trav eling expens es in going to and retur ning t herefr om : Pr o - Proviso g vid ed, Tha t noth ing he rein s hall p revent the p ayment to em ployee s ex Pn e s. employees' of the Bureau of Mines of their necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu of subsistence, while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia for purposes only of consultation or investigations on behalf of the United States. All details made hereinunder, and Report to congress. the purposes of each, during the preceding fiscal year shall be rep orted in the annua l esti mates of app ropria tions to Con gress at the beginning of each regular session thereof ; The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of the Details from Public Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation Health service. work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appro- priations made herein for the Bureau of Mines ; There is hereby transferred from the Department of Commerce, Mineral Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, to the Department Commer ce Det t- transfer . transfer . of the Int erior, B ureau of Mines, all thos e activi ties of the Min erals Am te, p .88. Di visio n of the Burea u of Forei gn an d Do mesti c Com merce con- ce rned w ith ec onomic and s tatist ical a nalyse s of m ineral commo di- ties, domestic and foreign, together with all employees, records, files,
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