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 282 R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733 . U.S.C .,p . 1803 . Traveling expenses. Special services. Collection of loans made under designated acts. Examinations, etc. Provisos. Ass ess men t for ex- pens es. Additional fund. Vol. 48, p. 355. Short title. May 20, 1935 . [n. R. 3808.] [Public, No. 63.] Seward, Alaska. May construct mu- nicipal electric system. To acquire land and wate r rights. Operation, etc . 74TH CO NGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 131, 133. MAY 17, 20, 1935. publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in ad vance ; purchase of manuscripts, data, and special reports by personal service without regard to the provisions of any other Act ; procurement of supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50 ; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and opera- tion of motor-propelled passenger-carrying v ehic les and mot or trucks to be used only for official purposes ; t ype writ ers, ad din g machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange ; garage rental in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem to cover subsistence and other expenses while in conference and en route from and to his home to any person other than an employee or a member of an advisory commodity committee who may from time to time be invited to the city of Washington and else- where for conference and advisory purposes in furthering the work of the Farm Credit Administration ; employment of persons, firms, and others for the performance of special services, including legal serv ices, and o ther m iscel laneou s exp enses ; collection of moneys due the United States on account of loans made under the provisions of the Acts of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat ., p . 1347), March 20, 1922 (42 Stat ., p . 467), April 26, 1924 (43 Stat ., p . 110), February 28, 1927 (44 Stat ., p . 1251), February 25, 1929 (45 Stat ., p . 1306), as amended May 17, 1929 (46 Stat., p. 3), March 3, 1930 (46 Stat ., pp. 78, 79), December 20, 1930 (46 Stat ., p . 1032), February 14, 1931 (46 Stat ., p . 1160), and February 23, 1931 (46 Stat ., p . 1276) ; January 22, 1932 (47 Stat ., p . 5), February 4, 1933 (47 Stat ., p. 795), March 4, 1933 (47 Stat ., p . 1547), May 12, 1933 (Public, No. 10, 73d Cong.), Feb- ruary 23, 1934 (Public, No. 97, 73d Cong .), March 10, 1934 (Public Resolution No . 16, 73d Cong .), June 19, 1934 (Public, No. 412, 73d Cong.) ; e xamin ation of co rpora tions, bank s, ass ociat ions, credit unions, and institutions operated, supervised, or regulated by the Farm Credit Administration : Provided, That the expenses and sal- aries of employees engaged in such examinations shall be assessed against the said corporations, banks or institutions in accordance with the pr ovis ions of exi sti ng l aws ; in a ll, $ 4,000, 000 : Provided further, That there shall be transferred and added to this appropriation the sum of $1,975,000 from the funds made available under section 5 of the E mergency Cro p Loan Act o f February 23, 1934 (48 Stat . p. 354). This title may be cited as the " Farm Credit Administration Appr opriat ion A ct, 19 36 ." Approved, May 17, 1935. [CHAPTER 133 .] AN ACT Co ncer ning the inco rpor ated town of S ewar d, T errit ory of A laska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That t he in cor- porated town of Seward, Territory of Alaska, is hereby authorized and empowered (a) by contract or contracts, or by its own agents and employees, or otherwise than by contract, to construct a munici- pal electric system, together with all parts thereof and appurte- nances thereto necessary or convenient for the generation, produc- tion, transmission, and distribution of electric energy, and to acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, lands, easements, or rights in land or water rights in connection therewith ; (b) to operate and maintain said system for its own