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 74Th CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 3. FEBRUARY 2, 1935. 11 out regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C ., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50 . For all printing and binding for the Federal Trade Commission, $30,000. Tota l, F eder al Tr ade Comm issio n, $ 1,40 3,30 9. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries : For Comptroller General, Assistant Comptroller Gen- eral, and other personal services in the District of Columbia and els ewher e, $4 ,725,6 60. Contingent expenses : For traveling expenses, including steno- graphic reporting service outside of the District of Colum bia, not exceeding $2,500, by contract or otherwise ; materials, supplies, equip- ment, and services ; rent of buildings and equipment ; purchase and exchange of books, law bo oks, books of re ference, and peri odicals, typewriters, calculating machi nes, and other office appliances, includ- ing their development, repairs, and maintenance, including one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle ; and miscellaneous items ; $173,940 : Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any pur- chase or service rendered for the General Accounting Office when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $50. For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, includin g monthly and ann ual editions of selected decision s of the Comptroller General of the United States, $71,000. Total, General Accounting Office, $4,970,600. INT ER STA TE CO MME RCE C OMM ISS ION R. S.,see. 3709, p. 733. U.S.C.,p.1803. Printing and binding. General Accounting Of fice. Comptroller General, Assis tant, and offic e personnel. Contingent expenses. Post, p. 160 2. Prov iso. Minor supplies. R.S.,sec.3709,p.733. U.S.C.,p.1803. Printing and bind- ing. Post, p. 160 2 . Interstate Commerce Commission. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Salaries and expenses. General administrative expenses : For eleven commissioners, secre- tary, and for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, field hear ings, traveling expenses, and con tract steno- g raphi c re port ing servi ces ; $2,7 96, 465, of which amount not to exceed $2,430,000 may be expended for personal services in the triices in District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000 ; not exceeding $3,000 for pur- chase and exchange of necessary books, reports, and periodicals ; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furni- ture similar in class or kind to that listed in the ge neral supply sche dule. Regulating accounts : To enable the Interstate Commerce Co m- mission to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved Ju ne 29, 1906 (U. S. C., title 49, sec. 20), and as amended by the Trans- portation Act, 1920 (U . S . C ., title 49, sec . 20), including the employ- me nt of nece ssary spec ial accou nting agen ts or exa miners, an d traveling expenses, $851,976, of which amount not to exceed $170,000 may be expended for p ersonal services in the District of Columbia Provided, That for the portion of the fiscal year 1935 remaining after the date of the approval of this Act the amount which may be e xpended for perso nal services in the District of C olumbia from the 1935 appropriatio n for the purpos es included in th is paragraph shall be at the annual rate of $158,000, Commissioners, etc. the Dis- Books, furniture, etc. Enforcing accounting by ra ilroads. Vol. 34, p. 593; Vol. 36,p. 555;Vol. 41, p. 4 93. U. S. C., p. 2229. Services in the Dis- trict. Proviso. Amount immedi ate- ly av ailable.