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 568 Consumers' Coun- sel's office. Ante, p. 74. Services, etc ., in the District. Petroleum Conser- vation Division. Sal ari es and ex- penses. 49 Stat. 30. 15 U.S. C., Supp . fi,° 715. Attendance at meet- ings, etc. Printing and bind- ing. War Minerals Re- lief Commission. Administrative ex- penses. 4o Stat. 1272. General Land Office. Salaries. Commissioner, and office person nel . Tra nsc rib ing re c- ords. Binding records. 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 570-AUGUST 9, 1937 exchange, hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use outside the District of Columbia ; garage rentals ; miscellaneous items, including those for public instruction and information deemed necessary by the Commission ; and not to exceed $8,500 for purchase and exchange of newspapers, law books, reference books, and periodicals, $3,600,000. Consumers' Counsel of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, salaries and expenses : For all necessary expenditures of the office of the Consumers' Counsel of the National Bituminous Coal Com- mission, in performing the duties imposed upon said office of Con- sumers' Counsel by the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, approved April 26, 1937 (Pu blic, Numb ered 48, Seven ty-f ifth Congr ess), inc ludin g personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling expenses, printing and binding, contract stenographic reporting services, stationery and office supplies and equipment, and not to exceed $1,000 for books and periodicals, $300,000. PETROLEUM CONSERVATION DIVISION Salaries and expenses, oil regulation and enforcement : For admin- istering and enforcing the provisions of the Act approved February 22, 1935 (49 Stat ., p . 30), entitled "An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes", as amended, and to include necessary personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations, traveling expenses, contract stenographic reporting services, rent, stationery, and office supplies, not to exceed $1,000 for necessary exp enses of atten dance at meeti ngs a nd c onfer ences conc erne d wit h the work of petroleum conservation when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $4,000 for printing and binding, not to exceed $500 for books and periodicals, and not to exceed $14,000 for the pu rchase, exch ange, hire, mainten ance, operat ion, a nd rep air air of m otor-p ropell ed pas senger -carry ing veh icles, $285, 000. WAR MINERALS RELIEF COMMISSION Administrative expenses : For administrative expenses made neces- sary by section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide relief in cases on contracts connected with the prosecution of the war, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1919 (40 Stat ., p . 1272), includ- ing personal services, without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations ; traveling and subsistence expenses ; supplies and all other expenses incident to the proper prosecution of this work, both in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $20,000. GE NER AL LAND OFFICE SA LARI ES For Commissioner of the General Land Office and other personal serv ices i n the Distri ct of Columb ia, $63 7,700, inclu ding o ne cle rk, who shall be designated by the President, to sign land patents. Transcribing records : For special personal services in the District of Columbia to transcribe worn and defaced records of the General Land Office, $10, 000. Binding records : For personal services in the District of Columbia, purchase and maintenance of equipment, and all other expenses requisite for and incidental to the establishment, operation, and