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 750 Services in the Dis- trict. 5U.S.C.§§661- 1674 . R.S.§3709. 41U.S.C.;5. Reimbursement of other appropriations. August 24, 1937 [S. J.Res.199] [Pub. Res., No. 68] Eighth Interna- tional Road Congress, 1938 . Appropriation au- thorized for participa- tion expenses. Services in the Dis- trict. 5U.S.C.§§661- 674 . R.S.§3709. 41U.S.C.§5. Reimbursement of other appropriations. Canal Zone Code, amendment. 48U.S.C.§1315. Bases of tolls. Proviso. Restriction on changing basic rules of mea sureme nt. 75 TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 748, 749, 752-AUGUST 24, 1937 Cuba, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amend ed ; sten ograph ic rep orting, tran slatin g, and other servic es by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) ; rent ; traveling expenses ; purc hase o f nece ssary books, docum ents, n ewspap ers, a nd per iodica ls ; stationery ; official cards ; printing and binding ; entertainment ; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified. Approved, August 24, 1937. [CHAPTER 749] JOINT RE SOL UTI ON To authorize an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Eighth International Road Congress in 1938. Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury nor other wise a ppropr iated, the s um of $5,000, or so much thereo f as m ay be ne cessar y, for the e xpense s of p articip ation by the Unite d Stat es in the Eighth International Road Congress, to be held in The Neth- erlands in 1938, including personal services in the District of Colum- bia and elsewhere, without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended ; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services, by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S. C . title 41, sec . 5) ; rent ; traveling expenses ; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals ; official cards ; printing and binding ; preparation, instal- lation, transportation, and operation of an appropriate exhibit ; entertainment ; local transportation ; the payment of expenses incident to tra vel by st eamer, ra il, or mo torbus on the offi cial cong ress insp ec- tion trip tary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payment may have been made for any of the purposes herein specifie d. Approved, August 24, 1937. [CHAPTER 752] AN ACT August 24, 1937 1i-I. R. 54171 To provide for the measurement of vessels using the Panama Canal, and for [Public, No. 350] other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That secti on 41 2 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, is hereby amended to read as follows "Tolls on merchant vessels, army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, supply ships, and yachts shall be based on net vessel- tons of one hundred cubic feet each of actual earning capacity deter- mined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the President and as may be modified by him from time to time by proclamation, and tolls on other floating craft shall be based on displacement tonnage
 * and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secre-
 * Provided, That

the basic rules of measurement shall not be changed except after public hearing and six months' public notice of such change. The