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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 55, 56 -MAR. 28, 1938 Restrictions on ex- SEC. 3. No appropriation available for the executive departments pends. and independent establishments of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, whether contained in this Act or any other Act, shall be expended- auCost o itaes on on (a) To purchase any motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost, com- pletely equipped for operation, and including the value of any vehicle exchanged, in excess of $750, unless otherwise specifically provided for in the appropriation. Maintenance, etc., (b) For the maintenance, operation, and repair of any Govern- automobiles not used .m.. atenance,. a for official purposes. ment-owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used " O ff icial purposes" exclusively for official purposes; and "official purposes" shall not construed. include the transportation of officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employment, except in cases of medical officers on out-patient medical services and except in cases of officers and employees engaged in field work the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the head of the department or estab- Exceptions. lishment concerned. The limitations of this subsection (b) shall not apply to any motor vehicles for official use of the President, or of the heads of the executive departments. Maintenance, up- (c) For the maintenance, upkeep, and repair (exclusive of garage ep, etc. limitationrent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants) on any one motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, except busses and ambulances, in excess of one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make and class and in no case in excess of $400. soPayments tomat SEC. 4. No part of the money appropriated under this Act shall rejected by Senate, be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or prohibited. she has been nominated after the Senate upon vote has failed to con- firm the nomination of such person. Citizenship, etc., SEC. 5. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or provisions. post, p. 1163. authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compensa- tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States unless such officer or employee is a citizen of the United States or a person in the service of the United States on the date of the approva of this Act who being eligible for citizen- ship has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen or who Provio. owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That this section shall xceptons. not apply to enlisted men of the United States Coast Guard who are on active duty in that service on the effective date of this Act, until the expiration of the period required for such enlisted men to com- plete their naturalization, nor shall it apply to personnel of the Coast Guard on the retired list, and enlisted men on active duty with over twelve years' honorable service who are ineligible for United States citizenship. Approved, March 28, 1938. [CHAPTER 56] JOTNTT'RP1. .T .T TT'Tn March 28, 1938 . ... a - V [H. J. Res.4 68 ] To dedicate the month of April in each year to a voluntary national program [Pub. Res., No. 82] for the control of cancer. Cancer Control Month. April of each year to be proclaimed as. Post, p. 1538. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the month of April of each year as Cancer Control Month and to invite annually the Governors of the 148 [52 STAT.

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