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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 254-256-MAY 20, 21, 1938 other services, by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to sec- tion 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C ., title 41, sec. 5); rent; trav- eling expenses; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; official cards; printing and binding; entertainment; local transportation; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payment may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified. Approved, May 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 255] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize and request the President of the United States to invite the Inter- national Union of Geodesy and Geophysics to hold its Seventh General Assembly in the United States during the calendar year 1939, and to invite foreign govern- ments to participate in that general assembly; and to authorize an appropriation to assist in meeting the expenses necessary for participation by the United States in the meeting. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and is hereby, authorized and requested to invite the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics to hold its Seventh General Assembly in the United States during the calendar year 1939, and to invite foreign governments to participate in that general assembly. SEC. 2. That the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the expenses of organizing and holding the Seventh General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; communication services; stenographic and other services by contract if deemed necessary with- out regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5); travel expenses; local transportation; hire of motor-pro- pelled passenger-carrying vehicles; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; entertainment; official cards; purchase of newspapers and periodicals; necessary books and docu- ments; stationery; membership badges; and such other expenses as may be actually and necessarily incurred by the Government of the United States by reason of observance of appropriate courtesies in connection therewith, and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments have been made for any of the purposes herein specified. Approved, May 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 256] AN ACT Authorizing the Interstate Bridge Commission of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to reconstruct, maintain, and operate a free highway bridge across the Delaware River between points in the city of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York, and the Borough of Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to facilitate interstate commerce, improve the Postal Service, and pro- vide for military and other purposes, the Interstate Bridge Commis- sion of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania be, and is hereby, authorized to reconstruct, maintain, and 409 Contracts without advertising. R. S. §3709. 41 U.S. C. §5. Printing and bind- ing. Reimbursement of other appropriations. May 20, 1938 [S. J. Res. 285] [Pub. Res., No. 97] International Union of Geodesy and Geo- physics. Invitation to hold Seventh General As- sembly in United States; participation by foreign govern- ments. Appropriation au- thorized. Contracts without advertising. R. S. §3709. 41 U. S.C. §5. Printing and bind- ing. Reimbursement of other appropriations. May 21, 1938 [S. 31491 [Public, No. 532] Delaware River. Reconstruction, etc., of bridge across, Port Jervis, N. Y ., to Borough of Matamo- ras, Pa., authorized.

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