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 PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 259-MAY 23, 1938 Contingent expen- ses. Prmo. Minor purchases. 41 U. S.C. 6. Printing and bind- ing. Interstate Com- merce Commission. Salaries and expen- ses. Contingent expenses: For traveling expenses, materials, supplies, equipment, and services; rent of buildings and equipment; furnish- ing of heat and light; purchase and exchange of books, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, typewriters, calculating machines, and other office appliances, including their development, repairs, and maintenance, including one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle; and miscellaneous items; $272,140: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase 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, including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, $79,800. Total, General Accounting Office, $5,306,540. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES Genedm'inisa- General administrative expenses: For eleven Commissioners, secre- tary, and for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execu- tion of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per an- num, field hearings, traveling expenses, and contract stenographic itrvices in the Dis- reporting services, $2,544,000, of which amount not to exceed $2,350,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not ex- Books, fhrmitr ceed $50,000; not exceeding $3,000 for purchase and exchange of necessary books, reports, and periodicals; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture similar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply schedule. Regulating ac- Regulating accounts: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June 29, 34 Stat. 593;38 8 tat. 1906 (49 U. S . C. 20), and as amended by the Transportation Act, 5,95; 41 Stat. 493. 49U.8.C. s 20. 1920 (49 U. S . C . 20), including the employment of necessary special pecialexaminer. accounting agents or examiners, and traveling expenses, $840,000, of which amount not to exceed $190,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Safety of railroad Safety of employees: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to keep informed regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts Rgasortsacdnvs- to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads, the gations of accidents. Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and au- afety signals. thorizing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Com- merce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to pro- mote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint reso- 34Stat. 83. lution approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S. C . 35), and the provision 35 ftat. 325. of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (45 U. S. C. 36, 37), Testing appliances; to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of eervices i the Dis any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway trict. operation, inspectors, and for traveling expenses, $506,000, of which amount not to exceed $90,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. tesign sa fety sys- Signal safety systems: For all authorized expenditures under sec- 4stat.498; ostat. tion 26 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Trans- 49 U. S. C. § 26; portation Act, 1920 (49 U. S. C. 26), and the Act of August 26, 1937 SAPpatictraincon- (50 Stat. 835), with respect to the provision thereof under which trol devies. carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install auto- 418 [52 STAT.

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