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 54 STAT.] 76TH OONG., 3D SESS.-PLAN NO. IV-APR. 11, 1940 1235 General and the Board of Trustees of the Postal Savings System which would otherwise become functions of the Treasury Department on July 1, 1940, by virtue of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, as amended, are transferred to and vested in (a) the Board of Trustees of the Postal Savings System as to postal savings disburse- ments, and (b) the Post Office Department as to all other dis- bursements involved, and such functions shall be exercised by post- masters and other authorized disbursing agents of the Post Office Department and of the Postal Savings System in accordance with existing statutes pertaining to such functions: Provided, That the AOifnt. Postmaster General shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, mas"on. in when requested by him, such information as the Treasury Department may require with respect to the amounts of money received and dis- bursed by the Post Office Department, its postmasters and other fiscal officers, and the procedure followed in connection therewith: Providedfurther, That upon request of the Secretary of the Treasury Utiliation of desig. and with the approval of the Postmaster General, the facilities of the n ed acfties. Post Office Department may be utilized in the disbursement, or aiding in the disbursement, of public moneys of the United States available for expenditure by any agency of the Government. SEC. 5. Transfer of interbuildingmessengerfunctions. - (a)Except as Transfer of inter- prohibited by section 3 (b) of the Reorganization Act of 1939, the uictinn messnger function of regular interbuilding messenger service (including the U CSp. transportation of mail) and the function of transportation of mail §133b(b). between Government agencies and the City Post Office, now exercised in the District of Columbia by agencies of the Government, are trans- ferred from such agencies to and consolidated in the Post Office Department and shall be administered by the Postmaster General under such rules and regulations as the President shall prescribe: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the transportation of Peiso. moneys and securities by armored truck or by other special services, moneys, etc.t or to messenger service between contiguous buildings. (b) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget may waive the transfer Waiver of motor- of any motor vehicle coming within the purview of section 14 of this v er. Plan where he finds that the retention of such vehicle is essential to the performance of functions other than those transferred by this section. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SEC. 6. Certainfunctionsof the Soil ConservationService transferred. - The functions of the Soil Conservation Service in the Department of Agriculture with respect to soil and moisture conservation operations conducted on any lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior are transferred to the Department of the Interior and shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior through such agency or agencies in the Department of the Interior as the Secretary shall designate. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SEC. 7. Transfer of Civil Aeronautics Authority.-(a) The Civil Aeronautics Authority and its functions, the Office of the Adminis- trator of Civil Aeronautics and its functions, and the functions of the Air Safety Board are transferred to the Department of Commerce. (b) The functions of the Air Safety Board are consolidated with the functions of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, which shall hereafter be known as the Civil Aeronautics Board and which shall, in addition to its other functions, discharge the duties heretofore vested in the Air Safety Board so as to provide for the independent investigation of aircraft accidents. The offices of the members of the Air Safety Board are abolished. Soil Conservation Service, transfer of certain functions. Transfer of Civil Aeronautics Author- ity. Ante, p. 1233. Air Safety Board. Consolidation of functions. Civil Aeronautics Baerd.
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