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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 107-APR. 18, 1940 Proviso. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 115; post, P. 599. Air Safety Board. Ante, p. 114. Automobiles, air- craft, etc. Printing and bind- Minor purchases. Post, p. 1109. Attendance at meet- ings. Transfer of house- hold effects. Commissioners and office personnel. Attendance at meet- ings. Miscellaneous ex- pense. carrying automobiles; purchase and exchange of professional and scientific books, books of reference, atlases, maps, and periodicals; in all. $5,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $117,800 of this amount may be transferred to the appropriation "Safety Regulation, Civil Aeronautics Authority", for expenditure in connection with payment of salaries and travel of aeronautical inspectors engaged in supervision and promotion of the safety features of the civilian pilot training program. Air Safety Board: For all expenses of the Air Safety Board neces- sary in performing the duties imposed upon it by law, including personal services in the District of Columbia; contract stenographic reporting services; purchase (including exchange) of office machinery and equipment; fees and mileage of expert and other witnesses; operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carrying automo- biles; operation, maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft, air- craft engines, aircraft radio, propellers, and equipment and spare parts therefor; purchase of special wearing apparel and equipment for airmen (including snowshoes and skis), and for photostat and other machine operators; $380,000. Printing and binding: For printing and binding, $100,000. Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Civil Aeronautics Authority or the Air Safety Board when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100. The foregoing appropriations under the Civil Aeronautics Author- ity shall be available when specifically authorized by the Chairman of the Authority or the Administrator or, in case of the Air Safety Board, by the Chairman thereof, for expenses of attendance at meet- ings of associations and other properly constituted bodies concerned with aeronautics (not to exceed $3,000), and when so authorized, for expenses of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of house- hold effects (not exceeding in any one case five thousand pounds) of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, and for the purchase of law books, books of refer- ence, and periodicals. Total, Civil Aeronautics Authority, $27,721,954. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION For three Commissioners and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including personal services required for examination of Presidential postmasters, and including not to exceed $2,500 for employment of expert examiners not in the Federal service on special subjects for which examiners within the service are not available, and for personal services in the field; for medical exami- nations; for necessary traveling expenses, including those of exam- iners acting under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Wash- ington, including not to exceed $5,000 for expenses incident to attend- ance at meetings concerned with problems of public officials, educa- tional groups, Government employees as such, and other similar organizations, which are peculiar to the interests and business of the Commission, when specifically directed by the Commission; for furni- ture and other equipment and repairs thereto; rental of equipment; supplies; advertising; telegraph, telephone, and laundry service; freight and express charges; streetcar fares not to exceed $300; stationery; purchase and exchange of law books, books of refer- ence, directories, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, not to exceed $10,000; charts; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motortrucks, motorcycles, and bicycles; garage rent; postage 116 [54 STAT.

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