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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 107-APR. 18, 1940 section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and the civil-service and classi- fication laws, $250,000: Provided, That the Administrator in order to effectuate part 3 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 submitted and approved pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939 may transfer to this appropriation from funds available for administrative expenses of the constituent units of the Federal Works Agency such sums as repre- sent a consolidation in the Office of the Administrator of any of the administrative functions of said constituent units; but no such trans- fer of funds shall be made unless the consolidation of administrative functions will result in a reduction of administrative salary and other expenses and such reduction is accompanied by savings in funds appropriated to the Federal Works Agency, which savings shall not be expended for any other purpose but shall be impounded and returned to the Treasury. 125 41U.S.C. §5. Proviso. Transfer of funds. 53 Stat. 1426 . 5 U.S. C., Supp. V, § 133t (note). 53 Stat. 561 . 5U.S .C., Supp.V, i§ 133-133r. Conditional upon reduction of expenses. PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Acts, as provided in section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (31 U. S. C . 683), and for the repair, preservation, and upkeep of all completed public buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, the mechani- cal equipment and the grounds thereof, and sites acquired for buildings, and for the operation of certain completed and occupied buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, including furniture and repairs thereof, but exclusive, with respect to operation, of build- ings of the United States Coast Guard, of hospitals, quarantine sta- tions, and other Public Health Service buildings, mints, bullion deposi- tories, and assay offices, the Treasury, Treasury Annex, Liberty Loan, and Auditors' Buildings: General administrative expenses: For architectural, engineering, mechanical, administrative, clerical, and other personal services; trav- eling expenses, including expenses of employees directed by the Fed- eral Works Administrator to attend meetings of technical and pro- fessional societies and educational exhibits in connection with subjects related to the work of the Public Buildings Administration, and trans- portation of household goods, incident to change of headquarters of all employees engaged in field activities not to exceed five thousand pounds at any one time, together with the necessary expenses incident to packing and draying same; printing and binding (not to exceed $13,000), advertising, not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of educational exhibits, specifically approved by the Federal Works Administrator, testing instruments, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and such other contingencies, articles, services, equipment, or supplies as the Commissioner of Public Buildings may deem necessary in connection with any of the work of the Public Buildings Administration; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including ground rent of the Federal buildings at Salamanca, New York, and Columbus, Missis- sippi, for which payment may be made in advance, and including such expenses necessary to wind up the affairs of the United States Housing Corporation and effect its dissolution; $876,340, of which amount not to exceed $518,500 may be expended for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia and not to exceed $196,910 for personal services in the field: Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not be available for the cost of surveys, plaster models, progress photographs, test pits and borings, or mill and shop inspections, but the cost thereof shall be construed to be chargeable against the construction appropria- tions of the respective projects to which they relate. Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Colum- bia: For repairs, alterations, improvement, and preservation includ- Maintenance. 35 Stat. 637. Furniture, etc. General administra- tive expenses. Attendance at meet- ings. Printing and blnl- Ing. EIducational exhib- its. Rent. U. S. Housing Cor- poration, dissolution. Prorio. Appropriations not available for desig- nated objects. Buildings, etc., out- sideD. C.

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