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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 107-APR. 18, 1940 Personal s Books, etc. Regula counts. 24 Stat. 3; 593; 41 Stat 49U.S. V, §20 (nol Safety of ees and trai railroads. Reports vestigation! Safety ap 34 Stat.g 35 Stat. 3 Personal Signal sa tems. 41 Stat. 41 49U.S. V, 26. Automati control dcvi Block-sigi systems. 34 Stat. 83 Personal i Locomoti tion. 36 Stat. 91 1192. 43 Stat. 65 Additions tors. 36 Stat. 91 822 one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, field hearings, traveling expenses, and contract stenographic serv ces. reporting services, $2,580,940, of which amount not to exceed $2,338,040 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $3,000 for purchase and furniture, 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. ting ae- Regulating accounts: To enable the Interstate Commerce Com- mission to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of 6; 34 Stat. the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June ., supp. 29, 1906 (49 U. S . C . 20), and as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920 (49 U. S. C. 20), including the employment of necessary special 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. 'eleSpyn Safety of employees: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to keep informed regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads; and in- the Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and s. authorizing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Com- merce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint s8. resolution approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S. C. 35), and the provision 25. of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (45 U. S. C. 36, 37), to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of rail- way operation, inspectors, and for traveling expenses, $506,000, of service, which amount not to exceed $90,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. afety sys- Signal safety systems: For all authorized expenditures under sec- tion 26 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Trans- sa. portation Act, 1920 (49 U. S . C. 26), and the Act of August 26, c., supp. 1937 (50 Stat. 835), with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install i tain- automatic train-stop, or train-control devices which comply with ices specifications and requirements prescribed by the Commission, includ- nal, etc., ing investigations and tests pertaining to block-signal and train- control systems as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S . C. 35), and including the employment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling expenses, $126,810, of which services. amount not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. ve inspeo- Locomotive inspection: For all authorized expenditures under the provisions of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances 3;3sstat. thereto" (45 U. S . C. 22), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1915, extending "the same powers and duties with respect to all parts and appurtenances of the locomotive and tender" (45 U. S . C . 30), and X9. amendment of June 7, 1924 (45 U. S. C . 27), providing for the appointment from time to time by the Interstate Commerce Com- inspec- mission of not more than fifteen inspectors in addition to the number 4; 4 stat. authorized in the first paragraph of section 4 of the Act of 1911 (45 U. S. C. 26), and the amendment of June 27, 1930 (45 U. S. C. 24,26), including such legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical help as the business of the offices of the chief inspector and his two 132 [54 STAT.

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