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 54STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 125-127-APR. 22, 1940 and economists, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him, but not to exceed $50 per day for any engineer, geologist, appraiser, or econo- mist so employed: Provided, That the total compensation paid to any engineer, geologist, appraiser, or economist during any fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, retired officers of the Army or Navy may be employed by the Secretary of the Interior as consulting engineers in accordance with the provisions of this Act." Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 126] AN ABT 149 Proviss. Compensation, lim- itation. Employment of re- tired Army and Navy officers. April 22, 1940 To reenact section 259 of the Judicial Code, relating to the traveling and sub- [H. R . 7015] sistence expenses of circuit and district judges. [Public, No. 469] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 259 of the Judicial Code (U. S . C., title 28, sec. 374) is hereby reenacted, the section reading as follows: "SEC. 259. The circuit justices, the circuit and district judges of the United States, and the judges of the district courts of the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, shall each be allowed and paid his necessary expenses of travel, and his reasonable expenses (not to exceed $10 per day) actually incurred for maintenance, consequent upon his attending court or transacting other official business in pur- suance of law at any place other than his official place of residence, said expenses to be paid by the marshal of the district in which such court is held or official business transacted, upon the written certificate of the justice or judge. The official place of residence of each circuit and district judge, and of each judge of the district courts of the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, shall be at that place nearest his actual residence at which either a circuit court of appeals or a district court is regularly held. Every such judge shall, upon his appointment, and from time to time thereafter whenever he may change his official residence, in writing notify the Department of Justice of his official place of residence." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1939. Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 127] AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 (b) of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28,1935, as amended, is further amended by adding a new paragraph: "(9) Service performed by an individual under the age of eighteen in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news, not including delivery or distribution to any point for subsequent delivery or distribution." SEC. 2. This amendment shall be effective January 1, 1940. Approved, April 22, 1940. Judicial Code, amendment. 36 Stat. 1161 . Expense allowance to designated judges away from official res- idence. Official residence. Effective date. April 22, 1940 [H. R . 72651 [Public, No. 470] District of Colum- bia Unemployment Compensation Act, amendment. 49 Stat. 946. 8 D. C. Code, Supp. V, §311 (b). "Employment" not to include newspaper, etc., carriers. Post, p. 730 . Effective date.

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