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 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 189-MAY 14, 1940 ters for professors and students in accordance with the provisions of the said convention, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, $94,500, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, who is authorized to transfer to any department or independent estab- lishment of the Government, with the consent of the head thereof, any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or establishment for the purposes of this appropriation. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Salaries and expenses: For expenses of meeting the obligations of the United States under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, and 1933 between the United States and Mexico, and of compliance with the Act approved August 19, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 660, 1370), operation and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification project and of the American dam and canal feature of the Rio Grande canalization project; construction and operation of gaging stations where necessary and their equipment; personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; fees for professional services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of State; expenses of attendance at meetings which, in the discretion of the Commissioner, may be necessary for the efficient discharge of the responsibilities of the Commission (not to exceed $500); traveling expenses, including transportation of effects; printing and binding; law books and books of reference; subscriptions to foreign and domes- tic newspapers and periodicals; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-car - rying vehicles; hire, with or without personal services, of work animals, and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equip- ment; purchase of rubber boots and waders for official use of employees; purchase of ice; drilling and testing of dam sites, by con- tract if deemed necessary, and purchase in the field of planographs and lithographs without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); equipment and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem proper, $198,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not apply, in the discretion of the Commissioner, to any purchase by or service rendered for the United States Section of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500. Construction, operation, and maintenance, Public Works projects: For the construction (including surveys and operation and main- tenance and protection during construction) of the following projects under the supervision of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico United States section, including salaries and wages of employees, laborers, and mechanics; fees for profes- sional services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secre- tary of State; travel expenses; rents; construction and operation of gaging stations; purchase, including exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-carrying vehicles; drilling and testing of dam sites, by contract if deemed necessary, and purchase in the field of planographs and lithographs without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C . 5); hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; acquisition by donation, purchase, or condemnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of abstracts and certificates of title; transportation of things (including drayage, Transfer of funds. Salaries and ex- penses. 24 Stat. 1011; 26 Stat. 1512; 35 Stat. 1863; 34 Stat. 2953; 48 Stat. 1621 . Rio Orande, rectifi- cation and canaliza- tion projects. Printing and bind- ing. Vehicles. Testing of dam sites. Post, p. 1109. Proviso. Minor purchases, etc. Post, p. 1109. Public Works prol- ects under (ommils- sion. Vehicles. Post, p. 1109. 189 54 STAT.]

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