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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 189-MAY 14, 1940 CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the Department, except the Patent Office and the Bureau of the Census, including those for which appropria- tions for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are specifically made, including professional and scientific books, lawbooks, books of refer- ence, periodicals, blank books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers (not exceeding $1,500); purchase of atlases or maps; stationery; furniture and repairs to same; carpets matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice brooms, soap, sponges; fuel, lighting and heating; purchase and exchange of motortrucks and bicycles; purchase, including exchange, of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle for the use of the Secretary of Commerce ($1,800); maintenance, repair, and operation of three motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (one for the Secretary of Commerce and two for the general use of the Depart- ment), and motortrucks and bicycles, to be used only for official pur- poses; freight and express charges; postage to foreign countries; tele- graph and telephone service; teletype service and tolls (not to exceed $1,000), typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; first-aid outfits for use in the buildings occupied by employees of this Department; $77,500, which sum shall constitute the appropriation for contingent expenses of the Department, except the Patent Office and the Bureau of the Census, and shall also be available for the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment for field services of bureaus and offices of the Department for which contingent and miscellaneous appropriations are specifically made in order to facilitate the purchase through the central purchas- ing office (Division of Purchases and Sales) as provided by law. Traveling expenses: For all necessary traveling expenses under the Department of Commerce, including all bureaus and divisions there- under except the Bureau of the Census, and including the examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, $238,000: Provided, That not exceeding $2,500 of this appropriation shall be available for the hire of automobiles for travel on official business, without regard to the provisions of the Act of July 16, 1914 (38 Stat. 508). Printing and binding: For all printing and binding for the Depart- ment of Commerce, including all of its bureaus offices, institutions, and services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, except the Patent Office and the Bureau of the Census, $328,000: Provided, That an amount not to exceed $2,000 of this appropriation may be expended for salaries of persons detailed from the Government Printing Office for service as copy editors. BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE Departmental salaries and expenses: For the salary of the Director and other personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $1,325,000), and for all other authorized and necessary expenditures of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at the seat of Government in performing the duties imposed by law or in pursuance of law, including functions incident to the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United States and administration of the China Trade Act; news- papers (not exceeding $1,500), periodicals, and books of reference; purchase, exchange, and repair of typewriters and labor-saving devices; contract stenographic reporting services; fees and mileage of witnesses, and other contingent expenses in the District of Colum- bia, $1,360,000: Provided, That expenses, except printing and binding and traveling expenses, of field studies or surveys conducted by depart- 193470°-41-rT. T -13 Contingent and mis- cellaneous expenses. Vehicles. Traveling expenses. Proviso. Hire of automobiles. 5U..C..78. Printing and bind- ing. l*roiso. Detail of copy edi- tors. Salaries and ex- penses. Post, p. 64C. China Trade Act, administration. 42 Stat. 849. 15 U.S. C. §§141- 162; Supp. V, §§ 142- 160. Provso. Field studies or surveys. 193

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