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 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 40-APR. 5,1941 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; the Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and author- izing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S . C. 35), and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (45 U. S . C . 36, 37), to inves- tigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway oper- ation, inspectors, and for traveling expenses, $506,000, of which amount not to exceed $92,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Signal safety systems: For all authorized expenditures under sec- tion 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Transpor- tation Act, 1920, the Act of August 26, 1937 (49 U. S. C. 26), and the Transportation Act of 1940, with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices which comply with speci- fications and requirements prescribed by the Commission, including 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 engi- neers, and for traveling expenses, $126,810, of which amount not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 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 loco- motives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances 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 appur- tenances of the locomotive and tender" (45 U. S . C . 30), and amend- ment of June 7, 1924 (45 U. S. C. 27), providing for the appointment from time to time by the Interstate Commerce Commission of not more than fifteen inspectors in addition to the number authorized in the first pargrgraph 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 director of locomotive inspection and his two assistants may require and for traveling expenses, $475,000, of which amount not to exceed $71,450 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Valuation of property of carriers: To enable the Interstate Com- merce Commission to carry out the objects of the Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate commerce', approved February 4, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities", approved March 1, 1913, as amended by the Act of June 7, 1922 (49 U. S . C . 19a), and by the "Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933" (49 U. S. C. 19a), including one director of valuation at $10,000 per annum, one valuation engineer at $7,500 per annum, and traveling expenses, $640,000. Motor transport regulation: For all authorized expenditures neces- sary to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to carry out the Reports and investi- gations. Safety appliances. 34 Stat. 838 . 35 Stat. 325. 41 Stat. 498; 50 Stat. 835; 54 Stat. 919. 34 Stat. 838. 36 Stat. 913; 38 Stat. 1192. 43 Stat. 659. 36 Stat. 914; 46 Stat. 822. 37 Stat. 701; 42 Stat. 624; 48 Stat. 221. 278941°-42 - -T. I - -8 113 55 STAT.]

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