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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 40-APR. 5, 1941 STATE MARINE SCHOOLS, ACT OF MARCH 4, 1911 Maintenance. To reimburse the State of California, $25,000; the State of Massa- chusetts, $25,000; the State of New York, $25,000; and the State of Pennsylvania, $25,000, for expenses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, 36 stat. 1353. approved March 4, 1911 (34 U. S. C. 1121), and for the maintenance and repair of the particular vessels loaned by the United States to the said States on the date of the approval of this Act for use in connection with such State marine schools, $90,000; in all, $190,000. Total, United States Maritime Commission, $160,190,000. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Salares and ex- Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For all Post, p. 831. salaries and expenses of the Veterans' Administration, including the expenses of maintenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services 6f the Veterans' Administration, in carrying out the duties, powers, and functions devolving upon it pursuant to the authority contained in the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Presi- dent to consolidate and coordinate governmental activities affecting 46 Stat. 1016 . war veterans", approved July 3, 1930 (38 U. S . C. 11 -llf), and any and all laws for which the Veterans' Administration is now or may o'intmet hereafter be charged with administering, $104,726,912: Provided, ings. That not to exceed $3,500 of this amount shall be available for expenses, except membership fees, of employees, detailed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to attend meetings of associations for the promotion of medical science or for the betterment of insur- ance practices and conventions of organized war veterans: Provided Personal services, further, That this appropriation shall be available also for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including travel- ing expenses; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, including actual expenses of subsistence or per diem allowance in lieu thereof; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the 54 Stat. 1105 . Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; furnishing and laundering of such wearing apparel as may be prescribed for employees in the performance of their official duties; purchase and exchange of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; for passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, including purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of same, including not more than two passenger automobiles for general administrative use of the central office in the District of School transporta- Columbia; and notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the Administrator is authorized to utilize Government-owned auto- motive equipment in transporting children of Veterans' Administra- tion employees located at isolated stations to and from school under such limitations as he may by regulation prescribe; and notwith- standing any provisions of law to the contrary, the Administrator is authorized to expend not to exceed $2,000 of this appropriation for actuarial services pertaining to the Government life-insurance fund, to be obtained by contract, without obtaining competition. at such rates of compensation as he may determine to be reasonable; for Transfer of funds allotment and transfer to the Federal Security Agency (Public Health Service), the War, Navy, and Interior Departments, for disburse- ment by them under the various headings of their applicable appro- priations, of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration, including minor repairs and improvements of existing facilities under their jurisdic- tion necessary to such care and treatment; for expenses incidental to 120 [55 STAT.

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