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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 156-MAY 31, 1941 PROCUREMENT DIVISION Salaries and expenses: For the Director of Procurement and other personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field service, and for miscellaneous expenses, including office supplies and materials, purchase and exchange of motortrucks and maintenance thereof, tele- grams, telephone service, traveling expenses, office equipment, fuel, light, electric current, and other expenses for carrying into effect regu- lations governing the procurement, warehousing, and distribution by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department of property, equipment, stores, and supplies in the District of Columbia and in the field (including not to exceed $500 to settle claims for damages caused to private property by motor vehicles used by the Procurement Divi- Transfe of funds sion),.$889,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is for pay of details, etc. authorized and directed during the fiscal year 1942 to transfer to this appropriation from any appropriations or funds available to the several departments and establishments of the Government for the fiscal year 1942 such amounts as may be approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, not to exceed the sum of (a) the amount of the annual compensation of employees who may be transferred or detailed to the Procurement Division, respectively, from any such department or establishment, where the transfer or detail of such employees is incident to a transfer of a function or functions to that Division and (b) such amount as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may deter- mine to be necessary for expenses other than personal services incident Payments for sup- to the proper carrying out of functions so transferred: Provided fur- plies, services, etc. ther, That payments during the fiscal year 1942 to the general supply fund for materials, and supplies (including fuel), and services, and overhead expenses for all issues shall be made on the books of the Treasury Department by transfer and counterwarrants prepared by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department and countersigned by the Comptroller General, such warrants to be based solely on itemized invoices prepared by the Procurement Division at issue prices Creditin of ad- to be fixed by the Director of Procurement: Provided further, That 47 Stat. 417. advances received pursuant to law (31 U. S . C . 686) from departments and establishments of the United States Government and the govern- ment of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1942 shall be Personalseres credited to the general supply fund: Provided further, That not to "Fuel" exceed $1,000,000 shall be available from the general supply fund dur- ing the fiscal year 1942 for personal services: Provided further That the term "fuel" shall be held to include "fuel oil": Providedfurther, anooases of coa l That the requirements of sections 3711 and 3713 of the Revised Statutes (40 U. S. C. 109) relative to the weighing of coal and wood and the separate certificate as to the weight, measurement, or quantity of coal and wood purchased shall not apply to purchases by the Procurement Division at free-on-board destination outside of the District of Colum- Reponditionrng of bia: Provided further, That the reconditioning and repair of surplus surplus property. property and equipment, for disposition or reissue to Government service, may be made at cost by the Procurement Division, payment therefor to be effected by charging the proper appropriation and crediting the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Procurement Division". Repairs to typewriting machines (except bookkeeping and billing machines) in the Government service in the District of Columbia may be made at cost by the Procurement Division, payment therefor to be effected by charging the proper appropriation and crediting the appro- priation "Salaries and expenses, Procurement Division". Purchase of type- No0 "^ "^^ 6 men Diisin writing mc tnes N part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used during the fiscal year 1942 for the purchase of any 226 [55 STAT.

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