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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 258 -JUNE 28, 1941 internes, who are citizens of the United States or the other American republics; traveling expenses of members of advisory committees in accordance with section 2 of said Act of August 9, 1939 (22 U. S . C . 249a); hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles; recording and sound-tracking of motion pictures; and purchase of books and periodicals, $600,300; and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the President, to transfer to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Government for expenditure in the United States and in the other American republics not exceeding the follow- ing amounts, respectively: Department of Agriculture, $50,000; Department of Commerce, for the Civil Aeronautics Board, $10,000, for the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, $15,000, for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, $32,000, and for the Weather Bureau, $15,000; Fed- eral Security Agency for the Public Health Service, including not to exceed two additional regular active commissioned officers, $40,000, and the Office of Education, $12,500; Department of the Interior, for the Fish and Wildlife Service, $15,300, for the Geological Survey, $50,000, and for the Travel Bureau, $25,000; Department of Labor, for the Children's Bureau, $15,000; Library of Congress, $35,000; Smithsonian Institution, $56,500. The President, in his discretion, may assign officers of the Army or Navy or officers or employees of the Treasury Department or Federal Works Agency for duty as inspectors of buildings owned or occupied by the United States in foreign countries, or as inspectors or super- visors of buildings under construction or repair by or for the United States in foreign countries, under the jurisdiction of the Department of State, or for duty as couriers of the Department of State, and when so assigned they may receive the same traveling expenses as are authorized for officers of the Foreign Service, payable from the applicable appropriations of the Department of State. This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation Act, 1942". TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 277 53 Stat. 1290. 22U. .C.§502. Transfer of funds. Inspectors of build. ings, etc. Couriers. Citation of title. Department of Commerce Appropri- ation Act, 1942. Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary of Commerce Post, p. 832. Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the Chief Clerk and Superintendent, who shall be chief executive officer of the Department and who may be designated by the Secretary of Commerce to sign minor routine official papers and documents during the temporary absence of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary of the Department, $488,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the Department, except the Patent Office, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Bureau of the Census, including those for which appro- priations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are specifically made, including professional and scientific books, lawbooks, books of reference, 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 Vehicle.

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