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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 258-JUNE 28, 1941 bia; $1,400,000: Provided, That expenses, except printing and bind- Prois0o. ing and traveling expenses, of field studies or surveys conducted by veys.tudi departmental personnel of the Bureau shall be payable from the amount herein appropriated. Field office service: For salaries (not to exceed $397,000) and all Post,p. 832 . other expenses necessary to operate and maintain regional, district, and cooperative branch offices for the collection and dissemination of information useful in the development and improvement of com- merce throughout the United States and its possessions, including foreign and domestic newspapers (not exceeding $300), periodicals and books of reference, and the transfer of household goods and Transfer of effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Num- l Stat.ti05. bered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder, $422,000. 5U.. C .§ Customs statistics: For all expenses necessary for the operation of Post, p.832. the section of customs statistics transferred to the Department of Commerce from the Treasury Department by the Act approved Janu- ary 5, 1923 (15 U. S. C . 194), and expenses connected with the 42Stat.1109. monthly publication of statistics showing the United States exports and imports by customs districts and destinations, including personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $67,000) and else- where; rent of or purchase of tabulating, punching, sorting, and other mechanical labor-saving machinery or devices, including add- ing, typewriting, billing, computing, mimeographic, multigraphing, photostat, and other duplicating machines and devices, including their exchange and repair; telegraph and telephone service; freight, express, drayage; tabulating cards, stationery, and miscellaneous office supplies; books of reference and periodicals; furniture and equipment; ice, water, heat, light, and power; streetcar fare; and all other necessary incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $395,000. The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be avail- Attendancesa able in an amount not to exceed $6,500 for expenses of attendance at ings. meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic com- merce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. 285 s or sur- house- t meet- BUREAU OF MARINE INSPECTION AND NAVIGATION Departmental salaries: For the director and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $400,000. Salaries and general expenses: For salaries of shipping commis- sioners, inspectors, and other personal services; to enable the Secre- tary of Commerce to provide and operate such motorboats and employ such persons as may be necessary for the enforcement, under his direction, of laws relating to navigation and inspection of vessels, boarding of vessels, counting of passengers on excursion boats to pre- vent overcrowding, and to secure uniformity in the admeasurement of vessels; fees to witnesses; materials, supplies, equipment, and serv- ices, including rent and janitor service; the transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; purchase, exchange, and repair of instruments; plans and specifications; insig- nia, braid, and chin straps; coats, caps, and aprons for stewards' departments on vessels; and other incidental expenses of field offices, including contract stenographic reporting services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; $2,400,000: Provided, That $50,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available only for the payment Post, p. 832. Post, pp. 825, 832. Transfer of house- hold effects. 54 Stat. Il15. 5U.S. C. 73c-. Proriso. Local inspectors, etc., ove rtime pay. Post, p. 825.
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