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 [55 STAT. of extra compensation for overtime services of local inspectors of steam vessels and their assistants, United States shipping commis- sioners and their deputies and assistants, and customs officers and employees for which the United States receives reimbursement in 46U.s .c .§382b. accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 345). PATENT OFFICE ost, pp. 751,832. Salaries: For the Commissioner of Patents and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $3,729,200. Photolithographing: For producing copies of weekly issue of drawings of patents and designs; reproduction of copies of drawings and specifications of exhausted patents, designs, trade-marks, and other papers, such other papers when reproduced for sale to be sold at not less than cost plus 10 per centum; reproduction of foreign patent drawings; photo prints of pending application drawings; and photostat and photographic supplies and dry mounts, $200,000: Prorisn. Provided,That the headings of the drawings for patented cases may tigrhehea- be multigraphed in the Patent Office for the purpose of photo- lithography. Miscellaneous expenses: For purchase and exchange of law, pro- fessional, and other reference books and publications and scientific books; expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign governments; directories, furniture, filing cases; exchange of labor-saving office devices; for investigating the question of public use or sale of inventions for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and such other ques- tions arising in connection with applications for patents and the prior art as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Patents; for expense attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, and for other contingent and mis- cellaneous expenses of the Patent Office, $71,000. Printing and binding: For printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, trade-marks, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly and annual indices, $79!,000; for miscellaneous printing and binding, $69,000; in all, $860,000. Attendanceat nmet- The appropriation in this title for traveling expenses shall be Ings. available, in an amount not to exceed $500, for expenses of attend- ance at meetings concerned with the work of the Patent Office when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 31 Stat. 1449. 48 Stat. 552 . 54 Stat. 1105. 5 U. S.C. 73c-1. Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the provisions of the Act establishing the National Bureau of Standards, approved March 3, 1901 (5 U. S. C. 591, 597; 15 U. S. C. 271-278), and of Acts supple- mentary thereto affecting the functions of the Bureau, and specif- ically including the functions as set forth under the Bureau of Standards in the "Department of Commerce Appropriation Act 1935", approved April 7, 1934, and for all necessary expenses, pur- chases, and personnel connected with administration and operation, testing, inspection, and technical information service, research and development, and standards for commerce, including rental of labora- tories m the field, communication service, transportation service; the transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promul- gated thereunder; streetcar fares not exceeding $100, expenses of the visiting committee, attendance of American member at the meet- PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 258-JUNE 28, 1941 286

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