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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 268-JULY 1, 1941 Proviso. "During the ses- sion." 46 Stat. 38; 53 Stat. 1080. 2 U. S.C. 60b. Proviso. Payment to Archi- tect of the Capitol. 64 Stat. 1056 . POST OFFICE Salaries: Postmaster, $5,000; assistant postmaster, $2,880; two reg- istry and money-order clerks, at $2,100 each; forty messengers (including one to superintend transportation of mails), at $1,740 each; substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees, when required, at the rate of not to exceed $145 per month each, $1,740; laborer, $1,260; in all, $84,680. Motor vehicles: For the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles for carrying the mails, $2,500. OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES Salaries: Six official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House at $7,500 each; clerk, $4,000; assistant clerk, $2,000; six expert transcribers at $2,000 each; in all, $63,000. COMMITTEE STENOGRAPHERS Salaries: Four stenographers to committees, at $7,000 each and two stenographers to committees, at $6,000 each; clerk, $3,360; in all, $43,360: Provided, That any sums received from the sale of copies of transcripts of hearings of committees reported by such stenographers shall be covered into the Treasury as "miscellaneous receipts". Whenever the words "during the session" occur in the foregoing paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and eighty-one days from January 1 to June 30, 1942, both inclusive. CLERK HIRE, MEMBERS, AND DELEGATES For clerk hire necessarily employed by each Member and Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, in the discharge of his official and representative duties, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to fix the compensation of officers and employees of the legislative branch of the Government", approved June 20, 1929, as amended by the Act of July 25, 1939, $2,847,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE Furniture: For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, including not to exceed $29,000 for labor, tools, and machinery for furniture repair shops, $68,000, of which sum $23,000 shall be avail- able immediately. Packing boxes: For packing boxes, $3,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to furnish a packing box to any Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for any session of Congress unless request therefor has been made not later than thirty days after the sine die adjournment of any such session. Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, includ- ing the sum of $30,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public Act 812, 76th Congress), the reimbursement to the official stenographers to committees for the amounts actually paid out by them for transcribing hearings, and materials for folding, $97,500. Reporting hearings: For stenographic reports of hearings of com- mittees other than special and select committees, $25,000. Special and select committees: For expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $200,000, of which $25,000 shall be available immediately. [55 STAT. 454

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