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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS. -CH. 268 -JULY 1, 1941 Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation: For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by law, $30,000. Funeral expenses: No part of the appropriations contained herein for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives shall be used to defray the expenses of any committee consisting of more than six persons (not more than four from the House and not more than two from the Senate), nor to defray the expenses of any other person except the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office, and except the widow or minor children or both of the deceased, to attend the funeral rites and burial of any person who at the time of his or her death is a Representative, a Delegate from a Territory, or a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Telegraph and telephone: For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $130,000. Stationery: For stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, for the second session of the Seventy-seventh Congress, and for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House (not to exceed $5,000), $92,600. Attending physician's office: For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, including an allowance of $1,500 to be paid to the attending physician in equal monthly installments as authorized by the Act approved June 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 629), and including an allowance of not to exceed $30 per month each to four assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, January 20, 1932, and November 18, 1940, $5,860. Postage stamps: Postmaster, $200; Clerk, $400; Sergeant at Arms, $250; Doorkeeper, $100; in all, $950. Hereafter the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to procure and furnish each fiscal year to each Repre- sentative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, upon request by such person, United States air mail postage stamps in an amount not exceeding $50 for the mailing of postal matter arising in connection with his or her official business; and to enable the Clerk to carry into effect the provisions of this paragraph for the fiscal year 1942, there is appropriated the sum of $21,900. Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $30,000. Revision of laws: For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by the Act approved May 29, 1928 (1 U. S . C ., 59), $8,000, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Revision of the Laws. Clerk's office, special assistance: For assistants in compiling lists of reports to be made to Congress by public officials- compiling copy and revising proofs for the House portion of the Official Register; preparing and indexing the statistical reports of the Clerk of the House; compiling the telephone and Members' directories; preparing and indexing the daily calendars of business; preparing the official statement of Members' voting records; preparing lists of congres- sional nominees and statistical summary of elections; preparing and indexing questions of order printed in the Appendix to the Journal pursuant to House Rule III; for recording and filing statements of political committees and candidates for election to the House of Representatives pursuant to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 (2 U. S. C. 241 -256); and for such other assistance as the Clerk of the House may deem necessary and proper n the conduct of the business of his office, $4,500: Provided, That no part of this appro- priation shall be used to augment the annual salary of any employee of the House of Representatives. 455 Post, p. 541; Air mail postage stamps. 45 Stat. 1008 . Official Register. 43 Stat. 1070.

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