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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 178-MAR. 10, 1942 vault protective devices, and repairs of same, for use in public build- ings which are now, or may hereafter be, operated by the Post Office Department, $700,000: Provided, That, excepting expenditures for labor for or incidental to the moving of equipment from or into public buildings, the foregoing appropriation shall not be used for personal services except for work done under contract or for tempo- rary job labor under exigency and not exceeding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building: Providedfurther, That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as prac- ticable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan of furniture. Scientific investigations: In the disbursement of appropriations contained in this title for the field service of the Post Office Depart- ment the Postmaster General may transfer to the Bureau of Standards not to exceed $20,000 for scientific investigations in connection with the purchase of materials, equipment, and supplies necessary in the maintenance and operation of the Postal Service. Deficiency in postal revenues: If the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made under title II of this Act, a sum equal to such deficiency in the revenues of such Department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply such deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General. This title may be cited as the "Post Office Department Appro- priation Act, 1943". 169 Proisos. Personal services, limitation. Use of present fur- niture. Transfer of funds to Bureau of Standards. Post, p. 499. Deficiency appro. priation. Citation of title. TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. Appropriations for the fiscal year 1943 available for expenses of travel of civilian officers and employees of the executive departments and establishments shall be available also for expenses of travel performed by them on transfer from one official station to another when authorized by the head of the department or estab- lishment concerned in the order directing such transfer: Provided, That such expenses shall not be allowed for any transfer effected for the convenience of any officer or employee. SEC. 302. No appropriation available for the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, whether contained in this Act or any other Act, shall be expended- (a) To purchase any motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle (exclusive of busses, ambulances, and station wagons), at a cost, completely equipped for operation, and including the value of any vehicle exchanged, in excess of $750, unless otherwise specifically provided for in the appropriation. (b) For the maintenance, operation, and repair of any Govern- ment-owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used exclusively for official purposes; and "official purposes" shall not include the transportation of officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employment, except in case of medical officers on out-patient medical services and except in cases of officers and employees engaged in field work the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the head of the department or estab- lishment concerned. The limitations of this subsection (b) shall Travel expenses on change of station. Proviso. Government motor vehicles, restrictions. Post, p. 247.

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