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 [56 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; reimbursement to other agencies of the Government for expenses incurred by them in con- nection with the making of maps or making of photographs by air- plane; purchase of rubber boots and waders, asbestos gloves and welders' goggles, for official use of employees; purchase of ice and drinking water; inspection of equipment, supplies, and materials by contract; advertising in newspapers and technical publications 44U.S. C. 324. without regard to section 3828 of the Revised Statutes; drilling and testing of foundations and dam sites, by contract if deemed neces- sary, purchase in the field of planographs and lithographs, and leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other materials without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C. 5); equipment and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem proper, $239,600. Public Works proj- Construction, operation, and maintenance, Public Works projects: ects under U. S. sec- tion . For the construction (including surveys and operation and main- tenance and protection during construction) of the following projects under the supervision of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, United States section, including salaries and wages of employees, laborers, and mechanics; fees for profes- sional or expert services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of State; traveling expenses; rents; construction and Vehicles. operation of gaging stations; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight- carrying vehicles, machinery and equipment and parts thereof, type- writers, including those electrically operated, adding machines, calcu- lating machines, mimeographs, multigraphs, and map reproduction machines; drilling and testing of foundations and dam sites, by contract if deemed necessary, and purchase in the field of plano- graphs and lithographs and leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other materials without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment: acqui- sition by donation, purchase, or condemnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of abstracts and certificates of title; inspection of equipment, supplies, and materials by contract: adver- tising in newspapers and technical publications without regard to 44U. .C. 324. section 3828 of the Revised Statutes; transportation of things (including household goods and effects as provided by the Act of 4 Stat. 1105 . October 10, 1940, and regulations pronulgated thereunder); printing U. S. c. §73. and binding; communication services; equipment, materials and sup- plies, including purchase of ice, drinking water where suitable drink- ing water is otherwise unobtainable, rubber boots, waders, asbestos gloves and welders' goggles, for official use of employees, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary: Lower Rio Grande flood-control project: For the United States portion of the project for flood control on the Lower Rio Grande, as authorized by the Act approved August 19, 1935, as amended 22 u. s. c. § 7- (49 Stat. 660, 1370), including obligations chargeable against the md. appropriations for this purpose for the fiscal year 1942, $949,460, eappropriation. together with the unexpended balances of the appropriations for protiso. this purpose for the fiscal year 1942: Provided, That no part of this titlnveynet o appropriation for the Lower Rio Grande flood-control project shall be expended for construction on any land, site, or easement until title thereto has been conveyed to the United States by donation and the same has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. 476

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