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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS. - CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 reimbursed to the United States from any funds in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. That of the sums heretofore appropriated in title II of this Act $300,000 is made immediately available for the purposes of investi- gating and prosecuting Japanese and those of Japanese descent in the States of California, Oregon, Washington, and the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska. Of the total amount available under this title for traveling expen- ses, with the exception of the amount for traveling expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Attorney General is authorized and directed on or before August 1, 1942, to cover into the surplus fund of the Treasury the sum of $253,350, which shall be in addition to reductions in amounts available for traveling expenses resulting from decreases in the appropriations made by this title below the Budget estimates. This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropria- tion Act, 1943". TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary of Commerce, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the Chief Clerk and Superintendent, who shall be chief executive officer of the Department and who may be desig- nated by the Secretary of Commerce to sign minor routine official papers and documents during the temporary absence of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary of the Department, $513,600. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the Department, except the Patent Office, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and for the period July 1, 1942, to December 31, 1942, the Bureau of the Census, including those for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are specifically made, including professional and scientific books, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, blank books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers (not exceeding $1,500; purchase of atlases or maps stationery, furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; fuel, lighting and heating; purchase and exchange of motor- trucks and bicycles; maintenance, repair, and operation of three motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (one for the Secretary of Commerce and two for the general use of the Department), and motortrucks and bicycles, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; postage to foreign countries; telegraph and telephone service; teletype service and tolls (not to exceed $1,000), typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, includ- ing their repair and exchange; first-aid outfits for use in the build- ings occupied by employees of this Department; uniforms for guards of Weather Bureau property; $80,000. Traveling expenses: For all necessary traveling expenses of the Department of Commerce, including all bureaus and divisions there- under except the Bureau of the Census for the period July 1, 1942, to December 31, 1942, the Weather Bureau, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, and Civil Aeronautics Board, and including the examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, $275,000: 489 Investigation and prosecution of Jap- anese, etc., in certain areas. Traveling expenses, covering of designated sums into surplus fund. Citation of title. Department of Commerce Appropri- ation Act, 1943. Vehicles.

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