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 666 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 516 -JULY 22, 1942 [56 STAT. Secretary of Agriculture, one for general utility needs of the entire Department, and one for the Forest Service) and purchase of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle at not to exceed $1,500, including the exchange value of one such vehicle, for official purposes only; for official travel expenses, including examination of estimates for appropriations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the Department; and for other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department, which are authorized by such officer as the Secretary may designate, $98,341, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the fiscal year 1943 for such expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $131,605, shall be transferred to and made a dsoements in part of this appropriation: Provided, however, That if the total Adjustments in amounts. amounts of such appropriations or authorizations for the fiscal year 1943 shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the Budget for 1943, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appropriation shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Depart- ment, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or increases in such appropriations or authoriza- oMaintenance, etc., tions: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available ment. for the payment of salaries of employees engaged in the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-transport vehicles, and that this appro- priation shall be reimbursed from the appropriation made for any bureau or office for which such service is performed, in accordance 42 Stat.S8. with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1922 (5 U. S . C . 543): tioneretc, stocks.a Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture, during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made, may maintain stocks of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials suffi- cient to meet, in whole or in part, requirements of the bureaus and offices of the Department in the city of Washington and elsewhere, but not to exceed in the aggregate $200,000 in value at the close of the Reimbursement fiscal year and the appropriations of such bureaus, offices, and agen- cies available for the purchase of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials shall be available to reimburse the appropria- tion for miscellaneous expenses current at the time supplies are allotted, assigned, or issued, or when payment is received; for trans- fer for the ptrchase of inventory; and for transfer pursuant to the Ante, p 1. provisions of section 601 of the Act approved June 30, 1932 (31 urchasing, etc., U. S . C. 686): Provided further, That the appropriations made here- under shall be available for the payment of salaries and expenses for purchasing, storing, handling, packing, or shipping supplies and blank forms, and there shall be charged proportionately as a part of the cost of supplies issued an amount to cover such salaries and expenses, and in the case of blank forms and supplies not purchased from this appropriation an amount to cover such salaries and of central store- expenses shall be charged proportionately to the proper appropria- housentra tor tion: Provided further. That the facilities of the central storehouse of the Department shall to the fullest extent practicable be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate bureau storehouse quirement. activities in the Department: Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures, transfers of funds or other transactions Prchase of domes- hereunder shall be included in the annual Budget: Provided further, That, except to provide materials required in or incident to research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available,

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