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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 524 -JULY 25, 1942 wise, without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; employment of aliens; transfer of household goods and effects as 54 stat. 1105 . 64.Stat. C -1. provided by the Act of October 10, 1940, including the travel expenses and the transfer of such goods and effects of employees transferred Vehicles. from other Federal agencies to the Authority at its request; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled aymentsin lieuof assenger-carrying and other vehicles and equipment; not to exceed etc. ppy s $75,000 for payments to States or political subdivisions thereof, or other local public taxing units, of sums in lieu of taxes against real property acquired by the Authority for the purposes hereof, or pay- ments for the performance of governmental services required in con- Disposal of con- nection with the administration of the program; the disposal, by mo d es. public or private sale, of goods or commodities produced or manu- factured in the performance of activities hereunder, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in a special fund and thereafter shall remain Pro"iso. available until expended for the purposes hereof: Provided,That the Disability or death provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), as amended, compensation relating to disability or death compensation and benefits, shall apply to persons receiving from the United States compensation in the form of subsistence, cash advances, or other allowances in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the War Relocation Authority for work performed in connection with such program, Ncetnasiability in including work performed in the War Relocation Work Corps: Pro- certain cases. vided further, That this provision shall not apply in any case com- ing within the purview of the workmen's compensation laws of any State, Territory, or possession, or in which the claimant has received or is entitled to receive similar benefits for injury or death. General provisions. PAR. 13. General provisions: Total, Office for Emergency Man- agement, paragraphs 1 to 12, inclusive, $272,481,890, to be expended for, or in the administration of the affairs of, the agencies within the Office for Emergency Management, paragraphs 1 to 12, inclusive, hereinafter called the constituent agencies, in accordance, with the following provision: Transfer of funds. (a) There may be transferred from any of the foregoing appro- priations for the constituent agencies sums to other agencies of the Government for the performance by such other agencies of any of the functions or activities for which these appropriations are made: APuhority for work Provided, That no other agency of the Government shall perform by otller agncies. work or render services for any of the constituent agencies, whether or not the performance of such work or services involves the transfer of fllnds or reilllmbrsement of appropriations, unless authority there- for by the Bureau of the Budget shall have been obtained in advance. thrDelgation f a- (b) The head of any constituent agency may delegate to any thofficial in such agency or in the field offices of the Division of Central Administrative Services the authority to make appointments of per- sonnel and he may also delegate to any official in the agency of which he is the head the authority to make other determinations necessary for the conduct of the administrative management within such agency. oathseitrati. (c) Any employee of any of the constituent agencies is authorized and empowered, when designated for the purpose by the head of such agency. to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit, when such instrument is required in connection with the performance of the functions or activities of such agency. re inW PAR. 14 . War Shipping Administration: To increase the War Ship- Availability. ping Administration fund, $1,100,000,000. which amount, together with other funds heretofore or hereafter made available to such revolving fund, shall be available for carrying on all the activities and functions of the War Shipping Administration, under Executive [56 STAT.

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