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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 524-JULY 25, 1942 54 Stat. 1105 . 5U.S. C. §73c-1. Proviso. 41H.S.C. 5. as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940, $3,365,000: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered under this appropriation when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300. OFFICE OF SOLID FUELS COORDINATION For all expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior through such agencies within the Department of the Interior as he may designate to perform the functions with respect to Solid Fuels 7F. .1781. Coordination as prescribed by the President (Fed. Reg., March 10, Employment of as- 1942), including the employment without regard to civil-service and eSo technica classification laws .of an assistant at not to exceed $10,000 per annum and not to exceed eight technical employees; other personal services Travelingexpenses. in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; traveling expenses, including attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this appropriation, and actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence of persons serving, while away from their homes, in an advisory capacity without other compensation from the United States, or at $1 per annum; contract stenographic reporting services; books of refer- ence, periodicals and newspapers; office supplies; furniture and equip- Antomobiles. ment, including exchange and repair thereof; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automo- biles; other miscellaneous services; and the acceptance and utilization P°so. of voluntary and uncompensated services; $920,000: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered under this appropriation when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300. PETROLEUM CONSERVATION DIVISION Ant, p. W7. 15 I. . C. J§715- 715k. Ante, p. 381. Automobiles. Proviso. Printing and bind- ng. Ante, p. 512. Afte, . 8p.. Ante, p. 54a 55 Stat. 863. 50 U.8. C., Supp. I, 99 121-142. Post, p. 1022. For an additional amount for the Petroleum Conservation Division, fiscal year 1943, to be supplemental to the appropriation for this pur- pose for said fiscal year, and to be available, in addition to the objects and purposes specified for said appropriation, for all expenses neces- sary to administer the Act of February 22, 1935 (49 Stat. 30), as amended, including contract stenographic reporting services, station- ery and office supplies, and the purchase (not to exceed $5,100), exchange, hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of passenger-carry- ing automobiles, $232,000: Provided, That the limitation on the amount which may be expended for printing and binding is hereby increased from $600 to $3,600, and for books, newspapers, and periodicals, from $600 to $700. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Payment to Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico: For payment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 10, 1942 (Public Law 447, Seventy-seventh Congress), fiscal year 1943, $22,415.43, to be reimbursed to the United States in accordance with existing law. BUREAU OF MINES Enforcement of Federal Explosives Act: For all necessary expenses of the Bureau of Mines in performing the duties imposed upon it by the Federal Explosives Act, including not to exceed $110,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; not to exceed $11,250 for printing and binding; contract stenographic reporting services; supplies and equip- [5G STAT.

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