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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 537-JULY 30, 1942 resolution entitled "Joint resolution to establish a commission for the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson", approved September 24, 1940 (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"), is authorized and directed to prepare as a con- gressional memorial to Thomas Jefferson a new edition of the writings of Thomas Jefferson, including additional material and unpublished manuscripts preserved in the Library of Congress and elsewhere, at a cost not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation of the manuscript. SEC. 2. (a) The Commission is authorized and directed to- (1) arrange for memorial meetings and exercises in the year 1943 in the city of Washington and other cities and places in the United States particularly associated with the memory of Thomas Jefferson, and in universities, schools, and colleges throughout the United States; to carry out and give effect to the approved plan and program heretofore submitted to the Congress, at a cost not to exceed $10,000; (2) to prepare and produce for use at such memorial meet- ings and exercises a motion picture of the main events in the life of Thomas Jefferson at a cost not to exceed $10,000; (b) To carry out the provisions of this section only the Commis- sion is authorized to have printing, binding, lithographing, and other work done at establishments other than the Government Printing Office. SEC. 3. The Commission is authorized to employ, without regard to the civil-service laws, and without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to fix the compensation of an historian, an executive secretary, and such assistants as may be needed for steno- graphic, clerical, and expert service within the appropriations made by Congress from time to time for such purposes, not to exceed the sum of $15,000, which appropriations are hereby authorized. SEC. 4. In carrying out the provisions of this or any other Act relating to the celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the Commission is authorized to procure advice and assistance from any governmental agency, including the services of technical and other personnel in the executive departments and independent establishments, and to procure advice and assistance from and to cooperate with individuals and agencies, public or pri- vate. The Superintendent of Documents shall make available to the Commission the facilities of his office for the distribution of the portraits herein authorized. SEC. 5. The members and employees of the Commission shall be allowed actual traveling, subsistence, and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. All expenses of the Commission shall be paid by the disbursing officer of the Commission upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the executive committee of the Commission. SEC. 6. Unexpended balances of appropriations authorized under the provisions of this Act shall remain available until expended. SEC. 7. The United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson may hereafter be referred to as the "Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial Commission". Approved, July 30, 1942. 729 54 Stat. 960. Writings of Thomas Jefferson. New edition. Memorial meetings. Approved plan; cost limitation. Motion picture. Printing, etc. Personal services. 42 Stat. 1488; post, p. 733. 5 U.Sa. C. 661-674; Supp. I, oh. 13. Appropriations au- thorized. Ante, p. 594. Assistance from other agencies, etc. Portrait& Traveling, etc., eg penM. Availability of funds Title of Commlssion.

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