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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 145- -JUNE 26, 1943 of Columbia; scientific, technical, first-aid, protective, and other apparatus and materials for the arrangement, titling, scoring, repair, processing, editing, duplication, reproduction, and authentication of hotographic and other records (including motion-picture and other flms and sound recordings) in the custody of the Archivist: purchase and exchange of books, including lawbooks, books of reference, maps, and charts; contract stenographic reporting services; purchase of news- papers and periodicals; not to exceed $100 for payment in advance when authorized by the Archivist for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; travel expenses; exchange of scientific and technical apparatus; and maintenance, operation, and repair of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle, $885,000. Printing and binding: For all printing and binding, $7,000. Post, pp. 541, 618. NATIONAL HOUSING AGENCY Transfer of funds. 54 Stat. 1125 . 42 U. S. C., Supp. II, j§ 1521-1564. Post, pp. 387,565. Temporary employ- ment. 41U. S.C. §5. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.S.C.§661; Supp. II, § 661 et seq. Administrative ex- penses. 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, app. § 601 note. 49 Stat. 1647. 15U.S.C.§712a; Snpp. II, § 712a note. OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR Salaries and expenses: In addition to the amounts otherwise avail- able (which amounts shall be transferred to this authorization for expenditure hereunder) for the administrative expenses of the Office of the Administrator, National Housing Agency, in carrying out the provisions of the Act of October 14, 1940, as amended (42 U. S . C . 1521), such amounts, not exceeding $508,780, as the Administrator determines are required for the expenses of the Office of the Admin- istrator, National Housing Agency, in the performance of adminis- trative and supervisory services relating to the constituent units of said Agency shall be transferred, from the funds available for the administrative expenses of such constituent units for the fiscal year 1944, to this authorization for expenditure hereunder and shall be available until June 30, 1944, for all necessary expenses of said Office of the Administrator, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; purchase and exchange of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals and newspalers (not to exceed $500) ; preparationl, mounting, shipping, and installation of exhibits (not to exceed $500) ntmaintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; not to exceed $5,000 for temporary employment of persons or organizations, bv contract or otherwise, for legal or other special services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; payment, when specifically authorized by the Administra- tor, of (1) actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence to persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Agency and (2) not to exceed $1.500 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations con- cerned with the work of the Agency when specifically authorized by the Administrator; reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls and an allowance not to exceed 3 cents per mile for all travel performed in privately owned automobiles by employees engaged in the inspection of property within the limits of their official posts of duty when such travel is performed in con- nection with such inspection: Provided, That notwithstanding the consolidation effected by Executive Order 9070, section 7 of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1936, shall continue to apply to admin- istrative expenses of and for the constituent units of the National Housing Agency mentioned in said section 7 and shall also apply to such expenses of said National Housing Agency in connection with the 184 [57 STAT.

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