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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 179-JUNE 30, 1943 San Francisco, California; and Denver, Colorado; the assay offices at New York, New York; and Seattle, Washington, and the bullion depositories at Fort Knox, Kentucky; and West Point, New York, including necessary personal services for carrying out the provisions of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 and the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, and any Executive orders, proclamations, and regulations issued thereunder, and for incidental and contingent expenses, including traveling expenses, stationery (not to exceed $2,900), new machinery and repairs, arms and ammunition, purchase and maintenance of uniforms and accessories for guards, protective devices, and their maintenance, training of employees in use of firearms and protective devices, maintenance, repair, and operation of two motorbusses for use at the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, cases and enameling for medals manufactured, net wastage in melting and refining and in coining departments, loss on sale of sweeps arising from the treatment of bullion and the manufacture of coins, not to exceed $500 for the expenses of the annual assay commission, and not exceeding $1,000 for the acquisition, at the dollar face amount or otherwise, of specimen and rare coins, including United States and foreign gold corns and pieces of gold used as, or in lieu of, money, and ores, for addition to the Government's collection of such coins, pieces, and ores; $3,771,370. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Bureau of the Mint, $8,000. PBOCUREMENT DIVISION Salaries and expenses: For the Director of Procurement and other personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field service, and for miscellaneous expenses, including office supplies and mate- rials, stationery (not to exceed $27,500), purchase and exchange of motortrucks and maintenance thereof, telegrams telephone service, traveling expenses, office equipment, fuel, light, electric current, and other expenses for carrying into effect regulations governing the pro- curement, warehousing, and distribution by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department of property, equipment stores, and sup- plies in the District of Columbia and in the field (including not to exceed $500 to settle claims for damages caused to private property by motor vehicles used by the Procurement Division), $815,000: Pro- vided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed during the fiscal year 1944 to transfer to this appropriation from any appropriations or funds available to the several departments and establishments of the Government for the fiscal year 1944 such amounts as may be approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, not to exceed the sum of (a) the amount of the annual com- pensation of employees who may be transferred or detailed to the Procurement Division, respectively, from any such department or establishment, where the transfer or detail of such employees is inci- dent to a transfer of a function or functions to that Division and (b) such amount as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may determine to be necessary for expenses other than personal services incident to the proper carrying out of functions so transferred: Provided further, That payments during the fiscal year 1944 to the general supply fund for materials, and supplies (including fuel), and services, and overhead expenses for all issues shall be made on the books of the Treasury Department by transfer and counterwar- rants prepared by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Depart- ment and countersigned by the Comptroller General, such warrants to be based solely on itemized invoices prepared by the Procuremant 48 tat. 337, 1178. 31U.S.. §§ 440, 448; Supp. II, § 7B4a, 754b,821 ,822a. 12 U. S. O., Supp. II, § 412. Ante, p. 68. Annual assay oom mission. Pot,pp. 544 ,68 . Transer offunds Payments for sN pls, servics etc

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