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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 17-MAR. 18, 1943 OFFICE OF TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES Ante, p. 5; post, p. 448. 56 Stat. 160 . 56 Stat. 1066. 31 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 317e. 37 Stat. 586 . 5U. S. C., Supp. II, 1208. Post. 1p.373. Transfer of funds. 55 Stat. 371; 66 Stat. 615. 55 Stat. 112; 56 Stat. 411. 56 Stat. 615. Refund of erroneous collections. Payment of re- wards. 56 Stat. 611 . 6 Stat. 030. Salaries: For an additional amount for salaries, Office of the Treas- urer of the United States, fiscal year 1943, $250,000. BUREAU OF THE MINT Salaries and expenses, mints and assay offices: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, mints and assay offices, fiscal year 1943, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1943, $1,600,000. Special melting and coinage: To enable the Secretary of the Treas- ury to carry out the provisions of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to further the war effort by authorizing the substitution of other materials for strategic metals used in minor coinage, to authorize the forming of worn and uncurrent standard silver dollars into bars, and for other purposes", approved December 18, 1942 (Public Law 815), the expenses or adjustments in connection with the forming of worn and uncurrent standard silver dollars into bars shall be charged against the gain arising from the coinage of such bars. WAR DEPARTMENT MILITARY ACTIVITIES OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR Claims for damages to and loss of private property: To pay claims for damages adjusted and determined by the Secretary of War under the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1912, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 11 and House Document Numbered 85, Seventy-eighth Congress, $7,153.35. FINANCE SERVICE, ARMY The appropriation "Finance Service, Army, 1942 and 1943," shall be available for transfer, in such amounts as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to the appropriations "Foreign-service pay adjustment, appreciation of foreign currencies. 1942," and "Foreign-service pay adjustment, appreciation of foreign currencies, 1943," on account of payments made by the War Depart- ment in excess of amounts made available to the War Department from such foreign-service pay adjustment appropriations. Funds appropriated under the head "Finance service, Army," shall be available until June 30. 1943, for the repayment of amounts deter- mined by the Secretary of War, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously collected from military and civilian personnel in and under the Military Establishment. GENERAL PROVISIONS The appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year 1943 shall be available for the payment of rewards, subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, to civilian officers and employees in addition to their usual compensation and to persons in civil life for suggestions resulting in improvement or economy in manufacturing process or plant or military material, and for suggestions resulting in efficiency or economy in the operation or administration of the War Department and the Military Establish- ment, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2, Military Appro- priation Act, 1943. 32 [57 STAT.

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