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 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 175--APR. 22, 1944 acter formerly chargeable to the appropriation accounts abolished under section 18 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of 1934, approved June 26, 1934, and any other collections erroneously received and covered which are not properly chargeable to any other appropriation, $75,000. Payment of unclaimed moneys: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to meet any expenditures of the character formerly charge- able to the appropriation accounts abolished under section 17 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of 1934, approved June 26, 1934, payable from the funds held by the United States in the trust fund receipt account "Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose where- abouts are unknown", $15,000. BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT Salaries and expenses: For necessary salaries and expenses con- nected with the administration of any public debt issues and United States paper currency issues with which the Secretary of the Treasury is charged, including the purchase of lawbooks, directories, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, and stationery (not to exceed $45,000), the maintenance, operation, and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle for use of the Destruction Committee, and personal services in the District of Columbia, $5,900,000. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Bureau of the Public Debt, $65,000. Distinctive paper for United States securities: For distinctive paper for United States currency, including transportation of paper, traveling, mill, and other necessary expenses, and salaries of employ- ees and allowance, in lieu of expenses, of officer or officers detailed from the Treasury Department, not exceeding $50 per month each when actually on duty, $929,000: Provided, That in order to foster competition in the manufacture of distinctive paper for United States securities, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, in his discre- tion, to split the award for such paper for the fiscal year 1945 between the two bidders whose prices per pound are the lowest received after advertisement. Expenses of loans: The indefinite appropriation "Expenses of loans, Act of September 24, 1917, as amended and extended" (31 U. S. C. 760, 761), shall not be used during the fiscal year 1945 to supplement the appropriations otherwise provided for the current work of the Bureau of the Public Debt, and the amount obligated under such indefinite appropriation during such fiscal year shal not exceed $109,500,000 to be expended as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct: Provided, That the proviso in the Act of June 16, 1921 (31 U. S . C. 761), limiting the availability of this appropriation for expenses of operations on account of any public debt issue to the close of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which such issue was made, shall not apply to savings bond transactions handled by the Federal Reserve banks for account of the Secretary of the Treasury. OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia, Office of the Treasurer of the United States, $4,075,000: Provided, That. with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, there may be transferred to this appropriation and to the appropriations Printing and binding, Office of the Treasurer of the United States" and "Contingent expenses Office of the Treasurer of the United 48 Stat. 1231 . 31U. 8. C. §725q. Post, p. 871. 48 Stat. 1230 . 31U.S.C.§725p. Division of award. 40 Stat. 292. Limitation on obli- gations. Savings bond trans actions. 42 Stat. 36 . Transfer of funds. Pos, p. 200 199 58 STAT.]

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