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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. - CH. 277-JUNE 26, 1944 working capital shall be returned to the Treasury as an unexpended balance not later than twelve months after the close of the fiscal year 1945: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of sec- Yearbook of Agri. tion 73 of the Act of January 12, 1895 (44 U. S. C. 241), no part of the 28 stat.612. foregoing sum of $4,200,000 shall be used for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture). Printing and binding for Congress chargeable to the foregoing i Pforntcng bind appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report con- taining an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made. During the fiscal year 1945 any executive department or inde- Paymen't forwork pendent establishment of the Government ordering printing and ments, etc. binding from the Government Printing Office shall pay promptly by check to the Public Printer upon his written request, either in advance or upon completion of the work, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Public Printer in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment: Provided, That proper Adjustments. adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of delivered work paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly and as may be agreed upon by the Public Printer and the department or establish- ment concerned. All sums paid to the Public Printer for work that toworkingcapital. he is authorized by law to do shall be deposited to the credit, on the books of the Treasury Department, of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office for the year in which the work is done, and be subject to requisition by the Public Printer. No part of any money appropriated in this Act shall be paid to fEmPloyeeS dee t aled any person employed in the Government Printing Office while tive branch. detailed for or performing service in the executive branch of the public service of the United States unless such detail be authorized by law. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS Salaries: For the Superintendent of Documents, assistant superin- tendent, and other personal services in accordance with the Classi- fication Act of 1923, as amended, and compensation of employees paid by the hour who shall be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7, 1924 (44 U. S. C. 40), $1,000,000. General expenses: For furniture and fixtures, typewriters, carpets, labor-saving machines and accessories, time stamps, adding and num- bering machines, awnings, curtains, books of reference; directories, books, miscellaneous office and desk supplies, paper, twine, glue, enve- lopes, postage, carfares, soap, towels, disinfectants, and ice; drayage, express, freight, telephone, and telegraph service; traveling expenses (not to exceed $200); repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery; rental of equipment; preserving sanitary condition of building; light, heat, and power; stationery and office printing, including blanks, price lists, bibliographies, catalogs, and indexes; for supplying books to depository libraries; in all, $345,000: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used to supply to depository libraries any documents, books, or other printed matter not requested by such libraries, and the 93650°-45- - -P. I-23 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.8.C.1661; Supp. III, i 661 et *eq. 43 Stat. 658. Books for deposi- tory libraries. 353

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