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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 301-JUNE 28,1944 TITLE I EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP Post, p. 8 Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Censorship, including the employment of aliens as examiners or trans- irects.nddepty lators; the employment of a Director and a deputy director at not exceeding $10,000 and $9,000 per annum, respectively; not to exceed $20,000 for temporary personal services without regard to civil-service rVe ee and classification laws; travel expenses (not to exceed $165,000); travel expenses of appointees from point of induction in continental United States to their first posts of duty outside continental United States and such expenses of employees returning from their places of employ- ment outside continental United States to their homes in the United States or possessions or in foreign countries; reimbursement at not to exceed 3 cents per mile to employees for expenses incurred by them for official travel in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations; printing and binding (not to exceed $275,000); rental of news and other reporting services; rental and/or operation of photo- graphic, communication, and other equipment and devices; hire (and not to exceed $3,500 for the purchase) of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles; purchase of guard uniforms; purchase of special wearing apparel or equipment for protection of employees while engaged in their work; not to exceed $10,000 for scientific research on U.S.C.I models, devices, and other items related to the functions of the Office of Censorship without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; ouside contient $29,700,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall imitsof U. S. not be construed to apply to any purchase made by or service rendered for the Office of Censorship outside the continental limits of the United States when the aggregate amount involved in such case does not deenSel of a exceed $500: Providedfurther, That not to exceed $10,000 of this appro- priation shall be available for expenses of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Director who shall make a certificate of the amount of each such expenditure which he may think it advisable not to specify and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein certified. PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR 1 a PI, p. 873. Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Petroleum CR, C p, Administration for War in performing its functions as prescribed by 22. tCm pp , the President (Fed. Reg., December 4, 1942) including not to exceed $425,000 for personal services without regard to the civil-service and classification laws but no part of this sum shall be used to compensate any person who has been transferred from a classification pay status to an ungraded pay status; printing and binding not to exceed . . $25,000; and not to exceed $390,000 for travel expenses; $6,000,000: Provided, That section 3709, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered under this appropriation when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300. OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES p. P.. Salaries and expenses: For all expenses necessary to enable the Diretor, Dustt Office of Strategic Services to carry out its functions and activities. nd deputy droo. including salaries of a Director at $10,000 per annum, one assistant director and one deputy director at $9,000 per annum each; procure- 534 [58 STAT.

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