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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 106-MAY 3, 1945 and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative funds 4 9 tat: 3 27: provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended (23 U. S . C. 21), or as otherwise provided. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM Construction of ru- For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide that the ralpostroads. United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post 39 stat. 355; 42 stat. roads, and for other purposes", as amended (23 U. S . C . 1 -117), to be 23 s.. C., upp. expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, PoV.2 t 7. including not to exceed $1,133,300 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $25,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943 by sec- 4Stat. 867. tion 1 of the Act approved September 5, 1940 (Public Law 780): Convict labor. Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided further, Charges for desig- That, during the fiscal year 1946, whenever performing authorized nated services. engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construc- tion, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Govern- ment and State cooperating agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be Warehouse ma n te - credited to the appropriation concerned: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1946 the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Public Roads Administration, and for sale and distribution to other Government activities and State cooperating agencies, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations cur- rent at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are pro- cured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of Medical supplies, such supplies, materials, or equipment: Provided further, That the appropriations available to the Public Roads Administration may be used in emergency for medical supplies and services and other assist- ance necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on emporary employ- hazardous work under that Administration, and (not exceeding $15,000) for the temporary employment, by contract or otherwise, of 41 U.S.C. 6. technical consultants and experts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and civil-service and classification laws. INTE-AMErOAN HIGHWAY FulillmentofU. S For all necessary expenses to enable the President to utilize the services of the Public Roads Administration in fulfilling the obliga- tions of the United States under the Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United States and Other American Republics, signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936, and proclaimed September 16, 1937 (51 Stat. 152) for the continuation of cooperation with sev- eral governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with the survey and construction of the Inter-American Highway as 4 Stat. Ie. provided in public resolution, approved March 4, 1929 (Public Resolu- tion 104), as amended or supplemented, and for performing engineer- ig service in pan-American countries for and upon the request of any [59 STAT.

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