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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 128, 129-MAY 16, 21, 1945 [CHAPTER 128] AN ACT To amend section 409 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. 169 May 16, 1945 [H. R. 3038] [Public Law 60] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 409 of 56 Stat. 20; 57 Stat. the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by striking 9 U. c ., supp. out the words "thirty-six months" wherever they appear therein and rv, s 1009. inserting in lieu thereof the words "forty-five months". Approved May 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 129] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, and the Federal Loan Agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, and the Federal Loan Agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, namely: May 21,1945 [H. R. 2603] [Public Law 61] TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE Ap entf Stt Appropription Act, 1946. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE P5s, 5pp. 43.2 Salaries: For Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State Pot,p. 62 $10,000; members of the Visa Board of Appeals (not to exceed $10,000 each); and other personal services in the District of Colum- bia, including not to exceed $6,500 for employees engaged on piece work at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of State; $9,900,000. Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, furniture, fixtures; purchase of uniforms; microfilming equipment, including rental and repair thereof; trans- lating services and services for the analysis and tabulation of tech- nical information and the preparation of special maps, globes, and geographic aids by contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C. 5); purchase and presentation of ohjects folrproen- various objects of a cultural nature suitable for presentation (through ernments. diplomatic and consular offices) to foreign governments, schools, or other cultural or patriotic organizations, the purchase, rental, distribution, and operation of motion-picture projection equipment and supplies, including rental of halls, hire of motion-picture pro- jector operators, and all other necessary services by contract or other- wise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; purchase 41 .s .. 5 and exchange of books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, etc. and, when authorized by the Secretary of State, dues for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only, or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, newspapers, teletype rentals, and tolls (not to exceed $30.000); purchase (not to exceed four passenger-carrying vehicles), maintenance, and repair of motortrucks and motor-pro- pelled passenger-carrying vehicles; streetcar fare; traveling expenses, Travng exses. including not to exceed $10,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Department of State when authorized by the Secretary of State; transportation and other necessary Transorttion,et expenses in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence,

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