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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 129-MAY 21, 1945 International International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada sion,US.andCana and Alaska and Canada: To enable the President to perform the da and Alaska and Canada Ala ka and obligations of the United States under the treaty between the United 44 tat. 2102 . States and Great Britain in respect to Canada, signed February 24, 1925; for salaries and expenses, including the salary of the Commis- sioner and salaries of the necessary engineers, clerks, and other employees for duty at the seat of government and in the field; necessary traveling expenses; commutation of subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $4 per day each, but not to exceed $2 per day each when a member of a field party and subsisting in camp; for payment for timber necessarily cut in keep- ing the boundary line clear, not to exceed $500; for purchase of Demarcation of books of reference; and for all other necessary and reasonable boundary le expenses incurred by the United States in maintaining an effective demarcation of the international boundary line between the United States and Canada, and Alaska and Canada under the terms of the treaty aforesaid, including the completion of such remaining work as may be required under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties between the United States and Great Britain and including the hire of freight- and passenger-carrying vehicles from temporary field employees, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, $45,000. International Joint Salaries and expenses, International Joint Commission, United and Grest Britain States and Great Britain: For salaries and expenses, including not to exceed $7,500 for the salary of one Commissioner on the part of the United States, who shall serve at the pleasure of the President (the other Commissioners to serve in that capacity without compensation therefor), and salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the Commissioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solely of the Secretary of State; for necessary traveling expenses, and for expenses incident to holding hearings and conferences at such places in Canada and the United States as shall be determined by the Commission or by the American Commissioners to be necessary, includ- ing traveling expense and compensation of necessary witnesses, mak- ing necessary transcript of testimony and proceedings; for cost of Joint expnses. lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals; and for one-half of all reasonable and necessary joint expenses of the International Joint Commission incurred under the terms of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concerning the use of boundary waters between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes, signed 36 stat. . January 11, 1909, $30,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State. cInternational Joint Special and technical investigations, International Joint Commis- and Great Britain. sion, United States and Great Britain: For an additional amount for necessary special or technical investigations in connection with matters which fall within the scope of the jurisdiction of the Inter- national Joint Commission, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, traveling expenses, procurement of technical and scientific equipment, and the purchase (not to exceed two passenger automobiles), hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor- propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $79,000, to be Transfer of funds. disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, who is author- ized to transfer to any department or independent establishment of the Government, with the consent of the head thereof, any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or establishment for the purposes of this appropriation. International sh- International Fisheries Commission: For the share of the United States of the expenses of the International Fisheries Commission, under the convention between the United States and Canada, concluded so tat. 1361. January 29, 1937, including personal services, traveling expenses, [59 STAT.

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