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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 262-JULY 3, 1945 PETROLEUM CONSERVATION DIVISION For all salaries and expenses necessary for administering and enforcing the provisions of the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended (15 U. S. C. 15A), and for cooperation with Federal and State author- ities in the production and conservation of oil and gas, including personal services in the District of Columbia; travel expenses; con- tract stenographic reporting services; stationery and office supplies; not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding; and the maintenance, operation, and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles, $173,212. DIVISION OF GEOGRAPHY Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Division of Geography, during the emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941, and for a period not exceeding thirty days thereafter, in performing the duties imposed upon the Secretary by Executive Order 6680, dated April 17, 1934, relating to uniform usage in regard to geographic nomenclature and orthography throughout the Federal Government, including personal services in the District of Columbia, stationery and office supplies, and printing and binding, $25,000. SOIL AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION OPERATIONS For all necessary expenses of administering and carrying out directly and in cooperation with other agencies a soil and moisture conser- vation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S . C. 590a-590f), and Reorganization Plan Numbered IV, including such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and siltation of reservoirs; the improvement of irrigation and land drainage; the procurement of nursery stock and the establishment and operation of erosion nurseries; the making of conservation plans and surveys; the dissemination of information; and including $86,626 for departmental personal services including such services in the Dis- trict of Columbia; traveling expenses; printing and binding; furni- ture, furnishings, office equipment and supplies; operation, main- tenance, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger- carrying vehicles hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,200,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for meeting 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 Department of the Interior. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR For the contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the bureaus and offices of the Department (except as otherwise provided), including teletype rentals and service; streetcar fares not exceeding $300; traveling expenses, including not exceeding $5,000 for inspec- tions and investigations by the legislative branch, and any request from appropriate authority in such branch in connection therewith shall be immediately complied with by administrative authority in the Department; not exceeding $500 for the payment of damages caused to private property by Department motor vehicles; mainte- nance, repair, and operation of four passenger automobiles; expense of taking testimony and preparing the same in connection with disbarment proceedings instituted against persons charged with 319 Pot, p. "6. 49 Stat. 30. 15U.S.C.I0715- 7151; Supp. IV, § 7151. 3 CFR, p. 293. 49 Stat. 163 . 16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, l590a-590f. 54 Stat. 1235. 5U.S.0.I133t note. Aircraft. Warehouse main- tenance, eto. Investigations by legislative branch.

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