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 59 STAT.] 79rIH CONG. , 1sT SESS.-CH. 92-APR. 24, 1945 Statutes (31 U. S . C. 548), also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, $450,000. Recoinage of silver coins: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to continue the recoinage of worn and uncurrent subsidiary silver coins of the United States now in the Treasury or hereafter received, and to reimburse the Treasurer of the United States for the differ- ence between the nominal or face value of such coins and the amount the same will produce in new coins, $140,000. Relief of the indigent, Alaska: For the payment to the United States district judges in Alaska (not to exceed 10 per centum of the receipts from licenses collected outside of incorporated towns in Alaska), to be expended for the relief of persons in Alaska who are indigent and incapacitated through nonage, old age, sickness, or accident, $24,000. Refund of moneys erroneously received and covered (indefinite appropriation): To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to meet any expenditures of the character formerly chargeable to the appro- pration accounts abolished under section 18 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of 1934, approved June 26, 1934, and any other collections erroneously received and covered which are not properly chargeable to any other appropriation, there is hereby made available such amount as may be necessary. Payment of unclaimed moneys (indefinite appropriation): To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to meet any expenditures of the character formerly chargeable to the appropriation accounts abol- ished under section 17 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of 1934, approved June 26, 1934, payable from the funds held by the United States in the trust fund receipt account "Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown", there is hereby made available such amount as may be necessary. BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT Administering the public debt: For necessary expenses connected with any public debt operations authorized by the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 U. S . C . 760-762), and with the adminis- tration of any public debt or currency issues of the United States with which the Secretary of the Treasury is charged, $84,250,000, to be expended as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct: Provided,That from the amount appropriated herein, the Federal Reserve banks and their branches may be reimbursed for expenditures made by them as fiscal agents of the United States on account of public-debt transac- tions for the account of the Secretary of the Treasury, and advances to the Postmaster General may be made in accordance with the pro- visions of section 22 (e) of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 U. S . C . 757c (e)), which section shall be construed as applying to this appropriation: Provided further, That the indefinite appro- priation provided by section 10 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, shall not be available for obligation during the fiscal year 1946. Distinctive paper for United States securities: For distinctive paper for United States currency, including transportation of paper, travel- ing, mill, and other necessary expenses, and salaries of employees and allowance, in lieu of expenses, of officer or officers detailed from the Treasury Department, not exceeding $50 per month each when actually on duty, $800,000: Provided,That in order to foster competition in the manufacture of distinctive paper for United States securities, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, in his discretion, to split the award for such paper for the fiscal year 1946 between the two bidders whose prices per pound are the lowest received after advertisement. 59 48 Stat. 1231. 31U. S.C. §725q. 48 Stat. 1230. 31 U. S.C. 6725p. 40 Stat. 288 . 31 U.S. C. 774 (2); Supp. IV, § 754at seq. Ante, pp. 47, 48; in/ra. Reimbursement of Federal Reserve banks. 55 Stat. 8. 31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 757e (e). 40 Stat. 292. 31 U. S. C. §760. Division of award.

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