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 PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 359-JULY 30, 1947 Administration of oaths, etc. Supplies and facili- ties for designated em- ployes. Ante, p. 244. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U.. C .C. 321c- 321h. Ante, p. 450. 60 Stat. 810. 6U. 8.C. 55a. 60 Stat. 903. 5U. S. C.§150. 60 Stat. 843. 28 U. . C. §.921, Salary restriction. Ante, p. 243. Pot,p. 696. 58 Stat. 394. 39U. .C.§13210- 3lh. Ante, p. 450. Station allowance. and collection officials upon furnishing bond, for the purpose of han- dling cash transactions and making change at surplus property sales: Provided, That any employee of the War Assets Administration is authorized, when designated for the purpose by the Administrator, to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit, when such instrument is required in connection with the performance of the functions or activities of the War Assets Administration: Pro- vided further That the Administration may procure by contract or otherwise and furnish to governmental employees and employees of Government contractors at the reasonable value thereof food, meals, subsistence, and medical supplies, emergency medical services, quar- ters, heat, light, household equipment, laundry service, and sanitation facilities, and erect temporary structures and make alterations in existing structures necessary for these purposes, when such employees are engaged in the disposal of surplus property, or in the preparation for such disposal, at locations where such supplies, services, equipment, or facilities are otherwise unavailable, the proceeds derived therefrom to be credited to this appropriation. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for the Office of Government Reports, including personal services in the District of Columbia; newspapers and periodicals (not exceeding $500); teletype news service (not exceeding $900); printing and binding; not to exceed $1,000 for deposit in general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by the Act of June 28, 1944; not to exceed $500 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 600). health service program as authorized by the Act of August 8, 1946 (Public Law 658); and the payment of claims pursuant to part 2 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (Public Law 601) ; $230,000: Provided,That no person paid from this appropriation shall receive a salary in excess of $7,500 per annum: Provided further, That amounts expended under the authority of Public Law 161, Eightieth Congress, shall be deducted from the appropriation herein made for the fiscal year 1948. INDEPENDENT OFFICES AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including the acqui- sition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its Territories and possessions at a cost not exceeding $750; travel expenses; not to exceed $50 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by the Act of June 28, 1944; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; the pur- chase of one passenger motor vehicle; printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photographing, and typewriting; $312,000: Provided, That where station allowance has been authorized by the War Depart- ment for officers of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the armed forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made available for the payment of such allowance. 588 [61 STAT.

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