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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.--CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 reports thereon, for administering and enforcing the provisions of the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended (15 U. S . C., ch. 15A); including personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $10,000 for employment of a director without regard to the civil- service and classification laws; contract stenographic reporting serv- ices; purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and printing and binding, $325,000. Salaries and expenses, Board on Geographic Names: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of July 25, 1947 (Public Law 242), establishing a central authority for standardizing geographic names, including personal services in the District of Columbia, stationery and office supplies, equipment, and printing and binding, $13,266. Salaries and expenses, soil and moisture conservation: For necessary expenses of administering and carrying out directly and in cooper- ation with other agencies a soil and moisture conservation 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, includ- ing $108,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; print- ing and binding; furniture, furnishings, office equipment and sup- plies; purchase of not to exceed seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only- and maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $2,800,000: 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 con- tingent 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 $10,000 for inspections and investigations by the legislative branch as well as attendance at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of the Department, and any request from appropriate authority in such branch in con- nection therewith shall be immediately complied with by adminis- trative authority in the Department; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; expense of taking testimony and preparing the same in con- nection with disbarment proceedings instituted against persons charged with improper practices before the Department, its bureaus and offices; expense of translations, and not exceeding $1,000 for contract stenographic reporting services;not exceeding $700 for newspapers; and printing and binding, $215,000; and, m addition thereto, sums transferred from other appropriations to this for stationery supplies as follows: Bureau of Land Management, $9,000; Geological Survey, $19,500; National Park Service, $7,500; Bureau of Reclamation, $8,400, any unexpended portion of which shall revert and be credited to the reclamation fund; Bureau of Mines, $9,000. Expenses, power transmission facilities: For expenses of the south- western power transmission system, including marketing of electric power and energy; engineering and supervision of the construction under contracts executed prior to June 30, 1948; administrative expenses; personal services in the District of Columbia; hire of pas- senger motor vehicles; and printing and binding; $260,000: Provided, That $40,000 of this appropriation shall be available only for the payment to employees for accumulated or accrued annual leave due upon their separation from Government service or furlough from active duty. 1113 49 Stat. 30 . 15U.S.. §§ 715- 7 15m; Supp. I, ch. 15A note. 61 Stat. 456. 43U. .C., Supp.I, §§ 364-364f. 49 Stat. 163. 54 Stat. 1235 . 5U..c.. 133t note. Warehouse mainte- nance, etc. Investigations by legislative brnmch. Transfer of funds for stationery supplies. Payment for accn- aulated or accrued nnual leave.

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