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 264 Availability of ap- propriations. Short title. June 23, 1949 [S. J. Res. 55] [Public Law 120] "Economic Indica- tors." June 23, 149 (H. R . 4583] [Public Law 1211 House of Represent- atives. Telephone and tele- graph service. Telephone toll charges. Charges on tele- grams. PUBLIC LAWS-CIIS. 236-238 -JUNE 23, 1949 [63 STAT. not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 402. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations in this Act in whole or in part for the fiscal year 1949 shall be available from and including March 1,1949, for the purposes respec- tively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between March 1, 1949, and the date of the enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. SEC. 403. This Act may be cited as the "Second Deficiency Appro- priation Act, 1949". Approved June 23, 1949. [CHAPTER 237] JOINT RESOLUTION To print the monthly publication entitled "Economic Indicators". Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Joint Committee on the Economic Report be authorized to issue a monthly publication entitled "Economic Indicators", and that a sufficient quantity be printed to furnish one copy to each Member of Congress; the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives; two copies to the libraries of the Senate and House, and the Congressional Library; seven hundred copies to the Joint Committee on the Economic Report; and the required number of copies to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to depository libraries; and that the Superintendent of Documents be authorized to have copies printed for sale to the public. Approved June 23, 1949. [CHAPTER 238] AN ACT Relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, in the case of each Member of the House of Representatives, there shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, subject to the limitation provided in section 2, the following charges: (a) Toll charges on long-distance telephone calls (1) originating in the Member's office in the District of Columbia, or (2) on toll charges on strictly official business originating outside the District of Columbia but made by the Member to his office in the District of Columbia, to any department, agency, or office of the Federal Government or of the government of the District of Columbia, or to any department, agency, or office of the government of any State or of any political subdivision of a State; and (b) Charges on telegrams sent by or on behalf of the Member from the District of Columbia or on telegrams sent collect from outside the District of Columbia by the Member to his office in the District of Columbia, to any department, agency, or office of the Federal Govern- ment or of the government of the District of Columbia. or to any department, agency, or office of the government of any State or of any political subdivision of a State.

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