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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 483 -AUG. 19, 1949 (d) to contract with the Port-au-Prince Exposition authorities or with any other person or persons for the design and erection of such building or group of buildings; (e) to maintain such building or group of buildings and the site thereof and to arrange and maintain exhibits and assign space therein and thereon; and (f) to accept from any source and to use for the purposes designated- (1) contributions in money to aid in carrying out the pur- poses of this joint resolution, which contributions shall be placed in a special-deposit account and any unused portions thereof returned to the donors upon the close of the exposi- tion or upon the cessation of United States participation therein; and (2) contributions of material or aid in the preparation of the exhibits. SEC. 3. The head of any establishment, department, or agency of the Government is authorized, on request, to assist the Department of State or the commissioner in carrying out the functions authorized by this joint resolution, including the furnishing of personnel, the procurement, installation, and display of exhibits, and the loan to the exposition authorities of articles, specimens, and exhibits for display. SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $170,000 to remain available until expended for the purposes of this joint resolution including: The salaries, allowances, and expenses of the commissioner and such staff as may be required; personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; without regard to civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; employment of aliens; transportation of things; travel expenses without regard to the standardized government travel regu- lations, as amended, and the Travel Expense Act of 1949; payment of rentals in advance; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C. 55a); printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C . 111); official cards; entertainment; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; stenographic reporting and other services by contract or otherwise; rental of offices and quarters by contract or otherwise with- out regard to the provisions of section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U. S. C . 278a); ice and drinking water; insurance on exhibits; such expenditures as may be necessary for the purpose of obtaining, preparing, maintaining, and disposing of exhibit materials; for the construction of a building or group of buildings and the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the employment of architects and engineers in connection therewith, including payment of their necessary travel expenses, and for the maintenance of such building or group of buildings and their site and grounds; and such other expenses as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of State to carry out the purposes of this joint resolution; all without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5). Funds authorized to be appro- priated herein may be transferred to any executive department or inde- pendent office or establishment of the Government with the con- sent of the heads thereof, for direct expenditure for any purposes of this joint resolution which the Secretary of State may specify. SEC. 5. The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Congress within six months after the close of the exposition a detailed statement of all expenditures together with such other reports as he may deem proper, Exhibits. Contributions. Assistance from Government agencies. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 877. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S.C.§§661- 674; Supp. II, § 662e seq. Post, p. 972. Ante, p. 166. 60 Stat. 810. 40 Stat. 1270 . Ante, p. 405. 47 Stat. 412. Ane, p. 4B. Report to Congresa 619

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