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PUBLIC LAW 136—AUG. 31, 1951

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Department of the Interior: Provided, That appropriations made in this Act for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year. SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686): ProvUed, That reimburse- ^R^eimburlem Reimbursements. ments for cost of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received. SEC. 107. Appropriations made in this Act shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) when authorized by the Secretary; maintenance and eostat.sio. operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members. SEC. 108. The balances of all contract authorizations heretofore granted to the Interior Department or any of its bureaus or offices, which remain unobligated on June 30, 1952, are hereby rescinded. SEC. 109. Transfers to the Department of the Interior pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of fx^^^"i^\. § 2 1 0 property, other than real, excess to the needs of the Navy Department note. may be made during the current fiscal year at the request of the Secretary of the Interior without reimbursement or transfer of funds when required by the Interior Department for operations conducted in the administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and American Samoa. TITLE II—VIKGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION REVOLVING F U N D

For an additional.amount for the revolving fund established under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1950, to provide for advances to the Virgin Islands Corporation as authorized by law, $2,595,000.

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GRANTS

For payment to the Virgin Islands Corporation in the form of grants, for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 8 of the Virgin Islands Corporation Act, in the conduct f^ |,t»t. 354. ^^^^ of activities budgeted as predominantly nonrevenue producing, $130,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1951, for estimated losses 64stat. 696. to be sustained during the fiscal year 1951, shall remain available for estimated losses to be sustained during the fiscal year 1952: Provided further, That an amount equal to the excess of grants for estimated Transfer of funds. losses for revenue producing activities over the actual loss for the fiscal year 1951 and the estimated loss for the fiscal year 1952 shall be transferred from the appropriation for "Grants" to the "Revolving Fund, Virgin Islands Corporation" and shall be merged therewith.

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