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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

78-JUNE

16, 1955

149

facilities under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources. OFFICE

O F TERRrroRiES

ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES

For expenses necessary for the administration of Territories and for the departmental administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, including expenses of the offices of the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. secs. 61, 531, 1422, 1431a (c)); salaries of the Governor of the Virgin Islands, the Government Secretary, and the members of their immediate staffs as authorized by law (Act of July 22, 1954, Public Law 517), compensation and mileage of members of the legislatures in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. secs. 87, 599, 1421d (e), 1431a (c) and the Act of July 22, 1954 (Public Law 5 1 7)); compensation and expenses of the judiciary in American Samoa as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1431a (c)); care of insane as authorized by law for Alaska (48 U.S.C. 46-50); grants to American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for support of governmental functions; and personal services, household equipment and furnishings, and utilities necessary in the operation of the houses of the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa; $2,609,500: Provided, That the Territorial and local governments herein provided for are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration: Provided further, That appropriations available for the administration of Territories may be expended for the purchase, charter, maintenance, and operation of aircraft and surface vessels for official jjurposes and for commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary to be necessary.

54 g^t^aV^ase-^^s Stat. 1253. f8 USC^i5 4i ""gy-gtat sie- 31 Stat. i46; 64 ^tat. IVhs^ isTinotl". 45 |tat. 1253.

TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior in administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands pursuant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by Public Law 204, Eightieth Congress, and Public Law 451, approved June 30, 1954, including the expenses of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; compensation and expenses of the judiciary of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; grants to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in addition to local revenues, for support of governmental functions; $4,500,000, and in addition $1,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from the balance in the account of the Island Trading Company of Micronesia on December 31, 19.54, of which $500,000 shall be available for the establishment of a revolving fund for loans to locally owned private trading enterprises, to continue during the fiscal year 1956: Provided, That all financial transactions of the Trust Territory, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by such Trust Territory, shall be audited by the General Accounting Office in accordance with the provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23), as amended, and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 34): Provided further. That the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration: Provided further, That appropriations available for the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific

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