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PUBLIC LAW 86-88-JULY 13, 1959

$5 per day; and the maximum base rate of pay authorized under section 3(b) of said Act, for employees conducting meteorological investigations in the Arctic region, shall be $6,500 per annum, except that not more than five of such employees at any one time may receive a base rate of $9,000 per annum, and such employees may be appointed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL FACILITIES

For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and relocation of meteorological facilities and related equipment, including the alteration and modernization of existing facilities; $2,500,000, to remain available until June 30, 1962: Provided, That the appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall be merged with this appropriation. GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (5 U.S.C. 596a), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act. SEC. 103. Appropriations in this title available for salaries and expenses shall oe available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but, unless otherwise specified, at rates for individuals not to exceed $50 per diem; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131).

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TITLE II — THE P A N A M A CANAL CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT OPERATING E X P E N S E S

For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); expenses incident to conducting hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of special training of employees of the Canal Zone Government as authorized by law (63 Stat. 602; 72 Stat. 327); contingencies of the Governor; residence for the Governor; medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable; and payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood for transfusions; $18,900,000. CAPITAL OUTLAY

For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, construction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, secs. 3 and 16; 63 Stat. 600), including the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor vehicles for police-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, of which six are for replacement only; and expenses incident to the retirement of such assets; $2,870,000, to remain available until expended.

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