Chapter 324. To facilitate the administration of the national parks by the United States Department of the Interior, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 324.— An Act To facilitate the administration of the national parks by the United States Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. May 26, 1930.[[S. 195](/us/bill/71/s/195).][[Public, No. 255](/us/pl/71/255).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That theNational Park Service. Secretary 382Purchases for employees authorized to be deducted from salaries.of the Interior is hereby authorized to purchase personal equipment and supplies for employees of the National Park Service, and to make deductions therefor from moneys appropriated for salary payments or otherwise due such employees.
Sec. 2. Allowance for motor vehicle travel. That the Secretary of the Interior, in his administration of the National Park Service, may authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for a motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile used for official business, including travel at official stations, when, in his judgment, the expense of travel can be reduced *Provisos*.Higher payments for poor roads.thereby: *Provided*, Toll and ferry charges, etc., in addition.That he may authorize not to exceed 10 cents per mile for an automobile used in localities where poor road conditions or high cost of motor supplies prevail and he finds that the average cost to the operator is in excess of 7 cents per mile: *Provided further*, That he may authorize the payment of toll and ferry charges, storage, and towage for such automobiles in addition to mileage allowances.
Sec. 3. Accommodations for the public.Contracts for, authorized without advertising.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/sec3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1309](/us/usc/p1309). That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to contract for services or other accommodations provided in the national parks and national monuments for the public under contract with the Department of the Interior, as may be required in the administration of the National Park Service, at rates approved by him for the furnishing of such services or accommodations to the Government and without compliance with the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Sec. 4. Sales In emergencies of supplies, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized in emergencies when no other source is available for the immediate procurement of supplies, materials, or special services, to aid and assist grantees, permittees, or licensees conducting operations for the benefit of the public in the national parks and national monuments by the sale at cost, including transportation and handling of such supplies, materials, or special services as may be necessary to relieve the emergency and insure uninterrupted service to the Proviso.Use of receipts.public: *Provided*, That the receipts from such sales shall be deposited as a refund to the appropriation or appropriations current at the date of covering in of such deposit, and shall be available for expenditure for national park and national monument purposes.
Sec. 5. Cashing traveler’s checks for automobile license fees, allowed.[R. S., sec. 3651, p. 718](/us/rs/sec3651/p718).[U. S. C., p. 1010](/us/usc/p1010). The provisions of section 3651 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed so as to prohibit the cashing of traveler’s checks or other forms of money equivalent in customary use by travelers, exclusive of personal checks, when tendered in payment of automobile license fees charged at national parks under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, or other collections made within the national parks or national monuments.
Sec. 6. Indigent persons.Temporary care and removal of. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to provide, out of moneys appropriated for the general expenses of the several national parks, for the temporary care and removal from the park of indigents, and in ease of death to provide Burial expenses.for their burial, in those national parks not under local jurisdiction for these purposes, this section in no case to authorize transportation of such indigent or dead for a distance of more than fifty miles from the national park.
Sec. 7. Reimbursement for horses, etc., lost, in fire fighting, etc. That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior in his administration of the National Park Service is authorized to reimburse employees and other owners of horses, vehicles, and other equipment lost, damaged, or destroyed while in the custody of such employee or the Department of the Interior, under authorization, contract, or loan, for necessary fire fighting, trail, or other official business, such reimbursement to be made from any available funds in the appropriation to which the hire of such equipment would be properly chargeable. 383 Sec. 8.
That the Secretary of the Interior may require fieldField employees to furnish horses and other equipment for official work. employees of the National Park Service to furnish horses, motor and other vehicles, and miscellaneous equipment necessary for the performance of their official work; and he may provide, atCare, etc., at Government expense. Government expense, forage, care, and housing for animals, and housing or storage and fuel for vehicles and other equipment so required to be furnished.
Sec. 9. That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may, underProperty of employees.Purchase, hire, etc., of, authorized. such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the hire, rental, or purchase of property from employees of the National Park Service whenever the public interest will be promoted thereby. Sec. 10. Hereafter the National Park Service may hire, with orWork animals and vehicles may be hired without written contract, etc.[R. S., secs. 3709, 3744, pp. 733, 738](/us/rs/s3709/3744/p733/738).[U.
S. C., pp. 1309, 1310](/us/usc/p1309/1310). without personal services, work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment at rates to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and without compliance with the provisions of sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes. Sec. 11. Appropriations whenever made for the National ParkTraveling expenses, household effects, etc., allowed employees on change of station. Service which are available for general administration may be used for the payment of traveling expenses, including the costs of packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, May 26, 1930.