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(/us/bill/75/pl/177)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Extension of Appropriations Act, 1938.Appropriations for last fiscal year for certain unprovided for operations extended.*Post*, p. 514. That for defraying during the first half of the month of July 1937 all expenses of the necessary operations of the Federal Government, which, on July 1, 1937, remain unprovided with appropriations through the failure of enactment on or before such date of the supply bills customarily providing for such operations, there are hereby extended for and during such period all appropriations available for obligation for such expenses during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, in the same detail and under the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations as such appropriations were provided for on account of such fiscal year.

Sec. 2. Appropriation of necessary sums for first half of July 1937. To make effective the appropriations extended by section 1, there are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of certain revenues, receipts, and funds, respectively, as such appropriations available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, were appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for such first half of the month of July 1937. Sec. 3. Proportionate amounts only to be expended.

No greater amount shall be expended out of any appropriation provided by this Act than an amount equal to one twenty-fourth of the appropriation available for like purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937. 469 Sec. 4. The total expenditures for the entire fiscal year endingTotal expenditures not to exceed in aggregate sums Anally appropriated. June 30, 1938, out of the appropriations made by this Act and the appropriations in the several pending supply bills shall not exceed in the aggregate the amounts finally appropriated, respectively, in such pending supply bills when they shall have been enacted into law.

Sec. 5. This Act shall not be construed as authorizing the duplicationDuplications, etc., restricted. of any special expenditure or providing for the execution of any purpose which was intended to be accomplished only once or done, solely for or during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937. Sec. 6.

(a)This Act shall not apply to any expenses or operationsNot to apply to operations already provided for. of the Federal Government the annual appropriations for which for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, have been made on or before July 1, 1937.

(b)On such date or dates subsequently to July 1, 1937, as theAvailable only until pending supply bills become law. several pending supply bills shall, respectively, become law, the appropriations made by this Act and applicable to the expenses of operation covered by such pending supply bills shall no longer be available for obligation.

(c)Any appropriations in this Act for such first half of theAvailability of appropriations. month of July 1937 for any expense of operation for which an appropriation is proposed in, but not finally made by any of, such pending supply bills when the same shall have become law shall cease to be available for obligation on the date upon which the supply bill in which such appropriation was proposed becomes a law; and any expenditure under any such appropriation in this Act shall not be included in computing the total of expenditures under section 4 hereof. Sec. 7. The terms “supply bill” and “supply bills”, when used inTerms defined. this Act, mean one or more of the regular appropriation bills customarily enacted annually, and for the purposes of this Act title II of the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1937 shall be deemed such a supply bill. Sec. 8. This Act may be cited as the “Extension of AppropriationsShort title. Act, 1938”. Approved, July 1, 1937. Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Railroad Retirement Account, and other activities, and for other purposes. 1937-07-01 425 Chapter 50 Stat. 469 75 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 425] JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Railroad Retirement Account, and other activities, and for other purposes. July 1, 1937[[H. J. Res. 433](/us/bill/75/hjres/433)][[Pub. Res., No. 50](/us/bill/75/pubres/50)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sumsAppropriations for Civilian Conservation Corps, etc., fiscal year 1938. are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, for the following respective purposes: LEGISLATIVELegislative. joint committee on tax evasion and avoidance For payment of salaries and other expenses of the Joint CommitteeJoint Committee on Tax Evasion and Avoidance, expenses.*Ante*, p. 253. on Tax Evasion and Avoidance authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 40, approved June 11, 1937, including stenographic reporting services under contract without reference to section 3709[R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), per-diem allowances in lieu of actual expenses of subsistence, traveling expenses, 470law books, books of reference, periodicals, newspaper clippings, and such other expenditures as the joint committee deems advisable, Division of disbursement.fiscal years 1937 and 1938, $50,000, to be disbursed one-half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. payment of pages Pages.For the payment of twenty-one pages for the Senate and forty-seven pages for the House of Representatives, at $4 per day each, for the period commencing July 1, 1937, and ending with the last day of the month in which the Seventy-fifth Congress adjourns sine die at the first session thereof, so much as may be necessary is appropriated for each legislative body. Executive.EXECUTIVE Civilian Conservation Corps.civilian conservation corps Expenses.*Ante*, p. 319.For all authorized and necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps, and for other purposes”, approved June 28, 1937, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, Rents in the District.Vehicles.periodicals, and newspapers; rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the purchase (including exchange), operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles to be used only for official purposes; hire, with or without personal services, of work animals, animal-drawn and Printing and binding.motor-propelled vehicles, and watercraft; printing and binding; travel expenses, including not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Corps when specifically authorized by the Director; construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of buildings, but the cost of any building erected hereunder shall not exceed $25,000; and all other necessary Director’s office, salary. etc., restriction.*Post*, p, 767.*Provisos*.Payments for blood transfusions.expenses; fiscal year 1938, $350,000,000, of which sum not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Director: *Provided,* That an enrollee in the Civilian Conservation Corps, or member, or former member, of the Military Establishment, who shall furnish blood from his or her veins for transfusion to the veins of an enrollee or discharged enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps undergoing treatment in a Government or civilian hospital authorized to treat such patient, shall be entitled to be paid therefor a reasonable sum not to exceed $50: *Provided further,* Continuance of designated employees without reappointment. That the employment of employees of the Emergency Conservation Work and of the cooperating Federal agencies whose compensation is paid from Emergency Conservation Work funds, as of June 30, 1937, and whose employment was not specifically terminated as of that date, may be continued without reappointment, subject to review by the Director. Railroad Retirement Board.railroad retirement board Railroad retirement account.[49 Stat. 969](/us/stat/49/969); *Ante*, p. 307.Railroad retirement account: For an amount sufficient as an annual premium for the payments required under the Railroad Retirement Act, approved August 29, 1935, and the Railroad Retirement Act, approved June 24, 1937, and authorized to be appropriated to the railroad retirement account established under section 15

(a)of the latter Act, fiscal years 1937 and 1938, $99,880,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the payment of annuities to employees, representatives, widows, widowers, or dependent 471 next of kin of employees, contained in the “Independent Offices[49 Stat. 1178](/us/stat/49/1178); *Ante*, p. 341. Appropriation Act, 1937” and reappropriated in the “Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938”: *Provided,* That such amount shall*Provisos*.Availability. be available until expended for making payments required under said retirement acts, and the amount not required for current paymentsInvestments. shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of said Railroad Retirement Act of June*Ante*, p. 316. 24, 1937: *Provided further,* That all payments under sections 3, 4,Accounting. and 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act, 1935, heretofore made from the appropriation contained in the “Independent Offices Appropriation[49 Stat. 1178](/us/stat/49/1178); *Ante*, p. 340. Act, 1937”, and reappropriated in the “Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938”, shall be considered as having been made from the railroad retirement account herein established. department of agricultureDepartment of Agriculture.Rent in District of Columbia. Rent of buildings: Not to exceed $30,000 of such funds available to the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1938, as the Secretary of Agriculture may determine, may be transferred to the appropriation for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia for such Department for such fiscal year. treasury departmentTreasury Department.Government losses in shipment fund.*Post*, p. 479. For the establishment of “the fund for the payment of Government losses in shipment”, authorized by the “Government Losses in Shipment Act”, $500,000. Sec. 2. The appropriations and authority with respect to appropriationsRetroactive provision. contained herein shall be available from and including July 1, 1937, for the purposes respectively provided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1937, and the date of the enactment of this Joint Resolution in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. Approved, July 1, 1937. To amend the Act relating to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees, approved June 10, 1930, and for other purposes. 1937-07-02 426 Chapter 50 Stat. 471 75 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 426] AN ACT To amend the Act relating to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees, approved June 10, 1930, and for other purposes. July 2, 1937[[S. 2156](/us/bill/75/s/2156)][[Public, No. 178](/us/bill/75/pl/178)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the time forMissouri River.Time extended for bridging, at Omaha, Nebr.[46 Stat. 544](/us/stat/46/544); [49 Stat. 289](/us/stat/49/289). completing the construction of the bridge at or near Farnam Street, authorized under the provisions of section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of other bridges over the navigable waters of the United States”, approved June 10, 1930, as extended, is hereby further extended one year from June 10, 1938. It is hereby recognized that construction has beenCommencement recognized. heretofore commenced under the provisions of section 3 of said Act as extended, and said bridge may be constructed at any point, providingLocation. the west end of said bridge is within two thousand feet of the center line of said Farnam Street, irrespective of the site of the commencement hereby recognized, subject to the approval of the War Department and the approval of either of the Highway Departments of the States of Iowa or Nebraska, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Act approved June 10, 1930, as extended, and as amended by this Act. Sec. 2. Any bridge constructed or to be constructed or owned andBridge deemed Federal instrumentality. operated by the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board 472of Trustees under said Act. of 1930, as herein amended, shall be deemed a Federal instrumentality for facilitating interstate commerce, improving the postal service, and providing for military and other governmental purposes. Sec. 3. Acquisition, etc., of other bridges. That in addition to the powers granted by said Act of 1930, said the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees may acquire and purchase and thereafter operate any other bridge or bridges (including approaches) over the Missouri River, which (including approaches) abuts upon or enters into the corporate limits of either or both the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, all in the manner provided by this Act and said Amortization of incurred obligations.Act of 1930, it being contemplated that all bridges owned and operated by said Board will be so financed that the obligations incurred will be amortized and the travel over such bridge or bridges will be made free of tolls at the same time. It shall lie obligatory upon said Board that all toll revenues after paying the reasonable and proper charges of operation and maintenance and the accruing interest on the outstanding indebtedness be applied to the retirement of suchToll rates. indebtedness. The rate or rates of toll for crossing any bridge now or hereafter constructed which abuts upon or enters into the present corporate limits of both the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, shall not be reduced below the rate or rates now in effect on existing bridges so long as any indebtedness of said Board for the account of any bridge or bridges shall be outstanding and Bond issue.unpaid. To pay the cost of any such bridge or bridges so purchased the board may either separately, or in conjunction with the financing of any other bridge, issue bonds as provided in said Act *Provisos*.Operation not to Impair earnings of any other bridge, etc.of 1930 as herein amended: *Provided,* That said Board shall operate each of the bridges under its control and charge and collect such rates of toll for transit over same as will not reflect upon or impair the earnings of any other bridge operated by said board, or of which the construction was financed in whole or in part by a loan and a grant from the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to such extent as to adversely affect any outstanding bonds which may have been issued for account of such Power to acquire any other bridge conditional upon State approval.other bridge: *Provided further,* That the power granted in this section with respect to the acquisition and purchase of any other bridge shall not be exercised by said the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Board of Trustees until all terms of the proposed acquisition and purchase of any such bridge shall have been approved by the Highway Departments of the States of Iowa and Nebraska. The construction of no competing bridge shall hereafter be authorized, the operation of which will adversely affect such outstanding bonds, unless provision is otherwise made for the payment thereof: *Provided further,* Regulation of toll rates.[34 Stat. 85](/us/stat/34/85).[33 U. S. C. § 494](/us/usc/33/s494). That the rates of toll to be charged for transit over bridges operated by said Board shall at all times be subject to regulation by the Secretary of War under the authority contained in the Act of March 23, 1906. Sec. 4. Acquisition authorized by States, cities, and counties designated. That either the State of Nebraska and the State of Iowa, separately or jointly, or the cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs, separately or jointly, or the counties of Douglas, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie, Iowa, separately or jointly, may at. any time acquire and take over all right, title, and interest in all of the bridges, including approaches, and including any interest in real property necessary Conveyance by Board of Trustees.therefor, then owned and operated by said Board. It shall not be necessary to condemn or expropriate such property, but the said the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees, its legal representatives and assigns, shall deliver same by proper instrument of conveyance; and no damages or compensation whatsoever 473shall be allowed for any such right, title, and interest, but such conveyance shall be made and taken subject to the bonds, debentures, or other instruments of indebtedness of said Board then outstanding, including accrued interest thereon. Such instrument of conveyance shall be executed and delivered within a period of thirty days after a written notice of such intention to take over such property. Sec. 5. That in addition to the powers granted by said Act of 1930,Right to acquire, etc., property. as extended, said the Omaha-Council Bluffs Missouri River Bridge Board of Trustees, its legal representatives and assigns, are hereby granted power and authority to acquire, condemn, occupy and possess and use real estate and other property acquired for or devoted to a public use for park or other purposes by the State of Nebraska or the State of Iowa, or any governmental or political subdivision thereof, or any person or corporation which real estate or other property mayLocation, approaches, etc. be required for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches and highways leading thereto, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. Sec. 6. Said bridge may be constructed with the aid of anyFederal aid.Expenditure.[23 U. S. C. §§ 1–25](/us/usc/t23/s1–25). Federal funds appropriated and apportioned to the States of Iowa and Nebraska, or either of them, for expenditure under the Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented, and the limitations of such Act, as amended and supplemented, relating to the construction of toll bridges with Federal funds, and the use of tolls controlled for transit over bridges so constructed and operated shall not be applicable to the tolls authorized to be charged under the provisions of this Act. Sec. 7. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, July 2, 1937. To provide for the representation of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the annual conference of senior circuit judges. 1937-07-05 427 Chapter 50 Stat. 473 75 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 427] AN ACT To provide for the representation of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the annual conference of senior circuit judges. July 5, 1937[[H. R. 2703](/us/bill/75/hr/2703)][

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