Public Law 161.

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(/us/pl/76/160)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to provide appropriations required immediately for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, namely:

LEGISLATIVE senate Pages. For twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber at the rate of $4 each per day during the month of July 1939, $2,604. 53 Stat. 981 house of representatives To pay the widow of Bert Lord, late a Representative from, the Bert Lord.Payment to widow. State of New York, $10,000. To pay the widow of Clarence W. Turner, late a Representative Clarence W. Turner.Payment to widow. from the State of Tennessee, $10,000. The two foregoing sums to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.

Office of Doorkeeper: For forty-seven pages, including ten pages Pages. for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $4 each per day during the month of July 1939, $5,828. For the services of an additional messenger to the press room of House Press Gallery, additional messenger. the House Press Gallery as provided by H. Res. 172, Seventy-sixth Congress, fiscal year 1940, $1,440. For the services of a superintendent for the radio room of the House Radio Press Gallery, superintendent for radio room.

Radio Press Gallery as provided by H. Res. 199, Seventy-sixth Congress, fiscal year 1940, $2,700. Contingent expenses: For stenographic reports of hearings of Reports of committee hearings. committees other than special and select committees, fiscal year 1939, $6,000. For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, Telegraph and telephone service. fiscal year 1939, $25,000. The unexpended balance of the appropriation “Contingent Expenses, Special and select committees.Balance of appropriation, 1938, available during 1939 and 1940.[50 Stat. 177](/us/stat/50/177).

House of Representatives, Expenses of Special and Select Committees, 1938”, is hereby reappropriated and made available during the fiscal years 1939 and 1940 for expenses of special and select committees. capitol building For carrying into effect the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered Painting of the signing of the Constitution.*Ante*, p. 583. 11, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved April 20, 1939, entitled “Joint resolution to authorize the painting of the signing of the Constitution for placement in the Capitol Building”, fiscal year 1940, $30,000, to remain available until June 30, 1941, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the purposes of such joint resolution upon vouchers approved by the Commission or such member thereof as the Commission may designate for that purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Commission may direct.

INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS executive office Salaries: For an additional amount to be added to the appropriation Administrative assistants to the President, etc.*Ante*, pp. 524, 565. “Salaries, Executive Office, 1940”, to provide six administrative assistants to the President at $10,000 each a year and for their clerical and secretarial assistants, $86,400. Contingent expenses, Executive Office: For an additional amount Contingent expenses.*Ante*, p. 524. for contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, $6,600.

Traveling expenses of the President: For an additional amount Traveling expenses of the President.*Ante*, p. 525. for traveling and official entertainment expenses of the President of the United States, to be expended, in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. Bureau of the Budget, salaries and expenses: The unobligated Bureau of the Budget, salaries and expenses.[52 Stat. 126, 1149](/us/stat/52/126/1149). balance on June 30, 1939, of the appropriation, “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the Budget, 1939”, shall be added to and become a part of the appropriation, “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the 53 Stat. 982 *Proviso*.Limitation on amount for salaries, etc., increased.*Ante*, p. 660.[R.

S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631–652/661–674/673/673c). Budget, 1940”: *Provided*, That the limitation of $5,000 on the amount that may be expended from the appropriation “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the Budget, 1940”, for the temporary employment of persons or organizations by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, or the civil-service laws, or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, is hereby increased to $50,000. federal loan agency Electric Home and Farm Authority, administrative expenses.*Ante*, p. 510.Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Labor-saving devices.Rent.*Proviso*.Certain expenses deemed nonadministrative.

Electric Home and Farm Authority, salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $500,000 of the funds of the Electric Home and Farm Authority, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 7139 of August 12, 1935, and continued as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act of March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 2, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Authority, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $200 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, care, repair, and disposition of any security or collateral now or hereafter held or acquired by the Authority shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof.

Export-Import Bank of Washington.Administrative expenses.*Ante*, p. 510.Personal services.Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Labor-saving devices.Rent.*Proviso*.Certain expenses deemed nonadministrative. Export-Import Bank of Washington, salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $75,000 of the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6581 of February 2, 1934, and continued as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act approved March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 3, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the bank, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $250 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belong to the bank or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof.

Restriction on use of funds.*Ante*, p. 550. The funds made available herein under the caption “Federal Loan Agency” shall be subject to section 4 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940. employees’ compensation commission Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Employees’ Compensation Commission, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects and under the same limitations speci-53 Stat. 983fied in the appropriation for this purpose in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, $17,500. [52 Stat. 414](/us/stat/52/414).

Employees’ compensation fund, emergency relief: The paragraph Employees’ compensation fund, emergency relief.[52 Stat. 415](/us/stat/52/415). in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, under the head “Employees’ Compensation Fund, Emergency Relief”, is hereby amended by striking out the sum “$2,936,546” and inserting in lieu thereof the sum “$3,686,546”. federal communications commission Salaries and expenses: For seven Commissioners, and for all other Salaries and expenses.[48 Stat. 1064](/us/stat/48/1064).[47 U. S. C. § 151;

Supp. IV, § 151](/us/usc/t47/s151).Ship Act of 1910.[36 Stat. 629](/us/stat/36/629).[46 U. S. C. §§ 484–487; Supp. IV, §§ 484–487](/us/usc/t46/s484–487).Submarine cable licenses.[45 Stat. 2760](/us/stat/45/2760).[50 Stat. 1146](/us/stat/50/1146).Minor purchases.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Vehicles.Attendance at meetings.Transmission of information by U. S. ships.[50 Stat. 195](/us/stat/50/195).[47 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 357](/us/usc/t47/s357).Transportation of personal effects.Personal services. authorized expenditures of the Federal Communications Commission in performing the duties imposed by the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064), the Ship Act of 1910, approved June 24, 1910, as amended (46 U. S. C. 484–487), the International Radiotelegraphic Convention (45 Stat., pt. 2, p. 2760), Executive Order Numbered 3513, dated July 9, 1921, as amended under date of June 30, 1934, relating to applications for submarine cable licenses, and the radiotelegraphy provisions of the Convention for Promoting Safety of Life at Sea, ratified by the President of the United States, July 7, 1936, including personal services, contract stenographic reporting services, rental of quarters, newspapers, periodicals, reference books, law books, special counsel fees, supplies and equipment, including purchase and exchange of instruments, which may be purchased without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $25, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to buildings, not to exceed $5,000, purchase, including exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in the field, not to exceed $3,000, traveling expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings which in the discretion of the Commission are necessary for the efficient discharge of its responsibilities, reimbursement to ships of the United States for charges incurred by such ships in transmitting information in compliance with section 357 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, expenses of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household goods and other personal effects (not to exceed in any case five thousand pounds) of officers and employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty upon specific authorization by the Commission, and other necessary expenses; fiscal year 1940, $1,800,000, of which amount not to exceed $1,151,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.

Special study of radio requirements necessary for ships navigating Radio requirements for ships navigating Great Lakes, etc.[50 Stat. 197](/us/stat/50/197).[47 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 602](/us/usc/t47/s602).Travel expenses. the Great Lakes and inland waters of the United States: To enable the Federal Communications Commission to study and report to Congress the radio requirements necessary or desirable for safety purposes for ships navigating the Great Lakes and the inland waters of the United States, as provided in section 15 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property at sea through the use of wire and radio communications, to make more effective the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, and for other purposes”, approved May 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 189–198), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, supplies and equipment, and such other contingent and miscellaneous expenses as may be necessary; fiscal year 1940, $13,175.

Printing and binding: For all printing and binding for the Printing and binding. Federal Communications Commission, fiscal year 1940, $25,000. Total, Federal Communications Commission, $1,838,175. 53 Stat. 984 reconstruction finance corporation Limitation on administrative expenses increased.[52 Stat. 434](/us/stat/52/434). Salaries and administrative expenses: The limitation of $9,250,000 for administrative expenses of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Mortgage Company for the fiscal year 1939, contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, is hereby increased to $9,500,000. smithsonian institution National Gallery of Art, maintenance.[50 Stat. 51](/us/stat/50/51); *ante*, p. 577.Personal services.

Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and all administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution Numbered 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services in the District of Columbia (except as otherwise provided in sec. 4

(c)of such Act); traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; periodicals and books of reference; rental of equipment; services; uniforms for guards and elevator operators; not to exceed $2,000 for printing and binding; purchase or rental of devices for protecting buildings and contents thereof; and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds, fiscal year 1940, $159,000. temporary national economic committee Administrative expenses.[52 Stat. 705](/us/stat/52/705); *ante*, p. 624.Rent.Availability.Allocations to departments, etc.*Proviso*.Minor purchases.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). For an additional amount for each and every purpose requisite and incident to carrying out the provisions of the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution to create a temporary national economic committee”, approved June 16, 1938, as amended by the public resolution approved April 26, 1939, including rent and personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere by contract or otherwise; contract stenographic reporting services; books of reference; traveling expenses; employment of messenger service by contract or otherwise, and all other necessary expenses; $390,000, to be available until the expiration of the Seventy-sixth Congress, of which amount not to exceed $96,000 shall be available for expenditure by the Temporary National Economic Committee and $294,000 for allocation by the President to the departments and agencies represented on the Committee to enable them to carry out their functions under such public resolution approved June 16, 1938: *Provided*, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered hereunder when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100. work projects administration Direct relief to destitute citizens, Anoka and Hennepin Counties, Minn.*Proviso*.State, etc., contributions. To enable the Commissioner of Work Projects to afford direct relief to citizens of the counties of Anoka and Hennepin, in the State of Minnesota, made destitute by the recent tornado which occurred in that State, either by grants to the Governor of the State of Minnesota or local authorities, or otherwise, as he may determine, fiscal year 1940, $35,000, payable from funds of the Work Projects Administration: *Provided*, That, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Works Projects, no part of this sum shall be used for grants unless a sum or sums at least equal to such grants shall have been made available by the State of Minnesota or a political subdivision thereof for the accomplishment of the same purpose. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Board of Tax Appeals. Board of Tax Appeals: For an additional amount for salaries of the Board of Tax Appeals for the District of Columbia, in accordance 53 Stat. 985 with title IX of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, and for other purposes”, approved [52 Stat. 370](/us/stat/52/370).[20 D. C. Code, Supp. IV, § 973](/us/dcc/20/973). May 16, 1938, fiscal year 1939, $350. Commission on Mental Health: For an additional amount for compensation Commission on Mental Health. of members of the Commission on Mental Health of the District of Columbia, and other personal services, including payment of witness fees and mileage, fiscal year 1939, $750. Public schools: For an additional amount for personal services of Public schools, clerks, etc. clerks and other employees, fiscal year 1939, $705. Policemen and firemen’s relief: For an additional amount to pay Policemen and firemen’s relief. the policemen and firemen’s relief and other allowances as authorized by law, fiscal year 1939, $65,000. Municipal court, jurors: For an additional amount for compensation Municipal court, jurors.[52 Stat. 176](/us/stat/52/176). of jurors, under the same conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, $725. Division of expenses: The foregoing sums for the District of Division of expenses. Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the respective fiscal years for which such sums are provided. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE commodity credit corporation Salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $2,000,000 of Administrative expenses.*Ante*, p. 510.Personal services.Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Rent.*Provisos*.Nonadministrative expenses.Restriction on use of funds.*Ante*, p. 550. the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6340, dated October 16, 1933, and continued as such agency to June 30, 1941, by the Act of March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 3, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Corporation, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; law books and books of reference; not to exceed $150 for periodicals, maps, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: *Provided*, That the funds made available by this paragraph shall be subject to section 4 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR office of the secretary Salaries: The sum of $216,560 of the funds appropriated by section Salaries.[52 Stat. 816](/us/stat/52/816).*Ante*, p. 685. 201

(a)of the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 is hereby transferred, effective July 1, 1939, to the appropriation “Salaries, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1940”, such amount to be taken from the sum made available for the fiscal year 53 Stat. 986 1940 for administrative expenses of the Federal Emergency Administration *Ante*, p. 548. of Public Works by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940. general land office Registers of land offices. Registers: For an additional amount for salaries and commissions of registers of district land offices, fiscal year 1939, $1,000. bureau of indian affairs Hospitals, etc., Alaska.[50 Stat. 222](/us/stat/50/222). Construction, and so forth, buildings and utilities, Indian Service: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for the construction and equipment of a hospital at Point Barrow, Alaska, is hereby made available under this head until June 30, 1941, for the construction and equipment of hospitals and quarters in Alaska. government in the territories Survey of natural resources, Antarctic regions.*Ante*, p. 634; *post*, p. 1321.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).*Proviso*.Contracts for supplies in foreign ports. Division of Territories and Island Possessions: For an additional amount for expenses of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions in the investigation and survey of natural resources of the land and sea areas of the Antarctic regions, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, rent, traveling expenses, purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers and periodicals, stationery, hire of automobiles, purchase of equipment, supplies and provisions, and all other necessary expenses, fiscal year 1939, to remain available until June 30, 1940, $340,000: *Provided*, That fuel, repairs, and emergency supplies may be contracted for in foreign ports. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Judicial marshals, and other expenses of united states courts U. S. Courts.Transfer of appropriations; availability.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268).Printing and binding.[52 Stat. 259](/us/stat/52/259).District court, C. Z.[52 Stat. 266](/us/stat/52/266).Marshals.[52 Stat. 267](/us/stat/52/267).Clerks.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268).Miscellaneous salaries.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268).*Proviso*.Department deficiencies, 1938 and prior years.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268). The sum of $136,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation “Fees of Jurors and Witnesses, United States Courts, 1939”, is hereby transferred and made available for the purposes of the appropriations to which transferred, as follows: The sum of $50,000 to “Printing and Binding, Department of Justice and Courts, 1939”; the sum of $2,000 to “Salaries, District Court, Panama Canal Zone, 1939”; the sum of $40,000 to “Salaries, Fees, and Expenses of Marshals, United States Courts, 1939”; the sum of $27,000 to “Salaries and Expenses of Clerks, United States Courts, 1939”; and the sum of $17,000 to “Miscellaneous Salaries, United States Courts, 1939”: *Provided*, That the deficiencies under appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1938 and prior fiscal years due to settlements of accounts and claims by the Comptroller General of the United States, set forth on page 134 of the hearing of June 19, 1939, before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations in charge of deficiency appropriations, may be charged against the appropriation “Fees of Jurors and Witnesses, United States Courts, 1939”. Conciliation Commissioners, U. S. Courts. Conciliation Commissioners, United States Courts: The unexpended balances of the appropriations “Fees and Expenses of Conciliation Commissioners, United States Courts, 1937–1939”, and “Fees of Conciliation Commissioners, United States Courts, 1938”, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. 53 Stat. 987 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (out of postal revenues) Unexpended balances of appropriations for the Post Office Department Transfers of unexpended balances of appropriations, 1939.[52 Stat. 142–144](/us/stat/52/142–144). are hereby transferred and made available for the purposes of the appropriations to which transferred, as follows: The sum of $1,500,000 from “Railway Mail Service, Salaries, 1939” to “Clerks, First- and Second-Class Post Offices, 1939”; the sum of $1,000,000 from “Railroad Transportation and Mail Messenger Service, 1939” to “City Delivery Carriers, 1939”; the sum of $350,000 from “Rural Delivery Service, 1939” to “Special Delivery Fees, 1939”; the sum of $15,000 from “Electric- and Cable-Car Service, 1939” to “Power-Boat Service, 1939”; and the sum of $35,000 from “Manufacture and Distribution of Stamps and Stamped Paper, 1939” to “Unpaid Money Orders More Than One Year Old, 1939”. The appropriation “Vehicle Service, 1940”, contained in the Post Repair of vehicles.*Ante*, p. 681. Office Department Appropriation Act, 1940, approved May 6, 1939, is hereby made available also for the repair of vehicles owned by, or under the control of, units of the National Guard and departments and agencies of the Federal Government where repairs are made necessary because of utilization of such vehicles in the Postal Service. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Alaskan International Highway Commission: For the expenses of Alaskan International Highway Commission.[52 Stat. 590](/us/stat/52/590).Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631–652/661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Share of joint expenses. the Alaskan International Highway Commission, created by the Act of May 31, 1938 (52 Stat. 590), including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, periodicals, and maps; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper in the fulfillment of the duty of the Commission, including the United States share of necessary joint expenses of the two Governments, fiscal year 1940, $6,200. Eighth Pan American Child Congress, San José, Costa Rica: For Eighth Pan American Child Congress, San José, Costa Rica.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Exhibit.Purchase of supplies.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). the expenses of participation by the United States in the Eighth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at San Jose, Costa Rica, in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; cost of assembling, installing, packing, transporting, safekeeping, demonstrating, and renovating a suitable exhibit, and the purchase of supplies incident thereto, by contract if deemed necessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. First Pan American Housing Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina: First Pan American Housing Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the expenses of participation by the United States in the First Pan American Housing Conference, to be held at Buenos Aires, 53 Stat. 988 Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). Argentina, in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; cost of assembling, installing, packing, transporting, safekeeping, demonstrating, and renovating a suitable exhibit; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1940, $2,000. International Committee on Political Refugees.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631–652/661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Unexpended balance reappropriated.[52 Stat. 1147](/us/stat/52/1147).*Proviso*.Salary limitation. International Committee on Political Refugees: for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Committee on Political Refugees, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); rent; traveling expenses; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; printing and binding; entertainment; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, fiscal year 1940, $20,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal years 1938 and 1939 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938: *Provided*, That no salary shall be paid hereunder at a rate in excess of $7,500 per annum. Third International Congress for Microbiology.*Ante*, p. 554. Third International Congress for Microbiology: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the Third International Congress for Microbiology, to be held in the United States during the calendar year 1939, as authorized by and in accordance with Public Resolution Numbered 6, approved March 29, 1939, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany.[49 Stat. 1631](/us/stat/49/1631). Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany: For the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, $34,400, to remain available until June 30, 1940. Emergencies, Diplomatic and Consular Service.[52 Stat. 1145](/us/stat/52/1145). Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: The unexpended balance of the appropriation “Emergencies Arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, 1938 and 1939”, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, is continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. International conferences.Balances reappropriated.[52 Stat. 1147](/us/stat/52/1147). International Monetary and Economic Conference and General Disarmament Conference: The unexpended balances of the appropriations “International Monetary and Economic Conference, 1933–1939”, and “General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 1933–1939”, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal vear 1938, are continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. 53 Stat. 989 TREASURY DEPARTMENT office of commissioner of accounts and deposits Contingent expenses, public moneys: For an additional amount for Contingent expenses, public moneys.[52 Stat. 124](/us/stat/52/124). contingent expenses, public moneys, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, $6,500. coast guard Office of the Commandant: Not exceeding $6,600 of the amount Salaries.Transfer of appropriation.[52 Stat. 129](/us/stat/52/129). appropriated for “Fuel and water, Coast Guard”, in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, may be transferred to the appropriation for “Salaries, office of Coast Guard, 1939”. procurement division, public buildings branch Operating force for public buildings: For an additional amount for Operating force, public buildings.[52 Stat. 136](/us/stat/52/136). personal services, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, $15,500. Sec. 2. That section 6 of the Treasury and Post Office Departments Official mail matter.*Ante*, p. 683. Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1940 (Public, Numbered 65, Seventy-sixth Congress), approved May 6, 1939, is hereby amended to read as follows:" “Sec. 6. On and after July 1, 1939, no executive department or Executive departments and independent establishments.Restriction on transmitting certain unsolicited matter, free of postage.Exceptions.Quarterly statements of weight by classes.Certification of compliance.*Provisos*.Exceptions.[49 Stat. 859](/us/stat/49/859).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 825k](/us/usc/t16/s825k).Educational institutions, etc. independent establishment of the Government shall transmit through the mail, free of postage, any book, report, periodical, bulletin, pamphlet, list, or other article or document (except official letter correspondence, including such enclosures as are reasonably related to the subject matter of the correspondence; informational releases in connection with the decennial census of the United States, mail concerning the sale of Government securities, and all forms and blanks and copies of statutes, rules, regulations, and instructions and administrative orders and interpretations necessary in the administration of such departments and establishments), unless a request therefor has been previously received by such department or independent establishment; or such transmission is required by law; or such document is transmitted to inform the recipient thereof of the adoption, amendment, or interpretation of a statute, rule, regulation, or order to which he is subject. For each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing July 1, 1939, the head of each independent establishment and executive department (other than the Post Office Department) shall submit to the Postmaster General, within thirty days after the close of the quarter, a statement of the weight of the mail matter by classes of mail that the independent establishment or department has transmitted free of postage during such quarter, and he shall also certify to the Postmaster General at the end of each such quarter that nothing was transmitted through the mail free of postage by the independent establishment or department in violation of the provisions of this section: *Provided*, That nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the mailing free of postage of lists of agricultural bulletins, lists of public documents which are offered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, or of announcements of publications of maps, atlases, statistical, and other reports offered for sale by the Federal Power Commission as authorized by section 312 of the Federal Power Act: *Provided further*, That this prohibition shall not apply to the transmission of such books, reports, periodicals, bulletins, pamphlets, lists, articles, or documents to educational insti-53 Stat. 990tutions or public libraries, or to Federal, State, or other public authorities.” " Sec. 3. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940”. Approved, June 30, 1939. To establish, a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens. Chapter 255 53 Stat. 990 1939-06-30 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 255] AN ACT To establish, a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens. June 30, 1939[[S. 1805](/us/bill/76/s/1805)][[Public, No. 161](/us/pl/76/161)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That every association, District of Columbia.Establishment of lien for moneys due hospitals for services in accidents.[5 U. S. C. ch. 15; Supp. IV, ch. 15](/us/usc/t5/15); [33 U. S. C. ch. 18; Supp. IV, ch. 18](/us/usc/t33/18).Money received by patient for damages on account of such injuries.By heirs, etc., in case of death.*Proviso*.Injuries covered by designated compensation Acts. corporation, or other institution maintaining a hospital in the District of Columbia, which shall furnish medical or other service to any patient injured by reason of an accident causing injuries not covered by the Employees’ Compensation Act or the Workmen’s Compensation Act, shall, if such injured party shall assert or maintain a claim against another for damages on account of such injuries, have a lien upon that part going or belonging to such patient, of any recovery or sum had or collected or to be collected by such patient, or by his heirs or personal representatives in the case of his death, whether by judgment or by settlement or compromise to the amount of the reasonable and necessary charges of such hospital for the treatment, care, and maintenance of such patient in such hospital up to the date of payment of such damages: *Provided*, That the lien herein set forth shall not be applied or considered valid against any one suffering injuries coming under the Employees’ Compensation Act or the Workmen’s Compensation Act in this District. Sec. 2. Procedure.Notice to be filed in District Court of the United States for D. C.Copy to party liable to injured party prior to payment.Copy to insurance carrier. No such lien shall be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the injuries received, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in a docket provided for such liens, prior to the payment of any moneys to such injured person, his attorneys, or legal representatives as compensation for such injuries; nor unless the hospital shall also mail, postage prepaid, a copy of such notice with a statement of the date of filing thereof to the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the injuries sustained prior to the payment of any moneys to such injured person, his attorneys, or legal representatives as compensation for such injuries. Such hospital shall mail a copy of such notice to any insurance carrier which has insured such person, firm, or corporation against such liability, where the name of such insurance carrier is ascertained. Sec. 3. Liability for amount due. Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and mailing of such notice without paying to such hospital the amount of its lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of the moneys due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall for a period of one year from the date of payment to such patient or his heirs, attorneys, or legal representatives, as aforesaid, be and remain liable to such hospital for the amount which such hospital was entitled to receive as aforesaid; and 53 Stat. 991 any such association, corporation, or other institution maintaining Enforcement by suit at law. such hospital may, within such period, enforce its lien by a suit at law against such person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations making any such payment. Sec. 4. Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations legally liable for such lien or against whom a claim shall be asserted for compensation for such injuries, shall be permitted to examine the ledger entries and similar records of any such association, Permission to examine ledger entries to ascertain basis for lien. corporation, or other institution or body maintaining such hospital for the purpose of ascertaining the basis for such lien. Sec. 5. The clerk of the District Court of the United States for Recording, etc., of liens.Fees. the District of Columbia shall provide a suitable bound book to be called the hospital lien docket, in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the provisions of this Act, he shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person, firm, or corporation alleged to be liable for the injuries, the date of the accident, and the name of the hospital or other institution making the claim. Said clerk shall make a proper index of the same in the name of the injured person and the clerk shall charge such reasonable fees, not to exceed the sum of $1, as the court may by rule fix for the recording, indexing, and the releasing of the lien so filed. Approved, June 30, 1939. To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes. Chapter 256 53 Stat. 991 1939-06-30 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 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 256] AN ACT To extend the period during which direct obligations of the United States may be used as collateral security for Federal Reserve notes. June 30, 1939[[S. 2618](/us/bill/76/s/2618)][

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