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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · June 30, 1939 · Public Law 362

Public Law 362.

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(/us/pl/76/361)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the followingThird Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1939, and June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I— GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATIVE Senate Clerical assistants to Senators: Ninety-six additional clerks atClerical assistants to Senators.*Ante*, p. 1080. $1,800 per annum each, one for each Senator (in lieu of the assistant clerks now authorized by S. Res. 144, agreed to August 15, 1935, which resolution is repealed as of January 1, 1940) for the period January 1, 1940 to June 30, 1940, $86,400. Ninety-six additional clerks at $1,500 per annum each, one for each Senator, for the period January 1, 1940 to June 30, 1940, $72,000.
Twenty-four additional clerks at $1,500 per annum each, one for each Senator from each State which has a population of three million or more inhabitants, for the period January 1, 1940 to June 30, 1940, $18,000. Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper: For an amountOffice of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. required to increase the compensation of the clerk to the Secretary of the Majority and the clerk to the Secretary of the Minority $480 each per annum, fiscal year 1940, $960.
For twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber at the rate of $4Pages. each per day during the month of August 1939, $2,604. Contingent expenses: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor,Contingent expenses. fiscal year 1939, $30,000. House of Representatives For payment to the widow of Harry Wilbur Griswold, late aHarry Wilbur Griswold.Payment to widow.Emmett Marshall Owen.Payment to children. Representative from the State of Wisconsin, $10,000. For payment to E. M. Owen, Junior, and Mrs.
H. B. Floyd, children of Emmett Marshall Owen, late a Representative from the State of Georgia, $5,000 each; in all, $10,000. For payment to the widow of Sam D. McReynolds, late a RepresentativeSam D. McReynolds.Payment to widow. from the State of Tennessee, $10,000. The three foregoing sums to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Office of Doorkeeper: For forty-seven pages, including ten pagesOffice of Doorkeeper. for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $4 each per day during the month of August 1939, $5,828. clerk hire, members and delegates The appropriation for “Clerk Hire, Members, Delegates, and theFunds made available.
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico” contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1940, is hereby made available*Ante*, p. 829. toward the payment of clerk hire as authorized by sections 1 and 3 of 53 Stat. 1302the Act entitled “An Act to provide for additional clerk hire in the House of Representatives and for other purposes”, approved July 25, *Ante*, p. 1080.1939; and in addition thereto there is hereby appropriated for such purposes the sum of $328,500 for the fiscal year 1940. contingent expenses of the house Special and select committees.For expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, fiscal year 1940, $165,000.
D. C. Code.[45 Stat. 1007](/us/stat/45/1007).[1 U. S. C. ch. 3](/us/usc/t1/s3).For preparing and editing a new edition of the Code of the District of Columbia, as authorized and directed by law (1 U. S. C., ch. 3), fiscal years 1940 and 1941, $32,500. Architect of the Capitol Capitol buildings.Capitol buildings: For an additional amount for the Capitol buildings, including the same objects specified under this head in the Legislative*Ante*, p. 832. Branch Appropriation Act, 1940, $3,000.
Government Printing Office Payment to designated messengers.*Ante*, p. 837.For payment to Preston L. George, William S. Houston, John G. Nalley, and William H. Wannall, messengers on night duty during the first session of the Seventy-sixth Congress, $900 each; in all, $3,600, to be paid from the appropriation for printing and binding for Congress for the fiscal year 1940. Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents.Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents: For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1940, for the Superintendent of Documents, Assistant Superintendent, and other personal services in [5 U. S. C. 661–674;
Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).*Ante*, p. 838.accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, including the same objects specified under this head in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1940, $35,000. EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS Civil Aeronautics Authority Salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, Civil Aeronautics Authority, to provide, in addition to the objects specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the *Ante*, p. 526.Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, for necessary food supplies (not to exceed $2,500) for storage at isolated stations for *Proviso*.Cost, etc., of emergency food supplies consumed.emergency use, fiscal year 1940, $300,000: *Provided*, That the cost of such supplies consumed shall be collected from the employees by whom consumed and deposited in miscellaneous receipts.
Civilian pilot training.Civilian pilot training: For all necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Authority during the fiscal year 1940 in carrying out the duties, powers, and functions devolving upon it pursuant to the authority contained in the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939 *Ante*, p. 855.(Public, Numbered 153, approved June 27, 1939), including personal services and rentals in the District of Columbia and elswhere; traveling expenses; purchase and exchange, operation, maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft; purchase and exchange, hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles; purchase and exchange of professional and scientific books, books of reference, *Proviso*.Transfer to appropriation for salaries and expenses.atlases, maps, and periodicals; in all, $4,000,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $140,000 of this amount may be transferred to the appropriation “Salaries and Expenses, Civil Aeronautics Authority, 1940”, for expenditure in connection with payment of salaries and travel of aeronautical inspectors engaged in supervision and promotion of the safety features of the civilian pilot training program.53 Stat. 1303 Council of Personnel Administration Salaries and expenses:
For every expenditure requisite for andSalaries and expenses. incident to the work of the Council of Personnel Administration, created by section 7 of Executive Order Numbered 7916, dated June 24, 1938, including personal services in the District of Columbia; traveling expenses; printing and binding; and the payment of actualPrinting and binding. transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Council, fiscal year 1940, $22,700.
Federal Loan Agency federal housing administration Administrative expenses: In addition to the funds made availableAdministrative expenses.Funds made available.*Ante*, p. 547. to the Federal Housing Administration for administrative expenses by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, not to exceed $450,000 of the mutual mortgage insurance fund and $850,000 from the account in the Treasury comprised of funds derived from premiums collected under authority of section 2 (f), title I, of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Act of June 3, 1939, are*Ante*, p. 805. hereby made available for administrative expenses of said Administration for the fiscal year 1940, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940.
The first proviso clause in the appropriation for administrativeNonadministrative expenses, payment. expenses of the Federal Housing Administration contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, is hereby amended to*Ante*, p. 547. read as follows: “*Provided*, That all necessary expenses of the Administration (including services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection wuth the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property of the Administration acquired under authority of title II of said National Housing Act, shall be[52 Stat. 9](/us/stat/52/9).[12 U.
S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1707–1715b](/us/usc/t12/s1707–1715b).*Ante*, p. 805. considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and shall be paid from the mutual mortgage insurance fund or the housing insurance fund as provided in title II of said National Housing Act. Renovation and modernization loans and insurance fund: TheRenovation and modernization loans and insurance fund.*Ante*, p. 548.[48 Stat. 1246](/us/stat/48/1246).[12 U. S. C. § 1703; Supp. IV, § 1703](/us/usc/t12/s1703).[49 Stat. 1233](/us/stat/49/1233).[12 U.
S. C., Supp. IV, § 1706a](/us/usc/t12/s1706a).*Ante*, p. 805. funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation made available by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, for the payment of losses under insurance granted under section 2, title I, of the National Housing Act of June 27, 1934, as amended, are hereby made available also for losses under insurance granted under section 6, title I, of said Act. Federal Security Agency civilian conservation corps The limitation of $286,301 upon the amount that may be expendedOffice of the Director.Limitation on salaries and expenses. for salaries and expenses of the office of the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps from the appropriation for such corps contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, is hereby*Ante*, p. 529. increased to $328,301. public health service Grants to States for public health work:
For an additional amountGrants to States for public health work. for the purpose of assisting States, counties, health districts, and other political subdivisions of the States in establishing and maintaining adequate public health services, including the same objects 53 Stat. 1304*Ante*, p. 669.specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation *Proviso*.Condition.Act 1940, $1,500,000: *Provided*, That the amount specified herein shall not be available for expenditure unless and until the increased authorization for grants to States for the purposes of section 601 *Post*, p. 1381.of the Social Security Act, contained in H.
R. 6635, Seventy-sixth Congress, is enacted into law. Disease and sanitation investigations.[49 Stat. 635](/us/stat/49/635).[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 803](/us/usc/t42/s803).[37 Stat. 309](/us/stat/37/309).[42 U. S. C. § 7](/us/usc/t42/s7).*Ante*, p. 669.Disease and sanitation investigations: For an additional amount for carrying out the purposes of section 603 of the Social Security Act and section 1 of the Act of August 14, 1912, including the same objects and subject to the same limitations specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act 1940, and including the pay and allowances of not to exceed five additional regular active *Proviso*.Condition.commissioned officers, $40,000: *Provided*, That the amount specified herein shall not be available for expenditure unless and until the increased authorization for grants to States for purposes of section *Post*, p. 1381.601 of the Social Security Act, contained in H.
R. 6635, Seventy-sixth Congress, is enacted into law. National Institute of Health, maintenance.*Ante*, p. 667.National Institute of Health, maintenance: For an additional amount for maintaining the National Institute of Health, fiscal year 1940, for the purchase of furniture, furnishings, and equipment for quarters of officers and other employees, $12,000. Claims for damages, operation of vessels.Claims for damages, operation of vessels, Public Health Service: To pay claims for damages adjusted and determined by the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, under the provisions of the Act entitled, “An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of certain claims for damages resulting from the operation of vessels of the Coast Guard and the Public Health Service, in sums not [49 Stat. 1514](/us/stat/49/1514).[14 U.
S. C., Supp. IV, § 71](/us/usc/t14/s71).exceeding $3,000 in any one case”, approved June 15, 1936, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 411, Seventy-sixth Congress, $150. social security board Salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for Salaries and Expenses, Social Security Board, fiscal year 1940, including the same objects and subject to the same limitations specified under this head *Ante*, p. 540.*Provisos*.Death of individuals entitled to benefits, etc.in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, $1,750,000: *Provided*, That the Board may expend not to exceed $100,000 of the sums appropriated for the procurement of information relating to the death of individuals entitled to benefits, receiving benefits, or upon whose death some other individual may become entitled to benefits,*Post*, p. 1362. under title II of the Social Security Act, as amended, from proper R.
S. § 3709.[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).State and local officials, including officials of the District of Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii, without regard to Section 3709 of the Revised Reimbursement for official travel.Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5): *Provided further*, That employees of the Bureau of Old-age Insurance when engaged in the investigation of claims or the furnishing or securing of information concerning claims or wage records under title II of the Social Security Act, as amended, may be reimbursed for official travel performed by them in privately owned automobiles within the corporate limits of their official stations Condition.at a rate not to exceed three cents per mile: *Provided further*, That the amount specified herein shall not be available unless and until the *Post*, p. 1362.amendments to title II of the Social Security Act contained in H.
R. 6635, Seventy-sixth Congress, are enacted into law. Grants to States for unemployment - compensation administration.Grants to States for unemployment-compensation administration: For an additional amount for grants to States for unemployment compensation administration, as authorized in title III of the [49 Stat. 626](/us/stat/49/626); *post*, p. 1378.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 501–503](/us/usc/t42/s501–503).Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, including rentals in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, fiscal year 1940, $12,500,000.53 Stat. 1305 Federal Works Agency public buildings administration Great Plaza Development, Triangle, Washington, District ofGreat Plaza Development, Triangle, D.
C.Oscar S. Straus Memorial.[45 Stat. 1540](/us/stat/45/1540). Columbia: For the preparation, for location thereon of the Oscar S. Straus Memorial authorized by the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1540), of a portion of the Great Plaza, including necessary drainage and administrative expenses, fiscal year 1940, to remain available until expended, $7,250. The item “Procurement Division, Public Buildings Branch, ConstructionConstruction of public buildings outside D. C.*Ante*, p. 672. of Public Buildings outside the District of Columbia”, in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act of 1940, is hereby amended to increase the limits of cost to the amounts indicated after each of the hereinafter-mentioned projects contained in House Document Numbered 177, Seventy-sixth Congress:
Tempe, Arizona, postLimits of cost of designated projects increased. office, and so forth, $160,000; Antioch, California, post office, $98,000; Bellflower, California, post office, $125,000; Chicago, Illinois (Jackson Park Postal Station), $350,000; Ellicott City, Maryland, post office, and so forth, $117,000; Hamilton, Montana, post office, and so forth, $100,000; Hamlet, North Carolina, post office, and so forth, $90,000. public roads administration Inter-American Highway: For the continuation of cooperationInter-American Highway. with the several governments, members of the Pan American Union, in connection with the survey and construction of the inter-American highway as provided in Public Resolution Numbered 104, approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1697), as amended or supplemented,[45 Stat. 1697](/us/stat/45/1697).Engineering service. and for performing engineering service in pan-American countries for and upon the request of any agency or governmental corporation of the United States, the Public Roads Administration is hereby authorized to expend not to exceed $40,000 to pay all costs incurred for such work from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916 (23 U. S. C. 21), as amended or[42 Stat. 217](/us/stat/42/217).[23 U. S. C. § 21](/us/usc/t23/s21). supplemented, or as otherwise provided.
General Anthony Wayne Memorial Commission For carrying out the provisions of the public resolution entitledFormulation of plans, etc. “Joint resolution to establish the General Anthony Wayne Memorial Commission to formulate plans for the construction of a permanent memorial to the memory of General Anthony Wayne”, approved August 19, 1937, fiscal year 1940, to be available for obligations theretofore[50 Stat. 695](/us/stat/50/695). incurred, $1,500. Interstate Commerce Commission General administrative expenses, Interstate Commerce Commission:Administrative expenses.
For an additional amount for eleven Commissioners, Secretary, and for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940,*Ante*, p. 533.*Proviso*.Personal services. $40,000: *Provided*, That the limitation under this head in such Act upon the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased to $2,368,000. one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the writing of the star-spangled banner To provide for participation by the United States in the celebrationParticipation by U.
S. to be held at Fort McHenry on September 14, 1939, in celebra-53 Stat. 1306tion of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner as authorized by Public Resolution *Ante*, p. 1214.Numbered , approved August , 1939, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Scientific research, etc.Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: For an additional amount for scientific research, technical investigations, and special reports in the field of aeronautics, fiscal year 1940, including the same objects and under the same limitations specified in the Independent Offices *Ante*, p. 535.Additional research laboratory, construction and equipment.*Provisos*.Selection of site.Appropriation Act, 1940, $109,020.
Construction and equipment: For construction and equipment of an additional research laboratory, $1,890,980, including the purchase of land and necessary utilities and appurtenances: *Provided*, That such additional laboratory shall be established upon such site as may be chosen by a majority of the members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from among such sites as may be brought to the attention of such Committee within thirty days after the Contract for construction, etc.; limitation.approval of this Act: *Provided further*, That the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and equipment of such additional laboratory at a total cost, including the cost of any land it may be necessary to purchase, not to exceed $10,000,000.
National Capital Park and Planning Commission George Washington Memorial Parkway, etc.*Ante*, p. 536.For an additional amount for each and every purpose requisite for and incident to the work of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission necessary toward carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the [46 Stat. 482](/us/stat/46/482).National Capital”, approved May 29, 1930; personal services, including real estate and other technical services, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Commission and not exceeding those usual for similar services and without reference to civil-service rules and the Classification Act [5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674;
Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).of 1923, as amended; travel expenses; expenses of surveys and searching of titles, purchase of options, and all other costs incident to the acquisition of land; operation and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles for official use; fiscal year 1940, $150,000, to be expended in carrying out the provisions of section 1
(a)of said Act, and to remain available until expended. Securities and Exchange Commission Personal services.For an additional amount for five Commissioners and other personal services in the District of Columbia, and for all other authorized expenditures of the Securities and Exchange Commission in performing the duties imposed by or in pursuance of law, including the employment of experts when necessary, fiscal year 1940, $100,000, *Ante*, p. 539.*Proviso*.Funds not available for conduct of foreign office.including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940: *Provided*, That no part of such sum shall be available for the conduct of a foreign office. Smithsonian Institution Electric system.Installation of alternating current electric system: For changing the electric system of the Smithsonian group of buildings in the District of Columbia from direct current to alternating current, includ-53 Stat. 1307ing feeders, switches, transformer vaults, switchboards, panel boards, motors, and other requisite equipment, fiscal year 1940, $270,000. United States Coronado Exposition Commission For all expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the ActExpenses. entitled “An Act authorizing Federal participation in the commemoration and observance of the four-hundredth anniversary of the explorations of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado”, approved July 17,*Ante*, p. 1047.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).Printing and binding. 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and printing and binding, $200,000, to remain available until expended. United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission To complete the compilation and publication of a history of theHistory of Constitution, etc., compilation and publication. formation, signing, ratification, and establishment of the Constitution, including such historical facts and data as the Commission may deem pertinent relative to the commencement of the First Congress of the United States under the Constitution; the proceedings and ceremonies in connection with the inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the United States under the Constitution ; the adoption and ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the first meeting of the Supreme Court of the United States; including thereinFinalreport of Commission’s activities. also a final report of the activities of the Commission during the Nation-wide observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the formation, ratification, and establishment of the Constitution, fiscal year 1940, $15,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available exclusively for personal services. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA executive office Commission on Mental Health, District of Columbia: For the paymentCommission on Mental Health, D. C. of fees of attorneys appointed by the court to represent alleged insane persons who are indigent, fiscal year 1939, $175. assessor’s office For an additional amount for personal services, to be available forPersonal services. services rendered commencing with July 1, 1939, fiscal year 1940, $47,260. board of tax appeals For an additional amount for personal services in accordance withPersonal services. 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. 371](/us/stat/52/371); *ante*, p. 1108.[20 D. C. Code, Supp. IV, § 973](/us/dcc/t20/s973). May 16, 1938, as amended, fiscal year 1940, $500. municipal architect’s office For an additional amount for the purchase of land, being lotsPurchase of land. numbered 31 and 32, in square 175, adjacent to the District of Columbia repair shop, to afford additional shop facilities, housing for automobile trucks, and storage for tools and building materials for the District of Columbia repair shop, fiscal year 1937, $8.33. contingent and miscellaneous expenses Contingent expenses: For an additional amount for checks, books,Contingent expenses. lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, stationery; surveying instruments and implements; drawing materials; binding, 53 Stat. 1308rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; ice; including the same objects and under the same conditions and limitations specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia *Ante*, p. 1008.Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1940, $1,500. Postage, 1940.*Ante*, p. 1008.Postage: For an additional amount for postage for strictly official mail matter, including the rental of postage-meter equipment, fiscal year 1940, $2,500. Postage, 1938.Postage: For an additional amount for postage for strictly official mail matter, including the rental of postage-meter equipment, fiscal year 1938, $59.50. General advertising.General advertising: For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1938 for general advertising, including the same objects and under the same limitation specified in the appropriation for this purpose in [50 Stat. 363](/us/stat/50/363).the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, $2,195.20. Printing and binding.Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing and binding under the same limitations and conditions applicable to the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the following fiscal years: [49 Stat. 1859](/us/stat/49/1859).For 1937, $59.38; [50 Stat. 364](/us/stat/50/364).For 1938, $307.93; *Ante*, p. 1009.For 1940, $1,900. refund of erroneous collections Refund of taxes.Not to exceed $140.82 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000 for refunding taxes contained in the District [50 Stat. 365](/us/stat/50/365).of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1938 is hereby made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year 1940. public schools Salaries.Salaries: For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1940 for personal services of teachers and librarians, including the same objects and under the same limitations and conditions specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation*Ante*, p. 1013. Act, fiscal year 1940, $4,900. health department Medical charities.Medical charities: For an additional amount for care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts made by the health officer of the District of Columbia and approved by the Commissioners with the following institutions, respectively: Children’s Hospital.Children’s Hospital, fiscal year 1938, $13,553.12; Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital.Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, fiscal year 1938, $9,787.25. Courts police court Witness fees, etc.Witness fees: For an additional amount for witness fees and compensation of jurors, fiscal year 1938, $3,807. district court of the united states for the district of columbia Pay of bailiffs, etc.Pay of bailiffs, and so forth: For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1938 for pay of bailiffs, and so forth, District Court of the United States, District of Columbia, including the same objects and under the same limitations specified under this head in the District [50 Stat. 378](/us/stat/50/378).of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, $87.49.53 Stat. 1309 court of appeals For eleven copies each of volumes 65 and 67 of the Reports ofReports of U. S. Court of Appeals for D. C. the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, authorized to be furnished under title 18, section 31, page 161, of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia, at $6.50 each, fiscal[18 D. C. Code § 31; Supp. IV, § 31](/us/dcc/t18/s31). year 1938, $143. miscellaneous, courts Writs of lunacy: For an additional amount for expenses attendingWrits of lunacy. the execution of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia under the provisions of existing law, and expenses of commitments to the District Training School, for the following fiscal years: For 1937, $5; For 1938, $155. Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing andPrinting and binding. binding for the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, except records and briefs in cases in which the United States is a party, fiscal year 1938, $228.19. Public Welfare division of child welfare Board and care of children: For an additional amount for theBoard and care of children. fiscal year 1939 for board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of the Board of Public Welfare by the courts of the District of Columbia, including the same objects and under the same limitations and conditions specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year[52 Stat. 177](/us/stat/52/177). 1939, $15,394. national training school for girls For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1939 for the NationalNational Training School for Girls. Training School for Girls, including the same objects and under the same limitations and conditions specified in the appropriation under this head in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year[52 Stat. 1123](/us/stat/52/1123). 1938, $1,800. district training school For an additional amount for repairs and improvements to buildingsRepairs and improvements. and grounds for the purpose of repairing a bridge across the Little Patuxent River on the grounds of the District Training School near Laurel, Maryland, fiscal year 1940, $2,500, and the appropriation of $4,500 contained in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for this purpose, which was continued available for the[50 Stat. 760](/us/stat/50/760). fiscal year 1939 for the same purpose by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, is hereby continued available[52 Stat. 179](/us/stat/52/179). during the fiscal year 1940, for the same purpose, and may be expended by the employment of day labor or otherwise. industrial home school for colored children Expenses: For an additional amount for maintenance for the fiscalExpenses.s year 1939, including the same objects and under the same limitations specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, $1,800.[52 Stat. 179](/us/stat/52/179). Vocational building: For an additional amount for constructionVocational building. of a vocational building, such work to be performed by day labor 53 Stat. 1310or otherwise in the discretion of the Commissioners, fiscal year 1940, to remain available until expended, $5,000. Repairs, etc.Not to exceed $3,500 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $7,500 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, Industrial Home School for Colored Children, contained in the District[52 Stat. 179](/us/stat/52/179). of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939 is continued available for the same purposes during the fiscal year 1940. industrial home school Purchase of truck.For the purchase (including exchange) of a truck, fiscal year 1940, $800. home for aged and infirm Contingent expenses.For an additional amount for provisions, fuel, forage, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1939, including the same objects and under the same limitations specified in the appropriation for this purpose in [52 Stat. 180](/us/stat/52/180).the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, $3,330. saint elizabeths hospital Support of indigent insane of D. C.For an additional amount for support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, fiscal year 1939, $105,000. Highway Fund, Gasoline Tax and Motor Vehicle Fees department of vehicles and traffic Traffic lights, etc.For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1937 for purchase, installation, and modification of electric traffic lights, signals, and controls, including the same objects and under the same limitations and conditions specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the [49 Stat. 1858](/us/stat/49/1858).District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, $756.11. For an additional amount for purchase, installation, and modification of electric lights, signals, and controls, including the same objects and under the same limitations and conditions specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation[50 Stat. 362](/us/stat/50/362). Act for the fiscal year 1938, payable from the special fund created by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for a tax on motor vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other [43 Stat. 106](/us/stat/43/106).purposes”, approved April 23, 1924, and the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for [50 Stat. 676](/us/stat/50/676).[20 D. C. Code, Supp. IV, § 831](/us/dcc/t20/s831).Purchase of lots, funds available.[52 Stat. 185](/us/stat/52/185).other purposes”, approved August 17, 1937, fiscal year 1938, $90.70. Not to exceed $135 of the appropriation for Street Improvements, Highway Fund, Gasoline Tax and Motor Vehicle Fees, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939, is made available for the purchase of lots 803 and 814, in square 1448, adjacent to Loughboro Road Northwest. refund of assesssments Refund of assessments.Not to exceed $285.14 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $29,691.93 for refund of assessments, fiscal years 1937 and 1938, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal [50 Stat. 218](/us/stat/50/218).year 1937, is hereby made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year 1940. settlement of claims Payment of claims.For the payment of claims approved by the Commissioners under and in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act 53 Stat. 1311claims and suits against the District of Columbia”, approved February 11, 1929, as amended by the Act approved June 5, 1930, and[45 Stat. 1160](/us/stat/45/1160); [46 Stat. 500](/us/stat/46/500).[20 D.C. Code §§ 103–106; Supp. IV, §§ 103, 104](/us/dcc/t20/s103–106).M. M. Kite, claim. certified to Congress in House Document Numbered 357 of the Seventy-sixth Congress, $10,319.74. For the payment of the claim of M. M. Kite, a private in the Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia, covering pay for the period in which he was under suspension, namely, March 1, 1939, to May 31, 1939, inclusive, under authority of the Act of February 11, 1929, as amended by the Act of June 5, 1930, $600. judgments For the payment of final judgments, including costs, renderedPayment of final judgments. against the District of Columbia, as set forth in House Document Numbered 387, Seventy-sixth Congress, $20,984.59, together with theInterest. further sum to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment. audited claims For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by theAudited claims. accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (31 U. S. C. 713), being for the service of the fiscal year 1936 and[18 Stat. 110](/us/stat/18/110).[31 U. S. C. § 713](/us/usc/t31/s713). prior fiscal years: Gasoline tax, road and street improvements, District of Columbia, 1936, repairs to streets, $51.88; Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium, District of Columbia, 1936, maintenance, $46.61; Sewers, District of Columbia, 1936, assessment and permit work, $24.40; Motor vehicles, District of Columbia, 1936, maintenance and repair, $19.31; Metropolitan Police, District of Columbia, 1936, contingent expenses, $73.35; Miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia, 1936, $260; National Training School for Girls, District of Columbia, 1935, maintenance, $11.51; Public schools, District of Columbia, 1935, manual training, $47.40; Refunding taxes, District of Columbia, 1935, $23.47; Sewers, District of Columbia, 1935, cleaning and repairing, $21; Metropolitan Police, District of Columbia, 1935, salaries of officers and members, $13.33; Metropolitan Police, District of Columbia, 1935, contingent expenses, miscellaneous, $8.10; Water Department, District of Columbia, 1934, maintenance, $5.70; Water Department, District of Columbia, 1934, replacement of old mains, $14.40; Coroner’s office, District of Columbia, 1934, maintenance, $19.50; Police court, District of Columbia, 1934, witness fees, 75 cents; Refund of assessments, District of Columbia, 1933–1934, $36.09; Miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia, 1928, $182.84; In all, audited claims, $859.64.53 Stat. 1312 division of expenses Division of expenses.The foregoing sums for the District of 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 agricultural marketing service U. S. Warehouse Act.[39 Stat. 486](/us/stat/39/486).[7 U. S. C. §§ 241–273](/us/usc/t7/s241–273).*Ante*, p. 969.United States Warehouse Act: For an additional amount to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, fiscal year 1940, $17,500, of which not to exceed $3,200 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE national bureau of standards Operation and administration.*Ante*, p. 912.Operation and administration: For an additional amount for the general operation and administration of the Bureau; improvement and care of grounds; plant equipment; necessary repairs and alterations to buildings, fiscal year 1940, $44,000. coast and geodetic survey Field expenses, coastal surveys.Field expenses, coastal surveys: For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico under the jurisdiction of the United States, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department*Ante*, p. 915.Magnetic and seismological work. of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1940, fiscal year 1940, $130,000. Magnetic and seismological work: For continuing magnetic and seismological observations, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation*Ante*, p. 915.Vessels, repair, etc. Act, 1940, fiscal year 1940, $60,000. Vessels: For an additional amount for repair of vessels, and replacement of equipment thereon, exclusive of engineers’ supplies and other ship chandlery, fiscal year 1940, $60,000. Pay of officers and men on vessels.Pay of officers and men on vessels: For an additional amount for all necessary employees to man and equip vessels, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department*Ante*, p. 915.Office force. of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1940, fiscal year 1940, $55,000. Office force: For an additional amount for personal services, fiscal year 1940, $45,000. Office expenses.Office expenses: For purchase of new instruments (except surveying instruments), and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, *Ante*, p. 916.1940, fiscal year 1940, $10,000. patent office Printing and binding.Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, trade-marks, prints, and labels, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly and annual indices, fiscal year 1939, $24,417.93.53 Stat. 1313 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR office of the secretary Division of Grazing: The limitation of $62,700 on the amount thatDivision of Grazing.Personal services. may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia from the appropriation for salaries and expenses, Division of Grazing, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940,*Ante*, p. 687. is hereby increased to $83,300. petroleum conservation division Salaries and expenses, oil regulation and enforcement: For administeringSalaries and expenses, oil regulation and enforcement.*Ante*, p. 687. and enforcing the provisions of the Act approved February 22, 1935 (49 Stat. 30), entitled “An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes”, as amended, and[49 Stat. 30](/us/stat/49/30); *ante*, p. 927.[15 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 715–7151](/us/usc/t15/s715–7151). to include necessary personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations, traveling expenses, contract stenographic reporting services, rent, stationery, and office supplies, not to exceed $500 for necessaryAttendance at meetings. expenses of attendance at meetings and conferences concerned with the work of petroleum conservation when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding,Printing and binding.Motor vehicles. not to exceed $100 for books and periodicals, and not to exceed $14,000 for the purchase, exchange, hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $210,000. printing and binding Printing and binding, Department of the Interior: Funds availablePublication of bulletins.*Ante*, p. 688. for printing and binding for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1940 shall be available for the publication for issuance in accordance with past practice of bulletins containing matter such as disseminated by the Bureau of Biological Survey through the medium of Farmers Bulletins prior to the transfer of such Bureau and its functions to the Department of the Interior. general land office Payment of proceeds of sales of Coos Bay Wagon Road grantCoos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, etc.Payment of proceeds of sales of. lands and timber: For an additional amount for payment of 25 per centum of the balance of the proceeds from sales of the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands and timber within each of the counties of Coos and Douglas, Oregon, after deducting the accrued taxes in said counties and a sum equal to $2.50 per acre for the land title to which revested in the United States pursuant to the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179), to be paid to the treasurer of the county[40 Stat. 1179](/us/stat/40/1179). for common schools, roads, highways, bridges, and port districts, fiscal year 1939, $12,771.12: *Provided*, That expenditures hereunder*Proviso*.Expenditures limited.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c). shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Payment to Oklahoma from royalties, oil and gas, south half ofOklahoma.Payment to, from royalties, south half of Red River. Red River: For an additional amount for payment of 37½ per centum of the royalties derived from the south half of Red River in Oklahoma under the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1923 (30[42 Stat. 1448](/us/stat/42/1448).[30 U. S. C. § 233](/us/usc/t30/s233).In lieu of State, etc., taxes. U. S. C. 233), which shall be paid to the State of Oklahoma in lieu of all State and local taxes upon tribal funds accruing under said 53 Stat. 1314Act, to be expended by the State in the same manner as if received [41 Stat. 450](/us/stat/41/450).[30 U. S. C. § 191](/us/usc/t30/s191).*Proviso*.Limitation.under section 35 of the Act approved February 25, 1920 (30 U. S. C. 191), fiscal year 1939, $2,115.71: *Provided*, That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725cw). in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Bureau of Indian Affairs general expenses Indian supplies, purchase and transportation.Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies: For an additional amount for expenses of purchase and transportation of goods and supplies for the Indian Service, for the following fiscal years: For 1936, $16,000; For 1937, $4,000; For 1938, $50,000. indian lands Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, N. C.Purchase of land, etc., from tribal funds.Purchase of land for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, fiscal year 1940, $5,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit *Proviso*.Title to land, etc.of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: *Provided*, That title to any land or improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Colville Indians, Wash.Purchase of land, etc., from tribal funds.Purchase of land for Colville Indians, Washington (tribal funds): For the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Colville Indians, Washington, fiscal year 1940, to remain available until June 30, 1941, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the *Proviso*.Title to land, etc.Colville Indians: *Provided*, That title to any land and improvements so purchased shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Colville Indians. industrial assistance and advancement Colville Indians, Wash.Construction of homes, purchase of seed, equipment, etc.Industrial assistance (tribal funds): For an additional amount for the construction of homes for individual members of the Colville tribe of Indians, Washington; for advances to them for the purchase of seed, animals, machinery, implements, building material, and other Advances to old, etc., Indians.equipment and supplies; and for advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indians for their support and burial, and Indians having irrigable allotments to assist them in the development and cultivation thereof, fiscal year 1940, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to Conditions.the credit of the Colville Indians; subject to the same conditions specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation *Ante*, p. 697.Act, 1940. irrigation and drainage San Carlos project, Ariz.Operation and maintenance.Operation and maintenance, San Carlos irrigation project, Gila River Reservation, Arizona: For the operation and maintenance of the San Carlos project for the irrigation of lands in the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, including $75,000 for the power system, fiscal year 1940, $125,000, reimbursable. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, N. Mex.Maintenance assessments, etc.Maintenance assessments, Indian lands, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico (reimbursable): For an additional amount for operation and maintenance assessments on newly reclaimed Indian lands within the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico, fiscal year 1938, $2,843. Irrigation systems on Indian reservations.Irrigation systems on Indian reservations: For an additional amount for the construction, repair, and rehabilitation of irrigation systems on Indian reservations, fiscal year 1940, including the same objects and limitations specified under the appropriation for this 53 Stat. 1315purpose in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940, as*Ante*, p. 699. follows: Arizona: San Carlos, $50,000, reimbursable.San Carlos, Ariz. Construction, irrigation system, Klamath Reservation, OregonKlamath Reservation, Oreg. (tribal funds): For the construction of an irrigation system on the Klamath Reservation, including acquisition of rights-of-way and payment of damages in connection with such irrigation system, fiscalPayment of damages. year 1940, $15,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Klamath Indians, to be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians benefitedReimbursement. under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. conservation and health Reindeer industry, Alaska: For the purchase, in such manner asReindeer industry, Alaska.Purchase of reindeer, buildings, etc. the Secretary of the Interior shall deem advisable, of reindeer, abattoirs, cold-storage plants, corrals and other buildings, and communication and other equipment, owned by nonnatives in Alaska, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 900), $720,000;[50 Stat. 900](/us/stat/50/900).[48 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 250–250p](/us/usc/t48/s250–250p).Administrative expenses. and for necessary administrative expenses in connection with such purchase and the establishment and development of the reindeer industry for the benefit of the Eskimos and other natives of Alaska, as authorized by said Act, including personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $2,300) and elsewhere, traveling expenses, erection, repair, and maintenance of corrals, fences, and other facilities, $75,000; in all, fiscal year 1940, $795,000: *Provided*, That under*Provisos*.Limitation on average price of reindeer. this appropriation not exceeding an average of $4 per head shall be paid for reindeer purchased from nonnative owners: *Provided further*, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to the purchaseNunivak Island excepted. of reindeer located on Nunivak Island. general support and administration Support of Indians and administration of Indian property (tribalSupport of Indians, etc., under specified agencies, from tribal funds. funds): For an additional amount for support of Indians and administration of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, fiscal year 1940, in not to exceed the following sums, respectively: California: Mission Indians, $4,000, to be available for theCalifornia.Expenses, etc., of agent employed by Agua Caliente Band.*Ante*, p. 708. expenses and compensation of an agent employed by the Agua Caliente Band, under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law; Colorado: Consolidated Ute (Ute Mountain), $38,000, includingColorado.Purchase of land, etc.*Ante*, p. 708. the purchase of land, the subjugation thereof, and the construction of improvements thereon; Oregon: Klamath; not to exceed $4,500 of the amount authorizedOregon.Attorneys’ fees, etc.*Ante*, p. 708. in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1940, for the support of the Klamath Agency from tribal funds, shall be available for fees and expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law; Wisconsin: Keshena, $5,200, to be available only for fees andWisconsin.Attorneys’ fees, etc.*Ante*, p. 708. expenses of an attorney or firm of attorneys selected by the tribe and employed under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law: In all, $47,200. Western or Old Settler Cherokees: For the relief of the WesternWestern or Old Settler Cherokees. or Old Settler Cherokees, as authorized by the bill S. 2261 entitled “For the relief of the Western or Old Settler Cherokees, and for other purposes, Seventy-sixth Congress, fiscal year 1940, $6,416.42.53 Stat. 1316 construction and repair School, agency, hospital, etc., buildings.Construction, and so forth, buildings and utilities, Indian Service: For an additional amount for the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of school, agency, hospital, or other buildings and utilities, including the purchase of land and the acquisition of easements or rights-of-way when necessary, and including the purchase of furniture, furnishings, and equipment, as follows: Colville, Wash.Colville, Washington: Not to exceed $7,000 of the appropriation of $30,000 contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, [50 Stat. 590](/us/stat/50/590).fiscal year 1938, for improvement of the water supply, is hereby made available until June 30, 1941, for general repairs, including improvements to the sewer system; School and agency facilities at Inchelium.Colville (Inchelium), Washington: To provide school and agency facilities at Inchelium, $138,900, including school building, office building and clinic, jail and quarters, five dwellings, warehouse, *Proviso*.Contribution by State, etc.garage, and utilities: *Provided*, That no obligations shall be incurred hereunder for the school building unless and until Public School District Numbered 30 of Inchelium, Ferry County, or the State of Washington, contributes one-half of the amount required for the construction of the school facilities provided for herein, which amount shall be credited to this appropriation and shall be available for the purposes of this paragraph; Mescalero, N. Mex.Mescalero, New Mexico: Employees’ building, $35,000; Navajo, Ariz.Navajo, Arizona: School facilities, $10,000; Pine Ridge, S. Dak.Pine Ridge, South Dakota: School facilities, $114,600; Uintah and Ouray, Utah.Uintah and Ouray, Utah: Central heating plant, including the installation of distribution lines and radiation and insulation in existing buildings, $30,000; Total.In all, fiscal year 1940, to remain available until June 30, 1941, *Proviso*.Limitation on transfers.$328,500: *Provided*, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the amount of any specific authorization may be transferred in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the amount of any other specific authorization but no limitation shall be increased more than 10 per centum by such transfer. annuities and per capita payments Indians of Sioux Reservations, payments.Payment to Indians of Sioux Reservations: For an additional amount for payment of Sioux benefits to Indians of the Sioux Reservations [25 Stat. 895](/us/stat/25/895).as authorized by the Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 895), as amended, for the following fiscal years: For 1938, $70,000; For 1939, $27,000. Payment of interest on Indian trust funds.Payment of interest on Indian trust funds: For an additional amount for the payment of interest on moneys held in trust for the several Indian tribes, as authorized by various Acts of Congress, for the following fiscal years: For 1937, $7,153.10; For 1938, $83,186.02; For 1939, $380,000. bureau of reclamation Operation and maintenance administration.Operation and maintenance administration: For an additional amount for general administration of reclamation projects, $20,000, from the reclamation fund, special fund, fiscal year 1940, to be expended for the same purposes and under the same conditions specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation *Ante*, p. 716.Act, 1940.53 Stat. 1317 The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the CommissionerAgency Valley Dam, Vale reclamation project, Oreg.Adjusted compensation payments. of Reclamation, is authorized to pay from the amount of $1,700 withheld from payment to the contractor, adjusted compensation in the amount of $1,686.05, representing sums due employees of the contractor who failed to receive the full rates of wages required by the contract for the construction of the Agency Valley Dam, Vale reclamation project, Oregon. bureau of biological survey The appropriations and funds available to the Bureau of BiologicalAvailability of funds for transportation, etc., of personal effects. Survey for the fiscal year 1940 shall be available
(1)for 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 and
(2)forAttendance at meetings. necessary expenses (not to exceed $3,000) of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of said Bureau when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the Migratory BirdMedicine Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Mont.Payment of deficiency judgments, etc.[45 Stat. 1223](/us/stat/45/1223).[16 U. S. C. § 715f](/us/usc/t16/s715f). Conservation Act, approved February 18, 1929 (16 U. S. C. 715f), the sum of $10,345, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the appropriation for the fiscal year 1940 for carrying into effect the provisions of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, approved March 16, 1934 (16 U. S. C. 718–718h), as amended, is hereby made[48 Stat. 451](/us/stat/48/451).[16 U. S. C. §§ 718–718h; Supp. IV, §§ 718a–718e](/us/usc/t16/s718–718h/718a–718e). available during such year for payment of deficiency judgments and decrees, with interest thereon, rendered in excess of the estimated awards in condemnation and declaration of taking proceedings for the acquisition of lands embraced within the Medicine Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Montana. geological survey Gaging streams: For an additional amount for gaging streamsGaging streams, etc.*Ante*, p. 720. and determining the water supply of the United States, the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources, fiscal year 1940, $25,000. Strategic and critical minerals: For every expenditure requisiteStrategic and critical minerals. for and incident to the work of the Geological Survey in performing the duties imposed upon it by section 7 of the Act of June 7, 1939*Ante*, p. 812. (Public, Numbered 117, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $45,000) and in the field; purchase and exchange, hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, fiscal year 1940, $150,000. bureau of mines Expenses, mining experiment stations: For an additional amountMining experiment stations, expenses.*Ante*, p. 723. for maintenance and operation of mining experiment stations, fiscal year 1940, $15,000. Economics of mineral industries: For an additional amount forEconomics of mineral industries.Investigations, etc. inquiries and investigations, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation*Ante*, p. 723. Act, 1940, fiscal year 1940, $7,000. Investigation of domestic sources of mineral supply: For everyDomestic sources of mineral supply, investigation. expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Bureau of Mines in performing the duties imposed upon it by section 7 of the Act of June 7, 1939 (Public, Numbered 117, Seventy-sixth Congress);*Ante*, p. 812. including the purchase of professional and scientific books; not to exceed $1,000 for printing and binding; not to exceed $15,000Printing and binding.Motor vehicles. for purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled 53 Stat. 1318passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work and in transporting employees between their homes and temporary locations where they may be employed; purchase of goggles, gloves, rubber boots, miners’ hats, aprons, and such other articles of personal wearing apparel or equipment as may be required for the protection of employees while engaged in their work; the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and mining structuresPersonal services. and appurtenances thereto; and including not to exceed $15,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; fiscal year 1940, *Proviso*.Minor purchases.R. S. § 3709.[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).$350,000: *Provided*, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service Tendered when the amount involved does not exceed the sum of $500. national park service Hot Springs National Park, Ark.Extension of boundaries.*Post*, p. 1342.[49 Stat. 1516](/us/stat/49/1516).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 361c](/us/usc/t16/s361c).Kennesaw Mountain National Memorial Military Park.Hot Springs National Park: For an additional amount to carry out the purposes of the Act of June 15, 1936, as amended (relating to the extension of the boundaries of the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas), fiscal year 1940, $8,000. Kennesaw Mountain National Memorial Military Park: For the acquisition of additional lands for the Kennesaw Mountain National Memorial Military Park as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act approved June 26, 1935, entitled ‘An Act to create a National Memorial Military Park at and in the vicinity of Kennesaw Mountain in the State of Georgia, and for other *Ante*, p. 1274.purposes’ ”, approved August , 1939, fiscal year 1940, $55,000. National military parks, battlefields, etc.Kings Mountain National Military Park, S. C.Construction of buildings, etc.National military parks, battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries: For an additional amount for national military parks, monuments, and cemeteries for the construction of an administration-museum building in the Kings Mountain National Military Park in South Carolina including the purchase of furniture and museum cases, the preparation of exhibits for installation therein, and the construction of other necessary administration buildings or residences, fiscal year 1940, $40,000. government in the territories Alaska.Legislative expenses.Legislative expenses, Territory of Alaska: For an additional amount for legislative expenses for the fiscal year 1939, including printing, indexing, comparing proofs, and binding laws, printing, indexing and binding journals, stationery, supplies, printing of bills, reports, and so forth, to be expended under the direction of the Governor of Alaska, $4,652.21. Care, etc., of insane.Insane of Alaska: For an additional amount for the care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in Alaska, including the same objects and for the same services specified in the Interior [52 Stat. 338](/us/stat/52/338).Department Appropriation Act, 1939, fiscal year 1939, $3,500. Virgin Islands.Deficits of municipal governments.Defraying deficits in treasuries of municipal governments, Virgin Islands: For an additional amount for defraying the deficits in the treasuries of the municipal governments because of the excess of current expenses over current revenues for the fiscal year 1940, municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John, $15,000, and municipality of Saint Croix, $20,000, in all, $35,000, to be paid to the said treasuries in monthly installments. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE federal bureau of investigation Claims for damages.Claims for damages: For the payment of claims for damages to any person or damages to or loss of privately owned property caused 53 Stat. 1319by employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting within the scope of their employment, considered, adjusted, and determined by the Attorney General, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of certain claims arising out of the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”, approved March 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1184), as fully set forth[49 Stat. 1184](/us/stat/49/1184).[5 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 300b](/us/usc/t5/s300b). in House Document Numbered 406, Seventy-sixth Congress, $346.48. salaries and expenses, united states court for china Salaries and expenses: The appropriations for salaries and expenses,Travel expenses, etc. United States Court for China, for the fiscal years 1938, 1939, and 1940 shall be available, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney General, for travel expenses of officers and employees of the court, and of their dependents, while en route to or from places of temporary refuge in time of war, political disturbance, earthquake, epidemic, or similar emergency, and for per diem in lieu of subsistence of such officers, employees, and their dependents while in a refugee status. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR office of the secretary Salaries, office of Secretary of Labor: For an additional amountSalaries.*Ante*, p. 920. for salaries, office of Secretary of Labor, fiscal year 1940, $20,000. Contingent expenses: For an additional amount for contingent andContingent expenses. miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the Department, including the same objects and under the same conditions specified in the Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940, $18,000.*Ante*, p. 920. The appropriation for contingent expenses, contained in theAutomobile for official use of Secretary. Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940, shall be available for the purchase and exchange, at a cost not to exceed $1,800, of one passenger-carrying automobile for the official use of the Secretary of Labor. Traveling expenses: For an additional amount for travelingTraveling expenses; exception.*Ante*, p. 921. expenses, except traveling expenses incident to the deportation of aliens, under the Department of Labor, fiscal year 1940, $272,000. immigration and naturalization service Salaries, office of Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization:Office of Commissioner, salaries.*Ante*, p. 922. For an additional amount for the employment of temporary personal services in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1940, $17,000. Salaries, field service, Immigration and Naturalization Service:Field service, salaries.*Ante*, p. 922. For an additional amount for the employment of temporary personnel, fiscal year 1940, $233,000. Transporting Filipinos to the Philippine Islands: The unexpendedTransporting Filipinos to Philippine Islands.[50 Stat. 13](/us/stat/50/13). balance of the appropriation of $150,000 contained in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for all authorized expenditures necessary to enable the Secretary of Labor to administer the provisions of the Act of July 10, 1935 (49 Stat. 478) as amended,[49 Stat. 478](/us/stat/49/478).[48 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1251–1257](/us/usc/t48/s1257). and continued available for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and to and including December 31, 1938, by the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1938, is hereby further continued[52 Stat. 89](/us/stat/52/89). available during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and to and including December 31, 1940, to enable the Secretary of Labor*Ante*, p. 1133 to administer the provisions of the Act of July 27, 1939.53 Stat. 1320 children’s bureau Maternal and child welfare, salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses, maternal and child welfare, Children’s Bureau: For an additional amount for all authorized and necessary administrative expenses of the Children’s Bureau in performing the duties imposed upon it by title V of the Social Security Act, [49 Stat. 629](/us/stat/49/629); *post*, p. 1380.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 701–731](/us/usc/t42/s701–731).*Ante*, p. 924.Grants to States.Maternal and child health services.*Ante*, p. 924.approved August 14, 1935, as amended, including the same objects specified under this head in the “Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940”, fiscal year 1940, $7,500. Grants to States for maternal and child health services, Children’s Bureau: For an additional amount for grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve services for promoting the health of mothers and children, as authorized in title V, [49 Stat. 629](/us/stat/49/629); *post*, p. 1380.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 701–705](/us/usc/t42/s701–705).*Proviso*.Allotments to States.part 1, of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended: *Provided*, That an allotment to a State pursuant to section 502 (b), as amended, shall not be included in computing for the purposes of subsections
(a)and
(b)of section 504 an amount expended or estimated to be expended by the State, fiscal year 1940, $1,000,000. Services for crippled children.*Ante*, p. 924.Grants to States for services for crippled children, Children’s Bureau: For an additional amount for the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve services for crippled children, as authorized[49 Stat. 631](/us/stat/49/631); *post*, p. 1380.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 711–715](/us/usc/t42/s711–715).Child-welfare services.*Ante*, p. 924. in title V, part 2, of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, fiscal year 1940, $500,000. Grants to States for child-welfare services, Children’s Bureau: For an additional amount for grants to States for the purpose of enabling the United States, through the Children’s Bureau, to cooperate with State public-welfare agencies in establishing, extending, and strengthening public-welfare services for the care of homeless or neglected children, or children in danger of becoming delinquent, as [49 Stat. 633](/us/stat/49/633); *post*, p. 1381.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 721](/us/usc/t42/s721).Conditional availability.authorized in title V, part 3, of the Social Security Act (42 U. S. C. 721), as amended, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. The foregoing items of appropriations for the Children’s Bureau shall not be available for expenditure unless and until the proposed amendments to title V of the Social Security Act, as contained in *Post*, p. 1380.H. R. 6635, are enacted into law. Payments to States for any quarter of fiscal year 1940.[49 Stat. 629](/us/stat/49/629); *post*, p. 1380.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 701–721](/us/usc/t42/s701–721).In the administration of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, for the fiscal year 1940, payments to States for any quarter of the fiscal year 1940 under parts 1, 2 and 3 may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such respective parts by the Chief of the Children’s Bureau prior to or during such quarter, Restriction.but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan is submitted to the Chief of the Children’s Bureau for approval. Grants to States.Maternal and childhealth services.Grants to States for maternal and child-health services, Social Security Act, Children’s Bureau: For an additional amount for grants to States for the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve services for promoting health of mothers and children as authorized in title V, part 1, of the Social Security Act, approved [49 Stat. 629](/us/stat/49/629); *post*, p. 1380.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 701–705](/us/usc/t42/s701–705).August 14, 1935 (42 U. S. C. 701), to complete payment of allotments made to the several States for the fiscal year 1939 in excess of the amount appropriated under this head in the Department of [52 Stat. 288](/us/stat/52/288).Labor Appropriation Act, 1939, as therein authorized, $100,000. Services for crippled children.Grants to States for services for crippled children, Social Security Act, Children’s Bureau: For an additional amount for the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve services for crippled children, as authorized in title V, part 2, of the Social Security [49 Stat. 631](/us/stat/49/631); *post*, p. 1380.[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 711–715](/us/usc/t42/s711–715).Act, approved August 14, 1935 (42 U. S. C. 711), to complete payment of allotments made to the several States for the fiscal year 1939 53 Stat. 1321in excess of the amount appropriated under this head in the Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1939, as therein authorized,[52 Stat. 288](/us/stat/52/288). $50,000. wage and hour division Salaries: For an additional amount for all personal services forSalaries.*Ante*, p. 926. the Wage and Hour Division in performing the duties imposed upon it by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, fiscal year 1940,[52 Stat. 1060](/us/stat/52/1060); *ante*, p. 1266.[29 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 201–219](/us/usc/t29/s201–219).*Provisos*.Personal services, limitation increased.*Ante*, p. 926.Transfer, etc., of funds. $915,000: *Provided*, That the limitation contained in the Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1940, on the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased to $1,260,600: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Labor may allot or transfer, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, funds from this appropriation to any bureau or office of the Department of Labor to enable such agency to perform services for the Wage and Hour Division. NAVY DEPARTMENT office of the secretary Claims for damages by collision with naval vessels: To pay claimsCollision damage claims. for damages adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Navy under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims for damages to private property arising from collisions with naval vessels”, approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate[42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[34 U. S. C. § 599](/us/stat/34/599). Document Numbered 103, and House Document Numbered 413, Seventy-sixth Congress, $4,183.04. For expenditure, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy,Antarctic survey.Chartering, etc., of steamship Bear. for chartering and commissioning the steamship Bear as a vessel of the United States Navy for the purposes of the survey of the Antarctic regions to be made by the United States Antarctic Service as authorized by the Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940, approved June 30, 1939, Public,*Ante*, p. 986.*Proviso*.Expenditure from designated amounts. Numbered 160, Seventy-sixth Congress: *Provided*, That such expenditure shall be made from the amounts appropriated for this purpose for the Department of the Interior under the head of “Expenses, Division of Territories and Island Possessions” in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, approved May 2, 1939, and the Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation*Ante*, p. 634.*Ante*, p. 986. Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940, approved June 30, 1939. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts pay, subsistence, and transportation Pay of naval personnel: For an additional amount for pay andPay, etc., of naval personnel. allowances prescribed by law of officers, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1940, approved May 25, 1939, and including*Ante*, p. 766.Naval Reserve officers on active duty. pay and allowances of officers of the Naval Reserve serving on active duty under the provisions of the “Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939”, approved June 13, 1939, $500,000, and, in addition,*Ante*, p. 819. there is hereby transferred to this appropriation $1,974,743 from the appropriation “Naval Reserve, 1940”.53 Stat. 1322 public works, bureau of yards and docks Public works, etc.Toward the following public works and public utilities projects at a cost not to exceed the amount stated for each project, respectively, $2,070,000, which amount, together with unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made under this head, shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Graving dry dock for large vessels, services and accessories, $8,485,000; graving drydock for small vessels, services and accessories, $2,000,000; Puget Sound, Wash.Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Graving drydock, services and accessories, $3,000,000; Mare Island, Calif.Navy Yard, Mare Island, California: Graving dry dock, services and accessories, $1,750,000; Boston, Mass.Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Construction of dry dock facilities, including buildings and accessories, South Boston, $2,545,000; Philadelphia, Pa.Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Improvement of power plant, $200,000; extension of machine shop, $375,000; Naval ammunition depot, Hawthorne, Nev.Naval ammunition depot, Hawthorne, Nevada: Additional magazine buildings and accessories, $1,260,000; Oahu, Hawaii.Naval ammunition depot, Oahu, Hawaii: Additional magazine buildings and accessories, $223,500; Fleet supply base, Oakland, Calif.Fleet supply base, Oakland, California: Construction of fleet supply facilities, including buildings and accessories and acquisition of land, $6,500,000; Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.Naval Air Station, San Diego, California: Purchase and improvement of auxiliary landing fields, $70,000. marine corps Pay, etc.Pay, Marine Corps: For an additional amount for pay, Marine Corps, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1940, *Ante*, p. 775.Marine Corps Reserve officers on active duty.*Ante*, p. 819.approved May 25, 1939, and including pay and allowances of officers of the Marine Corps Reserve serving on active duty under the provisions of the “Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939”, $68,860. alterations to naval vessels Acquisition and conversion of two motor vessels.For an additional amount under this appropriation title, as contained in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending *Ante*, p. 777.June 30, 1940, to acquire and convert two motor vessels, as authorized *Ante*, p. 1079.by section 2 of the Act approved July 25, 1939 (Public, Numbered 212; Seventy-sixth Congress), fiscal year 1940, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended. replacement of naval vessels Armor, armament, and ammunition; special facilities.*Ante*, p. 778.Armor, armament, and ammunition: Not to exceed $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated and made available under this head by the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1940 is hereby made available for expenditure, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, for the procurement and installation of special facilities for *Provisos*.Modification of existing contracts.Disposal of facilities.use by contractors in manufacturing armor for naval vessels: *Provided*, That existing contracts for armor may be appropriately modified: *Provided further*, That facilities procured hereunder may be leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, when no longer required for use under naval contracts.53 Stat. 1323 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Out of the Postal Revenues office of the first assistant postmaster general Domestic Air Mail Service, 1940: For an additional amount forDomestic Air Mail Service, 1940. the inland transportation of mail by aircraft, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department*Ante*, p. 677. Appropriation Act, 1940, $713,200. Foreign air-mail transportation: For an additional amount for theForeign air-mail transportation.*Ante*, p. 678. transportation of foreign mails by aircraft, as authorized by law, fiscal year 1940, $1,419,520. Foreign air-mail transportation: For an additional amount for the transportation of foreign mails by aircraft, as authorized by law, fiscal year 1940, $900,000: *Provided*, That in the advertisement or*Provisos*.Award, etc., of contracts. award of any formal contract, or on renewal of any such contract, involving expenditures from this appropriation, the Postmaster General shall not be bound by any franchise, obligation, right, privilege, duty, or liability, granted or imposed by any foreign government, by virtue of any contract or agreement entered into by any natural or juridical person with such foreign government, unless the Postmaster General considers it to be in the public interest to comply with the terms of any such franchise, obligation, right, privilege, duty, or liability: *Provided further*, That in the event any such contractCancelation of contract by foreign government. or agreement is canceled by a foreign government, the Government of the United States will in no way be responsible for the indemnification of any natural or juridical person awarded such contract on account of any losses or damages which may be incurred or suffered by the latter as a result of such cancelation: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shall be construed as a ratification orCertain contracts not deemed ratified. acceptance by the Government of the United States of the terms of any contract, agreement, or understanding, express or implied, heretofore or hereafter entered into between any natural or juridical person and any foreign government, and the Government of theLanding rights in U. S., freedom of action reserved. United States hereby reserves to itself, unconditionally, full freedom of action with respect to any future application which may be made by any government or natural or juridical person being a citizen or subject of any foreign country for landing rights in United States territory in connection with the operation of an international air service. DEPARTMENT OF STATE office of the secretary Claims for personal injury and death arising in foreign countries,Claims for personal injury and death arising in foreign countries. Act February 13, 1936, Department of State: To pay a claim for injury and death adjusted and determined by the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of personal injury and death cases arising in certain foreign countries”, approved February 13, 1936, as fully[49 Stat. 1138](/us/stat/49/1138).[31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 224a](/us/usc/t31/s224a). set forth in Senate Document Numbered 104, Seventy-sixth Congress, $750. contributions, quotas, and so forth For an additional amount for United States contributions to internationalInter-American Radio Office.*Ante*, p. 891. commissions, congresses, and bureaus: For the contribution of the United States to the Inter-American Radio Office under the Inter-American Radio Communications Convention concluded December 13, 1937, for the following fiscal years: For 1939, $751; For 1940, $3,655. 53 Stat. 1324 Cape Spartel and Tangier Light, Coast of Morocco.Cape Spartel and Tangier Light, Coast of Morocco: The amount of $784 applicable to the contribution for the “Cape Spartel and Tangier Light, Coast of Morocco”, included in the appropriation for “United States Contributions to International Commissions, [52 Stat. 253](/us/stat/52/253).Congresses, and Bureaus, 1939”, is hereby increased to $813. Government of Panama.Payment to Government of Panama: For payment to the Government of Panama for the fiscal years 1934 to 1940, both inclusive, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty signed between the United States and Panama on March 2, 1936, $2,010,000, together with the unexpended balance of $250,000 for this purpose for each of the fiscal years 1939 and 1940, and the amount of $250,000 from each of the accounts “Outstanding Liabilities, 1937” and “Outstanding Cancelation, etc., of designated checks.Liabilities, 1938”. Checks drawn on the Treasurer of the United States for payment to the Government of Panama dated February 24, 1934, February 26, 1935, February 26, 1936, February 26, 1937, February 26, 1938, and February 27, 1939, numbered 27530, 34602, 48769, 63123, 67232, and 70612, respectively, shall be cancelled and the amount of check numbered 70612 shall be credited to the appropriation from which drawn. miscellaneous Agrarian Claims Commission, U. S. and Mexico.Agrarian Claims Commission, United States and Mexico: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the settlement of claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of Mexico on account of expropriations of agrarian properties since August 30, 1927, as authorized by and in accordance with the Act of *Ante*, p. 573.April 10, 1939, fiscal years 1939 and 1940, $85,000. Second Inter-American Radio Conference, Santiago, Chile.Second Inter-American Radio Conference, Santiago, Chile: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the Second Inter-American Radio Conference, to be held at Santiago, Chile, in 1940, including personal services in the District of Columbia or [5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).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 R. S. § 3709.[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, periodicals, and maps; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; 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, $16,000. Meeting of Treasury Representatives, Guatemala, Guatemala.Meeting of Treasury Representatives, Guatemala, Guatemala: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the Meeting of Treasury Representatives, to be held at Guatemala, Guatemala, in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia or [5 U.S.C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).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 R. S. § 3709.[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other 53 Stat. 1325 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, $2,750. TREASURY DEPARTMENT office of the secretary Restoration, capital impairment, Commodity Credit Corporation:Commodity Credit Corporation, restoration of capital impairment. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, on behalf of the United States, to restore the amount of the capital impairment of the Commodity Credit Corporation as of March 31, 1939, by contribution to the Corporation as provided by the Act approved March 8, 1938 (Public, Numbered 442, Seventy-fifth Congress), fiscal year 1940,[52 Stat. 107](/us/stat/52/107). $119,599,918.05. Administrative expenses, Adjusted Compensation Payment Act,Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936, administrative expenses.[49 Stat. 1099](/us/stat/49/1099).[38 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 686–688b](/us/usc/t38/s686–688b). 1936, Treasury Department: For transfer to the Post Office Department to cover registry fees and postage on mailings of bonds, issued under the provisions of the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act of 1936, fiscal year 1939, $22,000. division of printing Printing and binding: For an additional amount for printing andPrinting and binding. binding, Treasury Department, fiscal year 1937, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation[49 Stat. 1830](/us/stat/49/1830). Act, 1937, $10,484. Stationery: For an additional amount for stationery for the TreasuryStationery. Department, fiscal year 1937, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act,[49 Stat. 1830](/us/stat/49/1830). 1937, $3,600. bureau of internal revenue Salaries and administrative expenses for refunding processing andSalaries and expenses.Refund of processing, etc., taxes.[49 Stat. 1734](/us/stat/49/1734). related taxes and administering title III, Revenue Act of 1936: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses in connection with
(1)the assessment and collection of the tax on unjust enrichment imposed by title III, Revenue Act of 1936,
(2)the making of refunds and payments of processing and related taxes, as authorized by titles IV and VII of the Revenue Act of 1936, and
(3)the refund of[49 Stat. 1739, 1747](/us/stat/49/1739/1747).Tax refunds under designated acts.[48 Stat. 598, 1275](/us/stat/48/598/1275); [49 Stat. 782](/us/stat/49/782). taxes collected under the Cotton Act of April 21, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 598), the Tobacco Act of June 28, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 1275), and the Potato Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 782), as authorized by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, including the same objects specified under this head in[52 Stat. 1150](/us/stat/52/1150).*Ante*, p. 661. the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1940, $750,000, of which amount not to exceed $380,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. The date appearing in the first proviso of the second paragraphClaims for refunds, date for filing. of the appropriation “Refunds and Payments of Processing and Related Taxes, Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1939”, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, is hereby[52 Stat. 1150](/us/stat/52/1150). changed from “July 1, 1939”, to “July 1, 1940”. coast guard Pay and allowances: For an additional amount for pay and allowances,Pay and allowances. fiscal year 1940, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1940,*Ante*, p. 664. $95,937.53 Stat. 1326 Retired pay, former life-saving service.Retired pay, former life-saving service: For an additional amount for retired pay, former life-saving service, 1935, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation[48 Stat. 432](/us/stat/48/432). Act, 1935, $328.12. Superintendent, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, contingencies.*Ante*, p. 664.Not to exceed $2,500 of the amount appropriated for “Contingent Expenses, Coast Guard”, in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1940, is hereby made available for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Coast Guard Academy, as authorized *Ante*, p. 582.by the Act of April 20, 1939. Air stations; additional airplanes.The unexpended balances of the appropriations under the headings “Air station, Elizabeth City, North Carolina”, “Air station, San Francisco, California”, and “Additional airplanes”, fiscal years 1938 and 1939, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation [52 Stat. 1151](/us/stat/52/1151).Act, fiscal year 1938, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. Office of the Commandant, salaries.The appropriation for salaries, Office of the Commandant, United States Coast Guard, for the fiscal year 1940, and such portion of the appropriation for salaries, Bureau of Lighthouses, fiscal year 1940, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget with the approval of the President may determine, shall be transferred and consolidated into an appropriation “Salaries, Office of Commandant, United States Limitation.Coast Guard, 1940, subject, however, to the limitation contained in *Ante*, p. 663.the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1940, upon the appropriation for salaries, Office of the Commandant, United States Coast Guard”. procurement division, branch of supply Salaries and expenses.Salaries and expenses: The text of the appropriation for Salaries and Expenses, Branch of Supply, Procurement Division, contained *Ante*, p. 673.in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1940, is modified as follows:
(a)Transfer of funds to Branch of Supply. The first proviso is hereby amended to read as follows: “*Provided*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed during the fiscal year 1940 to transfer to this appropriation from any appropriations or funds available to the several departments and establishments of the Government for the fiscal year 1940 such amounts as may be approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, not to exceed the sum of
(a)the amount of the annual compensation of employees who may be transferred or detailed to the Procurement Division, Branch of Supply, respectively, from any such department or establishment, where the transfer or detail of such employees is incident to a transfer of a function or functions to that Division, and
(b)such amount as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may determine to be necessary for expenses other than personal services incident to the proper carrying out of functions so transferred.”
(b)Personal services. The fourth proviso limiting to $700,000 the amount which shall be available from the general supply fund for personal services, is hereby amended to read as follows: “*Provided further*, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available from the general supply fund during the fiscal year 1940 for personal services.” General supply fund.[45 Stat. 1342](/us/stat/45/1342).[41 U. S. C. § 7c](/us/usc/t41/s7c).General supply fund: To increase the general supply fund established by the Act approved February 27, 1929 (41 U. S. C. 7c), as amended, fiscal year 1940, $2,000,000. Strategic and critical materials.Strategic and critical materials: For all necessary expenses for the acquisition, transportation, maintenance, storage, and rotation of strategic and critical materials in accordance with sections 1 to 6, *Ante*, p. 811inclusive, of the Act of June 7, 1939 (Public, Numbered 117, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services and rental and mainte-53 Stat. 1327nance of storage space in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed; printing and binding; and traveling expenses; fiscal year 1940, to continue available until expended, $10,000,000: *Provided*, That when,*Proviso*.Sale of materials, reimbursement, etc. in order to prevent deterioration, materials purchased with funds from this appropriation are issued to other departments and agencies of the Government, or sold, reimbursement therefor or the proceeds of such sale shall be credited to this appropriation. WAR DEPARTMENT Military Activities salaries, war department Salaries, Office of Inspector General: For an additional amountOffice of Inspector General. for salaries, Office of the Inspector General, fiscal year 1940, $6,000. quartermaster corps Military posts: For an additional amount for construction andMilitary posts, construction, etc. installation of buildings, flying fields, and appurtenances thereto, including the same objects specified under this head in the Supplemental Military Appropriation Act, 1940, $8,431,300, to remain*Ante*, p. 994. available until June 30, 1941, and, in addition, the QuartermasterContracts. General, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1940, for the same purposes, to an amount not in excess of $8,500,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof. Military posts: Not to exceed $300,000 of the amount of $689,500Corozal General Depot, Canal Zone, construction, etc.*Ante*, p. 602. appropriated in the Military Appropriation Act, 1940, for construction of barracks and telephone construction at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, is hereby made available for such construction at the Corozal General Depot, Panama Canal Zone, instead of at Fort Clayton as authorized by the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 861).[50 Stat. 861](/us/stat/50/861). Acquisition of land for radiobeacons, Army: Not to exceed $3,000Acquisition of land for radiobeacons, Army.Langley Field, Va.[52 Stat. 652](/us/stat/52/652).[49 Stat. 610](/us/stat/49/610).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1343a–1343d](/us/usc/t10/s1343a–1343d). of the unexpended balance of the appropriation under this head in the Military Appropriation Act, 1939, is hereby made available until expended for the acquisition of an addition to the site for the radiobeacon in the vicinity of Langley Field, Virginia, as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 610). Acquisition of land, Republic of Panama: So much of the appropriationAcquisition of land, Panama. for the acquisition of land in the Republic of Panama contained in the Supplemental Military Appropriation Act, 1940, and*Ante*, p. 994. so much of the appropriation for Seacoast Defenses, Panama Canal, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, as may be required therefor, are hereby made available, in*Ante*, p. 644. addition to the acquisition of fee simple title to lands, for leasehold or other interests therein, the temporary use thereof, or right pertaining thereto, without reference to section 3648, Revised StatutesR. S. § 3648.[31 U. S. C. § 529](/us/usc/t31/s529).*Proviso*.Acceptance of donations, etc. (31 U. S. C., 529): *Provided*, That the Secretary of War is authorized to accept donations of such land, temporary use thereof, or other interest therein, or right pertaining thereto. corps of engineers Chorrera and Rio Hato Road, Republic of Panama: To enable theChorrera and Rio Hato Road, Panama. United States to cooperate with the Republic of Panama in connec-53 Stat. 1328tion with the construction of a highway between Chorrera and Rio Hato, in the Republic of Panama, as authorized by the Act approved *Ante*, p. 1071.July 20, 1939 (Public, Numbered 200, Seventy-sixth Congress), $1,500,000, fiscal year 1940, to remain available until expended. Civil Functions corps of engineers Damage claims, river and harbor work.Claims for damages, river and harbor work: To pay claim for damages under river and harbor work adjusted and determined by the War Department under the provision of section 9 of the River and [41 Stat. 1015](/us/stat/41/1015).[33 U. S. C. § 564](/us/usc/t33/s564).Harbor Act, approved June 5, 1920 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 564), as set forth in House Document Numbered 414, Seventy-sixth Congress, $587.50. Nicaragua, investigation, etc., of canal and highway.Investigation and survey of a canal and highway across the Republic of Nicaragua: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to an investigation and survey, with estimates of cost, for a barge canal and highway project across the Republic of Nicaragua, fiscal year 1940, to remain available until expended, $100,000. Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif.Flood control, general: Not to exceed $1,258,000 of the amount of $133,000,000 appropriated under this head in the War Department *Ante*, p. 859.Civil Appropriation Act, 1940, is hereby made available for prosecuting work of flood control on the Sacramento River, California, in [39 Stat. 949](/us/stat/39/949); [45 Stat. 539](/us/stat/45/539); [50 Stat. 849](/us/stat/50/849); *ante*, p. 859.[33 U. S. C. §§ 703, 704](/us/usc/t33/s703/704).accordance with the provisions of the Acts approved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, and August 26, 1937 (33 U. S. C. 703, 704 ; 50 Stat. 849; Public, Numbered 154, Seventy-sixth Congress). TITLE II— JUDGMENTS AND AUTHORIZED CLAIMS property damage claims Sec. 201. Property damage claims.
(a)For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property, adjusted and determined by the following respective departments and independent offices, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in the sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case”, approved [42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[31 U. S. C. §§ 215–217](/us/usc/t31/s215–217).December 28, 1922 (U. S. C., title 31, secs. 215–217), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 412 of the Seventy-sixth Congress, as follows: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, $13.75; National Emergency Council, $12; Veterans’ Administration, $131.40; Works Progress Administration, $3,590.58; Department of Agriculture, $4,316.48; Department of Commerce, $315.75; Department of the Interior, $2,225.36; Department of Labor, $45.54; Navy Department, $1,742.71; Treasury Department, $238.13; War Department, $6,547.12; Post Office Department (payable from postal revenues), $567.25; In all, $19,746.07.
(b)For the payment of claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the following respective departments and independent offices, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in the sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case”, approved December 28, 1922 53 Stat. 1329(U. S. C., title 31, secs. 215–217), as fully set forth in Senate Document[42 Stat. 1066](/us/stat/42/1066).[31 U. S. C. §§ 215–217](/us/usc/t31/s215–217). Numbered 102 of the Seventy-sixth Congress, as follows: Federal Works Agency: Work Projects Administration, $488.14; Department of Agriculture, $323.67; Department of the Interior, $87.43; Navy Department, $126.61; War Department, $2,393.52; In all, $3,419.37. judgments, united states courts Sec. 202.
(a)For the payment of a judgment, including costs ofJudgments, U. S. courts. suit, which has been rendered under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1887, entitled “An Act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States”, as amended by section[24 Stat. 506](/us/stat/24/506); [36 Stat. 1168](/us/stat/36/1168).[28 U. S. C. § 761](/us/usc/t28/s761). 297 of the Act of March 3, 1911 (28 U. S. C. 761), certified to the Seventy-sixth Congress in House Document Numbered 416, under the following Department: State Department, $2,149; together withInterest. such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as specified in such judgment or as provided by law.
(b)For the payment of judgments, including costs of suits, renderedSuits in admiralty. against the Government of the United States by United States district courts under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty for damages caused by and salvage services rendered to public vessels belonging to the United States, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925 (46 U. S. C. 781–789), certified to the Seventy-sixth Congress in[43 Stat. 1112](/us/stat/43/1112).[46 U. S. C. §§ 781–790](/us/usc/t46/s781–790). House Document Numbered 416, under the following Departments: Navy Department, $4,136; Treasury Department, $2,225; War Department, $419.45; In all $6,780.45, together with such additional sum as may be necessaryInterest. to pay interest as specified in such judgments or as provided by law.
(c)For the payment of judgments including costs of suit, renderedJudgments in designated cases. against the Government of the United States pursuant to authority contained in Private Act Numbered 495, Seventy-fifth Congress (52[52 Stat. 1299](/us/stat/52/1299); [18 Stat. 481](/us/stat/18/481).[31 U. S. C. § 227](/us/usc/t31/s227). Stat. 1299–1300), and the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 481, ch. 149), certified to the Seventy-sixth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 112 and House Document Numbered 416, under the following establishments: United States Maritime Commission, $3,927.30; General Accounting Office, $8,315.02; In all, $12,242.32, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay suchAdditional costs. additional costs in the Private Act case, if any, as are properly taxable in a suit prosecuted under the Tucker Act.[24 Stat. 505](/us/stat/24/505).
(d)None of the judgments contained under this caption shall beTime for payment of judgments. paid until the right of appeal shall have expired except such as have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise.
(e)Payment of interest wherever provided for judgments containedInterest, time limitation. in this Act shall not in any case continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of the Act. judgments, court of claims Sec. 203.
(a)For payment of the judgments rendered by the CourtJudgments, Court of Claims. of Claims and reported to the Seventy-sixth Congress in Senate Doc-53 Stat. 1330ument Numbered 113, and House Document Numbered 410, under the following departments and establishments, namely: Interstate Commerce Commission, $4,768.46; Food Administration, $122,919.40; Civil Works Administration, $2,880.65; Veterans’ Administration, $30,016.10; Department of Agriculture, $47,500; Department of Labor, $19,828.71; Navy Department, $510,454.34; Treasury Department, $78,426.83; War Department, $507,849.81; Interest.In all, $1,324,644.30, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as and where specified in such judgments. Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc., judgment.Judgment Numbered 43363 in favor of the Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc. (a corporation) set forth in said House Document Numbered 410 under the War Department shall be charged against the Department of Agriculture.
(b)Time for payment of judgments. None of the judgments contained under this caption shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired, except such as have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise. audited claims Sec. 204.
(a)For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the [18 Stat. 110](/us/stat/18/110).[31 U. S. C. § 713](/us/usc/t31/713).provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (31 U. S. C. 713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1936 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of [23 Stat. 254](/us/stat/23/254).[5 U. S. C. § 266](/us/usc/t5/s266).the Act of July 7, 1884 (5 U. S. C. 266), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 418, Seventy-sixth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: Legislative.**Legislative:** For library building and grounds, $1,783.95. Independent Offices.**Independent Offices:** For Federal Civil Works Administration, $48.55. For National Industrial Recovery, Civil Works Administration, $4.50. For National Industrial Recovery, National Recovery Administration, $16.66. For Public Works Administration, allotment to National Emergency Council, $22.84. For salaries and expenses, United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, $7. For salaries and expenses, Federal Communications Commission, $317.67. For Interstate Commerce Commission, $181.75. For United States Tariff Commission, $40.09. For pay of other employees, Public Health Service, $25.28. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $21.94. For general expenses of public buildings, Procurement Division, $40. For general expenses, Procurement Division, $270.85. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, $38.21. For operating supplies for public buildings, Procurement Division, $1.73. For operating expenses, Treasury Buildings, Procurement Division, $2.33.53 Stat. 1331 For repairs, preservation and equipment, public buildings, Procurement Division, $2.97. For salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, National Park Service, $47.80. For Army pensions, $155.55. For Army and Navy pensions, $59.20. For increase of compensation, Veterans’ Bureau, $10.67. For military and naval compensation, Veterans’ Bureau, $20.10. For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $431.08. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Administration, $1,636.45. **Department of Agriculture:** For salaries and expenses, ExtensionDepartment of Agriculture. Service, $76.04. For salaries and expenses, Weather Bureau, $2.31. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $11.01. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, $3,693.85. For salaries and expenses, Forest Service, $81.82. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 50 cents. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $4.84. For salaries and expenses, Food and Drug Administration, $2.72. For salaries and expenses, Soil Conservation Service, $9.87. For grasshopper control, $71.54. For enforcement of the United States Cotton Futures Act and United States Cotton Standards Act, $12.21. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Agriculture), $31.61. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Agriculture, Act March 31, 1933), $1,763.62.[48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22). For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Agriculture, Act June 19, 1934), $85.10.[48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055). For exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural commodities, Department of Agriculture, $2,891.70. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Agriculture), $42.41. For National Industrial Recovery, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, $79.28. For elimination of diseased cattle, Department of Agriculture, $50. For general expenses, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, $3,647.95. For working fund, Agriculture, Animal Industry (Agricultural Adjustment Administration), $267.67. For agricultural credits and rehabilitation, Emergency Relief, $139.55. For farmers’ crop production and harvesting loans, Farm Credit Administration, $297.91. For loans to farmers in drought and storm-stricken areas, Emergency Relief, $99.89. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Farm Credit Administration), $335.13. **Department of Commerce:** For air-navigation facilities, $392.61.Department of Commerce. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, $3.15. For transportation of families and effects of officers and employees, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, $411.66. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Commerce), $1.91.53 Stat. 1332 Department of the Interior.**Department of the Interior:** For surveying the public lands, $1.30. For Geological Survey, $16.60. For working fund, Interior, National Park Service (emergency relief, surplus relief, National Industrial Recovery), $10. For operating rescue cars and stations and investigation of accidents, Bureau of Mines, 34 cents. For National Park Service, $428.79. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Biological Survey, $17.02. For migratory bird conservation refuges, $1.13. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Interior, [48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055).Indians, Act June 19, 1934), $148.64. For emergency conservation fund (transfer from War to Interior, [48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22).Indians, Act March 31, 1933), $5.04. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $10.52. For Indian boarding schools, $396.02. For support of Indians and administration of Indian property, $62.14. For Indian school support, $789.08. For conservation of health among Indians, $1,689.99. For Indian service supply fund, $73.91. For fulfilling treaties with Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, $4.37. For agriculture and stock raising among Indians, $32.10. For education, Sioux Nation, $1.07. For pay of Indian police, $10.27. For administration of Indian forests, $17.34. For water supply for Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, $27.82. For irrigation, Indian reservations, $2. Department of Justice.**Department of Justice:** For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, $578.33. For fees of jurors and witnesses, United States courts, $51.40. For support of United States prisoners, $93.75. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, $370.44. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, $11.50. For salaries and expenses of clerks, United States courts, $8.10. For fees and expenses of conciliation commissioners, United States courts, $325. For supplies for United States courts, $7.50. For United States southwestern reformatory, maintenance, $226.95. For prison camps, maintenance, $25.93. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons, 75 cents. For salaries and expenses of district attorneys, United States courts, 50 cents. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons, $73.66. Department of Labor.**Department of Labor:** For salaries and expenses, Commissioners of Conciliation, 75 cents. For salaries and expenses, Immigration and Naturalization Service, $366.86. Navy Department.**Navy Department:** For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Navy), $919.62. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $7.45. For gunnery and engineering exercises, Bureau of Navigation, $5. For organizing the Naval Reserve, $429.84. For engineering, Bureau of Engineering, $108. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, $204. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $37.01. For fuel and transportation, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $60.30.53 Stat. 1333 For maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $242.82. For pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy, $7,014.76. For pay of the Navy, $1,537.87. For general expenses, Marine Corps, $137.45. For pay, Marine Corps, $3,890.83. For aviation, Navy, $21,605.61. For increase of the Navy, emergency construction, $8,778. **Department of State:** For payment to officers and employees ofDepartment of State. the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (State), $54.23. For transportation of foreign service officers, $181.37. **Treasury Department:** For payment to officers and employees ofTreasury Department. the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Treasury), $9.64. For collecting the revenue from customs, $118.78. For collecting the internal revenue, $462.81. For enforcement of Narcotic and National Prohibition Acts, internal revenue, $92.50. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Narcotics, $11.35. For Coast Guard, $3.16. For contingent expenses, Coast Guard, $2.43. For outfits, Coast Guard, $5.03. For communication lines, Coast Guard, $5.86. For retired pay, former Life Saving Service, $2,602.44. For pay and allowances, Coast Guard, $802.35. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $12.42. For general expenses, Lighthouse Service, $177.69. For salaries, lighthouse vessels, $7.58. **War Department:** For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $5,209.58.War Department. For pay of the Army, $448.08. For extra pay to volunteers. War with Spain, $426.64. For Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $14.59. For National Guard, $124.08. For Organized Reserves, $112.34. For Army transportation, $243.21. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $852.60. For Air Corps, Army, $1.52. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, War with Spain, $38.01. For travel of the Army, $243.04. For travel, military and civil personnel, War Department, $330.63. For replacing ordnance and ordnance stores, $17.45. For supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps, $216.14. For clothing and equipage, $17.13. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $15,617.52. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $763.79. For Engineer service, Army, $4,863.75. For medical and hospital department, Army, $75.50. For medical and hospital department, $14.92. For barracks and quarters, $16.64. For ordnance service and supplies, Army, $204.60. For subsistence of the Army, $43.91. For Signal Service of the Army, $3,763.75. For pay of National Guard for armory drills, $3. For claims of officers and men of the Army for destruction of private property (Act March 3, 1885), $65.47.[23 Stat. 350](/us/stat/23/350). For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (War), $60.36.53 Stat. 1334 For cemeterial expenses, War Department, $129.29. For emergency conservation fund, (transfer to War, Act March 31, [48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22).1933), $374.60. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act June [48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055).19, 1934), $3,028.51. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer from [48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055).emergency conservation work to War, Act June 19, 1934), $10,190.40. Post Office Department.**Post Office Department—Postal Service (out of the postal revenues):** For clerks, first- and second-class post offices, $56.83. For clerks, third-class post offices, $6.90. For compensation to postmasters, $20.20. For freight, express, or motor transportation of equipment, and so forth, $30.88. For furniture, carpets, and safes for public buildings, Post Office Department, $12.81. For indemnities, domestic mail, $142.43. For miscellaneous items, first- and second-class post offices, $7.84. For operating force for public buildings, Post Office Department, $11.23. For railroad transportation and mail-messenger service, $369.60. For railway postal clerks, travel allowance, $4. For rent, light, and fuel, $50. For Rural Delivery Service, $593.95. For village-delivery service, $17.10. Total; additional sum, increases in rates of exchange.Total, audited claims, section 204 (a), $123,944.96, together with such additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office.
(b)Additional audited claims. For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions [18 Stat. 110](/us/stat/18/110).[31 U. S. C. § 713](/us/usc/t31/s713).of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874 (31 U. S. C. 713), and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1936 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of [23 Stat. 254](/us/stat/23/254).[5 U. S. C. § 266](/us/usc/t5/s266).July 7, 1884 (5 U. S. C. 266), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 114, Seventy-sixth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: Legislative.**Legislative:** For contingent expenses, Library of Congress, $150. Independent Offices.**Independent Offices:** For Federal Civil Works Administration, $80.76. For salaries and expenses, Federal Communications Commission, $47.70. For maintenance of air-navigation facilities, Civil Aeronautics Authority, $12.31. For maintenance, National Institute of Health, $20.60. For salaries and expenses, public buildings, outside the District of Columbia, National Park Service, $2. For Army and Navy pensions, $40. For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $1. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Administration, $75.70. Department of Agriculture.**Department of Agriculture:** For salaries and expenses, Forest Service, $45.60. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 84 cents. For salaries and expenses, Soil Conservation Service, $2.25. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 95 cents. For plant reserve stations, Soil Conservation Service, $33.65.53 Stat. 1335 For grasshopper control, $7.50. For working fund, Agriculture, Animal Industry (Agricultural Adjustment Administration), $116.13. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer to Agriculture), $1,506.90. For loans to farmers in drought- and storm-stricken areas, emergency relief, $13.42. For conservation and use of agricultural land resources, Department of Agriculture, $56.09. For elimination of diseased cattle, Department of Agriculture, $315. For exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural commodities, Department of Agriculture, $255.38. For National Industrial Recovery, Resettlement Administration, submarginal lands (transfer to Agriculture), $2,403.40. **Department of Commerce:** For air-navigation facilities, $92.25.Department of Commerce. For National Industrial Recovery, Commerce, Aeronautics, $88.80. **District of Columbia:** For Freedmen’s Hospital, District ofDistrict of Columbia. Columbia, $234. **Emergency relief:** For emergency relief, Agriculture, Soil ConservationEmergency relief. Service, flood control, and other conservation, $33.36. For emergency relief, Resettlement Administration, sanitation, prevention of soil erosion, and so forth, $3,698.70. For emergency relief, Navy, yards and docks, $5.56. For emergency relief, Works Progress Administration (non-Federal projects approved prior to June 22, 1936), $78.58. For emergency relief, Works Progress Administration, assistance for educational, professional, and clerical persons, $122.10. For emergency relief, Emergency Conservation Work, War, Civilian Conservation Corps, $630.90. For emergency relief, Emergency Conservation Work, Interior, Indians, miscellaneous projects Indian reservations, $75. For emergency relief, War, rivers and harbors, flood control, and so forth, $3.55. For emergency relief, Works Progress Administration, grants to States, and so forth, $110.82. For emergency relief, Works Progress Administration, highways, roads, and streets, $141.03. For emergency relief, Works Progress Administration, public buildings, $24.30. For emergency relief, Works Progress Administration, public utilities, and so forth, $164.40. **Department of the Interior:** For salaries and expenses, BureauDepartment of the Interior. of Biological Survey, $9.48. For salaries, General Land Office, $70. For National Industrial Recovery, Interior, National Park Service, recreational demonstration projects, $54,320.24. For irrigation, Indian reservations, $117.09. For Indian school support, $2,001.85. For Indian school buildings, 38 cents. For support of Indians and administration of Indian property, $7.98. For conservation of health among Indians, $91.41. For Indian agency buildings, $19.58. **Department of Justice:** For salaries, fees, and expenses ofDepartment of Justice. marshals, United States courts, $159.62. For fees of jurors and witnesses, United States courts, $15.78. For support of United States prisoners, $239. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons, $3. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, $21.36.53 Stat. 1336 Department of Labor.**Department of Labor:** For salaries and expenses, Immigration and Naturalization Service, $38.35. Navy Department.**Navy Department:** For pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy, $19,430.44. For pay of the Navy, $216.83. For maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $146.96. For pay, Marine Corps, $17.63. For general expenses, Marine Corps, $16.65. For aviation, Navy, $62,159.71. For increase of the Navy, emergency construction, $119,223.65. For organizing the Naval Reserve, $3.92. For miscellaneous expenses, Navy, $1.84. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $126,515.04. For payment to officers and employees of the United States in foreign countries due to appreciation of foreign currencies (Navy), $60.45. Treasury Department.**Treasury Department:** For collecting the internal revenue, $3.51. For fuel and water, Coast Guard, $6. For compensation of employees, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $2.72. For increase of compensation, Treasury Department, 81 cents. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $4.83. For collecting the revenue from customs, $3.30. War Department.**War Department:** For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $4,685.49. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $972.61. For pay of the Army, $784.80. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $6.60. For Army transportation, $121.23. For National Guard, $112.68. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $56.11. For barracks and quarters, $21.86. For Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $18.77. For Organized Reserves, $4.95. For ordnance service and supplies, Army, $8.15. For travel of the Army, $5.52. For clothing and equipage, $3.45. For clothing and equipage, Army, $57.42. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act March 31, [48 Stat. 22](/us/stat/48/22).1933), $198.16. For emergency conservation fund (transfer to War, Act June 19, [48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055).1934), $281.18. For emergency conservation work (transfer to War. Act June 22, [49 Stat. 1608](/us/stat/49/1608).1936), $2,256.02. For emergency conservation work (transfer to War, Act February 9, [50 Stat. 10](/us/stat/50/10).1937), $4,451.47. For loans and relief in stricken agricultural areas (transfer from [48 Stat. 1055](/us/stat/48/1055).emergency conservation work to War, Act June 19, 1934), $1.68. Post Office Department.**Post Office Department—Postal Service (out of the postal revenues):** For city-delivery carriers, $24.68. For indemnities, domestic mail, $30.63. For rent, light, and fuel, $450. For Rural Delivery Service, $25.04. For Star Route Service, $1.85. For transportation of equipment and supplies, $80.69. For vehicle service, $11.96. For village-delivery service, $4.90.53 Stat. 1337 Total, audited claims, section 204 (b), $410,297.84, together withTotal; additional sum, increases in rates of exchange. such additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office. Sec. 205. Judgments against collectors of customs: For the paymentJudgments against collectors of customs. of a claim allowed by the General Accounting Office covering a judgment rendered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the collector of customs, where a certificate of probable cause has been issued, as provided under section 989, Revised Statutes (28 U. S. C. 842), and certifiedR. S. § 989.[28 U. S. C. § 842](/us/stat/28/842). to the Seventy-sixth Congress in House Document Numbered 415, under the Treasury Department, $1,358.20. Sec. 206. The provisions of section 3 of the Department of LaborCitizenship requirements.*Ante*, p. 926. Appropriation Act, 1940, are hereby made applicable as of July 1, 1939, to the appropriations contained in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Department of Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes”,*Ante*, p. 885. approved June 29, 1939. Sec. 207. This Act may be cited as the “Third Deficiency AppropriationShort title. Act, fiscal year 1939”. Approved, August 9, 1939. To provide for the erection of a public historical museum in the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, Montana. 1939-08-10 634 Chapter 53 Stat. 1337 76 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 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 634] AN ACT To provide for the erection of a public historical museum in the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, Montana. August 10, 1939[[S. 28](/us/bill/76/s/28)][[Public, No. 362](/us/pl/76/362)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the SecretaryCuster Battlefield National Cemetery, Mont.Erection, etc., of public museum within, authorized. of War is authorized and directed
(1)to select a site within the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, Montana;
(2)to erect and maintain thereon, as a memorial to Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the officers and soldiers under his command at the Battle of Little Big Horn River, June 25, 1876, a public museum suitable for housing a collection of historical relics;
(3)to accept on behalf of the UnitedAcceptance for exhibit of historical relics. States for exhibit in such museum the collection of relics now a part of the estate of Mrs. George A. Custer, deceased, the wife of such Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer; and (4), in his discretion, to accept such other historical relics as he may deem appropriate for exhibit therein. Sec. 2. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed, notwithstandingAdministrative duties of Secretary of War. any provision of law to the contrary, to do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, by contract or otherwise, with or without advertising, under such conditions as he may prescribe, including the engagement by contract of services of suchEngagement of technical services. architects, sculptors, artists, or firms, and such other technical and professional personnel as he may deem necessary, without regard to civil-service requirements and restrictions of law governing the employment and compensation of employees of the United States. Sec. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum ofAppropriation authorized. $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, August 10, 1939. To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for certain powerboat service in Alaska, and for other purposes. 1939-08-10 635 Chapter 53 Stat. 1338 76 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 2024-11-24 public 53 Stat. 1338 [CHAPTER 635] AN ACT To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for certain powerboat service in Alaska, and for other purposes. August 10, 1939[[S. 882](/us/bill/76/s/882)][
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