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72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 212 . MARCH 3, 1933 . 1513 For travel a nd misce llaneous expense s in the Postal S ervice, office Travel, etc. of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $4,000 . In the disbursement of appropriations contained in this Act for St Sums t an~ uto the field service of the Post Office Department -the Postmaster Gem- in vestigat ions of me- eral may transfer to the Bureau of Standards not to exceed $20,000 te rials . for scientific investigations in connection with the purchase of mate- rials, equipment, and supplies necessary in the maintenance and operation of the Postal Service . If t he reven ues of t he Post Office D epartmen t shall b e insuff icient Treasury Appropriations from If meet the approp riati ons m ade un der T itle II of this Act, a sum toe to supply deficien- e qual to such def iciency in the r evenues of such d epartmen t is her eby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, to supply such deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General .

Appropriations for SEC. 2. Appropriations for the fiscal year 1934- available for travel expenses, fiscal expenses of travel of civilian officers and employees of the executive year 1934. departments and establishments shall be available also for expenses Availabi lity . of travel performed by them on transfer from one official station to another when authorized by the head of the department or establish- Pre cise . ment concerned in the order directing such transfer : Provided, That Transfers for con- such expenses shall not be allowed for any transfer effected for the venience of o fficers- convenience of any officer or employee . Sue . 3 . No appropriation available for the executive departments ~R Restri ctions on ex- and independent establishments of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, whether contained in this Act or any other Act, shall be expended- (a) To purchase any motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle m oboa st e limlt of aura (ex clusi ve of busse s, am bulan ces, a nd st ation wagon s), a t a cost, comp letel y equi pped for o perat ion, a nd in cludi ng the valu e of any vehicle exchanged, in excess of $750, unless otherwise specifically provided for in the appropriation . (b) For the maintenance, operation, and repair of any Government- not a in

' official owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used excl u- purposes, exclusively . sively for official purposes ; and "official purposes" shall not include what ~II to"~incl de " the transportation of officers and employees between their domiciles and pl aces of employme nt, exce pt in ca ses of me dical of ficers o n out- patient medical services and except in cases of officers and employees engage d in fie ld work the char acter of whose du ties mak es such trans- portation necessary and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the head of the department or establishment concerned . The limitations of this subsection (b) shall not apply p lic imiedons not ap- to any motor vehicles for official use of the President, or of the heads of the executive departments . (c) For the maintenance, upkeep, and repair (exclusive of garage co st l imit atio n of rent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants) on any one motor- maintenance, etc . propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, except busses and ambulances, in excess of one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make and class and in no case in excess of $400 . SEC. 4. (a) The provisions of the following sections of Part II of Ann p3Act. the Legislative Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1933, are hereby con- a Se '!uunsco ntlnueai n tinued in full force and effect during the fiscal year ending June 30, Vol .48,p.13. 1934, namely, sections 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 (except para- graph (5) of subsection (a) thereof), 108, 109, 112, 201, 203, 205, 206 (except subsection (a) thereof), 211, 214, 216, 304, 315, 317, 318, and 323, and, for the purpose of continuing such sections, in the applica- tion of such sections with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30 ; 1934, the figures 1933 shall be read as 1934

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