514 General Accounting office . Comptroller General, Assistant, and office personnel . Contingen t expenses . Proviso. Minor purchases . R.S., see. 3709, p. 733. U.S.C .,p.1309. Printing and binding . Interstate commerce Commission . Salaries
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ex- penses . Commiss ioners, etc . Reporting service . Services in the Dis- trict . Books, furniture, etc . Enforcing account- ing by railroads . Vol.34,p.593
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36,p.556; Vol.41,p. 493. U .S .C ., pp . 1668-1670. Services in the Dis- trict . Safety of employees, etc . Appliances, etc . Vol . 27, p. 531; Vol. 29, p .85; Vol.32,p.943; Vol.36,p. 298. Accidents . Vol . 36, p. 350. Safety signals . Vol. 34, p. 838
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35,p.324; Vol.38,p. 212 . U.S .C ., p. 1441 . 73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 102 . MARCH 28, 1934 . GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Sa l ar i es : For Compt roller Gener al, A ssista nt Com ptrol ler Ge n- eral, a nd other pers onal services in the Distri ct of Columbia and elsewhere, $3,292,920 . Contingent expenses : For traveling expenses, including steno . graphic r eporting servi ce outside of the District of Columbia not exceeding $2,500, by contract or otherwise ; materials, supplies, equipment, and services ; rent of buildings and equipment ; purchase and exchange of books, law books, books of reference, and periodi- cals, typewriters, calculating machines, and other office appliances, including their development, repairs, and maintenance, including one mot or-propelled passenger-carr ying vehicle ; and miscellaneou s items ; $110,000 : Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any pur chase or ser vice r ender ed for the G enera l Acco unting Office when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $50 . For all prin ting and bind ing for the G eneral Account ing Office, including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, $59,000 . Total, General Accounting Office, $3,461,920 . I NTE RST ATE COMMERCE C OMM ISS ION SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses : For eleven commissioners, secre- tary, and for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, field hearings, traveling expenses, and contract steno- graphic reporting services ; $2,526,216, of which amount not to ex ceed $ 2,205, 000 ma y be expend ed for pers onal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000 ; not exceeding $3,000 for pur- chase and exchange of necessary books, reports, and periodicals ; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture similar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply schedule . Regulating accounts : To enable the Interstate Commerce Coin- mission to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906 (U .S .C ., title 49, sec . 20), and as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920 (U.S .C ., title 49, sec. 20), including the employment of necessary special accounting agents or exam iners, and traveling expenses, $778,888, of which amount not to exceed $ 13 5 ;000 may be ex pended for pe rsonal service s in the Dist rict of Columbia . Safety of employees : To enable the Interstate Commerce Com- missi on to keep in formed regardi ng and to enf orce complian ce with Acts to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon rail- roads ; the Act requiring common carriers to make reports of acci- dents and authorizing investigations thereof ; and to enable the Inter- state Commerce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 (U .S .C ., title 45, sec . 35), and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (U .S .C ., title 45, sees . 36, 37), to investigate, test experi- mentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or sys-
