PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 254 -JUNE 30, 1939 Limitation on ad- ministrative expenses increased. 52 Stat. 434. National Gallery of Art, maintenance. 50 Stat. 51; ante, p. 577. Personal services. Administrative ex- penses. 52 Stat. 705; ante, p. 624. Rent. Availability. Allocations to de- partments, etc. Proviso. Minor purchases. R. S. §3709. 41 U. S.C. 5. Direct relief to des- titute citizens, Anoka and Hennepin Coun- ties, Minn. Proviso. State, etc., contribu- tions. Board of Tax Ap- peals. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION Salaries and administrative expenses: The limitation of $9,250,000 for administrative expenses of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Mortgage Company for the fiscal year 1939, contained in the Independent Offices Appro- priation Act, 1939, is hereby increased to $9,500,000. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and all administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution Numbered 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services in the District of Columbia (except as otherwise provided in sec. 4 (c) of such Act) ; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; periodicals and books of reference; rental of equipment; services; uniforms for guards and elevator operators; not to exceed $2,000 for printing and binding; purchase or rental of devices for protecting buildings and contents thereof; and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds, fiscal year 1940, $159,000. TEMPORARY NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE For an additional amount for each and every purpose requisite and incident to carrying out the provisions of the public resolution entitled "Joint resolution to create a temporary national economic committee", approved June 16, 1938, as amended by the public resolution approved April 26, 1939, including rent and personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere by contract or otherwise; contract steno- graphic reporting services; books of reference; traveling expenses; employment of messenger service by contract or otherwise, and all other necessary expenses; $390,000, to be available until the expira- tion of the Seventy-sixth Congress, of which amount not to exceed $96,000 shall be available for expenditure by the Temporary National Economic Committee and $294,000 for allocation by the President to the departments and agencies represented on the Committee to enable them to carry out their functions under such public resolution approved June 16 1938: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C. 5) shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered hereunder when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100. WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION To enable the Commissioner of Work Projects to afford direct relief to citizens of the counties of Anoka and Hennepin, in the State of Minnesota, made destitute by the recent tornado which occurred in that State, either by grants to the Governor of the State of Minnesota or local authorities, or otherwise, as he may determine, fiscal year 1940, $35,000, payable from funds of the Work Projects Admin- istration: Provided, That, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Works Projects, no part of this sum shall be used for grants unless a sum or sums at least equal to such grants shall have been made available by the State of Minnesota or a political subdivision thereof for the accomplishment of the same purpose. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Board of Tax Appeals: For an additional amount for salaries of the Board of Tax Appeals for the District of Columbia, in accordance 984 [53 STAT.
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