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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 11-MAR. 16 , 1939 fund, 1939", and the receipts of the Tennessee Valley Authority from all sources during the fiscal year 1940 (except as limited by section 26 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended), shall be covered into and accounted for as one fund to be known as the "Tennessee Valley Authority fund, 1940", to remain available until June 30, 1940, and to be available for the payment of obligations chargeable against the "Tennessee Valley Authority fund, 1939", and for contractual obligations for the procurement of equipment as authorized in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939. THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL COMMISSION For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the execution of plans for a permanent memorial to Thomas Jefferson", approved June 3, 1936 (49 Stat. 1397), including continu- ation of construction of such memorial, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION To increase the construction fund established by the "Merchant Marine Act, 1936," $100,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,990,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the United States Maritime Commission, including, but not limited to, the following: Personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended, including not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance, when specifically author- ized by the Chairman of the Commission, at meetings concerned with work of the Commission; printing and binding; law books, books of reference, and not to exceed $2,500 for periodicals and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services, including telephone, telegraph, radio, and teletype services; purchase and exchange (including one at not to exceed $1,500), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use; type- writing and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, includ- ing their repair and exchange; rent, including heat, light, and power, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; expenses (not exceeding $10,000) of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of house- hold effects and other personal property (not exceeding 5,000 pounds in any one case) of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, upon specific authorization by the Chairman of the Commission; expenses incurred in preparing and transporting, to their former homes in this country or to a place not more distant, the remains of employees who may die while in the discharge of their official duties abroad or in transit thereto or therefrom, and for the ordinary expenses of interment of such remains; allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930; and including not to exceed $75,000 for the employment, on a contract or fee basis, of persons, firms, or corporations for the performance of special serv- ices, including accounting, legal, actuarial, and statistical services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. In addition to the contract authorization in the amount of $115,000,000 contained in the "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937", the Commission is authorized to enter into contract for further carrying out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, in an amount not to exceed $230,000,000. 543 48 Stat. 71; 49 Stat. 1079. 16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 8 31y. Payment of obliga- tions. 52 Stat. 428 . Expenses, execution of plans. 49 Stat. 1397. Construction fund. 49 Stat. 1985. 46 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 27. Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688. 5U.S.C.ch.16. Printing and bind- ing. Vehicles. La hor.saving devices. Transportation of household effects, etc. Burial, etc., ex- penses. 46 Stat. 818. 6U. S. C. §118a. R. S. §3709. 41U.S.C. 5. Contracts. 50 Stat. 759. 49 Stat. 1985.