56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS. - CH. 450--JUNE 27, 1942 repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; expenses (not exceeding $60,000) for transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promul- gated thereunder; necessary expenses (not exceeding $6,000) incident to the education and training of personnel of the Commission detailed at institutions for scientific education and research as authorized by the Act of August 4, 1939; compensation as authorized by said Act of August 4, 1939, for officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, detailed to the Commission; allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930; and including not to exceed $255,000 for the employ- ment, on a contract or fee basis, of persons, firms, or corporations for the performance of special services, including accounting, legal, actuarial, and statistical services, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes: Provided, That the sum of not less than $20,000,000 from the said construction fund shall be available for the construction of towboats and barges adapted for use in the trans- portation of oil, gasoline, fuels, and other commodities over the inland or coastal waters of the United States: Provided, That the said construction fund shall be available for carrying out the activi- ties and functions which the Commission is authorized to perform under title III of the First Supplemental National Defense Appro- priation Act, 1942 (Public Law 247): Provided further, That the said construction fund shall be available for carrying out the pro- visions of Executive Order Numbered 9112 of March 26, 1942: Pro- vided further, That the amount of contract authorizations contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942, and Acts prior thereto, for carrying out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby increased by $90,000,000. STATE MARINE SCHOOL ACT OF MARCH 4, 1911 To reimburse the State of California, $50,000; the State of Maine, $60,416.66, of which amount $10,416.66 shall be available immediately; the State of Massachusetts, $50,000; the State of New York, $50,000; and the State of Pennsylvania, $50,000; for expenses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, approved March 4, 1911, as amended (34 U. S . C . 1121; Public Law 191, Seventy-seventh Congress) and for the main- tenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States to the said States for use in connection with such State marine schools, $100,000; in all, $360,416.66 . Total, United States Maritime Commission, $980,440,416.66 . VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Administration, medical, hospital, and domiciliary services: For all salaries and expenses of the Veterans' Administration, including the expenses of maintenance and operation of medical, hospital, and domiciliary services of the Veterans' Administration, in carrying out the duties, powers, and functions devolving upon it pursuant to the authority contained in the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to consolidate and coordinate governmental activities affect- ing war veterans", approved July 3, 1930 (38 U. S . C . 11 -llf), and any and all laws for which the Veterans' Administration is now or may hereafter be charged with administering, $110,909,088: Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 of this amount shall be available for expenses, except membership fees, of employees, detailed by the 419 54 Stat. 1105 . 5U.S .C. 73c-1. 53 Stat. 1182. 46 U. S.C. §1111. 46 Stat. 818. 5U.S. C. §118a. Special services. 41U.S.C.§5. Provisos. Towboats and barges. Availability. 55 Stat. 681 . 7 F. R. 2367. Contract authoriza- tions. 55 Stat. 119. 49 Stat. 1985; ante, pp. 140, 171 , 214. 46U.S.C., ch.27; Supp. I, ch. 27 . Maintenance of ma- rine schools, etc. 36 Stat. 1353 . 5 Stat. 07. 34 U. .. C., Supp. I, if 1121-1123e. Salaries and ex- penses. 46 Stat. 1016. Proisos. Attendance at meet- ings.p
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