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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 106-MAY 3, 1945 accounting agents or examiners, and traveling expenses, $400,000, of which amount not to exceed $112,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Safety of employees: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to keep informed regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Reports and inves- Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and author- tigations. izing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Commerce safety appliances. Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the Joint Resolu- tion approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S . C . 35), and the provision of the 34 Stat. 838. Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (45 U. S . C . 36, 37), to 35Stat. 326. investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway opera- tion, inspectors, and for traveling expenses, $550,000, of which amount not to exceed $92,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Signal safety systems: For all authorized expenditures under section 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920, the Act of August 26, 1937 (49 U. S . C . 26), and the Trans- 84 Stat. 498; 50 Stat. portation Act of 1940, with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices which comply with speci- fications and requirements prescribed by the Commission, including investigations and tests pertaining to block-signal and train-control systems, as authorized by the Joint Resolution approved June 30, 1906 34 stat. 83. (45 U. S . C. 35), and including the employment of the necessary engi- neers, and for traveling expenses, $178,000, of which amount not to exceed $35,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Locomotive inspection: For all authorized expenditures under the provisions of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to pro- mote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compel- ling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto" (45 U. S . C. 22), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1915, extending 1Stat- . "1; 38Stat. "the same powers and duties with respect to all parts and appurtenances of the locomotive and tender" (45 U. S . C. 30), and amendment of June 7, 1924 (45 U. S . C. 27), providing for the appointment from 43 Stat- O-. time to time by the Interstate Commerce Commission of not more than fifteen inspectors in addition to the number authorized in the first paragraph of section 4 of the Act of 1911 (45 U. S . C . 26), and the 3 sta t - 94; 46 stat - amendment of June 27,1930 (45 U. S. C. 24, 26), including such legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical help as the business of the offices of the director of locomotive inspection and his two assistants may require and for traveling expenses, $500,000, of which amount not Traeling epeses. to exceed $73,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Valuation of property of carriers: To enable the Interstate Cor- Pw .- P39* merce Commission to carry out the objects of the Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate commerce', approved February 4, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities", approved March 1, 1913, as amended by the Act of June 7, 1922 (49 U. S . C . 19a), and by the "Emergency 37 Statb.7; 42 Stat. Railroad Transportation Act, 1933" (49 U. S. C . 19a), including traveling expenses, $388,319. 119