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SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS . SEss. II. CH. 270. 1929. contract or otherwise, the services of architects, firms of architects, et M inor purchases, and other technical and professional personnel : Provided further, etc., .

That the commission may purchase materials and supplies without R.S.,sec.3709,p.733. U.S. Code, p.1309. regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., p . 1309, Traveling expenses, sec . 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500 : etc ., of Army officers . Provided further, That when traveling on business of the commis- sion officers of the Army serving as members or as secretary of the commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided for other members of the commission . Arli ngto n Mem oria l Bridge Com mission . Continui ng con- struction of Memorial bridge . Vol. 43, p. 974. Proviso. Min or purchases without adver tising . R.S.,sec.3709,p.733. U.S. Code, p. 1309. Board of Mediation . Members of board . All other expenses . Vol.44,p . 579. For five members of the board, at $12,000 each, $60,000. For other authorized expenditures of the Board of Mediation in perf orming the d uties impos ed by law, i nclud ing no t to e xceed $96,940 for personal services in the District of Columbia ; personal services in the field ; contract stenographic reporting services without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., p . 1309, sec. 5) ; supplies and equipment ; law books and books of reference ; not to exceed $200 for newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance ; periodicals ; traveling expenses ; rent of quarters in the District of Columbia, if space is not provided by the Publi c Buil dings Commi ssion, and r ent of quar ters o utside the Balance available . Vol. 44, p. 1072.

District of Columbia, $110,570, together with $46,000 of the unex- pended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal Exp enses of arb itra- year 1928. tion boards .

A rbi tra tio n boa rds : To enable the Board of Mediation to pay Vol . 44, p. 582.

necessary expenses of arbitration boards, including compensation of members and employees of such boards, together with their neces- sary traveling expenses and expenses actually incurred for subsis- tence while so employed, and printing of awards, together with proceedings and testimony relating thereto, as authorized by the Railway Labor Act, including also contract stenographic reporting service without reference to section 3709, Revised Statutes (U . S. C ., p . 1309, sec. 5), and rent of quarters when suitable quarters can not be supplied in any Federal building, $80,0 00, to be immediately Contr acts for repor t- ing without advertis- ing . R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733. U. S. Code, p. 1309. Rent. Reporting. R.S.,sec.3709,p.733 . U.S.Code,p.1309. ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE COMMISSION For continuing the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River at Washington, authorized in an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of a memorial bridge across the Potomac River from a point near the Lincoln Memorial in the city of Washington t o an appropri ate point in t he State of Virginia, and for other pur poses," appro ved February 24, 192 5 (43 Stat ., p . 974), to be expended in accordance with the pro- visions and conditions of the said Act, $2,000,000, including all neces- sary incidental and contingent expenses, the maintenance and repair of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, printing and binding, and traveling expenses, to remain available until expended : Provided, That the commission may procure supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., p . 1309, sec . 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50 . BOARD OF MEDIATION Emergency available . boards Emergency boards : For expenses of emergency boards appointed expenses . Vol .44,p . 586. by the President to investigate and report respecting disputes between carriers and their employees, as authorized by section 10, U.S.Code, p.2110. Railway Labor Act, approved May 20, 1926 (U. S . C ., p . 2110, sec. 160), $50,000 .