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72d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 430. JU LY 5, 1932. Restriction. wagon and city d elive ry an d col lectio n ser vice : Provided further, That no pa rt of th is appropriation shall be expended for mainte- nance or repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use in connection with the administrative work of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia . Travel, etc .

For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $4,500 . Sums transferred to In the disbursement of appropriations contained in this Act for Standards Bur eau ma ror - the investigations

f ield ser vice of the Post Off ice Depa rtme nt t he Post mast er terials . General may transfer to the Bureau of Standards not to exceed $20,000 for sci entific i nvestina tions in connect ion with the pur chase of ma teria ls, eq uipme nt, a nd su pplies nece ssary in th e mai ntena nce and operation of the Postal Service . Appro priation s from If the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient Treasury for field serv- ice to supply d eficien- to meet the appropriations made under Title II of this Act, - a sum ties . equal to such deficiency in the revenues of such department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply such deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Depart- ment upon requisition of the Postmaster General . 'g ra vel expenses of SEc . 2 . Appropriations for the fiscal ye ar 1933 availa ble f or civilians authorized when t ransferr ed from expenses of travel of civilian officers and employees of the executive official stations. departments and establishments shall be available also for expenses of travel performed by them on transfer from one official station to another when authoriz ed by the head of the de partment or estab- Proofao.

lishment concerned in the order directing such transfer : Provided, Restr iction .

That s uch expe nses sha ll not b e allowe d for any transfe r effect ed for the convenience of any officer or employee . Motor-vehicle ex- SEc. 3. Expenditures from appropriations ma de herein for the peMain t tenance, etc . maintenance, upkeep and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, fuel and lubricants, on any one passenger-carrying vehicle used by the Treasury or Post Office Department shall not exceed one-third of the markbt price of a new vehicle of the same make or class and in any case more than $500 . Purch ase, exc hange, SEc . 4. No part of any money appropriated by this Act shall etc . be us ed for purchasing any motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehic le (e xcept busse s, st ation wagon s, an d amb ulance s) at a co st, delivered and completely equipped for operation, in excess of $750, including the value of a vehicle exchanged where exchange is involved ; nor shall any money appropriated herein be used for main- taining, driving, or operating any Gov ernm ent- owne d mo tor- pro- Use restricted . pelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used exclusively for official purposes ; and "official purposes" shall not include the transporta- tion of officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employment except in cases of officers and employees engaged in field work the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then on ly wh en the same is approved by the head of Exemptions, the de~partment . This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle for official use of the Secretary of the Treasury or the Postmaster Gen eral . Purchase, etc., of SEc . 5 . In the expenditure of appropriations in this Act or ap- etc of the growth, et

alo s ropriations hereafter made, the Secretary of the Treasury in the a> of United States . p case of the Treasury Department, and .ae Postmaster General i n the case of the Post Office Department, shall, unless in his discretion the interest of the Government will not permit, purchase, or con- tract for, within the limits of the United States, only articles of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United States, not- withstanding that such articles of the growth, production, or manu-