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73d CONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 89. MARCH 26, 1934 . 469 including examination of estimates for appropriations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the Department ; and for other mis- cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department, which are authorized by such officer as the Secretary may designate, $115,048 : Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture, during the fiscal year 1935, may maintain stocks of stationery, supplies, equip- ment, and miscellaneous materials sufficient to meet, in whole or in part, requirements of the bureaus and offices of the Department in the city of Washington and elsewhere, but not to exceed in the Maximum allotment . aggregate, $2$200,000 in value at the close of the fiscal

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laneous expenses . appro priat ions made for such bure aus a nd of fices for such stoc ks shall b e avai lable to rei mburse the a ppropri ation for mi scella neous expenses current at the time supplies are issued : Provided further, That the appropriations made hereunder shall be available for the payme nt of sala ries of e mploy ees engag ed in purc hasi ng, s torin g, handling, packing, or shipping of supplies and blank forms, and the amount of such salaries shall be charged proportionately as a part of the cost of supplies issued, and in the case of blank forms and supplies not purchased from this appropriation the amount of such sa laries shall be ch arged propor tionate ly to the pr oper a ppro- priation : Provided further, That the facilities of the central store- house of the Department shall to the fullest extent practicable be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate bureau storehouse activities in the Department : Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures, trans fers of funds or other transac tions hereun der sh all be inclu ded in the an nual B udget . RENT OF BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Columbi a, for use o f the variou s bure aus, di vision s, and offic es of the Department of Agriculture, $63,000 . Tot al, Offic e of the Secretary , $726,60 8 . OFFICE OF INFORMATION SALARI ES AND GE NERAL EX PENSES For neces sary e xpense s in c onnect ion wi th the public ation, index - ing, illus trati on, and d istri buti on of bull etins , do cumen ts, a nd reports, including labor-saving machinery and supplies, envelopes, stationery and materials, office furniture and fixtures, photographic equipment and materials, artists' tools and supplies, telephone and telegra ph ser vice, freigh t and expres s charg es ; purch ase and m ain- tenance of bicycles ; purchase of manuscripts ; traveling expenses ; electrotypes, illustrations, and other expenses not otherwise provided for, $323,641, of which not to exceed $3 08,394 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia . PRINTING AND BINDING For all printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $610,466, including the purc hase of r eprints o f scienti fic and t echnical articles published in periodicals and journals ; printing the proceedings of the Twelfth International Veterinary Congress to be held in the United States during the fiscal year 1935, not to exceed $11,000

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Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January 12, 1895 (U .S .C ., title 44, sees . 111, 212-220, Provisos . Maintenance of sta- tionery, etc., stocks E mploy ees, han- dling, etc ., supplies . Use of central store- ho use to avoid s eparate units . Se gregati on of t rans- actions . Rent . Bu ildings in the Dis- trict . Information Office . Salaries and expenses . Printingand binding . Report of 12th Inter- national Veterinary Congress . Report of Secretary . Vol.28,p.612; Vol. 34,p.825. U.S.C., pp. 1421, 142 9 .