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90 Bringing home re- mains of officers, etc ., dying abroad . Allowance for living quarters, heat, and light . Vol.44,p.1394;Vol. 46,p.163. U.S.C.,p.554. Post, p. 583. R. S ., sec. 1765, 314 . U.S.C.,p.40 . Pro viso . Ma ximu m allow- ance . Operation, etc ., for- eign-t rade zones . Vol.48,p.998. U.S.C.,p.799. Attendance at meet- ings . Minor purchases in foreign countries . R.S.,sec.3709, 733 . U.S.C.,p.1803. Census Bureau. Services and ex- penses . P, P. Temporary, etc ., services. 74T H CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 39. MARCH 22, 1935 . Commerce, and also for defraying the expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce who may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country , or t o a pl ace no t more distan t, for inter ment, and for the ordinary expens es of such inte rment ; $3 5 , 0 00 . Allowances for living quarters : To enable the Secretary of Com- merce, under such regulations as he may prescribe, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled `An Act to establish in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce, a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States, and for other purposes', ap pro ved March 3, 1927 ", approved April 12, 1930 (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 15, sec . 197f), to furnish the officers in the Foreign Commerce Service of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce stationed in a foreign country, without cost` to them and within the limits of this appropriation, allowances for living quarters, heat and light, not- withstanding the provisions of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C., title 5, sec . 70), $103,400 : Provided, That the maximum allo wance to any offic er shal l not exceed $1,70 0 . Operation, and so forth, of foreign-trade zones : To enable the Secretary of Commerce to comply with the provisions of the Act enti tled "An Act to provide for th e establishmen t, operation, and main tenance of fore ign-trade zones in ports of e ntry of the Uni ted Sta tes, to expe dite and enc oura ge f orei gn c omme rce, and for oth er purposes", approved dune 18, 1934 (48 Stat ., p. 998), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling expenses, contract stenographic reporting services, su pplies and equipment, books of reference and periodicals, newspapers and other publications, fees and mileage of witnesses, and all other necessary expenses, $30,000 . Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign and Domes- tic Commerce shall be available in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work of the Bureau by showing of maps, charts, and grap hs at such meet ings, when incu rred on the wr itten authority of the Secretary of Commerce . The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of services for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in foreign countries, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C ., title 41, sec . 5), in the manner common among business men, when the aggre gate amount of the purchase o r the service d oes not exceed $100 in any instance . BUREAU OF THE CENSUS For expenses for securing information for and compiling the cen- sus reports provided for 'by law, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; compensation and expenses of enumerators, special agents, supervisors, supervisor's clerks, and interpreters in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; traveling expenses ; the cost of transcribing State, municipal, and other rec- ords ; temporary rental of quarters outside the District of Columbia ; not to exceed $2,500 for the employment by contract of personal serv ices for the pr eparation of mo nographs on ce nsus subjects ; n o t to exceed $54,0 00 for construc ting tabulating machines and repairs to such machinery and other mechanical appliances, including techni- cal, mechanical, and other personal services in connection therewith