74TH C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 405. MAY 15, 1936 .
1347 Of the sums herein made available under the United States Compensation of at- Ship ping Board Bureau, n ot to exc eed an agg regate of $150,000 torneres. shall be expended for compensation of regular attorneys employed on a yearly salary basis, in cluding their clerical and legal assistants . This title may be cited as the Department of Commerce Appro- Short title . priation Act, 1937. TITL E IV-DEPARTMEN T OF LABOR Dep art men t of Labor . OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Office of the Secre- tarre . Salaries : Secretary of Labor, Assistant Secretary, Second Assist- Salaries . ant Secretary, and other personal services in the Di strict of Columbia, $330,000 : Provided, That p ersons (n ot exceedi ng ten Provisos . in number) now employed in the determination of wages pursuant ing wa Persongne l determin- wage rates, re- to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act taim ed p . loll . approve d March 3, 1931, relating to the r ate of wages for laborers and mec hanics employed b y contractors and subcontractors o n public buildings", approved August 30, 1935, may be continued in such employment and paid from the amount herein appropriated without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws requiring com- petitive examinations : Provided further, That said personnel except nations ss mbl ed exami- attorneys and referees) shall be required to take nonassembled examinations . Pro moti on of health, safe ty, employment, and so forth : For Promotion of health, salaries and expenses in connection with the promotion of health, eetc etre, empl orement, safety, employment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations for labor and industry, $140,000, of which amount not to exceed $83,580 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Contingent expenses : For contingent and miscellaneous expenses C ontin g ent expenses of the offi ces and bureaus o f the Department, for which approp ria- tions for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, inclu ding the purchase of stationery, f urniture, and rep airs to the same, carpets, matting, oilcloths, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap , spo nges, laund ry, s treet -car f ares not e xceedi ng $4 00 ; purch ase, exchang e, maintenance, a nd repair of moto rcycles and motor trucks ; mainten ance, operation, and repair of a m otor-propelled pa ssenger- carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes ; freight and express cha rges ; newspaper cli ppings not to exc eed $1,200, postage to foreign countries, telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices ; purchase of law books, books of reference, newspapers and periodicals, not exceeding $4,500 ; contract stenographic services ; all other necessary Iniscel- laneous ite ms and expenses n ot included in th e foregoing
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to exceed $ 25 ,0 0 0 for purchase of c ertain supplies f or the Immigra- P rovis o . tion and Naturalization Service ; in all, $112,500 : Provided, That M inor pu rchase s . section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U . S . C ., 733 ; j 5 C,p .1803.p title 41, sec . 5) sh all not be constr ued to apply to a ny purchase or service rendered for the Department of Labor when the aggregate amount invo lved does not exc eed the sum of $1 00 .
Printin g and binding . Printing and binding : For printing and binding for the Depart- ment of Labor, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $250,000 .
C ommissi oners Commissioners of conciliation : To enable the Secretary of Labor of conciliation. t o exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creat- 111.3C7,p . 738. P.81. ing the Department of Labor (U. S. C.,title5,sec.6111) and to 1 So in original.
