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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SES SION- CH . 223-M AY 18, 1937 Printing and binding for Congress chargeable to the foregoing appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containing an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together -with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made . During the fiscal year 1938 any executive department or inde- pende nt establishment of the Govern ment ordering printing and binding from the Government Printing Office shall pay promptly by check to the Public Printer upon his written request, either in advance or upon completion of the work, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Public Printer in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment : Prov ided, That proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of delivered work paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly and as may be agreed upon by the Public Printer and the department or establish- ment concerned . All sums paid to the Public Printer for work that he is authorized by law to do shall be deposited to the credit, on the books of the Treasury Department, of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office for the year in which the work is done, and be subject to requisition by the Public Printer . All amounts in the Budget for the fiscal year 1939 for printing and binding for any department or establishment, so far as the B ureau of t he B udget may deem prac ticab le, shall be i ncor porat ed in a single item for printing and binding for such department or establishment and be eliminated as a part of any estimate for any other purpose . And if any amounts for printing and binding, including the total cost of work produced on the mult.ilith, multi- graph, and other similar equipment, are included as a part of any estimates for any other purposes, such amounts shall be set forth in detail in a note immediately following the general estimate for printing and binding : Provided, That the foregoing requirements shall not apply to work to be executed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing . No part of any money appropriated in this Act shall be paid to any person employed in the Government Printing Office while detailed for or performing service in the executive branch of the public service of the United States unless such detail be authorized by law. OJi r ICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS For the S uper inten dent of D ocume nts, assi stant supe rint enden t, and other personal services in accordance with the Classification Act' of 1923, as amended, and compensation of employees paid by the hour who shall be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office", approved June 7, 1924 (U .S.C., title 44, see . 40), $600,000 : Provided, That for the purpose of con- forming to section 3 of this Act this appropriation shall be con- si dered a separate appropri ation un it . For furni ture and fixtu res, type write rs, carpe ts, l abor -savi ng machines and accessories, time stamps, adding and numbering machines, awnings, curtains, books of reference ; directories, books, miscellaneous office and desk supplies, paper, twine, glue, envelopes, postage, car fares, soap, towels, disinfectants, and ice

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express, freight, telephone and telegraph service ; traveling expenses (not to exceed $200) ; repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery ; 185 Congressi onal work . Payment for work ordered by depart- ments, etc . Proviso . Adjustments of ac- count s. Sums paid for work to be credited to work- ing capital . Es tima tes for de- partments, etc ., to be incor porated in a s in- gle item . Proviso . Engraving and Printin g Bureau ex- cepted . Restriction on pay- ing detailed employ- ees . Of fice of S uper in- tendent of Docu- ments . Superintendent and personnel . 5 U.S. C. ° ° 661-674. Pay rates . 43 Stat. 658. 44U .S.C.°40. Proviso . Item a separate u nit . Contingent ex- penses .