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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH . 359-TUNE 16,193T tinued in full force and effect during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938 ; and for the purpose of making such section applicable to such fiscal year the figures "1 933" shall be read as "1938 ." None of the money appropriated by this title shall be used to pay any witness, juror, or bailiff more than one per diem for any one day's service even though he serves in more than one of such three capacities on the same day . This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropria- tion Act, 1938 ."

a Payments restrict . ed. Short title . 283 TI TLE III-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Commerce .ment of OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Secretary's office. Salaries : S ecretar y of Co mmerce, two A ssistan t Secre taries, and Salaries . other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the Chief Clerk and Superinte ndent, who shall be c hief execu tive offic er of the Department and who may be designated by the Secretary of Commerce to sign minor routine official papers and documents during the t emporary a bsence of the Secreta ry and the Assistant Secretari es of the Department, $352,000 . Contingent expenses : For contingent and miscellaneous expenses Con tingent a nd mis . of the offices and bureaus of the Department, except the Patent Office, cel laneouse xpenses . incl uding t hose f or whic h appro priatio ns for conting ent and mis- cellaneous expenses are specifically made, including professional and scientific books, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, blank books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers (not exceeding $1,500)

pur- chase of atlases or maps ; stationery ; furniture and repairs to same ; carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges ; fuel, lighting, and heating ; purchase and exchange of motortrucks and bicycles ; purchase, including exchange, of two vehicles, etc . motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the general use of the Depa rtmen t ; maintenanc e, repair, and opera tion of thr ee motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (one for the Secretary of Commerce and two for the general use of the Department), and motortruc ks and bicycles, to be used only for of ficial purposes ; f re ig ht and express charges ; postage to foreign countries ; telegraph and telep hone servi ce ; typewr iters, adding machine s, and other labor- saving devices, including their repair and exchange ; first-aid outfits for use in the buildings occupied by employees of this Department ; and all other necessary miscellaneous items (not exceeding $50 for any one ite m) not includ ed in t he fore going, $126,842, which sum shall constitute the appropriation for contingent expenses of the Department, except the Patent Office, and shall also be available for the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment for field services of bureaus and offices of the Department for which contingent and miscellaneous appropriations are specifically made in order to facili- tate the purcha se through the centra l purchasi ng office (Division of Purchases and Sales), as provided by law : Provided, That a state- Proviso . ment of expenditures from this appropriation shall be reported to Repor t to Con gress . Congress in the annual Budget . Traveling expenses : For all necessary traveling expenses under Traveling expenses . the Department of Commerce, including all bureaus and divisions Post, p. 762. thereunder, and traveling expenses for the examinations authorized by the Act entitl ed "An Act to provid e for reti rement for disability 33utas.C. i . in the Lighthouse Service", approved March 4, 1925 (U . S . C ., title

° 765. 33 sec . 765), but not in cluding travel proper ly char geable to the appropriation herein for "Transportation of families and effects of officers and employees and allowances for living quarters", Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, $959,000 .