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75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH . 757-AUGUST 25, 1937 lating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) ; rent ; traveling expenses ; purchase of necessary books, docu- ments, newspapers, and periodicals ; stationery ; official cards ; print- ing and binding ; entertainment ; and such other expenses as may be author ized b y the Secret ary of State , inclu ding t he rei mburse ment o f other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, fiscal year 1938, $10,000 . Payment to Cecile C . Cameron : For payment to Cecile C . Cam- eron, widow of Alfred D . Cameron, late a Foreign Service officer of the United States at London, England, of one year's salary of her deceased husband who died while in the Foreign Service, as author- ized by the Act approved August 14, 1937 (Private Act Numbered 293, approved August 14, 1937), fiscal year 1938, $4,400 . Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition : For the expenses of participation by the Government of the United States in the Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition, to be held in the United States in 1939, as authorized by and in accordance with the public resolution of July 30, 1937, $100,000, to remain avail- able until December 31, 1939 . SPECIAL MEXICAN CLAIMS COMMISSION Special Mexican Claims Commission : For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a commission for the settlement of the special claims comprehended within the terms of the convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican States concluded April 24, 1934", approved April 10, 1935, and amended August 19, 1937, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard to th e prov isions of an y stat ute rel ating to emp loymen t

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in the District of Columbia or elsewhere ; furniture ; office supplies, and equipment, including law books and books of reference ; steno- grap hic repor ting and trans latin g ser vice s by contr act if de emed nece ssar y wit hout rega rd to sect ion 3 709 of th e Rev ised Stat utes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5); traveling expenses ; transportation of things ; printing and binding ; and such other necessary expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, $70,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation made available for this purpose in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, whic h un expen ded b alan ce is cont inued ava ilabl e unt il A ugust 31, 1938 . TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Payments to Federal land banks on account of reductions in inter- est rate on mortgages : To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay each Federal land bank such amount as the Land Bank Com- missio ner ce rtifie s to t he Sec retary of the Treas ury is equal to th e amount by whic h interest payments on mortgages held by such land bank have been reduced during the fiscal year 1938, and prior there to, in accor dance with t he pro visions of pa ragrap h "Twe lfth" of section 12 of the Federal Farm Loan Act (12 U. S. C. 771) as amended, $15,000,000 . Payments to the Federal Farm Mortgage Co rporation on account of reductions in interest rate on mortgages : To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation such am ount as the Gove rnor of the Far m Cr edit Ad mini stra tion certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury is equal to the amount R.S.§3709 . 41U.S.C.§5. Cecile C . Cameron, payment to . Post, p . 1056. Seventh World's Poultry Congress, etc. Ante, p . 550. Special Mexican Claims Commi ssion . 49 Stat . 149. Post, p . 783. R.S. § 3709. 41U.S.C.§5. Asle. p. 229 . 771 Treasury Depart- ment . Secretary's office. Federal land banks, reductions in interest rate on loans . 12U.S.C.§771 . Federal Farm Mort- gage Corporation, paymen ts on accoun t of interest rate reduc- tions .