PUBLIC LAWS-CII. 55 -MAR. 2S , 1938 Procurement Divi- sion, Public Build- ings Branch. Maintenance. 35 Stat. 537. 31U. S. C. §683. General administra- tive expenses. Post, p. 1153 . Salamanca, N. Y ., ground rent. Services in the Dis- trict. Prorisos. Cost of surveys, models, etc. Transporting oper- ating supplies. Pay rates, mechan- ical labor force. Repair, preserva- tion, and equipment, public buildings. PROCUREMENT DIVISION--PUBLIC BUILDINGS BRANCH For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Acts, as provided in section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (31 U. S. C. 683), and for the repair, preservation, and upkeep of all completed public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department (other than life saving stations of the United States Coast Guard), the mechanical equipment and the grounds thereof, and sites acquired for buildings, and for the operation of certain completed and occu- pied Treasury buildings, including furniture and repairs thereof, but exclusive, with respect to operation, of buildings of the United States Coast Guard, of hospitals, quarantine stations, and other Public Health Service buildings, mints, bullion depositories, and assay offices, the Treasury, Treasury Annex, Liberty Loan, and Auditors' Buildings: General administrative expenses: For architectural, engineering, mechanical, administrative, clerical, and other personal services, traveling expenses, including expenses of employees directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to attend meetings of technical and pro- fessional societies and educational exhibits in connection with sub- jects related to the work of the Division of Procurement, Public Buildings Branch, and transportation of household goods, incident to change of headquarters of all employees engaged in field activities, not to exceed five thousand pounds at any one time, together with the necessary expenses incident to packing and draying same; advertis- ing, not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of educational exhibits, spe- cifically approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, testing instru- ments, law books, books of reference, technical periodicals and jour- nals, drafting materials, especially prepared paper, typewriting machines, adding machines, and other mechanical labor-saving devices, and exchange of same, carpets, electric-light fixtures, furni- ture, equipment, and repairs thereto, telegraph and telephone service, freight, expressage, and postage incident to the transportation of drawings to and from the office and such other contingencies, articles, services, or supplies as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and specially order or approve in connection with any of the work of the Procurement Division, Public Buildings Branch; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including ground rent of the Federal building at Salamanca, New York, for which payment may be made in advance, and including such expenses nec- essary to wind up the affairs of the United States Housing Corpora- tion and effect its dissolution; $914,220, of which amount not to exceed $502,360 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $275,860 for personal services in the field: Provided,That the foregoing appropriations shall not be avail- able for the cost of surveys, plaster models, progress photographs, test pits and borings, or mill and shop inspections, but the cost thereof shall be construed to be chargeable against the construction appropriations of the respective projects to which they relate: Pro- vided further, That no expenditures shall be made hereunder for transportation of operating supplies for public buildings: And pro- vided further, That in no case shall the rates of compensation for the mechanical labor force in the field under this appropriation be in excess of the rates current at the time and in the place where such services are employed. Repair, preservation, and equipment, public buildings: For repairs, alterations, improvement, and preservation of completed Federal buildings (including Marcus Hook), the grounds and approaches 136 [52 STAT.
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