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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 180-APR . 27, 1938 Delaware Valley Tercentenary Com- mission. 50 Stat. 272. Post, p. 1148. General provisions. Minor purchases, etc. R. S. §3709. 41U. .C.§5. Rental restriction. Assignments as in- spectors, etc., of build- ings abroad; traveling expenses. Short title. Department of Jus- tice Appropriation Act, 1939. Office f the Attor- ney General. Salaries, designated officas. Proiso. Interchangeability of amounts. Report in Budget. Traveling expenses. Exceptions. Delaware Valley Tercentenary Commission: The unexpended bal- ance of the appropriation "United States Delaware Valley Tercen- tenary Commission, 1938" contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1938, approved June 16, 1937, is continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1939. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not apply to any purchase by or service rendered for the Department of State when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100 or when the purchase or service relates to the packing of personal and house- hold effects of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment. Unless expressly authorized, no portion of the sums appropriated in title I of this Act shall be expended for rent or rental allowances in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United States. The President, in his discretion, may assign officers of the Army or Navy or officers or employees of the Treasury Department for duty as inspectors of buildings owned or occupied by the United States in foreign countries, or as inspectors or supervisors of buildings under construction or repair by or for the United States in foreign coun- tries, under the jurisdiction of the Department of State, or for duty as couriers of the Department of State, and when so assigned they may receive the same traveling expenses as are authorized for officers of the Foreign Service, payable from the applicable appropriations of the Department of State. This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropria- tion Act, 1939". TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia as follows: For the Office of the Attorney General, $51,940. For the Office of the Solicitor General, $54,740. For the Office of the Assistant Solicitor General $46,860. For the Office of Assistant to the Attorney General, $52,380. For the Administrative Division, $566,070. For the Tax Division, $560,000. For the Criminal Division, $154,000. For the Claims Division, $227,440. For the Lands Division, $317,060. For the Office of Pardon Attorney, $24,740. For the Anti-Trust Division, $9,000. Total, Office of the Attorney General, $2,064,230: Provided, That 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchange- ably for expenditures in the various offices and divisions named, but not more than 5 per centum shall be added to the amount appro- priated for any one of said offices or divisions and any interchange of appropriations hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Traveling expenses: For all necessary traveling expenses under the Department of Justice and the Judiciary, including traveling expenses of probation officers and their clerks but not including traver- ing expenses otherwise payable under any appropriations for 'United States Supreme Court", "United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals", "United States Customs Court", "Court of Claims", 258 [52 STAT.