52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 259-MAY 23, 1938 the District of Columbia; rental of equipment; and other necessary expenses; $3,850,000: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any pur- chase or service rendered for the Securities and Exchange Com- mission when the aggregate cost involved does not exceed the sum of $50. For all printing and binding for the Securities and Exchange Commission, $57,000. Total, Securities and Exchange Commission, $3,907,000. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION For expenses of the general administrative office; for the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign coun- tries; for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii and the excavation and preserva- tion of archeologic remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory, including assistants and making necessary observa- tions in high altitudes; for cases, furniture, fixtures and appliances required for the exhibition and safekeeping of collections; and for administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts; including personal services, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, traveling expenses, uniforms for guards, supplies and equipment, preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, supplying of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephone service, repairs and alterations of buildings, shops, sheds and approaches, and other necessary expenses, $343,785. Preservation of collections: For continuing preservation, exhibi- tion, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including personal services, traveling expenses, purchasing and supplying uni- forms to guards and elevator conductors, postage stamps and foreign postal cards and all other necessary expenses, and not exceeding $5,500 for preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications, and not exceeding $3,000 for purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals, $609,380. Printing and binding: For all printing and binding for the Smith- sonian Institution, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and else- where, $68,000, of which not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for printing the report of the American Historical Association. Total, Smithsonian Institution, $1,021,165, of which amount not to exceed $846,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD Salaries and expenses: For all authorized and necessary admin- istrative expenses of the Social Security Board in performing the duties imposed upon it in titles I, II, III, IV, VII, IX, and X of the Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, including three Board members, an executive director at a salary of $9,500 a year, a director of the old-age benefits division at a salary of $9,000 a year, and other personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, including not to exceed $10,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the chairman: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated for travel shall be used for travel in foreign countries; not to exceed $10,000 for payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in 425 Proviso. Minor purchases. R. S. § 3709. 41U.S. . 5. Printing and bind- ing. Post, p. 1118 . Smithsonian Insti- tution. Administrative ex- penses. Ethnological re- searches. Astrophysical Ob- servatory. National Collection of Fine Arts. Preservation of col- lections. Printing and bind- ing. American Historical Association report. Services in the Dis- trict. Social Security Board. Salaries and ex- penses. 49 Stat. 620-629, 635, 639, 645. 42 U. S. C., Supp. m, § 301. Travel expenses. Proviso. Travel in foreign countries. Transportation and per diem.
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