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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 208 -JUNE 16, 1939 Reports of commit- For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than tee hearings, special and select committees, $18,000. special and select For expenses of special and select committees authorized by the committees. House, $60,000. Joint ommittee on For payment of one-half of the salaries and other expenses of the Internal Revenue Taxation; one-halfex- Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation as authorized by A p825. law, $28,250. r .E ixenditures No part of the appropriations contained herein for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives shall be used to defray the expenses of any committee consisting of more than six persons (not more than four from the House and not more than two from the Senate) nor to defray the expenses of any other person except the Sergeant at Arms of the House or a representative of his office, and except the widow or minor children or both of the deceased, Funeral expenses, to attend the funeral rites and burial of any person who at the time lmtation. of his or her death is a Representative, a Delegate from a Territory, or a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Telegraph and tele- For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, phone service. $90,000 Stationery. For stationery for Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, for the first and second sessions of the Seventy-sixth Congress, and for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House (not to exceed $5,000), $125,450, of which $32,850 shall be available immediately for the first session Aprwo. of the Seventy-sixth Congress: Provided,That commencing with the Reprentativeoetec first session of the Seventy-sixth Congress the allowance for stationery for each Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico for each session of Congress shall be $200. Emergency room, For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses for the expenses. emergency room and for the attending physician and his assistants, including an allowance of not to exceed $30 per month each to three assistants as provided by the House resolutions adopted July 1, 1930, and January 20, 1932, $3,500. Postage stamps. Postage stamps: Postmaster, $200; Clerk, $400; Sergeant at Arms, $250; Doorkeeper, $100; in all $950. Folding. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $25,000. United states Code, For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized, by the Act preparation, etc. p45 Stti . 0t. approved May 29, 1928 (1 U. S. C ., 59), $6,500, to be expended under IU S. S.C 59. the direction of the Committee on Revision of the Laws. Assistants to lerk For assistants in compiling lists of reports to be made to Congress S°opeci'ed objects by public officials; compiling copy and revising proofs for the House portion of the Official Register; preparing and indexing the statistical reports of the Clerk of the House; compiling the telephone and Members' directories; preparing and indexing the daily calendars of business; preparing the official statement of Members' voting records; preparing lists of congressional nominees and statistical summary of elections; preparing and indexing questions of order printed in the Appendix to the Journal pursuant to House Rule m; Political commit- for recording and filing statements of political committees and can- tees, etc., recording and'llng statement's. didates for election to the House of Representatives pursuant to the 2u.cS.Ci241-2 . Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 (2 U. S . C . 241-256); and for such other assistance as the Clerk of the House may deem necessary and proper in the conduct of the business of his office, $4,500: Proeio. Provid, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to Restriction. augment the annual salary of any employee of the House of Representatives. fAtomobile for For exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $4,000. 830 [53 STAT.