PUBLIC LAWS--C 246 -JUNE 28, 1939 SIGNAL CORPS ALASKA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Operation, improve- ment, etc. Proviso. Report to Congress. United States High Commissioner's office. 48 Stat. 461. 48U.S. . 1237(4). Salaries and ex- penses. Traveling expenses etc. Vehicles. Householdexpenses. Proisos. Legal adviser and financial expert. Minor purchases. R. S. 3709. 41U.S .C. 5. Availability. Maintenance of ex- isting works. Surveyof boundary, etc., waters. New York harbor. California Debris Commission. 27 Stat. 507. 33U.S.C.5§661, 678, 683; Supp. IV , §683. Removal of naviga- tion obstrctions. For operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Alaska Com- munication System, including travel allowances and travel in kind as authorized by law, and operation and maintenance of passenger- carrying vehicles, $200,000, to be derived from the receipts of the Alaska Communication System which have been covered into the Treasury of the United States, and to remain available until the close of the fiscal year 1941: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress the extent and cost of any extensions and better- ments which may be effected under this appropriation. BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS For the maintenance of the office of the United States High Com- missioner to the Philippine Islands as authorized by subsection 4 of section 7 of the Act approved March 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456), includ- ing salaries and wages; rental, furnishings, equipment, maintenance, renovation, and repair of office quarters and living quarters for the High Commissioner; supplies and equipment, purchase and exchange of lawbooks and books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; traveling expenses, including for persons appointed hereunder within the United States and their families, actual expenses of travel and transportation of household effects from their homes in the United States to the Philippine Islands, and return, utilizing Government vessels whenever practicable; operation, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles, and all other necessary expenses, $163,130, of which amount not exceeding $10,000 shall be available for expenditure in the discretion of the High Commissioner for maintenance of his household and such other purposes as he may deem proper: Provided, That the salary of the legal adviser and the financial expert shall not exceed the annual rate of $10,000 and $9,000 each, respectively: Pro- vided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5), shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered under this appropriation when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $100. CORPS OF ENGINEERS To be immediately available and to be expended under the direc- tion of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, and to remain available until expended: RIVERS AND HARBORS For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and naviga- tion; for survey of northern and northwestern lakes and other bound- ary and connecting waters as heretofore authorized, including the preparation, correction, printing, and issuing of charts and bulletins and the investigation of lake levels- for prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City; for expenses of the California Debris Commission in car- rying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893, as amended (33 U. S . C . 661, 678, and 683); for removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation as authorized by law; for operating and maintaining, keeping in repair and continuing in use without interruption any lock, canal (except the Panama Canal), [53 STAT. 858
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