53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 248-JUNE 29, 1939 said convention, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, $75,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, who is authorized to transfer to any department or independent establishment of the Government, with the consent of the head thereof, any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or establishment for the purposes of this appropriation. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 893 Transfer of funds permitted. Salaries and expenses: For expenses of meeting the obligations of Salaries and ex- the United States under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, and 24Stat.1011;26tat. 1933 between the United States and Mexico, and of compliance with S5t2 3s Stat. 186t 3 t 4 the Act approved August 19, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 660, 1370), 1621;49Stat. 660,1370. operation and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification project Rio orande, rectifi- and of the American dam and canal feature of the Rio Grande canal- ation and canaliz- ization project; construction and operation of gaging stations where necessary and their equipment; personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; fees for professional services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of State; expenses of attendance at meetings which in the discretion of the Commissioner may be necessary for the efficient discharge of the responsibilities of the Commission (not to exceed $500); traveling expenses, including transportation of effects; printing and binding; Printing and bind- law books and books of reference; subscriptions to foreign and ing. domestic newspapers and periodicals; purchase, exchange, mainte- Vehicles. nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-carrying vehicles; hire, with or without personal services, of work animals, and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; purchase of rubber boots and waders for official use of employees; purchase of ice; drilling and testing of dam sites, by con- Testingofdam sites. tract if deemed necessary, and purchase in the field of planographs and lithographs and of one special electrically operated typewriter, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C. 4R.s . 5305 . 41U.S.C.: 5); equipment and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem proper, $193,000. Construction, operation, and maintenance, Public Works projects: ,ctlsli, l nVrks Cor l i- For the construction (including surveys and operation and main- sion. tenance and protection during construction) of the following projects under the supervision of the International Boundary Commission, Inited States and Mexico United States section, including salaries and wages of employees, laborers, and mechanics; fees for profes- sional services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of State; travel expenses; rents; construction and operation of gaging stations; purchase (including exchange), maintenance, Vehicles. repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight- carrying vehicles; drilling and testing of dam sites, by contract if deemed necessary, and purchase in the field of planographs and litho- graphs without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C . 5); hire, with or without personal R.S. §3709. services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled 41U.S-C 5. vehicles and equipment; acquisition by donation, purchase, or con- demnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of abstracts and certificates of title; transportation of things (including drayage, packing, and crating of personal effects of employees upon change of station for permanent duty not to exceed five thousand pounds in any one case); printing and binding; communication serv- Printing and bind- ices; equipment, materials and supplies, including purchase of ice, i ng - rubber boots, and waders for official use of employees, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary:
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