PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 248 -JUNE 29, 1939 Transportation of remains of officers, etc., dying abroad. 46 Stat. 818. 5U.S. C. 118a. Allowances for living quarters, etc. R. S. §1765. 5U. S. C. §70. Proriso. Maximum allow- ance. Attendance at meet- ings. of Commerce may prescribe, of families and effects of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in going to and returning from their posts, or when traveling under the order of the Secretary of Commerce, and also for defraying the expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce who may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country, or to a place not more distant, for interment, and for the ordinary expenses of such inter- ment; to enable the Secretary of Commerce, under such regulations as he may prescribe, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C . 118a), to furnish the officers and employees in the Foreign Commerce Service of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce stationed in a foreign country, without cost to them and within the limits of this appropriation, allowances for liv- ing quarters, heat, and light, notwithstanding the provisions of sec- tion 1765 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S . C . 70), $160,000: Provided, That the maximum allowance to any officer or employee shall not exceed $1,700. The appropriation herein under title III for traveling expenses shall be available in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either and also expenses of illustrating the work of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS i EtpensesD of the For beginning the work of taking, compiling, and publishing the Sixteenth Census of the United States, as authorized by the Act of 46 Stat. 5- 2 June 18, 1929 (13 U. S . C . 201-218), and for carrying on other author- 13U.S.C.§201- 218. ized census work, within a limit of cost for the period of July 1, 1939, to December 31, 1942, of $45,100,000, including personal services and rentals in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the cost of tran- Monographs. scribing State, municipal, and other records; contracts for the prep- aration of monographs on census subjects and other work of special- ized character which cannot be accomplished through ordinary employment; per diem compensation of employees of the Depart- ment of Commerce and other departments and independent establish- ments of the Government who may be detailed for field work; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the collection of statistics, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce; purchase of books of reference, periodicals maps, newspapers, man- uscripts, first-aid outfits for use in the buildings occupied by employ- ees of the census; purchase maintenance, operation, and repair of a passenger-carrying automobile to be used on official business; con- Tabulating, etc., struction, purchase, exchange, or rental of punching, tabulating, sort- machines. I ing, and other labor-saving machines, including technical, mechani- cal, and other services in connection therewith; printing and binding, traveling expenses, streetcar fares, and all other contingent expenses in the District of Columbia and in the field, $21,900,000, of which ialSit amount not to exceed $50,000 shall be available immediately. salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses, Social Security Act: For salaries and nec- essary expenses for searching census records and supplying informa- tion incident to carrying out the provisions of the Social Security Act, 42,v. sC., su pp . approved August 14, 1935 (42 U. S . C., ch. 7), including personal services in the District of Columbia; binding records; supplies; serv- 910 [53 STAT.
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