53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 253-JUNE 30, 1939 one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle at not to exceed $1,500, including the exchange value of one such vehicle, for official purposes only; for official traveling expenses, including examination of esti- mates for appropriations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the Department; and for other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and effi- cient work of the Department, which are authorized by such officer as the Secretary may designate, $108,250: Provided,That this appro- priation shall be available for the payment of salaries of employees engaged in the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor transport vehicles, and that this appropriation shall be reimbursed from the appropriation made for any bureau or office for which such service is performed, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1922 (5 U. S . C . 543): Providedfurther, That the Secretary of Agri- culture, during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made, may maintain stocks of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscel- laneous materials sufficient to meet, in whole or in part, requirements of the bureaus and offices of the Department in the city of Washington and elsewhere, but not to exceed in the aggregate $200,000 in value at the close of the fiscal year, and the appropriations of such bureaus, offices, and agencies available for the purchase of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials shall be available to reimburse the appropriation for miscellaneous expenses current at the time sup- plies are allotted, assigned, or issued, or when payment is received; or transfer for the purchase of inventory; and for transfer pursuant to the provisions of section 601 of the Act approved June 30, 1932 (31 U. S . C. 686): Provided further, That the appropriations made hereunder shall be available for the payment of salaries and expenses for purchasing, storing, handling, packing, or shipping supplies and blank forms, and there shall be charged proportionately as a part of the cost of supplies issued an amount to cover such salaries and expenses, and in the case of blank forms and supplies not purchased from this appropriation an amount to cover such salaries and expenses shall be charged proportionately to the proper appropriation: Pro- vided further, That the facilities of the central storehouse of the Department shall to the fullest extent practicable be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate bureau storehouse activities in the Department: Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures, transfers of funds, or other transactions hereunder shall be included in the annual Budget: Provided further, That, except to provide materials required in or incident to research or experi- mental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the pur- chase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. RENT OF BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBLA For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Columbia, for use of the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the Department of Agriculture, $193,600. Total, Office of the Secretary, $883,770. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR Salaries and expenses: For the employment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for other necessary expenses, $232,480, of which not to exceed $187,781 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 941 Provisoa. Maintenance, etc., of vehicles; reimburse- ment from other ap- propriations. 42 Stat. 508. 5U.S. C. 543. Maintenance of sta- tionery, etc., stocks. Maximum. Reimbursement from other appropri- ations. 47 Stat. 417. 31U.S.C.§686. Salaries and ex- penses, handling, etc., supplies. Use of central store- house. Segregation of trans- actions. Purchase of domes- tic twine. Rent of buildings, D.C . Salaries and ex- penses.
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