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942 Salaries and ex- penses. Personal services. Printing and bind- Ing. Annual Report of the Secretary. 28 8tat. 601, 612; 38 Stat. 1110; 49 Stat. 1550. 44U.S.C.§111, 212-220 , 222, 241 , 244; Supp. IV , 1215 ,215a; 7U.S.C.I418; 5 U. S. C., Supp.IV, 108. 34 Stat. 825. 44 U.. c.. 214, 224. Farmers' bulletins. Exceptions. 40 Stat. 1270. 44 U.S . C.C. 111, 220. Provsos. Transfer of certain funds for printing, etc., in connection with market quotas. 52 Stat. 31. 7U.S. C., Supp. IV, ch.35. 49 Stat. 774. 7 U.S . C.,Supp. IV, 612 (c). 52 Stat. 45 . 7 U.S . C.,Supp. IV, 1303. Maximum amount. Salaries and ex- penses. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 253 -JUNE 30, 1939 [53 STAT. OFFICE OF INFORMATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses in connection with the publication, index- ing, illustration, and distribution of bulletins, documents, and reports, including labor-saving machinery and supplies, envelopes, stationery and materials, office furniture and fixtures, photographic equipment and materials, artists' tools and supplies, telephone and telegraph service, freight and express charges; purchase and maintenance of bicycles; purchase of manuscripts; traveling expenses; electrotypes, illustrations, and other expenses not otherwise provided for, $383,040, of which not to exceed $360,780 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia. PRINTING AND BINDING For all printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $1,609,570, including the purchase of reprints of scientific and technical articles published in periodicals and journals; the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Acts of January 12, 1895 (44 U. S . C. 111, 212-220, 222, 241, 244), March 4, 1915 (7 U. S. C. 418), and June 20, 1936 (5 U. S . C . 108), and in pursuance of the Act approved March 30, 1906 (44 U. S . C. 214, 224), and also including not to exceed $250,000 for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct, but not including work done at the field printing plants of the Weather Bureau and of the Forest Service authorized by the Joint Committee on Printing, in accordance with the Act approved March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C . 111, 220): Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to this appropriation from the appro- priation made for "Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources" such sums as may be necessary for printing and binding in connection with marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, and from funds appropriated to carry into effect the terms of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C. 612c), as amended, such sums as may be necessary for printing and binding in connection with the activities under said section 32, and from funds appropriated for parity payments under section 303 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, such sums as may be necessary for printing and binding in connection with such payments: Provided further, That the total amount that may be transferred under the authority granted in the preceding proviso shall not exceed $600,000. Total, Office of Information, $1,992,610. LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Salaries and expenses: For purchase and exchange of books of reference, law books, technical and scientific books, periodicals, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series; not to exceed $1,200 for newspapers; for dues, when authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; for salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere; for official traveling expenses, and