53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS. - CH. 11 -MAR. 16, 1939 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses: For eleven Commissioners, secre- Genera tary, and for all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execu- Post, p tion of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one director of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, field hearings, traveling expenses, and contract stenographic reporting services, $2,522,000, of which amount not to exceed Persona $2,328,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $3,000 for purchase and eBooks, exchange of necessary books, reports, and periodicals; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture simi- lar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply schedule. Regulating accounts: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- Regul sion to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the C°"'Stat. Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June 29, 555; 4 t 1906 (49 U. S . C . 20), and as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920 (49 U. S. C. 20), including the employment of necessary special accounting agents or examiners, and traveling expenses, $840,000, of which amount not to exceed $190,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Safety of employees: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- Safety sion to keep informed regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts employee to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Report! Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and gationsof authorizing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Corn- Safety merce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to etc. promote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint 34 stat 4. U.S. resolution approved June 30,1906 (45 U. S . C . 35), and the provision 35 Stat. of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (45 U. S. C. 36, 37), 4 " 5* to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation, inspectors and for traveling expenses, $506,000, of which i'Peron amount not to exceed $90,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Signal safety systems: For all authorized expenditures under sec- Signal tion 26 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Trans- teT stat ortation Act, 1920 (49 U. S . C. 26), and the Act of August 26, 1937 349 U. (50 Stat. 835), with respect to the provision thereof under which Supp.IV, carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install coAt'ro, automatic train-stop, or train-control devices which comply with spec- ifications and requirements prescribed by the Commission, including Block-s investigations and tests pertaining to block-signal and train-control 34SeStat. systems, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 45 U. S. (45 U. S . C. 35), and including the employment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling expenses, $102,000, of which amount Persona not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Locomotive inspection: For all authorized expenditures under the tiLomomo provisions of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to pro- mote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by com- pelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances 533 I administra- nses. .1305. al services. furniture, ating ac- 593; 36 Stat. at. 493. C.C. § 20. of railroad s, etc. sand investi- accidents. appliances, 838. .C . §35. 325. C. §§ 36, 37. i services. safety sys- 498; 50 Stat. s. . 26; , 26. Itic train- evices. ignal, etc., 838. C.C 35. Mservices. otiveinspec-
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