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1266 Contracts author- ized. R. S. } 3709. 41U. S.C.§ 5. Reimbursement of other appropriations. August 7,1939 [H. J. Res. 341] [Pub. Res., No. 45] U. S . Supreme Court Building Com- mission dissolved. Disposition of rec- ords. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 571, 572, 605, 606-AUG. 7, 9 , 1939 [53 STAT. graphic, translating, and other services by contract if deemed neces- sary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); travel expenses; hire of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles; transportation of things; rental of necessary equipment; entertainment; and such other expenses as may be actually and necessarily incurred by the Government of the United States by reason of observance of appropriate courtesies in connection therewith under the authorization of the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified." Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 572] JOINT RESOLUTION To dissolve the United States Supreme Court Building Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Supreme Court Building Commission, having fully executed all the duties imposed upon it by law, accomplished the purposes for which it was created, settled all accounts, and submitted its final report to Congress, is hereby dissolved and the members of such Commission discharged from any further duties in connection with the matters heretofore committed by law to such Commission. SEC. 2 . All the books, papers, documents, and other records of such Commission shall be transferred to such permanent agencies of the United States, including the Supreme Court of the United States, as the Chief Justice of the United States shall deem appropriate. Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 605] AN ACT August 9, 1939 AN ACT [S. 1234] To amend section 13 (a) of the Act approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1069), [Public, No. 344] entitled "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938". Fair Labor Stand- ards Act of 1938, amendment. Switchboard oper- ators in certain tele- phone exchanges ex- empt from designated provisions. 62 Stat. 1067. 29 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 213. August 9, 139 [S. 1899] [Public, No. 345] Public Health Serv- ice. Commissioned med- ical officer, detail as Assistant to the Sur- geon General. Duties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 13 (a) of the Act approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1069), entitled the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding a new subsection 11 as follows: "or (11) any switchboard operator employed in a public telephone exchange which has less than five hundred stations". Approved, August 9, 1939. [CHAPTER 606] AN ACT To provide for the detail of a commissioned medical officer of the Public Health Service to serve as Assistant to the Surgeon General Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the Public Health Service a commissioned medical officer of the Public Health Service, detailed by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, who shall be known as the Assistant to the Surgeon General, and who shall perform such duties as the Surgeon General may prescribe and shall act as Surgeon General during the absence or disability of the Surgeon General or in the event that there is a