PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 107-APR . 18, 1940 44 Stat. 688 . Proviso. Minor purchases. Post,p. 1109. Expenses. Traveling expenses, etc. Langley Memorial Aeronautical Labora- tory and research lab- oratory. 53 Stat. 1306 . Vehicles. Personal services. Allowances. 5U.S.C. 118a. Proviso. Employment of re- tired Army, etc., offi- cer, salary provision. 42 Stat. 1488 . 6 U. S . C. S§661-674; Supp. V, §5 673, 673c. Printing and bind- ing. Construction and equiment, Langley Feld, Va. Moffett Field, Calif. 53 Stat. 1306. Salaries and ex- penses. Post, p. 634. 40 U. 8. C., Supp. V, ch.2A. 44 U. S. C., Supp. V,ch.8A. 44 U. S. C., Supp. V, 1f 351-361 . Supplies and equip- ment. Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C . 821-833); and not to exceed $200 for newspapers and periodicals; $175,000: Provided, That the Board may procure supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) when the aggre- gate amount involved does not exceed $100. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS For scientific research, technical investigations, and special reports in the field of aeronautics, including the necessary laboratory and technical assistants; contracts for personal services in the making of special investigations and in the preparation of special reports; travel- ing expenses of members and employees, including not to exceed $1,500 for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance upon meet- ings of technical and professional societies; expenses of packing, crat- ing, drayage, and transporting of household effects (not exceeding 5,000 pounds in any case) of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty; office supplies and other miscellaneous expenses, including technical periodicals and books of reference; equipment, maintenance, and operation of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory and the research laboratory pro- vided for in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, approved August 9, 1939; purchase, maintenance, operation, and exchange of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; personal services in the field and not to exceed $168,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; in all, $2,775,000, of which amount not to exceed $2,000 may be expended for allowances for living quarters including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (46 Stat. 818) but not to exceed $1,700 for any one person: Provided, That the Committee is hereby authorized to pay the compensation, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, of a retired officer of the Army or Navy while performing service for the Committee, but while so serving such officer shall not be entitled to receive retired pay. For all printing and binding for the National Advisory Com- mittee for Aeronautics, including all of its offices, laboratories, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $25,000. For construction and equipment of additional laboratory buil ings and research facilities on the United States military reservation at Langley Field, Virginia, including connections to public utilities and necessary rights-of-way, to be immediately available, $1,000,000. Construction and equipment: For continuing construction and equipment of research laboratory (at Moffett Field, California) for which an initial appropriation of $1,890,980 was provided in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, $4,200,000. Total, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, $8,000,000. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Salaries and expenses: For the Archivist and for all other neces- sary and authorized expenditures in carrying out the provisions of the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122 -1124; 40 U. S . C. ch. 2A), as amended; the Act of July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 500-503; U. S . C ., Supp. II, title 44, ch. 8A), as amended; the Act of July 18, 1939 (53 Stat. 1062-1066), and the Act of August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219- 1221); including personal services in the District of Columbia; sup- plies and equipment, including scientific, technical, first-aid, protec- tive, and other apparatus and materials for the arrangement, titling, 134 [54 STAT.
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