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588 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 428-JUNE 26, 1940 [54 STAT. clippings (not to exceed $1,500), periodicals, manuscripts and special reports, purchase and exchange of lawbooks and other books of refer- ence; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; alterations and repairs; rentals, including garages, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; expenses incident to moving offices of the Board from one building to another in Washington and from Baltimore to Wash- Vehicles. ington; purchase and exchange, not to exceed $5,000, operation, main- tenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be used only for official purposes in the District of Columbia and in the field; and miscellaneous items, including those for public instruc- tion and information deemed necessary by the Board, $27,219,500: Info^aionrelatin Provided, That the Board may expend, of the sum herein appro- to death of beon priated, not to exceed $100,000 for the procurement of information c iare s relating to the death of individuals entitled to benefits, receiving benefits, or upon whose death some other individual may become 42 Utl. cs.,; pp. entitled to benefits, under title II of the Social Security Act, as v,§ 401-4la. amended, from proper State and local officials, including officials of the District of Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii and for personal services in connection with the procurement of such information, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5), and the provisions of other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers and employees of the United States: Sal4tSt" tati. Provided further, That no salary shall be paid for personal services 673c. a . - from the money herein appropriated under the heading "Social Secu- 7eonppo v. if rity Board" in excess of the rates allowed by the Classification Act Excptions. of 1923, as amended for similar services: Providedfurther, That this latter proviso shall not apply to the salaries of the Board members: Official travel in ard membhrTa prid owndelu Proied furthe That employees of the Bureau of Old-Age and fiw"lea- Survivors' Insurance when engaged in the investigation of claims or the furnishing or securing of information concerning claims or wage records under title II of the Social Security Act, as amended, may be reimbursed for official travel performed by them in privately owned automobiles within the corporate limits of their official stations at a petrit on ox rate not to exceed 3 cents per mile: Provided further, That expendi- tures under the several classes of objects of expenditure for which this appropriation is available shall not exceed by more than 10 per centum the amounts estimated for such objects of expenditure by classes, in the schedule for the fiscal year 1941 appearing in the Budget for such fiscal year under this head, and any such excess must be approved in writing by the Federal Security Administrator in such amounts as he shall designate. Oldgoe aB9anco. Grants to States for old-age assistance: For grants to States for 49 sat62. assistance to aged needy individuals, as authorized in title I of the 42 U. .B., Supp. Social Security Act, approved August 14, 1935, as amended, VI I 301O6 $245,000,000, of which sum such amount as may be necessary shall Provs. be available for grants under such title I for any period in the fiscal Payments with re- year 1940 subsequent to March 31, 1940: Provided, That payments spect totae plans. to States for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 1940 and for any quarter in the fiscal year 1941 under such title I may be made with respect to any State plan approved under such title I by the Social Security Board prior to or during such period, but no such payment shall be made with respect to any plan for any period prior to the quarter in which such plan was submitted to the Board for approval. Unemplorment Grants to States for unemployment compensation administration: eompensation admaiu. istration. For grants to States for unemployment compensation administration, u42.. C ., upp. as authorized in title III of the Social Security Act, approved V. II 501-L. August 14, 1935, as amended, including rentals in the District of