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[54 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 437-JUNE 27, 1940 OFFICE OF EDUCATION Vocational educa- Vocational education of defense workers, Office of Education: For tion of dfense work- payment to States, subdivisions thereof, or other public authorities, Post, p. 1033 . through certification from time to time made by the United States Commissioner of Education to the Secretary of the Treasury of the name of such agency and the amount to be paid, such payment to be made prior to audit and settlement by the General Accounting Office, for the cost of courses of less than college grade, provided by such agencies in vocational schools pursuant to plans submitted by such agencies and approved by the United States Commissioner of Coursesincluded. Education, which plans shall include courses supplementary to employment in occupations essential to the national defense and pre-employment refresher courses for workers preparing for such Administration ex- occupations selected from the public employment office registers; and penses . (not exceeding 2 per centum of this appropriation) for adminis- tration expenses in carrying out the purposes hereof, including printing and binding and personal services in the District of Duties of Commis- Columbia and elsewhere, $15,000,000. The duties of such Commis- sioner. sioner, in carrying out the purposes of this appropriation, shall be performed under the supervision and direction of the Federal Security Administrator, and such Administrator is hereby author- ized to transfer not more than $10,000 of the sum herein appro- priated, to the Office of the Administrator for use in carrying out the purposes hereof. FOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION I Enforcement of Tea Enforcement of Tea Importation Act: For enabling the Federal oraion c. Security Administrator to carry into effect the provisions of the 29Stat. 604. Act approved March 2, 1897 (21 U. S . C. 41-50), entitled "An Act to Prevent the Importation of Impure and Unwholesome Tea", as amended, including payment of compensation and expenses of the members of the Board appointed under section 2 of the Act and all of the necessary officers and employees, both in Washington and in Prooiso. the field, fiscal year 1941, $30,094: Provided, That on and after July portation. 1, 1940, no tea, or merchandise described as tea, shall be examined for importation into the United States, or released by the Collector, under said Act unless the importer or consignee of such tea or mer- Depositoffee. chandise, prior to such examination, has paid for deposit into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, a fee of 3.5 cents for each hundred weight or fraction thereof of such tea and merchandise. I Public Buildings and Grounds, D. C. Salaries and ex- penses. 63 Stat. 730. Construction of public buildings out- side D. C. FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION Salaries and expenses, Public Buildings and Grounds in the Dis- trict of Columbia: For an additional amount for administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency, fiscal year 1940, including the same objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940, $375,000. Construction of public buildings outside the District of Columbia: The limits of cost of the following projects for the construction of public buildings outside of the District of Columbia heretofore author- ized under the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1638), the Third Deficiency Appro priation Act, fiscal year 1937, approved August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 773), and the Federal Public Buildings Appropriation Act of 1938, 632