PUBLIC LAWS--C . 40 -APR . 5 , 1941 Printing and bind- ing. Salaries and ex- penses. Post, pp. 544, 820. 54 Stat. 1105 . U. S. C. §73c-1. Reimbursement of Veterans' Administra- tion. Prorisos. Actuarial services. Details from de- partments, etc. , re- striction. Emergency trans- fers, etc. Prevention of per- nicious political ac- tivities. Post, p . 544. ices, rent outside the District of Columbia, traveling expenses, car- fare, stationery, furniture, office equipment. purchase and exchange of typewriters, lawbooks and books of reference, periodicals, and all other necessary supplies, $522,000. For all printing and binding for the Board of Tax Appeals, $32,000. Total, Board of Tax Appeals, $554,000. CIVIL.SERVICE COMMISSION For three Commissioners and other personal services in the District of Columbia, including personal services required for examination of Presidential postmasters, and including not to exceed $2,500 for employment of expert examiners not in the Federal service on special subjects for which examiners within the service are not available, and for personal services in the field; for medical examinations; for necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examina- tions and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, includ- ing not to exceed $5,000 for expenses incident to attendance at meet- ings concerned with problems of public officials, educational groups, Government employees as such, and other similar organizations, which are peculiar to the interests and business of the Commission, when spe- cifically directed by the Commission; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; for furniture and other equipment and repairs thereto; rental of equipment; supplies; advertising; telegraph, telephone, and laundry service; freight and express charges; streetcar fares not to exceed $1,000; stationery; pur- chase and exchange of lawbooks, books of reference, directories, sub- scriptions to newspapers and periodicals, not to exceed $10,000; not to exceed $100 for payment in advance when authorized by the Com- mission for library membership in societies whose publications are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; charts; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motortrucks, motorcycles, and bicycles; garage rent; postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union coun- tries; special-delivery stamps; and other like miscellaneous necessary expenses not hereinbefore provided for, $4,975,000, of which not to exceed $175,000 shall be available for reimbursement of the Veterans' Administration for services rendered the Commission in connection with physical examinations of applicants for and the employees in the Federal classified service: Provided, That notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the Civil Service Commission is authorized to expend not to exceed $3,000 of this amount for actuarial services pertaining to the civil service, Canal Zone, and Alaska Rail- road retirement and disability funds, to be obtained by contract, without obtaining competition, at such rates of compensation as the Commission may determine to be reasonable: Provided further, That no details from any executive department or independent establish- ment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere to the Commission's central office in Washington or to any of its district offices shall be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, but this shall not affect the making of details for service as members of the boards of examiners outside the immediate offices of the district managers: Provided further, That the Civil Service Commission shall have power in case of emergency to transfer or detail any of its employees to or from its office or field force. Prevention of pernicious political activities: For all necessary expenditures of the Civil Service Commission in performing the [55 STAT.
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