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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 40 -APR . 5 , 1941 54 Stat. 1105. 5U. S. C. 73c-1. Provisos. Nonadministrative expenses. Payment, etc., of obligations. 47 Stat. 725 . Administrative ex- penses. Post, p. 820. 53 Stat. 805. 12 U.S . C.i1703(). Post, . p. 365. 44 Stat. >SS. $2,500) of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Board when specifically authorized by the Board; printing and bind- ing; lawbooks, books of reference, and not to exceed $500 for period- icals and newspapers; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices, including their repair and exchange; payment, when specifically authorized by the Board, of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other com- pensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Board; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940 (Public, Numbered 839), and regulations promulgated thereunder; use of the services and facilities of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and the Federal Savings and Loan Insur- ance Corporation; and all other necessary administrative expenses, $1,500,000, payable from assessments upon the Federal home-loan banks and receipts of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board from other sources for the fiscal year 1942 and prior fiscal years: Provided, That all necessary expenses (including services performed on a con- tract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in con- nection with the sale, issuance, and retirement of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under said Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That except for the limitations in amounts hereinbefore specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1421-1449). FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION Not to exceed $11,283,000 of the mutual mortgage insurance fund, $1,065,000 of the housing insurance fund, and $1,040,000 from the account in the Treasury comprised of funds derived from premiums collected under authority of section 2 (f) title I of the National Housing Act (48 Stat. 1246) as amended by the Act of June 3, 1939, in all $13,388,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, including: Personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travelexpenses, in accord- ance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C . 821-833), but there may be allowed in addition to mileage at a rate not to exceed 4 cents per mile for travel by motor vehicle reimbursement for the actual cost of ferry fares and bridge and tunnel tolls, and employees engaged in the inspection of property may be paid an allowance not to exceed 4 cents per mile for all travel performed in privately owned auto- mobiles within the limits of their official posts of duty when such travel is performed in connection with such inspection; printing and binding; lawbooks, books of reference, and not to exceed $1,500 for periodicals and newspapers; not to exceed $1,500 for contract actu- arial services; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; purchase (including exchange) of one and maintenance, repair, and operation of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; payment, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses to persons serving, while away from their homes, without other com- pensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Administration; not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance, 100 [55 STAT.