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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 Specialists and ex- perts. Proviso. Employment with- out reference to Civil Service Act. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5 U.S .C . §§ 661-674. Post, p. 613 . 22 Stat. 403. 5U.S. C..h. 12. Administration, etc., of national parks. 41 Stat. 614. services in checking and verifying the accounts and records of the various operators, licensees, and permittees conducting utilities and other enterprises within the national parks and monuments, and includ- ing the services of specialists and experts for investigations and exami- nations of lands to determine their suitability for national-park and national-monument purposes: Provided, That such specialists and experts may be employed for temporary service at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior to correspond to those established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and without reference to the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883, $262,260, of which amount not to exceed $11,000 may be expended for the services of field employees engaged in examination of lands and in developing the educational work of the National Park Service. Regional offices: For salaries and expenses of regional offices neces- sary in the administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the National Park System, including not to exceed $1,200 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passen- ger-carrying vehicles, and not exceeding $8,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $47,700. General expenses: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the authorized work of the office of the Director of the National Park Service not herein provided for, including traveling expenses, tele- grams, photographic supplies, prints, and motion-picture films, and necessary expenses of field employees engaged in examination of lands and in developing the educational work of the National Park Service, $34,500. Acadia National Park, Maine: For administration, protection, main- tenance, and improvement, including $3,000 for George B. Dorr as superintendent without regard to the requirements of the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act approved May 22, 1920 (5 U. S. C. 691-693, 697-731), as amended, $3,000 for temporary clerical services for investigation of titles and preparation of abstracts thereof of lands donated to the United States for inclusion in the Acadia National Park, not exceeding $1,500 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, and not exceeding $37,500 for the acquisition of land, interests in lands, and improvements, including expenses incident thereto, $93,075. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $300 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passen- ger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with the general park work, $22,385. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $800 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor- driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $110,390. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $895 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passen- ger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $101,900. Glacier National Park, Montana: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including necessary repairs to the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reser- vation to the various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the international boundary, including not exceeding $2,200 346 [55 STAT.