PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 396-JUNE 8, 1942 42 Stat. 1488; post, p. 733. 5 U. S. C. §661-674; Supp. I, ch. 13. Vehicles. Distributionofnurs- ery stock. Provio. Digest of Public General Bills. repair, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, material, and appurtenances, and personal and other services in connection with the mechanical and structural maintenance of such buildings and grounds, $50,599, of which $9,709 shall be immediately available. BOTANIC GARDEN Salaries: For personal services (including not exceeding $3,000 for miscellaneous temporary labor without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended), $83,432; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library. Maintenance, operation, repairs, and improvements: For all neces- sary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden, and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and equipment pertaining thereto, including procuring fertilizers, soils, tools, trees, shrubs, plants, and seeds; materials and miscella- neous supplies, including rubber boots and aprons when required for use by employees in connection with their work; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; disposition of waste; traveling expenses of the Director and his assistants not to exceed $250; street- car fares not exceeding $25; office equipment and contingent expenses; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal serv- ices by contract without regard to the provisions of any other Act; repair, maintenance, operation, purchase, and exchange of motor- trucks and maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of ref- erence, not to exceed $100; repairs and improvements to Director's residence; and all other necessary expenses; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $23,125. No part of the appropriations contained herein for the Botanic Garden shall be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, plants, shrubs, or other nursery stoc]k. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Salaries, Library, Proper: For the Librarian, the Librarian Emeritus, Chief Assistant Librarian, and other personal services, including special and temporary services and extra special services of regular enmployees (iot exceeding $5,000) ) at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $1,422,935. COPYRIGHT OFFICE Salaries: For the Register of Copyrights, assistant register, and other personal services, $292,920. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE Salaries: To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ competent persons to gather, classify, and make available, in translations, indexes, digests, compilations, and bulletins, and otherwise, data for or bear- ing upon legislation, and to render such data serviceable to Congress, and committees and Members thereof, and for printing and binding the digests of public general bills, and including not to exceed $5,700 for employees engaged on piece work and work by the da or hour at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $149,480, of which $5,110 shall be available immediately: Provided, That not more than $20,000 of this sum shall be used for preparation and reproduction of copies of the Digest of General Public Bills. 344 [56 STAT.
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