PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 472-JULY 2, 1942 Post, p. 600. Provisos. Double-salary re- striction. Emergency assign- ments. 54 Stat. 2643. 50 U. S. C., app., prec. 1 note. Limitation on com- pensation. 46 Stat. 1207; 53 Stat. 583. Union of South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and Yugo- slavia, at $10,000 each; to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, $10,000; to Iran and Afghanistan, $10,000; and to Estonia and Latvia, $10,000; In all, not to exceed $595,000: Provided, That no salary herein appropriated shall be paid to any official receiving any other salary from the United States Gov- ernment: Provided further, That during the period of the existing state of emergency proclaimed by the President on September 8, 1939, any Ambassador or Minister whose salary as such is payable from the appropriation "Salaries, Ambassadors and Ministers" and who, prior to appointment as Ambassador or Minister was legally appointed and served as a diplomatic or consular officer or as a Foreign Service officer, and .who, on account of emergent conditions abroad, is unable properly to serve the United States at his regular post of duty, or, on account of such emergent conditions abroad, it shall be or has been found necessary in the public interest to terminate his appointment as Ambassador or Minister at such post, may be appointed or assigned to serve in any capacity in which a Foreign Service officer is authorized by law to serve, and, notwith- standing the provisions of any other law, the payment from such appropriation for the fiscal year 1943 of the salary of such officer, while serving under such assignment, is hereby authorized: Provided further, That no person, while serving under such emergency appoint- ment or assignment, shall receive compensation in excess of $9,000 per annum while serving in the continental United States or in excess of $10,000 per annum while serving elsewhere. SALARIES OF FOREIGN SEBVICE OFFICERS Salaries, Foreign Service officers: For salaries of Foreign Service officers as provided in the Act approved February 23, 1931, as amended by the Act of April 24, 1939 (22 U. S. C. 3, 3a), including salaries of such officers for the period actually and necessarily occu- pied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the Revised Statutes (22 U. S. C. 121); and salaries of Foreign Service officers or vice consuls while acting as Charges d'Affaires ad interim or while in charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence of the principal officer (22 U. S. C . 20); $4,224,000. TRANSPORTATION, FOREIGN SERVICE Transportation, Foreign Service: To pay the traveling expenses, including travel by airplane when specifically authorized by the Secretary of State, of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers, and other employees of the Foreign Service, including For- eign Service inspectors, and under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, of their families and expenses of transporta- tion of effects, in going to and returning from their posts, and in removing the family and effects of any such officer or employee from any foreign post, and thereafter transporting such family and effects to his post of assignment, to whatever extent may be determined Emergency condi- necessary by the Secretary of State by reason of emergency condi- tions in any country that in his opinion may endanger the life of such officer or employee or any member of his family, including U.S. c. i 73e. automobiles as authorized by the Act of April 30, 1940 (54 Stat. 174), and storage of effects while such officers or employees are absent Leaves of absence, from their permanent posts of duty, including also not to exceed $190,000 for expenses in connection with leaves of absence; attend- [56 STAT.
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