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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 228-JULY 12, 1943 Payments in lieu of taxes. Disposal of com- modities. Disability or death compensation. 5U.. C. . 796. Nonapplicability in certain cases. Travel of evacuees. Increase of revolving fund. 7 F. I. 2367. .0i. . ('., Supp. II, app. § ;II1 note. Admiinistrative ex- pc'nrses. Post, p. 614 , 46 . S. C. I 1111(h). Transportation ex- penses, etc. transferred from other Federal agencies to the Authority at its request; not to exceed $75,000 for payment to States or political subdivisions thereof, or other local public taxing units, of sums in lieu of taxes against real property acquired by the Authority for the purposes hereof; for payments for the performance of governmental services required in connection with the administration of the program; the disposal, by public or private sale, of goods or com- modities produced or manufactured in the performance of activities hereunder, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in a special fund and thereafter shall remain available until expended for the purposes hereof: Provided,That the provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), as amended, relating to disability or death compen- sation and benefits, shall apply to persons receiving from the United States compensation in the form of subsistence, cash advances, or other allowances in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the War Relocation Authority for work performed in connection with such program, including work performed in the War Relocation Work Corps: Provided further, That this provision shall not apply in any case coming within the purview of the work- men's compensation laws of any State, Territory, or possession, or in which the claimant has received or is entitled to receive similar benefits for injury or death: And provided further, That the limita- tion placed on the amount available for travel expenses for the War Relocation Authority shall not apply to travel of evacuees and their escorts incident to transfers and relocation. WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION War Shipping Administration, revolving fund: To increase the War Shipping Administration revolving fund, $2,200,000,000, which amount, together with other funds heretofore or hereafter made avail- able to such revolving fund, shall be available for carrying on all the activities and functions of the War Shipping Administration (not provided for under other appropriations made to said Administra- tion), under Executive order of February 7, 1942 (7 F. R . 837), and heretofore or hereafter lawfully vested in such Administration, includ- ing costs incidental to the acquisition, operation, loading, discharging and use of vessels trasfee of ssls trsfer use of any del)artnlent or agency of the United States, for carrying out the provisions of Executive Order Numbered 9112 of March 26, 1942, and for all administrative expenses (not to exceed $9,650,000 in the fiscal year 1944), including the employment and compensation of persons in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, such employment and compensation to be in accordance with laws applicable to the employment and compensation of persons by the United States Maritime Commission except section 201 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985); expenses of attend- ance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings concerned with the work of the Administration: actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence of persons serving while away from their permanent homes or regular places of business in an advisory capacity to or employed by the Administration without other compensation from the United States or at $1 per annum; printing and binding; lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals and newspapers; purchase, mainte- nance, repair, rental in foreign countries, and operation of passenger- carrying automobiles; travel expenses, including transportation of effects under regulations prescribed by the Administrator, of employ- ees from their homes to their first post of duty in a foreign country; rent, including heat, light, and power, outside the District of Colum- 534 [57 STAT.