58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 286 -JUNE 27, 1944 In the prosecution of construction projects or planning programs assigned to the Public Buildings Administration for which funds are provided by direct appropriation or transferred under authority contained in section 35 of the Act of June 15, 1938 (40 U. S . C. 265), an amount administratively determined as necessary for the payment of salaries and expenses of personnel engaged upon the preparation of plans and specifications, field supervision, and general office expense, may be transferred and consolidated on the books of the Treasury Department into a special account for direct expenditure in the prosecution of said work, such expenditures to be subsequently allocated and reported upon by projects in accordance with procedures prescribed by the General Accounting Office. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION General administrative expenses: For the employment of persons and means, including rent, advertising (including advertising in the city of Washington for work to be performed in areas adjacent thereto), printing and binding (not to exceed $27,000), purchase (including exchange) of lawbooks, books of reference and periodicals, and the preparation, distribution, and display of exhibits, in the city of Washington and elsewhere for the purpose of conducting research and investigational studies, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments, or other agencies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, finance, economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of street and highway traffic control; investigations and experiments in the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local mate- rials; and studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance, and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities; for main- tenance and repairs of experimental highways; for furnishing expert a.dvice on these subjects; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same; and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulle- tins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended (23 U. S . C . 21), or as otherwise provided. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes" as amended (23 U. S . C. 1-117), to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $1,341,850 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $20,000,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appro- priated for the fiscal year 1942 by section 1 of the Act approved September 5, 1940 (Public Law 780), and $20,000,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943 by said section 1: Provided,That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Pro- vided further, That, during the fiscal year 1945, whenever perform- ing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include 93650° -4 5- --PT. I-24 369 Transfer of funds. 52 Stat. 683. Printing and bind- ing. Road-making exper- iments. 39 Stat. 355. 42 Stat. 217. Construction of ru- ral post roads. 39 Stat. 355. 23U.S.C., Supp. III, 2e q. 54 Stat. 867. Convict labor. Depreciation on equipment.
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