58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 293, 294-JUNE 28, 1944 service; and (2) books and documents published or circulated by order of Congress when mailed by the Superintendent of Public Documents or under the franking privilege. SEC. 4. (a) Official matter not within the provisions of section 3 Fourth-classrates. which is over four pounds in weight, if otherwise mailable, whether sealed or unsealed, including written matter, shall, if such matter does not exceed the limit of weight or size prescribed for fourth-class matter, be accepted for mailing upon the payment of postage at fourth-class rates. (b) Shipments of official matter shall be sent by the most eco- icaltransportation. nomical means of transportation practicable, and the Postmaster General may refuse to accept any such matter for shipment by mail when in his judgment it is in the public interest that it be forwarded by other means at less expense. SEC. 5. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Act shall not apply to the War and Navy De- Department of War and the Department of the Navy, and their partments. activities outside of the city of Washington, for the duration of the present war and six months thereafter. SEC. 6 . All executive departments and agencies, all independent snformatiion to be establishments of the Government, and all other organizations and supplied. persons authorized by law to use the penalty privilege, are directed to supply as soon as practicable, all necessary information requested by the Post Office Department to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 7 . There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may Appropriations be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Pt, pp. 873, 920 SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1944. Effectivedate. Approved June 28, 1944. [CHAPTER 294] ANT A CTP "1 June 28,1944 Making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, [H. R. 4204] for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for other purposes. [Public Law 365] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Departments of State, Justice, and Com- merce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, namely: TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Salaries: For Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State, $10,000; Counselor, $10,000; and other personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia, including not to exceed $6,500 for employees engaged on piece work at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of State; $10,340,000, of which $40,000 is hereby made available for salaries of members and other employees of the Visa Board of Appeals and salaries may be paid to the members of such Board at a rate not exceeding $10,000 per annum each. Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, furniture, fixtures; purchase of uniforms; microfilming equipment, including rental and repair thereof; trans- lating services and services for the analysis and tabulation of tech- nical information and the preparation of special maps, globes, and geographic aids by contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); purchase and presentation of vari- ous objects of a cultural nature suitable for presentation (through Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropri- ation Act, 1946. Department of State Appropriation Act, 1945. Pot, pp. 869, 876. Visa Board of Ap- peals. Objectsforpresenta- tion to foreign gov- ernments. 395
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