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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 294-JUNE 28, 1944 repair of microfilming equipment and supplies, and colored photo- graphic enlargements, $3,450,000; and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to make contracts with, and grants of money or property to, governmental and public or private nonprofit institutions and facilities in the United States and the other Amer- ican republics, including the free distribution, donation, or loan of publications, phonograph records, radio transcriptions, art works, motion-picture films, educational material, and such other material and equipment as the Secretary may deem necessary and appropriate, and such other gratuitous assistance as the Secretary deems advisable in the fields of the arts and sciences, education and travel, publica- tions, the radio, the press, and the cinema; all without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; and, subject to the approval of the President, to transfer from this appropriation to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Government for expenditure in the United States and in the other American republics any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or independent establishment for the purposes of this appropriation and any such expenditures may be made under the specific authority herein contained or under the authority governing the activities of the department, agency, or independent establishment to which amounts are transferred: Provided further, That any funds herein appropriated which may be transferred to the Federal Secu- rity Agency for the Public Health Service shall be available for the salaries and expenses of not to exceed four additional regular active commissioned officers: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation shall be available until June 30, 1946: Provided further, That not to exceed $400,000 of the amount appropriated in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1944, shall be available until June 30, 1945. Upon request of the Secretary of State and with the approval of the heads of the departments concerned, personnel of the Army, Navy, Treasury Department, or Federal Works Agency may be assigned for duty as inspectors of buildings owned or occupied by the United States in foreign countries, or as inspectors or supervisors of buildings under construction or repair by or for the United States in foreign countries, under the jurisdiction of the Department of State, or for duty as couriers of the Department of State, and when so assigned they may receive the same traveling expenses as are authorized for officers of the Foreign Service, payable from the applicable appropriations of the Department of State. This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation Act, 1945". TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LEGAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION For personal services in the District of Columbia and for special attorneys and special assistants to the Attorney General in the Dis- trict of Columbia or elsewhere as follows: For the Office of the Attorney General, $97,500. For the Office of the Solicitor General, $107,500. For the Office of the Assistant Solicitor General, $128,300. For the Office of Assistant to the Attorney General, $180,000. For the Administrative Division, $1,240,000. For the Tax Division, $665,000. For the Criminal Division, $1,250,000. For the Claims Division, $710,000. 407 Gratuitous assist- ance. 41U. .C.§5. Transfer of funds. Public Health Serv. ice. Availability of funds. Post, p. 870. 57 Stat. 281. Inspectors or super- visors of buildings abroad. Couriers. Citation of title. Department of Jus- tice Appropriation Act, 1945. Post, pp. 866, 876. Pot, p. 866 .