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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 301-JUNE 28,1944 42 Stat. 1066 . 55 Stat. 875. 31 U. S. C., Supp. m, S 82b-82c. Hire of motor ve- hicles. accordance with the Act of December 28, 1922 (31 U. S. C. 215), and to designate certifying officers in accordance with the Act of December 29, 1941, or to delegate authority to the Director of the Division of Central Administrative Services to designate employees of such Division as certifying officers to certify vouchers payable against the funds of the constituent agency concerned. (d) The appropriations for the constituent agencies under the Office for Emergency Management for the fiscal year 1945 shall be available for the hire of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and the appropriations for such agencies for the fiscal year 1944 shall be con- strued as having been available for such purpose. INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES SELECI'vE SERVICE SYSTEM Pod.p . Salaries and expenses, Selective Service System: For all expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Selective Service System as authorized by the Selective Training and Service Act of 5 tat' app. 1940 (50 U. S. C. App. 301); including not to exceed $400,000 for I 301-318; supp. M printing and binding and not to exceed $1,000,000 for expenditure , 2 -315. 72D, 79. through other Federal agencies, and through State agencies without ai u.Tc .29. regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, for gathering of medical and social history information on registrants; purchase, for replacement, of not to exceed thirty-two motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles; and, under such rules or regulations as may be prescribed by the Director of Selective Service, expenses of emer- gency medical care, including hospitalization, of registrants who ualexpe suffer illness or injury, and the transportation, and burial, of the remains of registrants who suffer death, while acting under orders issued under the selective-service law but such burial expenses shall Contus obeo- not exceed $150 in any one case; $62,500,000: Provided, That such amounts as may be necessary shall be available for the planning, directing, and operation of a program of work of national impor- tance under civilian direction, either independently or in cooperation with governmental or nongovernmental agencies, and the assign- ment and delivery thereto of individuals found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in work of the land or naval forces, which cooperation with other agencies may include the furnishing of funds to and acceptance of money, services, or other forms of assistance from such nongovernmental agencies for the more effectual accom- plishment of the work; and for the pay and allowances of such individuals at rates not in excess of those paid to persons inducted into the Army under the Selective Service System, and such privi- Travel expense leges as are accorded such inductees: Io vided further, That the travel of persons engaged in the administration of the Selective Service System, including commissioned, warrant, or enlisted per- sonnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or their reserve com- ponents, may be ordered by the Director or by such persons as he may authorize, and persons so traveling shall be entitled to trans- portation and subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates er diem rates of authorized by law: Providedfurther, That the Director of Selective Service, in prescribing per diem rates of allowance, not exceeding $7, in lieu of subsistence for officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and of the reserve components thereof, traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty, pur- 537U. 38 . suant to the first paragraph of section 12 of the Act approved June Mi s 16, 1942 (37 U. S . C. 112), is hereby authorized to prescribe such per diem rates of allowance, whether or not orders are given to [58 STAT.