59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 319-JULY 17, 1945 (not to exceed $452,500, including reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees or others rendering service to said Office for official travel performed by them in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations); printing and binding (not to exceed $47,500, including not to exceed $1,800 for printing and bind- ing outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to provisions of law governing printing and binding (44 U. S . C . 111)); not to exceed $118,900 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364), payment, at rates not in excess of those fixed by law for witnesses attending in United States courts (28 U. S . C . 600c), of fees, mileage, and subsistence of witnesses appear- ing at hearings held by the Office of Defense Transportation in con- nection with the performance of its functions: Provided, That the payment of subsistence to witnesses shall be subject to certification by the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation or his designee, as to the necessity therefor; $7,350,000: Provided further, That in operating any commercial railroad or truck line the Office of Defense Transportation shall pay whatever license or inspection fees and high- way use compensation taxes such lines would have been obligated to pay had they continued in operation under the control of the owners thereof. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC STABILIZATION Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Economic Stabilization, including salaries of the Director at $15,000 per annum and one assistant to the Director at $9,000 per annum; temporary employment (not to exceed $6,360) of persons or organi- zations by contract or otherwise, without regard to civil-service and classification laws; not to exceed $2,250 for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364); traveling expenses (not to exceed $4,500); purchase of one passenger automobile; and printing and binding (not to exceed $2,000); $196,250. OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, including the purchase of reports, documents, plans, or specifications; purchase for replacement purposes of one passenger automobile; the employment by contract or otherwise, without regard to civil-service or classification laws, at not to exceed $25 per day for individuals, of engineers, scientists, civilian analysts, technicians, or other necessary professional per- sonnel or firms, corporations, or other organizations thereof; print- ing and binding; travel expenses, including, when specifically author- ized or approved by the Director of the Office, transportation of personal effects, of personnel to their first posts of duty outside con- tinental United States, and return; reimbursement at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees and others rendering service to the Government, for expenses incurred by them in performance of official travel in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their offi- cial stations; travel expenses of personnel on official business outside continental United States and away from designated posts of duty, on assignment with military forces, without regard to the Standard- ized Government Travel Regulations other than paragraph 45; the cost of a compartment or such other accommodation as may be authorized by the Director for security when authorized personnel are required to transport secret documents or hand baggage contain- ing highly technical and valuable equipment; not to exceed $8,325 475 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, § 321d. 28 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 600c. License or inspec- tion fees; taxes. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §321d. Travel expenses.
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