PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 319-JULY 17, 1945 50 SU.at. Supp acquired in accordance with the Act of June 11,1942 (Public Law 603), IV, app. § 1101-1112. shall be available for the administrative expenses of such Corporation Ante, p. 9. necessary to enable it to carry out the functions vested in it by such 56 Stat. 352. Act, to carry out the provisions of section 2 of such Act, and such 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV,ap.s 1102. other functions as may be lawfully delegated to the Corporation, including the salary of the Chairman of the Board at $12,000 and the salaries of four members of the Board at not exceeding $9,000 each per annum; not to exceed $10,000 for the employment of aliens; not to Temporary employ- exceed $250,000 for the temporary employment of persons or organi- ment. zations by contract or otherwise without regard to the civil-service and classification laws for special services, including audits notwith- 38 Stat. 335. standing section 5 of the Act of April 6, 1914 (5 U. S. C. 55); printing and binding; reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for expenses incurred by them in performance of official travel in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services without 41U.s.c. 5. regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes where the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $300; not to exceed $50,000 58 Stat. 4. p for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty Iv, §321d. mail as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law Nonadministrative 364); and rent in the District of Columbia: Provided, That, as deter- expenses. mined by the chairman of the Board of Directors, or such officer as may be designated by the Board of Directors for the purpose, expendi- tures (including expenditures for services performed on a force account or contract or fee basis) necessary in acquiring, operating, maintaining, improving, or disposing of real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest (except property acquired for the administrative purposes of the Corporation), including expenses of collections of pledged collateral and expenses of service and administration of its loans, advances, and property under 56 Stat. 355 . section 6 of said Act of June 11, 1942, shall be considered as nonadmin- Iv, app. §no6. istrative expenses for the purposes hereof and not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds of the Corporation shall be available for the objects Accounting. named in this proviso: Provided further, That no part of said $8,000,000 shall be obligated or expended unless and until an appro- priate appropriation account shall have been established therefor pursuant to an appropriation warrant or a covering warrant, and all 3SU.s . . § i; such expenses shall be accounted for and audited in accordance with Supp. IV, §16 dt sq. the Budget and Accounting Act. Post, p. 487 . Increase of revolv- ing fund. 50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, app. §i 1295 note, 1271 note, 601 note, 611 note. Administrative ex- penses. 46U.S.c. lllb. WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION War Shipping Administration, revolving fund: To increase the War Shipping Administration revolving fund, $367,000,000, which fund shall be available for carrying on all the activities and functions of the War Shipping Administration as prescribed in Executive Orders 9054, 9350, 9387, 9495, and 9336, dated February 7, 1942; June 10, 1943; October 15, 1943; November 2, 1944; and April 24, 1943; including costs incidental to the acquisition, operation, loading, dis- charging, and use of vessels transferred for use of any department or agency of the United States, and for all administrative expenses, including expenses of the Maritime War Emergency Board (not to exceed $14,682,000 in the fiscal year 1946), including the employment and compensation of persons in the District of Columbia and else- where in accordance with laws applicable to the employment and com- pensation of persons by the United States Maritime Commission except section 201 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985); expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings concerned with the work of the Admin- istration; reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of 480 [59 STAT.
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