PUBLIC LA-WS-Oa 541--JULY 5,1946 elsewhere, printing and binding, and contingent and traveling 59U.taSt.tp10. expenses, as provided by the Act of July 31, 1945 (Public Law 168), O168d. $25,000. diup.s property Surplus property disposal: For all expenses necessary to enable the Department of State to carry out its functions and activities relative to disposition of surplus property pursuant to the provisions of the 50 S.t, supp. Surplus Property Act of 1944 (Public Law 457), as amended, includ- , app. 61-1646. ing personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and po. pp.P9, , 888. employment of persons outside the continental limits of the United States without regard to civil-service and classification laws; travel expenses, including attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activity for which this appropriation is made; transporta- tion of prospective customers (not to exceed $9,000) ; cost of living and living quarters allowances and transportation of families and effects including cost of living allowances for military personnel assigned or detailed to the Department, all under such regulations as the Sec- retary of State may prescribe; stenographic reporting, translating, appraising, and other services in foreign countries by contract, all 1UU. s. . & without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; payment of rent in foreign countries in advance; purchase and exchange of books, maps, periodicals, and newspapers; printing and binding, including printing and binding outside the continental limits of the United 40 Stst. 1. States without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C . 111).; entertainment (not to exceed $50,000); hire, main- tenance, operation, and repair of passenger automobiles; advertising 44 U. . C. I 32 without regard to section 3828 of the Revised Statutes; maintenance and operation of aircraft; $6,000,000. Pod,pp . 624 10&O FoRMION sERVIon Salaries, ambassadors and ministers: For salaries of ambassadors and ministers appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to such countries and at such salary rates, not exceeding $10,000 per annum each for ministers and not exceeding $17,500 per annum each for ambassadors, as the President may determine, not- withstanding the provisions of any other law, $830,500, including also s9stat. 102. salaries as authorized by section 1740, Revised Statutes, as amended 22U.S. v, us.8 .. upp. (22 U. S. C. 3, 121): Provided, That no salary shall be paid to any &Po, re,- official receiving another salary from the United States Government: striction. Provid e d f/urt er, That any ambassador or minister who, prior to ment- appointment as ambassador or minister was legally appointed and served as a diplomatic or consular officer or as a Foreign Service officer, and who, on account of emergent conditions abroad, is unable properly to serve the United States at his regular post of duty, or, when in the public interest it becomes necessary to terminate his appointment as ambassador or minister at such post, may be appointed or assigned to ser.e in any capacity in w¥poli or toei serve in any capacity n which a Foreign Service officer is authoorized by law to serve, and, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, funds available for the payment of salaries of ambassadors and min isters shall be available also for the payment of the salary of such Lilitation oncr- officer: Providedfurther,That no ambassador or minister, while serv- pensation. ing under such emergency appointment or assignment, shall receive compensation in excess of $9,800 per annum while serving in the con- tinental United States or in excess of $10,000 per annnm while serving mine eto- elsewhere: Providedfurther That the funds or theayment of sl- aries to ambassadors and m rs shall be available also for the pay- ment, at not to exceed $10,000 per annum, of the salar of any person who, incident to the establishment or reestablishmen of diplomatic representation, may be designated or assigned to serve as commis- sioer, adviser, or in any similar representative capacty and who% [60 STAT.
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