60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 541-JULY 5, 1946 Development of landing areas: For completion of the program for the construction, improvement, and repair of public airports for national defense the consolidated appropriation under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1943, shall remain available until June 30, 1947, and the portion thereof available for administrative expenses shall be available also for the operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles: Provided, That the total number of sites shall not exceed five hundred and thirty-five. The foregoing appropriations under the Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics shall be available for the purchase and exchange of lawbooks, books of reference, atlases, maps, and periodicals; travel- ing expenses; salaries and traveling expenses of employees detailed to attend courses of training conducted by the Government or other agencies serving aviation and the purchase, cleaning, and repair of special wearing apparel (including skis and snowshoes). CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Civil Aeronautics Board, salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including personal services in the District of Columbia; traveling expenses; contract stenographic reporting services; fees and mileage of expert and other witnesses; temporary employment of attorneys, examiners, consultants, and experts, and in the case of airplane accidents the employment of temporary guards on a contract or fee basis without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; salaries and traveling expenses of employees detailed to attend courses of training conducted by the Government or industries serving aviation; expenses of examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; purchase and exchange of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; not to exceed $4,500 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); purchase of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles (not to exceed ten) and hire, operation, mainte- nance, and repair of same and aircraft; purchase and hire of special wearing apparel and equipment for aviation purposes (including rubber boots, snowshoes, and skis); $2,300,000; and the War and Navy Departments and the Civil Aeronautics Administration are authorized to transfer to the Civil Aeronautics Board, without payment therefor, not to exceed five aircraft: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available when specifically authorized by the Chairman of the Board, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with aeronautics (not to exceed $4,000). Printing and binding: For printing and binding, $32,000. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Salaries and expenses, departmental: For all expenses necessary for the work of the Survey in the District of Columbia, including the com- pilation of field surveys and other data; the production, purchase, or printing of maps and nautical and aeronautical charts; maintenance of and equipment for an instrument shop and procurement or exchange of woodworking supplies and equipment; motion-picture equipment; chart paper, drafting, photographic, photolithographic, and printing supplies and equipment; newspapers not to exceed $25; instruments (except surveying instruments); stationery for field stations and parties; travel; and purchase of lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals; $3,014,000, of which not to exceed $2,700,000 shall be avail- able for personal services. 469 56 Stat. 492. Limitation. 41U.S.C. 5. Post, p. 809. 58 Stat. 394. 39 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 321d. Transfer of aircraft. Attendance at meet- 10gM.
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