PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 262-JULY 17, 1947
Gross salary aug-
mented by honorar-
ium.
Digests of Public
General Bills.
44 Stat. 1066
regular employees (not exceeding $5,000) at rates to be fixed by
Librarian, $2,350,000, of which so much as may be necessary may be
transferred to other agencies of the Government for the purpose of
investigating the loyalty of Library employees: Provided, That here-
after the gross salary of any position in the Library which is aug-
mented by payment of an honorarium from other than appropriated
funds shall not exceed such rate as, combined with such honorarium,
will not exceed $10,000.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Salaries: For the Register of Copyrights, assistant register; and
other personal services, $591,925.
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE
Salaries: To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ competent
persons to gather, classify, and make available, in translations, indexes,
digests, compilations, and bulletins, and otherwise, data for or bear-
ing upon legislation, and to render such data serviceable to Congress,
and committees and Members thereof, and for printing and binding
the digests of public general bills, miscellaneous printing, supplies and
materials, and including not to exceed $20,000 for employees engaged
on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the
Librarian, $450,000: Provided, That not more than $25,000 of this
sum shall be used for preparation and reproduction of copies of the
Digest of General Public Bills.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED CARDS
Salaries and expenses: For the distribution of printed cards and
other publications of the Library, including personal services, freight
charges (not exceeding $500), expressage, postage, traveling expenses
connected with such distribution, expenses of attendance at meetings
when incurred on the written authority and direction of the
Librarian, and including not to exceed $30,000 for employees engaged
in piece work and work by the day or hour and for extra special
services of regular employees at rates to be fixed by the Librarian;
in all, $350,000.
INDEX TO STATE LEGISLATION
Salaries and expenses: To enable the Librarian of Congress to
prepare an index to the legislation of the several States, together
with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation, as
authorized and directed by the Act entitled "An Act. providing for
the preparation of a biennial index to State legislation", approved
February 10, 1927 (2 U. S . C . 164, 165), including personal and other
services within and without the District of Columbia, including not
to exceed $2,500 for special and temporary services at rates to be
fixed by the Librarian, travel, necessary material and apparatus, and
for printing and binding the indexes and digests of State legislation
for official distribution only, and other printing and binding incident
to the work of compilation, stationery, and incidentals, $50,000, to
continue available during the fiscal year 1949.
UNION CATALOGUES
Salaries and expenses: To continue the development and main-
tenance of the Union Catalogues, including personal services within
and without the District of Columbia (and not to exceed $700 for
special and temporary services, including extra special services of
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