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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 680 -OCT. 12,1949 61 Stat. 456. 43 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§364-364f . 49 Stat. 163; 54 Stat. 1235. 5 U.S .C. § 133tnote. Warehouse mainte- nance, etc. 62 Stat. 1113. Investigations by legislative branch. Transfer of funds for stationery supplies. 58 Stat. 890. 60 Stat. 810. 58 Stat. 890. contract stenographic reporting services; purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and printing and binding, $347,500. Salaries and expenses, Board on Geographic Names: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act ef July 25, 1947 (Public Law 242), establishing a central authority for standardizing geo- graphic names, including personal services in the District of Colum- bia, stationery and office supplies, equipment, and printing and binding, $14,200. Salaries and expenses, soil and moisture conservation: For neces- sary expenses of administering and carrying out directly and in cooperation with other agencies a soil and moisture conservation pro- gram on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C . 590a-590f), and Reorganization Plan Numbered IV, including $115,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; furniture, furnishings, office equipment and supplies; purchase of not to exceed seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $2,800,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for meeting expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Department of the Interior: Provided further, That not to exceed $65,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation for this purpose contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1949, is hereby con- tinued available to June 30, 1950. Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior: For the con- tingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the bureaus and offices of the Department (except as otherwise provided), including teletype rentals and service; streetcar fares not exceeding $300; traveling expenses, including not exceeding $10,000 for inspections and investigations by the legislative branch as well as attendance at meet- ings or conventions concerned with the work of the Department, and any request from appropriate authority in such branch in connection therewith shall be immediately complied with by administrative authority in the Department; expense of taking testimony and pre- paring the same in connection with disbarment proceedings instituted against persons charged with improper practices before the Depart- ment, its bureaus and offices; expense of translations, and not exceed- ing $1,000 for contract stenographic reporting services; not exceeding $700 for newspapers; and printing and binding, $215,000; and, in addition thereto, sums transferred from other appropriations to this for stationery supplies as follows: Bureau of Land Management, $9,000; Geological Survey, $19,500; National Park Service, $7,500; Bureau of Reclamation, $8,400, any unexpended portion of which shall revert and be credited to the reclamation fund; Bureau of Mines, $11,000. Salaries and expenses, southeastern power marketing: For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U. S . C. 825s), as applied to the area east of the Mississippi River, for marketing power produced or to be produced at multiple-purpose projects of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; purchase (not to exceed two) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a); and printing and binding; $70,000. Construction, operation, and maintenance, power transmission facil- ities: For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U. S . C . 825s), as applied to the 766 [63 STAT.