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272 Appropriations.

PUBLIC L(AW 427-JUNE 24, 1954

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SEC. 4. FoF the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of this Act there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary. Approved June 24, 1954. Public Law 427

June 24, 1954 [S. 1004]

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CHAPTER 358

^^ ACT TQ amend section 86, Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Co- United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 86, "Employment of Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of parolees, etc. ColumMa, as amended (sec. 1-316, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended (a) by striking therefrom the words "person convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, nor any", and (b) by adding at the end thereof the following: "Except upon the written approval of the Commissioners, or of an official or officials of the District acting pursuant to rules and regulations issued by the Commissioners, no person who has been convicted of a felony in the District of Columbia or of an offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in the District, would be a felony, shall be employed in or by the government of the District of Columbia or any agency thereof." Approved June 24, 1954. Public Law 428 June 24, 1954 [H. R. 8583]

Independent Off i c e s Appropriation Act, 1955.

CHAPTER 359 AN ACT

Making appropriations for'the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, namely: TITLE I EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

63 Stat. 4.

60 Stat. 810.

For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum, as authorized by the Act of January 19, 1949 (3 U.S.C. 102), $150,000. THE W H I T E HOUSE OFFICE

Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for The White House Office, including not to exceed $215,000 for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at such per diem rates for individuals as the President may specify, and