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SEVEN TIETH C ONGRESS . SEss . II. CH. 367. 1929 . LIBR ARY OF C ONGR ESS SA LARIES Library of Congress . Son b arian, and per- For the Librarian, chief assistant librarian, and other personal Copyright office . sonno l ter, and per- For the R egister of Cop yrights, assi stant registe r, and other personal services, $228,740 . Leg islat ive R efer ence Service.

LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE nerwork for desig- To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ com petent 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, including not to exceed $5,700 for e mployees enga ged on piecewo rk and work b y the day or hour at rat es to be fixe d by th e Libr arian, $70,950 . DISTRIBUTION OF CARD INDEXES Card indexes . Distribution service . For the distribution of card indexes and other publications of the Li brar y, i nclu ding per sona l se rvic es, frei ght char ges (not exc eedi ng $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 $36,300 for employees engaged on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the Librarian ; in all, $149,050 . Temporary services . State legislation . Preparing index and digest of. Vol . 44, p. 1066. U.S. Code, Supp.I, p.164. Balance available . Ante, p. 528. Proviso . Biennial report to Congress, repealed . Sunday opening . Expenses. services, $722,345 . COPYRIGHT OFFICE TEMPORARY SERVICES For special and temporary service, including extra special services of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $3,000 . IND EX TO STA TE LE GIS LAT ION 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 (U. S. C., Supp . I, p . 4, sees . 164, 165), including personal and other services wi thin and wit hout the Dis tric t of Col umbi a (i nclu ding not to exce ed $2,500 for special and temporary service at rates to be fixed by the Librarian), travel, necessary material and apparatus, printing and binding incident to the work of compilation, stationery, and inciden- tals, $33,280, together with the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929 : Provided, That so much of the Act approved February 10, 1927, as requires the Libra- rian to biennially report to Congress an index and digest of State legislation is repealed, and the Librarian of Congress is directed to have such indexes and digests printed and bound for official distribution only . SUNDAY OPENING To enable th e Library of Congress to b e kept open fo r reference use on Sundays and on holidays within the discretion of the Libra- rian, including the extra services of employees and the services of additional employees under the Librarian, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, $15,000 .