SEVENTIETH CONGR ESS . SESS. I. CIE. 580 . 1928 .
581 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
Interstate Commerce Commission. For eleven commissioners, at $12,000 each ; secretary, $7,500 ; in all, Commissio ners and $139,5 00 .
secretary . For all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution Personnel, and ex- of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one direc- penscs . for of finance, and one director of traffic at $10,000 each per annum, Stenographic report traveling expenses, and stenographic reporting services to be obtained ing . on and after the approval of this Act by the commission, in its dis- cretion, through the civil service or by contract, or renewal of existing contract, or otherwise, $2 .564,500, of which amount not to exceed Services in t he Dis- $2,008,010 may be expended for personal services in the District of tnct. Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expenditure Special counse l, etc . shall not ex ceed $ 50,000 ; not e xceedi ng $3, 000 fo r nece ssary books, reports, and periodicals ; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purc hase of o ffice fur niture si milar in class or kind to that list ed in the gener al sup ply sc hedule ; and not exceeding $139,000 for rent Rent, D. C. of buildings in the District of Columbia : Provided, That this appro- Rrtsorestrictions . priation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Com mis sion . To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce C0111 - by E railroads . nfo r
counting ads pliance with section 20 and other sections of the Act to regulate 36Vol . 56, Vo193
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41, p. commerce as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906, and as 493. amended by the Transportation Act, 1920, including the employment of necessary special accounting agents or examiners, and traveling expenses, $1,327,745, of which amount not to exceed $200,000 may be tr cervices in t he Dis- expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed Railway safet yappli- ances y regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety 29V nl .. 7, pi.a31; Vs; of employees and travelers upon railroads ; the Act requiring vol. 39, p . 298. common carriers to make reports of accidents and authorizing inves- Acci de n ts . p. 350 . tigations thereof ; and to enable the Interstate Commerce Com- safety signals . Vol 34, p 838; Vol. mission to investigate and test appliances intended to promote the 35, p .324 ; Voi .38, p .212 . safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906, and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908, to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the sa fety o f rail way op eratio n, inc luding the em ployme nt of a chie f Inspectors. inspec tor at $6,00 0 per annum, and t wo assi stant chief inspec tors a t $5,000 each per annum, and such other inspectors as may be necessary, and for traveling expenses, $515,824, of which amount not to exceed $80,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of t cervices in the Dis- Columbia . For all authorized ex enditures under section 26 of the Act to Automatic train-con- h
trol devices, etc. regulate commerce as amended by the Transportation Act, 1920, with vol .41,p .498. respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices which comply with specifications and require- ment s pre scrib ed by the comm issio n, i nclud ing i nves tigat ions and tests pertaining to block-signal and train-control systems, as author- Vol. 34, p. 838 . ized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906, and including the employment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling expenses, $148,320, of which amount not to exceed $100,000 may be expend ed for perso nal se rvices in th e Distr ict of Colum bia . For all authorized expenditures under the provisions of the Act Safe loco moti ve bo il- ers, etc . of February 17, 1911, "To promote the safety of employees and 38Vo'i1~2pv91 3 ;4ooll. travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in six . interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto," as amended by the Act of March Vol . 43, p. 659.
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