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73d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 101. JUNE 16, 1933 . Shipping Board . UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD Commissioners, per- For three commissioners and for all other expenditures authorized sonnel, and other ex- penses . by law, including the compensation of a secretary to the board, attor- neys, officers, naval architects, special experts, examiners, and clerks, including one admiralty counsel at not to exceed $10,000 per annum, one technical expert in connection with construction loan fund, at not to exceed $10,000 per annum, and other employees in the Dis- Outside rent. trict o f Columbia an d elsewhere ; and for all other expenses of the Board, including the rental of quarters outside the District of Columbia, law books, books of reference, periodicals, and not exceed- ing $60 0 for newspap ers, and trave ling expenses of members of the Board, its special experts, and other employees, while upon official business away from their designated posts of duty, including attend- ance at meetings or conventions of members of any society or asso- ciation, the purpose of which the Board may consider of interest to the development and maintenance of an American merchant marine, when incurred on the written authority of the chairman of the investigating dis- Board, and for the employment by contract of expert stenographic crimination against American vssoels, etc. reporters for its official reporting work including the investigation of foreign discrimination against vessels and shippers of the United States and for the investigation of transportation of immigrants in vessels of the United States Shipping Board, $300,000, of which amount not to exceed $263,000 may be expended for personal serv- .rrorisos .
ices in the District of Columbia : Provided That the annua l esti- Fstimates of assign- ments from Fleet Cor- mates of the Shipping Board for the fiscal year 1935 shall be accom- porai .ion . No salary reduction, panied by a statement showing the number and compensation of etc. Vol. is p 1003
employees of the Fleet Corporation assigned to the Shipping Board : U.s.c.,Supp. vI, p. Provided further, That employees of the Merchant Fleet Corporation 11 assigned to and serving with the Shipping Board whose compensa- tion is within the range of salary prescribed for the appropriate grade to which the position has been allocated under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, shall not be subject to reduction in salary by reason of their transfer during the fiscal year 1934 to the pay roll of the Shipping Board . Printing andbinding. For all printing and binding for the United States Shipping Boar d, incl uding all of its bur eaus, offices , insti tution s, and service s located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $10,000 . Shipping Board fund.
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD SHIPPI NG FUND porat on epensse ess y- For expen ses of the Uni ted States Sh ipping Board Merchant Fleet able from . Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, for adminis- trative purposes, including the salaries of employees of the Fleet Corpo ration assign ed to the Ship ping Board, m iscellaneous adjust- ments, losses due to the maintenance and operation of ships, including operation through an agreement to pay a lump-sum compensation, for the protection of the interests of the United States in any vessel on which the United States holds a mortgage, for the repair of ships, for t he purchase, exchange, main tenance, repa ir, and opera tion of motor vehicles for official purposes only ; for the payment of pre- miums for liability, fire, theft, property damage, and collision insur- ance and for other forms of insurance, including schedule and fidelity bonds , commonly ca rried by comme rcial corpora tions engaged in the sources of .
same or a similar business, and for carrying out the provisions of the U.S.C, p er .' 1537 ; Merchant Marine Act, 192, and amendments thereto, (a) the amount Supp.VI, p.816. of operating funds on hand July 1, 1933, not to exceed $50,000,000
(b) all amounts received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, other than the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property ; (c) so much of the total proceeds of sales of ships and surplus
