566 Min or purcha ses without advertising . R S.,see.3709,p.733. U S.C..p.1309. Scientific books, pur- chase Attendance at meet- ings . United States Ship- ping Board Bureau . Sal ari es and ex- penses . Voi. 41, p. 989 . U.S.C.,
p.
1530 ; Supp. VII, p. 961. Ante, p. 29 8. Rent. Travel expenses . Proz'isos. Statement to accom- pany annual estimates . Salarie s of em ployees assigned from Mer- chant Fleet Corpora- tion . U.S.C., p 65; Supp. VII, p.34. Shipping fund . Expenses of Shipping Board. 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 10 4. APR IL 7, 1934. priation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended ; The _purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well as in the field outside of the District of Columbia, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U .S .C ., title 41, sec . 5) of the United States, in the manner common among b usiness men, when th e aggregate amount o f the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance ; For the purch ase or excha nge of profe ssional and s cienti fic bo oks, law books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the Bureau of Mines, there is hereby made available from any appropriations made for such bureau not to exceed $2,500 ; For necessary traveling expenses of the director and employees of the bureau , acti ng und er his direc tion, f or att endanc e upon meeti ngs of technical, professional, and scientific societies, when required in connection with the authorized work of the Bureau of Mines and incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce, there is hereby made available from any appropriations made to the Bureau of Mines not to exceed in all $1,000 ; Total, Bureau of Mi nes, $ 1,197, 926 . UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BUREAU Salarie s and expens es : To carry out th e prov isions of th e Ship ping Act, 1916, as amended, and the Merchant Marine Acts of 1920 and 1928, as amended (U.S .C ., title 46, sees. 804, 805, 861-889 ; Supp . VI, title 46, sets. 891-891x, Act of June 16, 1933, 48 Stat ., 298 ; Executive Order numbered 6166, June 10, 1933), including the compensation of attorneys, officers, naval architects, special experts, examiners, and clerks, one technical expert in connection with construction loan fund at not to exceed $10,000 per annum, and other employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; and for other expenses of the B ureau, inclu ding t he ren tal of quarte rs out side t he Dis trict of Columbia, traveling expenses of employees of the Bureau . w h i l e upon off icial busi ness away from thei r de signa ted p osts of d uty, including attendance at meetings or conventions of members of any society or association, the purpose of which is of interest to the development and m aintenance of an Ame rican merchant marin e, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Com- merc e, an d for the empl oymen t by cont ract of ex pert sten ograp hic report ers fo r its offici al rep orting work, $219,2 16, of which amoun t not to exceed $205,957 may be expended for personal services in the Dist rict of Co lumbi a : Provid ed, That the annual estimates of the Shipping Board Bureau for the fiscal year 1936 shall be accompanied by a statement showing the number and compensation of employees of the Fleet Corpo ration assig ned to that B ureau : Provided further, That empl oyees of t he M ercha nt Fl eet Corpo ratio n as signe d to and serving with the Shipping Board Bureau whose compensation 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 no t be subj ect to r eduction in salary by reaso n of their transfer during the fiscal year 1935 to the pay roll of the Bureau . Shipping fund : For expenses of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, for administrative purposes, including the salaries of employees (not to exceed $316,000) of the Fleet Corporation assigned to the
