75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH . 18 0-MAY 14, 1937 BUREAU OF THE MI NT OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF THE MIN T Salaries : For t he Dir ector of the Mint and ot her per sonal servic es in th e Dist rict o f Colu mbia, $38,360 . Transportation of bullion and coin : For transportation of bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise, between mints and assay offices, $35,000. Contingent expenses and examination of mints : For assay labora- tory chemic als, f uel, m ateria ls, ba lances, weigh ts, an d othe r nece s- saries, including books, periodicals, specimens of coins, ores, and inci dental s, and for e xamina tion o f mints , expe nse in visit ing mi nts for the purpose of superintending the annual settlements, and for special examinations and for the collection of statistics relative to the annual production and consumption of the precious metals in the United States, $5,200 . Salaries and expenses, mints and assay offices : For compensation of officers and employees of the mints at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, and New Orleans, Louisiana, the assay offices at New York, New York, and Seattle, Washington, and the bullion depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and for incidental and contingent expenses, including traveling expenses, new machinery, and repairs, arms and ammunition, uni- for ms and acces sories for g uards, prote ctive d evices and t heir m ain- tenance, training of employees in use of firearms and protective devices, cases and enameling for medals manufactured, net wastage in meltin g and refini ng and iii c oining depart ments, loss on sal e of sweeps arising from the treatment of bullion and the manufacture of coins, not t o exce ed $500 for the expenses of the annual assay commission, and not exceeding $1,000 in value of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint at Philadelphia, $1,275,000 . Expenses, Silver Purchase and Gold Reserve Acts : F o r sa l ar i es and expenses in the Bureau of the Mint and the mints and assay offices in connection with carrying out the provisions of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 and the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, and any Executive orders, proclamations, and regulations issued thereunder, including not to exceed $70,000 for personal services in the District, of Columbia, supplies and materials, travel, printing, rent, equip- ment, and miscellaneous expenses, $1,120,000 . PRO CU REM ENT DIVISION-PUBLIC BUILD INGS BRANC H For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Acts, as provided in section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (U . S. C ., ti tle 31, sec . 683), and for the repair, preservation, and upkeep of all completed public buildings, the mechanical equipment and the gr ounds thereo f, and sites acqui red fo r build ings, mainta ined b y the Treasury Department, and for the operation of certain completed and occupied Treasury buildings, including furniture and repairs thereof, but exclusive, with respect to operation, of hospitals, quar- antine stations, and other Public Health Service buildings, mints, bullion depositories, and assay offices, the Treasury, Treasury Annex, Liberty Loan, and Auditors' Buildings Gen eral admi nistr ative exp enses : For a rchite ctural , engi neerin g, me chanical, administ rative, c lerical, and othe r persona l service s, trav- eling expenses, including expenses of employees directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to attend meetings of technical and professional societies and educational exhibits in connection with Sal ar ies . Trans porta tion of bullion and coin . 151 Bureau of the Mint . Contingent ex- penses, etc . Mints and assay offices . Sal ar ies and ex- penses . Ante, p. 136. Protective devices . Expenses, Silver Purchase and Gold Reserve Acts . 48 Stat. 337, 1178 . Pro curem ent Divi- sio n, Pu blic Build ings Branch . Rep air, preserva- tion, and upkeep of completed buildings, etc . 35 Stat. 537 . 31U .S.C .§683. General administra- tive expenses .
