330 Office of the Presi- dent . Salaries . Proviso. Temporary details . Contingent ex- pen ses . Printing and bind- ing . Traveling, etc ., ex- pen ses . Executive Mansion and Grounds . Care, repair, etc . Post, p . 757. Independent Estab- lis hme nts . American Battle Monuments Commis- sion. All expenses. 42 Stat. 1509. 36U.S.C.°°121- 133 . Acquisition of land abroad . R.S.°355. 34U.S.C.°520. 40U.S.C.°255. Servi ces in the Di s- trict . Living quarters . 46 Stat . 818. 5U.S.C.°118a. Uniforms for care- takers . Vehicles . Pri nti ng, bi ndi ng, etc . Co nti nui ng app ro- priations . 49 Stat. 1169. 75'Ta CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION -CH . 396-JUNE 28, 1937 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Salaries : For personal services in the office of the President, includ- ing the Secretary' to the President, and two additional secretaries to the president at $10,000 each ; $133,680 : Provided, That employees of the executive departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Government ma y be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States for such temporary assistance as may be deemed necessary . Contingent expenses : For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, includ ing sta tioner y, reco rd book s, tel egrams, teleph ones, books for lib rary, f urnitur e and carpets for of fices, automo biles, expens es of garage, includ ing lab or, sp ecial s ervices , and miscell aneous items to be expended in the discretion of the President, $50,000 . For printing and binding, $2,700 . Traveling expenses : For traveling and official entertainment expenses of th e President o f the United States, to be expended in hi s disc retion and acc ounted for on his ce rtific ate sol ely, $2 5,000 . Total, Executive Office proper, $301,380 . EXECUTIVE MA NSION AND GRO UNDS For t he care, main tenance, repai r and alterat ion, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures of the Executive Mansion, the Executive Mansion green- h ouse s, i nclu ding rec onst ruct ion, and the Exe cuti ve M ansi on g roun ds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may deter- mine, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, $193,098, of which $50,000 shall be immediately available . Total, Executive Office, $494,478 . INDEPEN DENT ESTABLIS HMENTS AME RIC AN BATTLE MONUMENTS COM MI SSI ON For every expenditure requisite for or incident to the work of the American Battle Monument Commission authorized by the Act of March 4, 1923 (U . S . C ., title 36, sees. 121-133), and by Executive Order Numbered 6614 of February 26, 1934, including the acquisi- tion of land or interest in land in foreign countries for carrying out the purposes of said Act and Executive order without submission to the Attorney General of the United States under the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 34, sec . 520 ; title 40, sec. 255) ; employment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; including not to exceed $3,000 for allow- ances for living quarters including- heat, fuel, and light, as author- ized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (U . S . C., title 5, sec. 118a) ; purchase and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national ceme- teries and monuments in Europe at a cost not exceeding $1,200
travel expenses ; rent of office space in foreign countries ; the main- te nanc e, r epai r, a nd o pera tion of moto r-pr opel led pass enge r-ca rryi ng vehicles which may be furnished to the Commission by other depart- ments of the Government or acquired by purchase ; the purchase of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle at a cost not exceed- ing $1,600 ; printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, photograph- ing, and typewriting, including the publication of information con- cerning the American activities, battlefields, memorials, and ceme- teries in Europe ; the purchase of maps, textbooks, newspapers, and periodicals, $138,673, together with $21,327 of the unexpended ba l- ances of the no-year appropriations for the said Commission carried
