52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 681-JUNE 25, 1938 UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION The limitation of $75,000 for the employment on a contract or fee basis of persons, firms, and corporations, including legal services, by the United States Maritime Commission, contained in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, is hereby increased to $125,000: Provided, That after June 30, 1939, the United States Maritime Commission shall not incur any obligations for adminis- trative expenses except pursuant to an annual appropriation specifi- cally therefor or to authority to use appropriations or other funds otherwise available therefor. Federal Ship Mortgage Insurance Fund: To establish a revolving fund authorized by and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, fiscal year 1939, $500,000, to be immediately available: Provided, That such sum shall not become available unless and until the aforesaid title is enacted into law. WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILITY PROJECTS For construction, in addition to labor and materials to be supplied by the Works Progress Administration, of water conservation and utilization projects, including acquisition of water rights, rights of way, and other interests in land, in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States, fiscal year 1939, $5,000,000 of the funds made available by section 1 (1) of the Emergency Relief Appro- priation Act of 1938, to be allocated by the President, in such amounts as he deems necessary, to such Federal Departments, establishments, and other agencies as he may designate, and to be reimbursed to the United States by the water users on such projects in not to exceed forty annual installments: Provided, That expenditures from Works Progress Administration funds shall be subject to such provisions with respect to reimbursability as the President may determine: Pro- vided further, That not to exceed $50,000 may be expended on any one project. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EXECUTIVE OFFICE Board of Tax Appeals, salaries: For salaries of the Board of Tax Appeals for the District of Columbia, including contract stenographic reporting services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, in accordance with title IX of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, and for other purposes", approved May 16, 1938, fiscal year 1939, $13 000. Commission on Mental Health, District of Columbia: For com- pensation of members of the Commission on Mental Health of the District of Columbia, and other personal services, including payment of witness fees and mileage, $10,000 and, in addition, there is hereby transferred to this appropriation $2,300 from the appropriation "Metropolitan Police, Salaries, District of Columbia (Personal Serv- ices) 1939" and $1,000 from the appropriation "Writs of Lunacy, District of Columbia, 1939", fiscal year 1939, to be immediately available. Office of poundmaster: For an additional amount for personal serv- ices, maintenance and operation of motor vehicles, and other necessary expenses, fiscal year 1938, $130: Provided, That the salary of the poundmaster shall be at the rate of $2,000 per annum. Assessor's office, salaries: For an additional amount for personal services, fiscal year 1939, $50,000. 1119 United States Mari- time Commission. Personal services; limitation on amount increased 50 Stat. 759. Proviso. Restriction on in- curring obligations. Federal Ship Mort- gage Insurance Fund, revolving fund. Ante, p . 969. Proviso. Conditional avail- ability. Water conservation and utility projects. Ante, p. 809. Provisos. Reimbursement of expenditures. Limitation on amount for any one project. District of (olum- bia. Executive Office. Board of Tax Ap- peals, salaries. It. S. § 3700. 41 .S. C.§5. Ante, p. 370. Commission on Mental Health, sala- ries and expenses. Sums transferred. Ante, pp. 171, 176. Office of master. pound- Proio. Salary. Assessor's office.
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