PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 681 -JUNE 25, 1938 Columbia, or elsewhere, traveling expenses, procurement of technical and scientific equipment, and the purchase, exchange, hire, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $10,000, to be disbursed under the direc- tion of the Secretary of State, who is authorized to transfer to any department or independent establishment of the Government, with the consent of the head thereof, any part of this amount for direct expenditure by such department or establishment for the purposes of this appropriation. Hian-American Pan-American Highway: To meet such expenses as the President in his discretion may deem necessary to enable the United States to collaborate with the several governments, members of the Pan- American Union, in regard to the proposed Pan-American Highway, as authorized by the convention ratified by the United States, July 51 Stat. 152 . 15, 1937, $50,000, fiscal year 1939, to be immediately available; the expenditure of such sum shall be subject to the receipt of assurances satisfactory to the President from such governments of their coopera- tion as provided in said convention, but no part of such sum shall be expended except for engineering advice and assistance. enternational Con- International Conference for Regulation of Whaling: For the of Whaling. expenses of participation by the United States in the International Conference for Regulation of Whaling, to be held at London, England, in 1938, and in the preliminary conversations at Oslo, Norway, including personal services in the District of Columbia and 65U. S. C . § 631 elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classifi- II, i§673,73c. cation Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting and other ontract servies. services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section R.S . 3709. 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); rent; traveling 41U.S.c.i6. 41U... expenses; local transportation; printing and binding; official cards; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, maps, and periodicals; stationery; entertainment; and such other expenses as Reimbursement of the Secretary of State may authorize, including the reimbursement other appropriations f other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, fiscal year 1938, to remain available until December 31, 1938, $5,000. Commission of Ex- Commission of Experts on the Codification of International Law, perts on the Codiflca- tion of International Lima, Peru: For the expenses of participation by the United States Law, Lima, Peru. in the meeting of the Commission of Experts on the Codification of International Law, to be held at Lima. Peru, in 1938, including per- sonal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard 5U.S.C §G631 - to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; 652, 661674; Supp. II, §§673,673c. stenographic reporting, translating, and other services, by contract if Contract services. deemed necessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised R.S . 3709. Statutes (41 U.S . C. 5); rent; traveling expenses; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; equip- ment; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, periodi- cals, and maps; stationery; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secre- Reimbursement of tary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal years 1938 and 1939, $3,600. Tenth International Tenth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy: Medicine and Phar- For the expenses of organizing and holding the Tenth International macy. Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy in the United States in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia and else- 5U.s.C. i 6p31- where without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification 61673,673.. ' Act of 1923, as amended- communication services; stenographic report- contract services. ing, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, [52 STAT.
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