656 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 115-MAY 6, 1939 [53 STAT. OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK Salaries. Salaries: For the Chief Clerk and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $146,660. MISCEJTANEOUS AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES, TREASURY DEPARTMENT genr, tcm,expenses. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the bureaus and offices of the Department, including Operaperating expenseserating expenses of the Treasury, Treasury Annex, Auditors', Department build- - - ings. and Liberty Loan Buildings newspaper clippings, financial journals, Books, perodicas, books of reference, law books, technical and scientific books, news- papers, and periodicals, expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, library cards, supplies, and all other necessary expenses con- Traveling epenses- nected with the library; not exceeding $5,000 for traveling expenses, including the payment of actual transportation and subsistence expenses to any person whom the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time invite to the city of Washington or elsewhere for conference and advisory purposes in furthering the work of the Department; freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service; vehicles. purchase and exchange of motortrucks and one passenger auto- mobile (at a cost not exceeding $1,800) for the Secretary of the Treasury, and maintenance and repair of motortrucks and three passenger automobiles (one for the Secretary of the Treasury and two for general use of the Department), all to be used for official Fuel, light, power, purposes only; file holders and cases; fuel, oils, grease, and heating . supplies and equipment; gas and electricity for lighting, heating, and power purposes, including material, fixtures, and equipment therefor; purchase, exchange, and repair of typewriters and labor- saving machines and equipment and supplies for same; floor cover- Furniture, etc. ing and repairs thereto; furniture and office equipment, including supplies therefor and repairs thereto; awnings, window shades, and fixtures; cleaning supplies and equipment; drafting equipment; treetcar fares. flags; hand trucks, ladders; miscellaneous hardware; streetcar fares not exceeding $750; thermometers; lavatory equipment and supplies; tools and sharpening same; laundry service; laboratory supplies and otherpopeflds and equipment, removal of rubbish; postage; custody, care, protection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property of the United R. S . §'3749' 3750. States, acquired and held under sections 3749 and 3750 of the Revised 300 U.s. C. §§ 30,a 302. Statutes (40 IT. S . C . 301, 302), the examination of titles, recording of deeds, advertising, and auctioneers' fees in connection therewith; and other absolutely necessary articles, supplies, and equipment not Adionafunds, otherwise provided for; $220,000: Provided, That the appropria- Post, pp. 658, 60, tions for the Public Debt Service, Internal Revenue Service, Federal 662, 67 . Alcohol Administration, and Division of Disbursement for the fiscal year 1940 are hereby made available for the payment of items other- wise properly chargeable to this appropriation, the provisions of 37Stat. 414 - . section 6, Act of August 23, 1912 (31 U. S. C. 669), to the contrary Minor purchases notwithstanding: Provided further,That section 3709 of the Revised without advertising. t 3dvertisg. Statutes (41 U. S. C . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any pur- 41U. .C.§. chase or service rendered for the Treasury Department when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $50. CUSTODY OF TREASURY BUILDINGS pesrating f ce . Salaries of operating force: For the Superintendent of Treasury Buildings and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the operating force of the Treasury Building, the Treasury Annex, the Liberty Loan Building, the Auditors' Building, and of
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