PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 119 -MAY 10, 1939 maintenance, and operation of the Bonneville project, for navigation 50 Stat. 73L and for other purposes", approved August 20, 1937, to be immediately IV16.. upp . available, $13,000,000. UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY salaries and ex- Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $4,500,000 of the funds of the penses. United States Housing Authority, established by the United States 50 Stat. 888; 52 Stat. Housing Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 888), as amended by the United States 2 U. s. c., Supp. Housing Act Amendments of 1938 (52 Stat. 820), shall be available IV, § 40-1430. during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Author- Services and rent. ity in carrying out the provisions of said Acts, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling Printing and bind- expenses; printing and binding; procurement of supplies, equipment, ing . and services; reproducing, photographing, and labor-saving devices Traveling, etc. , ex - and office appliances, including their repair and exchange; payment penses of the necessary traveling and other expenses of officers and employees of any agency of the Federal, State, or local governments whose serv- Reference books, ices are utilized in the work of the Authority; not to exceed $5,000 etc. for the purchase and exchange of law books and other books of refer- Vehicles. ence, periodicals, newspapers, and press clippings; not to exceed $10,000 for purchase, including exchange, hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; not to exceed $2,500 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of the Authority; Exhibits. not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation, mounting, shipping, and installation of exhibits; not to exceed $25,000 for employing persons Special services. or organizations, by contract or otherwise, for special reporting, engi- neering, technical, legal and other services determined necessary by R. s. 3709. the Administrator, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 1 US C§ 631- Statutes (41 U. S. C . 5), and without regard to the civil-service laws 652,66 -674; Supp. V, and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided, That of the 11rWiso. $4,500,000 hereby made available for administrative expenses of the cNon-Federal pro- Authority, not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for such expenses incurred at the site, and in connection with the construction, of the Reimbursement. United States Housing Authority non-Federal projects, and shall be reimbursed by the public housing agencies constructing such projects, and such reimbursements shall be available for administrative expenses Nonadministrative Of the Authority: Provided further, That hereafter all necessary expensesexpenses in connection with the management and operation of projects transferred to the Authority by Executive Order Numbered 7732 of October 27, 1937, as modified by Executive Order Numbered 7839 of March 12, 1938, may be considered as nonadministrative expenses, notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the Act of June 22, 49 Stat. 1647. 1936 (49 Stat. 1647, 1648), and be paid from the rents received from Transportation, per each transferred project: Provided further, That hereafter the funds diem, etc. made available for administrative expenses of the United States Hous- ing Authority shall be available for the payment, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses to persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity asly fincrease r to the Authority: Provided further, That no part of the funds made s tricted . available in this paragraph for administrative expenses of the Author- ity shall be used to increase the salary of any position which on the date of the approval of this Act is provided for at the rate of $4,000 sV. S. or more per annum, except in consequence of a reallocation of position Supp. IV.§t67a36 under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. 690 [53 STAT.
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