PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 248 -JUNE 29, 1939 Consular prisons, etc. Bringing home per- sons charged with crime. R. S. §5275. 18 U.S.C. §659. Proviso. Navy Department, reimbursement. Foreign Service Buildings Fund. 52 Stat. 441. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §295a. Acquisition of sites and preparation of plans. Provisos. Payments in foreign currency; provisions. Retroactive authori- gation. Emergencies,Dillo- matic and Consular Service. Neutrality Act ex- penses. R.S . §29. 31U.S. . 107. Proviso. Emergency transfer of funds. for expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea; for expenses of maintaining in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Muscat institutions for incarcerating American convicts and persons declared insane by any consular court, rent of quarters for prisons, ice and drinking water for prison pur- poses, and for the expenses of keeping, feeding, and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane by any consular court in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Muscat; for every expenditure requisite for or incident to the bring- ing home from foreign countries of persons charged with crime as authorized by section 5275 of the Revised Statutes (18 U. S . C . 659); and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may deem necessary; $1,135,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for reimbursement of appropriations for the Navy Depart- ment, in an amount not to exceed $35,000, for materials, supplies, equipment, and services furnished by the Navy Department, includ- ing pay, subsistence, allowances, and transportation of enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who may be assigned by the Secretary of the Navy, upon request of the Secretary of State, to embassies, legations, or consular offices of the United States located in foreign countries. FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS FUND Foreign Service Buildings Fund: For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1938, entitled "An Act to provide additional funds for buildings for the use of the diplo- matic and consular establishments of the United States" (52 Stat. 441), including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings acquired under said Act, $750,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition the Secretary of State is authorized to enter into contracts for the acquisition of sites and preparation of plans during the fiscal year 1940 in an amount of not to exceed $250,000: Provided, That whenever a contract is made for the con- struction, alteration, or repair of a Foreign Service building which requires payments in a foreign currency, the Secretary of State is authorized to purchase such currency at such times and in such amounts (within the total amount of the payments to be made under such contract) as he may deem necessary, the currency so purchased to be disbursed and accounted for at its cost price: Provided further, That this authorization shall also apply to the funds available to the Secretary of State under prior appropriations for the construction of Foreign Service buildings. EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S . C . 107), $175,000: Provided, That whenever the President shall find that a state of emergency exists endangering the lives of American citizens in any foreign country, he may make available for expenditure for the protection of such citizens, by transfer to this appropriation, not to exceed $500,000 from the various appropriations contained herein under the heading "Foreign Inter- course"; and reimbursements by American citizens to whom relief [53 STAT.
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