PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 780-OCT. 9 , 1940 Office of the Solici- tor. Ante, p. 71. Domestic Air Mail Service. Ante, p. 73. Salaries. Ante, p. 181. Contingent ex- penses. Ante, p. 182. Expenses. Ante, p. 262. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.8.C.f661- 674; Supp. V, §§ 673, 673c. American republics. Cooperation. Ante, p. 651. 44 Stat. 688 . 5 U.S . C. it82183 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (OUT OF THE POSTAL REVENUES) SALARIES IN BUREAUS AND OFFICES For personal services in the District of Columbia, Office of the Solicitor for the Post Office Department, $4,200. OFFICE OF SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Domestic Air Mail Service: For an additional amount for the inland transportation of mail by aircraft, and so forth including the same objects and subject to the same conditions specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1941, $485,199. DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Salaries: For an additional amount for "Salaries, Department of State, 1941", including the objects and subject to the limitations speci- fied under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1941, $290,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES (DEPARTMiNTAL) Contingent expenses: For an additional amount for "Contingent Expenses, Department of State, 1941", including the objects and sub- ject to the limitations specified under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1941, $15,500. ALASKA INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY COMMISSION For expenses of the Alaskan International Highway Commission, created by the Act of May 31, 1938 (52 Stat. 590), and extended by Public Act Numbered 585, approved June 11, 1940, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, periodicals, and maps; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; reconnaissance survey; and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper in the fulfillment of the duty of the Commission, including the United States share of necessary joint expenses of the two Governments, $12,000. CONTRIBUTIONS, QUOTAS, AND SO FORTH Cooperation with the American republics: The appropriation for "Cooperation with the American republics" contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, approved June 27, 1940, is hereby made available for compensation to be fixed by the Secretary of State and for traveling expenses in the United States and abroad mn accord- ance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended, of educational, professional, and artistic leaders who are citizens of the United States and the other American republics. [54 STAT. 1044
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