54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.--CH. 107-APR. 18, 1940 scoring, repair, processing, editing, duplication, reproduction, and authentication of photographic and other records (including motion- picture and other films and sound recordings) in the custody of the Archivist; purchase and exchange of books, including law books, books of reference, maps, and charts; contract stenographic report- ing services; purchase of newspapers, periodicals, and press clip- pings; not to exceed $100 for payment in advance when authorized by the Archivist for library membership in societies whose publica- tions are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; travel expenses, including not to exceed $1,000 for the expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the furtherance of the purposes of the said Acts; exchange of scien- tific and technical apparatus and labor-saving devices; repairs to equipment; purchase, including exchange, of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle and maintenance, operation, and repair of motor vehi- cles, $906,200: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered when the aggregate cost involved does not exceed the sum of $50. Printing and binding: For all printing and binding, $14,000. Total, The National Archives, $920,200. NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION For each and every purpose requisite for and incident to the work of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission necessary toward carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Ver- non and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital", approved May 29, 1930; personal services, including real estate and other technical serv- ices, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Commission and not exceeding those usual for similar services and without reference to civil-service rules and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; travel expenses; expenses of surveys and searching of titles, purchase of options, and all other costs incident to the acquisition of land, operation and main- tenance of passenger-carrying vehicles for official use, $850,000, to be expended in carrying out the provisions of section 4 of said Act, and to remain available until expended. PROTECTION OF INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN MATTERS AFFECTING OIL LANDS IN FORMER NAVAL RESERVES Protection of interests of the United States in matters affecting oil lands in former naval reserves: For compensation and expenses of special counsel and for all other expenses, including employment of experts and other assistants at such rates as may be authorized or approved by the President, in connection with carrying into effect the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to institute proceedings touching sections 16 and 36, township 30 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo meridian", approved February 21, 1924, $25,850, to be expended by the President: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used to compensate any person at a rate in excess of $10,000 per annum. 135 Membership fees. Attendance at meet- ings. Vehicles. Proviso. Minor purchases. Post, p . 1109. Printing and bind- ing. All expenses. George Washington Memorial Parkway. 46 Stat. 482. Personal services. 42 Stat. 1488. 6 U.. y .C. §j661-674; Supp. V, j§ 673, 673c. Acquisition of laud. Vehicles. Compensation and expenses of special counsel, etc. 43 Stat. 15. Proviso. Restriction.
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