Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 1.djvu/510

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 396-JUNE 18, 1940 Generdl increase of Library. Traveling expenses. Increase of law li- brary. Books for the Su- preme Court. Bocks for adult blind. Post, pp. 630 , 1031. 46 Stat. 1487. 2U. . c. §C135a, 136b; Supp. V, §135a. General printing and binding. Catalog of Title En- tries of the Copyright Office, etc. Catalog cards. Stationery, office supplies, etc. Attendance at meet- ings. Photoduplicating expenses. INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS General increase of Library: For purchase of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, photo-copying supplies and photo-copy- ing labor, and all other material for the increase of the Library, including payment in advance for subscription books and society publications, and for freight, commissions, and traveling expenses not to exceed $5,000, including expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Libra- rian in the interest of collections, and all other expenses incidental to the acquisition of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, by purchase, gift, bequest, or exchange, $148,000, to continue available during the fiscal year 1942. Increase of the law library: For the purchase of books and for legal periodicals for the law library, including payment for legal society publications and for freight, commissions, and all other expenses incidental to the acquisition of lawbooks, and all other material for the increase of the law library, $85,000, to continue available, during the fiscal year 1942. Books for the Supreme Court: For the purchase of books and periodicals for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress, and purchased by the Marshal of the Supreme Court, under the direction of the Chief Justice, $10,000. BOOKS FOR ADUI/T BLIND To enable the Librarian of Congress to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide books for the adult blind", approved March 3, 1931 (2 U. S. C . 135a), as amended, $275,000, including not exceeding $16 500 for personal services and not exceed- ing $500 for necessary traveling expenses connected with such service and for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian. PRINTING AND BINDING General printing and binding: For miscellaneous printing and binding for the Library of Congress, including the Copyright Office, and the binding rebinding, and repairing of library books, and for the Library Buildings, $400,000. Printing the Catalog of Title Entries of the Copyright Office: For the publication of the Catalog of Title Entries of the Copyright Office and the decisions of the United States courts involving copy- right, $59,600. Printing catalog cards: For the printing of catalog cards, $197,500. CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE LIBRARY For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, stationery, office sup- plies, stock, and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous travel- ig expenses, postage, transportation, incidental expenses connected with the administration of the Library and Copyright Office, includ- ing not exceeding $500 for expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, $11,000. For paper, chemicals, and miscellaneous supplies necessary for the operation of the photoduplicating machines of the Library and the making of photoduplicate prints, $6,000. 476 [54 STAT.