PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 450 - -JUNE 27, 1942 Printing and bind- ing. 24 Stat. 379, 386; 34 Stat. 684; 41 Stat. 474; 54 Stat. 898; ante, PP. 176, 284; post, p. 746. 49U.S.C., chs.1, 8, 12. Reports and investi- gations. Safety appliances. 34 Stat. 838 . 36 Stat. 325 . 41 Stat. 498; 50 Stat. 835; 54 Stat. 919. 34 Stat. 838 For all printing and binding for the General Accounting Office, including monthly and annual editions of selected decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, $112,000, of which amount not to exceed $12,000 shall be immediately available. Total, General Accounting Office, $16,920,285. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses: For eleven Commissioners, secre- tary, and for other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, including one chief counsel, one direc- tor of finance, and one director of traffic, at $10,000 each per annum, field hearings, traveling expenses not to exceed $85,358, and contract stenographic reporting services, $2,898,528, of which amount not to exceed $2,565,000 may be expended for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia, exclusive of special counsel, for which the expendi- ture shall not exceed $50,000; not exceeding $5,000 for purchase and exchange of necessary books, reports, newspapers, and periodicals. Regulating accounts: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to enforce compliance with section 20 and other sections of the Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1906, the Transportation Act, 1920 (49 U. S. C. 20), and the Trans- portation Act of 1940, including the employment of necessary special accounting agents or examiners, and not to exceed $133,249 for trav- eling expenses, $835,247, of which amount not to exceed $176,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Safety of employees: To enable the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to keep informed regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Act requiring common carriers to make reports of accidents and authorizing investigations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Com- mnerce Commission to investigate and test appliances intended to pro- mote the safety of railway operation, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S . C . 35), and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908 (45 U. S . C. 36, 37), to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation, inspectors, and for traveling expenses, $510,955, of which anItoulnt not to exceed $92,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Signal safety systems: For all authorized expenditures under sec- tion 25 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Trans- portation Act, 1920, the Act of August 26, 1937 (49 U. S . C . 26), and the Transportation Act of 1940, with respect to the provision thereof under which carriers by railroad subject to the Act may be required to install automatic train-stop or train-control devices which comply with specifications and requirements prescribed by the Com- mission, including investigations and tests pertaining to block-signal and train-control systems, as authorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906 (45 U. S. C. 35), and including the employ- ment of the necessary engineers, and for traveling expenses, $133,780, of which amount not to exceed $32,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Locomotive inspection: For all authorized expenditures under the provisions of the Act of February 17, 1911, entitled "An Act to pro- mote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compel- ling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their 412 [56 STAT.
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