PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 182 -JULY 1, 1943 wise appropriated, for the Departments of State, Justice, and Com- merce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, namely: Department of TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE State Appropriation Act, 1944. Po t , p . 628 . OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Salaries: For Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State, $10,000; Counselor, $10,000; and other personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia, including not to exceed $6,500 for employees engaged on piece work at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of State; visa Board of Ap- $5,693,000, of which $40,000 is hereby made available, without regard pe s. to civil-service and classification laws, for salaries of members and other employees of the Visa Board of Appeals and salaries may be paid to the members of such Board at a rate not exceeding $10,000 per annum each. Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, furniture, fixtures; microfilming equipment, including rental and repair thereof; translating services by con- tract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 Objectsforpreent- U. S . C . 5); purchase and presentation of various objects of a cultural ments. nature suitable for presentation (through diplomatic and consular offices) to foreign governments, schools, or other cultural or patriotic organizations, the purchase, rental, distribution, and operation of motion-picture projection equipment and supplies, including rental of halls, hire of motion-picture projector operators, and all other necessary services by contract or otherwise without regard to section Boo, periodicals, 3709 of the Revised Statutes; purchase and exchange of books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, and, when authorized by the Secretary of State, dues for library membership in societies or asso- ciations which issue publications to members only, or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, newspapers, teletype rentals, and tolls (not to exceed $20,000); purchase of one passenger-carrying automobile; maintenance and repair of motor- trucks and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; streetcar fare; traveling expenses, including.not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Depart- Refund of certain le nt of State when authorized by the Secretary of State; refund of pasort fee fees erroneously charged and paid for the issue of passports to per- sons who are exempted from the payment of such fee by section 1 of the Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, approved June 4, 41 Stat. 750; 44 tat. 1920 (22 U. S . C. 214, 214a); the examination of estimates of appro- priations in the field; and other miscellaneous items not included in Foreign-tradeagr the foregoing, $410,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 of this appropriation may be expended for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend 48 Stat. 945. the Tariff Act of 1930", approved June 12, 1934, as amended (54 19 U.S. c. §134,S . 1352 . lS. Stat. 107), this sum to be available in addition to the other author- ized purposes of this appropriation for stenographic reporting serv- ices, by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 41U. .C. 5. of the Revised Statutes, and such other expenses as the President may deem necessary. Printing and binding: For all printing and binding in the Depart- ment of State, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services, located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $288,000. Passport agencies: For salaries and expenses of maintenance, rent, cost of insurance covering shipments of money by messenger, regis- 272 [57 STAT.
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