PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 294-JUNE 28, 1944 Rio Grande emer- gency flood protection. Infra. American Mexican Claims Commission. 56 Stat. 1058 . 22 U. S. C., Supp. mn,§i 661-672. Public Works proj- ects under U. S. sec- tion. 44 U. 8. C. 1324. Lower Rio Grande flood-control project. 22U. .C.§i277- 277d. 57 Stat. 279. International Boundary Commis- sion, U. S. and Can- ada and Alaska and Canada. 44 Stat. 2102. Rio Grande emergency flood protection: For emergency flood- control work, including protection, reconstruction, and repair of all structures under the jurisdiction of the International Boundary Com- mission, United States and Mexico, threatened or damaged by flood waters of the Rio Grande, which have heretofore been authorized and erected under the provisions of treaties between the United States and Mexico, or in pursuance of Federal laws authorizing improve- ments on the Rio Grande, including the objects specified in this Act under the head "Construction, operation, and maintenance, public works projects", to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, $100,000. American Mexican Claims Commission: For all expenses necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of December 18, 1942 (Public Law 814), including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; $110,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. Construction, operation, and maintenance, Public Works projects: For the construction (including surveys and operation and mainte- nance and protection during construction) of the following projects under the supervision of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, United States section, including salaries and wages of employees, laborers, and mechanics; fees for professional or expert services at rates and in amounts to be determined by the Secretary of State; traveling expenses; rents; construction and operation of gaging stations; purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-carrying vehicles, machinery and equipment and parts thereof, and map reproduction machines; drilling and testing of foundations and dam sites, by con- tract if deemed necessary, and purchase in the field of planographs and lithographs and leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other materials without regard to the pro- visions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; acquisition by donation, purchase, or condemnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of abstracts and certificates of title; inspection of equipment, supplies, and materials by contract; advertising in newspapers and technical publications without regard to section 3828 of the Revised Statutes; printing and binding; communication services; equipment; purchase of ice, drinking water where suitable drinking water is other- wise unobtainable, rubber boots, waders, asbestos gloves and welders' goggles, for official use of employees, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary. Lower Rio Grande flood-control project: For the United States portion of the project for flood control on the Lower Rio Grande, as authorized by the Act approved August 19, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 660, 1370), including obligations chargeable against the appro- priations for this purpose for the fiscal year 1944, the funds made available under this head in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1944, are continued available until June 30, 1945. International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada and Alaska and Canada: To enable the President to perform the obligations of the United States under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain in respect to Canada, signed February 24, 1925; for salaries and expenses, including the salary of the Commis- sioner and salaries of the necessary engineers, clerks, and other employees for duty at the seat of government and in the field; neces- sary traveling expenses; commutation of subsistence to employees 404 [58 STAT.
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