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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 301 -JUNE 28, 1944 such officers for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in the same vicinity, and without regard to the length of time away from their designated posts of duty under such orders. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the War Relo- cation Authority, $39,000,000, including expenses incident to the exten- sion of the program provided for in Executive Order 9102 to persons of Japanese ancestry not evacuated from military areas; salary of the Director at not to exceed $10,000 per annum; employment of aliens; traveling expenses, not to exceed $375,000; printing and binding, not to exceed $28,000; procurement, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, of supplies and equipment (with or without personal serv- ices); purchase for replacement (not to exceed $50,000) of passenger- carrying automobiles; the leasing to others of land acquired for the program; purchase of uniforms for internal security officers; transfer of household goods and effects as provided by the Act of October 10, 1940, including travel expenses, of employees transferred from other Federal agencies to the Authority at its request; not to exceed $10,000 for payment to States or political subdivisions thereof, or other local public taxing units, of sums in lieu of taxes against real property acquired by the Authority for the purposes hereof; for payments for the performance of governmental services required in connection with the administration of the program; the disposal, by public or private sale, of goods or commodities produced or manufactured in the per- formance of activities hereunder, the proceeds of which shall be depos- ited in a special fund which shall remain available until June 30,1945, for the purposes hereof: Provided,That the provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), as amended, relating to disability or death compensation and benefits, shall apply to persons receiving from the United States compensation in the form of subsistence, cash advances, or other allowances in accordance with regulations pre- scribed by the Director of the War Relocation Authority for work performed in connection with such program, including work per- formed in the War Relocation Work Corps: Provided further, That this provision shall not apply in any case coming within the purview of the workmen's compensation laws of any State, Territory, or pos- session, or in which the claimant has received or is entitled to receive similar benefits for injury or death: Providedfurther,That the Secre- tary of the Interior may delegate to any official in the War Relocation Authority the authority to make appointments of personnel and he may also delegate to any official in the War Relocation Authority the authority to make other determinations necessary for the conduct of administrative management within the Authority: And provided fur- ther, That the limitation placed on the amount available for travel expenses for the War Relocation Authority shall not apply to travel of evacuees and their escorts incident to transfers and relocation. TITLE II-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 201. The appropriations in this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available, in addition to the objects specified under each head, and without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes (except as other- wise specified herein), for personal services in the District of Colum- bia and elsewhere; contract stenographic reporting services; lawbooks, books of reference, newspapers and periodicals; maintenance, opera- 93650 ° -4 5- -T. -- 35 545 3 OFR, Cum. Supp., 1123. Director. 41U.S.C. §5. 54 Stat. 1105. 5U.S. C. §73c-1. Payments in lieu of taxes. Disposal of com- modities. Disability or death compensation. 5 .S. C. §796. Nonapplicability In certain cases. Delegation of au- thority. Travel of evacuees. 41 U.. . . 5.