Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/613

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58 STAT.] 78rH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 303-JUNE 28, 1944 of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch, or other time-measuring device, a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of the appropriations made in this Act be available to pay any premiums or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except as may be otherwise authorized in this Act. SEC. 3. The appropriation "Finance Service, Army" may be increased by transfer of not to exceed $6,420,033,705 of unobligated balances available on or after June 30, 1944, under the appropriations now entitled "Expediting production of equipment and supplies for national defense"; "Special field exercises, Army"; "Supplies and transportation, Army" (subheads-"Army transportation" and "Horses, draft and pack animals"); "Signal Service of the Army"; "Medical and Hospital Department, Army"; "Ordnance Service and Supplies, Army"; "Seacoast defenses, general"; and "Promotion of rifle practice", and, in addition not to exceed 10 per centum of any of the appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year 1945 (except the appropriations "National Guard", "Organized Reserves", "Reserve Officers' Training Corps", and "Expenses, Army of the Philippines") may be transferred with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to any other of such appro- priations, but no appropriation or subappropriation, except the sub- appropriations "Claims for damage to or loss or destruction of prop- erty, or personal injury, or death" and "Claims of military and civilian personnel of the War Department for destruction of private property" shall be increased more than 10 per centum thereby. SEC. 4. The foregoing appropriations for "Quartermaster Service, Army", "Signal Service of the Army", "Air Corps, Army", "Medical and Hospital Department", "Engineer Service, Army", "Ordnance Service and supplies", "Chemica Warfare Service", and "Seacoast Defenses" shall each be available for the pay and allowances, includ- ing travel allowances, of such Reserve officers as the President may, with their consent, order to active duty for such periods, not in excess of two years, as their service may be required in the procurement or production of equipment therein appropriated for, or on duty per- taining to aviation. SEC. 5. Appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year 1945 shall be available for carrying out the purposes of Executive Order Numbered 9112 of March 26, 1942; for expenses in connection with the administration by the Army of occupied areas; for food, clothing, medicine and other items to meet urgent civilian needs in occupied and such other areas as may be determined by the Secretary of War to be important to military operations of the United States; for expenses of conducting investigations in foreign countries incident to matters relating strictly to the Military Establishment, without regard to section 3648, Revised Statutes, including such compensation, expenses and allowances of witnesses, cost of procuring and tran- scribing evidence, documents and testimony and other miscellaneous and incidental expenses as may be determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord with local custom. SEC. 6. No part of any appropriation made by this Act shall be used in any way to pay any expense in connection with the conduct, operation, or management of any post exchange, branch exchange, or subexchange within any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, save and except for real assistance and convenience under such regu- lations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, to such personnel as 93650o-45-PT --- 38 593 Cash rewards, etc. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 575. Pay and allowances of Reserve officers on active duty. Financing war con- tracts, etc. 3 CFR Cum. Supp., 1129. 31 U. 8.0 529. Post exchanges.