Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 1.djvu/155

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137 79TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 109-MAY 5, 1945 PENALTY MAIL For deposit in the general fund of the Treasury for cost of penalty mail of the Department of Agriculture, including the War Food Administration, as required by section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1944 (Public Law 364), $3,238,740, together with not to exceed $30,000 of the funds made available to the Commodity Credit Corporation for administrative expenses, for penalty mail for said Corporation, and the amount authorized for penalty mail for said Corporation in the First Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1945, for the fiscal year 1945 is hereby increased by $12,000. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR For necessary expenses for the Office of Solicitor including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of law- books, books of reference, and periodicals, and payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $1,730,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the current fiscal year for such expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $197,500, shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation; and there may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia not to exceed $906,990: Provided, however, That if the total amount of such appropriations or authorizations for the current fiscal year shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the budget for such year, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appro- priation and the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or in- creases in such appropriations or authorizations. OFFICE OF INFORMATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses in connection with the publication, indexing, illustration, and distribution of bulletins, documents, and reports, the preparation, distribution, and display of agricultural motion and sound pictures, and exhibits, and the coordination of informational work in the Department, $453,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the sched- ules in the Budget for the current fiscal year for such expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $161,179 shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation, of which total appropriation amounts not exceeding those specified may be used for the purposes enumerated as follows: For personal services in the District of Columbia, $487,640; for preparation and display of exhibits, $58,470 and the preparation, distribution, and display of motion and sound pictures $50,000, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, municipal, and other agencies: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of the appropriations or authorizations for the current fiscal year from which transfers to this appropriation are herein author- ized shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, 58 Stat. 384. 39 U. . C., Snpp. IV, §321d. Po8t,p. 153. 58 Stat. 875. Post, p. 422 . Adjustments in amounts. Adjustments in amounts. 59 STAT.]