177 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 129-MAY 21, 1945 or condemnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of abstracts and certificates of title (not to exceed $1,500); reim- bursement to other agencies of the Government for expenses incurred by them in connection with the making of maps or making of photo- graphs by airplane; purchase of rubber boots and waders, asbestos gloves and welders' goggles, for official use of employees; purchase of ice and drinking water; inspection of equipment, supplies, and materials by contract; advertising in newspapers and technical pub- Adertising. lications without regard to section 3828 of the Revised Statutes; drilling and testing of foundations and dam sites, by contract if deemed necessary, purchase in the field of planographs and litho- graphs, and leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other materials, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C . 5); equipment and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem proper; $400,000. Construction, operation, and maintenance, public works projects Public works pro- For the construction (including surveys and operation and main- t,. .e . tenance 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 oper- ation of gaging stations; purchase (not exceeding eight), maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, machinery and equipment and parts thereof, and map-reproduction machines; drilling and testing of foundations and dam sites, by contract 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 provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); hire, with or with- out 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 Advertising. publications without regard to section 3828 of the Revised Statutes; 4 U. S . C. 324 printing and binding; communication services; equipment; purchase of ice, drinking water where suitable drinking water is otherwise unob- tainable, 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 Lower Rio Grande projectfoflood-control project. 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. =u 5.s C 277- 660, 1370), $750,000, to be immediately available and to be merged with the appropriations for this purpose made available for the fiscal year 1945, to remain available until expended: Provided,That no part 58 Stat. 4 M - of this appropriation shall be expended for construction on any land, site, or easement except such as has been acquired by donation and the title thereto has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States; El aso-Juares Val- For supplemental construction on the Rio Grande in the El Paso- le. Juarez Valley under the convention concluded February 1, 1933, Stat. 11 . between the United States and Mexico, to be immediately available, and to remain available until expended, $140,000. 66347-46-- -T . --- 12
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