PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 129-MAY 21, 1945 Death gratuity. existing law, including payment of six months' death gratuity as authorized by law, $870,000. Attendance at meet- Not to exceed $650 of the appropriations herein made for the ings . Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be available for expenses of attend- ance at meetings concerned with the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary. The foregoing appropriations for the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be available for the pay of missing or captured civilian or commissioned personnel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey under Stt. 4, supp. the Act of March 7, 1942, as amended (50 U. S. C . App. 1001), and IV, app. JI 1001-1017. for the six months' death gratuity, regardless of the fiscal year during which such obligations accrued; the purchase of special cloth- ing for protection of employees while engaged in their official duties; not to exceed $2,500 for the payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such arch- itects, engineers, scientists, and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed- and not to exceed $10,000 for special geodetic surveys in regions subject to earthquakes. BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE Pot, p. 424 . Field studies or sur- veys. Attendance at meet- ngs. Mltiraphing of headins. Departmental salaries and expenses: For personal services (not to exceed $1,860,000) and other necessary expenses of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at the seat of government in per- forming the duties imposed by law or in pursuance of law; travel; newspapers (not exceeding $1,500), periodicals, and books of refer- ence; fees and mileage of witnesses, and other contingent expenses in the District of Columbia; $1,980,000: Provided, That expenses, except printing and binding, of field studies or surveys conducted by departmental personnel of the Bureau shall be payable from the amount herein appropriated. Field office service: For salaries (not to exceed $395,000), travel and all other expenses necessary to operate and maintain regional, district, and cooperative branch offices for the collection and dissemi- nation of information useful in the development and improvement of commerce throughout the United States and its possessions, includ- ing foreign and domestic newspapers (not exceeding $300), periodi- cals and books of reference, $445,000. The appropriations for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall be available in an amount not to exceed $6,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary. PATENT OFFICE Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $4,100,000. Photolithographing: For producing copies of weekly issue of draw- ings of patents and designs; reproduction of copies of drawings and specifications of exhausted patents, designs, trade-marks, and other papers, such other papers when reproduced for sale to be sold at not less than cost plus 10 per centum; reproduction of foreign patent drawings; photo prints of pending application drawings; and photo- stat and photographic supplies and dry mounts, $275,000: Provided, That the headings of the drawings for patented cases may be multi- graphed in the Patent Office for the purpose of photolithography. 192 [59 STAT.
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