[59 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 189-JUNE 13, 1945 DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED CARDS Salaries and expenses: For the distribution of printed cards and other publications of the Library, including personal services, freight charges (not exceeding $500), expressage, postage, traveling expenses connected with such distribution, expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian, and including not to exceed $30,000 for employees engaged in piece work and work by the day or hour and for extra special services of regular employees at rates to be fixed by the Librarian; in all, $227,900. INDEX TO STATE LEGISLATION Salaries and expenses: To enable the Librarian of Congress to prepare an index to the legislation of the several States, together with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation, as authorized and directed by the Act entitled 'An Act providing for the preparation of a biennial index to State legislation", approved 44 Stat. I066. February 10, 1927 (2 U. S . C. 164, 165), including personal and other services within and without the District of Columbia, including not to exceed $2,500 for special and temporary services at rates to be fixed by the Librarian, travel, necessary material and apparatus, and for printing and binding the indexes and digests of State legislation for official distribution only, and other printing and binding incident to the work of compilation, stationery, and incidentals, $35,000. UNION CATALOGUES Salaries and expenses: To continue the development and mainte- nance of the Union Catalogues, including personal services within and without the District of Columbia (and not to exceed $700 for special and temporary services, including extra special services of regular employees, at rates to be fixed by the Librarian), travel, necessary material and apparatus, stationery, photostat supplies, and incidentals, $44,700. MOTION-PICTURE PROJECT To enable the Librarian of Congress to make preliminary investi- gations and to prepare plans for recording, storing, and servicing of motion pictures and still photographs, including personal services, traveling expenses, rental of storage space and other necessary expenses, $11,600. INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS General increase of Library: For purchase of books, miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, photo-copying supplies and photo-copy- ing labor, and all other material for the increase of the Library, including payment in advance for subscription books and society publications, and for freight, commissions, and traveling expenses not to exceed $35,000, including expenses of attendance at meetings. when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian in the interest of collections, and all other expenses inci- dental to the acquisition of books, miscellaneous periodicals and news- papers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, by purchase, gift, bequest, or exchange, $525,000, to continue avail- able during the fiscal year 1947. Increase of the law library: For the purchase of books and for legal periodicals for the law library, including payment for legal society publications and for freight, commissions, traveling expenses 254
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