PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 400-JUNE 3, 1948 "Salaries and expenses, Foreign Service", in the Department of State Antep.. 3. Appropriation Act, 1949, with respect to the furnishing of living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service; and for making allot- ments to the United States Mission to the United Nations to defray the unusual expenses incident to the maintenance of an official resi- dence for the United States Representative to the United Nations in the same manner that such allotments are authorized to Foreign 60 stat. 1026. Service Posts by section 902 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S . C. 1132). International contingencies: For necessary expenses, without regard 41 U. s.c. §5. to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, of participation by the United States upon approval by the Secretary of State, in inter- national activities which arise from time to time in the conduct of foreign affairs and for which specific appropriations have not been provided pursuant to treaties, conventions, or special Acts of Congress, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere without regard to civil-service and classification laws; employment of aliens; travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Govern- ment Travel Regulations and without regard to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Subsistence 44 stat. 688. Expense Act of 1926, as amended; transportation of families and effects u.s. C. §821. under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe; steno- graphic and other services; rent of quarters by contract or otherwise; hire of passenger motor vehicles; contributions for the share of the United States in expenses of international organizations; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 40 stat. 1270. U. S. C. 111); $3,600,000, of which not to exceed a total of $100,000 may be expended for representation allowances as authorized by section 60 Stat. 1026. 901 (3) of the Act of August 13, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 1131) and for entertainment. Post, p. 1047. International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico: For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet 24Stat.1011;26Stat. its obligations under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1933, and 1512; 35 Stat. 1863; 34 Stat. 253; a486tat. 1944 between the United States and Mexico, and to comply with the 61;9 Stat. 119. Act approved August 19, 1935, as amended (22 U. S. C . 277 -277d), including operation and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification, canalization, flood control, bank protection, boundary fence, and sani- tation projects; examinations, preliminary surveys, and investiga- tions; detailed plan preparation and construction (including surveys and operation and maintenance and protection during construction); and Rio Grande emergency flood protection; construction and opera- tion of gaging stations; purchase of map-reproduction machines and other equipment and machinery; personal services in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of August o6Stat. 810 . 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C . 55a), at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem; travel expenses, including, in the discretion of the Commis- sioner, expenses (not to exceed $500) of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activities of the International Boundary and Water Commission which may be necessary for the efficient discharge of the responsibilities of the Commission; printing and binding; purchase of nine (four for replacement only) passenger motor vehicles; hire, with or without personal services, of work ani- mals. and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; acquisition by donation, purchase, or condemnation, of real and per- sonal property, including expenses of abstracts and certificates of title; purchase of ice and drinking water; inspection of equipment, supplies, and materials by contract; drilling and testing of founda- tions and dam sites, by contract if deemed necessary, purchase of preasing of prvate planographs and lithographs, and leasing of private property to property. 310 [62 STAT.
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