PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 466-JUNE 14, 1948 48 Stat. 1231. 31U. S. C. §725q. 18 Stat. 110. 48 Stat. 1230 . 31 U.S. C. §725p. Treasurer of the United States for the difference between the nominal or face value of such coins and the amount the same will produce in new coins, $150,000. Relief of the indigent, Alaska: For the payment to the United States district judges in Alaska (not to exceed 10 per centum of the receipts from licenses collected outside of incorporated towns in Alaska), to be expended for the relief of persons in Alaska who are indigent and incapacitated through nonage, old age, sickness, or accident, $18,000. Refund of moneys erroneously received and covered: For meeting any expenditures of the character formerly chargeable to the appro- priation accounts abolished under section 18 of the Permanent Appro- priation Repeal Act of 1934, approved June 26, 1934, and any other collections erroneously received and covered which are not properly chargeable to any other appropriation, $700,000. Payment of certified claims: For the payment of claims (not to exceed $500 in any case) which may be certified during the fiscal year 1949 by the Comptroller General of the United States to be lawfully due, within the limits of, and chargeable against the balances of the respective appropriations heretofore made which, after remaining unexpended, have been carried to the surplus fund pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 20,1874 (31 U. S. C . 713), $800,000. Payment of unclaimed moneys: For meeting any expenditures of the character formerly chargeable to the appropriation accounts abolished under section 17 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of 1934, approved June 26, 1934, payable from the funds held by the United States in the trust fund receipt account "Unclaimed moneys of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown", $100,000. BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT Administering the public debt: For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt operations authorized by the Second Liberty 3; 40 774 (2)st Bond Act, as amended (31 U. S . C . 760-762), and with the administra- tion of any public debt or currency issues of the United States with which the Secretary of the Treasury is charged, including not to exceed $4,250,000 for promoting the sale of savings bonds, $52,000,000, to be expended as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and the Secretary is authorized to accept services without compensation: Pro- eRdermbument of vided, That from the amount appropriated herein, the Federal Reserve Federal Reserve banks. banks and their branches may be reimbursed for expenditures made by them as fiscal agents of the United States on account of public- debt transactions for the account of the Secretary of the Treasury, and advances to the Postmaster General may be made in accordance with the provisions of section 22 (e) of the Second Liberty Bond 55 Stat. 8. Act, as amended (31 U. S . C . 757c (e)), which section shall be con- strued as applying to this appropriation: Provided fwrther That the indefinite appropriation provided by section 10 of the Second 40 stat. 292. Liberty Bond Act, as amended, shall not be available for obligation 31U. S.C. 760. during the fiscal year 1949. Distinctive paper for United States currency: For distinctive paper for United States currency, including transportation of paper, travel- ing, mill, and other necessary expenses, and salaries of employees and allowance, in lieu of expenses, of officer or officers detailed from the Treasury Department, not exceeding $50 per month each when actually Division of award on duty, $1,300,000: Provided, That in order to foster competition in the manufacture of distinctive paper for United States securities, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, in his discretion, to split the award for such paper for the fiscal year 1949 between the two bidders whose prices per pound are the lowest received after adver- tisement. 410 [62 STAT.
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