62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 467-JUNE 14, 1948 Furniture: For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclu- sive of labor, and for the purchase of furniture, $12,000. Inquiries and investigations: For expenses of inquiries and investi- gations ordered by the Senate or conducted pursuant to section 134 (a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, including compensa- tion for stenographic assistance of committees at such rates and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Com- mittee on Rules and Administration, but not exceeding the rate of 25 cents per hundred words for the original transcript of reported matter; and including $50,000 for the Committee on Appropriations for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, and Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $650,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsistence expenses, except in accordance with the provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926, as amended. Folding documents: For folding speeches and pamphlets at a basic rate not exceeding $1 per thousand, $25,000. Materials for folding: For materials for folding, $1,500. Fuel, and so forth: For fuel, oil, cotton waste, and advertising, exclusive of labor, $2,000. Senate restaurants: For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, including personal and other services, to be expended under the supervision of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, $42,500. Motor vehicles: For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $9,560. Miscellaneous items: For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $626,765. Packing boxes: For packing boxes, $3,000. Postage stamps: For office of Secretary, $350; office of Sergeant at Arms, $150; in all, $500. Air-mail and special-delivery stamps: For air-mail and special- delivery stamps for Senators and the President of the Senate as authorized by law, $10,250. Stationery: For stationery for Senators and for the President of the Senate, including $10,000 for stationery for committees and offices of the Senate, $58,500: Provided, That commencing with the fiscal year 1949 the allowance for stationery for each Senator and for the President of the Senate shall be $500 per annum. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized and directed to secure suitable office space in post office or other Federal buildings in the State of each Senator for the use of such Senator and in the city to be desig- nated by him: Provided, That in the event suitable space is not avail- able in such buildings and a Senator leases or rents office space else- where, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for payment from the contingent fund of the Senate, vouchers covering bona fide statements of rentals due in an amount not exceeding $900 per annum for each Senator. Commencing with the fiscal year 1949 the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to protect the funds of his office by pur- chasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. Salaries or wages paid out of the foregoing items under "Contingent expenses of the Senate" shall be computed at basic rates as authorized by law, plus increased and additional compensation as provided by 425 60 Stat. 831 . 61 Stat. 15. 44 Stat. 688 . 5 U.S. 0.§821. Ante, p. 213; post, p. 1027. Office space for Ben- ators. Payment of rent. Insurance again t loss of funds.
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