PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 354 -JULY 20,1949 40 Stat. 1270. Ante, p. 405. 60 Stat. 810. 62 Stat. 983. 28 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 2672. Ante, pp. 62, 106. Rental of tie lines and teletype equip- ment. Relief, etc., of Amer- ican seamen. Consular prisons, etc. 62 Stat. 825. 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, 3192. Ante, p. 403. Advance payment of rent. Leases. 60 Stat. 1027 . Automobiles. 60 Stat. 808 . Ante, p. 400. Missions at not to exceed $3,000 each) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance and operation of aircraft outside the conti- nental United States; printing and binding, including printing and binding outside the continental United States without regard to sec- tion 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S . C . 111); newspapers for departmental use (not to exceed $15,000); services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a); not to exceed $1,000 for payment of claims pursuant to law (28 U. S . C . 2672); health service program as authorized by law; purchase of uniforms; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries when required by law of such countries; dues for library membership in organ- izations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; rental of tie lines and teletype equip- ment; employment of aliens, by contract, for services abroad; refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for passports; establishment, maintenance, and operation of passport and despatch agencies; examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; ice and drink- ing water for use abroad; excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; loss by exchange; radio communications; payment in advance for subscriptions to commercial information, telephone and similar services abroad; relief, protection, and burial of American seamen, and alien seamen in foreign countries and in the United States Terri- tories and possessions; expenses incurred in acknowledging services of officers and crews of foreign vessels and aircraft in rescuing Ameri- can seamen, airmen, or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe abroad; rent and expenses of maintaining in Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Muscat, institutions for American convicts and persons declared insane by any consular court, and care and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane; expenses, as authorized by law (18 U. S . C. 3192), of bringing to the United States from foreign countries persons charged with crime; and procurement by contract or other- wise, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U. S. C. 5), of services, supplies, and facilities, as follows: (1) stenographic reporting, (2) translating, (3) analysis and tabulation of technical information, (4) preparation of special maps, globes, and geographic aids, (5) maintenance, improvement, and repair of diplomatic and consular properties in foreign countries, including minor construction on Government-owned properties, (6) not to exceed $200,000 for maintenance and operation of commissary and mess services, (7) fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased property abroad, (8) rental or lease, for periods not exceeding ten years, of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service, for which payments may be made in advance, (9) electrical appliances, motor-driven equipment (other than motor vehicles), and household furniture and furnishings not otherwise provided for, for use abroad, and (10) household equipment to be loaned pursuant to law (22 U. S. C. 1137); $76,652.100: Provided, That pursuant to section 8 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 118d-1), passenger motor vehicles in possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold and the exchange allowances or pro- ceeds of such sales shall be available without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission automobile at each diplomatic mission and $1,400 in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons, and such replacements shall not be charged against the numerical limitation hereinbefore set forth: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated herein, not to exceed $30,000 448 [63 STAT.
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