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(c) Subsection (c) of the first section of such joint resolution, as amended (2 TJ. S. C, sec. 112a (c)), is amended by striking out •', officer, or committee". (d) Subsection (d) of the first section of sucii joint resolution, as amended (2 IT. S. C, sec. 112a (d)), is amended by striking out ", officer, or committee". SEC. 2. Such joint resolution approved March 25, 1953, is further amended by renumbering sections 2, 3,4, and 5 as sections 4, 5,6, and 7, respectively, and by inserting immediately after the first section thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 2. In addition to the electric tyjjewriters which may be furnished under the first section of this joint resolution, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, upon request of any Member, shall furnish for use in the office of such Member not to exceed two electric typewriters. "SEC. 3. The cost of electrical or mechanical office equipment furnished under this joint resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives." Approved February 25, 1956. Public Law 421
69 Stat. 13.
Additional ts^je-
Payment.
CHAPTER 7 3
AN ACT February 27, 1956 To provide for a prorated stationery allowance in the case of a Member of the —[H. R. 8787]—^ House of Representatives elected for a portion of a term.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the case of any Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is elected for a portion of a term, the amount of stationery allowance which such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be paid shall be an amount, with respect to the year in which he commences his service, which is the same percentage of the total stationery allowance payable for service for all of such year as the number of months of his service in such year (counting the month in which he is elected as one month) is of the total number of months in such year. Such prorated stationery allowance shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House into the revolving fund for stationery allowances established in the eighth paragraph under the heading "Contingent P^xpenses of the House" under the general heading '"House of Representatives" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948. Approved February 27, 1956. Public Law 422
House of Representatives. Stationery allowance>
61 Stat. 366.
CHAPTER 74
AN ACT To increase the amount of telephone and telegraph service furnished to Members of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (2) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire for the House of Representatives", approved June 23, 1949, as amended (2 U.S.C. sec. 46f), is amended to read as follows: "(2) charges on strictly official telegrams, cablegrams, and radiograms sent by or on behalf of the Member."
February 27, 1956 [H. R. 8796]
House of Representatives. T e l e p h o n e and telegraph service. 63 Stat, 264.
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