530 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Srss. I. Ch. 292. 1924. including the compensation of a secretary to the board, attorneys, P°”°““°]‘ officers, naval architects, special experts, examiners, and clerks, including one admiralty counsel at $10,000 per annum, and one special expert at $8,000 per annum, and other employees m the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and for all other expenses of the board, including the rental of quarters outside the District of Columbia, law books, books of reference, periodicals, and actual and necessary . expenses of members of the board, its special experts, and other emi}$iii£i°;:1 °°' ployees, or per diem in lieu of subsistence when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August _ 1, 1914, while upon official business away from their esignated posts ,,,,?“,,,,",,°“,,,{§,‘§,‘i”‘,,,§*,{,‘g‘,{ of duty, and including the investigation of foreign discrimination ·¤¤<=r¤=¤¤ *¤¤*$· am against vewls and shippers of the mted States and for the investi- 7"'°”"°"°°i°“°"”" tion of transportation of immigrants in vessels of the United ""°”`“”` Satates Shipping Board, $255,000. mmm M bm For all printing and binding for the United States Shipping ` Board, including all of its bureaus, omces institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $5,000. 1,,,*,;**,,,*g ,"§,“"“,§{,’$ No rt of the moneys applropriated or made available by this Act ment v¤¤¤¤3i et ¤¢¤~¤· for tg; United States `pping Board or the United States »u&i}§.S?" mlm r°` Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall, unless the President shall otherwise direct, be used or expended for the repair or reconditioning of any vessel owned or controlled_by the Government, if the expense o such repair or reconditioning is in excess of $50,000, until a reasonable opportunity has been given to the available Government navy yards to estimate upon the cost of such _ repair or reconditioning if performed by such navy yards within wiigmwmymamm the limit of time within which the work is to be done: Provided, www ¤”°*’·°d- That this limitation shall only apply to vessels while in the harbors of the United States, and all expenditures in connection with such work are to be considered in estimating the cost. p£§,‘f"‘°”°’ Smpping nmznncmrcr SHIPPING rum). Emergency Fleet . . . corpmemvs expenar For expenses of the United States Shipping Board Emer enc °¤{,¤g,¤g{‘°,‘;fi,{,8'f'¤· Fleet Corporation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 192§, foi- ` administrative purposes, miscellaneous adjustments, losses due to S°‘"”S‘ the maintenance an operation of ships, for the re air of ships, and for carrying out the provisions of the Merchant §Iarine Act, 1920, (agi the amount on hand_ July 1, 1924, but not in excess of the sums su cient to cover all obligations incurred prior to July 1, 1924, and then unpaid; (b) $30,000,000; (c) the amount received during the ,;*;::;,8 ,,mm_ iisoal year ending June 30, 1925, from the operation of ships: Pmmkied, That no part of these sums shall be used for the pa ent bf claims other than those resulting from current olperation andiiiiaintenance; (d) so much of the total Gproceeds of a 1 sales pertainin to _ liquidation received during the scal year 1925, but not exceeéng p,{J,S§,‘g_""*°"°” °" $6,000,000, as is necessary to meet the expenses of liquidation, in- _ cluding also the cost of tie-up and_the_saIaries and expenses of the ,,,§,’·;§g‘,j’,‘}‘ °' °’°'“" personnel directly engaged in liqu1dation: Provided, That no part _ _ _ of this sum shall be used for the payment of claims. ,,,{,’f""’°*"‘°°° '°""°‘ No part of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act for the United States Shipping Board or the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be expended for the preparation, printing, publication, or distribution of any newspapers, magazines, journals, or other }periodicals, or for services in connection therewith, not including, owever, the preparation and printing of documents and reports authorized and required to be issued by law.
