SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 292. 1924. 531 No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to a -**°°*¤¤Y¤ ¤¤*>i¤¤¤ *0 the compensation of any attorney, regular or special, for the United iigiignlll °f Ammw States Shipping Board or the United States Shi ping Board Emergency leet Corporation unless the contract of employment has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. _ No officer or employee of the United States Shipping Board or the my '°“m°"°°‘ A United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be paid a salary or compensation at a rate per annum in excess of $10,000 except the following: One at not to exceed $25,000 and five at not to exceed $18,000 each. No part of the sums aplpropriated in this Act shall be available for °,°*';gd*gg§“ bY Emthe payment of certiiie public accountants, their agents or em- Y u` ployees, and all auditing of every nature requiring the services of - outside auditors shall be furnished through the Bureau of Eiiiciency: ,,,0,,,,0 Promkled, That nothing herein contained shall limit the United Qutside _¤p<11qm my States Shipping Board or the United States Shi pin Board Emer- mm i“1‘""°“°“‘ gency Fleet Corporation from employing outside auglitors to audit claims in litigation for or against the United States Ship ing Board or the Unite States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet (girporation. No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used for S¤b¤*$'¤°¤°°°¤v¢¤¤¤¤- actual expenses of subsistence exceeding $5 a day or per diem in lieu of subsistence exceeding $4 for any officer or employee of the United States Ship ing Board or the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Gbrporation. _ _ _ _ No part of the funds of the United States Shipping Board Emer- ,,§,‘?,§{,§'f “‘° D“”“°° gency Fleet Corporation shall be available for the rent of buildings in the District of Columbia during the fiscal gear 1925 if suitable gpce provided for said corporation by the Public Buildings mmission. · No part of the sums appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay “°° °"‘“‘b‘° any claims of the United States Navy Department against the United States Shipping Board or the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation arising prior to July 1, 1921. ` UNITED STATES VETERANS? BUREAU. _ v"“’““""'B“’°°“ For car ing out the provisions of an Act entitled "A.n Act to %*§§°{§§{‘H§§}‘°’“°"· establish a%eterans’ Bureau and to improve the facilities and service of such bureau and to further amen and modify the War Risk ’°°"·"·“‘”· Insurance Act approved August 9, 1921," including salaries and expenses of the central office at Washington,_District_of Columbia, and regional offices and suboffices, and including salaries stationeiiy and minor office supplies, fiuniture, equipment and supplies, renta s and alterations, heat, light, and water, miscellaneous expenses, including telephones, telegrams, freight, express, law books, books of reference, periodicals, ambulance service, towel service, laundry service, repairs to equipment, storagg ice, taxi service, car fare, Stamps an box rent, traveling and su istence, salaries and expenses Vehicles of employees engaged in fiel investigation, passenger-carrying and ` other motor vehicles, including purchase, maintenance, repairs, and Ammon Building operation of same, salaries an operating expenses of the Arlington expense;. Building and annex, including repairs and mechanical equipment, fuel, electric current, ice, ash removal, and miscellaneous items; and Chmn ,,,1,,,;,,,,.% including the salaries and allowances, where applicable, wages, travel and subsistence of civil employees at the United States veterans’ hospitals, supply depots, dispensaries, clinics, and vocational schools, _ $46,7 90,000: Provided, That on the first day of each regular session mma}: statement of Congress the Director of the Veterans’ Bureau shall transmit to §s_°,;’,’§"?e§‘ic{,"§,*§*°Y‘ the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre— ' sentatives a statement giving in detail (a) the total number of posi-
