61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 337-JULY 25, 1947 synthetic fuels and the compilation of technical reports thereon, for administering and enforcing the provisions of the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended (15 U. S . C., ch. 15A); and for the liquidation of the Petroleum Administration for War; including personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $10,000 for employment of a director without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; contract stenographic reporting services; and printing and binding; $275,000. DIVISION OF GEOGRAPHY Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses in performing the duties imposed upon the Secretary by Executive Order 6680, dated April 17, 1934, relating to uniform usage in regard to geographic nomenclature and orthography throughout the Federal Government, including personal services in the District of Columbia, stationery and office supplies, and printing and binding, $12,956. SOIL AND MOISTURE CONSERVATION OPERATIONS For necessary expenses of administering and carrying out directly and in cooperation with other agencies a soil and moisture con- servation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the Depart- ment of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S . C. 590a-590f), and Reorganization Plan Numbered IV, including $100,000 for departmental personal services including such services in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; furniture, furnishings, office equipment and supplies; pur- chase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles, and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,900,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for meeting expenses of ware- house maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of sup- plies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Department of the Interior. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF TIHE INTERIOR For the contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the bureaus and offices of the Department (except as otherwise provided), including teletype rentals and service; streetcar fares not exceeding $300; traveling expenses, including not exceeding $10,000 for inspec- tions and investigations by the legislative branch as well as attendance at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of the Department, and any request from appropriate authority in such branch in connec- tion therewith shall be immediately complied with by administrative authority in the Department; $10,000, exclusively for the payment of claims under part 2 of the Federal Tort Claims Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 601); hire of aircraft; expense of taking testimony and preparing the same in connection with disbarment proceedings insti- tuted against persons charged with improper practices before the Department, its bureaus and offices; expense of translations, and not exceeding $1,000 for contract stenographic reporting services; not exceeding $700 for newspapers; printing and binding, $220,430; and, in addition thereto, sums transferred from other appropriations to this for stationery supplies as follows: Bureau of Land Management, $9,000; Geological Survey, $19,500; National Park Service, $7,500; Bureau of Reclamation, $8,400, any unexpended portion of which shall revert and be credited to the reclamation fund; Bureau of Mines, $9,000. 461 49 Stat. 30 . 15U.S.C.J§716- 715m. Ante, p. 456. 3 CFR, p. 293. 49 Stat. 163 . Post, p. 494. 64 Stat. 1236. 5U.S.C.§133t note. Warehouse mainte- nance, etc. Investigations by legislative branch. 60 Stat. 843. 28U. .c.. 921, 922
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