Srxrv-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sm. Iv. oa. 72. 1923. 1233' attorney fees, witness fees, court costs, char s, and other miscellaneous expenses, $9,000: Provided, That the %nite<l States Housing P&•w¢w· , Corporation is hereby authorized to allow as an offset any equi- a$JZi?E,°§ ° °°°f table claim in any col ection made against any State or any political sulglivision tfhelpeof. h f d d 11 bl f me I f 1 o art o the appropriations ereto ore ma e an ava° a e or '? °"“°' ° _ expenditure by the Ignited States Housing Corporation shall be ex- pmpmmm mmmsl pended for the purposes for which appropriations are made herein. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. C§,‘,},§§,@’;‘,f,‘]_°°‘“’“°’°° $ For eleven commissioners, at $12,000 each; secretary, $7,500; ai all, S“““"°°· 139,500. . For all other authorized expenditures necessary in the execution ,;ub,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ of laws to regulate commerce, including per diem in lieu of sub- V¤1·38»P-68¤- sistence when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Ap- _ propriation Act approved August 1, 1914, $2,139,360, and no part of ,,,§,°$,,,,f"_.§}“,‘;}’,§‘f,,,,,;‘f‘ this sum shall be available for the care, maintenance, protection, fuel, ' mo light, and so forth, for the Interstate Commerce Commission Build- P°”’°’ ° ing, of which sum there may be expended not exceeding $50,000 in 0w¤¤¢'¤,·¢<=· the employment of counsel, not exceedin $3,000 for necessary books, reports, and periodicals; not exceeding $100 in the open market for the purchase of office furniture similar in class or kind to that listed in the general supply schedule, and not exceeding $75,000 for rent of R°°*·D·°· buildings in the District of Columbia: Provided, That this appro- §r_g¤t*:g¤é°mwm priation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space isrprovided by the Public Buildings Com- bt mission: Provided further, at the following proviso, contained in gmpuc work, N3); the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the executive '°¥ff,,1jd·P 6,, ,€peB,_ and for other simdry independent executive bureaus, boards, commis· od. ’ ' sions, and offices for the fiscalryear ending June 30, 1923," is hereby repealed: “Provided further, hat the Interstate Commerce Commission may employ by contract or otherwise expert stenographic re- ,,£‘{",,‘§,,§{°°*""""*"°’ porters for its official reporting work: And provided further, That the commission shall sell, at a rate per page equivalent to the cost of making them, copies of transcripts of its proceedings? To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce com- b,E§§’{§,,l{‘,§f’°°°“”t1"“ pliance with section 20 and other sections of the Act to regulate com- 36V°*· §_g_I>{,j,9°;,V<>*· mcrce as amended by the Act approved June 29, 1900, and as amended 4¤5.p' ' ’ p' by the Transportation Act, 1920, including the employment of neces- _ sary special accounting agents or examiners, and including per diem $‘§,{f’g§f';,f‘g*gs0{S““°“ in lieu of subsistence when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, approved August 1, 1914, $550,000. _ To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed pm? “’°‘Y “** regarding and to enforce compliance with Acts to promote the safety 29V¤¤·852?{,&- 3%*1: of employees and travelers upon railroads; the Act requiring com- vérliiajzeé. ’p' ' mon carriers to make reports of accidents and authorizing investi- gations thereof; and to enable the Interstate Commerce Commission §}3¤k3jiz¤¤1§,§}<;_ I to investigate and test block-signal and train-control systems and ap- as, of azkpvui. és, 2,2 pliances intended to promote the safety of railway operation, as au- 2*2* thorized by the joint resolution approved June 30, 1906, and the provision of the Sundry Civil Act approved May 27, 1908, including . _ the employment of inspectors, and per diem in lieu of subsistence $‘§,§f*,f§j’;,f‘g‘gf,f$t“““· when allowed pursuantxto section1£g31o§'1§)%e0S)1md1y Civil Approriation Act a roved i u<rust 1, 1 , , O . ._ . P For all authidiiized expeiiditures under the provisions of the Act er§?g€ci°°°m°t"° him` of February 17, 1911, "To promote the safety of employees and ,,,?,§};,§ P·mi,‘°‘· travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and _ suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,” and amendment of ‘°‘·"""·¥’·“°’· -1.21;»0°-23--78
