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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 254 -JUNE 30, 1939 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (OUT OF POSTAL REVENUES) Unexpended balances of appropriations for the Post Office Depart- ment are hereby transferred and made available for the purposes of the appropriations to which transferred, as follows: The sum of $1,500,000 from "Railway Mail Service, Salaries, 1939" to "Clerks, First- and Second-Class Post Offices, 1939"; the sum of $1,000,000 from "Railroad Transportation and Mail Messenger Service, 1939" to "City Delivery Carriers, 1939"; the sum of $350,000 from "Rural Delivery Service, 1939" to "Special Delivery Fees, 1939"; the sum of $15,000 from "Electric- and Cable-Car Service, 1939" to "Power- Boat Service, 1939"; and the sum of $35,000 from "Manufacture and Distribution of Stamps and Stamped Paper, 1939" to "Unpaid Money Orders More Than One Year Old, 1939". The appropriation "Vehicle Service, 1940", contained in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1940, approved May 6, 1939, is hereby made available also for the repair of vehicles owned by, or under the control of, units of the National Guard and departments and agencies of the Federal Government where repairs are made nec- essary because of utilization of such vehicles in the Postal Service. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Alaskan International Highway Commission: For the expenses of the Alaskan International Highway Commission, created by the Act of May 31, 1938 (52 Stat. 590), including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, with- out regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, periodicals, and maps; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper in the fulfillment of the duty of the Commission, including the United States share of necessary joint expenses of the two Governments, fiscal year 1940, $6,200. Eighth Pan American Child Congress, San Jos6, Costa Rica: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the Eighth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at San Jose, Costa Rica in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; steno- graphic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Stat- utes (41 U. S . C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; cost of assem- bling, installing, packing, transporting, safekeeping, demonstrating, and renovating a suitable exhibit, and the purchase of supplies inci- dent thereto, by contract if deemed necessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5); and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reim- bursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. First Pan American Housing Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the First Pan American Housing Conference, to be held at Buenos Aires, 98907°- 3 9-PT --- 31 987 Transfers of unex- pended balances of appropriations, 1939. 52 Stat. 142-144. Repair of vehicles. Ante, p. 681. Alaskan Interna- tional Highway Com- mission. 52 Stat. 590. Personal services. 5U. .C.§§631- 652, 661-674; Supp. IV, 0§ 673, 673c. Contract services. R. S. §3709. 41 U. S.C. §5. Share of Joint ex- penses. Eighth Pan Am ri- can Child Congr,:;;. San Jose, Costa Rkii. Personal services. 5U.S.C.I§BB1- 674; Supp. IV , §§ 673, 673c. Contract servites. R.S. 3709. 41 U.S. C. §5. Exhibit. Purchase of sup- plies. R. S. 3709. 41U. S.C. j§5. First Pan American Housing Conference, Buenos Aires, Argen- tina.