PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 296-JUNE 28,1944 50 Stat. 869. 49 Stat. 1363. Post, pp . 739, 925. Post, p. 863 . Loans and purchase of property. 49 Stat. 1364, 1366. Post, p. 739, 925. WATER FACIXIES, ARID AND SEMIARID ABEAS To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the pro- visions of the Act entitled "An Act to promote conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the devel- opment of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes", approved August 28, 1937, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590r- 590x, 590z-5), including the exchange, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, $1,025,000, of which not to exceed $11,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, approved May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 901-914), as follows: Salaries and expenses: For administrative expenses and expenses of studies, investigations, publications, and reports including the salary of the Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, and other personal services in the District of Columbia and else- where; purchase and exchange of books, lawbooks, books of reference, directories, and periodicals; not to exceed $300 for newspapers; and not to exceed $500 for financial and credit reports, $2,550,000. Loans: For loans in accordance with sections 3, 4, and 5, and for the purchase of property and costs and expenses incurred in con- nection therewith in accordance with section 7 of the Rural Electri- fication Act of May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S . C. 901-914), $25,000,000, which sum shall be borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of said Act and shall be considered as made available there- under; and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby author- ized and directed to lend such sum in addition to the amounts here- tofore authorized under said section 3 (a) and without regard to the limitation in respect of time contained in section 3 (e) of said Act; and the amount of notes, bonds, debentures, and other such obliga- tions which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to issue and to have outstanding at any one time under existing law is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions hereof. FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For salaries and expenses of the Farm Credit Administration in the District of Columbia and the field, including printing and bind- ing; travel expenses, including not to exceed $5,000 for travel incurred under proper authority attending meetings or conventions of mem- bers of organizations at which matters of importance to the work of the Farm Credit Administration are to be discussed or transacted; lawbooks, books of reference, and not to exceed $750 for periodicals and newspapers; contract stenographic reporting services; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; not to exceed $10,000 for pur- chase of manuscripts, data, and special reports by personal service without regard to the provisions of any other Act; purchase, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying 458 [58 STAT.
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