PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 301 -JUNE 28, 1944 civil-service and classification laws for special services, including 38 stat. 33. audits notwithstanding section 5 of the Act of April 6, 1914 (5 U. S. C. 55); printing and binding; reimbursement, at not to exceed 3 cents per mile, of employees for expenses incurred by them in per- formance of official travel in privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official stations; the hire of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles; procurement of supplies, equipment, and 41U.s . i.. services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes where the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $300; and rent tiopet tr aS y in the District of Columbia: Provided, That, as determined by the chairman of the Board of Directors, or such officer as may be desig- nated by the Board of Directors for the purpose, expenditures (including expenditures for services performed on a force account or contract or fee basis) necessary in acquiring, operating, maintaining, improving, or disposing of real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest (except property acquired for the administrative purposes of the Corporation), including expenses of collections of pledged collateral and expenses of service and administration of its loans, advances, and property under sec- 6 Stat. 35. tion 6 of said Act of June 11, 1942, shall be considered as nonadmin- w0 U. S.C., Supp. III, app. S 1106. istrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That no appstblishment o part of said $10,000,000 shall be obligated or expended unless and until an appropriate appropriation account shall have been estab- lished therefor pursuant to an appropriation warrant or a covering warrant, and all such expenses shall be accounted for and audited 31 u'. ' . § 1; in accordance with the Budget and Accounting Act. Supp. Im, §16 dtcq. WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION Increase of revolv- ing fund. 50 U. S. C., Supp. III, app. § 1296 note. sOra,cOm. supp, 1129. Administrative ex- peNe 46U.S.0.i1111 (b). Transportaton ex- pense, ete. War Shipping Administration, revolving fund: To increase the War Shipping Administration revolving fund, $450,000,000, which amount, together with other funds heretofore or hereafter made available to such revolving fund, shall be available for carrying on all the activities and functions of the War Shipping Administration (not provided for under other appropriations made to said Adminis- tration), under Executive order of February 7, 1942 (7 F. R . 837), and heretofore or hereafter lawfully vested in such Administration, including costs incidental to the acquisition, operation, loading, dis- charging, and use of vessels transferred for use of any department or agency of the United States, for carrying out the provisions of Executive Order Numbered 9112 of March 26, 1942, and for all administrative expenses (not to exceed $14,500,000 in the fiscal year 1945), including the employment and compensation of persons in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, such employment and com- pensation to be in accordance with laws applicable to the employment and compensation of persons by the United States Maritime Com- mission except section 201 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985); expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings concerned with the work of the Administration; actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence of persons serv- ing while away from their permanent homes or regular places of business in an advisory capacity to or employed by the Administra- tion without other compensation from the United States or at $1 per annum; printing and binding; lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals and newspapers; teletype services; purchase, maintenance, repair, rental in foreign countries, and operation of passenger-carry- ing automobiles; travel expenses, including transportation of effects under regulations prescribed by the Administrator, of employees [58 STAT.
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