74th congress. SESS. II. CH. 405. MAY 15, 1936. 13-1:7 



Of the sums herein made available under the United States compensation of at- 

 Shipping Board Bureau, not to exceed an aggregate of $150,000 "'™'*''' 

 shall be expended for compensation of regular attorneys employed 

 on a yearly salary basis, including their clerical and legal assistants. 



This title may be cited as the Department of Commerce Appro- siiort title. 

 priation Act, 1937. 



TITLE IV— DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Department of 



Labor. 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Office of the Secre- 



tary. 



Salaries: Secretary of Labor, Assistant Secretary, Second Assist- salaries. 

 ant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of 

 Columbia, $330,000: Proridecl, That persons (not exceeding ten Procuos. 

 in nuniber) now employed in the determination of wages pursuant ing 'Tag°e^' ra?es"^e- 

 to the provisions of the Act entitled '"An Act to amend the Act '""j?";);. 

 approved March 3, 1931, relating to the rate of wages for laborers sess^pMon."*'' ^^ 

 and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on public 

 buildings", approved August 30, 1935, may be continued in such 

 emiDloyment and paid frona the amount herein appropriated without 

 regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws requiring com- 

 petitive examinations : Provided further^ That said personnel (except NonassemWedexami- 

 attorneys and referees) shall be required to take nonassembled '"'"°°"«'J""-<'<i- 

 examinations. 



Promotion of health, safety, employment, and so forth: For Promotion of health, 

 salaries and expenses in connection with the promotion of health, et^c!"'^ ' ^°'P'°y™*°'' 

 safety, employment stabilization, and amicable industrial relations 

 for labor and industry, $140,000, of which amount not to exceed 

 $83,580 may be expended for personal sei'vices in the District of 

 Columbia. 



Contingent expenses: For contingent and miscellaneous expenses Contingent e.xpenses. 

 of the offices and bureaus of the Department, for which appropria- 

 tions for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically 

 made, including the purchase of stationery, furniture, and repairs 

 to the same, carpets, matting, oilcloths, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, 

 soap, sponges, laundry, street-car fares not exceeding $400 ; purchase, 

 exchange, maintenance, and repair of motorcycles and motor trucks ; 

 maintenance, operation, -and repair of a motor-propelled passenger- 

 carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and 

 express charges; newspaper clippings not to exceed $1,200, postage 

 to foreign countries, telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, 

 adding machines, and other labor-saving devices; purchase of law 

 books, books of reference, newspapers and ]>eriodicals, not exceeding 

 $4,500; contract stenographic services; all other necessaiy miscel- 

 laneous items and expenses not included in the foregoing; and not 

 to exceed $25,000 for purchase of certain supplies for the Immigi-a- ^^^.^ 

 tion and Naturalization Service; in all, $112,500: Provided, That Minor purchases. 

 section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C, rsa'las.c.yim^- 

 title 41, sec. 5) shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or 

 service rendered for the Department of Labor when the aggregate 

 amount involved does not exceed the sum of $100. Printing and binding 



Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Depart- 

 ment of Labor, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and 

 services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, 



$250,000. _ 1,1 xl o i i T U Commissioners 



Commissioners of conciliation: io enable the secretary or Labor of concuiation. 

 to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creat- u°s.'c.fp'8i'. 

 ing the Department of Labor (U. S. C, title 5, sec. 611 ^) and to 



' So in original. 



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