Joint resolution to authorize the Clerk of the House of Representatives to furnish certain electrical or mechanical office equipment for the use of Members, officers, and committees of the House of Representatives
PL 83-10 (H.J.Res.206), enacted 03/25/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 10-MAR. 25, 1963 
Public Law 9 
CHAPTER 9 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 12, 1950 (cli. 460, 64 Stat. 336), as amended, which 
authorizes free postage for members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
in specified areas. 
March 23. 1953 
tH. R. 2466] 
5 0 u s e 
app. 
891. 
Armed Forces, 
Free m a i l i n g 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sec-
tion of the Act of July 12, 1950 (ch. 460, 64 Stat. 336), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"That any first-class letter mail matter admissible to the mails as 
ordinary mail matter which is sent by a member of the Armed Forces privileges, 
of the United States (1) while on active duty or in the active service 
of the Armed Forces of the United States in Korea and such other 
areas as the President of the United States may hereafter designate 
as combat zones or theaters of military operations; or (2) while 
hospitalized outside the continental limits of the United States Avhen 
such hospitalization is a result of service in Korea and such otlier 
areas as the President of the United States may hereafter designate 
as combat zones or theaters of military operations; to any person in 
the United States, including the Territories and possessions thereof, 
shall be transmitted in the mails free of postage, subject to such rules 
and regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe. 
When 
specified by the sender, letters weighing not to exceed one ounce shall 
be transmitted to destination by air mail, dependent upon air s])ace 
availability therefor." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of said Act, as amended, is further amended by 
deleting therefrom "until June 30,1953", and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "until June 30, 1955''. 
Approved March 23, 1953. 
Extension. 
Public Law 10 
CHAPTER 10 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the Clerk of the House of Representatives to furnish certain 
electrical or mechanical ofBce equipment for the use of Members, officers, and 
committees of the House of Representatives. 
March 25, 1953 
[H. J. Res. 206] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) upon the request 
of any Member, officer, or committee of the House of Representatives 
and with the approval of the Committee on House Administration, 
but subject to the limitations hereinafter prescribed, the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives is authorized and directed to furnish elec-
trical or mechanical office equipment for use in the office of such 
Member, officer, or committee. The cost of such equipment shall be 
paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. 
(b) The original cost of equipment furnished under this joint 
resolution, together with the original cost of any equipment purchased 
under H. Res. 318, Eighty-second Congress, which may be in use in 
the office of a Member, officer, or committee at any one time shall not 
exceed $2,500. 
(c) The electrical or mechanical office equipment which may be 
furnished under this joint resolution for use in the office of a Member, 
House of Rep-
resentatives. 
Electrical or tne-
c h a n i c a l 
office 
equipment. 
PUBLIC LAW 11-MAR. 28, 1953 
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66 Stat. 470. 
officer, or committee shall be limited to not more than two of each of 
the following general types of equipment: 
(1) addressing machines; 
(2) automatic typewriters; 
(3) electric typewriters; 
(4) recording machines for dictating and transcribing; and 
(5) duplicating machines. 
SEC. 2. Electrical or mechanical office equipment furnished under 
this joint resolution shall be registered in the office of the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives, and shall remain the property of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 3. The last paragraph under the heading "Contingent expenses 
of the House" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1953, is 
hereby repealed, and the provisions of H. Res. 318, Eighty-second 
Congress, shall not hereafter be in effect. 
SEC. 4. For the purposes of this joint resolution, the term "Member"' 
means a Representative in Congress, a Delegate from a Territory, or 
the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. 
SEC. 5. The Committee on House Administration shall prescribe 
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this joint resolution. 
Approved March 25, 1953. 
PubUc Law 11 
CHAPTER 12 
March 28, 1953 
AN A C T 
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Making siipplt^mental appropriations for the fiscal year ending Jnne 30, 1953, 
and for otlier purposes. 
Second Supple-
mental 
^propria-
tion Act, 1953. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
Avise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTER I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
For payment to Rosemary T. McMahon, widow of Brien McMahon, 
late a Senator from the State of Connecticut, $12,500. 
66 Stat. 464. 
SALAUTES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
The appropriation for salaries of officers and employees of the 
Senate contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1953, 
is made available for the employment of additional clerical assistants 
for each Senator from the State of Florida, so that the allowance for 
administrative and clerical assistants for such Senators Avill be equal 
to that allowed other Senators from States having a population of 
more than three million but less than five million, the population of 
said State having exceeded three million inhabitants.