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Volume 49 · 1390

Public Law 74–470

To advance a program of national safety and accident prevention.

Approved May 28, 1936

Statutory text

AN ACT

To advance a program of national safety and accident prevention.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That there is

National safety and accident prevention.

Appropriation authorized for furthering work of conference on.

Post, p. 1618.

hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000 to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce for the furtherance of the work of the accident-prevention conference.

Authorized expenditures.

Money appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be available upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of Commerce for fostering accident-prevention work on the part of organizations engaged in the promotion of safety and accident prevention; preparation and printing of material designed to enlighten the general public in matters of safety and accident prevention, such material to be disseminated through schools, newspapers, magazines, the radio, or any other means of intercourse or communication; the preparation and attempts to obtain enactment of uniform vehicle regulations in the several States; clerical assistance for the members of the General Committee of the Accident Prevention Conference; travel expenses incurred by members of the General Committee of the Accident Prevention Conference in the furtherance of the work of the said conference.

Approved, May 28, 1936.

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