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year remaining after passage of this Act for all necessary

expenses of the United States Office of Education for re-

search and advisory services including salaries, travel, and

other necessary expenses of an Assistant United States Com-
missioner—professionally trained and expertly qualified in the
field of education covered by this Act—the necessary staff
similarly trained, a technical assistant and staff to be ap-
pointed under civil-service regulations for the sole purpose
of supervising the public dissemination of all information
consistent and necessary in the carrying out of the provisions
of this Act; and expenses of making such studies, investiga-
tions, and demonstrations. There is hereby authorized to
be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient for such
purposes.
DEFINITIONS
Suc. 42. As used in this Act—
(a) The term “State’’, except as otherwise provided,

shall include the several States, and for the purposes of this

_ Act, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,

the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam; and the
Canal Zone.

(b) The term “legislature” means the State or Terri-
torial legislature or other comparable body, except that in

the District of Columbia it shall mean the Board of Educa-