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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 35 STAT. · May 27, 1908 · Chapter 200

Chapter 200. Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 200.— An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes. May 27, 1908.[[H.R. 21260](/us/bill/70/hr/21260).][[Public. No. 141](/us/pl/70/141)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be,Sundry civil expenses appropriations. and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, namely:
UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. public buildings.Public buildings. Burlington. Vermont, post-office and custom-house: For completionBurlington, Vt. of building, including the construction of a balustrade on the cornice, seven thousand dollars. For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of certainCedar Rapids. Iowarent. Government officials at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, three thousand five hundred dollars. Clarinda, Iowa, post-office: For completion of building, twenty thousandClarinda.
Iowa. dollars. Cleveland, Ohio, rent of buildings: For rent of temporary quartersCleveland. Ohio, rent. for the accommodation of Government officials, fifty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and twenty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For rent of temporary quarters for the accommodation of GovernmentColumbus. Ohio, rent. officials at Columbus, Ohio, six thousand dollars. Decatur, Illinois, post-office: For completion of building underDecatur. III. present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, court-house and post-office: For completionEau Claire, Wis. of building under present limit, thirty thousand dollars. Grand Island, Nebraska, post-office and court-house: For continuationGrand Island, Nebr. of building under present limit, twenty thousand dollars. For rent of temporary quarters for the accommodation of GovernmentGrand Rapids, Mich.,rent. officials at Grand Rapids, Michigan, six thousand dollars. Green Bay, Wisconsin, post-office and court-house:
For continuationGreen Bay. Wis. of building under present limit, thirty thousand dollars. Knoxville, Tennessee, post-office and court-house: For additionalKnoxville, Tenn. land and for continuation of the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of building under present limit, thirty-five thousand dollars. Lafayette, Indiana, post-office: For necessary change in driveway,Lafayette. Ind. one thousand five hundred and two dollars and forty-one cents. Lancaster. Pennsylvania, post-office:
For additional land and forLancaster. Pa. completion of the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of building under present limit, twenty thousand dollars. Los Angeles, California, rent of buildings: For rental of temporaryLos Angeles, Cal., rent. quarters for the accommodation of certain Government officials, and all expenses incident thereto, and for electric current for power purposes, thirty thousand dollars. Muscatine, Iowa, post-office: For completion of building underMuscatine, Iowa. present limit, fifteen thousand dollars.
New Orleans. Louisiana, mint: For miscellaneous repairs and improvements,New Orleans, La.Mint. including repairs to outside walls and to grounds, installation of new plumbing, gas service, and electric-wiring system, exterior and interior painting, and so forth, thirty thousand dollars. New York. New York, post-office: For continuation of work, twoNew York, N.Y.Post-office. hundred thousand dollars, which sum shall not be expended on any 318 building the plans for which when made, and approved by the Postmaster-General, shall involve a total cost, exclusive of site, and including approaches, elevators, heating apparatus, mechanical equipment for handling mails, and the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated therefor, of a sum exceeding three million five hundred thousand dollars.
New York barge oilice: Toward reconstruction of annex, and buildingBarge office.Contract. pier in connection therewith, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such reconstruction and building at a cost not to exceed live hundred thousand dollars. Ocala, Florida, post-office and court-house: For site and completionOcala, Fla. of building under present limit, thirty thousand dollars. Peoria, Illinois, post-office and court-house:
For additional land, andPeoria, Ill. for continuation of enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars. For rent of temporary quarters, for the accommodation of GovernmentRent. officials, at Peoria. Illinois, eight thousand dollars. Quincy, Massachusetts, post-office and custom-house: For completionQuincy, Mass. of building under present limit, twenty thousand dollars. Richmond, Virginia. rent of buildings: For rent of temporary quartersRichmond, Va.,rent. at Richmond, Virginia, including necessary moving expenses, in addition to the amount appropriated by sundry civil act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, ten thousand dollars.
San Francisco, California, mint: Authority is granted to use of theSan Francisco,Cal., Mint. unexpended balance of sixty-five thousand dollars, appropriated by the deficiency act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for theVol. 34, p. 639. repair of the mint building at San Francisco damaged by earthquake, so much thereof as may be necessary to replace the. stone flagging in the workrooms of the melter and refiner and the coiner, and also to pay the account of four hundred and seventy-five dollars of the WaltzPayment to Waltz Safe and Lock Company.
Safe and Lock Company, of San Francisco, California, for equipping the vault of the mint of the United States at San Francisco with single outer and folding inner doors, for security to the bullion and coin stored therein. San Francisco, California, custom-house: the Secretary of the TreasuryCustom-house. is authorized, upon the completion of the custom-house in the city of San Francisco, California, to pay to Thomas Butler, the contractorPayment to Thomas Butler. for the construction of said building, in addition to the contract price therefor, such sum as may be equitable and just to reimburse said contractor for any loss actually sustained in consequence of the earthquake and great fire of April, nineteen hundred and six, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That*Proviso.*Condition. the amount allowed said Thomas Butler shall not be sufficient to enable him to make any profit out of the making and execution of said contract.
Spokane. Washington, post-office, court-house, and custom-house:Spokane, Wash. For continuation of building under present limit, seventy-five thousand dollars. Trenton, New Jersey, post-office and court-house: For completionTrenton, N.J. of the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars. For rent of temporary quarters for accommodation of GovernmentWatertown, N. Y., rent. officials at Watertown, New York, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
Webster City, Iowa, post-office: For completion of building underWebster City, Iowa. present limit, ten thousand dollars. Wichita, Kansas, post-office and court-house: For the completion ofWichita, Kans. the enlargement, extension, remodeling, and improvement of the Government building at Wichita. Kansas, six thousand dollars. 319 New Haven, Connecticut, public building, now used for a post-officeNew Haven. Conn. and for other purposes: To enlarge, extend or remodel said building, including all necessary changes in, additions thereto, alterations thereof, repairs to the present building, and of the heating and plumbing systems therein, and drainage and approaches thereto, which may be incident to such extension and enlargement or remodeling of said building, fifty thousand dollars.
For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: ForWashington. D.C.Treasury buildings, repairs. repairs to Treasury, Butler, and Winder buildings and the grounds adjacent thereto, including personal services of skilled mechanics, fifteen thousand dollars. Fire-alarm system, Treasury Department: For maintenance of theFire-alarm system. automatic fire-alarm system now in the Treasury and Winder buildings, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire by purchase orBureau of Engraving and Printing.hind for new building.*Post*, p. 614. condemnation all of the land in square numbered two hundred and thirty-one not now owned by the United States, together withall of squares numbered two hundred and thirty-two and two hundred and thirty-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and toward the construction, for the use of the Bureau of Engraving andConstruction.
Printing, of a fireproof building approximately three hundred by live hundred feet with interior courts, basement, four stories, and attic, in the immediate vicinity of and adjoining the present building, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury isContracts, cost. authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such building at a cost not to exceed two million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, including the cost of acquiring as a site therefor the land herein described : *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized*Provisos*.Plans, etc. to proceed at once and, pending the acquisition of said lands, to procure the necessary plans and specifications for the building herein authorized: *Provided further*, That if in the judgment of the SecretaryUse of present site as alternative. of the Treasury the land herein described can not be acquired by purchase or condemnation at a fair and reasonable price he is authorized to construct the said building for use of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on land now owned by the United States west of the site of the present building of said Bureau, and for that purpose the sums herein appropriated and authorized shall be available.
For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs, andRepairs and preservation. preservation of custom-houses, court-houses and post-offices, and quarantine stations, buildingsand wharf at Sitka, Alaska, and the other public buildings and the grounds thereof, and of sites acquired for public buildings, under the control of the Treasury Department, and including not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for marine hospitals, five hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That of the sum hereby*Proviso.*Superintendents, etc. appropriated not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the employment, outside of the District of Columbia, of superintendents and others, including mechanical labor force, at a rate of compensation not exceeding for any one person six dollars per day.
That in all cases, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine,Rent of buildings on acquired sites authorized. where any building or buildings not reserved by the vender are on land heretofore acquired, or which may hereafter be acquired, for Federal building sites or for the enlargement of Federal building sites, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to rent such building or buildings until their removal becomes necessary and to make such repairs thereto as may be necessary to keep the buildings in tenantable condition, payment to be made from the proceeds derived from the rentals; the net proceeds to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and a report thereof to be submitted to Congress annually. 320 Mechanical equipment for public buildings:
For heating, hoisting,Mechanical equipment. plumbing, gas piping (except for furniture lighting), ventilating, and refrigerating apparatus, vacuum cleaning systems, interior pneumatictube systems, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings, including quarantine stations and marine hospitals, under the control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, four hundred thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding thirty-eight thousand tive hundred dollars may be expended for personal services of mechanics and others employed outside of the District of Columbia, in making repairs or inspecting work done under the terms of this appropriation.
Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings: For vaults, safes, andVaults, safes, and locks. locks, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, seventy-five thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding seven thousand tive hundred dollars may be expended for personal services of mechanics and others employed outside of the District of Columbia in making repairsand inspecting work done.
Plans for public buildings: For books of reference, technical periodicalsBooks, chemicals, etc. and journals, photographic instruments, chemicals, plates and photographic materials of like nature for use of the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and the annual subscriptions to technical periodicals and journals published abroad may be paid in advance, two thousand dollars. Electrical protection to vaults, public buildings: For installationElectrical burglar alarms.Vol. 32. p. 1091. and maintenance of electrical burglar-alarm devices authorized by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, including the post-office, court-house, and so forth,Chicago, 111. building at Chicago, Illinois, thirty thousand dollars. marine hospitals.Marine hospitals.
Stapleton, Staten Island. New York, marine hospital: Toward reconstructionStapleton, N. Y. and for additional buildings, one hundred thousand dollars: and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such reconstruction and additional buildings at a cost not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Maintenance of leprosy hospital. Hawaii: the unexpended balanceHawaii.Leprosy hospital.Vol. 33, p. 1010. of fifty thousand dollars, appropriated by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, for maintenance of the leprosy hospital, Hawaii, is hereby reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, and in addition thereto the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the maintenance of said leprosy hospital. quarantine stations.Quarantine stations.
Reedy Island Quarantine Station: For completion of tilling, eightReedy Inland. hundred dollars. San Francisco Quarantine Station: For launch to take place of launchSan Francisco. Bacillus, ten thousand dollars. life-saving service.Life-Saving Service. For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations, as follows:Superintendents.*Ante*, p. 46. For one superintendent for the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coast of Massachusetts, two thousand two hundred dollars; 321 For one superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island and Fishers Island, two thousand dollars;
For one superintendent for the coast of Long Island, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coast of New Jersey, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, one thousand nine hundred dollars;
For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, two thousand dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts ot Lakes Ontario and Erie, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, two thousand two hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of Lake Michigan, two thousand two hundred dollars;
For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, two thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars. For salaries of two hundred and eighty-eight keepers of life-savingKeepers.*Ante.* p. 46. and lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, two hundred and seventy three thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and lifeboatCrews. stations, including the old Chicago station, at the rate of seventy dollars per month each for the number one surfman in each station, and at the rate of sixty-five dollars per month for each of the other surfmen during the period of actual employment, and three dollars per day for each occasion of service at other times; rations or commutation thereof for keepers and surfmen: compensation of volunteersCompensation of volunteers. at life-saving and lifeboat stations for actual and deserving service rendered upon any occasion of disaster or in any effort to save persons from drowning, at such rate, not to exceed ten dollars for each volunteer, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine; pay of volunteer crews for drill and exercise; fuel for stations and houses ofFuel, repairs, etc. refuge; repairs and outfits for same; rebuilding and improvement of same, including use of additional land where necessary; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department; commutation of quarters and allowance for heat andCornmutation of quarters, etc.Disabilities, etc.Vol. 22. p. 57. light for officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service detailed for duty in the Life-Saving Service; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the Act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; for draft animals and their maintenance; for telephone lines and care of same: and contingent expenses, includingContingent expenses. freight, storage, rent, repairs to apparatus, labor, medals, stationery, newspapers for statistical purposes, advertising, and all other necessary expenses not included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, one million nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars.
Hereafter the pay of surfmen in the Life-Saving Service shall beComputing pay of surfmen. computed according to the number of days in each month, respectively, 322 and not as required by section six of the Act of June thirtieth, nineteenVol. 31, p. 763. hundred and six, making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven. revenue-cutter service.Revenue-Cutter Service. For expenses of the Revenue-Gutter Service:
For pay and allowancesPay, etc.*Ante*. p. 61. of captain commandant and officers of that rank, senior captains, captains, lieutenants, engineer in chief, and officers of that rank, captains of engineers, lieutenants of engineers, two constructors, cadets, cadet engineers, commissioned surgeon, two contract surgeons, two civilian instructors, and pilots employed, and rations for pilots; for pay of warrant and petty officers, ships’ writers, buglers, seamen, oilers, firemen, coal heavers, water tenders, stewards, cooks, and boys, and for rations for the same; for allowance for clothing for enlisted men; for fuel for vessels, and repairs and outfits for the same; ship chandlery and engineers’ stores for the same; actual traveling expenses or mileage, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for officers traveling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department; commutation of quarters; for maintenance of vessels in the protection of the seal fisheries in Bering Sea and the other waters of Alaska, andSeal fisheries. the enforcement of the provisions of law in Alaska; for maintenance of vessels in enforcing the provisions of the Acts relating to the anchorageAnchorage.Vol. 25, p. 151.Vol. 27, p. 131.Vol. 30, p. 1081.Vol. 29, p. 54. of vessels in the ports of New York and Chicago, and in the Kennebec River, and the movements and anchorage of vessels in Saint Marys River; for temporary leases and improvement of property for revenue-cutter purposes; not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for the improvement of the depot for the service at Arundel Cove, Maryland; contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under special heads, two million one hundred and ninety-one thousand dollars.
For additional amount required for the foregoing purposes, to carryAdditional for increase in pay.*Ante*, p. 108. out the provisions of the army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred and sixty-four dollars and seventy-four cents: *Provided*,*Proviso.*No pension to be allowed. That, hereafter no pension shall be allowed or paid to any commissioned officer, warrant officer,or enlisted man in the Revenue-Cutter Service either on the active or retired list.
For special repairs to revenue cutters, seventy-five thousand dollars.Special repairs. For completion of one steam revenue cutter of the first class forPuget Sound.Steam cutter. duty in Puget Sound and adjacent waters, one hundred thousand dollars. For completion of one steam revenue cutter of the first class forSavannah. Ga.Steam cutter. duty at Savannah Georgia, and adjacent waters on the Atlantic coast, one hundred thousand dollars. For outfits for steam vessel for removal of derelicts and installationWrecking vessels.Outfits. of same, forty thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars.
The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to transfer theVicksburg” transferred from Navy. United States steamer Vicksburg, with her outfits and armament, to the Treasury Department for the use of the Revenue-Cutter Service. For the construction of a launch, of such motive power as may bePortland, Oreg.Power launch. determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the use of the customs service at and in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon, three thousand dollars. For the construction of a wharf and storehouses thereon at WaaddahWaaddah Island Wash.Storehouses, etc.
Island, Neah Bay, Washington, for the use of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service and the United States Life-Saving Service, in 323 connection with the ocean-going tug and life-saving station authorizedVol. 84. p. 123. by the Act of Congress approved April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, twenty-four thousand dollars. engraving and printing.Engraving and Hinting. For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries ofSalaries. all necessary employees, other than plate printers and plate printers’ assistants, one million two hundred and eight thousand eight hundred, and twenty-nine dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided*, That no portion of this sum*Proviso.*Large notes. shall be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing theVol. 81. p. 45. requirements of the Act “To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred.
For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the SecretaryWages. of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers’ assistants, when employed, one million six hundred and twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided*, That no portion of this sum shall be expended*Proviso.*Large notes. for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements of the Act “To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity ofVol. 81. p. 45. all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred.
For engravers’ and printers’ materials and other materials exceptMaterials, etc. distinctive paper, and tor miscellaneous expenses, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of necessary horses and vehicles, and of horse and vehicle for official use of the Director when, in writing, ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury, five hundred and twenty-one thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.Smithsonian Institution.
International Exchanges: For expenses of the system of internationalInternational exchanges. exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, thirty-two thousand dollars. American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches amongAmerican Ethnology. the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, forty-two thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for rent of building.
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature: For theInternational Catalogue of Scientific Literature. cooperation of the United States in the work of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation of a classified index catalogue of American scientific publications for incorporation in the International Catalogue, the expense of clerk hire, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and other necessary incidental expenses, five thousand dollars, the same to be expended under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. 324 Astrophysical Observatory:
For maintenance of AstrophysicalAstrophysica1 Observatory. Observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, repairs ana alterations of buildings and miscellaneous expenses, thirteen thousand dollars. National Museum: For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliancesNational Museum.Cases, furniture, etc. required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, fifty thousand dollars.
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic,Heat, light, etc. and telephonic service for the National Museum, twenty-two thousand dollars. For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collectionsPreserving, etc., collections. from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and all other necessary expenses, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand five hundred dollars may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National Museum.
For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference inBooks, etc. the National Museum, two thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includingRepairs. all necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars. For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for theRent. National Museum, four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,Postage. five hundred dollars.
National Zoological Park: For continuing the construction ofNational Zoological Park. roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals; including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles required for official purposes, ninety-five thousand dollars; one half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the DistrictHalf from District revenues. of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. interstate commerce commission.Interstate Commerce Commission.Salaries of Commissioners.
For salaries of seven Commissioners, at ten thousand dollars each, seventy thousand dollars. For salary of secretary, five thousand dollars.Secretary.Expenses. For all other authorized expenditures, necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, seven hundred thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars may be expended in the employment of counsel, and not exceeding three thousand dollars mayCounsel. be expended for the purchase of necessary books, reports, and periodicals, and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be expended for printing other than that done at the Government Printing Office.
To further enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforceEnforcing accounting by railroads.Vol. 34, p. 593. compliance with section twenty of the Act to regulate commerce as amended by the Act approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, including the employment of necessary special agents or examiners, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. To carry out the objects of the “Act concerning carriers engagedArbitration of railroad differences.Vol. 30, p. 424. in interstate commerce and their employees,” approved June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ten thousand dollars.
To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informedRailway safety appliances.Vol. 27. p.531. regarding compliance with the “Act to promote the safety of employees 325 and travelers upon railroads,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and to execute and enforce the requirements of the said Act, including the employment of inspectors, one hundred thousand dollars. Hereafter all inspectors employed for the enforcementReports of Inspectors. of said Act shall also be required to make examination of the construction, adaptability, design, and condition of all mail cars used on any railroad in the United States and make report thereon, a copy of which report shall be transmitted to the Postmaster-General.
Hereafter the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be. and is,In vest igation of safety appliances, etc. hereby authorized, at its discretion, to investigate, test experimentally, and report on the use and need of any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation which may be furnished in completed shape to such Commission for such investigation and test entirely free of cost to the Government. For this purpose the Commission is authorized to employ persons familiar with the subject to be investigated and tested, and may also make use of its regular employees for such purposes.
The unexpended balance of the appropriation to enable the InterstateInvestigation of block systems, etc.Reapproprlation.Vol. St. p. 1312. Commerce Commission to investigate in regard to the use and necessity for block-signal systems and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains, including experimental tests, at the discretion of the Commission, of such of said signal systems and appliances only as may be furnished in connection with such investigation, free of cost to the Government, in accordance with the provisions of theVol.34,p.838. joint resolution approved .June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the purposes named in this and the preceding paragraph.
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Miscellaneous. Paper for Internal-Revenue Stamps: For paper for internalrevenuePaper and stamps. stamps, including freight, eighty thousand dollars. After June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, collectors ofInternal revenue.AH coll etions to be paid daily to Treasury. internal revenue shall pay daily into the Treasury of the United States, under instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury, the gross amounts of all collections of whatever nature, made by authority of law, and the same shall be covered into the Treasury as internal-revenue collections.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to refund money coveredRefund of taxes. into Treasury as internal-revenue collections which under authority of law has heretofore been refunded or returned, thirty thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, internal revenue service, additional toAdditional for miscellaneous expenses.*Ante*. p. 207. the sum appropriated therefor in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, fifteen thousand dollars.
Collectors of internal revenue shall render their revenue accountsQuarterly returns to be made. quarterly. Punishment for Violations of Internal-Revenue Laws: ForPunishing violations of internal-revenue laws. detecting and bringing to trial and punishment, persons guilty of violating the internal-revenue laws or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has expended this sum, and also a detailed state-mentof all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal Revenue for which appropriation is made in this Act.
Transportation of Fractional Silver Coin : For transportationTransporting fractional silver coin. of fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, sixty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries 326 , free of charge, fractional silver coin when requested to do so: *Provided*, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been*Proviso.*Deposits. deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants: *Provided*, That not less than one-half of this appropriationRegistered mails.Report. shall be used in transporting said coin by registered mail.
And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation, and report at the next session of Congress the necessary facilities and the cost thereof for transporting said coin by registered mail, and by registered mail insured. Transportation of Minor Coin: For transportation of minor coin,Transporting minor coin. by registered mail or otherwise, twenty-five thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, minor coin when requested to do so: *Provided*, That an equal amount*Proviso.*Deposits. in coin or currency shall have been deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants.
And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation. Contingent Expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingentContingent expenses, Independent. Treasury.R.S., sec. 3653, p. 719. expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
For defraying the expense of transporting money stored at the SanMoney from San Francisco mint. Francisco Mint and receiving and storing the same elsewhere, three hundred thousand dollars. Recoinage of Gold Coins: For recoinage of light-weight gold coinsRecoining gold coins. in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, as required by section thirty-five hundred and twelveR. S., sec. 3512, p.696.United States securities.Distinctive paper. of the Revised Statutes of the United States, seven thousand dollars.
Distinctive Paper for United States Securities: For distinctive paper for United States securities, including expenses of transportation, salaries of register, assistant register, four counters, live watchmen, one skilled laborer, and expenses of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, three hundred and ten thousand dollars. Special Witness of Destruction of United States Securities:Witness of destruction. For pay of the representative of the public on the committee to witness the destruction by maceration of Government securities, at five dollars per day while actually employed, one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars.
Sealing and Separating United States Securities: For materialsSealing and separating. required to seal and separate United States notes and certificates, such as composition rollers, ink, printers’ varnish, sperm oil. white printing paper, manila paper, thin muslin, benzine, gutta-percha belting, and other necessary articles and expenses, two thousand dollars. Expenses of National Currency: For distinctive paper, includingDistinctive paper for national currency. transportation, mill, and other necessary expenses, fifty-seven thousand dollars.
Canceling United States Securities and Cutting DistinctiveCanceling, Etc. Paper: For extra knives for cutting machines and sharpening same; and leather belting, new dies and punches, repairs to machinery, oil, cotton waste, and other expenses connected with the cancellation of redeemed United States securities, two hundred dollars. Custody of Dies, Rolls, and Plates: For pay of custodian of dies,Custody of dies, rolls, and plates. rolls, and plates used at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the printing of Government securities, namely:
One custodian, three thousand dollars; two subcustodians, one at two thousand dollars, and one at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three distributors of stock, one at one thousand six hundred dollars, one at one thousand four 327 hundred dollars, and one at one thousand two hundred dollars: in all, eleven thousand dollars. Pay of Assistant Custodians and Janitors: For pay of assistantPublic buildings.Assistant custodians and janitors. custodians and janitors, including all personal services for the care of all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the.
District of Columbia, and washing towels, sprinkling streets, and removing rubbish, in connection with said buildings, exclusive of marine, hospitals, mints, branch mints, and assay offices, one million six hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein. For custodian of public buildings at Saint Paul, Minnesota, oneSaint Paul. Minn.Custodian. thousand six hundred dollars, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury without reference to the laws or regulations applying to classified or civil service, and shall discharge such additional duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time require.
General Inspector of Supplies for Public Buildings: For oneInspector of supplies. general inspector, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to inspect public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, and report on the efficiency of the custodians’ forces, and the use of fuel, lights, water, miscellaneous supplies, and so forth, three thousand dollars; and for actual necessary traveling expenses, not exceeding two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.
Inspector of Furniture and Other Furnishings for PublicInspector of Furniture, Etc. Buildings: To enable the. Secretary of the Treasury to employ a suitable person to inspect all public buildings and examine into their requirements for furniture and other furnishings, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for actual necessary traveling expenses, including actual traveling expenses of assistant, not exceeding three thousand dollars; in all. five thousand five hundred dollars.
For assistant inspector of furniture and other furnishings for publicAssistant inspector. buildings, one thousand six hundred dollars. Furniture and Repairs of Furniture: For furniture and repairsFurniture and repairs. of same, carpets, and gas and electric-light fixtures, for all public buildings, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, and assay offices, under the control of the Treasury Department, and for furniture, carpets, gas and electric-light fixtures for new buildings, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, five hundred and seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.
And all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings and in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture or not. The furniture for all new public buildings shall hereafter be procuredFurniture for new buildings. in accordance wif h plans and specifications approved by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Fuel, Lights, and Water for Public Buildings:
For the purchaseFuel, lights, and water. of fuel, steam, light, water, water meters, ice, lighting supplies, electric current, for light and power purposes, and miscellaneous items for the use of the custodians’ forces in the care of the buildings, furniture, and heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus, and electric-light plants, exclusive of personal service, and for expenses of installing electric-light plants, electric-light wiring, and repairs thereto, in such buildings completed and occupied as may bedesignated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for all public buildings, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, and assay offices, underthe control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, one million four hundred thousand dollars.
And the appropriation herein made for gas shall 328 include the rental and use of gas governors, when ordered by the Secretary*Proviso*.Gas governors. of the Treasury in writing: *Provided*, That no sum shall be paid as rental for such gas governors greater than thirty-live per centum of the actual value of the gas saved thereby, which saving shall be determined by such tests as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. No portion of the amount herein appropriated shall be used for operating a system of pneumatic tubes for the transmission of postal matter.
Suppressing Counterfeiting and Other Crimes: For expensesSuppressing counterfeiting, etc. incurred under the authority or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury in detecting, arresting, and delivering into the custody of the United States marshal having jurisdiction, dealers and pretended dealers in counterfeit money, and persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes,and other securities of the United States and of foreign governments, as well as the coins of the United States and of foreign governments, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, including one thousand dollars to make the necessary investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under section forty-seven hundredR.
S., sec. 4718, p. 919.Vol. 28, p. 965. and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for no other purpose whatever, except in the protection of the person of the President of the United States, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no*Proviso.*Witnesses. part of this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person subpoenaed by the United States courts to attend any trial before a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for “ Fees of witnesses, United States courts.
” No part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used inPayment to persons detailed forbidden. payment of compensation or expenses of any person detailed or transferred from the Secret Service Division of the Treasury Department or who may at any time, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, have been employed by or under said Secret Service Division. Compensation in Lieu of Moieties: For compensation in lieu ofCompensation in Heu of moieties. moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Customs Service: To defray the expenses of collecting the revenueCollecting customrevenue, additional. from customs, four million five hundred thousand dollars, being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose for the fiscalDetection of fraud etc.Vol. 20. p. 386: Vol 33. p. 396, amended. year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine. And the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine (Twentieth Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-six), as amended by the Act of April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four (Thirty-third Statutes, page three hundred and ninety-six), authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to expend out of the appropriation for defraying the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs such amount as he may deem necessary, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum, for the detection and prevention of frauds upon the customs revenue, are hereby further amended so asAnnual alloment increased. to increase the amount to be so expended for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine to two hundred thousand dollars.
The unexpended balance of the appropriation of twenty-five thousandAutomatic scales.Appropriation con tinned.Vol. 34, p. 708. dollars made by the sundry civil Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for construction and installation of special automatic and recording scales for weighing merchandise, and so forth, in connection with imports at the various ports of entry under direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby continued and made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine.
Landsand Other Property of the United States: For custody,lands, etc. care, protection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property of 329 the United States, the examination of titles, recording of deeds, advertising, and auctioneers fees, three hundred dollars. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service: Expenses ofPublic Health and Marine-Hospital Service.Pay. etc. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, as follows: For pay, allowances, and commutation of quarters for commissioned medical officers and pharmacists, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars;
For pay of all other employees, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars; For freight, transportation, and traveling expenses, thirty-five thousandFreight, etc. dollars; For fuel, light, and water, eighty thousand dollars;Fuel. etc.Furniture.Supplies. For furniture and repairs to same, nine thousand dollars; For purveying depot, purchase of medical, surgical, and hospital supplies, thirty-five thousand dollars; For rent of building or floor space for purveying depot in Washington,Rent.
District of Columbia, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;Hygienic Laboratory.New building. For maintaining the Hygienic Laboratory, fifteen thousand dollars; To complete equipment of new Hygienic Laboratory building, ten thousand dollars; For maintenance of marine hospitals, including subsistence, and forMaintenance of hospitals. all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under special heads, two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars; For medical examinations, care of seamen, care and treatment of allMedical examinations, etc. other persons entitled to relief, and miscellaneous expenses at other than marine hospitals, which are not included under special heads, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
For journals and scientific books, for use of the Public Health andBooks, etc. Marine-Hospital Bureau, five hundred dollars; Construction of two new stairways in the Marine Hospital at Chicago,Chicago. Ill.Hospital. Illinois, twelve thousand dollars; In all, one million two hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, of which sum two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration.
Quarantine Service: For the maintenance and ordinary expenses,Quarantine Service. including pay of officers and employees of quarantine stations at Portland, Maine; Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Delaware Breakwater; Reedy Island; Alexandria, Virginia; Cape Charles and supplemental station; Cape Fear; Newbern, North Carolina; Washington, North Carolina; Georgetown, South Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; Beaufort, South Carolina; Port Royal, South Carolina; Savannah; South Atlantic;
Brunswick; Cumberland Sound; Saint Johns River; Biseavne Bay; Key West; Boca Grande; Tampa Bay; Port Inglis; Cedar Key; Punta Kassa; Saint Georges Sound (East and West Pass); Pensacola; Mobile; New Orleans (repairs and rehabilitation for New Orleans Quarantine Station when title perfected, to be payable from the appropriation Act of June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six); Gulf; San Diego; San Pedro and adjoining ports; Santa Barbara; San Francisco, Port Harford, California;
Eureka, Columbia River, Florence, Oregon; Newport. Oregon; Coos Bay. Oregon: Gardner, Oregon; Port Townsend and supplemental stations, quarantine system of the Hawaiian Islands, and the quarantine system of Porto Rico, four hundred thousand dollars. An expenditure of not to exceed five hundred dollars may be incurredPrinting. during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine for printing on account of the quarantine service at times when the exigencies of that service require immediate action, chargeable to the appropriation “ Preventing the introduction and spread of epidemic diseases.” 330 Prevention of Epidemics: the President of the United States isPrevention of epidemics.Balance available. hereby authorized, in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, typhus fever, yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic plague, Chinese plague, or black death, to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by the sundry civil appropriation AetapprovedVol. 34, p. 1316.*Ante*, p. 10.
March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, and in the urgent defi-îiency appropriation Act approved February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, and five hundred thousand dollars in addition thereto,Additional. or so much thereof as may be necessary, in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same, including pay and allowances of all officers and employees of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service assigned to duty in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same; and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may be then in force, the same to be immediately available.
Files for Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department:Auditor for PostOflice Department.Files. For tiles for postmasters’ money-order statements and papers relating thereto, nine thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Repair, and So Forth, of “The Hermitage”: For repairing“ the Hermitage.” Repairs, etc. buildingsand improving the grounds of “The Hermitage,” the home of President Andrew Jackson, situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, five thousand dollars.
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.Department of Commerce and Labor. immigration stations.Immigration stations. Immigration station, Ellis Island, New York: For dredging newEllis Island. N. Y.Dredging channel. channel to afford landing facilities for arriving aliens and their baggage, sixty-five thousand dollars, which shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration. Immigration station, Angel Island, California: For completing buildingsAngel Island, Cal.Buildings. and appurtenances in accordance with specifications, forty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the cost of furnishings and equipments*Proviso*.Payment. for the station shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration.
Steel ferry steamer, San Francisco, California: For the purchase orFerry steamer. construction of a steel ferry steamer for service between San Francisco and Angel Island, California, immigration station, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, which shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration. Steel boarding cutter, San Francisco, California: For the purchaseBoarding cutter. or construction of a steel boarding cutter for use of the Immigration Service at San Francisco, California, twenty-five thousand dollars, which shall be paid from the. permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration. light-houses, beacons, and fog signals.Light-houses, beacons, and fog signals.
Staten Island light-house depot, New York: the balance of theTompkinsville, N. Y.. depot.Use of balances.Lamp shop.Vol. 32. p. 1092; Vol.34, p. 1317. appropriation made in the Acts of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, of fifty thousand dollars, and March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the erection of a lamp shop at the general light-house depot, Tompkinsville, New York, is hereby made available, in so far as may be necessary, for outfitting and equipping said shop with necessary tools, appliances, machinery, and equipment. 331 Anchorage buoys in the port of New York:
For establishing,New York Harbor.Anchorage buoys.Vol. 25, p. 151.*Ante*, p. 162. replacing, and maintaining all anchorage buoys required in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of the Act of May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, relating to the anchorage of vessels in the port of New York, ten thousand dollars. Saint Joseph light-house depot, Michigan: For repairs to the dockSaint Joseph, Mich.Repairs. and fences, twenty-four thousand dollars. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized andAcceptance of land for light-keeper’s dwelling. directed to accept as a gift from the owner or owners, a piece of land one hundred and fifty feet long by one hundred feet wide, which shall be selected by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor from a tract of land situated in section twenty-three, town four, south, range nineteen, west.
Berrien County, Michigan, and bounded on the west by Lake Michigan, on the south by the North Pier at the entrance of Saint Joseph and Benton Harbor, on the east by lands owned by the United Statesand occupied as a light-house station and light-house supply depot, and on the north by a line drawn westerly from the northwest corner of said lands occupied as a light-house station and light-house supply depot, parallel witn said North Pier at the entrance of said harbor, to Lake Michigan; and upon the delivery of a deed with abstract showing good title to said tract of land offered as a gift, in the United States, the Light-House Board is authorized and directed to erect the new light-keeper’s dwelling heretofore authorized for said station on said tract of land so acquired.
Light-ship on the Knuckle of the Frying Pan Shoal: For a lightshipKnuckle of the Frying Pan Shoal, N.C.Light vessel. on the Knuckle of the Frying Pan Shoal, off Cape Fear, North Carolina, to be located at the place where the old light-ship was located, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Hereafter no light-ship shall be removed from the place designatedTransfer of lightvessels prohibited. for its station, in the Act authorizing its construction, and be stationed elsewhere except upon express authority of Congress.
Light and signal. Saint John’s River, Florida: For a light and signalSt.John’s River, Fla.Buoys. or whistling buoy, to be placed off the entrance to Saint John’s River, Florida, and a relief buoy for same, twenty-five thousand dollars. Humboldt Bay fog signal, California: the unexpended balance, orHumboldt Bay, Cal.Keeper’s dwelling.Vol. 34, p. 711. so much thereof as may be necessary, of the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars made in the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, for a fog signal at the entrance to the harbor at Humboldt Bay, California, is hereby made available for the construction of a fog-signal keeper’s dwelling on a detached site near said Humboldt Bay fog signal, California.
For the following aids to navigation, as authorized by the Act toAdditional aids to navigation.*Ante*, p. 160. authorize additional aids to navigation in the Light-House Establishment, and for other purposes, approved May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, namely: First Light-House District: Toward construction of a tender forTender, first district. use in the First Light-House District and elsewhere as may be directed, one hundred thousand dollars. Third Light-House District:
For a light and fog-signal station at orNegro Point, N.Y. near Negro Point, on Wards Island, Hell Gate, East River, New York, ten thousand dollars; For a light and signal or whistling buoy fitted with submarine bell,Point Judith, R. I.Light, etc., buoy. off Point Judith, Rhode Island, nine thousand dollars; For a light and signal or whistling buoy fitted with submarine bell,Greenville. N. J.Light, etc., buoy. to be placed at or near the entrance to the dredged channel at Greenville, New Jersey, in New York Bay, nine thousand dollars;
For a new spar shop, at a cost not to exceed three thousand dollars,Tompkinsville, N.Y.Shop. etc. and a wooden dump scow, at a cost not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars, at the general light-house depot, Tompkinsville, New York, ten thousand five hundred dollars; 332 For a storehouse and dock at San Juan, Porto Rico, fifteen thousandSan Juan. P. R. Storehouse. dollars. Fourth Light-House District: For a light and fog-signal station onElbow of Cross Ledge. Delaware Bay.
Elbow of Cross Ledge, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, twenty-one thousand live hundred dollars; For moving the Schooner Ledge Range Lights, Delaware River,Delaware River.Schooner Ledge. Pennsylvania, so as to comply with the change in position of the dredged channel of the Delaware River, ten thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; For range lights, Reedy Island, Delaware River, Delaware and NewReedy Island. Jersey, twenty-tive thousand dollars: For a temporary light at Goose Island Flats, DelawareGoose Island Flats.
River, Delaware, fifteen thousand dollars; For post lights on Delaware River between Bordentown and Trenton,Post lights. New Jersey, five hundred dollars. Fifth Light-House District: For one buoy to be placed off CapeChesapeake Bay entrance.Light, etc., buoys. Henry: one buoy to be placed to the northward of the Middle Ground near the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, and one relief buoy, all to be light and signal or whistling buoys, each fitted with submarine bell, twenty-seven thousand dollars;
For a post-lantern light, at or near the mouth of Lower BroadLower Broad Creek, N. C. Creek, North Carolina, five hundred dollars; For additional amount for a light and fog-signal station at RaggedRagged Point, Potomac River. Va. Point, Potomac River, Virginia, five thousand dollars. Sixth Light-House District: For a tender for the use of the engineerTender. Sixth District. in the Sixth Light-House District and elsewhere, as may be directed, thirty thousand dollars. Eighth Light-House District:
Fora light and fog-signal station atSabine Pass Jetty. or near the end of Sabine Pass Jetty, forty thousand dollars; For additional amount for a light and fog-signal station at or nearGalveston. Tex. the outer end of one of the jetties at Galveston Harbor, ten thousand dollars; For a buoy wharf and depot shed at Fort San Jacinto, Texas, MilitaryFort San Jacinto, Tex. Reservation, Galveston Harbor, ten thousand dollars. Ninth Light-House District: For a light vessel at Milwaukee Bay,Milwan kee Bay.Wis., vessel.
Wisconsin, seventy-five thousand dollars; For a fog-signal station at Grand Point au Sable, Michigan, elevenGrand Point au Sable. thousand dollars. Tenth Light-House District: For a light station at each of the eastCleveland. Ohio, breakwater. and west breakwater pierheads, entrance to Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, forty-five thousand dollars. Eleventh Light-House District: For additional amount for a reliefRelief vessel, Ninth and Eleventh dis tricts. light vessel for the Ninth and Eleventh lighthouse districts, twenty thousand dollars.
To enable the Light-House Board to make survey and estimate theGull Island. Lake Superior.Report on station. cost and report upon the feasibility and need of establishing a light and fog station on Gull Island, or the easterly end of Michigan Island. Apostle Group, and whether, when said station is established, the existing station on the westerly end of Michigan Island can bo safely closed, two thousand dollars. Twelfth Light-House District: For a light and fog-signal station atFour Mile Creek cal. or near Four Mile Creek, near Punta Gorda.
California, sixty thousand dollars; For a light and fog-signal station at some point on the northerly orKauai, Hawaii. westerly coast of Kauai Island. Hawaii, seventy-five thousand dollars. Thirteenth Light-House District: To enable the Light-House BoardOrford Reef. Oreg.Report on vessel for to survey and estimate the cost and report upon the feasibility and need of establishing a light, vessel or light station at or near Orford Reef, off Cape Blanco, Oregon, two thousand dollars. 333 To enable the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to establish andTwo oil houses. provide in the Light-House Establishment at such placesasshall, in the opinion of the Light-House Board, be for the best interests of the Light-House Service, two oil houses, at a cost not to exceed one thousand live hundred dollars each; three thousand dollars. light-house establishment.Light-House Establishment.
Supplies of Light-Houses: For supplying fog signals, light-houses,Supplies. and other lights with illuminating, cleaning, preservative, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption; for books, boats, and furniture for stations, traveling expenses of civilian members of the Light-House Board in attending meetings of Board at Washington, actual hire of special conveyance when necessary to inspect light stations, and not exceeding three hundred dollars for the purchase of technical and professional books and periodicals for the use of the Light-House Board, and for all other necessary incidental expenses, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, seven hundred thousand dollars.
Repairs of Light-Houses: For repairing, protecting, and improvingRepairs, etc. light-houses and buildings; for improvements to grounds connected therewith; for establishing and repairing day marks and pierhead and other beacon lights, including purchase of land for same; for illuminating apparatus and machinery to replace that already in use; construction of necessary outbuildings, at a cost not exceeding two hundred dollars at any one light station in any fiscal year; and for all other necessary incidental expenses relating to these various objects, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Salaries of Keepers of Light-Houses: For salaries, fuel, rations,Keepers’ salaries. rent of quarters where necessary, and all other necessary incidental expenses of not exceeding one thousand six hundred and fifty lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and laborers attending other lights, one million one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Expenses of Light-Vessels: For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs,Light-vessels. salaries, supplies, and temporary employment and all other necessary incidental expenses of light-vessels, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and the light-house engineers and at light-house depots, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.Buoyage.
Expenses of Buoyage: For expenses of establishing, replacing, and maintaining buoys of any and all kinds, and spindles, and for all other necessary incidental expenses relating thereto, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, nine hundred thousand dollars.Fog signals. Expenses of Fog Signals: For establishing, replacing, duplicating, and improving fog signals, including submarine signals, and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs, the purchase of land sites for fog signals, and for all other necessary incidental expenses of the same, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house ten ders, and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the lighthouse inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Lighting of Rivers: For the pay of officers and crews of lighthouseLighting of rivers. tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the 334 light-house inspectors; and for establishing, supplying, and maintain ing post lights on the Hudson and East rivers, New York; the Raritan River, New Jersey; Connecticut River, Thames River between Norwich and New London, Connecticut; the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Bordentown, New Jersey; the Elk River, Maryland;
Monongahela River, York River, James River, Virginia; Cape Eear River. North Carolina; Savannah River, Georgia; Saint Johns and Indian rivers, Florida; at Chicott Pass, and to mark navigable channel along Grand Lake, Louisiana; at the mouth of Red River. Louisiana; on the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois, and Great Kanawha rivers; Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, California; on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, Oregon; on Puget Sound. Washington Sound, and adjacent waters, Washington; and the channels in Saint Louis and Superior bays, at the head of Lake Superior;
Fox River. Lake Winnebago and connecting lakes and channels; in Alaskan watersand Hawaiian waters; the Light-House Board being hereby authorized to lease the necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence can not be made permanent, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Survey of Light-House Sites: For preliminary examinations, surveys.Survey of sites. and plans for determining the proper sites and cost of lighthouses and structures for which estimates are to be madê to Congress, one thousand dollars.
Oil Houses for Light Stations: For establishing isolated oilOil houses. houses for the storage of mineral oil, ten thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Limit. That no oil house erected hereunder shall exceed five hundred and fifty dollars in cost. Maintenance of Lights on Channels of Great Lakes: ToGreat Lakes. enable the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, under the supervision of the Light-House Board, by contract or otherwise, to maintain lights necessary tor the safe navigation of those channels in the connecting waterways of the Great Lakes which have been constructed or artificially improved by the Government of the United States, where the same can not properly be lighted from the American side, four thousand dollars.
Pointe Au Pelee Ligíit-Vessel. Lake Erie: For maintenance ofPointe au Pelee,Lake Erie. a light-vessel on the southeast shoal, Pointe au Pelee Passage, Lake Erie, four thousand dollars. Light-Keepers’ Dwellings: For light-keepers’ dwellings and appurtenantKeepers’ dwellings.Vol. 34, p. 996. structures, including sites therefor, within the limit of cost fixed by Act approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seven, seventy-five thousand dollars coast and geodetic survey.Coast and Geodetic Survey.
For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey ofSurvey of coasts under jurisdiction of United States. the coasts of the United States and of coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, including the survey of rivers to the head of tide water or ship navigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coast and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream flowing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparation of the Coast Pilot: continuingCoast Pilot. researches and other work relating to physical hydrography and terrestrial magnetism and the magnetic maps of the United States and adjacent waters, and the tables of magnetic declination, dip, and intensity usually accompanying them, astronomical and gravity observations; and including compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the held work, in conformity with the regulations for the government of the Coast and Geodetic Survey adopted by the 335 Secretary of Commerce and Labor; for special examinations that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority; forCommutation. commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day each; outfit, equipment, and care ofRepairs, etc. vessels used in the Survey, and also the repairsand maintenance of the complement of vessels, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and under the following heads: *Provided*, That advances of money under this appropriation*Proviso.*Advances. may be made to the Coast and Geodetic Survey and by authority of the superintendent thereof to chiefs of parties who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may direct, and accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered through and by the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Treasury Department as under advances heretofore made to chiefs of parties.
For Field Expenses: For surveys and necessary resurveys of theField expenses. Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United States: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Island limitations. That not more than twenty-five thousand dollars of this amount shall be expended on the coasts of the before-mentioned outlying islands, seventy thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For surveys and necessary resurveys of the Pacific coast, includingPacific coasts. the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska and other coasts on the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States: *Provided*, That this*Proviso.*Employment, etc., of Filipinos. appropriation be available for the transportation to and from Manila and employment in the office at Washington of not to exceed three Filipinos at any one time, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
For continuing researches in physical hydrography relating to harborsPhysical hydrography. and bars, and for tidal and current observations on the coasts of the United States, or other coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, six thousand four hundred dollars.Coast Pilot. For offshore soundings and examination of reported dangers on the coasts of the United States, and of coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, and to continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot, and to make special hydrographic examinations, and including the employment of such pilots and nautical experts in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, fifteen thousand dollars.
For continuing magnetic observations and to establish meridian linesMagnetic observations. in connection therewith in all parts of the United States, and for making magnetic observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States, including the purchase of additional magnetic instruments, and the lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic buildings; for continuing the line of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts: for furnishing pointsPoints to State surveys. to State surveys, to be applied as far as practicable in States where points have not been furnished; for determinations of geographical positions, and for continuing gravity observations, fifty thousand dollars.
For any special surveys that may be required by the Light-HouseSpecial surveys. Board or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, including expenses of surveys in aid of the shellfish commission of the State of Maryland, which expenses, including cost of plats and charts, shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars in any one year, to be immediately available, twenty thousand dollars. For objects not hereinbefore, named that may be deemed urgent,Miscellaneous. including the preparation or purchase of preliminary plans and specifications of vessels and the actual necessary expenses of officers of the 336 field force temporarily ordered to the office at Washington for consultation with the Superintendent, to be paid as directed by the Superintendent, in accordance with the Department of Commerce and Labor regulations, and for the expenses of the attendance of the AmericanGeodetic Association. delegates at the meetings of the International Geodetic Association, not to exceed five hundred and fifty dollars, four thousand dollars. *Provided*, That ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be*Proviso.*Interchangeablc ex penditures. available interchangeably for expenditure, on the objects named, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation.
In all, for field expenses, three hundred and twenty-five thousand four hundred dollars. For Repairs and Maintenance Or Vessels: For repairs and maintenanceVessels. of the complement of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including the traveling expenses of the person inspecting the repairs, forty thousand dollars. Officers and Men, Vessels, Coast and Geodetic Survey: ForPay, etc. all necessary employees to man and equip the vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including professional seamen serving as executive officers and mates on vessels of the Survey, to execute the work of the Survey herein provided for and authorized by law, two hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
Salaries, Coast and Geodetic Survey: For Superintendent, sixSalaries.Superintendent. thousand dollars; For pay of assistants, to be employed in the field or office, as theAssistants. Superintendent may direct: For two assistants, at four thousand dollars each; For one assistant, three thousand two hundred dollars; For five assistants, at three thousand dollars each; For five assistants, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; For one assistant, two thousand four hundred dollars;
For eight assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; For eight assistants, at two thousand dollars each; For eight assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For eight assistants, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For eight assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: For ten assistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For six aids, at one thousand one hundred dollars each:Aids. For thirteen aids, at nine hundred dollars each; and ten aids, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each;
In all, one hundred and fifty-six thousand six hundred dollars.Office force. Pay of Office Force: For one disbursing agent, two thousand five hundred dollars; For one chief of division of library and archives, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For clerical force, namely: For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars each; For four, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For eight, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;
For three, at one thousand dollars each; For six, at nine hundred dollars each: For one, at eight hundred dollars; For seven, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; For one, at six hundred dollars; For topographic and hydrographic draftsmen, namely:Draftsmen. For one, at two thousand four hundred dollars; For one, at two thousand two hundred dollars; For three, at two thousand dollars each; 337 For three, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;
For three, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For three, at one, thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand dollars each; For two. at nine hundred dollars each; For astronomical, geodetic, tidal, and miscellaneous computers,Computers. namely: For two. at two thousand dollars each; For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For one, at one, thousand four hundred dollars; For one, at one thousand two hundred dollars;
For nine, at one thousand dollars each; For copperplate engravers, namely:Engravers. For three, at two thousand dollars each; For three, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand dollars each; For four, at nine hundred dollars each; For electrotypers and photographers, plate printers and their helpers,Electrotypers, etc. instrument makers, carpenters, engineer, and other skilled laborers. namely:
For one, at two thousand dollars; For one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; For one, at one thousand six hundred dollars: For twelve, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For five, at one thousand dollars each; For three, at nine hundred dollars each; For seven, at seven hundred dollars each; For watchmen, firemen, messengers, and laborers, namely:Watchmen, etc. For three, at eight hundred and eighty dollars each; For four, at eight hundred and twenty dollars each;
For three, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; For four, at seven hundred dollars each; For two, at six hundred and forty dollars each; For two, at six hundred and thirty dollars each; For three, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For two, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; In all, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. Office Expenses: For the purchase of new instruments, for materialsOffice expenses. and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division, and for books, scientific and technical books and journals and books of reference, maps, charts, and subscriptions; for copper plates, chart paper, printers ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing, and electrotyping supplies; and for photolithographing charts and printing from stone and copper for immediate use, and for the employment of expert lithographers in the office at an expenditure not exceeding three thousand one hundred dollars; for stationery for the office and field parties, transportation of instruments and supplies when not charged to party expenses, office wagon and horses, heating, lighting, and power, telephone, telegrams, ice, and washing, office furniture, repairs, traveling expenses of assistants and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office, miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, and for extra labor not to exceed three thousand four hundred dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. 338 That no part of the money herein appropriated for the Coast andAllowances.
Geodetic Survey shall be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the Superintendent), except as now provided by law. bureau of fisheries.Bureau of Fisheries. Office of Commissioner: For Commissioner, six thousand dollars;Salaries.Commissioner, etc. deputy commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; accountant, two thousand one hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; clerk to Commissioner, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; inspector of fisheries in Alaska, one thousand eight hundred dollars; engineer, one thousand and eighty dollars; three firemen, at six hundred dollars each; two watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five janitors and messengers, at six hundred dollars each; janitress, four hundred and eighty dollars: messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each: in all, forty-one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of architect and engineer: Architect and engineer, two thousandOffice of architecr and engineer. two hundred dollars; assistant architect, one thousand six hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, five thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. Division of fish culture—Office: Assistant in charge, two thousandDivision of fish culture. seven hundred dollars; superintendent of car and messenger service, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
Division of fish culture—Station employees: Central Station andStation employees.Central Station. Aquaria, Washington, District of Columbia: Superintendent of station and aquaria, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Green Lake (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredGreen Lake, Me. dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all. four thousand five hundred dollars.
Craigs Brook (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveCraigs Brook, Me. hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each: in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Saint Johnsburv (Vermont) Station: Superintendent, one thousandSaint Johnsbury,Vt. five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in ail. four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
Gloucester (Massachusetts) Station: Superintendent, one thousandGloucester, Mass. five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Station: Superintendent, one thousandWoods Hole, Mass. five hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; pilot and collector, seven hundred and 339 twenty dollars; three firemen, at six hundred dollars each; four laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, eight thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
Cape Vineent (New York) Station: Superintendent, one thousandCape Vincent, N. Y. five hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.Bryans Point, Md. Bryans Point (Maryland) Station: Custodian, three hundred and sixty dollars. Wytheville (Virginia) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveWytheville.
Va. hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars. Put in Bay
(Ohio)Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredPut in Bay. Ohio. dollars; foreman, one thousand dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Northville (Michigan) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveNorthville, Mich. hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; four laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Alpena (Michigan) Station: Foreman, one thousand two hundredAlpena, Mich. dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred dollars. Duluth (Minnesota) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredDuluth, Minn. dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars. Neosho (Missouri) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredNeosho, Mo. dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Leadville (Colorado) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveLeadville, Colo. hundred dollars: foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two fish culturists, at nine hundred dollars each; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; cook, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars. San Marcos (Texas) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveSan Marcos. Tex. hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand four hundred dollars. Baird (California) and Battle Creek (California) stations: Superintendent,Baird and Battle Creek. Cal. one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand and eighty dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. Clackamas (Oregon) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveClackamas, Oreg. hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Manchester
(Iowa)Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredManchester, Iowa. dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Bozeman (Montana) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveBozeman, Mont. hundred dollars; fish culturist. nine hundred dollars: two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. 340 Erwin (Tennessee) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredErwin, Tenn. dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Nashua (New Hampshire) Station: Superintendent, one thousandNashua, N. H. live hundred dollars; fish culturist. nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Edenton (North Carolina) Station: Superintendent, one thousandEdenton. N. C. five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Baker Lake (Washington) Station: Superintendent, one thousandBaker Lake, Wash. five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Cold Springs (Georgia) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveCold Springs. Ga. hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Spearfish (South Dakota) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveSpearfish, 8. Dak. hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. White Sulphur Springs (West Virginia) Station: Superintendent,White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. one thousand five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Tupelo (Mississippi) Station: Superintendent, one thousand fiveTupelo, Miss. hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Boothbay Harbor (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousandBoothbay Harbor, Me. five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; engineer, one thousand one hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and eighty dollars; three firemen, at six hundred dollars each; custodian of lobster pounds, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, eight thousand dollars. Mammoth Spring (Arkansas) Station: Superintendent, one thousandMammoth Spring, Ark. five hundred dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Yes Bay (Alaska) Hatchery: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredYes Bay, Alaska. dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; cook, nine hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand and twenty dollars. Afognak (Alaska) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundredAfognak, Alaska. dollars; fish culturist, nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; cook, nine hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand and twenty dollars. Employees at large: Two field-station superintendents, at one thousandEmployees at large. eight hundred dollars each; two fish culturists, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; two fish culturists, at nine hundred dollars each; five machinists, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; two cockswains, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. Distribution employees: Five car captains, at one thousand two hundredDistribution employees. dollars each; six car messengers, at one thousand dollars each; five assistant car messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; five car laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five car cooks, at six hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand one hundred dollars. Division of inquiry respecting food fishes: Assistant in charge, twoDivision of inquiry. thousand seven hundred dollars: assistant, two thousand five hundred 341 dollars; assistant, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant, nine hundred dollars; assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Biological station, Beaufort, North Carolina: Superintendent andBiological station, N.C. director, one thousand five hundred dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all. two thousand seven hundred dollars. Division of statistics and methods of the fisheries: Assistant inDivision of statistics. charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class two; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; statistical agent, one thousand four hundred dollars; three statistical agents, at one thousand dollars each; one local agent at Boston, Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; one local agent at Gloucester, Massachusetts, six hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Vessel service: Steamer Albatross: One naturalist, one thousandVessels.“Albatross.” eight hundred dollars; one general assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one fishery expert, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand two hundred dollars. Steamer Fish Hawk: One cabin boy, four hundred and eighty“ Fish Hawk.” dollars. Schooner Grampus: Master, one thousand five hundred dollars; first“ Grampus.” mate, one thousand and eighty dollars; second mate, eight hundred and forty dollars; cook, six hundred dollars; three seamen, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one cabin boy, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, six thousand and sixty dollars. Steamer Phalarope: Master, one thousand two hundred dollars;“ Phalarope.” engineer, one thousand one hundred dollars; fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two seamen, at five hundred and forty dollars each; cook, six hundred dollars; in all, four thousand seven hundred dollars. Steamer Curlew: Pilot, one thousand one hundred dollars; engineer,“Curlew.” one thousand one hundred dollars; fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; cook, six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. Steamer Gannet: Master, one thousand two hundred dollars; engineer,“Gannet.” one thousand one hundred dollars; fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two seamen, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars. Steamer Osprey: Master, one thousand two hundred dollars; engineer,“Osprey.” one thousand one hundred dollars; fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two seamen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; cook, nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. Expenses of administration: For expenses of the office of the Commissioner,Administration expenses. including stationery, purchase of special reports, books for library, furniture, purchase and care of necessary horses and vehicles, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of horse and vehicle for official use of Commissioner, when, in writing, ordered by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor; telegraph and telephone service, repairs to and heating, lighting, and equipment of buildings, and compensation of temporary employees, and all other necessary expenses connected therewith, eight thousand dollars. Propagation of food-fishes: For maintenance, equipment, and operationsPropagation expenses. of the fish-cultural stations of the Bureau, the general propagation of food-fishes and their distribution, including the movement, maintenance, and repairs of ears, purchase of equipment and apparatus, contingent expenses, and temporary labor, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 342 Maintenance of vessels: For maintenance of the vessels and launches,Maintenance of vessels. including the purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, hire of vessels, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, seventy thousand dollars. For repairs to the steamer Albatross, including new deck, repairs to“Albatross,” repairs. main engines, and other necessary repairs to hull, machinery, and rigging, eighteen thousand dollars. Inquiry respecting food-fishes: For expenses of the inquiry into theInquiries respecting food-fishes.Field expenses. causes of the decrease of food-fishes in the lakes, rivers, and coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the interior, the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts in the interest of fish culture and the commercial fisheries, expenses of travel and preparation of reports, and for all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, thirty thousand dollars. Statistical inquiry: For expenses in the collection and compilationStatistical inquiry. of the statistics of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, including travel and preparation of reports and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, seven thousand five hundred dollars. And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneousInterchangeable expenditures. expenses of the work of the Bureau shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation. Agents at salmon fisheries in Alaska: For one agent, two thousandSalmon fisheries, agents. five hundred dollars; and one assistant agent, two thousand dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars. Fish hatchery, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas: For the completion ofStations.Mammoth Spring, Ark. the fish-cultural station at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, including the construction and repair of buildings and ponds, purchase of additional land, and improvement to water supply and drainage system, twelve thousand dollars. Fish hatchery, Erwin, Tennessee: For general repairs to the Erwin,Erwin, Tenn. Tennessee, fish-cultural station, including the construction and repair of buildingsand ponds, purchase of additional land, and improvements to water supply and drainage system, nine thousand dollars. Fish hatchery, Cape Vincent, New York: For the purchase of additionalCape Vincent, N. Y. land, construction of superintendent’s residence, and for the construction of ponds and water supply, seven thousand dollars. Fish hatchery, Duluth, Minnesota: For the construction of theDuluth, Minn. superintendent’s residence, addition and repair to hatchery and improvements to grounds, nine thousand dollars. Fish hatchery, Leadville, Colorado: For construction of boilerLeadville. Colo. house, and cottages for employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Biological station, Mississippi River Valley: To enable the SecretaryMississippi River Valley biological station.Fresh water mussels propagation. of Commerce and Labor to establish and equip a biological station, for the propagation of fresh water mussels, in the upper Mississippi River Valley, at some suitable point to be selected by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, including purchase of site, construction of buildings and ponds, and equipment, twenty-five thousand dollars. Steam vessel for Alaska: For purchase or construction of a steamVessel for salmon fisheries. vessel for use in the Alaska salmon inspection and in connection with the propagation of salmon in Alaska, twenty thousand dollars. miscellaneous objects, department of commerce and labor.Miscellaneous. Alaskan Seal Fisheries: For salaries of agents at seal fisheries inAlaskan seal fisheries.Agents’ salaries, etc. Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three thousand six hundred and fifty 343 dollars; one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety ‘dollars each; janitor service at the Government buildings at the Pribï-lof Islands, not exceeding four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, eleven thousand four hundred and thirty dollars. To enable the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to furnish food,Food, etc., for natives. fuel, and clothing and other necessaries of life to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand tive hundred dollars. Enforcement of the Chinese-Exclusion Act: To prevent unlawfulChinese exclusion. entry of Chinese into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto, and for expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons found to be unlawfully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expense of conveyance of Chinese persons to tne frontier or seaboard for deportation, tive hundred thousand dollars, which shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration, and of said sum one thousand dollars per annum shall be paid to the Commissioner-General of Immigration as additional compensation. Contingent Expenses Shipping Service: For rent (including rentShipping commissioners.Rent. etc. of office quarters for the United States shipping commissioner at San Francisco, California, not exceeding two thousand one hundred dollars), stationery, and other requisites for the transaction of the business of shipping commissioners’ offices, nine thousand one hundred dollars. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.Interior Department. general land office.General LandOffice. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to complete the unfinishedCompleting field notes, Minnesota, etc. drafting and field-note writing pertaining to surveys in the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Florida, caused by the discontinuance of the offices of the surveyors-general in those States, seven thousand seven hundred dollars. pension office.Pension Office. Out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for investigationCard-index system. of pension cases, Pension Office, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, the Commissioner of Pensions is authorized, during the remainder of the present fiscal year and until the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, to use not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars toward the installation of a card-index system of the records of the Pension Office. patent office.Patent Office. In lieu of the fees fixed by section forty-nine hundred and thirtyfourFees for recording.R. S. sec. 4934. p. 954 amended. of the Revised Statutes for recording assignments, agreements, powers of attorney, or other papers in the Patent Office the following shall hereafter be the rates: For recording every assignment, agreement, power of attorney, orRates. other paper, of three hundred words or under, one dollar; of over three hundred and under one thousand words, two dollars: and for each additional thousand words or fraction thereof, one dollar. public buildings.Public buildings. Repairs of Buildings, Interior Department: For repairs ofRepairs. Interior Department and Pension buildings, and of the old Post-Office 344 Department building, occupied by the Interior Department, including preservation and repair of steam heating and electric lighting plants and elevators, twelve thousand live hundred dollars. Heating Apparatus, Buildings, Department of the Interior:Heating apparatus. For constructing new stack and for repairing and improving heating apparatus for the Interior Department buildings, twenty thousand dollars. For the Capitol: For work at Capitol, and for general repairsCapitol.Repairs. thereof, including flags for the east and west fronts of the center of the Capitol, flagstaffs, halyards, and tackle, wages of mechanics and laborers; purchase, maintenance, and driving of office vehicle.and not exceeding one hundred dollars for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books, thirty thousand dollars. Toward procuring statuary for the pediment of the House wing ofHouse wing pediment.Statuary.*Ante*, p. 63. the Capitol, to be expended as provided by law. including not exceeding five thousand dollars for procuring a suitable design, fifteen thou sand dollars. To enable the. Superintendent of the Capitol Building and GroundsSupreme Court room.Bracket for bust of Chief Justice Waite. to pay for the marble bracket in the Supreme Court loom supporting the bust of Chief Justice Waite, and to have the same appropriately inscribed, one hundred and twenty dollars. To enable the Superintendent of the Capitol to complete the steelSenate document room. filing cases in the Senate document room, to replace the wooden shelving in various parts thereof, and for steel shelving in south end ofSteel shelving. same, seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For special repairs to the Senate document room, one thousand eightRepairs. hundred dollars. For casting in bronze the doors for the west entrance, central portionBronze doors, west entrance. of the Capitol Building, in conformity with the models already approved, ten thousand five hundred dollars. Toward the construction of the fireproof building for committeeSenate Office Building construction. rooms and offices for the United States Senate, provided for in the sundry civil Act approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred andVol. 33. p. 481. four, including not exceeding fifty dollars for the purchase of necessary technical books, one million two hundred thousand dollars. To reimburse the Senate Office Building appropriation for extraordinaryAdditional for foundation. expenses incurred in deep foundation work incident to the construction of the railway tunnel at the east side of the Senate Office Building, forty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-one dollars. For furnishing the office building, United States Senate, includingFurnishing. furniture for office rooms, furniture for caucus and retiring rooms, and for kitchen and restaurant equipment, three hundred thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended; said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Commission of the United States Senate designated by law to supervise the construction of said office building. For maintenance, including heating, lighting, ventilating, miscellaneousMaintenance. itemsand supplies, and for all necessary personal and other services for the temporary operation of the building, under the direction and supervision of the Senate Office Building Commission, thirty thousand dollars. To reimburse the appropriation for construction of the fireproofHouse Office Building. building for committee rooms and offices for the House of Representatives, the additional amount which was required to be used in order toAdditional for construction. assure the safe and convenient use of square six hundred and ninety as a site for said building, one hundred and nine thousand six hundred and eleven dollars and sixteen cents, to be expended in the completion of said building under the direction of the Commission of the House of Representatives designated by law to supervise the construction of the same. 345 For approaches, including necessary area walls for the fireproofApproaches, etc. building for committee rooms and offices for the House of Representatives, to be expended under the direction of the Commission of the House of Representatives designated by law to supervise the construction of said building, one hundred and nineteen thousand six hundred dollars. For additional elevator service in the House wing of the CapitolElevator, House wing. adjacent to the present east elevator, twenty-six thousand dollars. For continuing the work of cleaning and repairing works of art inRepairing works of art. the Capitol, including repairs to frames, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving the Capitol Grounds: For continuing the work of theCapitol grounds.Improving. improvement of the Capitol grounds, including the grounds of the House of Representatives Office Building, care of the grounds, pay of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners, and laborers; for repairs to artificial stone pavement, walks, and roadways, twenty-five thousand dollars. Lighting the Capitol and Grounds: For lighting the CapitolLighting Capitol and grounds. and grounds about the same, including the House of Representatives Office Building, Botanic Garden, Senate and House stables, and engine house, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives; for gas and electric lighting; pay of superintendent of meters, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, who shall inspect all gas and electric meters of the Government in the District of Columbia without additional compensation, lamplighters, gas fitters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, forty-two thousand nine hundred dollars. For repairs and improvements to steam fire-engine house, and SenateRepairs, stables, etc. and House stables, and for repairs to and paving of floors and courtyards of same, one thousand five hundred dollars. public lands service.Public lands. Salaries and Commissions of Registers and Receivers: For salariesRegisters and receivers. and commissions of registers of district land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum each, five hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Contingent Expenses of Land Offices: For clerk hire, rent, andContingent expenses. other incidental expenses of the district land offices, two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall*Provisos.*Per diem. be available for the payment of per diem, in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, of clerks detailed to examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices, and in the opening of new land offices and reservations, while on such duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said clerks, including necessary sleeping-car fares: *Provided further*,Restriction on expenditures. That no expenses chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by registers and receivers in the conduct of local land offices except upon previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Expenses of Depositing Public Moneys: For expenses of depositingDepositing moneys. money received from the disposal of public lands, by registered mail, bank exchange, or otherwise, as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior, and under rules to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, two thousand five hundred dollars. Depredations on Public Timber, Protecting Public Lands, AndTimber Depredations, Protecting, And Swamp-Hind Claims. Settlement of Claims For Swamp Land And Swamp-Land Indemnity: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; of protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent 346 entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, five, hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available, of which sum two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is for the purpose of bringing up the work of the General Land Office hereunder so as to make the same, current: *Provided.* That agents and others employed under this appropriation*Proviso.*Per diem. shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares. Expenses of Hearings in Land Entries: For expenses of hearingsHearings in land entries. held by order of the, Commissioner of the General Land Office to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law. and of hearings in disbarment proceedings, thirty-five thousand dollars. Reproducing Plats of Surveys: To enable the Commissioner ofReproducing plats of surveys. the General Land Office to continue to reproduce, worn and defaced official plats of surveys on file, and other plats constituting a part of the records of said Office, and to furnish local land offices with the same, three thousand five hundred dollars. Examinations of Desert Lands: the unexpended balance of theDesert lands to States. appropriation of one thousand dollars made by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to examine, during the fiscal year nineteenExamination of selections.Vol. 81. p. 1332. hundred and six, under such regulations and at such compensation as he may prescribe, the desert lands selected by the States under the provisions of section four of the Act of Congress approved AugustVol. 28, p. 122. eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby continued and made available for expenditure in such examinations that may be made during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Expenses. That if such examinations be made by detailed clerks or employees of the Department, they shall be entitled to actual necessary expenses of transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares, and not exceeding three dollars per day in lieu of subsistence. Restoration of Lands in Forest Reserves: To enable the SecretaryForest reserves.Advertising. of the Interior to meet the expenses of advertising the restoration to the public domain of lands in forest reserves, or of lands temporarily withdrawn for forest-reserve purposes, twelve thousand dollars. Transcripts of Records and Plats. General Land Office: ForTranscripts of records. furnishing transcripts of records and plats, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, eighteen thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars: *Provided*, That persons employed under*Provisos.*Compensation. this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior at a compensation of sixty dollars per month each and shall be entitled to the same leave of absence or leave for sickness with pay as is allowed by law to other employees of the Executive Departments: *Provided further*, That not more than one-twelfth of this appropriation shall beRestriction. expended in any one month of the year for which it is available. Opening Indian Reservations (Reimbursable): the appropriationOpening Indian reservations to entry.Vol. 34. p. 205. ‘ of twenty-five t housand dollars. Act of Congress approved May thirty-first. nineteen hundred and six, to meet the expenses of opening to entry and settlement during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and six, nineteen hundred and seven, and nineteen hundred and eight, the ceded lands within Indian reservations, is hereby continued and made availableFormer appropriation available. to meet the expenses pertaining to the opening to entry and settlement of such Indian reservation lands as may be opened during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine: *Provided*, That the expenses*Proviso.*Reimbursement. pertaining to the opening of each of said reservationsand paid for out 347 of said appropriation shall be reimbursed to the United States fromReimbursement. the money received from the sale of the lands embraced in said reservations, respectively. For printing forty-nine thousand nine hundred and thirty copies ofMaps marking routes of early explorers. a connected map of the United States, showing the routes of the principal explorersand early roads and highways, compiled in the General Land Office, two thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That of*Proviso.*Distribution. said maps thirty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives and sixteen thousand one hundred copies shall be delivered to the Senate. Arid Lands in Idaho, and Wyoming: That an additional one millionArid lands.Additional grants to Idaho and Wyoming.Vol. 28. p. 422*Post*, p. 577. acres of arid lands within each of the States of Idaho, and Wyoming be made available and subject to the terms of section four of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes,” approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and by amendments thereto, and that the States of Idaho, and Wyoming be allowed under the provisions of said Acts said additional area or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes and under the provisions of said Acts. surveying the public lands.Surveying. For surveysand resurveys of public lands, four hundred and twentyfiveRates. thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township and five dollars for section lines: *Provided*, That in expending this appropriation*Provisos.*Preferences. preference shall be given, first, in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the Acts approved February twenty-second,Vol. 25, p. 676.Vol. 26, pp. 215, 222. eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the Acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety; and, second, to surveying under such other Acts as provide for land grants to the several States and Territories, except railroad land grants and such indemnity lands as the several States and Territories may be entitled to in lieu of lands granted them for educational and other purposes which may have been sold or included in some reservation or otherwise disposed of, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture and lines of reservations, and lands within boundaries of forest reservations, except that the Commissioner of the General Land Office mayExtra rates, heavily timbered, etc., lands. allow for the survey and resurvey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars for township and seven dollars for section lines, and in eases of exceptional difficulties in the surveys, where the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be allowed by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for townsnip and twelve dollars for section lines: *Provided further*, That in the States of California,Lands in California, etc. Colorado. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the district of Alaska there may be allowed, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the survey and resurvey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township and twenty dollars for section lines; the provisions of section twenty-four hundred and eleven,R. S., sec. 2411, p.441. Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing allowance for surveys in California and Oregon, are hereby extended to all of the 348 above-named States and Territories and district. And of the sum herebyResurveys, etc. appropriated there may be expended such an amount as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may deem necessary for examination of public surveys in the several surveying districts, by such competent surveyors as the Secretary of the Interior may select, or by such competent surveyors as he may authorize the surveyor-general to select, at such compensation, not exceeding six dollars per day, except in the district of Alaska, where a compensation not exceeding ten dollars per day may be allowed one such surveyor and such per diemPer diem. allowance, in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding three dollars, while engaged in field examinations, as he may prescribe, said per diem allowance to be also made to such clerks who are competent surveyors who may be detailed to make field examinations, in order to test the accuracy of the work in the field, and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors, and for examinations of surveys heretofore made and reported to be defective or fraudulent, and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timberInspecting mineral, etc., lands. districts, and for making, by such competent surveyors, fragmentary surveys and such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States: *Provided further*, That theMonuments for section corners. sum of not exceeding twenty-live thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated may be expended by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of metal monuments to be used for public land survey corners wherever practicable. For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale of abandonedAbandoned military reservations. military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved JulyVol. 23, p. 103. fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and any law prior thereto, including a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, four thousand dollars.Casa Grande. To make a survey of the public lands in Garfield, Iron, Kane, SanCounties in Utah. Juan, and Washington counties, in the State of Utah, fifty thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to cause the public-landFort Keogh Military Reservation. Mont. surveys to be extended over the area embraced within the exterior limits of the Fort Keogh Military Reservation, in the State of Montana, four thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the ascertainment, survey, marking, and permanent establishmentIdaho and Washington.Northern boundary line. of that portion of the boundary line between the State of Idaho and the State of Washington from a point in the center of the Snake River opposite the mouth of the Clearwater River, thence due north to the international boundary line between the United States and the British possessions, an estimated distance of one hundred and eighty-five miles, including the expense of an examination of the survey in the field, the rate of compensation per mile to the surveyor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, the same to include the cost of the preparation of the plats and field notes of the survey in triplicate, twenty-five thousand dollars. united states geological survey.Geological Survey. Office of the Director of the Geological Survey: For Director,Salaries of Director, etc. six thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand dollars; photographer, two thousand dollars; three assistant photographers, one at nine hundred dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and one at four hundred and eighty dollars; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, 349 one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each: janitor, six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty-live thousand threé hundred and forty dollars. Scientific Assistants of the Geological Survey: For two geologists,Scientific assistants. at four thousand dollars each; For one geologist, three, thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist, three thousand dollars; For one geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For one geographer, two thousand live hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For General Expenses of the Geological Survey: For the GeologicalExpenses. Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, gauging streams and determining the water supply, and for surveying forest reserves, including the pay of necessary clerical and scientific force and other employees in the field and in the office at Washington, District of Columbia, and all other absolutely necessary expenses, including telegrams, furniture, stationery, telephones, and all other necessary articles required in the field, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, namely: For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees,Skilled laborers. twenty thousand dollars. For topographical surveys in various portions of the United States,Topographical surveys. three hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States,Geological surveys. two hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the UnitedPaleontologic researches. States, ten thousand dollars; For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of theChemical and physical researches. United States, twenty thousand dollars. For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey,Illustrations. eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the.Mineral resources. United States, which report shall hereafter be published in two octavo volumes and as a distinct publication, the number of copies, printing of separate chapters, and mode of distribution of which shall be the same as of the annual report, seventy-five thousand dollars. For gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the,Water supply. United States and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells and the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources, one hundred thousand dollars; For the purchase of necessary books for the library, including directoriesBooks, etc. and professional and scientific periodicals needed for statistical purposes, two thousand dollars; For engraving and printing the geological maps, one hundredMaps. thousand dollars; For the continuation of the. investigation of the structural materialsStructural materials investigations. belonging to and for the use of the United States, such as stone, clays, cement, and so forth, under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to be immediately available, one hundred thousand dollars. For the continuation of the analyzing and testing of the coals, lignites,Testing fuels. and other mineral fuel substances belonging to the United States, 350 in order to determine their fuel value, and so forth, under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, two*Provisos.*Examinations. hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That in examinations, hereby authorized, of fuel materials for the use of the Government of the United States, or for the purpose, of increasing the general efficiency or available supply of the fuel resources in the United States, the Director of the Geological Survey may have the necessary materials collected from any part of the United States where they represent extensive deposits; and it shall be the duty of the Director of the Geological Survey to have examined, without charge, the fuels required for use by the Government of the United States, and to give these examinations preference over other work: *Provided further*, That in publishing the results of these investigations, the materials examinedPublishing results. shall not be credited to any private party or corporation, but shall be collected and described as representing such extensive deposits: *And provided further.* That all investigations hereunder commenced orInvestigations to be completed July 1, 1909. undertaken shall be completed and fully reported on prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and nine, and all investigations and work now in progress under appropriations heretofore made for the purposes mentioned in this paragraph shall also be completed and finally reported on before the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine. For continuation of the, topographical surveys of the public landsForest reserves surveys. that have been or may hereafter be designated as forest reserves, seventy-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. In all. for the United States Geological Survey, one million three hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the purchase of suchPurchase of books, etc. law books, books of reference, periodicals, engineering and statistical publications as are needed in carrying out the surveys and examinations authorized by the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories for the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands.” The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit thePay assignments, Reclamation employees. employees of the Reclamation Service, while employed in the field, to make assignments of their pay under such regulations as he may prescribe. miscellaneous objects, department of the interior.Miscellaneous. Supreme COurt REports: To pay the publishers of the decisionsSupreme Court reports. of the Supreme Court for two hundred and sixty copies of volumes two hundred and twelve to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, official edition, at two dollars per volume, and for fifteen copies of volume fifty-three of the decisions of the Supreme Court, Lawyers’ Cooperative Publishing Company, at five dollars per volume, one thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars. Care and Custody of the Insane of Alaska: For the care andAlaska.Care of insane. custody of persons legally adjudged insane in the district of Alaska, including transportation and other expenses, twenty-eight thousand dollars. Education in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, inEducation of natives. his discretion and under his direction, to provide for the education and support of the Eskimos. Aleuts. Indians, and other natives of Alaska: for erection, repair, and rental of school buildings not including hospital buildings; for text-books and industrial apparatus: for pay and necessary traveling expenses of general agent, assistant agent, superintendents, teachers, physicians, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, two hundred thousand dollars: *pro*-*vided*,*Previus.*Limit of pay. That any person or persons employed hereunder as special 351 agents or inspectors, or to perform any special or unusual duty in connection herewith, shall not receive as compensation exceeding two hundred dollars per month, in addition to actual traveling expenses and per diem not exceeding four dollars in lieu of subsistence, when absent on duty from their designated and actual posts of duty: *Provided*, That of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding seven thousandServices, Washington, D. C. dollars may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. That all expenditure of money appropriated herein for school pur-posesSupervision of expenditures. in Alaska shall be under the supervision and direction of the mmissioner of Education and in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may from time to time be recommended by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Reindeer for Alaska: For the support of reindeer stations inReindeer. Alaska, and for the instruction of Alaskan natives in the care and management of the reindeer, fifteen thousand dollars; and all reindeer owned by the United States in Alaska shall, as soon as practicable, be turned over to missions in or natives of Alaska, to be held and used by them under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the sale of surplus male reindeer and make regulations for the same. the proceeds of such sale shall be turned into the Treasury of the United States. To enable the governor of Alaska, under the direction of the SecretarySuppressing liquor traffic. of the Interior, to take action to suppress the traffic in intoxicating liquors among the natives of Alaska, six thousand dollars. Yellowstone National Park: For the administration and protectionYellowstone Park. of the Yellowstone National Park, five thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of necessary feed for buffalo and salary of buffaloFeed for buffalo. keeper, two thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the survey of and properly marking, under directionSurveying boundary. of the Secretary of the Interior, that portion of the boundary of Yellowstone National Park which remains unmonumented, an estimated distance of fifty-seven miles, at a rate per mile to be fixed by the said Secretary, including the expense of a field examination, two thousand five hundred dollars. Yosemite National Park, California: For protection and improvementYosemite Park. of the Yosemite National Park, and the construction of bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads, other than toll roads, thirty thousand dollars. Sequoia National Park, California: For the protection andSequoia Park. improvement of the Sequoia National Park, and the construction and repair of bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads, other than toll roads, fifteen thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. General Grant National Park, California: For protection andGeneral Grant Park. improvement of the General Grant National Park, construction of fences and trails, and repairing and extension of roads, two thousand dollars. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: For protection and improvementCrater Lake Park. of the Crater Lake National Park and repairing and extension of roads, three thousand dollars. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado: For protection and improvementMesa Verde Park. of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, including the lands within five miles of the boundaries of said reservation, which, under the Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, are toVol. 34. p. 617. be administered by the same service established for the custodianship of the park, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: For protection andMount Rainier Park. improvement of Mount Rainier National Park, construction of bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads, three thousand dollars. 352 Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota: For the management,Wind Cave Park. improvement, and protection of the Wind Cave National Park, two thousand five hundred dollars. Government Hospital for the Insane: For current expenses ofGovernment Hospital for Insane. the Government Hospital for the Insane: For support, clothing, and treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane from the Army and Navy, Marine Corps, Revenue-Cutter Service, inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval service of the United States who have been admitted to the hospital and who are indigent, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of necessary horses and vehicles and of horses and vehicle for official use of the superintendent, three hundred and five thousand eight hundred dollars; and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars of this sum may be expended in defraying the expense of the removal of patients to their friends; not exceeding one thousand dollars may be expended in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and papers as may be required for the purposes of the hospital, and not exceeding one thousand live hundred dollars for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients. For the buildings and grounds of the Government Hospital for theBuildings and grounds. Insane, as follows: For general repairs and improvements, thirty-five thousand dollars. For roadways, grading, and walks, tive thousand dollars. For completing assembly hall, twenty-five thousand dollars, to beAssembly hall. immediately available. Authority is hereby granted to expend such portion of the balanceUse of balance for furnishing. of the appropriation for furniture for new buildings for the hospital, made in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteenVol. 32. p. 1120. hundred and four, not exceeding seven thousand dollars, as may be necessary for necessary furnishings of the foregoing assembly hall. Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: For support ofColumbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, for books and illustrative apparatus, and for general repairs and improvements, sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs to the buildings of the institution, including plumbing and steam fitting, and for repairs to pavements within the grounds, five thousand dollars. For the proper inclosure of the grounds of the institution and the Sading made necessary by the opening of West Virginia avenue on e eastern boundary of the grounds, five thousand dollars. Howard University: For maintenance of the Howard University,Howard University. to be used in payment of part of the salaries of the officers professors, teachers, and other regular employees of the university, the balance of which shall he paid from donations and other sources, of which sum not less than one thousand tive hundred dollars shall be used for normal instruction, forty-five thousand dollars; For tools, materials, fuel, wages of instructors, and other necessary expenses of the department of manual arts, nine thousand dollars; For books, shelving, furniture,and fixtures, for the law and general library, one thousand five hundred dollars; For improvement of grounds and repairs of buildings, three thousand dollars; Medical department: To meet in part cost of needed equipment, laboratory supplies, and apparatus, one thousand five hundred dollars. For material and apparatus for chemical, physical, and natural-history studies, and use in laboratories, including cases and shelving, two hundred dollars: 353 For fuel and light, three thousand dollars; In all, sixty-three thousand two hundred dollars. Freedmen’S Hospital: For salaries and compensation of the surgeonFreedmen’s Hospital. in chief, not to exceed three thousand dollars; assistant surgeon, clerk, assistant clerk, pharmacist, assistant pharmacist, steward, engi neer, fireman, seamstress, superintendent of nurses, assistant superintendent of nurses, nurses, laundresses, cooks, teamsters, watchmen, waiters, and laborers, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars; For subsistence, fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, fifteen thousand dollars; In all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. For stable and morgue, fifteen thousand dollars. For the installation in the building on the grounds of the Freedmen’sHeating plant. Hospital of an additional plant for the heating of the Freedmen’s Hospital and Howard University buildings, including the purchase of machinery, and for labor and material ana the cost of necessary alterations in the present building constructed for the heating plant for the Freedmen’s Hospital, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars. The unexpended balance of the appropriation for furniture for theFurniture.Balance reappropriated.Vol. 34. p. 1331. new Freedmen’s Hospital building made in the sundry civil Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine. San Juan Piute Indians: That the sum of five thousand dollarsPiute Indians in Utah and Arizona.Balance available.Vol. 34. p. 1049. for the purchase of lands and sheep for the San Juan Piute Indians and ten thousand five hundred dollars for the support and civilization of the Kaibab Indians in Utah, and so forth, appropriated in the Indian appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven and reappropriated and made available for the use of the Piute Indians in southern Utah and northern Arizona by the Indian appropriation Act approved March first, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the use of said Piute Indians in southern Utah and northern Arizona. That the unexpended balance of the appropriation, in pursuance ofNorthern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.Balance reappropri-ated.Vol. 34. p. 854. treaty stipulations, for subsistence, and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. armories and arsenals.Armories and arsenals. Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one shopFrankford, Pa.Ammunition shop. building for manufacture of artillery ammunition, fifty-five thousand dollars. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois: For repair andRock Island, III.Water power. improvement of the water power at Rock Island Arsenal, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For general care, preservation, and improvements; for painting andCare, etc. care and preservation of permanent buildings; for building fencesand sewers, grading grounds and roads, twenty-five thousand dollars. For maintenance and operation of power plant, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For the Rock Island bridge, as follows: For operating and care andBridge. preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct; and for maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, seventeen thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars. 354 For repairs to the Moline bridge, connecting Rock Island ArsenalMoline bridge. and the city of Moline, nine thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. Sandy Hook Proving Ground. New Jersey: For rebuilding andSandy Hook proving ground, N. J. repairing roads and walks, and for general repairs of shops, storehouses, and quarters, five thousand dollars; For concrete rain-water tank, including necessary pipe connections, and small feed tank with an electric supply pump, three thousand one hundred dollars; For a steam pipe line, three thousand eight hundred dollars: For replacing the wooden gantry crane runway with concrete, two thousand five hundred dollars; For a pipe line from central power plant to new barracks, seven hundred and fifty dollars: For purchase and installation of electrical machines and apparatus for instruction of student officers, one thousand three hundred and forty dollars: For two bomb proofs, one thousand dollars; In all, seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. Powder Depot, Near Dover, New Jersey: For increase of transportationDover, N. J., powder depot. facilities, five thousand dollars; For coal trestle and shed, two thousand dollars; In all, seven thousand dollars. Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts: For generalSpringfield, Maas.Care. etc. care, repair of quarters, of buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, and of grounds and roads, ten thousand dollars. Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For completingWatertown, Mass. fence about the arsenal reservation, seven thousand dollars; For improving the steam-heating system in machine and erecting shops, five thousand dollars; In all, twelve thousand dollars. Testing Machines, Watertown Arsenal: For the necessary professionalTesting machines.*Post.* p. 905. and skilled labor, purchase of materials, tools, and appliances for operating the testing machines, for investigative test and tests of United States material for constructions, and for instruments and materials for operating the chemical laboratory in connection therewith, and for maintenance of the establishment, thirty-five thousand dollars. And the testing machines at the Watertown Arsenal areTransferred to Department of Commerce and Labor.Watervliet, N. Y. hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce and Labor. Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York: For a headrace outlet, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For repairs to walls, two thousand five hundred dollars; For water-closets, one thousand two hundred dollars; In all, five thousand five hundred dollars. Ordnance Depot, Manila, Philippine Islands: For converting aManila, P. I.officers’ quarters. storehouse into a set of officers’ quarters, nine thousand dollars. Repairs of Arsenals: For repairs and improvements at arsenalsRepairs. and powder depots, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, including one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for machinery for manufacturing purposes in the arsenals, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. buildings and grounds in and around washington.Buildings and grounds, D. C.Improvement and care. For improvement and care of public grounds, District of Columbia,Monument grounds. as follows: For improvement and maintenance of grounds south of Executive Mansion, four thousand dollars. For ordinary care of greenhouses and nursery, two thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Lafayette Park, two thousand dollars. 355 For ordinary care of Franklin Park, one thousand live hundred dollars. For improvement and ordinary care of Lincoln Park, two thousand dollars. For care and improvement of Monument grounds and annexLicenses for boathouses, tidal reservoir banks. (Potomac Park) to Monument grounds, seven thousand dollars. Licenses may be granted for theTemporary structures in playgrounds. erection of boat-houses along the banks of the tidal reservoir on the Potomac River fronting Potomac Park, under regulations to be prescribed by the Chief of Engineers, and that all such licenses granted under this authority shall be revocable, without compensation, by the Secretary of War. For improvement, care, and maintenance of Garfield Park, two thousand five hundred dollars. For construction and repair of post-and-chain fences, repair of high iron fences, constructing stone coping about reservations, painting watchmen’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lamp-posts; repairing and extending water pipes, and apparatus for cleaning them; hose; manure, and hauling the same; removing snow and ice; purchase and repair of seats and tools; trees, tree and plant stakes, labels, lime, whitewashing, and stock for nursery, flower pots, twine, baskets, wire, splints, moss, and lycopodium, to be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine; care, construction, and repair of fountains; abating nuisances, cleaning statues, and repairing pedestals, eighteen thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of various reservations, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of horse and vehicle for official use of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and of other necessary vehicles, for official use, twenty-five thousand dollars. The officer in charge of public buildings and grounds is authorizedPotomac Park. to giant licenses, revocable by him, without compensation, to erect temporary structures upon reservations used as children’s playgrounds, under such regulations as he may impose. For improvement, care, and maintenance of Smithsonian grounds, three thousand dollars. For improvement anti maintenance of Judiciary Park, two thousand five hundred dollars. For laying cement and other walks in various reservations, two thousand dollars. For broken-stone road covering for parks, three thousand five hundred dollars. For curbing, coping, and flagging for park roads and walks, two thousand dollars. For care and maintenance of that part of Potomac Park between theMacadam roadway.Vol. 34, p. 1341. causeway of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, the Potomac River, and the tidal reservoir, four thousand dollars. For care and maintenance of that part of Potomac Park along the north and west sides of the tidal reservoir, four thousand dollars. Any unexpended balance of the appropriation of eighty thousandAcquisition of squares 63 and 89. dollars made by sundry civil act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, for constructing a macadam roadway along the west side of section two of Potomac Park and for improving the grounds on either side of same, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the same purposes and for general improvement for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine. For care and maintenance of that part of Potomac Park extending along the river side between the inlet to the tidal reservoir and the foot of Twenty-sixth street west, three thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement of Potomac Park: To continue north B street from Virginia avenue westward to the Potomac River as a park roadway along the northern boundary of Potomac Park, 356 according to plans prepared in the office of public buildings andJurisdiction over portion of B street transferred to Chief of Engineers. grounds, including the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of squares sixty-three and eighty-nine in the city of Washington, to be expended under the direction of the officer in charge of that office, seventy thousand dollars. The jurisdiction over that portion of B street west of Virginia avenue,Roadway over inlet gate. now under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, is hereby transferred to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. For the additional expense of widening the foundations and superstructureHalf from District revenues. of the tidal gates over the inlet to the tidal reservoir in Potomac Park, to permit the construction of a roadway over it, to be expended under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, twenty-five thousand dollars. For reconstruction of the approaches and walks in Judiciary Park abutting the court-house building, three thousand five hundred dollars. One half of the foregoing sums under “Buildings and grounds inLimit for concrete, etc., pavements. and around Washington” shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. Under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be made forstatue of General Sheridan. making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavements in Washington City at a higher price than one dollar and eighty-five cents per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with a base of not less than six inches in thickness. For unveiling the statue of General Philip H. Sheridan and for layingExecutive Mansion. out and improving the grounds around the same, four thousand dollars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of grounds of Executive Departments, one thousand dollars. For such trees, shrubs, plants, fertilizers, and skilled labor for the grounds of the Library of Congress as may be requested by the superintendent of the Library building, one thousand dollars. For such trees, shrubs, plants, fertilizers, and skilled labor for the grounds of the Capitol and office building of the House of Representatives as may be requested by the superintendent of the Capitol building, three thousand dollars. For improvement and maintenance of Executive Mansion grounds (within iron fence), four thousand dollars. For the employmentof an engineer by the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, two thousand four hundred dollars. For purchase and repair of machinery and tools for shops at nursery, and for the repair of shops and storehouse, one thousand dollars. Executive Mansion: For ordinary care, repair, and refurnishingTraveling expenses of the President. of Executive Mansion, and for purchase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles for official purposes, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine, thirty-five thousand dollars. For fuel for the Executive Mansion greenhouses and stable, six thousand dollars. For care and maintenance of greenhouses, Executive Mansion, nine thousand dollars. For repairs to greenhouses. Executive Mansion, three thousand dollars. For traveling expenses of the President of the United States, to beLighting Executive Mansion and public grounds. expended in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely, twenty-five thousand dollars. Lighting the Executive Mansion and Public Grounds: For*Provisos.*Maximum per lamp. gas, pay of lamplighters, gas fitters, and laborers; purchase, erection, and repair of lamps and lamp-posts; purchase of matches, and repairs 357 of all kinds; stoves, fuel, and lights for office and office stable, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That for each five-foot burner notPan from District revenues. connected with a meter in the lamps on the public grounds not more than eighteen dollars shall he paid per lamp for gas, including lighting, cleaning, and keeping the lamps in repair, under any expenditure provided for in this Act; and said lamps shall burn every night, on the average, from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise; and authority is hereby given to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose: *Provided further*, That four thousand two hundred dollars of theHigher candlepower. foregoing sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the remainder from the Treasury of the United States: *And provided further*, That not more than six thousand dollars ofElectric lights. said appropriation may be expended for lighting, extinguishing, cleaning, repairing, and painting park lamps of a higher candlepower than those provided for above and not less than sixty candlepower, which lamps shall cost not to exceed twenty dollars and eighty-five cents per lamp per annum and shall otherwise be subject to the restrictions of this paragraph. For lighting six are electric lights in Executive Mansion groundsHalf from District revenues. within the iron fence, at not exceeding eighty-five dollars per light per annum, which sum shall cover the entire cost of lighting and maintaining in good order each of said lights, five hundred and ten dollars. For lighting six are electric lights at the propagating gardens, at not exceeding eighty-five dollars per light per annum, which sum shall cover the entire cost of lighting and maintaining in good order each of said lights, five hundred and ten dollars. For lighting arc electric lights in public grounds as follows: For seven in grounds south of the Executive Mansion, thirty-two in Lafayette, Franklin, Judiciary, and Lincoln parks, fourteen in grounds south of Executive Mansion and in Monument Park, and twenty-seven in Potomac Park driveway, at not exceeding eighty-five dollars per light per annum, which sum shall cover the entire cost of lighting and maintaining in good order each of said lights; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars, one half of which sum shall be paid from the revenuesGovernment telegraph. of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. Telegraph to Connect the Capitol With the Departments AndWashington Monument.Maintenance. Government Printing Office: For care and repair of existing lines, one thousand five hundred dollars. Washington Monument: For the care and maintenance of theExpenses. Washington Monument, namely: For one custodian, at one hundred dollars per month: one steam engineer, at eighty dollars per month; one assistant steam engineer, at seventy dollars per month; one fireman, at fifty-five dollars per month; one assistant fireman, at fifty-five dollars per month; one conductor of elevator car, at seventy-five dollars per month; one attendant on floor, at sixty dollars per month; one attendant on top floor, at sixty dollars per month: three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars per month each; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and t wenty dollars. For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, blushes,*Proviso.*Sales, etc., prohibited. brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric lights, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator car and upper and lower floors; repairs to engines, boilers, dynamos, elevator, and repairs of all kinds connected with the Monument and machinery; and purchase of all necessary articles for keeping the Monument, machinery, elevator, and 358 electric plant in good order, three thousand dollars: *Provided*, ThatBuilding where Abraham Lincoln died. no advertisement of any kind shall be displayed, and no articles of any kind shall be sold, in or around the Monument. Repairs of Building Where Abbaham Lincoln Died: For paintingOld railroad station. and miscellaneous repairs, two hundred dollars. Old Railroad Station: For a watchman for the old railroad stationEngineer Department. building at the southwest corner of Sixth and B streets northwest, seven hundred and twenty dollars. engineer department.Rivers and harbors. Toward the construction of works on harbors and rivers, underVol. 29, p. 202. contract and otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, namely: For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundredKentucky River, Ky. and ninety-six, as follows: Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Forcontinuing improvementVol. 30, p. 1121. in completion of contract authorization, ninety-nine thousand dollars. For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundredAmbrose Channel, New York Harbor. and ninety-nine, as follows: Improving New York Harbor, New York: For continuing improvementOhio River below Pittsburg, Pa. of Ambrose Channel (formerly known as East Channel) across Sandy Hook Bar. three hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. Improving Ohio River below Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For continuingVol. 82, p. 331. improvement in completion of contract authorization by the construction of Dams Numbered Thirteen and Eighteen, fifteen thousand dollars. For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of nineteen hundredCleveland. Ohio. and two, as follows: Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: For continuing improvementGreat Pedee River, S. C. in accordance with plan for new harbor entrance and breakwater extension, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: For continuing improvementOhio River below Pittsburg. Pa. of upper portion of river, eleven thousand three hundred dollars. Improving Ohio River below Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For continuingVol. 88, p. 1117. improvement by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Thirty-seven, one hundred thousand dollars. For works authorized by the l iver and harbor Act of nineteen hundredBurlington, Vt. and five, as follows: Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: For continuing workCumberland River above Nashville, Tenn. of repairs to breakwater, sixteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars. Improving Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee: For continuingSaint Marvs River, Mich. improvement by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Twenty-one. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Hay Lake and Neebish Channels, Saint Marys River,Vol. 84, p. 1073. Michigan: For continuing improvement, three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of nineteen hundredAlgoma. Wis. and seven, as follows: Improving harbor at Algoma, Wisconsin: For continuing improvementAransas Pass and Bay. Tex. by the construction of an outer harbor, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Aransas Pass and Bay, Texas: For continuing improvement,Big Sandy River, W. Va. and Ky. two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Big Sandy River, West Virginia and Kentucky: ForBiscayne Bay, Fla. continuing improvement by the construction of Dam Numbered One, 359 Levisa Fol k, and Dam Numbered One, Tug Fork, eighty-five thousand dollars. Improving Biscayne Bay, Florida: For continuing improvement, oneBlack Warrior, etc., rivers, Ala. hundred and nineteen thousand dollars. Improving Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee rivers, Alabama:Brazos River, Tex. For continuing improvement by the construction of locks and dams, five hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Improving Brazos River, Texas: For continuing improvement fromBridgeport, Conn. Old Washington to Waco by the construction of lock and dam at Hidalgo Falls, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: For continuingBrunswick, Ga. improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: For continuing improvement,Calumet River. Ill. and Ind. three hundred and three thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River. Illinois and Indiana: For continuingCape Fear River, N. C. improvement, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina: For continuing improvementCleveland, Ohio. at and below Wilmington, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: For continuing improvementCold Spring Inlet, N. J. in accordance with plan for new harbor entrance and breakwater extension, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Cold Spring Inlet, New Jersey: For continuing improvement,Columbia River, Oreg, and Wash. with a view to securing a depth of twenty-five feet, two hundred and thirty-six thousand two hundred dollars. Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington: ForColumbia River, Three-Mile Rapids. continuing improvement, one million four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River at Three-Mile Rapids, Oregon andCumberland River above Nashville, Tenn. Washington: For continuing improvement of Columbia River between the foot of the Dalles Rapids and the head of Celilo Falls, Oregon and Washington, three hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee: ForDelaware River, Pa. and N. J. continuing improvement by the construction of Locks and Dams Numbered Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River. Pennsylvania and New Jersey: ForDetroit River,Mich. maintenance of improvement, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan: For continuing improvement in completion of contract authorization, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For continuing improvement of auxiliary channel in accordanceAuxiliary channel. with plan “B,”east route, five hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; and said channel shall hereafter be known and designated as Livingstone channel. Improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: For continuing improvementGalveston, Tex. by extension of the jetties and by dredging, six hundred and thirty thousand dollars. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized andReport on comprehensive,etc.,improvement of entire harbor. directed to cause to be made an examination and survey of Galveston Harbor, as a whole, including Galveston Harbor, Galveston channel, Texas City channel, and Port Bolivar channel, in the State of Texas, for the purpose of establishing a broad, comprehensive, and systematic plan for the future extension, enlargement, and deepening of said harbor, so as to meet the growing needs of commerce, and to estimate the probable cost thereof; the cost of said examination and survey to be paid out of the foregoing appropriation. Improving Galveston ship channel and Buffalo Bayou, Texas: ForGalveston ship channel and Buffalo Bayou. continuing improvement to a point at or near the head of Long Reach, 360 in accordance with the modified project, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. Improving inland waterway on coast of Texas: For continuingInland waterway. Texas. improvement, two hundred and forty live thousand dollars. Improving Grays Harbor, Washington: For continuing improvementGrays Harbor.Wash. of harbor and bar entrance by means of north jetty, three hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hilo, Hawaii: For continuing improvement,Hilo. Hawaii, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Honolulu, Hawaii: For continuing improvement,Honolulu, Hawaii. two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Kennebec River, Maine: For continuing improvementKennebec River. Me. from the mouth to Gardiner, eighty-six thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: For continuing improvementKentucky River, Ky. by the construction of Locks and Dams Numbered Twelve and Thirteen, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: For continuing improvement,Ludington, Mich. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: For continuing improvement,Manitowoc, Wis. two hundred and seventy thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: For continuing improvementMilwaukee, Wis. and maintenance, including harbor of refuge, three hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River from mouth of Ohio River to Minneapolis,Mississippi River.From the Ohio to the Missouri. Minnesota: For continuing improvement of Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to and including the mouth of the Missouri River, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For continuing improvement of Mississippi River from the mouthFrom the Missouri to Minneapolis, Minn. of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, Minnesota, five hundred thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be necessary, may be expended to repair and strengthen the. levee heretofore constructed along the west bank of the Mississippi River between Flint Creek and the Iowa River. Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: For continuing improvement,Mobile. Ala. one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Improving Monongahela River, Pennsylvania: For continuing constructionMonongahela River. Pa. of Lock and Dam Numbered Five, three hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbors at New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts:New Bedford and Fairhaven. Mass. For continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. Breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut: For continuing construction,New Haven, Conn. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island: For continuing improvement,Newport, R. I. one hundred and twelve thousand one hundred dollars. Improving New York Harbor. New York: For continuing improvementAmbrose Channel New York Harbor. of Ambrose Channel, three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norfolk, Virginia: For continuing improvementNorfolk, Va. of harbor and approaches, from deep water in Hampton Roads to the junction of the eastern and southern branches, including removal of shoals at the mouth of the eastern branch, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Harbor at Oakland, California: For continuing improvement,Oakland, Cal. one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Improving Ohio River below Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For continuingOhio River.Locks and dams No. 8. construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Eight, one hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars. For continuing construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Eleven,No. 11. two hundred thousand dollars. 361 For continuing construction of Locks and Danis Numbered ThirteenNos. 13 and 18. and Eighteen, forty-five thousand dollars. For continuing construction of Lock and Dam Numbered TwentyNo. 26. six, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Improving Osage River, Missouri: For continuing improvement,Osage River, Mo. one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Ouachita River, Arkansas and Louisiana: For continuingOuachita and Black rivers, Ark. and La. improvement of Ouachita and Black rivers, Louisiana and Arkansas, by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Two, near Catahoula Shoals, Louisiana, and Lock and Dam Numbered Eight, near Franklin Shoals, Arkansas, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Passaic River. New Jersey: For continuing improvementPassaic River, N. J. of channel in Newark Bay and Passaic River, sixty-five thousand dollars. Improving Patapsco River, Maryland: For continuing improvementPatapsco River, Md. of channel to Baltimore, including shoals in Chesapeake Bay off York Spit, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Harbor of Refuge at Point Judith. Rhode Island: For continuingPoint Judith. R. I. improvement by construction of the easterly or shore arm of the breakwater, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: For continuing improvementRa ppahannock River, Va. in accordance with the modified project, fifty-eight thousand dollars. Improving Sabine Pass, Texas: For continuing improvement, oneSabine Pass. Tex. hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Improving Saint Michael Canal, Alaska: For completing improvement,Saint Michael Canal, Alaska. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Harbor of Refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts: ForSandy Bay, Mass. continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Juan, Porto Rico: For continuing improvement,San Juan. P. R. two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: For continuingSan Luis Obispo, Cal. improvement, sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: For continuing improvement,Savannah, Ga. three hundred thousand dollars. Maintenance of South Pass Channel, Mississippi River: For continuingMississippi River, South Pass Channel. improvement and maintenance, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbors on the coast of Mississippi: For completing constructionMississippi coast, dredge. of dredge for use in said harbors and the channels adjacent thereto, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Southwest Pass, Mississippi River: For continuing improvement,Mississippi River, Southwest Pass. one million one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River below Chattanooga, Tennessee, Alabama,Tennessee River below Chattanooga. Tenn. and Kentucky: For continuing improvement at Colbert and Bee Tree shoals, ninety-three thousand dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: For the construction of locks andTrinity River.Tex. dams, ninety thousand dollars. Improving waterway from Franklin to Mermentau, Louisiana: ForWaterway, Franklin to Mermentau, La. continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Waterway from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina:Waterway, Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet, N.C. For continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving Withlacoochee River, Florida: For improvement of channelWith lacoochee River, Fla. following route F, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River: For continuing improvement of MississippiMississippi River Commission. River from Head of Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries and clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission, two million dollars. 362 national cemeteries.National cemeteries. For National Cemeteries: For maintaining and improving nationalMaintenance. cemeteries, including fuel for superindendents, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For Superintendents of National Cemeteries: For pay of seventyfiveSuperintendents. superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-two thousand and sixty dollars. Headstones for Graves of Soldiers: For continuing the work ofHeadstones for soldiers graves. furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March third, eighteen hundred andVol. 17, p. 345.Vol. 20. p. 281. seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, also for continuing the work of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of civilians interred in post cemeteries under the Acts of AprilVol. 33, p. 496.Vol. 34, p. 741. twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, sixty thousand dollars. Repairing Roadways to National Cemeteries: For repairs toRepairs to roadways. roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress: *Provided*, That no railroad shall be permitted*Provisos.*Encroachments by railroads forbidden. upon the right of way which may have been acquired by the United States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained by the United States, twelve thousand dollars: *Provided further.* That no part of this sumRestriction. shall be used for repairing any roadway within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. For the construction of a protective fence along the GovernmentMound City, 111.Fence, etc. roadway leading from Mounds, Mound City, and from the Cache River bridge to the national cemetery near Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois, and for the drainage of the ponds or barrow pits caused by the construction of said roadway, five thousand dollars. For grading, laying a sidewalk, tearing down and rebuilding theKnoxville. Tenn.Grading, etc. stonewall on Munson street; for grading and making sidewalks, removing and rebuilding the stonewall on Jacksboro street around the national cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, eight thousand one hundred dollars. Burial of Indigent Soldiers: For expenses of burying in theBurial of indigent soldiers. Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either regular or volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding forty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand five hundred dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Antietam Battlefield: For repair and preservation of monuments,Antietam battlefield.Repairs, etc. tablets, observation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public lands within the limits of the Antietam battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, three thousand dollars. For pay of superintendent of Antietam battlefield, said superintendentSuperintendent. to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected and appointed to this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, one thousand five hundred dollars. Bringing Home the Remains of Officers and Soldiers Who DieBringing Home Remains From Abroad. Abroad: To enable the Secretary of War. in his discretion, to cause 363 to he transported to their homes the remains of officers and soldiers who die at military camps or who are killed in action, or who die in the field or hospital in Alaska, and at places outside of the limits of the United States, or who die while on voyage at sea, twenty-five thousand dollars. Bringing Home the Remains of Civil Employees of the ArmyBringing Home Remains of Civilian Employees And Soldiers Dying on Transports. Who Die Abroad And Soldiers Who Die on Transports: To enable the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of civilian employees of the Army who have died or may hereafter die while in the employ of the War Department in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, China, Alaska, and the Philippines, including the remains of any honorably discharged soldiers who are entitled under the terms of their discharge to return transportation on Government, transport, and who die while on said transport, two thousand five hundred dollars. Removal of Remains of Major L’Enfant: To enable the CommissionersMajor Pierre Charles L’Enfant.Removing remains, etc. of the District of Columbia to remove the remains of Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant to a place accessible to the public and to erect thereon a suitable memorial, one thousand dollars; and the joint resolutionVol. 38, p. 741, repealed. approved February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and five, to mark the grave of Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant is hereby repealed. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago: For care,Confed erate Mound, Chicago. protection, and maintenance of the plot of ground known as “Confederate Mound” in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, two hundred and fifty dollars. Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia: For continuing grading,Arlington, Va. draining, making roads, planting trees, and otherwise preparing the grounds in the addition to the Arlington, Virginia, National Cemetery, ten thousand dollars. Lincoln’S Gettysburg Address: For placing iron tablets containingLincoln’s Gettysburg address.Tablets. the address of President Lincoln delivered at Gettysburg, in seventy-seven national cemeteries, three thousand dollars. Memorial Tablet, Henry G. Cole, Marietta National Cemetery,Henry G.Cole.Tablet, Marietta, Ga., Cemetery. Georgia: For erection of a tablet in the national cemetery at Marietta, Georgia, to the memory of the late Henry G. Cole, two hundred dollars. National Cemetery, City of Mexico. Mexico: For making repairsCemetery, Mexico City, Mexico. and improvements to the United States national cemetery located in the City of Mexico, Mexico, fifteen thousand dollars. miscellaneous objects, war department.Miscellaneous. Military Posts: For the construction and enlargement at militaryMilitary posts. posts of such buildings as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary, eight hundred thousand dollars; but no part of the money appropriated for military posts shall be used for the purchase*Proviso.*Limit of quarters for officers. of any land nor for the establishment of any military prison: *Provided*, That no part of this sum or of the following sums shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Army, or for barracks and quarters for the artillery, the total cost of which including the heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures shall exceed in the case of quarters of a general officer, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, of a colonel or an officer above the rank of captain, twelve thousand dollars, and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, nine thousand dollars. For the erection of barracks and quarters for the artillery in connectionBarracks and quarters for seacoast artillery. with the adopted project for seacoast defenses, two million one hundred and thirty-nine thousand and sixty dollars. For continuing the reconstruction, on land owned by the UnitedSan Francisco Harbor. Cal.Military prison. States, of the military prison in San Francisco harbor, one hundred thousand dollars. the sum hereby appropriated shall be so expended 364 as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of said institution. For the repair and reconstruction of the buildings and for theFort Crook. Nebr.Cyclone damages. replacement of furniture and equipment destroyed in whole or in part by the cyclone on the twelfth day of May, nineteen hundred and eight, at Fort Crook military post in Nebraska, to be immediately available, one hundred thousand dollars. Drill Ground, Fort Des Moines, Iowa: For the purchase of twoFort Des Moines, Iowa.Drill ground. hundred and thirty-nine acres of land adjoining the military reservation of Fort Des Moines, Iowa, required for use as a drill ground for the garrison, fifty thousand six hundred dollars. Target Range, Sparta. Wisconsin: For the purchase of sevenSparm, Wis.Target range. thousand six hundred acres of land, more or less, near Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, as a site for a target range, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, appropriated by Act of JuneVol. 34. p. 742. thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for target range, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby made available. Enlargement of Governors Island, New York: For continuingGovernors Island, N.Y.Enlarging. plan of improvement for the enlargement of Governors Island, New York Harbor, by wharf work, dredging, bulkhead, and tilling, seventy-five thousand dollars. Presidio Military Reservation, San Francisco, California:Presidio, San Francisco, Cal. For continuing the improvement of the grounds within the Presidio Military Reservation, San Francisco, California, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia: For the purchase of two and ninetyeightFort Ogiethorpe,Ga. one-hundredths acres of land adjoining the southwestern corner of the Fort Oglethorpe Military Reservation and the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park, one thousand tive hundred dollars. Fort Benjamin Harrison. Indiana: For the purchase for militaryFort Benjamin Harrison. Ind.*Post.* p. 615. purposes of land adjoining the military reservation, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, one hundred thousand dollars. Target Range. Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia: For the purchase ofFortOglethorpe.Ga.Target range.*Post*, p. 1003. nine hundred and twenty-four acres of land adjoining Catoosa tract and target range, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. Fort Sheridan, Illinois: For the enlargement of the reservationFort Sheridan, Ill.Enlarging. for Fort Sheridan, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the purchase of a triangular tract of land lying adjacent to and adjoining the military post at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and containing eleven and one-half acres, ‘more or less, said tract of land having a frontage on the west shore of Lake Michigan, in the county of Lake, State of Illinois, thirty-six thousand seven hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided*, That the purchase*Proviso.*Condition. price to be, paid for said tract shall include a settlement in full of all claims for damage to said tract and to all of the property belonging to the same owner and adjacent thereto. Fort Logan, Colorado: For the purchase of lands adjacent to theFort Logan, Colo.Drill grounds. military reservation of Fort Logan, Colorado, said lands to be used as additional drill grounds for the, garrison and for the site of an additional reservoir, and for the purchase of water rights for a permanent water supply for Fort Logan in Colorado, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: For the reconstruction,Fort Leavenworth, Kans.Reconstructing military prison. upon land owned by the. United States, of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the cost of which when completed shall not exceed five hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars, this amount to be expended so as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of the prison, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 365 For the reconstruction at the United States military prison. FortPower, etc., plant. Leavenworth, Kansas, on land owned by the United States, of a heating, ventilating, refrigerating, and power plant, the cost of which when completed shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars, this amount to be expended so as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of the prison, sixty thousand dollars. Fort Monroe, Virginia: Wharf, roads, and sewer: For repair andFort Monroe, Va.Wharf, etc. maintenance of wharf, including all necessary labor and material therefor, fuel for waiting rooms, and water for flushing urinals and closets, painting, repairs, brooms, shovels, and so forth, nine hundred and eighty dollars; repairs to apron of wharf, including all necessary labor and material therefor, four thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars, wharfinger, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, nine hundred dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars; for one-half of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, three thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Repairs and operation of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and generalRepairs, etc. police: For rakes, shovels, and brooms; repairs to roadway, pavements, macadam and brick (vitrified); repairs to street crossings; repairs to street drains; electric lights for streets; repairs and renewal to poles, wires, and so forth, three thousand and eighty dollars; four laborers cleaning roads, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, five thousand dollars; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents. Maintenance of sewer system: For waste, oil, and pump and boilerSewer system. repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, one thousand and fifty dollars; two engineers, at nine hundred dollars each; two firemen, at six hundred dollars each; two laborers, at five hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand and fifty dollars; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, three thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. Improvement of the Yellowstone National Park: For maintenanceYellowstone Park. and repair of improvements, sixty-five thousand dollars, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War; and to be immediately available. Mount Rainier National Park: For continuing the constructionMount Rainier Park. of the wagon road into said park, from the west, heretofore surveyed and commenced, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to be immediately available, fifty thousand dollars. Hereafter the location of mining claims under the mineral-land lawsMining locations prohibited. of the United States is prohibited within the area of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington: *Provided, however*, That*Proviso.*Prior rights not affected. this provision shall not affect existing rights heretofore acquired in good faith under the mineral-land laws of the United States to any mining location or locations in said Mount Rainier National Park. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park: For continuingMilitary parks.Chickamauga and Chattanooga. the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park; for the compensation and expenses of two civilian commissioners, maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance, messenger, office expenses, and all other necessary expenses; foundations for State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; for roads and their maintenance; completing the inclosing of Point Park; the purchase of small tracts of lands heretofore authorized by law. including twenty thousand dollars for improving the road owned by the Government from Stevens Gap by way of Davis’s Cross Roads to Crawfish Springs in the Park; in all, fifty-live thousand dollars. For nine thousand feet of fencing on the eastern and southern boundaries of the Park, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For the construction of a steel bridge over Chickamauga Creek atBridge. Chickaman-ga Creek. Lee and Gordon’s, six thousand dollars. 366 For the repair and restoration of buildings and removal of fallenRepairing cyclone damages. trees at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park damaged and destroyed by the cyclone storm of April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and eight, to be immediately available, twenty-six thousand dollars. For constructing a road about five miles or less in length from LookoutConstructing road on Hooker’s line of march. Mountain, in Hamilton County, Tennessee, to Rossville, in Walker County, Georgia, on the line known as Hooker’s route (or line of march), beginning at a point on Lookout Mountain, to be selected by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission, and continuing on such line as they may select, following as nearly as practicable the Hooker route to Rossville, so as to connect the Lookout Mountain battlefield with Missionary and Chickamauga fields and complete the connection of the National Park in its various parts in accordance with the original plan and the organic Act, approved AugustVol. 26, p. 333. nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty-five thousand dollars; which sum shall not be available until the right of way is first given and deeded to the United States for the full width and length of said road and until the Commission is assured that the necessary gravel to gravel and top dress said road is given, when graded, to the United States. the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park CommissionChanges. may, if deemed in the public interest, make any and all necessary changes in the route or course of said road, observing as nearly as possible the Hooker route from Saint Elmo, at the foot of Lookout Mountain, to Rossville, and may construct a bridge if deemed advisable over Chattanooga Creek if the same can be done within this appropriation. Shiloh National Military Park: For continuing the work ofShiloh. establishing a national military park on the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary, clerical and other services, labor, land, historical tablets, maps and surveys, roads, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials, office and other necessary expenses, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Gettysburg National Park: For continuing the work of establishingGettysburg. the national park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; for the acquisition of lands, surveys, and maps; constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bridges thereon; making fences and gates; marking the lines of battle with tablets and guns, each tablet bearing a brief legend giving historic facts, and compiled without censure and without praise; preserving the features of the battlefield and the monuments thereon; providing for a suitable office for the commissioners in Gettysburg; compensation of three civilian commissioners, clerical and other services; expenses and labor; the purchase and preparation of tablets and gun carriages and placing them in position, and all other expenses incidental to the foregoing, seventy-five thousand dollars. Vicksburg National Military Park: For continuing the workVicksburg. of establishing the Vicksburg National Military Park; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary and historian; for clerical and other services, labor, iron gun carriages, the mounting of siege guns, monuments, markers, and historical tablets giving historical facts, compiled without praise, and without censure; maps, surveys; roads, bridges, restoration of earthworks, purchase of lands, purchase and transportation of suppliesand materials; competitiveNaval memorial. designs, to cost not to exceed ten thousand dollars, and selection of site (including all necessary expenses connected therewith) for a Navy memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park, to cost not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, commemorative of the services of the Union Navy in the operations of the Vicksburg campaign and siege, March twenty-ninth to July fourth, eighteen hundred and 367 sixty-three, and other necessary expenses, one hundred thousand dollars. Maps, War Department: For publication of engineer maps forMaps. use of the War Department, inclusive of war maps, five thousand dollars. Survey of Northern and Northwestern Lakes: For survey ofSurvey of northern and northwestern lakes. northern and northwestern lakes, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, and issuing charts and bulletins, and of investigating lake levels, with a view to their regulation, to be immediately available, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Artificial Limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, orArtificial limbs, etc. commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, four hundred thousand dollars. Appliances for Disabled Soldiers: For furnishing surgical appliancesSurgical appliances. to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars. So much of section eleven hundred and seventy-eight of the RevisedTrusses.Permanent appropriation for, repealed.R.S..SCC.1178, p.211, amended. Statutes of the United States as makes a permanent indefinite appropriation to purchase trusses for soldiers is repealed, to take effect after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and estimates of sufficient sums for the purchase of such trusses shall be submitted to Congress for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, and annually thereafter, in the regular Book of Estimates. Support and Medical Treatment of Destitute Patients: ForProvidence Hospital. the support and medical treatment of ninety-five medical and surgical patients who are destitute, in the city of Washington, under a contractDestitute patients. to be made with the Providence Hospital by the Surgeon-General of the Army, nineteen thousand dollars, one half of which sum shall beHalf from District revenues. paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. Garfield Memorial Hospital: For maintenance, to enable it toGarfield Hospital.Destitute patients. provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay therefor, under a contract to be made with the Board of Charities of the District of Columbia, nineteen thousand dollars, one half of whichHalf from District revenues. sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. For the building of a retaining wall from Florida avenue to northRepairs, etc. line of hospital grounds on east side of Eleventh street; for macadamized driveways to replace gravel ones, repairing macadamized driveways, and repaving of gutters; for new cement walks to replace wooden ones; for installing fire plugs on ground, and for services of engineer to supervise all said work, twenty-four thousand four hundred and thirty dollars, to be immediately available and to be expendedImmediately available.Half from District revenues. under the direction of the board of trustees of the hospital, one half of said sum to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half out of the Treasury of the United States. California Débris Commission: For defraying the expenses of theCalifornia Debris Commission. Commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen thousand dollars. Harbor of New York: For prevention of obstructive and injuriousNew York Harbor.Deposits. deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City: For pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, office force, and expensesInspectors. of office, ten thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For pay of crewsand maintenance of six steam tugs and one launch,Crews, etc. seventy-five thousand dollars. In all, eighty-five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. 368 International Waterways Commission: For continuing the workInter national Water ways Commission. of investigation and report by the International Waterways Commission, authorized by section four of the river and harbor Act approvedVol. 32, p.873. June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, twenty thousand dollars. Emery Gun Carriage: To enable A. H. Emery to complete the gunEmery gunearriagc.Completing. carriage he is making for the Government, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to increase the price of said contract to be paid to the said Emery for the said carriage by the sum of thirty thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, twenty thousand of which is to be paid him on the approval of this Act, five thousand when he is ready to put in the foundation for this carriage, and the other five thousand when he is ready to erect the carriage for its preliminary test. national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as follows: At the Central Branch, At Dayton, Ohio: For current expenses,Dayton, Ohio.Current expenses. namely: Pay of officers and noncommissioned officers of the Home, with such exceptions as are hereinafter noted, and their clerks and orderlies; also payments for chaplains, religious instruction, and entertainment for the members of the Home, printers, bookbinders, librarians, musicians, telegraphand telephone operators, guards, policemen, watchmen, and fire company; for all property and materials purchased for their use, including repairs not done by the Home; for necessary expenditures for articles of amusement, boats, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, and for repairs not done by the Home; and for stationery, advertising, legal advice, for payments due heirs of deceased members; *Provided*, That*Proviso.*Effects of deceased members. all receipts on account of the effects of deceased members during the fiscal year shall also be available for such payments; and for such other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, seventy-eight thousand dollars; For subsistence, namely: Pay of commissarySubsistence. sergeants, commissary clerks, porters, laborers, bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters, and others employed in the subsistence department; the cost of all articles pur-chased for the regular ration, and the subsistence of civilian employees regularly employed and residing at the Branch, their freight, preparation. and serving; aprons, caps, and jackets for kitchen and diningroom employees; of tobacco; of all dining-room and kitchen furniture and utensils’, bakers’ and butchers’ tools and appliances, and their repair not done by the Home, two hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars; For household, namely: Expenditures for furniture for officers’Household. quarters; for bedsteads, bedding, bedding material, and all other articles required in the quarters of the members, and of civilian employees permanently employed and residing at the Branch, and for their repair, if they are not repaired by the Home; for fuel, including fuel for cooking, heat, and light; for engineersand tiremen, bath-house keepers, hall cleaners, laundrymen, gas makers, and privy watchmen, and for all labor, materials, and appliances required tor household use, and for their repairs unless the repairs are made by the Home, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars; For hospital, namely: Pay of assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists,Hospital. hospital clerks and stewards, ward masters, nurses, cooks, waiters, readers, hospital carriage drivers, hearse drivers, gravediggers, funeral escort, and for such other services as may be necessary for the care of the sick; burial of the dead; for surgical instruments and appliances, medical books, medicine, liquors, fruits, and other necessaries for the sick not on the regular ration; for bedsteads, bedding, and bedding materials, and all other articles necessary for the wards, and for the 369 quarters of the assistant surgeons, nurses, and other civilian employees attached to the hospital permanently employed and residing at the Branch; for hospital kitchen and dining-room furniture and appliances; carriage, hearse, stretchers, coffins; for tools of gravediggers, and for all repairs to hospital furniture and appliances not done by the Home, seventy thousand dollars; For transportation, namely: For transportation of members of theTransportation. Home, three thousand dollars; For repairs, namely: Pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths,Repairs. carpenters, painters, gas titters, electrical workers, plumbers, tinsmiths, steam fitters, stone and brick masons, whitewashers, and laborers, and for all appliances and materials used under this head: also for repairs of roads and other improvements of a permanent character, sixty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of the appropriation*Proviso.*Restriction. for repairs for any of the Branch Homes shall be used for the construction of any new building; For addition to central power house, including equipment, fifty-twoCentral powerhouse. thousand two hundred dollars, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for new boilers and mechanical stokers in the sundry civil appropriation act for nineteen hundred and eight: For additional tunnels and steam lines, seven thousand dollars; For grading and improving addition to cemetery, five thousand dollars; For farm, namely: Pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness makers,Farm. farm hands, gardeners, horseshoers, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, herders, and laborers, and for all tools, appliances, and materials required for farm, garden, and dairy work; for grain, hay, and straw, dressing, seed, carriages, wagons, carts, and other conveyances; for all animals purchased for stock or for work (including animals in the park); for all materials, tools, and labor for flower garden, lawn, and park; and for construction of roads and walks, and for repairs not done by the Home, twenty-four thousand live hundred dollars; In all. six hundred and eighty-three thousand seven hundred dollars. At the Northwestern Branch, At Milwaukee, Wisconsin:Milwaukee, Wis.Current expenses. For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under thisSubsistence. head for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, seventy thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, forty-three thousand five hundred dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand eightTransportation. hundred dollars; For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head forRepairs. the Central Branch, thirty-six thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head forFarm. the Central Branch, ten thousand five hundred dollars; For dormitory for hospital nurses, five thousand five hundredDormitory for nurses. dollars; For iron fence, five thousand dollars; For cement curbing and gutters, six thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and fifty-nine thousand eight, hundred dollars.Togus Me.Current expenses. At the Eastern Branch, At Tog Us, Maine: For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, forty-eight thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under thisSubsistence. head for the Central Branch, one hundred arid twenty thousand dollars; 370 For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, seventy-five thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, forty-two thousand dollars: For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand two hundred dollars;Transportation. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head forRepairs. the Central Branch, fifty thousand dollars; For shop building and dormitory for civilian employees, ten thousandDormitory. dollars; For rebuilding piazzas around central court, including repairs toPiazzas. roof of court, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head forFarm. the Central Branch, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; In all. three hundred and seventy-seven thousand two hundred dollars. At the Southern Branch, At Hampton, Virginia: For currentHampton, Va.Current expenses. expenses, including the same objects specified under this bead for the Central Branch, fifty thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headSubsistence. for the Central Branch, one hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, eighty-two thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, forty-two thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars:Transportation.Repairs. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, forty-five thousand dollars; . For power house and equipment, two hundred and five thousandPower house. dollars; For tunnels and equipment, forty-five thousand dollars: For commissary storehouse and ice plant, forty-five thousand dollars;Storehouse and ice plant.Shops, etc. For shops with sleeping rooms, fifteen thousand dollars; For new boiler, six thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head forFarm. the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars; In all, six hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars. At the Western Branch, At Leavenworth, Kansas: For currentLeavenworth. Kans.Current expenses. expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, sixty thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headSubsistence. for the Central Branch, one hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, eighty-seven thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, fifty thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, four thousand dollars;Transportation.Repairs. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fifty-five thousand dollars; For addition to hospital, six thousand dollars;Hospital addition.Heating system. For improvement of heating system, thirty thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head forFarm. the Central Branch, eighteen thousand dollars; In all, four hundred and seventy-one thousand dollars. At the Pacific Branch, At Santa Monica, California: ForSanta Monica, Cal.Current expenses. current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fifty-three thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headSubsistence. for the Central Branch, one hundred and forty-four thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, fifty-nine thousand dollars: 371 For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, forty-eight thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;Transportation.Repairs. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, forty-five thousand dollars; For development of water supply, eight thousand dollars;Water supply.Power house.Hospital addition.Farm. For extension to power house, five thousand one hundred dollars; For addition to hospital, six thousand four hundred dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twelve thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars. At the Marion Branch, At Marion, Indiana: For current expenses,Marion. Ind.Current expenses. including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, forty-six thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headSubsistence. for the Central Branch, one hundred ana three thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, and for necessary expenses for the procurement, piping, and preservation of natural gas, oil, and water, fortyeight thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, thirty-seven thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars;Transportation.Repairs. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-three thousand dollars; For addition to office building, six thousand five hundred dollars;Office building.Headquarters. For alterations and additions to headquarters building to adapt it to hospital uses, five thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this headFarm. for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars; In all, two hundred and ninety-five thousand five hundred dollars. At the Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: For currentDanville, Ill.Current expenses. expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headSubsistence. for the Central Branch, one hundred and forty thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, eighty-two thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, forty-seven thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;Transportation.Repairs. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-five thousand dollars: For farm, including the same objects specified under this head forFarm. the Central Branch, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; In all, three hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars. At the Mountain Branch, At Johnson City, Tennessee: ForJohnson City, Tenn.Current expenses. current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, forty-eight thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headSubsistence. for the Central Branch, one hundred and four thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this headHousehold. for the Central Branch, fifty-five thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this headHospital. for the Central Branch, twenty-nine thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;Transportation.Repairs. For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty thousand dollars; For surgeon’s quarters, seven thousand two hundred dollars;Quarters, etc. For chaplain’s quarters, five thousand dollars: For addition to dairy barn, five thousand dollars; 372 For quarters for civilian employees, four thousand four hundred dollars; For repair shop, live thousand dollars; For additional arc lights, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this headFarm. for the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred dollars. Battle Mountain Sanitarium, At Hot Springs, South Dakota:Hot Springs, S. Dak.Current expenses. For current expenses, subsistence, household, hospital, transportation, repairs, and farm, including the same objects specified under these heads for the Central Branch, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For additional coal bunkers, three thousand dollars;Coal bunkers.Tuberculosis ward. For tuberculosis ward, three thousand five hundred dollars; For band stand, one thousand five hundred dollars; In all, one hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars. For clothing for all of the Branches, namely: Expenditures for clothing,Clothing for all branches. underclothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; also all sums expended for labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed, and for use in the tailor shops, knitting shops, and shoe shops, or other Home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, three hundred thousand dollars. For salaries of officers and employees of the Board of Managers, andSalaries, etc., Board of Managers. for outdoor relief and incidental expenses, namely: For president of the Board of Managers, four thousand dollars; secretary of the Board of Managers, two thousand dollars; general treasurer, who shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, four thousand dollars; inspector-general and chief surgeon, three thousand five hundred dollars; assistant general treasurer and assistant inspectorgeneral, three thousand dollars; two assistant inspectors-general, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; clerical services for the offices of the president, general treasurer, and inspector-general and chief surgeon, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars; clerical services for managers, four thousand five hundred dollars; agents, eight hundred dollars, of which sum not more than two hundred dollars shall be paid to the agent at Washington, District of Columbia; for traveling expenses of the Board of Managers, their officers and employees, sixteen thousand dollars; for outdoor relief, one thousand dollars; for rent, legal services, medical examinations, stationery, telegrams, and other incidental expenses, seven thousand dollars; in all, sixty-six thousand three hundred dollars. In all, four million tive hundred and ten thousand three hundred dollars. *Provided.* That no part of the foregoing appropriations shall be*Proviso.*Intoxicants. expended for any purpose at any Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteers that maintains or permits to be maintained on its premises a bar, canteen or other place where beer, wine or other intoxicating liquors are sold. In addition to those classes of discharged soldiers and sailors nowIndian campaigns.Admission for service in. admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, all honorably discharged soldiers who served in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States in any of the campaigns against hostile Indians who are now disabled by age, disease, or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a living, shall hereafter be admitted thereto. For judgment and costs adjudged against the National Home forStonega Coal and Coke Company.Payment of judgment. Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on the fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and seven, in the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Tennessee, in the case of the Stonega Coal and Coke Company against the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, three thousand four hundred and ten dollars and seventy-one cents. 373 State Or Territorial Homes for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors:State and Territorial homes.Vol. 25, p 450. For continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, one million one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be apportioned to*Provisos.*Restrictions. any State or Territorial home until its laws, rules, or regulations respecting the pensions of its inmates be made to conform to the provisions of section four of an Act approved March third, eighteen hundredVol. 22, p. 564. and eighty-three, entitled “An Act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers’ Home located at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes;” but the above proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained: *And provided further*, That no part ofIntoxicants. this appropriation shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicating liquors are sold. Back Pay and Bounty: For payment of amounts for arrears of payBack pay and bounty. of two and three year volunteers, for bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, for bounty under the Act of .July twenty-eighth,Vol.14, p. 322.Commutation of rations. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, and to soldiers on furlough, that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, three hundred thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for arrears of pay and allowances onWar with Spain. account of service of officers and men of the Army during the war with Spain and in the Philippine Islands that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine and that are chargeable to the appropriations that have been carried to the surplus fund, fifty thousand dollars. Hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased officers orNavy and Marine Corps.Settlement of amounts due intestate, deceased officers and enlisted men. enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, where the amount due the decedent’s estate is less than five hundred dollars and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent’s widow or legal heirs in the following order of precedence: First, to theDistribution. widow; second, if the decedent left no widow, or widow be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or descendants, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided father has not abandoned the support of his family, in which case to the mother alone: fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving: fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes; *Provided*, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent*Proviso.*Funeral expenses. payment from the amount due tin1 decedent’s estate of funeral expenses, provided a claim therefor is presented by the person or persons who actually paid the same before settlement by the accounting officers. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. Court-House, Washington, District of Columbia: For annualCourt-house. D. C. repairs, five thousand dollars; new roof for the building, two thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand eight hundred dollars, as per estimate of the Superintendent of the Capitol. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, Construction: For continuingLeavenworth,Kans.Penitentiary. construction of the new United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, one hundred thousand dollars, to be available immediately 374 and to remain available until expended, all of which sum shall be so expended as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of said penitentiary. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Construction: For continuingAtlanta, Ga.Penitentiary. the construction of the United States penitentiary at At lanta, Georgia, and the wall surrounding same, one hundred thousand dollars, to be available immediately and to remain available until expended, all of which sum shall be so expended as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of said penitentiary. United States Penitentiary, Mcneils Island, Washington:McNeils Island, Wash.Penitentiary.Estimates for maintenance. That for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, and annually thereafter, the Attorney-General shall submit estimates in detail for all expenses of maintaining said penitentiary, including salaries of all necessary officers and employees therefor. miscellaneous objects, department of justice.Miscellaneous. Defending Suits in Claims Against the United States: ForDefending suits in claims. defraying the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States and in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty thousand dollars. Detection and Prosecution of Crimes: For the detection and prosecutionProsecution of crimes. of crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment; the investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks of the United States courts, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the records and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the AttorneyGeneral at any time; the inspection of the United States prisoners and prisons; collection, classification, and preservation of criminal identification records, and their exchange with the officials of State and other institutions, to be expended under the direction of the AttorneyGeneral, District of Columbia, thirty thousand dollars. Defense in Indian Depredation Claims: For salaries and expensesDefense in Indian depredation claims.*Post*, p. 579. in defense of the Indian depredation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-five thousand dollars. Traveling and Miscellaneous Expenses: For traveling and otherTraveling, etc., expenses. miscellaneous and emergency expenses, authorized and approved by the Attorney-General, to be expended at his discretion, the provisions of the first paragraph of section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, to the contrary notwithstanding, eight thousand five hundred dollars. Incidental Expenses, District of Alaska: For furniture, fuel,Alaska.Incidental expenses. books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, for the offices of the marshalsand attorneys, six thousand dollars. Traveling Expenses, District of Alaska: For the actual and necessaryTraveling expenses. expenses of the judges and clerks in the district of Alaska when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, five thousand dollars. Defense of Suits Before Spanish Treaty Claims Commission:Spanish Treaty Claims Commission.Defense of suits. For salaries and expenses in defense of claims before the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, including salaries of assistant attorneys and necessary employees in Washington, District of Columbia, or elsewhere, to be selected and their compensation fixed by the AttorneyGeneral, to be expended under his direction, so much of the provisions of the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and one, providing forVol. 31, p. 877. the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, as are in conflict herewith notwithstanding, seventy-five thousand dollars, of which not exceeding two hundred dollars may be expended for law books and books of reference. 375 Spanish Treaty Claims Commission: For expenses of taking testimonyTaking testimony abroad. abroad, twenty-five thousand dollars. Enforcement of Antitrust Laws: That the balance of the appropriationAntitrust laws.Balances for enforcing, available.Vol. 34, p. 1359. of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, entitled “ Enforcement of antitrust laws, nineteen hundred and seven and nineteen hundred and eight,” contained in the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, and an additionalAdditional appropriation.*Post*, p. 1014. appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is heréby made for the same purposes. JUDICIAL.Judicial. united states courts.United States courts. Expenses of the United States Courts: For defraying the expensesExpenses. of the Supreme Court; of the circuit and district courts of the United States, including the district court in the Territory of Hawaii; of the supreme court and court of appeals of the District of Columbia; of the district court of Alaska; of the circuit courts of appeals; of suits and preparations for or in defense of suits in which the United States is interested; of the prosecution of offenses committed against the United States; and in the enforcement of the laws of the United States, specifically the expenses’ stated under the following appropriations, namely: For payment of salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshalsMarshals’ salaries, etc. and their deputies, one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to include payment for sendees rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise. Advances to United States marshals, inAdvances. accordance with existing law, may be made from the proper appropriations, as herein provided, immediately upon the passage of this Act; but no disbursements shall be made prior to July first, nineteen hundred and eight, by said disbursing officers from the funds thus advanced, and no disbursements shall be made, therefrom to liquidate expenses for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight or prior years. For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses ofDistrict attorneys’ salarie&etc. United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, five hundred and twenty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this appropriation*Proviso.*Services during vacancies. shall be available for the payment of the salaries of regularly appointed clerks to United States district attorneys for services rendered duringAttorney and assistant. Pennsylvania eastern district. vacancy in theoflice of the United States district attorney. the annual salary of the United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania shall be, after the beginning of the fiscal year nineteen hundredSalaries increased. and nine, six thousand dollars: and the annual salary of his first assistantshall be, after the beginningof the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, such sum as the Attorney General shall from time to time fix and determine, not to exceed four thousand dollars. The necessary expenses for lodging and subsistence actually paid,Allowance for expenses when absent from official residence. not exceeding four dollars per day and actual and necessary traveling expenses of the United States district attorneys and their assistants, while absent from their respective official residences and necessarily employed in going to, returning from, and attending before any United States court, commissioner, or other committing magistrate, and while otherwise necessarily absent from their respective official residences on official business shall be allowed and paid in the following manner: That the accounts of the United States attorneys and assistant UnitedAccounts. States attorneys for expenses herein provided for shall be made out monthly in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Attorney-General. And when said expense, accounts are made out, as hereinbefore provided, and verified on oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, they shall he submitted to and examined 376 by one of the judges of the circuit court or district court of the district for which said United States attorney or assistant United States attorney was appointed, and when approved by said judge, may be allowed and paid by the 11 nited States marshal for said district, and the amount of such payments shall be included in said marshal’s accounts with the United States, and audited and allowed as now provided by law. For fees of United States district attorney for the District of Columbia,District of Columbia.Fees, district attorney.Regular assistants. twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars. For payment of regular assistants to United States district attorneys. who are appointed by the Attorney-General at a fixed annual compensation, two hundred and seventy-live thousand dollars. For payment of assistants to the Attorney-General and to UnitedAssistants in special eases. States district attorneys employed by the Attorney-General to aid in special cases, one hundred and six thousand dollars. This appropriationForeign counsel. shall be available also for the payment of foreign counsel employed by the Attorney-General in special cases, and such counsel shall not be required to take oath of office in accordance with section three hundred and sixty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States. For payment of assistants to the Attorney-General and of assistantsNaturalization, etc., cases.Expenses. to United States district attorneys,employed by the Attorney-General to represent the United States in naturalization and other proceedings, and for other necessary expenses in connection with such proceedings and cases, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration. For fees of clerks, three hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, ThatClerks’ fees.*Proviso.*Allowance in Montana. hereafter the fees and compensation of the clerk of the circuit and district court for the district of Montana shall be computed and allowed on the same basis as like fees are allowed, computed, and paid in the district of Oregon. For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peaceUnited States commissioners, etc., fees.R.S., see. 1014, p. 189. acting under section one thousand and fourteen. Revised Statutes of the United States, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For fees of jurors, one million two hundred and fifty thousandJurors’ fees. dollars. Fees of witnesses, United States courts: For fees of witnesses andWitness fees. for payment of the actual expenses of witnesses, as provided by section eight hundred and fifty, Revised Statutes of the United States, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For rent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers,Rent of court room. ninety-five thousand dollars. For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and oneBailiffs, etc. crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York and the northern district of Illinois: *Provided.* That all persons employed*Provisos.*Actual attendance.R. S., sec. 715, p.136. under section seven hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes shall be deemed to be in actual attendance when they attend upon the order of the courts: *Provided further*, That no such person shall be employedTravel, etc., expenses, judges. during vacation: of reasonable expenses actually incurred for travel and attendance of district judges directed to hold court outside of their districts, not to exceed ten dollars per day each, to be paid on written certificates of the judges, and such payments shall be allowed the marshal in the settlement of his accounts with the United States; of reasonable expenses actually incurred for travel and attendance of justices or judges who shall attend the circuit court of appeals held at any other place than where they reside, not to exceed ten dollars per day, the same to be paid upon written certificates of said judge, and such payments shall be allowed the marshal in the settlement of his account with the United States; of meals and lodgings for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when 377 ordered by the court; and of compensation for jury commissioners,Jury commissioners. five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Jurors and witnesses in the United States courts in the States ofJurors and witnesses in Wyoming, etc.Allowance. Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, and Utah, and in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona shall be entitled to receive for actual attendance at any court or courts and for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the same, three dollars a day, and fifteen cents for each mile necessarily traveled over any stage line, or by private conveyance, and five cents for each mile by any railway or steamship in going to and returning from said courts: *Provided*, That no constructive or*Proviso.*Double fees prohibited double mileage fees shall be allowed by reason of any person being summoned as both a witness and juror, or as a witness in two or more cases pending in the same court and triable at the same term thereof. For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorizedMiscellaneous expenses. by the Attorney-General, for the United States courts and their officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and moving of records, live hundred and sixty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That in so far as*Proviso.*Alaska. it may be deemed necessary by the Attorney-General, this appropriation shall be available for such expenses in the district of Alaska. For supplies, including exchange of typewriting machines for theSupplies. United States courts and judicial officers, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, thirty-live thousand dollars. For purchase of a library for the circuit court of appeals of theNinth circuit court of appeals, library. ninth judicial circuit, fifteen thousand dollars. For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothingSupport of prisoners. and medical aid, and transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, as well before as after conviction, and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, for the expense of care and medical treatment of guards employed by the United States, who may be injured by prisoners while said guards are endeavoring to prevent escapes or suppressing mutiny, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars for repairs, betterments, and improvements of United States jails, including sidewalks, six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: For theLeaven worth, Kans Penitentiary. support of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kansas, as follows: For subsistence, including supplies for prisoners, warden,Subsistence. deputy warden, and physician, tobacco for prisoners, kitchen and dining room furniture, and utensils, and for farm and garden seeds and implements, and for purchase of ice if necessary, fifty thousand dollars; For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, including suchClothing, etc. clothing as can be made at the penitentiary: for the usual gratuities as provided by law to prisoners at release, including transportation to place of conviction or place of bona tide residence in the United States; for expenses of penitentiary officials while traveling on duty: for expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoner, and for rewards for their recapture, twenty-five thousand dollars: For miscellaneous expenditures in the discretion of the AttorneyGeneral,Miscellaneous. for fuel, forage, hay. light, water, stationery, purchase of fuel for generating steam, heating apparatus, burning bricks and lime: forage for issue to public animals, and hay and straw for bedding; blank books, blank forms, typewriting supplies, pencils and memorandum books for guards, books for use in chapel, paper, envelopes, and postage stamps for issue to prisoners; for labor and materials for repairing steam-heating plant,electric plant and water circulation, and drainage; for labor and materials for construction and repair of buildings; 378 for general supplies, machinery, and tools for use on farm and in shops, brickyard, quarry, limekiln, laundry, bathrooms, printing office, photograph gallery, stables, policing buildings and grounds; for the purchase of cows, horses, mules, wagons, harness, veterinary supplies, lubricating oils, office furniture, stoves, blankets, bedding, iron bunks, paints and oils, library books, newspapers, and periodicals, and electrical supplies; for payment of water supply, telegrams, telephone service, notarial and veterinary services; for advertising in newspapers; for fees to consulting physicians called to determine mental condition of supposed insane prisoners, and for other services in cases of emergency; for pay of extra guards when deemed necessary by the Attorney-General, and for expense of care and medical treatment of guards who may be injured by prisoners while said guards are endeavoring to prevent escapes or suppressing mutiny, thirty-five thousand dollars; For hospital supplies, including purchase of medicines, medical andHospital. surgical supplies, and all other articles for the care and treatment of sick prisoners; and for expenses of interment of deceased prisoners, two thousand five hundred dollars; For salaries, including pay of officials and employees, as follows:Salaries. Warden, four thousand dollars; deputy warden, two thousand dollars; chaplain, one thousand five hundred dollars; chaplain, six hundred dollars; physician, one thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper and record clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer, nine hundred dollars; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; steward, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of farm and transportation, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of industries and storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; two captains of watch, at one thousand dollars each; guards, at seventy dollars per month each, forty-nine thousand five hundred dollars; two teamsters, at six hundred dollars each; engineer and electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant engineer and electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, seventyseven thousand four hundred dollars; For foremen, shoemaker, harness maker, carpenter, blacksmith, tailor, and tinner, when necessary, four thousand eight hundred dollars; In all, one hundred and ninety-four thousand seven hundred dollars. United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia: For supportAtlanta. Ga.Penitentiary. of the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, as follows: For subsistence, including supplies for prisoners, warden, deputySubsistence. warden, and physician, tobacco for prisoners; kitchen and diningroom furniture and utensils; farm and garden seeds and implements, and for purchase of ice, if necessary, thirty thousand dollars; For clothing and transportation, including such clothing as can beClothing, etc. made at the penitentiary; for the usual gratuities as provided by law to prisoners at release, including transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States; for expenses of penitentiary officials while traveling on duty; for expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and for rewards for their recapture, fifteen thousand dollars; For miscellaneous expenditures, in the discretion of the AttorneyGeneral,Miscellaneous. for fuel, forage, hay, light, water, stationery, blank books, blank forms, typewriting supplies, pencils, and memorandum books for guards, books for use in chapel, paper, envelopes, and postage stamps for issue to prisoners; for labor and materials for repairing steam-heating plant, electric plant, water circulation, and drainage; for labor and materials for construction and repair of buildings; for general supplies, machinery, and tools for use on farm and in shops, brickyard, quarry, limekiln, laundry, bathrooms, printing office, photograph gallery, stables; policing buildings and grounds: for the 379 jurchase of cows, horses, mules, wagons, harness, veterinary suplies, lubricating oils, office furniture, stoves, blankets, bedding, iron junks, paints and oils, library, books, newspapers, and periodicals; electrical supplies, for payment of water supply; for telegrams, telephone service, notarial and veterinary services; for advertising in newspapers; for fees to consulting physicians called to determine mental condition of supposed insane prisoners, and for other services in cases of emergency; for pay of extra guards when deemed necessary by the Attorney-General, and for expense of care and medical treatment of guards who may be injured by prisoners while said guards are endeavoring to prevent escapes or suppressing mutiny, twenty-five thousand dollars; For hospital supplies, including purchase of medicines, surgicalHospital. instruments, and supplies, and all other articles required for the care and treatment of sick prisoners, and for expenses of interment of deceased prisoners, two thousand dollars; For salaries, including pay of officials and employees, as follows:Salaries. Warden, four thousand dollars; deputy warden, two thousand dollars; chaplain, one thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; physician, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper and record clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer, nine hundred dollars; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; telephone operator, four hundred and eighty dollars; engineer and electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant engineer and electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; two captains of watch, at one thousand dollars each; steward and storekeeper, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of farm and transportation, nine hundred dollars; two teamsters, at six hundred dollars each; cook, and baker, at seven hundred-and twenty dollars each; guards, at seventy dollars per month each, thirty-one thousand dollars; in all, fifty-nine thousand and twenty dollars; For foremen, tailor, blacksmith, shoemaker, and carpenter, when necessary, three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: In all, one hundred and thirty-four thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. Reform School, District of Columbia: For superintendent, twoReform School, D. C.Salaries. thousand dollars; assistant superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, six thousand nine hundred dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; five matrons of families, at two hundred and forty dollars each; two foremen of and skilled helpers in industries, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; two foremen of workshops, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; farmer, six hundred dollars; assistant farmer, four hundred and twenty dollars; florist, engineer, baker, cook, shoemaker, and tailor, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; assistant engineer, three hundred and sixty dollars; laundress, three hundred and sixty dollars; two dining-room attendants, and housemaid, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; nurse, three hundred and sixty dollars; watchmen, not to exceed eight in number, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; office clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars: parole officer, nine hundred dollars; secretary and treasurer to board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars; For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats, dryMaintenance. goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, furniture, tableware, farm implements, seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, books, stationery, plumbing, painting, glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, repairs to buildings, and other necessary items, including compensation, not exceeding nine hundred dollars, for additional labor or services, and for transportation and other necessary expenses incident to securing suitable homes for discharged boys, not exceeding.five hundred dollars, sixteen thousand dollars; 380 For extraordinary repairs to buildings and for approaches to buildings,Repairs, etc. one thousand two hundred dollars; For additional shops and equipment, five thousand dollars;Addition to building. For wings to administration building, thirty-five thousand dollars; In all, eighty-two thousand nine hundred dollars. From and after the passage of this Act the Reform School of theName changed to National Training School for Boys. District of Columbia shall be known and designated as the National Training School for Boys. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.Department of State. Printing Ascertainment of Electors for President and Vicepresident:Printing Ascertainment of Presidential Vote.Vol.24, P. 373. To pay the expenses of printing, in compliance with the requirements of the Act of February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the certified copies of the final ascertainment of the electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, as transmitted by the executive of each State to the Secretary of State, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available. Pan-American Scientific Congress: To enable the Government ofPan-American Sci entitle Congress.Expense of representation. the United States to be fittingly represented at the first Pan-American Scientific Congress to be held at Santiago, Chile, during the year nineteen hundred and eight, thirty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. Exposition At Quito, Ecuador: For the participation by the. UnitedExposition at Quito, Ecuador.Government exhibit. etc. States in an exposition to be held at Quito, Ecuador, during the year nineteen hundred and nine, the sending of a commissioner to the same, a Government exhibit, the necessary expenses of transportation, and the erection of a building at the exposition, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. International Investigation of Opium Evil: To enable the PresidentInternational investigation of opium evil.Commissioners, etc. to appoint not more than three commissioners to collate and complete on behalf of the United States information bearing on the opium question, and a secretary, who shall act as disbursing officer, and for traveling expenses, stationery, printing, and other incidental expenses connected with the investigation and the meeting of the commissioners for the purpose of finding common ground for joint and several recommendations and reports to their respective Governments with a view to the suppression of the opium evil, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. International Conference At London : To meet the expenses ofInternational prize court conference.Expenses. the United States at the international conference which will meet at London in October, nineteen hundred and eight, for the purpose of formulating rules to be observed by the international prize court under paragraph two, article seven, of the Hague Convention providing for the establishment of such court, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Fisheries Convention, United States and Canada : For the paymentCanadian Fisheries Convention.Commissioners, etc., under.*Post*, p. 2000. of the compensation of a commissioner on the part of the United States under the convention between the United States and Great Britain concerning the fisheries in waters contiguous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada, signed at Washington on April eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, and of the share of the United States of the expenses that may bo incurred in putting into operation and carrying out the convention during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Northeastern Fisheries Arbitration : To meet the expenses onNortheastern fisheries arbitration.Expenses. the part of the United States in the arbitration before the Permanent 381 Court of Arbitration at the Hague of the questions in controversy between the United States and Great Britain with respect to the northeastern fisheries, under a special agreement in course of negotiation between the United Statesand Great Britain, in conformity with article two of the General Arbitration Convention between the two countriesTreaties, p. 826.*Post*, p. 1960. signed at Washington on April fourth, nineteen hundred and eight, and approved by the Senate on April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eight, one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. UNDER LEGISLATIVE.Legislative. Statement of Appropriations: For preparation, under the directionStatement of appropriations. of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements showing appropriations made, new offices created, offices the salaries of which have been omitted, increased, or reduced, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills passed during the first session of the Sixtieth Congress, as required by the Act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,Vol. 25, p. 587. two thousand dollars, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of said committees to do said work. Conveying Votes of Electors for President and Vice-President:Messengers of electoral vote.Payment of mileage. For the payment of the messengers of the respective States for conveying to the seat of government the votes of the electors of said States for President and Vice-President of the United States, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the estimated distance by the most usual roads traveled from the place of meeting of the electors to the seat of government of the United States, computed for one distance only, thirteen thousand dollars. Botanic Garden: For painting, glazing, and general repairs toBotanic Garden.Repairs, etc. buildings, heating apparatus, resurfacing foot walks and roadways, repainting interior and exterior of main conservatory, new benches, and general repairs to propagating houses numbered five, six, seven, and eight, and repairs to storehouses, south side Maryland avenue, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, seven thousand dollars. Senate: To pay C. G. Northup for extra clerical services performedSenate.C. G. Northup.Services. for a subcommittee of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, authorized by Senate Resolution Numbered Two hundred and sixty-one, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, and for editing, compiling, and indexing the testimony taken before the subcommittee of the Committee on Indian Affairs, authorized by Senate Resolution Numbered Two hundred and twenty, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, two thousand five hundred dollars. To pay John J. Hannan, Frederick N. Webber, and C. A. LoefflerJohn J. Hannan, Frederick N. Webber, and C. A. Loeffler.Services. for extra services under Senate Resolution Numbered Two hundred and sixty-one. Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, one hundred and twenty-five dollars each. House of Representatives Office Building: the unexpendedHouse of Representatives.Maintenance of Office Building.Vol.34, p. 1365. balance of the appropriation of thirty thousand dollars made for maintenance, including heating, lighting, and ventilation, miscellaneous items, and for all necessary services for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, is reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer: Public Printer, five thousand fivePublic Printer, deputy, clerks, etc. hundred dollars; deputy public printer, three thousand six hundred dollars; private secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; 382 stenographer, one thousand dollars; cashier and paymaster, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand dollars: one messenger; one telephone switchboard operator; two assistant telephone switchboard operators; chief inspector and purchasing agent, three thousand six hundred dollars; and one clerk of class one; in all, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ten dollars. The office of deputy public printer shall be filled by the selectionDeputy public printer.Duties of office, etc. and appointment by the Public Printer of a person skilled as a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, and who shall perform the duties heretofore required of the chief clerk, have supervision of the buildings occupied by the Government Printing Office, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Public Printer. Office of Superintendent of Documents: Superintendent ofSuperintendent of documents, etc. documents, three thousand dollars; principal clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk in charge of the Congressional Record at the Capitol, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand three hundred dollars. Office of Foreman of Printing: Foreman of printing, two thousandForeman of printing. five hundred dollars. Office of Foreman of Presswork: Foreman of presswork, twoForeman of presswork. thousand five hundred dollars. Office of Foreman of Binding: Foreman of binding, two thousandForeman of binding. five hundred dollars. Office of the Superintendent of Supplies: Superintendent ofSuperintendent of supplies. supplies, two thousand five hundred dollars. Watch Force: Captain of the watch, one thousand two hundredWalch force. dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each, and sixty-four day and night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, forty-nine thousand and eighty dollars. The Public Printer shall submit for the fiscal year nineteen hundredEstimates for all clerks, etc., to be submitted. and ten, and annually thereafter, estimates for all clerks and other employees additional to the foregoing who may be required in the executive or administrative offices of the Government Printing Office; and no funds other than those specifically appropriated under saidRestriction on services. estimates shall be used during said fiscal year for services in the Government Printing Office of the character specified in said estimates and appropriated for thereunder. public printing and binding.Public printing and binding. For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paperAggregate amount. for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, the Executive Office, and the Departments; for salaries, compensation, orOffice expenses. wages of all necessary clerks and employees additional to the foregoing specific sums and notwithstanding any limitation on such employmentsVol.34, p. 943. contained in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight; for rents, fuel, gas, electric current, gas and electric fixtures, and ice; for bicycles, horses, wagons, and harness, and the care, driving, and subsistence of the same, to be used only for official purposes, including the purchase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles for official use of officers of the Government Printing Office when in writing ordered by the Public Printer; for freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service; for furniture, typewriters, and carpets; for traveling expenses, stationery, postage, and advertising; for advertising for sale documents which have accumulated in the office of the superintendent 383 of documents, not exceeding twelve thousand dollars; for directories, technical books, and books of reference, not exceeding five hundred dollars; for adding and numbering machines, time stamps, and other machines of similar character; for repairs to machinery, implements, and buildings; for other necessary contingent and miscellaneous items authorized by the Public Printer; and for all the necessary materials needed in the prosecution of the work, five million three hundred thousand dollars; and from the said sum hereby appropriated printing and binding shall be done by the Public Printer to the amounts following. respectively, namely: For printing and binding for Congress, including the proceedingsAllotments.Congress. and debates, and for rents, one million eight hundred and twenty-four thousand nine hundred dollars. And printing and binding for Congress chargeable to this appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee on Printing of either House, shall be so recommended in a report containing an approximate estimate of the cost thereof, together with a statement from the Public Printer of estimated approximate cost of work previously ordered by Congress, within the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made. For the State Department, forty-two thousand dollars.Departments, etc. For the Treasury Department, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be expended for*Proviso.*Catalogue of copyrght entries. the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office. For the War Department, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For the Navy Department, one hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars, including not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office. For the Interior Department, including not exceeding twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars for the Civil Service Commission, and not exceeding twenty thousand dollars for the publication of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, two hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars. For the Patent Office, as follows: For printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, trade-marks, and labels, exclusive of illustrations, for printing, exclusive of illustrations, and binding the monthly volumes of patents, and for printing, engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly, monthly, bimonthly, and annual indexes, five hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars. For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing and binding the Annual Reports of the Board of Regents, with general appendixes, ten thousand dollars; under the Smithsonian Institution, for the Annual Reports of the National Museum, with general appendixes, and for printing labels and blanks, and for the Bulletins and Proceedings of the National Museum, the editions of which shall not exceed four thousand copies, and binding, in half turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, thirty-four thousand dollars; for the Annual Reports and Bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and for miscellaneous printing and binding for the Bureau, twenty-one thousand dollars; for miscellaneous printing and binding for the International Exchanges, two hundred dollars; the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, one hundred dollars; the National Zoological Park, two hundred dollars; the Astrophysical Observatory, one hundred dollars; and for the Annual Report of the American Historical Association, seven thousand dollars; in all, seventy-two thousand six hundred dollars. For the United States Geological Survey, as follows: For engraving the illustrations necessary for the Annual Report of the Director, and for the monographs, professional papers, bulletins, 384 water-supply papers, and the report on mineral resources, thirty-five thousand dollars. For printing and binding the Annual Report of the Director, monographs, professional papers, bulletins, water-supply papers, and the report on mineral resources, one hundred and forty thousand dollars; and said amount shall cover all printing and binding on account of said publications of the Geological Survey. For the Department of Justice, thirty-three thousand dollars. For the Post-Office Department, exclusive of the money-order office, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the Department of Agriculture, including not to exceed twentyfive thousand dollars for the Weather Bureau, and including the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by theVol. 28, p. 612. Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,-and in pursuance of the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered ThirteenVol. 34. p. 825. of the first session Fifty-ninth Congress, and also including not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct, four hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For the Department of Commerce and Labor, including the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for the Census Office, five hundred thousand dollars. For the Supreme Court of the United States, ten thousand dollars; and the printing for the Supreme Court shall be done by the printer it may employ, unless it shall otherwise order. For the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars. For the. Court of Claims, fifteen thousand dollars. For the Library of Congress, including the Copyright Office, and the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office, and binding, rebinding, and repairing of library books, and for building and grounds, Library of Congress, two hundred and two thousand dollars. For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars. For the Interstate Commerce Commission, sixty thousand dollars. For the International Bureau of the American Republics, twenty thousand dollars. And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum herebyRestriction. appropriated shall be expended in the first two quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one-fourth thereof may be expended in either of the last two quarters of the fiscal year, except that, in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unexpended balances of allotments for preceding quarters may be expended. To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of theAnnual leaves. law granting thirty days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Section three, of the Act providing for the public printing and bindingSuperintendent of documents.Restriction repealed.Vol. 34, p. 1014. and the distribution of public documents approved March first, nineteen hundred seven, is hereby repealed. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.Isthmian Canal. To continue the construction of the Isthmian Canal, to be expendedConstruction. under the direction of the President in accordance with an Act entitledVol. 32. p. 482. “An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,” approved June twentyeighth, nineteen hundred and two: 385 First. For salaries of officers and employees of the Isthmian CanalCanal Commission.Salaries in the United States. Commission, including assistant purchasing and shipping agents, and all other employees in the United States, one hundred and .forty-nine thousand dollars; Second. For incidental expenses, including rents, cable and telegraphIncidental expenses. service, supplies, stationery and printing, and actual necessary traveling expenses in the United States (including rent of the PanamaRent. Canal building in the District of Columbia, seven thousand five hundred dollars, and text-books and books of reference, one thousand dollars, and additional compensation to the Auditor for the War Department for extra services in auditing accounts of the Isthmian Canal, one thousand dollars), twenty-seven thousand dollars, and the unexpendedBalances. balances of appropriations for these, objects available .June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight; Third. For pay of members of the Commission and officers andCommissioners.Construction, etc., lepartments.Pay of officers, etc., in the Isthmus. employees on the Isthmus other than skilled and unskilled labor, including civil engineers, superintendents, instrumentmen, transitmen, levelmen. rodmen, draftsmen, timekeepers, mechanical and electrical engineers, supervisors, clerks, accountants, stenographers, storekeepers, messengers, office boys, foremen and subforemen, watchmen, wagon masters, stewards, hospital dispensers, intprnes, nurses, and attendants, including those necessarily and temporarily detailed forTemporary details. duty away from the Isthmus, for the departments of construction and engineering, disbursing, examination of accounts, and labor, quarters and subsistence, and expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus, three million four hundred thousand dollars: Fourth. For skilled and unskilled labor on the Isthmus, includingLabor. engineers, conductors, firemen, brakemen, electricians, teamsters, cranesmen, machinists, blacksmiths, and other artisans, and their helpers, janitors, sailors, cooks, waiters, and dairymen, for the departments of construction and engineering, disbursing, examination of accounts, and labor, quarters and subsistence, eight million four hundred thousand dollars; Fifth. For purchase and delivery of material, supplies, and equipment,Purchase of materials, etc. including cost of inspecting material and of paying traveling expenses incident thereto, whether on the Isthmus or elsewhere, and such other expenses not in the United States as the Commission deems necessary to best promote the construction of the Isthmian canal, for the departments of construction and engineering, disbursing, examination of accounts, and labor, quarters and subsistence, and to enableTwo steamships for Panama Railroad Company. the Secretary of War to purchase for the Panama Kailroad Company two steamships of American register each to be of not less than nine thousand gross registered tonnage and at a cost of not to exceed one million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, said ships to be controlledOperation. and operated by said Panama Kailroad Company in like manner as other ships of said Company including the transportation of supplies, equipment and material for use in the construction of the Panama Canal and the transportation of officers and employees of the Panama Canal Commission: *Provided*, That when said ships are no longer*Proviso.*Transfer to Navy when no longer required. required for use as aforesaid in the transportation of supplies, equipment and material for the construction of the Panama Canal the same shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Navy for use as colliers or other auxiliary vessels belonging to the Navy, twelve million eight hundred thousand dollars; Sixth. To continue the equipment and construction of the PanamaPanama Railroad Railroad, to be disbursed directly under the Isthmian Canal Commission, one million one hundred thousand dollars; no part of said sumRestriction. shall be expended until the obligation of the Panama Railroad Company for the full amount thereof and drawing four per centum interest 386 payable to the United States shall have been delivered to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and by him accepted; Seventh. For miscellaneous expenditures, cable and telegraph service,Miscellaneous. stationery and printing, and traveling and incidental expenses on the Isthmus, for the departments of construction and engineering, disbursing, examination of accounts, and labor, quarters and subsistence, four hundred thousand dollars; Eighth. For pay of officers and employees other than skilled andGovernment of Canal Zone.Pay of officers and employees. unskilled labor in the service of the government of the Canal Zone, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars and the unexpended balances of appropriations for these objects available June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight; Ninth. For skilled and unskilled labor in the service of the governmentLabor. of the Canal Zone, sixteen thousand dollars and the unexpended balances of appropriations for these objects June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight; Tenth. For material, supplies, equipment, new buildings, and contingentMaterials, etc. expenses for account of the government of the Canal Zone, the unexpended balances of appropriations for these objects June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight; Eleventh. For pay of officers and employees other than skilled andSanitation department.Pay of officers and employees. unskilled labor engaged in the sanitation department on the Isthmus, seven hundred thousand dollars and the unexpended balances of appropriations for these objects June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight; Twelfth. For skilled and unskilled labor engaged in the sanitationLabor. department on the Isthmus of Panama, five hundred thousand dollars; Thirteenth. For material, supplies, equipment, new buildings, andMaterials, etc. contingent expenses of the sanitation department on the Isthmus, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and the unexpended balances of appropriations for these objects June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight; Fourteenth. For the construction of fhe new Panama Railroad to bePanama Railroad.Construction of new. disbursed directly under the Isthmian Canal Commission, one million and eighty-five thousand dollars; In all, twenty-nine million one hundred and seventy-seven thousandAmount. dollars, the same to be available until expended: *Provided*, That all*Proviso.*Expenditures paid from proceeds of land sales. expenditures from the appropriation herein and hereinafter made for the Isthmian Canal shall be paid from, or reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States out of, the proceeds of the sale of the bondsVol.32. p. 484. authorized in section eight of the Act approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two. To pay Pembroke B. Banton, of Waterloo, Iowa, to compensate himPembroke B. Banton.Payment for injuries. for injuries received while in the employment of the Government on the Isthmian Canal, ten thousand dollars. Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeablyTen per cent interchangeable. for expenditure on objects named; but not more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of the appropriation: *Provided.*,*Proviso.*Use of surplus for construction department. *however*, That any surplus in the appropriations for any of the above classified heads may be used for expenditure under any of the classified appropriations for the department of construction and engineering. Sec. 2. The foregoing appropriations shall be available to reimbursePanama Railroad Company.Reimbursement for marine and fire losses. the Panama Railroad Company for marine losses, or for losses due to destruction of or damage to its plant, equipment, or commissary supplies by tire: *Provided, however*, That upon this appropriation becoming*Proviso.*Insurance to cease. effective the Panama Railroad Company shall cease to carry insurance against loss from causes covered by this appropriation. Sec. 3. All funds hereafter collected by the government of the CanalDistribution of revenues. Zone from rentals of public lands and buildings in the Canal Zone and the cities of Panama and Colon, and from the Zone postal service, and 387 from court fees, and collected or raised by taxation in whatever form under the laws of the government of the Canal Zone, are hereby appropriated until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, as follows: the revenues derived from the postal service to the main. tenance of that service; the remaining revenues, after setting aside a miscellaneous and contingent fund of ten thousand dollars, to the maintenance of the public school system in the Zone; to the construction and maintenance of public improvements within the Zone; to the maintenance of the administrative districts, including payment of salaries and wages incident thereto; to the maintenance of Canal Zone charity patients in the hospitals of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and to the maintenance of administrative district prisoners. A detailedStatement to Congress. and classified statement of all receipts and expenditures without the duplication of items under this paragraph shall be submitted to Congress after the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine. Sec. 4. All sums appropriated hereunder or that may hereafter beSums available for construction contrack appropriated for the construction of the Isthmian Canal shall be available for the payment of the direct obligations of the Canal Commission, or of the Commission’s obligations under any contract or contracts that may hereafter be entered into for the construction of the Isthmian Canal. Sec. 5. All funds that hereafter may be derived from customs dutiesCustoms revenue from Canal Zone.Reappropriated for construction. collected upon property of the United States imported from the Canal Zone are hereby reappropriated for the construction of the Isthmian Canal and may be expended under any of the classified appropriations for the department of construction and engineering. Sec. 6. All funds realized during the fiscal year nineteen hundredFundsfrom services, sales, etc.Reappropriated for construction. and nine by the Isthmian Canal Commission from the performance of services by the Commission, or from the sale of materials and supplies upon the Isthmus under the custody and control of the Commission, are hereby reappropriated for expenditure under any of the foregoing classified appropriations for the department of construction and engineering, and a full and separate report in detail of all transactions hereunder shall be made to Congress. Sec. 7. The officers of the Isthmian Canal Commission are relievedJamaica earthquake.Supplies furnished sufferers allowed. from liability to account for eleven thousand two hundred and five dollars and fifty-three cents, for materials and supplies furnished to the sufferers by the Jamaican earthquake of January fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seven. Sec. 8. The National Academy of Sciences is required, at their nextScientific surveys and laboratories.National Academy of Sciences to report plan forconsolidatìng. meeting, to take into consideration the methods and expenses of conducting all surveys of a scientific character, and all chemical, testing, and experimental laboratories and to report to Congress as soon thereafter as may be practicable a plan for consolidating such surveys, chemical, testing, and experimental laboratories so as to effectually prevent duplication of work and reduce expenditures without detriment to the public service. It is the judgment of Congress that any person who holds employmentOfficials who should not participate. under the United States or who is employed by and receives a regular salary from any scientific bureau or institution that is required to report to Congress should refrain from participation in the deliberations of said National Academy of Science on this subject and from voting on or joining in any recommendation hereunder. Sec. 9. That all sums appropriated by this Act for salaries of officersSums for salaries to be in full. and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 388 alaska-yukon-pacific exposition.Alaska -Yukon -Pacific Exposition.Sec. 10. That all articles that shall be imported from foreign countriesArticles for expos! tion may be importer free. for the sole purpose of exhibition at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, to be held at Seattle, State of Washington, in the year-nineteen hundred and nine, upon which their shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the expositionSales permitted. to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings’or oh the grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: *Provided*, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn*Proviso.*Duty on articles sold, etc. for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumption or use, and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any person guilty of any illegal sale, use, or withdrawal. Sec. 11. That there shall be exhibited at said Exposition by theSmithsonian and National Museum.Exhibit by. Government of the United States from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum such articles and material of an historical nature as will impart a knowledge of our national history especially that of Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands and that part of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. There shall be. exhibitedDepartmentexhibit, Character. from the Executive Departments of the United States such exhibits as will illustrate their principal administrative functions and their educational value in connection with the development of commerce in the countries bordering upon the Pacific Ocean; the preservation of forests; the reclamation and irrigation of arid and semiarid lands; the improving and enlarging of transportation facilities and the safeguards of navigation; and the economic value of the investigations and operations of the Government with reference to public health, geology, experiment stations, coast and geodetic survey, and public roads. To secure a complete and harmonious arrangement ofGovernment board of managers.Duties. such Government exhibit a United States Government board of managers is hereby authorized to be appointed to be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhibition and return of such articles and materials as the heads of the several Departments, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Superintendent of the National Museum respectively decide shall be embraced in the Government exhibit herein authorized. the President of the United States may also designate additional articles of peculiar interest for exhibition in connection with the said Government exhibit. Said Government boardComposition. of managers shall be composed of three persons now in the employ of the Government and shall be appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman of the said board and one as secretary and disbursing officer, the members ofAllowances. said Government board, with other officers and employees of the Goverment who may be detailed to assist them, including officers of the Army and Navy, shall receive no compensation in addition to their regular;salaries, but they shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsistence, to be tixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, while necessarily absent from their homes engaged upon the business of the board. Offieers of the Army and Navy shall receive said allowance in lieu of the subsistence and mileage now allowed by law; and the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy 389 may, in their discretion, detail retired Army or Navy officers for such duty. Any provision of law which may prohibit the detail of persons inDetails permitted. the employ of the United States to other service than that which they customarily perform shall not apply to persons detailed for duty in connection with said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Employees ofPay of employees. the board not otherwise employed by the Government shall be entitled to such compensation as the board may determine, and such employees may be selected and appointed by said board. the disbursing officerDisbursing officer. shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Treasure may determine for the faithful performance of his duties, said bond to be approved by said Secretary.. the Secretary of the Treasury shall advance to said officer from time to time, under such regulations as he may prescribe, a sum of money from the appropriation for the Government exhibit herein authorized, not exceeding at any one time three-fourths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay the expenses of said exhibit as authorized by the United States Government board herein created. the Secretary of the Treasury is herebyLife-saving exhibit. authorized and directed to place on exhibition, in connection with the exhibit of his Department, upon such grounds as shall be allotted for this purpose, one of the life-saving stations authorized to be constructed on the Pacific coast of the United States by existing law, and to cause the same to be fully equipped with all apparatus, furniture, and appliances now in use in life-saving stations in the United States. the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized andFish aquarium. directed to place on exhibition, in connection with the exhibit of his Department, in such building or aquarium as shall he allotted for this purpose, a complete exhibit of the fish and fisheries of the United States, paying special attention to the fish and fisheries of the Pacific Ocean, with a view to demonstrating, in the fullest manner possible, the economic value, of such fish and fisheries: *Provided*, That the cost*Proviso.*Limit of expenses. of said exhibit herein authorized, including the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of the articles and materials so exhibited, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which sum. or so muchAppropriation. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorizedAlaska and Hawaii.Exhibits from. and directed to aid the people of the district of Alaska and of the Territory of Hawaii in providing and maintaining appropriate and creditable exhibits of the products and resources of Alaska and Hawaii at the said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, and for that purpose he is authorized to appoint one or more persons to supervise the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safekeeping, exhibition, and return of such articles as may be exhibited from said Territories at said exposition: *Provided*, That the total*Provisos.*Limit of expenses. expenditure for said exhibit for said district of Alaska on the part of the Government, including such selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of the articles so exhibited, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which sum, or so much thereof as may beAppropriation. necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *And provided further*, That the totalTotal for Hawaiian exhibit. expenditure for said exhibit for the Territory of Hawaii on the part of the Government, including such selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of the articles so exhibited shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary. is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 13. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directedPhilippine Islands.Aid to exhibit from. to aid the people of the Philippine Islands in providing and maintaining 390 an appropriate and creditable exhibit of the products and resources of the Philippine Islands at the said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, and for that purpose he is authorized to appoint one or more persons to supervise the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of such articles as may be exhibited from said Philippine Islands at said exposition: *Provided*, That the total expenditures for said exhibit on the*Proviso*, Limit of expenses. part of the Government, including such selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of the articles so exhibited, shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum, or so much thereof as mayAppropriation. be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause suitableGovernment exhibit.Buildings, etc., authorized. buildings to be erected on the site of said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition for said Government exhibit, including an irrigation and biograph building; also a fisheries building complete, with mechanical apparatus; also buildings for the exhibits of the district of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands; also buildings for such other purposes in connection with the exhibits herein authorized as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury may be necessary. Said buildings shall be erected from plans prepared by thePreparation of plans, etc. Supervising Architect of the Treasury, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to contract for said buildings in the same manner and under the same regulations as for other public buildings of the United States, but the contract for said buildings, including the preparation of ground therefor and the approaches thereto, and the interior and exterior decorative wiring and lighting thereof shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which sum or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out ofAppropriation.Disposal at close of exposition. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and required to dispose of said buildings, or the materials composing the same, at the close of the exposition, giving preference to the State of Washington or to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition corporation or to the city of Seattle to purchase the same at an appraised value to be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine. Sec. 15. That the allotment of space for exhibitors in the building or buildingsAllotment of space in Alaska. Hawaii, and Philippine buildings. erected under authority of this Act for the use of the district of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands shall be done and performed without charge to exhibitors by the Government board created by this Act. Sec. 16. That dies for medals bearing appropriate devices, emblems,Dies for commemorative medal to be made at mint. and inscriptions commemorative of said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and of the awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury at some mint of the United States for the board of trustees of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a corporation, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section ofR. S.. sec. 3551, p. 702. the coinage Act of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and upon the payment by said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of a sum not less than the cost thereof; said medals shall be coined by the coiningCoining press at exposition. press located in and being part of the Government exhibit, and without cost to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: *Provided*, That said*Provisos.*Power, etc. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition shall furnish free of charge the electric power necessary to operate said coining press and all provisions of law against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the United States shall apply to the medals issued under this Act. Said Alaska-Yukon-Materials for souvenirs. Pacific Exposition shall furnish without cost to the United States all materials used by the printing and engraving presses exhibited by the Government at said exposition in the production of the usual souvenirs 391 of appropriate design, and said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is hereby authorized, through any agent, employee, privilege holder, or concessionnaire appointed by its proper officer, to vend and sell at orSales. near the place of manufacture any medal, print, or engraving authorized under the provisions of this Act: *Provided*, That the vending andApproval by Secretary of the Treasury. selling of all such medals, prints, and engravings shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 17. That the United States shall not be liable on account ofLiability of United States limited to Government exhibit. said exposition for any expenses incident to or growing out of the same, except for the construction of the building or buildings hereinbefore authorized and for the purpose of paying the expense incident to the selection, preparation, purchase, installation, transportation, care, custody, and safe return of the exhibits made by the Government and for the employment of proper persons as officers and assistants by the Government board created by this Act, and for other expenses, and for the maintenance of said building or buildings and other contingent expenses to be approved by the chairman of the Government board, or, in the event of his absence or disability, by such officer as the board may designate, and the Secretary of the Treasury, upon itemized accounts and vouchers: *Provided*, That no liability against the Government*Provisos.*Appropriations not available until exposition has obtained $1.000.000. shall be incurred and no expenditure of money appropriated by this Act shall be made until the president of said exposition shall have furnished to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury proof that there has been obtained for the purpose of completing and opening said exposition bona tide subscriptions to the stock of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (a corporation), by responsible parties, contributions, donations, and appropriations, from all sources, aggregating a sum not less than one million dollars: *Provided*, That noContributions excluded. appropriation made by any State or Territory, and no appropriation herein made, shall be considered as any part of said million dollars. Sec. 18. That the United States shall not in any manner or underUnited States not liable for acts, etc., of exposition corporation. any circumstances be liable for any of the acts, doings, or representations of said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (a corporation), its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for any stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses, of any kind or nature whatever, attending such exposition corporation, or accruing by reason of the same. Sec. 19. That nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to createLiability in excess of appropriations disclaimed. any liability upon the part of the United States, directly or indirectly, for any debt or obligation incurred or for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said United States Government board in excess of appropriations herein made. Sec. 20. That the United States shall not in any manner or underAid to exposition specially limited. any circumstances make any loan, directly or indirectly, to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition or for the benefit of said exposition or for any of the purposes thereof, and shall not appropriate for any purpose whatsoever in connection with said exposition any sum of money other than that provided in this act. international irrigation congress, albuquerque, new mexico.International Irrigation Congress, Albuquerque, N. Mex.Contribution to expenses.Sec. 21. To enable the Secretary of the. Treasury to pay to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to assist in defraying the expenses of the International Irrigation Congress, to be held in that city commencing September twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, thirty thousand dollars. 392Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to create any liabilityFurther liability disclaimed. upon the part of the United States, directly or indirectly, for any debt or obligation incurred or for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations that may be created on account of said International Irrigation Congress beyond the sum hereby appropriated. Approved, May 27, 1908.
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