Chapter 364. Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 364.— An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and for other purposes. February 27, 1925.[[H. R. 11753](/us/bill/68/hr/11753).][[Public, No. 502](/us/pl/68/502).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Appropriations for Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Departments of Commerce and Labor.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, namely: TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF STATEDepartment of State. office of secretary of state Secretary, Undersecretary, and office personnel.Salaries: For Secertary of State, $12,000; Undersecretary of State, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including temporary *Provisos.*Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act.employees, $1,057,600; in all, $1,069,600: *Provided*, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Vol. 42, p. 1488.Columbia in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923,” the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for If only one position in a grade.the grade by such Act, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the averageNot applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No fixed salary reduced .Vol. 42, p. 1490. of the compensation rates for the grade: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in Transfers to another position without reduction.accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same Payment at higher salaries permitted.or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by “The Classification Act of 1923,” and is specifically authorized by other law. contingent expenses, department of state Contingent and miscellaneous expenses.For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of same, repairs and 1015material for repairs; books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, for the library, not exceeding $4,000; maintenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; automobile mail wagons, including storage, repair, and exchange of same; street-car fare not exceeding $150; and other miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, $43,605. printing and binding For all printing and binding in the Department of State, includingPrinting and binding. all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $149,785. passport bureausPassport bureaus. For salaries and expenses of maintenance, including rent outsideSalaries and expenses.Boston added. the District of Columbia, of passport bureaus at New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Boston, Massachusetts, $63,698. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICEForeign service. ambassadors and ministersAmbassadors and ministeres. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Argentina,Ambassadors. Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and Turkey, at $17,500 each, $227,500: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Allowance for Turkey available for minister if that grade appointed. That so much as may be necessary of the amount herein appropriated for the salary of an Ambassador to Turkey shall be available for the salary of an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Turkey at $12,000 per annum in the event that the President should appoint a diplomatic representative of that grade; For ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to BelgiumBelgium and Luxemburg. and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Luxemburg, $17,500; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China, andMinisters.China and NetherlandsOther countries. the Netherlands, at $12,000 each, $24,000; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Albania, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Salvador, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela, at $10,000 each, and to the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, $10,000; in all, $320,000; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Esthonia. Latvia, and Lithuania, $10,000; Minister resident and consul general to Liberia, $5,000;Minister, etc., Liberia. Agent and consul general at Tangier, $7,500;Agent, etc., Tangier. *Provided*, That no salary herein appropriated shall be paid to*Proviso.*Salary restriction. any official receiving any other salary from the United States Government; Total, ambassadors and ministers, $611,500. charges d’affaires ad interim For salaries of foreign service officers or vice consuls while actingCharges d’affaires, etc. as charges d’affaires ad interim or while in charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence of the principal officer, 1016*Proviso.*Additional pay to vice consuls in charge of consulates.$45,000: *Provided*, That after June 80, 1924, vice consuls while in charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence of the principal officer shall be entitled to additional compensation in the *Ante*, p. 143.same manner and under the same conditions as foreign-service officers as provided in section 17 of the Act of May 24, 1924. clerks at embassies and legations Clerks at embassies and legations.For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and legations, who, whenever hereafter appointed, shall be citizens of the United States, $355,000; and so far as practicable shall be appointed under civil-service rules and regulations. interpreters to embassies and legationsInterpreters. Persia.Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Persia, $2,000. Siam.Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Bangkok, Siam. $2,500. Tuition, China, Japan, and Turkey.For the payment of the cost of tuition of foreign service officers assigned for language study in China, Japan, and Turkey, at the rate of $350 per annum each. $5,250. quarters for student interpreters at embassies Quarters for language study officers.For rent of quarters for foreign service officers assigned for language study in Japan and Turkey, $1,800. contingent expenses, foreign missions Contingent expenses, missions.To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, repairs, postage, telegrams, furniture, household furniture and furnishings not to exceed $25,000, typewriters and exchange of same, messengerLaunch, Constantinople. service, operation and maintenance of launch for embassy at Constantinople not exceeding $2,500, compensation of harasses, guards, dragomans, and porters, including compensation of interpreters,Dispatch agents. translators, and the compensation of and rent for dispatch agents at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of embassiesLoss by exchange. and legations, and for loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, including such loss on bills of exchange to officers of the United States Court for China, and payment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign and domestic), rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation is *Proviso.*No payment for clerical services to persons not Americans.hereby authorized, $713,162: *Provided*, That no part of this sum appropriated for contingent expenses, foreign missions, shall be expended for salaries or wages of persons not American citizens performing clerical services, whether officially designated as clerks or not, in any foreign mission. ground rent of embassy at tokyo, japan Ground rent, Japan.For annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March 15, 1926, $250. expenses of foreign service inspectors Expenses, foreign service inspectors.For the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses of foreign service officers detailed for inspection while traveling and 1017inspecting under instructions from the Secretary of State, $25,000: *Provided*, That inspectors shall not be allowed actual and necessary*Proviso.*Subsistence allowance. expenses for subsistence, itemized, exceeding an average of $8 per day. allowance for clerk hire at united states consulates For allowance for clerk hire at consulates, to be expended underClerk hire at consulates. the direction of the Secretary of State, $1,550,000. Clerks, whenever hereafter appointed, shall, so far as practicable, be appointed under civil-service rules and regulations. contingent expenses, united states consulates For expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record andContingent expenses, consulates. other books, seals, presses, Hags, signs, rent (so much as may be necessary), repairs to consular buildings owned by the United States, postage, furniture, household furniture and furnishings not to exceed $10,000, typewriters and exchange of same, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular and foreign service officers, compensation of interpreters, harasses, guards, dragomans,Loss by exchange. translators, and Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates and consular agencies in the transaction of their business and payment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign and domestic), rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation are hereby authorized, $968,900. immigration of aliensImmigration of aliens. To enable the Department of State to perform the duties devolvingDepartment expenses, under laws regulating.*Ante*, p. 153. upon it under the laws regulating immigration of aliens into the United States, including the same objects specified in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1926, under the heads of salaries and contingent expenses of the Department of State, printing and binding, salaries of foreign service officers, allowance for clerk hire at United States consulates, transportation of diplomatic and consular officers and clerks, and contingent expenses, United States consulates, $450,000, of which not to exceed $35,000 shall be available, for personal services in theServices in the District. District of Columbia under the Classification Act of 1923. relief and protection of american seamenRelief, etc., of American seamen. For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands, and ship-wrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, $150,000. salaries of foreign service officersForeign service officers. For salaries of foreign service officers as provided in the Act approvedSalaries.*Ante*, p. 140. May 24, 1924, entitled “An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the foreign service of the United States, and for other purposes,” $2,911,000. salaries, diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers while receiving instructions and in transit To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, vice consuls,Instruction and transit pay. and other officers of the United States for the period actually 1018and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and [R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309](/us/rs/s1740/p309).authority to act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the Revised Statutes, $30,000. tea n sport ati on of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers Transportation, etc., expenses.To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, of diplomatic, consular and foreign service officers, and clerks in embassies, legations, and consulates, including officers of the United States Court for China, and their families and effects in going to and returning from their posts, or of such officers and clerks when traveling under orders of the Secretary of State, but not including any expense incurred*Proviso.*Passage on foreign ships restricted. in connection with leaves of absence, $250,000: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be paid for transportation on foreign vessels without a certificate from the Secretary of State that there are no American vessels on which such officers and clerks may be transported. emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service Emergencies.To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial Neutrality Act.and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be [R. S., sec. 291, p. 49](/us/rs/s291/p49).expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes, $400,000. allowance to widows or heirs of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers who die abroad Allowance for officers dying abroad.[R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311](/us/rs/s1749/p311).For payment under the provisions of section 1749 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to the widows or heirs at law of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, $2,000. transporting remains of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers and clerks to their homes for interment Bringing home remains of officers.For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers of the United States, including clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, at their post or at home, $4,000. post allowances to diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officersPost allowances. Special allowances to officers to meet living expenses.To enable the President, in his discretion, and in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, to make special allowances by way of additional compensation to diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers, and officers of the United States Court for China in order to adjust their official income to the ascertained cost of living at the posts to which they may be assigned, $25,000. 1019 INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, COMMISSIONS, BUREAUS, AND SO FORTH cape spartel light, coast of morocco For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and TangierCape Spartel Light. Light on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, $386. rescuing shipwrecked american seamen For expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment ofLife saving testimonials. the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea, $3,000. international bureau of weights and measures For contribution to the maintenance of the International BureauInternational Bureau of Weights and Measures.Vol. 20, p. 1714. of Weights and Measures, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May 20, 1875, the same to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said bureau on its certificate of apportionment, $3,001). international bureau for publication of customs tariffs To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense forInternational Customs Tariffs Bureau.Vol. 28, p. 1518. the year ending March 31, 1926, of sustaining the international bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, pursuant to the convention proclaimed December 17, 1890, $2,187. revision of chinese customs tariffChinese customs tariff. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $47,750 to enableUnexpended balance for revising, continued available. the United States Government to carry out its obligations arising under the treaty relating to the Chinese customs tariff made in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and JusticeVol. 42, p. 610.*Ante*, p. 211. and for the Judiciary, approved June 1, 1922, shall remain available for the purposes therein described for the fiscal year 1926. inquiry into extraterritoriality in chinaExtraterritoriality in China. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $21,000 to enableUnexpended balance for inquiry regarding, continued available. the United States Government to carry out its obligations arising under Resolution Numbered 4, adopted by the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, December 10, 1921, regarding extraterritoriality in China, made by the Act making appropriations forVol. 42, p. 610.*Ante*, p. 211. the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, approved June 1, 1922, shall remain available for the purposes therein described for the fiscal year 1926. water boundary, united states and mexico To enable the President to perform the obligations of the UnitedMexican Boundary Commission,Vol. 24, p. 1011; Vol. 26, p. 1512; Vol. 34, p. 2953. States under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, and 1906, between the United States and Mexico, including not to exceed $900 for rent of offices and $600 for the purchase or a motor-driven truck, $43,200: *Provided*, That not to exceed $6,000 of such sum may in the discretion*Proviso.*Water gauging. of the President be used for taking over the water gauging now being done by the State of Texas. 1020 boundary line, alaska and canada, and the united states and canada Boundary, Alaska and Canada.Vol. 32, p.1961.To enable the Secretary of State to mark the boundary and make the surveys incidental thereto between the Territory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada, in conformity with the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties, including employment at the seat of government of such surveyors, computers, Land and water boundary, Ignited States and Canada.draftsmen, and clerks as are necessary; and for tlie more effective deniarkation and mapping, pursuant to the treaty of April It, 1908, between the United States and Great Britain, of the land and water Vol. 35, p. 2003.boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, as established under existing treaties, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, including the salaries of the commissioner and the necessary engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, computers, and clerks in the field and at the seat of government expense of necessary traveling, for payment for timber necessarily cut in determining the boundary line not to exceed $500, and commutation to members of the field: force while on field duty or actual expenses not exceeding $5 per day each, to be expended in accordance with regulations from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of *Proviso.*Subsistence when absent from Washington.State, $38,515: *Provided*, That when the commissioner is absent from Washington and from his regular place of residence on official business he shall not be allowed actual and necessary expenses of subsistence in excess of $8 per day. international prison commission International Prison Commission.For subscription of the United States as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a commission, including preparation of reports, $2,550. pan american unionPan American Union. Quota for support, and printing and binding.*Proviso.*Use of money from other Republics.For the payment of the quota of the United States for the support of the Pan American Union, $107,231.48, and for printing and binding of the union, $20,000; in all $127,231.48: *Provided*, That any moneys received from the other American Republics for the support of the union shall be paid into the Treasury as a credit, in addition to the appropriation, and may be drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the chairman of the governing board of the union for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the imion and of carrying out the orders of the said governing board. international bureau of the permanent court of arbitration International Bureau, Permanent Court of Arbitration.Vol. 32, p. 1793.To meet the share of the United States in the expenses for the calendar year 1924 of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, created under article 22 of the convention concluded at The Hague, July 29, 1899, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, $2,000. bureau of interparliamentary union for promotion of international arbitration Interparliamentary Union for Promoting International ArbitrationFor the contribution of the United States toward the maintenance of the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union for the promotion of international arbitration, to be immediately available, $6,000. 1021 international commission on annual tables of constants, and so forth To the International Commission on Annual Tables of ConstantsInternational Commission on Tables of Constants, etc. and Numerical Data, Chemical, Physical, and Technological, as established by the Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry in London and as continued by the eighth congress in New York, as a contribution by the United States toward the publication of annual tables of constants, chemical, physical, and technological, $500. international commission on public and private international law The appropriation of $15,000 for the payment of compensationInternational Commission on international Law.Appropriation made available.Vol. 42, p. 608. to and the necessary expenses of the representative or representatives of the United States on the International Commission of Jurists, made by the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, approved June 1, 1922, is hereby made available for the purposes therein described for the fiscal year 1926. international institute of agriculture at rome, italyInternational Institute of Agriculature. For the payment of the quota of the United States, includingQuota, including dependencies. the Territory of Hawaii, and the dependencies of the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, for the support of the International Institute of Agriculture for the calendar year 1926, $9,600; For the payment of the additional quota of the United States,Additional quota. including the Territory of Hawaii, and the dependencies of the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, for the support of the International Institute of Agriculture, in accordance with the resolutions of the general meetings of the institute held in November, 1920, and May, 1924, said amount to be paid in United States currency on the basis of the fixed rate of exchange at par, for the calendar year 1926, $34,740; For salary of the one member of the permanent committee of theMember of Committee. International Institute of Agriculture for the calendar year 1926, $5,000; For the cost of translating into and printing in the EnglishTranslating publications. language the publications of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, $5,000; Total, $54,340. international railway congress To pay the quota of the United States as an adhering member ofInternational Hallway Congress. the International Railways Congress for the year ending April 15, 1926, $800. international sanitary bureau For the annual share of the United States for the maintenanceInternational Sanitary Bureau. of the International Sanitary Bureau for the year 1926, $11,154.29. international office of public health For the payment of the quota of the United States for the yearInternational Office of Public Health.Vol. 35, p. 2061.Vol. 35, p. 1834; Vol. 42, p. 1823. 1926 toward the support of the International Office of Public Health, created by the international arrangement signed at Rome, Decem1022ber 9, 1907, in pursuance of article 181 of the International Sanitary Convention signed at Paris on December 3, 1903, $3,860. arbitration of outstanding pecuniary claims between the united states and great britain British-American Pecuniary Claims Commission.Vol. 37, p. 1635.Salaries and expenses.For the expenses of the arbitration of outstanding pecuniary claims between the United States and Great Britain, in accordance with the special agreement concluded for that purpose August 18, 1910, and the schedules of claims thereunder, including salary and expenses of the tribunal, and of the agent to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, counsel, joint secretary and other assistants, contingent expenses, and personal services and rent in the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, $64,750. international uadiotclegraphic convention International Radlotelegraphie Convention.Vol. 37, p. 15(59.For the share of the United States for the calendar year 1926, as a party to the international radiotelegraphic conventions heretofore signed, of the expenses of the radiotelegraphic service of the International Bureau of the Telegraphic Union at Berne, $5,750. united states section of the interamerican high commission Inter-American High Commission.United States section.Vol. 30, p. 8.To defray the actual and necessary expenses on the part of the United States section of the Inter-American High Commission, $21,680, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. waterways treaty, united states and great britain: international joint commission, united states and great britain Canadian Boundary Waters Joint Commission.For salaries and expenses, including salaries of commissioners and salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the commissioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solely of the Secretary of State, cost of law books, books of reference, and periodicals, office equipment and supplies, and necessary traveling expenses, and for one-half of all reasonable and necessary joint expenses of the International Joint Commission incurred under the Vol. 36, p. 2448.terms of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concerning the use of boundary waters between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes, signed January 11, 1909, $33,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State: *Provisos.*Subsistence when absent from Washington.*Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for subsistence of the commission or secretary, except for actual and necessary expenses, not in excess of $8 per day each, when absent from Washington and from his regular place ox residence on official business:Rent In the District. *Provided further*, That a part of this appropriation may be expended for rent of offices for the commission in the District of Columbia in the event that the Public Buildings Commission is unable to supply suitable office space. payment to tile government of panama Panama.To enable the Secretary of State to pay to the Government of Panama the fourteenth annual payment, due on February 26, 1926, from the Government of the United States to the Government Annual payment to.Vol. 33, p. 2238.of Panama under article 14 of the treaty of November 18, 1903, $250,000, 1023 payment to the government of colombia To enable the Secretary of State to pay to the Government ofColombia.Payment to.Vol. 42, p. 2124. Colombia the fourth payment from the Government of the United States to the Republic of Colombia under article 2 of the treaty of April 6, 1914, $5,000,000. international research council To pay the annual share of the United States, as an adheringInternational Research Council.Specified quotas. member of the International Research Council and of the Associated Unions organized at Brussels, July 18–28, 1919, as follows: International Research Council, $160; International Astronomical Union, $960; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, $360; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, $1,664; International Union of Mathematics, $80; International Union of Scientific Radiotelegraphy, $128; in all, $3,352, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. international hydrographic bureau For the annual contribution of the United States toward the maintenanceInternational Hydrographic Bureau. of the International Hydrographic Bureau, $3,860. foreign hospital at cafe town For annual contribution toward the support of the Somerset HospitalSomerset Hospital, Cape Town. (a foreign hospital), at Cape Town, $50, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospital. international trademark registration bureau, quota of united states For the annual share of the United States for the expenses of theInternational Trade-Mark Registration.Habana Bureau expenses.Vol. 39, p. 1680; Vol. 41, p. 533. maintenance of the International Trade-Mark Registration Bureau at Habana, inchiding salaries of the director and counselor, assistant director and counselor, clerks, translators, secretary to the director, stenographers and typewriters, messenger, watchmen, and laborers, rent of quarters, stationery and supplies, including the purchase of books, postage, traveling expenses, and the cost of printing the bulletin, $4,961. international bureau of the union for the protection of industrial property For the share of the United States in the expense of conductingIndustrial Property Bureau. the International Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, at Berne, Switzerland, $1,700. mixed claims commission, united states and germany For the expenses of determining the amounts of claims againstGerman Mixed Claims Commission.Vol. 42, p. 2200.*Post*, p. 1339. Germany by the Mixed Claims Commission established under the agreement concluded between the United States and Germany on August 10, 1922, for the determination of the amount to be paid by Germany in satisfaction of the financial obligations of Germany tinder the treaty concluded between the Governments of the United States and Germany on August 25, 1921, including the expenses 1024which under the terms of such agreement of August 10, 1922, are Agency expenses.chargeable in part to the United States; and the expenses of an agency of the United States to perform all necessary services in connection with the preparation of claims and the presentation thereof before said mixed commission, including salaries of an agent and necessary counsel and other assistants and employees, rent in the District of Columbia, contingent expenses, traveling expenses and Subsistence allowance.per diem in lieu of subsistence (and the Secretary of State may allow per diem in lieu of subsistence for foreign travel at not to exceed $8), and such other expenses in the United States and elsewhere as the President may deem proper, $147,536. general and special claims commissions, united states and mexico Mexican Claims Commissions.*Post*, pp. 1730, 1732.For the expenses of the settlement and adjustment of claims by the citizens of each country against the other under a convention concluded September 8, 1923, and of citizens of the United States against Mexico under a convention concluded September 10, 1923, between the United States and Mexico, including the expenses which, under the terms of the two conventions, are chargeable in part to the United States, the expenses of the two commissions, and the Agency expenses, etc.expenses of an agency of the United States to perform all necessary services in connection with the preparation of the claims and the presenting thereof before the said commissions, as well as defending the United States in cases presented under the general convention by Mexico, including salaries of an agent and necessary counsel and other assistants and employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent, law books and books of reference, printing and binding, Subsistence allowance.contingent expenses, traveling and subsistence expenses (notwithstanding the. provisions of any other Act), and such other expenses in the United States and elsewhere as the President may deem proper, $275,000, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available. international statistical institute at the hague International Statistical Bureau.*Ante*, p. 112.For the annual contribution of the United States to the International Statistical Bureau at The Hague for the year 1926, as authorized by public resolution approved April 28, 1924, $2,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. international fisheries commission International Fisheries Commission.Share of United States in expenses.*Post* p. 1841.For the share of the United States of the expenses of the International Fisheries Commission, established under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded March 2, 1923, including salaries of two members and other employees of the commission, traveling and subsistence expenses (notwithstanding the provisions of existing law), purchasing of books, periodicals, furniture, and scientific instruments, contingent expenses, rent in the District of Columbia, and such other expenses in the United States and elsewhere as the President may deem proper, to be disbursed wider the direction of the Secretary of State, $15,000. embassy building, rio de janeiro, brazilRio de Janeiro, Brazil. Part of unexpended balance for International Exposition, authorized for additional land for embassy building.Not to exceed $50,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation heretofore made for the* expenses of taking part in the Internationa! Exposition at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is continued and made available during the fiscal year 1925 for the purchase 1025of additional land adjoining the site now owned by the UnitedVol. 42, p. 1548. States upon which the embassy building (formerly the exposition building) is situated. JUDICIAL united states court for china Judge, $8,000; district attorney, $4,000; marshal, $3,000; clerk,United States court for China.Salaries, etc. $3,000; assistant clerk, $2,400; stenographer and court reporter, $2,400; stenographer, $1,800; court expenses, including reference law, books, $8,500; in all, $33,100. The judge of the said court and the district attorney shall, whenSessions other than at Shanghai. the sessions of the court are held at other cities than Shanghai, receive in addition to their salaries their necessary actual expenses during such session, not to exceed $8 per day each, and so much as may be necessary for said purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, is appropriated. prisons for american convicts For expenses of maintaining in China, the former Ottoman Empire,Consular prisons. Egypt, and Persia institutions for incarcerating American convicts and persons declared insane by the United States Court for China or any consular court, including salaries of not exceeding $1,800 for the deputy marshal and $1,200 each for three assistant deputy marshals at Shanghai: wages of prison keepers; rent ofKeepers, quarters, etc. quarters for prisons; and for the expenses of keeping, feeding, and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane by the United States Court for China or any consular court in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia, so much as may be necessary; in all, $20,000. bringing home criminals For actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreignBringing home criminals. countries persons charged with crime, $2,000. No portion of the sums appropriated in Title I of this Act shall,Rent restriction in United States. unless expressly authorized, be expended for rent in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United States. TITLE II— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Department of Justice. office of the attorney general Salaries: For Attorney General, $12,000; Solicitor General,Attorney General Solicitor General, Assistant, Solicitors, and office personnel. $10,000; Assistant to the Attorney General, $9,000; and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923. including the Solicitors of the State,Vol. 42, p. 1488. Treasury, Interior, Commerce, and Labor Departments, the Solicitor of Internal Revenue, and the office forces of the Solicitors of the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, $549,000; in all. $580,000. For the purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals,Law books. including the exchange thereof, for the Department of Justice, $6,700. contingent expenses, department of justice For stationery, furniture, and repairs, floor coverings not exceedingContingent and miscellaneous expenses. $500, file holders and cases; miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing and telephones, foreign postage, labor, typewriters 1026and adding machines and the exchange thereof and repairs thereto, street-car fares not exceeding $300. newspapers, press clippings, Vehicles, etc.and other necessaries ordered by the Attorney General; official transportation, including the purchase and exchange, repair, maintenance, and operation of a motor-driven passenger car, and the repair, maintenance, and operation of a delivery truck and motor cycle, to be used only for official purposes, and purchase and repair of bicycles, $63,000. Rent.For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Columbia, $75,000, if space can not be assigned by the Public Buildings Commission in buildings under the control of that commission. Printing and binding.For printing and binding for the Department of Justice and the courts of the United States, $225,000. Traveling, etc., expenses,For traveling and other miscellaneous and emergency expenses, including advances made by the disbursing clerk, authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, [R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718).the provisions of section 3648, Revised Statutes, to the contrary notwithstanding, $7,500. miscellaneous objects, department of justiceMiscellaneous. Conduct of customs cases.Assistant Attorney General, attorneys, etc.Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, $8,000; special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney Vol. 36, p. 108.General, as authorized by subsection 30 of section 28 of the Act of August 5, 1909; necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of government and elsewhere, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General; supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and Federal Reporter and Digests, traveling, and other miscellaneous and incidental expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; in all, $93,200. Defending suits in claims.Defending suits in claims against the United States: For necessary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses, procuring evidence, employment of experts, and such other expenses as may be necessary in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including Indian depredation claims.Indian depredation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $75,000. Detection and prosecution of crimes.Protection of the President.Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition, collection, classification, and preservation of criminal identification records and their exchange with the officials of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; Vehicles, etc.hire, maintenance, upkeep, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles when necessary: purchase and exchange of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle to cost not to exceed $3,000, exclusive of the exchange allowance on any vehicle given in part payment therefor; firearms and ammunition, such stationery and supplies for use at the seat of government or elsewhere as the Attorney General may direct, including not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and to be expended under the Per diem subsistence.direction of the Attorney General; per diem in lieu of subsistence Vol. 38, p. 680.when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914. including not to exceed $295,000 for necessary employees at the seat of government,1027$2,177,500; for the investigation of the official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, and clerks of the United States courts and the territorial courts, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records, andInvestigating official acts, records, etc. dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney General at any time; and also, when requested by the presiding judge, the official acts, records, and accounts of referees and trustees of such courts, including $43,000 for necessary employees at the seat of government, $117,000; in all, $2,294,500; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for*Provisos.*Advances. advances to be made by the disbursing clerk of the Department of Justice when authorized and approved by the Attorney General, the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes to the contraryR. S., sec. 36478, p. 718.Special officials authorized. notwithstanding: *Provided further*, That for the purpose of executing the duties for which provision is made by this appropriation, the Attorney General is authorized to appoint officials who shall be vested with the authority necessary for the execution of such duties. Enforcement of antitrust laws: For the enforcement of antitrustEnforcing antitrust laws. laws, including not exceeding $15,000 for clerical services and not exceeding $50,000 for compensation of attorneys at the seat of government, $228,000: *Provided*, That no part of this money shall*Provisos.*Use for prosecuting labor organizations, etc., forbidden. be spent in the prosecution of any organization or individual for entering into any combination or agreement having in view the increasing of wages, shortening of hours, or bettering the conditions of labor, or for any act done in furtherance thereof not in itself unlawful: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shallAssociations of farmers, etc. be expended for the prosecution of producers of farm products and associations of farmers who cooperate and organize in an effort to and for the purpose to obtain and maintain a fair and reasonable price for their products. Enforcement of Acts to regulate commerce: For salary andEnforcing interstate commerce laws. expenses of assistant to the Solicitor General in representing the Government in all matters arising under the Act entitled “An ActVol. 34, p. 379; VoL36; p. 539; Vol. 37, p. 701, Vol. 38, p. 219; Vol. 40, p. 272; Vol. 41, p. 474. to regulate commerce,” approved February 4, 1887, as amended, including traveling expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, including not to exceed $9,540 for salaries of employees in the District of Columbia, $10,500. Investigation and prosecution of war frauds: For the investigationWar frauds.Investigation and prosecution of.Vol. 42, p. 543. and prosecution of alleged frauds, either civil or criminal, or other crimes or offenses against the United States, growing out of or arising in connection with the preparation for or prosecution of the late war, including the institution and prosecution of suits for the recovery of moneys which contain no element of fraud but arose incident to the investigation of alleged frauds, to be available for the employment of counsel and other assistants, rents, and all other purposes in connection therewith, whether in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, including not to exceed $10,000 for communication service, the purchase of furniture, law books, books of reference, and other necessary equipment and supplies at the seat of the government, $1,000,000, to be expended in the discretion of the Attorney General: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available*Provisos.*Rent in the District. for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission: *Provided further*, That not more than two persons shall be employed hereunder at aPay restriction. rate of compensation exceeding $10,000 per annum each, whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed $30,000, but the Attorney General may fix the compensation of not to exceed six persons at not to exceed $10,000 each. 1028 pueblo lands board Pueblo Lands Board, expenses.*Ante*, p.638.For expenses of the Pueblo Lands Board, including compensation for member appointed by the President of the United States, and for clerical assistants, interpreters, surveyors, and stenographers, rental of quarters, travel expenses, fees of witnesses, telephone and telegraph service, $39,000. JUDICIALJudicial. united states supreme courtUnited States Supreme Court, Salaries.Salaries: Chief Justice, $15,000; eight associate justices, at $14,500 each; marshal, $4,500; nine law clerks, one for the Chief Justice and one for each associate justice, at not exceeding $3,600 each; clerical assistants for the Chief Justice and the associate justices, $20,160; in all, $188,060. Printing and binding.For printing and binding for the Supreme Court of the United States, $25,000, and the printing and binding for the Supreme Court shall be done by the printer it may employ, unless it shall otherwise order; and for printing and binding the official reports of the Supreme Court of the United States, and advance pamphlet installments thereof, during the fiscal year 1926, to be expended as required, without allotment by quarters, $25,000; in all, $50,000. Reporter.For the salary of the Reporter, $8,000; and for his expenses for professional and clerical assistance and stationery, to be paid upon vouchers signed by him and approved by the Chief Justice, $3,500; in all, $11,500. salaries of judgesJudges. Salaries of circuit, district, and retired.For salaries of thirty-three circuit judges, at $8,500 each; one hundred and twenty-eight district judges (including two in the Territory of Hawaii and one in the Territory of Porto Rico), at Vol. 40, p. 1157.$7,500 each; and judges retired under section 260 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 25, 1919; in all, $1,353,000: *Proviso.*Available for all Judges.*Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for the salaries of all United States justices, and circuit and district judges lawfully entitled thereto, whether active or retired. national park commissionersNational park commissioners. Salaries.For the salaries of the Commissioners in the Crater Lake, Glacier, Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, $11,160, which shall be in lieu of all fees and compensation heretofore authorized. court of customs appealsCourt of Customs Appeals. Salaries.Salaries: Presiding judge and four associate judges, at $8,500 each; and all other officers and employees of the court, $27,500; in all $70,000. Rent, miscellaneous expenses, etc.For rent of necessary quarters in the. District of Columbia and elsewhere, $10,000; books and periodicals, including their exchange; stationery, supplies, traveling expenses; heat, light, and power service; drugs, chemicals, cleansers, furniture; and for such other miscellaneous expenses as may be approved by the presiding judge, $3,100: in all, $13,100. court of claimsCourt of Claims. Salaries.Salaries: Chief justice, $8,000; four judges, at $7,500 each; and all other officers and employees of the court, $45,432; in all $83,432. 1029 For printing and binding for the Court of Claims, $45,000.Printing and binding.Auditors, etc. For auditors and additional stenographers, when deemed necessary, in the Court of Claims, to be disbursed under the direction of the court, $12,000. For stationery, court library, repairs, including repairs to bicycles,Contingent expenses fuel, electric light, electric elevator, and other miscellaneous Repairs to building.expenses, $6,600. Building: For repairs to roof of annex building and for painting interior of main building, to be expended under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, $5,660. territorial courts Territorial courts. Alaska: Four judges, at $7,500 each; four attorneys, $5,000 each;Alaska. four marshals, at $4,000 each; four clerks, at $3,800 each; in all, $81,200. Hawaii: Chief justice, $7,500; two associate justices, at $7,000 Hawaii.each; in all, $21,500. For judges of circuit courts, at $6,000 each, $48,000. marshals, district attorneys, clerks, and other expenses of united states courtsUnited States courts. For salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshals andMarshals.Salaries, etc. their deputies, including services rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise, services in Alaska in collecting evidence for theAlaska. United States when so specially directed by the Attorney General, and maintenance, alteration, repair, and operation of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles used in connection with the transaction of the official business of the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, $3,500,000: *Provided*, That there shall be paid hereunder*Proviso.*Keeping attached vessels, etc. any necessary cost of keeping vessels or other property attached or libeled in admiralty in such amount as the court, on petition setting forth the facts under oath, may allow: *ProvidedPer diem subsistence. further*, That marshals and office deputy marshals (except in the District of Alaska) may be granted a per diem of not to exceed $4 in lieu of subsistence, instead of, but under the conditions prescribed for, the present allowance for actual expenses of subsistence. For salaries of United States district attorneys and expensesDistrict attorneys.Salaries, etc. of United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, including the office expenses of United States district attorneys in Alaska, and for salaries of regularly appointed clerks to United States district attorneys for services rendered during vacancy in the office of the United States district attorney, $1,334,000: *Provided*, That*Proviso.*Per diem subsistence. United States district attorneys and their regular assistants may be granted a per diem of not to exceed $4 in lieu of subsistence, instead of, but under the conditions prescribed for, the present allowance for actual expenses of subsistence. For regular assistants to United States district attorneys who areRegular assistants. appointed by the Attorney General at a fixed annual compensation, $919,000. For assistants to the Attorney General and to United StatesAssistants in special cases. district attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases, including not to exceed $60,180 for clerical help for such assistants in the District of Columbia, and for payment of foreign counsel employed by the Attorney General in special casesForeign counsel. (such counsel shall not be required to take oath of office in accordanceOath not required.[R. S., sec. 366, p. 62](/us/rs/s366/p62). with section 366, Revised Statutes of the United States), $650,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for legal 1030*Provisos.*Pay restrictions.services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That the amount paid as compensation out of the funds herein appropriated to any person employed hereunder shall not exceed $10,000: *Provided further*,Prohibition enforcement counsel. That not more than $150,000 of the $650,000 herein appropriated shall be available for special counsel to enforce the National Prohibition Act. Clerks of courts.Salaries, etc.For salaries of clerics of United States circuit courts of appeals and United States district courts, their deputies, and other assistants, expenses of travel and subsistence, and other expenses of conductingVol 40, p. 1182.Vol. 42, p. 616. their respective offices, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved February 26, 1919, and the Act approved June 1, 1922, making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year ending June 30, *Proviso.*Per diem subsistence.1923, $1,758,000: *Provided*, That per diem in lieu of subsistence not to exceed $4 may; be granted to deputy clerks and clerical assistants to clerks of United States district courts, instead of but under conditions applicable to the allowance for actual expenses of subsistence,Vol. 40, p. 1182. as provided in the above-mentioned Act of February 26, 1919. Commissioners, etc.[R. S., sec. 1014, p. 189](/us/rs/s1014/p189).For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes of the United States, $500,000. Jurors.For fees of jurors, $1,850,000. Witnesses.[R, S., sec. 850, p, 160](/us/rs/s850/p160).For fees of witnesses and for payment of the actual expenses of witnesses, as provided by section 850, Revised Statutes of the United States, including the fees and expenses of witnesses on behalf of the Government before the Boards of United States General Appraisers, such payments to be made on the certification of the attorney for the United States and to be conclusive as provided in section 850, Revised Statutes of the United States, $1,670,000: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Pay, etc., on approval of Attorney General. That not to exceed $10,000 of this amount shall be available, for such compensation and expenses of witnesses or informants as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, which approval shall be conclusive. Rent of court rooms.For rent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers, $80,000. Bailiffs, etc.For bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York and the Traveling expenses of judges.northern district or Illinois; expenses of circuit and district judges of the United States and the judges of the district courts of the United States in Alaska, Porto Rico, and Hawaii, as provided by Vol. 36, p. 1161.section 259 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911; Jury expenses.meals and lodging for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when ordered by the court, and meals Alaska.Vol. 31, p. 363.and lodging for jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 193, Title II, of the Act of June 6, 1960; and compensation for jury commissioners, $5 per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of *Proviso.*Restriction.court, $348,000: *Provided*, That no per diem shall be paid to any bailiff or crier unless the court is actually in session and the judge present and presiding or present in chambers; Miscellaneous.For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, including so much as may be necessary in the discretion of the Attorney General for such expenses in the District of Alaska and in courts other than Federal courts, $925,000. Supplies.For supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and adding machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and ammunition therefor, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $73,000. 1031 For the purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, forBooks for judicial officers. United States judges, district attorneys, and other judicial officers, including the nine libraries of the United States circuit courts ofFederal Reporter. appeals, including not to exceed $25,000 for the purchase of the Federal Reporter and continuations thereto as issued, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General: *Provided*, That such*Proviso.*Transmittal to successors. books shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors m office; all books purchased thereunder to be marked plainly, “The property of the United States,” $65,000. penal institutionsPenal institutions. Leavenworth, Kansas, Penitentiary: For subsistence, includingLeavenworth. Kans.Subsistence. supplies from the prison stores for warden, deputy warden, and physician, tobacco for prisoners, kitchen and dining-room furniture and utensils, seeds and implements, and for purchase of ice if necessary, $203,500; For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, includingClothing, transportation, etc. materials for making clothing at the penitentiary; gratuities for prisoners at release, provided such gratuities shall be furnished to prisoners sentenced for terms of imprisonment of not less than six months, and transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States, or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; expenses of shipping remains of deceased prisoners to their homes in the United States; expenses of penitentiary officials while traveling on official duty; expenses incurred in pursuing and identifying escaped prisoners, and for rewards for their recapture, $112,000; For miscellaneous expenditures, in the discretion of the AttorneyMiscellaneous. General, fuel, forage, hay, light, water, stationery; firearms and ammunition therefor; fuel for generating steam, heating apparatus, burning bricks and lime; forage for issue to public animals, and hay and straw for bedding; not exceeding $500 for maintenance and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; 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; labor and materials for repairing steam-heating plant, electric plant, and water circulation, and drainage; labor and materials for construction and repair of buildings, general supplies, machinery, and tools for use on farm and in shops, brickyards, quarry, limekiln, laundry, bathrooms, printing office, photograph gallery, stables, policing buildings and grounds; 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; payment of water supply, telegrams, telephone service, notarial and veterinary services; advertising in newspapers; fees to consulting physicians called to determine mental conditions of supposed insane prisoners, and for other services in case of emergency; pay of extra guards or employees when deemed necessary by the Attorney General: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Livestock. That livestock may be exchanged or traded when authorized by the Attorney General, $184,500. For hospital supplies, medicines, medical and surgical supplies,Hospital, and all other articles for the care and treatment of sick prisoners; and for expenses of interment of deceased prisoners on the penitentiary reservation, $10,000. For salaries of all officers and employees, including guards andSalaries. foremen, $220,000; 1032 Erecting factory, etc.Unexpended balances for, continued available.*Ante*, pp. 7, 45.The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $200,000 contained in the first deficiency act, fiscal year 1924, approved April 2, 1924, for the erection of a factory or factories and other buildings, and for the purchase of equipment for the manufacture of shoes, brooms, and brushes, shall remain available until June 30, 1926; Working capital.Reappropriation.*Ante*, pp. 7, 45.The appropriation of $250,000 for the fiscal years 1924 and 1925, for a working capital fund, is reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year 1926; and the said working capital fund and all receipts credited thereto may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1926; In all, Leavenworth, Kansas, Penitentiary, $730,000. Atlanta, Ga.Subsistence.Atlanta, Georgia, Penitentiary: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, $236,000; Clothing, transportation, etc.For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, $115,000; Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous expenditures, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, and not exceeding $500 for maintenance and repair of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $183,000; Hospital.For hospital supplies, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, $10,000; Salaries.For salaries of all officers and employees, including guards and foremen, $220,000; Working capital reappropriated.*Ante*, p. 223.The appropriation of $150,000 for the fiscal year 1925 for a working capital fund is reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year 1926; and the said working capital fund and all receipts credited thereto may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1926; In all, Atlanta, Georgia, Penitentiary, $764,000. McNeil Island, Wash.Subsistence.McNeil Island, Washington, Penitentiary: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, and for supplies for guards, $44,000; Clothing, transportation, etc.For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, $32,000; Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous expenditures, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, $51,500; Hospital.For hospital supplies, including the same objects specified under this head for the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, $2,400; Salaries.For the salaries of all officers and employees, including guards and foremen, $71,600. Water supply.The unexpended balance of the $60,000 contained in the first deficiencyUnexpended balance for, continued available.*Ante*, p. 45. Act, fiscal year 1924, approved April 2, 1924, for drilling wells and providing necessary storage facilities for water during the fiscal years 1924 and 1925” shall remain available until June 30, *Proviso.*Use for additional land, etc.1926: *Provided*, That not exceeding $10,000 of this amount may be used, within the discretion of the Attorney General, for the purchase of land at McNeil Island, Washington, of which not to exceed $1,000, in the discretion of the Attorney General, may be paid to lessees of lands ceded to the United States by the State of Washington for and in consideration of the relinquishment of their leases and all rights thereunder. In all, McNeil Island (Washington) Penitentiary, $201,500. National Training School for Boys, D. C.Salaries.National Training School for Boys: For salaries and compensation of all officers and employees of the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, $67,010. 1033 For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats,Maintenance. dry goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, furniture, tableware, farm implements, seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, books and periodicals, stationery? entertainments, plumbing, painting, glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, including not to exceed $1,000 for the purchase of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle, fencing, roads, all repairs to buildings, and other necessary items, for identifying and pursuing escaped inmates, for rewards for their recapture, and not exceeding $500 for transportation and other necessary expenses incident to securing suitable homes for discharged boys, $18,700; In all, National Training School for Boys, $85,710. Appropriations in this Act under the Department of Justice shallNew buildings restricted. not be used for beginning the construction of any new or additional building, other than those specifically provided for herein, at any Federal penitentiary. Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners,Support of prisoners. including necessary clothing and medical aid, discharge gratuities provided by law and transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States, or such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, and who continue insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent; shipping remains of deceased prisoners to their friends or relatives in the United States, and interment of deceased prisoners whose remains are unclaimed; expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners and for rewards for their recapture; and not exceeding $2,500 for repairs, betterments, and improvements of United States jails, including sidewalks? $2,035,000. Inspection of prisons and prisoners: For the inspection of UnitedInspection of prisons and prisoners. States prisons and prisoners, including salary of the assistant superintendent of prisons, and expenses incident to examination of estimates of appropriation in the field, $20,000. TITLE III.— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEDepartment of Commerce. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, $12,000; Assistant Secretary,Secretary, Assistant, and office personnel. and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with “the Classification Act of 1923,” including the chief clerk and superintendent who shall be chief executive officer of the departmentChief clerk authorized to sign official papers. and who may be designated by the Secretary of Commerce to sign official papers and documents during the temporary absence of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the department, $218,380; in all, $230,380. contingent expenses, department of commerce For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices andContingent and miscellaneous expenses. bureaus of the department, including those for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are specifically made, including professional and scientific books, law books, books of reference, periodicals, blank books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers (not exceeding $2,500); stationery; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oil-cloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; fuel, lighting, and heating; purchase and exchange of 1034Vehicles.motor trucks and bicycles; maintenance, repair, and operation of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and of motor trucks and bicycles, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; postage to foreign countries; telegraph and telephone. service; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; first-aid outfits for use in the buildings occupied by employees of this department; Street-car fares, not exceeding $300; and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $200,000, which sum shall constitute the appropriation for contingent expensesAvailable for field service. of the department and shall also be available for the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment for field services of bureaus and offices of the department for which contingent and miscellaneous appropriations are specifically made in order to facilitate the purchase through the central purchasing office (Division of Purchase through Division of Supplies.Vol. 36, p. 531.Supplies), as provided in the Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 531). Rent.For rent of buildings in the District of Columbia, $66,500. For rent of storage space outside the Commerce Building, $1,500. Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Department of Commerce, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services in the*Proviso.*Detailed copy editors. District of Columbia and elsewhere, $500,000: *Provided*, That an amount not to exceed $2,000 of this appropriation may be expended for salaries of persons detailed from the Government Printing Office for service as copy editors. bureau of foreign and domestic commerceForeign and Domes tic Commerce Bureau. Director, and office personnel.Salaries: For the director and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923,” $266,477. Commercial attachés.Commercial attachés: For commercial attaches, to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, after examination to be held under his direction to determine their competency and to be accredited through the State Department, whose duties shall be to investigate and report upon such conditions in the manufacturing industries and trade of foreign countries as may lie of interest to the United Clerks, etc.States; and for the compensation of a clerk or clerks for each commercial attache at the rate of not to exceed $3,000 per annum for each person so employed, and for janitor and messenger service, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, rent outside of the Outside rent.District of Columbia, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference, and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, newspapers (both foreign and domestic) not exceeding $400, and all other publications, travel to and from the United States, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing; such commercial attaches shall serve directly under the Secretary of Commerce and *Proviso.*Assignments to duty in Department.shall report directly to him, $315,861: *Provided*, That not to exceed two commercial attaches employed under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned for duty in the Department of Commerce without loss of salary. Promoting commerce, Europe, etc.Promoting commerce, Europe and other areas: For all necessary expenses, including investigations in Europe and other areas, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, maps, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, newspapers (both 1035foreign and domestic) not exceeding $400, and all other publications for the promotion of the commercial interests of the United States, rent outside the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistenceOutside rent. expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to further promote and develop the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States $447,600, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce: *Provided*, That not more than $53,000 of the foregoing*Proviso.*Services in the District.Assignments to duty in Department. sum may be used for personal services in Washington, District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That not more than four trade commissioners employed under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned to duty in the Department of Commerce. District and Cooperative Office Service: For all expenses necessaryDistrict and Cooperative Office Service.Maintenance, outside rent, etc. to operate and maintain district and cooperative offices, including personal services in the District, of Columbia and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, purchase of maps, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, newspapers (both foreign and domestic) not exceeding $400, and ah other publications necessary for the promotion of the commercial interests of the United States, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $230,818. Promoting commerce, South and Central America: To furtherPromoting commerce, South and Central America. promote and develop the commerce of the United States with South and Central America, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, plans, specifications, manuscripts, documents, maps, newspapers (both foreign and domestic) not exceeding $400, and all other publications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, travelingOutside rent. and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, $273,040, ofServices in the District. which amount not to exceed $99,080 may be expended for personal service in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That not more than*Proviso.*Assignments to duty in Department. two trade commissioners employed under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned to duty in the Department of Commerce. Promoting commerce in the Far East: To further promote and developPromoting commerce in Far East. the commerce of the United States with the Far East, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, maps, newspapers (both foreign and domestic) not exceeding $400, and all other publications, rent outside of the District Outside rent.of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, $268,734, of which amount not to exceed $95,771 may be extended Services in the District.*Proviso.*Assignments to duty in Department.for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That not more than two trade commissioners employed under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned to duty in the Department of Commerce. 1036 China Trade Act.Enforcement expenses.Enforcement of China Trade Act: To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “China Trade Act, 1922,” including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling and Vol. 42, p. 849. *Ante*, p. 995.subsistence expenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications; rent outside the District Outside rent.Services in the District.of Columbia, and all necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $30,000, of which amount not to exceed $10,060 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Export industries.Investigating problems of.Export Industries: To enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to investigate and report on domestic as well as foreign problems relating to the production, distribution, and marketing in so far as they relate to the important export industries of the United Services in the District.States, including personal services in the District of Columbia not to exceed $575,404, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, Outside rent.plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rent outside District of Columbia, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, $618,054. Raw materials and manufactures.Compiling data as to disposition of.Domestic commerce and raw-materials investigations: For all expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, medical supplies and Outside rent.first-aid outfits, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile information regarding the disposition and handling of raw materials and manufactures within the United States; and to investigate the conditions of production and marketing of foreign raw materials essential for American industries, $125,000, of which amount not to Services In the District.exceed $100,000, may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Bringing home remains of officers, etc.Transportation and interment of remains of officers and employees: For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce who may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary expenses of such interment at their post or at home, $1,500. Transporting families and effects of officers, etc.Transportation of families and effects of officers and employees: To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, of families and effects of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in going to and returning from their posts, or when traveling under the order of the Secretary of Commerce, but not including any expenses incurred in connection with leave of absence of the officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and *Proviso.*Restriction on using foreign vessels.Domestic Commerce, $35,000: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be paid for transportation on foreign vessels without a certificate from the Secretary of Commerce that there are no American vessels on which such officers and clerks may be transported at rates not in excess of those charged by foreign vessels. 1037 Customs statistics: For all expenses necessary for the operationCustoms statistics.Expenses of collecting, compiling, etc.vol. 42, p. 1109. of the section of customs statistics, transferred to the Department of Commerce from the Treasury Department by the Act approved January 5, 1923, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent of or purchase of tabulating, punching, sorting, and other mechanical labor-saving machinery or devices, including adding, typewriting, billing, computing, mimeographing, multigraphing, photostat, and other duplicating machines and devices, including their exchange and repair; telegraph and telephone service; subsistence and traveling expenses of officers and employees while traveling on official business; freight, express, drayage; tabulating cards, stationery and miscellaneous office supplies; furniture and equipment; ice, water, heat, light, and power; street-car fare; and all other necessary and incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $339,980. Lists or foreign buyers: For all necessary expenses, including Directory of Foreign Buyers.Expenses of compiling.personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, lists of foreign buyers, books of reference, periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, rent outside of the District ofOutside rent. Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not including in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile lists of foreign buyers, $12,000, of which amountServices in the District. not to exceed $11,020 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of foreign trade restrictions: For all necessary expenses,Foreign trade restrictions.Expenses of collecting, compiling, etc., information of. including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile information regarding the restrictions and regulations of trade imposed by foreign countries, $30,000, of which amount not to exceed $29,500 may be expended Services In the District.for personal services in the District of Columbia. bureau of the censusCensus Bureau. Salaries: For the Director and other personal services inDirector, and office personnel. the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $973,000. Collecting statistics: For securing information for census Collecting information for reports.reports, provided for by law, semimonthly reports of cotton production, periodical reports of stocks of baled cotton in the United States and of the domestic and foreign consumption of cotton; quarterly reports of tobacco; per diem compensation of special agents and expenses of same and of detailed employees, whether employed in Washington, District of Columbia, or elsewhere; the cost ofVital statistics. transcribing State, municipal, and other records; temporary rentalOutside rent. of quarters outside of the District of Columbia; for supervising Special agents.special agents, and employment by them of such temporary service as may be necessary in collecting the statistics required’by law, including $15,000 for collecting tobacco statistics authorized by lawTobacco statistics. in addition to any other fund available therefor: *Provided*, That*Proviso.*Fay restriction. the compensation of not to exceed ten special agents provided for 1038in this paragraph may be fixed at a rate not to exceed $8 per day, $960,000, of which amount not to exceed $324,160 may be expendedServices in the District. for personal services in the District of Columbia, including temporary personnel. Tabulating mach lues, etc.Tabulating machines: For constructing tabulating machines, and repairs to such machinery and other mechanical appliances, including technical and mechanical service in connection therewith, whether in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, and purchase of Services in the District.necessary machinery and supplies, $41,000, of which not to exceed $37,120 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. steamboat inspection serviceSteamboat Inspection Service. Supervising Inspector General, and office personnel.Salaries: For the Supervising Inspector General and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923,” $31,060; Inspectors.Steamboat inspectors: For ten supervising inspectors; inspectors of Assistants at designated ports.hulls and inspectors of boilers; assistant inspectors, as authorized by law, for the following ports: New York, thirty-four; New Orleans, six; Baltimore, eight; Providence, four; Boston, six; Philadelphia, fourteen; San Francisco, twelve; Buffalo, six; Cleveland, six; Milwaukee, four; Chicago, four; Grand Haven, two; Detroit, four; Norfolk, eight; Seattle, twelve; Portland (Oregon), four; Albany, two; Duluth, two; Portland (Maine), two; Los Angeles, two; Galveston, two; Mobile, two; Savannah, two; Toledo, two; and three traveling inspectors; In all, for inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service, $739,800. Clerk hire.Clerk hire, Steamboat Inspection Service: For compensation of clerks to boards of steamboat inspectors, to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with the provisions of law, $143,160? Contingent expenses.Contingent expenses: For the payment of fees to witnesses; for traveling and other expenses when on official business of the Supervising Inspector General, Deputy Supervising Inspector General, supervising inspectors, traveling inspectors, local and assistant inspectors, and clerks; for instruments, furniture, stationery, janitor service, and every other thing necessary to carry into effect the [R. S., Title LII, pp. 852–809](/us/rs/tLII/pp852–809).provisions of Title 52, Revised Statutes, $143,450. bureau of navigationNavigation Bureau, Commissioner, and office personnel.Salaries: For the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923,” $63,960. Admeasurement of vessels.Admeasurement of vessels: To enable the Commissioner of Navigation to secure uniformity in the admeasurement of vessels, including the employment of an adjuster of admeasurements, purchase and exchange of admeasuring instruments, traveling and incidental expenses, $4,500. Motor boats, etc., to enforce navigation laws.Enforcement of navigation laws: To enable the Secretary of Commerce to provide and operate such motor boats and employ thereon such persons as may be necessary for the enforcement, under his direction by customs officers, of laws relating to navigation and inspection of vessels, boarding of vessels, and counting of passengers on excursion boats, including insignia, braid, and chin straps, and coats, caps, and aprons, for stewards’ departments on vessels, $79,615. Preventing over-crowding of vessels.Preventing overcrowding of passenger vessels: To enable the Secretary of Commerce to employ, temporarily, such persons as may be necessary, of whom not more than two at any one time may be 1039employed in the District of Columbia, to enforce the laws to prevent overcrowding of passenger and excursion vessels, and all expenses in connection therewith, $17,920. Wireless communication laws: To enable the Secretary of CommerceWireless communication on steam vessels.Vol, 36, p. 629; Vol. 37, pp. 199, 1565. to enforce the Acts of Congress “to require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers ” and “to regulate radio communication ” and carry out the international radio telegraphic convention, examine and settle international radio accounts, including personal services, in the District of Columbia, and to employ such persons and means as may be necessary, traveling and subsistence expenses, purchase and exchange of instruments, technical books, tabulating, duplicating, and other office machinery and devices, rent and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $220,525, of which amount not to exceed $45.000 may be expended for personal services in theServices In the District. District of Columbia. Shipping Commissioners: For salaries of shipping commissioners,Shipping commissioners. $37,700. Clerk hire: For compensation, to be fixed by the Secretary ofClerk hire. Commerce, to each person or clerk in the offices of shipping commissioners, $89,040. Contingent expenses: For rent, stationery, and other requisitesContingent expenses. for transaction of the business of shipping commissioners’ offices, and for janitor in the commissioners’ office at New York; in all, $9,980. bureau of standardsStandards Bureau. Salaries: For the director and other personal services in the DistrictDirector, and office personnel. of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $511,760. Equipment: For apparatus, machinery, tools, and appliancesEquipment. used in connection with buildings or work of the bureau, laboratory supplies, materials, and supplies used in the construction of apparatus, machinery, or other appliances, including their exchange; piping, wiring, and construction incident to the installation of apparatus, machinery, or appliances; furniture for laboratories and offices, cases for apparatus, $70,000. General expenses: For fuel for heat, light, and power; office expenses,General expenses. stationery, books and periodicals, which may be exchanged when not needed for permanent use; traveling expenses (including expenses of attendance upon meetings of technical and professional societies when required in connection with standardization, testing, or other official work of the bureau); street-car fares not exceeding $100; expenses of the visiting committee; expenses of attendance ofInternational Committee on Weights and Measures. American member at the meeting of the International Committee of Weights and Measures; purchase of gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; supplies for operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles and motor trucks for official use, including their exchange; and contingencies of all kinds, $413,500. Improvement and care of grounds: For grading, constructionImprovement and care of grounds. of roads and walks, piping grounds for water supply, lamps, wiring for lighting purposes, and other expenses incident to the improvement and care of grounds, including foreman and laborers in the District of Columbia, $11,000, of which amount not to exceed $7,740 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing structural materials: For continuation of the investigationStructural materials investigations. of structural materials, such as stone, clays, cement, and so forth, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $230,000, of which amount not to exceed $168,180 may be expendedServices in the District.*Proviso.* for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, 1040Disseminating acquired information of housing, etc.That as much of this sum as necessary shall be used to collect and disseminate such scientific, practical, and statistical information as may be procured, showing or tending to show approved methods in building, planning, and construction, standardization, and adaptability of structural units, including building materials and codes, economy in the manufacture and utilization of building materials and supplies, and such other matters as may tend to encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and housing. Testing machines for physical constants.Testing machines: For maintenance and operation of testing machines, including personal services in connection therewith in the District of Columbia and in the field, for the determination by the Bureau of Standards of the physical constants and the properties of materials as authorized by law, $38,000, of which amount not to Services in the District.exceed $34,020 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Fire-resisting building materials.Investigation of fire-resisting properties: For investigation of fire-resisting properties of building materials and conditions under which they may be most efficiently used, and for the standardization of types of appliances for fire prevention, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $28,100, of which amount Services in the District.not to exceed $22,640 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Measurement, etc., of public utilities.Investigation of public-utility standards: For investigation of the standards of practice and methods of measurements of public utilities, such as gas, electric light, electric power, water, telephone, central station heating, and electric railway service, and the solution of the problems which arise in connection with standards in such service, Services in the District.including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $100,000, of which amount not to exceed $90,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing miscellaneous materials.Testing miscellaneous materials: For testing miscellaneous materials, such as varnish materials, soap materials, inks, and chemicals, including supplies for the Government departments and independent establishments, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, as authorized by law, $44,090 of which amount Services in the District.not to exceed $42,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Radio standardization, etc.Radio research: For investigation and standardization of methods and instruments employed in radio communication, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $44,800, Services in the District.of which amount not to exceed $42,200 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Industrial color standardization, etc.Color standardization: To develop color standards and methods of manufacture and of color measurement, with special reference to their industrial use in standardization and specification of colorants such as dye-stuffs, inks, and pigments, and other products, paint, paper, and textiles, in which color is a pertinent property, including Services in the District.personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $9,000, of which amount not to exceed $8,120 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Clay products process.Investigation of clay products: To study methods of measurement and technical processes used in the manufacture of pottery, brick, tile, terra cotta, and other clay products, and the study of the properties of the materials used in that industry, including personal services in theServices in the District. District of Columbia and in the field, $27,000, of which amount not to exceed $20,050 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standardizing mechanical appliances.Mechanical, hydraulic, and aeronautic devices, etc.Standardizing mechanical appliances: To develop methods of testing and standardizing machines, motors, tools, measuring instruments, and other apparatus and devices used in mechanical, hydrau1041lic, and aeronautic engineering; for the comparative study of types of apparatus and methods of operation, and for the establishment of standards of performance; for the accurate determination of fundamental physical constants involved in the proper execution of this work: and for the scientific experiments and investigations needed in solving the problems which may arise in connection therewith, especially in response to the requirements of aeronautics and aviation for information of a purely scientific nature, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $27,800, of which amount not to exceed $25,580 may be expended Services In the District.for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of optical glass: For the investigation of the problemsOptical glass production. involved in the production of optical glass, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $20,520, of which amount not to exceed $14,1G0 may be expended for personalServices in the District. services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of textiles: To investigate textiles, paper, leather,Textiles, paper, etc., Standardization. and rubber in order to develop standards of quality and methods of measurement, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $26,560, of which amount not to exceed $23,140Services in the District. may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Sugar standardization: For the standardization and design ofSugar standardization. sugar-testing apparatus; the development of technical specifications for the various grades of sugars, with particular reference to urgent problems made pressing by conditions following the war, especially involving the standardization and manufacture of sugars; for the study of the technical problems incidental to the collection of the revenue on sugar and to determine the fundamental scientific constants of sugars and other substances; for the standardizationRare and unusual types. and production of rare and unusual types of sugars required for the medical service of the Government departments; and for other technical and scientific purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $38,160, of which amount notServices in the District. to exceed $32,220 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Gauge standardization: To provide by cooperation of the BureauGauges and screw threads.Cooperative standardization, etc. of Standards, the War Department, and the Navy Department for the standardization and testing of the standard gauges, screw threads, and standards required in manufacturing throughout the United States, and to calibrate and test such standard gauges, screw threads, and standards, including necessary equipment and personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $38,320, of which amount not to exceed $36,180 may be expended for personalServices In the District. services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of mine scales and cars: For investigating the conditionsCoal weighing, etc., at mines. and methods of use of scales and mine cars used for weighing and measuring coal dug by miners, for the purpose of determining wages due, and of conditions affecting the accuracy of the weighing or measuring of coal at the mine’s, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $14,540, of which amount not to exceed $11,340 may be expended for personalServices in the District. services in the District of Columbia. Metallurgical research: For metallurgical research, including alloy Metallurgical researches.steels, foundry practice, and standards for metals and sands; casting, rolling, forging, and the properties of aluminum alloys; prevention of corrosion of metals and alloys; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; preparation of metal specifications; investigation of new metallurgical processes and study of methods of conservation in metallurgical 1042manufacture and products; investigation of materials used in the Railway equipment.construction of rails, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure; including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $48,140, of which amount not Services in the District,to exceed $40,080 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. High temperature measurements, etc.High temperature investigations: For laboratory and field investigations of suitable methods of high temperature measurements and control in various industrial processes and to assist in making available directly to the industries the results of the bureau’s investigations in this field, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $9,740, of which amount not to exceed Services in the District.$8,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Sound investigations.Sound investigation: For the investigation of the principles of sound and their application to military and industrial purposes, including personal services in the. District of Columbia and in the Services in the District.field, $5,580, of which amount not to exceed $5,100 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Industrial development. investigations.Industrial research: For technical investigations in cooperation with the industries upon fundamental problems involved in industrial development following the war, with a view to assisting in the permanent establishment of the new American industries, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $174,120, Services in the District.of which amount not to exceed $154,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing large scales, etc.Testing railroad track and other scales: For investigation and testing of railroad track scales, elevator scales, and other scales used in weighing commodities for interstate shipments and to secure equipment and assistance for testing the scales used by the Government in its transactions with the public, such as post oil-ice, navy yard, and customhouse scales, and for the purpose of cooperating with the States in securing uniformity in the weights and measures laws and in the methods of inspection, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $39,000, of which amount Services in the District.not to exceed $25,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Cooperative standardization of industrial devices, etc.Standardization of equipment: To enable the Bureau of Standards to cooperate with Government departments, engineers, and manufacturers in the establishment of standards, methods of testing, and inspection of instruments, equipment, tools, and electrical and mechanical devices used in the industries and by the Government, including the practical specification for quality and performance of such devices, and the formulation of methods of inspection, laboratory, and service tests, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $110,000, of which amount not to exceed Services in the District.$89,020 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standards for checking chemical analyses.Standard materials: For purchase, preparation, analysis, and distribution of standard materials to be used in checking chemical analyses and in the testing of physical measuring apparatus, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, Services In the District.$10,000, of which amount not to exceed $8,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Radioactive investigations.Investigation of radioactive substances: For an investigation of radioactive substances and the methods of their measurements and testing, including personal services in the District of Columbia and Services in the District.in the field, $10,680, of which amount not to exceed $9,320 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 1043 Investigation of automotive engines: For the promotion of economyAutomotive engines investigations. and efficiency in automotive transportation by land and by air through investigations of the basic principles underlying the design, performance, operation, and testing of automotive engines, their fuels, lubricants, accessories, and the power transmitting system used in connection with them, also such elements as brakes and brake linings; to promote economy in the use of liquid fuels and safety in vehicular traffic, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $25,000, of which amount not to exceed $20,680Services in the District. may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. During the fiscal year 1926, the head of any department or independentCooperative work with departments, etc., in scientific investigations. establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Standards on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that bureau, and which the Bureau of Standards is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Standards such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transferTransfer of funds to credit of bureau. on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Standards for the performance of W’ork for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made. bureau of lighthousesLighthouses Bureau. Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services in theCommissioner, and office personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $89,880. General expenses: For supplies, repairs, maintenance, and incidentalGeneral expenses.Objects specified. expenses of lighthouses and other lights, beacons, buoyage, fog signals, lighting of rivers heretofore authorized to be lighted, light vessels, other aids to navigation, and lighthouse tenders, including the establishment, repair, and improvement of beacons and day marks, and purchase of land for same; establishment of post lights, buoys, submarine signals, and fog signals; establishment ofOil, etc., houses.*Provisos.*Limit for buildings. oil or carbide houses, not to exceed $10,000: *Provided*, That any oil or carbide house erected hereunder shall not exceed $1,000 in cost; construction of necessary outbuildings at a cost not exceeding $500 at any one light station in any fiscal year; improvement of grounds and buildings connected with light stations and depots; restoringRestoring stations, etc. light stations and depots and buildings connected therewith: *Provided further*, That such restoration shall be limited to the original Limitations.purpose of the structures; wages of persons attending post lights; temporary employees and field force while engaged on works of general repair and maintenance, and laborers and mechanics at lighthouse depots; rations and provisions or commutation thereof forRations, etc. working parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels and tenders, and officials and other authorized persons of the Lighthouse Service on duty on board of such tenders or vessels, and money accruing from commutation for rations and provisions for the above-named persons on board of tenders and light vessels or in working parties in the field may be paid on proper vouchers to the person having charge of the mess of such vessel or party; purchase of rubber boots, oilskins, rubber gloves, and coats, caps, and aprons for stewards’ departments on vessels; reimbursement under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce of keepers of light stations and masters of light vessels and of lighthouse tenders for rations and provisions and clothing furnished shipwrecked persons who may be temporarily provided for by them, not exceeding in all $5,000 1044in any fiscal year; fuel and rent of quarters where necessary for keepersPurchase, etc., of sites. of lighthouses; purchase of land sites for fog signals; rent of necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or to mark changeable channels and which in consequence can not be made permanent; rent of offices, depots, and wharves; traveling expenses; mileage; library books for light stations and vessels, and technical books and periodicals not exceeding $1,000; traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actually employed by States or private persons to instruct the children of Contingent, expenses.keepers of lighthouses; all other contingent expenses of district offices and depots, and not exceeding $8,500 for contingent expenses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses in the District of Columbia, $4,039,500. Keepers.Keepers of lighthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thousand eight hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and persons *Proviso.*Rations to keepers, repealed.Vol. 35, p. l63; Vol. 40, p. 008.attending light exclusive of post lights, $1,970,000: *Provided*, That section 9 of the Act approved May 14, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page 163), and section 3 of the Act approved June 20, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 608), are hereby repealed. Lighthouse vessels, officers and crews.Lighthouse vessels: For salaries and wages of officers and crews of light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employment when necessary, $2,220,000. Superintendents, clerks, etc., in the field.Superintendents, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of seventeen superintendents of lighthouses, and of assistant superintendents, clerks, draftsmen, and other authorized permanent employees in the district offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive of those regularly employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses, District of Columbia, $548,600. Retired pay.Retired pay: For retired pay of officers and employees engaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $110,000. Public works, vessels.Public works: For constructing or purchasing and equipping lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Lighthouse Service as may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce not to Aids to navigation.exceed $485,000; and for establishing and improving aids to navigation and other works as may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce, $240,000; in all, $725,000. coast and geodetic surveyCoast and Geodetic Survey. All expenditures.For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair, or operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn vehicles for use in field work, purchase of surveying instruments, rubber boots, canvas and rubber gloves, goggles, and caps, coats, and aprons for stewards’ departments on vessels, extra compensation at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of the Lighthouse Service and the Weather Bureau while observing tides or currents, services of one tide observer in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day, and compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the field work, commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate not exceeding $3 per day each, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast Distribution.and Geodetic Survey prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, and under the following heads: Field expenses.Atlantic and Gulf coasts.Field expenses, Atlantic Coast: For surveys and necessary resurveys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United *Proviso.*States: *Provided*, That not more than $45,000 of this amount shall 1045be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands and the AtlanticIslands, etc., limitation. entrance to the Panama Canal, $122,420; Pacific coast: For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts onPacific coasts. the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, $321,420; Tides, currents, and so forth: For continuing researches in physicalPhysical hydrography. hydrography, relating to harbors 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, $26,775; Coast Pilot: For compilation of the Coast Pilot, includingCoast Pilot. the employment of such pilots, nautical experts, and stenographic help in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, $6,500; For continuing magnetic observations and to establish meridianMagnetic observations, etc. lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States; magnetic observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States; purchase of additional magnetic instruments; lease of sites where necessary and erection of temporary magnetic buildings; continuing the line of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts; establishing lines of exact levels in Alaska; determination of geographical positions, by triangulation or traverse for the control of Federal, State, boundary, and other surveys and engineering works in all parts of the interior of the United States anti Alaska; determination of field astronomic positions; for continuing gravity observations; for the maintenance and operationObservatory. Ukiah, Calif. of the latitude observatory at Ukiah, California, not exceeding $2,000; and including the employment in the field and office of such magnetic observers as may be necessary, $128,735; For executing precise triangulation and leveling in regionsEarthquake regions, subject to earthquakes, $10,000; Hawaiian triangulation: For adjusting the triangulation of the Hawaiian triangulation.Hawaiian Islands, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $2,000; For special surveys that may be required by the Bureau of LighthousesSpecial surveys. or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, $4,500; For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent,Miscellaneous. including the preparation or purchase of plans and specifications of vessels and the employment of such hull draftsmen in the field and office as may be necessary for the same; the reimbursement, underRelief of ship-wrecked, etc., persons. rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, of officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided for by them, not to exceed a total of $550; actual necessary expenses of officers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office in the District of Columbia, for consultation with the. director, and not exceeding $1,000 for the expenses of the attendance of representativesAttending International Research Council of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who may be designated as delegates from the United States at the meetings of the International Research Council or of its branches, $4,200; In all, field expenses, $626,550. Vessels: For repairs of vessels, including travelling expenses ofVessels. persons inspecting the repairs, and exclusive of engineer’sRepairs, etc. supplies and other ship chandlery, $74,000. For all necessary employees to man and equip the vessels, includingEquipment, employees, etc. professional seamen serving as mates on vessels of the survey, to execute the work of the survey herein provided for and authorized by law, $655,000. Pay, commissioned officers; For pay and allowances prescribedPay, etc., commissioned officers. by law for commissioned officers on sea duty and other duty, holding 1046relative rank with officers of the Navy, including one director with relative rank of captain, two hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of captain, seven hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of commander, nine hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant commander, thirty-eight hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant, fifty-five junior hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), twenty-nine aids with relative rank of ensign, and including officers retired in accordance with *Provisos.*Assistant director.existing law, $500,000: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Commerce may designate one of the hydrographic and geodetic engineers to Reimbursement restricted if traveling on Government-owned vessel.act as assistant director: *Provided further*, That officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey performing travel by Government-owned vessels for which no transportation fare is charged shall only be entitled to reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses incurred. Office personnel.Office, force: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $410,000. Office expenses.Office expenses: For purchase of new instruments (except surveying instruments), including their exchange, materials, equipment, and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division; books, scientific and technical books, journals, books of reference, maps, charts, and subscriptions; copper plates, chart paper, printer’s ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing, and electrotyping supplies; photolithographing charts and printing from stone and copper for immediate use; stationery for office and field parties; transportation of instruments and supplies when not charged to party expenses; office wagon and horses or automobile truck; heating, lighting, and power; telephones, including operation of switchboard; telegrams, ice, and washing; office furniture, repairs, traveling expenses of officers and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office; miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, $62,100. Subsistence allowance restricted.Appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall not he 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 director), except as now provided by law. bureau of fisheriesFisheries Bureau. Commissioner, and office personnel.Commissioner’s Office: For the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $100,360. Pay of field employees.For pay of employees in the field, as follows: Alaska service, $47,210; employees at large, $39,450; distribution
(car)employees, $33,600; employees at fish cultural stations, $252,500; employees fish rescue station, Mississippi River Valley, $19,600; employees at biological stations, $39,000: in all, $431,360. Vessels employees.For pay of officers and employees for the steamers Gannet, Halcyon, and Phalarope, $34,230. Alaska fisheries vessels.For officers and crew or vessels for Alaska fisheries service, $47,790. Administration expenses.Administration: For expenses of the office of the commissioner, including stationery, scientific and reference books, periodicals and newspapers for library, furniture and equipment, telegraph and telephone service, compensation of temporary employees, and all other necessary expenses connected therewith, $3,900. Propagation expenses.Propagation of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, including 1047movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars, purchase of equipment (including rubber boots and oil skins) and apparatus, contingent expenses, temporary labor, and not to exceed $10,000 for propagationFresh-water mussels. and distribution of fresh-water mussels and the necessary expenses connected therewith, $400,000. Maintenance of vessels: For maintenance of vessels and launches,Vessels.Maintenance. including 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, and money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions on board vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the persons having charge of the mess of such vessels, $105,000. Commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 per day) may be paidCommutation of rations. to officers and crews of vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries during the fiscal year 1926 under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. Inquiry respecting food fishes: For inquiry into the causes ofFood fisheries inquiry. the decrease of food fishes in the waters of the United States, and for investigation and experiments in respect to the aquatic animals, plants and waters, in the interests of fish culture and the fishery industries, including maintenance, repair, improvement, equipment, and operations of biological stations, expenses of travel and preparation of reports, $43,500. Fishery industries: For collection and compilation of statisticsStatistical inquiry. of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, and the methods of preservation and utilization of fishery products, including compensation of temporary employees, travel and preparation of reports, including temporary employees in the District of Columbia not to exceed $1,800, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, $25,500. Sponge fisheries: For protecting the sponge fisheries, includingVol. 38, p. 692. employment of inspectors, watchmen, and temporary assistants, hire of boats, rental of office and storage, care of seized sponges and other property, travel, and all other expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 15, 1914, to regulate the spongeVol. 38, p. 692. fisheries, $2,500. Alaska, general service: For protecting the seal fisheries of Alaska,Alaska, general service.Seal fisheries protection, food to natives, etc. including the furnishing of food, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life to the natives of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska, improvement, repair, and alteration of buildings and roads, transportation of supplies to and from the islands, expenses of travel of agents and other employees and subsistence while on said islands, hire and maintenance of vessels, including $10,000 to be used in providing a reserve supply of food, clothing, medicines, and other necessities on the Pribilof Islands, and for all expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to protect the seal fisheriesVol. 36, p. 326. of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved April 21, 1910, and for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, including travel, subsistence (or per diem in lieu of subsistence) of employees while on duty in Alaska, hire of boats, employment of temporary labor, and all other necessary expenses connected therewith, $310,000. mississippi wild life and fish refugeMississippi Wild Life and Gaine Refuge. For construction of buildings and ponds, for equipment, maintenance,Construction, equipment, etc. operation, repair, and improvements, including expenditures for personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary, as authorized in the Act approved June 7, 1924, $25,000.*Ante*, p. 650. 1048 TITLE IV.— Department of Labor. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Secretary, Assistants, and office personnel.Salaries: Secretary of Labor, $12,000; Assistant Secretary, Second Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $171,900; in all, $183,900. Commissioners of conciliation.Vol 37, p. 738.Commissioners of conciliation: To enable the Secretary of Labor to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creating the Department of Labor, and to appoint commissioners of conciliation, for per diem in lieu of subsistence at not exceeding $4 Services in the District.traveling expenses, and not to exceed $11,800 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and telegraph and telephone service, $198,720. contingent expenses, department of labor Contingent expenses.For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus of the department, for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, including the purchase of stationery, furniture, and repairs to the same, carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, laundry, street-car fares not exceeding $200; lighting and heating; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor cycles and motor trucks; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, newspaper clippings not to exceed $900, postage to foreign countries, telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, adding machines, ami other labor-saving devices; purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals Addition from immigration expenses.not exceeding $2,500; in all, $35,500; and in addition thereto such sum as may be necessary, not in excess of $13,500, to facilitate the purchase, through the central purchasing office as provided in the Vol. 36, p. 531.Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 531), of certain supplies for the Immigration Service, shall be deducted *Post*, p. 1049.from the appropriation “Expenses of regulating immigration” made for the fiscal year 1926 and added to the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Department of Labor,” for that year; and the total sum thereof shall be and constitute the appropriation for Expended through Division of Publications and .Supplies,contingent expenses for the Department of Labor, to be expended through the central purchasing office (Division of Publications and Supplies), Department of Labor. Rent.Rent: For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Columbia for the use of the Department of Labor, $24,000. Printing and binding.Printing and binding: For printing and binding for Department of Labor, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $220,500. bureau of labor statisticsLabor Statistics Bureau. Commissioner, and office personnelSalaries: For the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $215,000. Special agents, experts, etc.Per diem in lieu of subsistence not exceeding $4 of special agents, and employees, and for their transportation; experts and temporary assistance for field service outside of the District of Columbia, to be paid at the rate of not exceeding $8 per day; personal services in the Temporary statistical employees in the District.District of Columbia not to exceed $29,500, including also temporary statistical clerks, stenographers, and typewriters in the District of Columbia, to be selected from civil-service registers, the same per1049son to be employed for not more than six consecutive months; travelingTraveling expenses, etc. expenses of officers and employees, purchase of reports and materials for reports and bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $70,000. For periodicals, newspapers, documents, and special reportsPeriodicals, etc. for the purpose of procuring strike data, price quotations, and court decisions for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $300. bureau of immigrationImmigration Bureau. Salaries: For the Commissioner General and other personal servicesCommissioner General, and office personnel. in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1928, $91,840. Regulating immigration: For enforcement of the laws regulatingEnforcing immigration laws.Vol, 41, p. 1008; vol. 42, p. 5.*Ante*, p. 155. immigration of aliens into the United States, including the contract labor laws; cost of reports of decisions of the Federal courts, and digests thereof, for the use of the Commissioner General of Immigration; salaries and expenses of all officers, clerks, and employees appointed to enforce said laws, including not to exceed $125,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, togetherServices in the District. with persons authorized by law to be detailed for duty at Washington, District of Columbia, per diem in lieu of subsistence whenPer diem subsistence.Vol. 38, p. 680.Vol. 39, p. 874; Vol. 40, p. 542: Vol. 41, p. 1008; Vol. 42, p. 5.*Ante*, p. 155. allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914; enforcement of the provisions of the Act of February 5, 1917, entitled “An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to and the residence of aliens in the United States,” and Acts amendatory thereof and in addition thereto; necessary supplies, including exchange of typewriting machines, alterations and repairs, and for all other expenses authorized by said Act; preventing the unlawful entry of aliens into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto; expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons foundChinese exclusion. to be unlawfully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expenses of conveyance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard, for deportation; refunding of headRefunding head money. tax, maintenance bills, and immigration fines upon presentation of evidence showing conclusively that collection was made through error of Government officers; all to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, $5,084,865: *Provided*, That $1,000,000 of*Provisos.*Coast and land border patrol.Vehicles, etc., outside the District. this amount shall be available only for coast and land-border patrol: *Provided further*, That the purchase, exchange, use, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles and allowances for horses, including motor vehicles and horses owned by immigration officers when used on official business required in the enforcement of the immigration and Chinese exclusion laws outside of the District of Columbia may be contracted for and the cost thereof paid from the appropriation for the enforcement of those laws, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe: *ProvidedLimit for purchase, etc,, of vehicles. further*, That not more than $100,000 of the sum appropriated herein may be expended in the purchase and maintenance of such motor vehicles, and of such sum of $100,000 not more than $88,000 shall be available for the purchase and maintenance of motor vehicles for coast and land-border patrol: *Provided further*, ThatBorder patrol. hereafter any employee of the Bureau of Immigration authorized so to do under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner General of Immigration with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, shall have power without warrant
(1)to arrest tiny alien who in hisEmployees may arrest without warrant any alien attempting illegal entry in his presence, etc. presence or view is entering or attempting to enter the United States in violation of any law or regulation made in pursuance of law regulating the admission of aliens, and to take such alien 1050immediately for examination before an immigrant inspector or other official having authority to examine aliens as to their right to admission to theMay board vessels, cars, etc., and search for aliens attempting to enter. United States, and
(2)to board and search for aliens any vessel within the territorial waters of the United States, railway car, conveyance, or vehicle, in which be believes aliens are being brought in to the United States; and such employee shall have Execution of warrant, etc.power to execute any warrant or other process issued by any officer under any law regulating the admission, exclusion, or expulsion of aliens. immigration stationsImmigrant stations. Remodeling buildings, etc.For remodeling, repairing (including repairs to the ferryboat, Ellis Island), renovating buildings, and purchase of equipment, $75,000. bureau of naturalizationNaturalization Bureau. Commissioner, and office personnel.Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $100,000. Pay of examiners, interpreters, clerks, etc.General expenses: For compensation, to be fixed by the Secretary of Labor, of examiners, interpreters, clerks, and stenographers, for the purpose of carrying on the work of the Bureau of Naturalization,Vol. 31, p. 590.Vol. 37, p. 730.Vol. 40, p. 542.Services in the District. provided for by the Act approved June 29, 1906, as amended by the Act approved March 4, 1913 (Statutes at Large, volume 37, page 736), and May 9, 1918 (Statutes at Large, volume 40, pages 542 to 548, inclusive), including not to exceed $51,440 for personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923 and for their actual and necessary traveling expenses while absent from their official stations, including street Per diem subsistence.Vol. 38, p. 680.car fare on official business at official stations, together with per diem in lieu of subsistence, when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914, and for such per diem, together with actual necessary traveling expenses of officers and employees of the Bureau of Naturalization in Washington while absent on official duty outside of the District of Columbia; telegrams, verifications of legal papers, telephone service in offices outside of the District of Columbia; not to exceed $20,000 for rent of Outside rent.offices outside of the District of Columbia where suitable Assistance to clerks of courts.Vol. 34, p. 600; Vol. 36, p. 765, 830; Vol. 40, p. 171.quarters can not be obtained in public buildings; carrying into effect section 13 of the Act of June 29, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 600), as amended by the Act approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 765), and in accordance with the provisions of the Sundry Civil Act of June 12, 1917; and $20,000 of the appropriation contained in this paragraph shall be immediately available for such of the purposes covered by the paragraph as the Secretary of Witnesss fees, etc.Labor may determine; and for mileage and fees to witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the United States, the expenditures from this appropriation shall be made in the manner and under such regulation*Proviso.*Assistants to clerks of Federal courts excluded. as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe; $680,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the compensation of assistants to clerks of United States courts. children’s bureauChildren’s Bureau. Chief, and office personnel.Salaries: For the chief, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $110,000. 1051 To investigate and report upon matters pertaining to the welfareChild welfare, infant mortality, etc., investigations. of children and child life, and especially to investigate the questions of infant mortality, including not to exceed $130,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $135,000. For traveling expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at notTraveling expenses, experts, etc. exceeding $4 or officers, special agents, and other employees of the Children’s Bureau; experts and temporary assistants, to be paid at a rate not exceeding $6 a day, and interpreters to be paid at a rate not exceeding $4 a day when actually employed; purchase of reportsMaterial for publication. and material for the publications of the Children’s Bureau, newspapers and clippings not exceeding $700 to enable the Children’s Bureau to secure data regarding the progress of legislation affecting children and the activities of public and private organizations dealing with children, and for reprints from State, city, and private publications for distribution when said reprints can be procured more cheaply than they can be printed by the Government, $68,000. Promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy:Maternity and infancy hygiene Act.Expenses executing.Vol. 42, p. 224. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy, and for other purposes,” approved November 23, 1921, and of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws*Ante*, p. 17. to the Territory of Hawaii,” approved March 10, 1924, $1,000,000: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Apportionment to, States. That the apportionments to the States, to the Territory of Hawaii, and to the Children’s Bureau for administration shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $1,252,079.96, as authorized by such Acts of November 23, 1921, and March 10, 1924. women’s bureauWomen’s Bureau. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An ActSalaries and expenses.Vol. 41, p. 987. to establish in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women’s Bureau,” approved June 5, 1920, including personal services in the District of Columbia, not to exceed $92,170; purchase of material for reports and educational exhibits, including newspaper clippings not exceeding $200, and traveling expenses, $105,000. employment serviceEmployment Service. To enable the Secretary of Labor to foster, promote, and developPromoting welfare of wage earners. the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, including juniors legally employed, to improve their working conditions, to advance their opportunities for profitable employment by regularlyObjects designated. collecting, furnishing, and publishing employment information as to opportunities for employment; maintaining a system for clearing labor between the several States; cooperating with and coordinating the public employment offices throughout the country, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for their actual necessary traveling expenses while absent from their official station, together with their per diem in lieu of subsistence,Per diem subsistence.VoL 38, p. m when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914; supplies and equipment, telegraph and telephone service, and miscellaneous expenses, $205,000, of which amount not to exceed $31,590 may be expended for personalServices in the District. services in the District of Columbia. Approved, February 27, 1925.