Chapter 195. 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, 1927, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 195.— 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, 1927, and for other purposes.April 29, 1926.[[H. R. 9795](/us/bill/69/hr/9795).][[Public, No. 156](/us/69/pl/156).] *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, 1927, namely: TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF STATEDepartment of State. office of secretary of state Salaries: For Secretary of State, $15,000; Undersecretary ofSecretary, Under-secretary, and office personnel. State, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including temporary employees, $1,054,600; in all, $1,069,600: *Provided*, That in expending*Provisos*.Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act.Vol. 42, p. 1488. appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of 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 the grade by such Act. and in grades in which only one position is allocatedIf only one position in a grade. the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritoriousAllowance for unusually meritorious cases. cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the nextNot applicable to clerical-mechanical service. higher rate: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)toNo fixed salary reduced. grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensationVol. 42, p. 1490. was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any personTransfers to another position without reduction. who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or
(4)to prevent the payment of a salaryPayment at higher salaries permitted. 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 For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery,Contingent and miscellaneous expenses. furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of same, repairs and mate-rial for repairs; books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, for the library, not exceeding $4,000; newspapers not exceedingPayment of newspapers in advance. $700, for which payment may be made in advance; maintenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; automobile for the Secretary of State; 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, $46,340. 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, $161,500. 331 passport bureausPassport bureaus. For salaries and. expenses of maintenance, including rent outsideSalaries and expenses. 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, $63,000. official papers of the territoriesOfficial papers of the Territories. For the expenses of collecting, editing, copying, and arrangingCollecting, etc., for publication. for publication the official papers of the Territories of the United States, including personal services in the District of Columbia, asVol. 43, p. 1164. provided for by the Act approved March 3, 1925, $20,000. DIPLOMATIC SERVICEDiplomatic service. ambassadors and ministersAmbassadors and ministers. 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*, That so much as may be necessary of the amount herein*Proviso*.Allowance for Turkey available for minister if that grade be appointed. 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 Netherlands.Other 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 ; to the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, $10,000; and to Esthonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, $10,000; in all, $330,000; Minister resident and consul general to Liberia, $5,000;Minister, etc., Liberia.Agent, etc., Tangier.*Proviso*.Salary restriction. Agent and consul general at Tangier, $7,500; *Provided*, That no salary herein appropriated shall be paid to any official receiving any other salary from the United States Government; Total, ambassadors and ministers, $611,500. For salaries of Foreign Service officers or vice consuls while actingChargés d’affaires, etc. as chargés d’affaires ad interim or while in charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence of the principal officer, $20,000. clerks at embassies and legations For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and legations,Clerks at 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. 332 interpreters to embassies and legationsInterpreters. Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Persia, $2,000;Persia. Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Bangkok, Siam,Siam. $2,500; For the payment of the cost of tuition of foreign service officersTuition, China, Japan, and Turkey. assigned for language study in China, Japan, and Turkey, at the rate of $350 per annum each, $2,800. In all, $7,300. quarters for student interpreters at embassies For rent of quarters for Foreign Service officers assigned forQuarters for language study officers. language study in Japan and Turkey, $1,800. contingent expenses, foreign missions To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all suchContingent expenses, missions. stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as lie shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, repairs, postage, telegrams, advertising, ice, and drinking witter for office purposes, uniforms, furniture, houshold furniture and furnishings not to exceed $25,000, typewriters and exchange of same, messenger service, operation and maintenance of launch for embassy at ConstantinopleLaunch, Constantinople. not exceeding $2,500, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, porters, interpreters, and translators, compensation of agents and employees of and rent and other expenses for dispatchDispatch agents. agencies at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, traveling expenses of Diplomatic and Foreign Service officers, including attendance at trade and other conferences orAttendance at trade conferences, etc. congresses under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 of the Act approved May 24, 1924, miscellaneousVol. 43, p. 143. expenses of embassies and legations, and for loss on bills ofLoss by exchange. 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 news-papers (foreign and domestic), rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby authorized, $740,500: *Provided*, That no part of this sum appropriated for contingent*Proviso*.No payment for clerical services to persons not Americans. 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 For annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for theGround rent, Japan. year ending March 15, 1927, $250. diplomatic and consular establishments, tokyo, japanJapan. For the acquisition in Tokyo, Japan, of additional land adjoiningAcquisition of lands, and buildings for diplomatic and consular officers on. the site of the former American embassy and such other land as may be necessary, and the construction thereon of suitable buildings for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, the said buildings to include residences for the diplomatic and consular representatives, and the furnishing of theVol. 43, p. 961. same, as provided in the Act entitled “ An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to enlarge the site and erect buildings thereon for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States in Tokyo, Japan,” approved February 21, 1925, 333$400,000: *Provided*, That, the unexpended balance of the appropriation*Provisos*.Balance available. of $280,000 for the acquisition of diplomatic and consular establishments, Tokyo, Japan, contained in the “ Second Deficiency Act,Vol. 43, p. 1341. fiscal year 1925.“ approved March 4, 1925, shall remain availableConstruction contracts authorized. until .June 30, 1927: *Provided further*, That within the limit of cost fixed by the Act of February 21, 1925, for the acquisition of land, construction of buildings, and furnishing of same, the Secretary of State is authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of the buildings authorized by the Act. expenses of foreign service inspectors For the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expensesForeign service inspectors, expenses. of Foreign Service officers detailed for inspection while traveling and inspecting under instructions from the Secretary of State, $20,000: *Provided*, That inspectors shall not be allowed actual and*Provisos*.Subsistence allowance. necessary 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, recordContingent expenses, consulates. and other books, seals, presses, flags, 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, ice and drinking water for office purposes, uniforms, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular and Foreign Service officers, including attendance at trade and other conferences or congressesAttending trade conferences, etc.Vol. 43, p, 143. under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 of the Act approved May 24, 1924; compensation of interpreters, harasses, guards, dragomans, translators, and Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous expenses asLoss by exchange. 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, $965,000. The Secretary of State may lease or rent, for periods not exceedingTen year leases for offices authorized. ten years, such buildings and grounds for offices for the Foreign Service as may be necessary; and he may, in accordance with existing practice without cost to them, and within the limit of any appropriation made by Congress, continue to furnish the chiefLiving quarters, etc., allowed Foreign Service personnel in China, Japan, and Turkey. diplomatic representatives and their minor employees in foreign countries and officers and employees in the Foreign Service in China, Japan, and Turkey with living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment in Government-owned buildings and in buildings rented for use as offices at places where, in his judgment, it would be in the public interest to do so, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes, and appropriations[R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314](/us/rs/s1765/p314). for “Contingent Expenses, Foreign Missions,” and “Contingent Expenses, Consulates,” are hereby made available for such purposes; 334and he is also authorized, in his discretion, to furnish living quartersQuarters, etc., for other employees. in such buildings to other officers and employees not herein provided for, at rates to be determined by him. immigration op aliensImmigration of aliens. To enable the Department of State to perform the duties devolvingDepartment expenses under laws regulating. upon it under the laws regulating immigration of aliens into the United States, including the same objects specified in the ActsVol. 43, p. 153. making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1927, under the heads of salaries and contingent expenses of the Department of State, 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, $490,000, of which not to exceed $35,000Services in the District. shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia under the Classification Act of 1923. relief and protection of american seamen For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries,Relief etc., of American seamen. in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, $125,000. salaries of foreign service officersForeign Service officers. For salaries of Foreign Service officers as provided in the ActSalaries.Vol. 43, p. 140. approved May 24, 1924, entitled “An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes,” $2,890,000. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULARDiplomatic and consular. salaries, diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers while receiving instructions and in transit To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls,Instruction and transit pay. vice consuls, and other officers of the United States for the period actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the[R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309](/us/rs/s1740/p309). Revised Statutes, $20,000. transportation of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual andTransportation, etc., expenses. 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 in connection with leaves of absence, $275,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Passage on foreign ships restricted. 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. 335 emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising inEmergencies.Neutrality Act. the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial 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 For payment under the provisions of section 1749 of the RevisedAllowance for officers dying abroad. Statutes of the United States to the widows or heirs at law of Diplomatic,[R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311](/us/rs/s1749/p311). 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 foe interment For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of Diplomatic,Bringing home re-mains of officers dying abroad. 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, $4,090. post allowances to diplomatic, consular. and foreign servicePost allowances. officers To enable the President, in his discretion, and in accordance withSpecial allowances to officers to meet living expenses. 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. INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, COMMISSIONS, BUREAUS, AND SO FORTH cape spartel light, coast of morocco For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spar tel 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, $2,000. international bureau of weights and measures For contribution to the maintenance of the Intel-national 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, $3,000. 336 international bureau for publication of customs tariffs To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense forInternational Customs Tariffs Bureau.Vol. 26, p. 1518. the year ending March 31, 1927, of sustaining the international bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, pursuant to the convention proclaimed December 17, 1890, $1,400. 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 $1,200 for rent of offices, and the expenses of maintenance, and operation of a motor truck, $36,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $6,000 of such sum may*Proviso*.Water gauging. in the discretion of the President be used for taking over the water gauging now being done by the State of Texas. boundary line, alaska and canada, and the united states and canada To enable the Secretary of State to mark the boundary and makeBoundary, Alaska, and Canada.Vol. 32, p. 1961. 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, drafts-men, and clerks as are necessary; and for the more effective demarkation and mapping, pursuant to the treaty of April 11, 1908, betweenLand and water boundary, United States and Canada.Vol. 35, p. 2003. the United States and Great Britain, of the land and water 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 State, $35,000: *Provided*, That when the commissioner is absent from*Proviso*.Subsistence when absent from Washington. 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 For subscription of the United States as an adhering member ofInternational Prison Commission. the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a com-mission, including preparation of reports, $2,550. pan american unionPan American Union. For the payment of the quota of the United States for the supportQuota for support, and printing and binding.*Proviso*.Use of moneys from other Republics. of the Pan American Union, $126,713,58, and for printing and Landing of the union, $20,000; in all, $146,713.58: *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 union and of carrying out the orders of the said governing board. 337 international bureau of the permanent court of arbitration To meet the share of the United States in the expenses for theInternational Bureau, Permanent Court of Arbitration.Vol. 36, p. 2222. calendar year 1925 of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, created under article 43 of the convention concluded at The Hague, October 18, 1907, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, $2,000. bureau of interparliamentary union for promotion of international arbitration For the contribution of the United States toward the maintenanceInterparliamentary Union for Promoting International Arbitration. of the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union for the promotion of international arbitration, $6,000. 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 institute of agriculture at rome, italyInternational Institute of Agriculture. For the payment of the quota of the United States, including theQuota, including dependencies. 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 1927, $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 sup-port 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 1927, $34,740; For salary of the one member of the permanent committee ofMember of Committee. the International Institute of Agriculture for the calendar year 1927, $5,000; For the cost of translating into and printing in the English languageTranslating publications. 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 Railway Congress. the International Railway Congress for the year ending April 15, 1927, $800. pan american sanitary bureau For the annual share of the United States for the maintenance ofPan American Sanitary Bureau.*Post*, p. 865. the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for the year 1927. $29,222.32. 338 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. 1927 toward the support of the International Office of Public Health, created by the international arrangement signed at Rome, December 9, 1907, in pursuance of article 181 of the International Sanitary Convention signed at Paris on December 3, 1903, $3,860. international radiotelegaphic convention For the share of the United States for the calendar year 1927, asInternational Radiotelegraphic Convention.Vol. 37, p. 1569. 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 inter-american high commission To defray the actual and necessary expenses on the part of theInter-American High Commission.United States section.Vol. 39. p. 8. United States section of the Inter-American High Commission, $21,000, 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 For salaries and expenses, including salaries of commissioners andCanadian Boundary Waters Joint Commission. 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 jointVol, 35, p. 2448. expenses of the International Joint Commission incurred under the 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, $32,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be*Proviso*.Subsistence when absent from Washington. 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 of residence on official business: *Provided further*, That a part of thisRent in the District. 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 the government of panama To enable the Secretary of State to pay to the Government ofPanama.Annual payment to. Panama the fifteenth annual payment, due on February 26, 1927, from the Government ofVol. 33, p. 2238. the United States to the Government of Panama under article 14 of the treaty of November 18, 1903, $250,000. 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 fifth 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. 339 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: Inter-national 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; International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, $128; in all, $3,480, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. international hydrographic bureau For the annual contribution of the United States toward theInternational Hydrographic Bureau. maintenance of the Intelnational Hydrographic Bureau, $5,790. foreign hospital at cafe town For annual contribution toward the support of the SomersetSomerset Hospital, Cape Town. Hospital (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 trade-mark 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 Ha ban a, including 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, $1,700. mixed claims commission, united states and germany For the expenses of determining the amounts of claims againstGerman Mixed Claims Commission.Vol. 42, p. 2200. Germany by the Mixed Claims Commission established under the agreement concluded between the United States and Germany on August 10, 1922, for the determination of the amount to be paid by Germany in satisfaction of the financial obligations of Germany under the treaty concluded between the Governments of the United States and Germany on August 25, 1921, for the expenses of determiningAustria and Hungary claims added.Vol. 43, p. 1339. the amounts of claims against Austria and Hungary by the Tripartite Claims Commission established under the agreement concluded between the United States and Austria and Hungary on November 26, 1924, for the determination of the amount to be paid by Austria and Hungary in satisfaction of the financial obligations of Austria and Hungary under the treaties concluded between the 340Governments of the United States and Austria on August 24, 1921,Vol 42, pp. 1$«L ISM. and between the Governments of the United States and Hungary on August 29, 1921, and/or the treaties of St. Germain-en-Laye and Trianon, respectively, including the expenses which under the terms of such agreement of August 10, 1922, and the agreement of November 26, 1924, are chargeable in part to the United States; and the expenses of an agency of the United States to perform allAgency expenses. necessary services in connection with the preparation of claims and the presentation thereof before said mixed and tripartite com-missions, including salaries of an agent and necessary counsel and other assistants and employees, rent in the District of Columbia, contingent expenses, traveling expenses and per diem in lieuSubsistence allowance, etc. 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, $140,000. general and special claims commission, united states and mexico For the expenses of the settlement and adjustment of claims by theMexican Claims Commissions.Vol. 43, pp. 1722,1730. 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 expensesAgency 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, contingent expenses, traveling and subsistence expenses (and the SecretarySubsistence allowance, etc. 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, $350,000. international statistical institute at the hague For the annual contribution of the United States to the InternationalInternational Statistical Bureau. Statistical Bureau at The Hague for the year 1927, as authorized by public resolution approved April 28, 1924, $2,000, to beVol. 43, p. 112. expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. international fisheries commission For the share of the United States of the expenses of the Internationalinternational Fisheries Commission.Share of United States In expenses.Vol. 43, p. 1841. 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 com-mission, traveling and subsistence expenses (and the Secretary of State may allow per diem in lieu of subsistence for foreign travel at not to exceed $8), 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 under the direction of the Secretary of State, $28,500. 341 JUDICIAL united states court for china Judge, $8,000; district attorney, $4,000; marshal, $3,000; clerk,United States court for China.Salaries and expenses. $3,000; assistant clerk, $2,400; stenographer and court reporter, $2,400: stenographer, $1,800; court expenses, including reference law books, ice, and drinking water for office purposes, $7,400; in all, $32,000. 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, 1927, is appropriated. prisons for american convicts For expenses of maintaining in China, the former OttomanConsular prisons, etc. Empire, 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, $15,000. bringing home criminals For actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countriesBringing home criminals. 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 JUSTICEDepartment of Justice. office of the attorney general Salaries: For Attorney General, $15,000; Solicitor General,Attorney General, Solicitor General, Assistant, Solicitors, and office personnel.Vol. 42. p. 1488. $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, Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, the Solicitor of*Ante*, p. 176. Internal Revenue, and the office forces of the Solicitors of the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, $959,240; in all, $993,240. For the purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals,Law books etc. 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 and adding machines and the exchange thereof and repairs thereto, street-car fares not exceeding $300, newspapers, press clippings, and 342other necessaries ordered by the Attorney General; official transportation, including the repair, maintenance, and operation of a motor-driven passenger car, delivery truck, and motor cycle, to be used only for official purposes, and purchase and repair of bicycles, $63,000. For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District ofRent. Columbia, $100,000, if space can not be assigned by the Public Buildings Commission in buildings under the control of that commission. For printing and binding for the Department of Justice and thePriming and binding. courts of the United States, $235,000. For traveling and other miscellaneous and emergency expenses,Traveling, etc., expenses. including advances made by the disbursing clerk, authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, the provisions of section 3648, Revised Statutes, to the contrary[R. S., sec. 3448, p, 718](/us/rs/s3448/p718). notwithstanding, $7,500. miscellaneous objects, department of justiceMiscellaneous. Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, $8,000;Conduct of customs cases.Assistant Attorney General, attorneys, etc.Vol. 36, p. 108. special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney 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, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved 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, $103,200. Defending suits in claims against the United States: For necessaryDefending suits In claims. expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses, procuring evidence, employment of experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, and such other expenses as may be necessary in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including Indian depredation claims, to be expended underIndian depredation claims. the direction of the Attorney General, $75,000. Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detectionDetection and prosecution of crimes. and prosecution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States;Protection of the President. 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; 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 Lire to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and to bePer diem subsistence.Vol. 38, p. 680. expended under the direction of the Attorney General; per diem in lieu of subsistence when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914, including not to exceed $210,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia,Services in the District. and including a Director of the Bureau of Investigation at notDirector, Bureau of Investigation. 343exceeding $7,500 per annum, $2,154,280: *Provided*, That this appropriation*Provisos*.Advance.[R. S., Sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). shall be available for 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 contrary notwithstanding: *Provided further*,Appointment of necessary officials. 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. examination of judicial offices For the investigation of the official acts, records, and accounts ofInvestigating official acts, records of court officials, etc. 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, and 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 not to exceed $49,500 for personal servicesServices in the District.Per diem subsistence.Vol. 38, p. 680. in the District of Columbia, $149,500; per diem in lieu of subsistence when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved August 1, 1914; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General: *Provided*, That this appropriation*Provisos*.Advances. shall be available for advances to be made by the disbursing clerk of the Department of Justice when authorized and approved by the[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). Attorney General, the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding: *Provided further*, ThatAppointment of necessary officials. 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 experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, including not toServices in the District.*Provisos*.Use for prosecuting labor organizations, etc., forbidden. exceed $64,980 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $200,000: *Provided*, That no part of this money shall 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 shall be expendedAssociations of farmers, etc. 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.Vol. 34, p. 370; Vol. 36, p. 539; Vol. 37, p. 701; Vol. 38, p. 210; Vol. 40, p. 272; Vol. 41, p. 474. expenses of assistant to the Solicitor General in representing the Government in all matters arising under the Act entitled “An Act 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: The unexpendedWar frauds. balance on June 30, 1926, of the appropriation “Investigation andBalance available for investigating and prosecuting.Vol. 43, p. 1027. prosecution of war frauds, 1926,” is continued and made available for the same purposes, and for the employment of regular assistants to United States district attorneys (not exceeding $100,000) if that amount is not needed for the investigation and prosecution of war 344frauds, during the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That not more than*Proviso*.Pay restriction. one person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $7,500 per annum. pueblo lands board For expenses of the Pueblo Lands Board, including compensationPueblo Lands Board. for member appointed by the President of the United States, andExpenses.Vol. 43, p. 636. for clerical assistants, interpreters, surveyors, and stenographers, rental of quarters, travel expenses, fees of witnesses, telephone and telegraph service, including the maintenance and operation of a passenger-carrying motor vehicle, $39,000. JUDICIALJudicial. united states supreme courtUnited States Supreme Court. Salaries: Chief Justice, $15,000; eight Associate Justices, atSalaries. $14,500 each; and all other officers and employees, whose compensationEmployees, assistant to reporter, etc. shall be fixed by the court, except as otherwise provided by law, and who may be employed and assigned by the Chief Justice*Post*, p. 677. to any office or work of the court, including an additional assistant to the reporter of the court, if the court deems one necessary, to enable the reporter to expedite the publication of its reports, $106,046; in all, $237,046. For printing and binding for the Supreme Court of the UnitedPrinting and binding. 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*Post*, p. 678. order: and for printing and binding the official reports of theOfficial Reports, etc. Supreme Court of the United States, and advance pamphlet installments thereof, during the fiscal year 1927, to be expended as required, without allotment by quarters, $25,000; in all, $50,000. miscellaneous expenses, supreme court For miscellaneous expenses of the Supreme Court of the UnitedMiscellaneous. States, to be expended as the Chief Justice may direct, $18,874. For the salary of the Reporter, $8,000; and for his expenses forReporter, salary and expenses. professional and clerical assistance and stationery, to be paid upon vouchers signed by him and approved by the Chief Justice, $3,500;*Post*, p. 677. in all, $11,500. salaries of judgesJudges. For salaries of thirty-four circuit judges, at $8,500 each; oneSalaries of circuit, district, and retired. hundred and twenty-seven district judges (including two in the Territory of Hawaii and one in the Territory of Porto Rico), at $7,500 each; and judges retired under section 260 of the JudicialVol. 40, p. 1157. Code, as amended by the Act of February 25, 1919; in all, $1,350,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for the salaries*Proviso*.Available for ail judges. of all United States justices and circuit and district judges lawfully entitled thereto, whether active or retired. national park commissionersNational park commissioners. For the salaries of the Commissioners in the Crater Lake, Glacer,Salaries. Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks, $11,160, which shall be in lieu of all fees and compensation heretofore authorized. 345 court of customs appealsCourt of Customs Appeals. Salaries: Presiding judge and four associate judges, at $8,500Salaries. each: and all other officers and employees of the court, $27,390; in all, $69,890. For rent of necessary quarters in the District of Columbia andRent, miscellaneous expenses, etc. 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. $4,000: in all, $14,000. court of claimsCourt of Claims. Salaries: Chief justice, $8,000; four judges, at $7,500 each; and Salaries.all other officers and employees of the court, $58,212; in all, $96,212. For printing and binding for the Court of Claims, $40,000.Printing and binding.Miscellaneous. For stationery, court library, repairs, including repairs to bicycles, fuel, electric light, electric elevator, and other miscellaneous expenses, $6,600. For salaries of seven commissioners, at $5,000 each; for travelCommissioners, salaries and expenses. expenses, compensation of stenographers authorized by the court, and for stenographic and other fees and charges necessary in the taking of testimony and in the performance of the duties prescribed in the act entitled “An Act to authorize the appointment of commissionersVol. 43, p. 964. by the Court of Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation,” approved February 24, 1925, $34,000: in all, $69,000. territorial courtsTerritorial 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 $7,000Hawaii. 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, $3,400,000, including not to exceed $3,500 for the purchase of a motor-driven passenger-carrying van for the official use of the office of the United States marshal for the southern district of New York in the transportation of prisoners: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Keeping attached vessels, etc. That there shall be paid hereunder 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,Per diem subsistence. may allow: *Provided 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. 346 For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses ofDistrict attorneys.Salaries, etc. 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, $1,000,900. For assistants to the Attorney General and to United StatesAssistants in special cases.*Ante*, p. 176. district attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases, and for payment of foreign counsel employed by the AttorneyForeign counsel. General in special cases (such counsel shall not be required to take oath of office in accordance with section 366, Revised Statutes of the[R. S., sec. 356, p. 52](/us/rs/s356/p52). United States), $400,000: *Provided*, That the amount paid as compensation*Proviso*.Pay restriction. out of the funds herein appropriated to any person employed hereunder shall not exceed $10,000. For salaries of clerks of United States circuit courts of appealsClerks of courts.Salaries, etc. and United States district courts, their deputies, and other assistants, expenses of travel and subsistence, and other expenses of conducting their respective offices, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved February 26, 1919, and the Act approved June 1, 1922,Vol. 40, p. 1182.Vol. 42, p. 616. mailing appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, $1,750,000: *Provided*, That per diem in lieu of subsistence not to exceed $4*Proviso*.Per diem subsistence. may be granted to deputy clerks and clerical assistants to clerks of United States district courts, instead of but under conditionsVol. 40, p. 1182. applicable to the allowance for actual expenses of subsistence, as provided in the above-mentioned Act of February 26, 1919. For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peaceCommissioners, etc. acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes of the United States,[R. S., sec. 1014, p. 180](/us/rs/s1014/p180). $500,000. For fees of jurors, $1,575,000.Jurors.*Ante*, p. 323.Witnesses.*Ante*, p. 324.[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, $1,400,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $10,000 of this amount shall be available*Proviso*.Pay, etc., on approval of Attorney General. for such compensation and expenses of witnesses or informants as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, which approval shall be conclusive. For rent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers,Rent of court rooms. $80,000. For bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crierBailiffs, etc. in each court, except in the southern district of New York and the northern district or Illinois; expenses of circuit and district judgesTraveling, etc., expenses of 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 section 259 of the Act entitled “ An Act to codify, revise, and amendVol. 36, p. 1161. the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911; mealsJury expenses. and lodging for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when ordered by the court, and meals 347and lodging for jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 193, TitleAlaska.Vol. 31, p. 363. II. of the Act of June 6, 1900; and compensation for jury commissioners, $5 per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, $330,000: *Provided*, That no per diem shall be paid to any*Proviso*.Service restriction. bailiff or crier unless the court is actually in session and the judge present and presiding or present in chambers; For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized or approvedMiscellaneous. by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the, Attorney General, including also 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, $755,000. For supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and addingSupplies. machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and ammunition therefor, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $70,000. For the purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof,Books for judicial officers. for United States judges, district attorney’s, and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the nine United States circuit courts of appeals, for the purchase of the Federal Reporter andFederal Reporter. continuations thereto as issued, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General: *Provided*, That such books shall in all*Proviso*.Transmittal to successors. cases be transmitted to their successors in office; all books purchased thereunder to be marked plainly, “The property of the United States,” $65,000. penal and correctional institutionsPenal, etc., institutions. For all services, supplies, materials, and equipment in connectionAll services, supplies, etc., for. with or incident to the subsistence and care of inmates and maintenance and upkeep of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including farm and other operations not otherwise specifically provided for, in the discretion of the Attorney General; gratuities for inmates at release, provided such gratuities shall be furnished to inmates sentenced for terms of imprisonment of not less than six months, and transportation to the place of conviction or bona fide residence at the time of conviction or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; expenses of interment or transporting remains of deceased inmates to their homes in the United States; not exceeding $500 at each institution for the maintenance and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles; traveling expenses of institution officials and employees when traveling on official duty, including expenses incurred in pursuing and identifying escaped inmates; traveling expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by law incurred in the discharge of their official duties; rewards for the capture of escaped inmates; newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance, books, and periodicals; firearms and ammunition; tobacco for inmates; and the purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock, when authorized by the Attorney General: *Provided*, That the United*Proviso*.Reimbursement of District Inmates. States shall he reimbursed, as heretofore, for the maintenance of District of Columbia inmates, and all sums paid by such District for such maintenance for the service of the fiscal year 1927 and subsequent fiscal years shall be covered into the Treasury as “Miscellaneous receipts”: United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: For the UnitedLeavenworth, Kans.Salaries and expenses. States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, including not to exceed $244,600 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, and 348including not to exceed $1,000 for the purchase of two motor cycles with side cars, $811,493. For continuing construction and final completion of the administrationBuildings. building and rotunda, $135,000, to remain available until expended, and to be so expended as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of such penitentiary. For the construction of dikes and revetment to protect the easternProtecting bridge approach at Fort Leaven-worth. pier and approach of the bridge across the Missouri River at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the work to be done by the inmates of Leaven-worth Penitentiary, $25,000. The appropriation of $250,000 for the fiscal year 1926, for a workingWorking capital capital fund, is reappropriated and made available for the fiscalReappropriation.Vol. 43, p. 1032. year 1927; and the said working capital fimd and all receipts credited thereto may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1927. United States Penitentiary, Atlanta Georgia: For the UnitedAtlanta, Ga.Salaries, etc. States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, including not to exceed $244,360 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $866,072. The unexpended balance of the item of $20,000 available only forDrainage.Unexpended balance available. drainage, made part of the appropriation for miscellaneous expenditures at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, as contained in the Act making appropriations for the Departments ofVol. 43, p. 1032. State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor for the fiscal year 1925, and made available for the fiscal year 1926 by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1925, is hereby continued and made available for the fiscal year 1927. For the purchase and installation of new boilers, and all expensesPower Louse improvements. connected therewith, including repairs and alterations to the power house necessary to the installation, $200,000, and to be so expended as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of such penitentiary. The appropriation of $150,000 for the fiscal year 1925 for a workingWorking capital.Reappropriation.Vol. 43, p. 223. capital fund is re appropriated and made available for the fiscal year 1927; and the said working capital fund and all receipts credited thereto may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That not exceeding $6.000 of this fund may be*Proviso*.New building for textile mill. used to construct an addition to the textile mill building, and to be so expended as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of such penitentiary. United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington: For theMcNeil Island Wash.Salaries, etc. United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, including not to exceed $75,220 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $319,047. For the construction of additional cell houses, $100,000, to remainNew cell houses. available until expended, and to-be expended so as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of said penitentiary. Federal Industrial Institution for Women, Alderson, West Virginia:Industrial Institution for Women.Salaries, etc.*Post*, p. 860. For the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alderson, West Virginia, including not to exceed $70,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $190,100. United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio: ForIndustrial Reformatory.Salaries, etc. the United States Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, including not to exceed $98,400 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $350,000. National Training School for Boys, Washington, District ofNational Training School for Boys, D. C.>Salaries, etc. Columbia: For the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, including not to exceed $67,010 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $142,793. Probation system, United States courts: For salaries and actualProbation system.Pay, etc., of officers. expenses of probation officers, as provided by section 3 of the Act 349entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a probationVol. 43. p. 1260. system in the United States courts, except in the District of Columbia,” approved March 4, 1925, $50,000. 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 Iide 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, $1,974,000. Inspection of prisons and prisoners: For the inspection of UnitedInspection of prisons and prisoners. States prisons and prisoners, including traveling expenses of the superintendent of prisons, assistant superintendents of prisons, and clerk to the superintendent of prisons when traveling on official business of any character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $10,000. TITLE III— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEDepartment of Commerce. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, $15,000: 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, $239,500; in all, $254,500. 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) for which payment may be made in advance; stationery; furniture arid repairs to same; carpets, matting, oil-cloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; fuel, lighting, and heating; purchase and exchange of 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 $500; and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $262,000, which sum shall constitute the appropriation for contingent expenses of the department and shall also be available for the purchase of necessary suppliesAvailable for field service. and equipment for field services of bureaus and offices of the 350department for which contingent and miscellaneous appropriations are specifically made in order to facilitate the purchase through thePurchases. central purchasing office (Division of Supplies), as provided in theVol. 36, p. 531. Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 531). For rent of buildings in the District of Columbia^ $66,500.Rent. For rent of storage space outside the Commerce Building, $1,500. For all printing and binding for the Department of Commerce,Printing and binding.Department, etc. including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, except the Patent Office, $655,920: *Provided*, That an amount not to exceed $2,000 of this*Proviso*.Copy editors. appropriation may be expended for salaries of persons detailed from the Government Printing Office for service as copy editors. For the Patent Office; For printing the weekly issue of patents,Patent Office. designs, trade-marks, prints, and labels, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly and annual indices, $977,311; for miscellaneous printing and binding, $55,000; in all, $1,032,311. bureau of foreign and domestic commerceForeign and Domestic Commerce 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, $260,977. Commercial attachés: For commercial attachés, to be appointedCommercial attachés. 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 be of interest to the United States; and for the compensation of a clerk or clerks for each commercialClerks, etc. attaché 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 outsideOutside rent, etc. of the District of Columbia, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference, and periodicals, maps, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, news-papers (both foreign and domestic) not exceeding $700, and all other publications, travel to and from the United States, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing; such commercial attachés shall serve directly under the Secretary of Commerce and shall report directly to him, $335,000: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Assignments to duty In Department. not to exceed two commercial attachés employed under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned for duty in the Department of Commerce without loss of salary: *Provided further*, That payment in advance of subscriptions forAdvance subscriptions authorized. newspapers, rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby authorized.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, type-writing, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, maps, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, newspapers (both foreign and domestic) not exceeding $700, and all other publications for the promotion of the commercial interests of the United States, rentOutside rent. outside the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence 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, $472,350, to be 351expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Services to the District. That not more than $63,725 of the foregoing sum may be used for personal services in Washington, District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That not more than four trade commissioners employedAssignments to duty in Department. under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned to duty in the Department of Commerce: *Provided, further*, That payment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers,Advance subscriptions authorized. rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby authorized. 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, not exceeding $400 for newspapers, both foreign and domestic, for which payment may be made in advance, and all other publications necessary for the promotion of the commercial interests of the United States, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $330,000, of which amount not to exceedServices to the District. $16,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Commerce may require*Proviso*.Office without cost. as a condition for the opening of a new office or the continuation of an existing office that commercial organizations in the District affected provide suitable quarters without cost to the Government or at rentals at lower than prevailing rates. The Secretary may,Discretionary authority of the Secretary. at his discretion, refuse to open a new office or continue an existing office where such assistance from local commercial organizations is not provided. 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 $700, and all other publications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling andOutside rent. 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, $333,090, of which amount not to exceed $104,615 may be expended for personal servicesServices in the District.*Provisos*.Assignments to duty in the Department. 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: *Provided further*, That payment inAdvance subscriptions, etc. advance of subscriptions for newspapers, rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby authorized. Promoting commerce in the Far East: To further promote andPromoting commerce in the Far East. develop the commerce of the United States with the Far East, including personal services in the District of Columbia and else-where, 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 outsideOutside rent. of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not 352included in the foregoing, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, $290,000, of which amount not to exceedServices in the District.*Provisos*. $98,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That not more than two trade commissionersAssignments to duty in the Department. employed under this appropriation may be recalled from their foreign posts and assigned to duty in the Department of Commerce: *Provided further*, That payment in advance of subscriptions forAdvance subscriptions, etc. newspapers, rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby authorized. Enforcement of China Trade Act: To carry out the provisions ofChina Trade Act.Enforcement expense.Vol. 42, p. 849; Vol. 43, p. 995. the Act entitled “ China Trade Act, 1922,” including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 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 books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications,Outside rent. maps, manuscripts, and all other publications; rent outside the District of Columbia, and all necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $30,000, of which amount not to exceed $10,820 may beServices in the District. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That payment in advance for telephone and other similar*Provisos*.Advance subscriptions, etc. services under this appropriation is hereby authorized. Export Industries: To enable the Bureau of Foreign and DomesticExport Industries.Investigating problems of. 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 States, Including personal services in the District of Columbia notOutside rent, etc. to exceed $583,529, 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, plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rentServices in the District. outside District of Columbia, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, $620,440. Domestic commerce and raw-materials investigations: For allRaw materials, and manufactures.Compiling data as to lie disposition of. 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 suppliesOutside rent, etc. and first-aid outfits, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, maps, 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, $165,000, of which amount not to exceed $111,480, may be expendedServices in the District.Customs statistics.Expenses of collecting, compiling, etc.Vol. 42, p. 1109. for personal services in the District of Columbia. Customs statistics: For all expenses necessary for the operation 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 353employees while traveling on official business; freight, express, dray-age; tabulating cards, stationery, and miscellaneous office supplies; books of reference, and periodicals; furniture and equipment; ice, water, heat, light, and power; street-car fare; and all other necessary and incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $335,000. Lists of foreign buyers: For all necessary expenses, including personalDirectory of Foreign Buyers.Expenses of compiling. 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 of Columbia, traveling andOutside rent. 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 lists of foreign buyers, $20,000, of which amount not to exceed $19,520 mayServices in the District.*Proviso*.Charges authorized. be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Commerce may make such charges as he deems reasonable for lists of foreign buyers, special statistical services, special commodity news bulletins, and World Trade Directory Reports, and the amounts collected therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury as “Miscellaneous Receipts.” Investigation of foreign trade restrictions: For all necessaryForeign trade restrictions.Expenses of collecting, coin piling, etc., information of. expenses, 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, rentOutside rent, etc. 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, $35,000, of which amount not to exceed $34,000 may beServices in the District. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Transportation and interment of remains of officers and employees:Bringing home remains of officers, etc. 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. Transportation of families and effects of officers and employees:Transportation of families and effects of officers, etc. 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 Domestic Commerce, $35,000: *Provided*, That no part of said sum*Proviso*.Restriction on using foreign vessels. 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. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign andExpenses of attending commercial meeting authorized. Domestic Commerce shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. 354 bureau of the censusCensus 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, $993,000. Collecting statistics: For Securing information for census reports,Collecting information for 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 of transcribing State,Vital statistics. municipal, and other records; temporary rental of quarters outside of the District of Columbia; for supervising special agents, andSpecial agents. 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 law in addition to anyTobacco statistics. other fund available therefor, and including not to exceed $5,000 for the employment by contract of personal services for the preparation of monographs on census subjects: *Provided*, That the compensation*Proviso*.Pay restriction. of not to exceed ten special agents provided for in this paragraph may be fixed at a rate not to exceed $8 per day, $931,000, of which amount not to exceed $350,000 may be expended for personal servicesServices in the District.Unexpended balance available.Vol. 43, p. 1037. in the District of Columbia, including temporary personnel. The unexpended balance of the appropriation, collecting statistics, 1926, is hereby made available until June 30, 1927. Tabulating machines: For constructing tabulating machines, andTabulating machines, etc. 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 necessary machinery and supplies, $50,000, of which not to exceed $44,000 may be expended for personal services in the District ofServices in the District. Columbia. steamboat inspection serviceSteamboat Inspection Service. Salaries: For the Supervising Inspector General and other personalSupervising Inspector General, and office personnel. services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923. $31,060. Steamboat inspectors: For ten supervising inspectors;Inspectors.Assistants at designated ports. inspectors of 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; Portland (Maine), two; Los Angeles, four; Galveston, two; Mobile, two; Savannah, two; Toledo, two; and three traveling inspectors; In all, for inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service, $755,000. Clerk hire, Steamboat Inspection Service: For compensation ofClerk hire. 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: For the payment of fees to witnesses; forContingent expenses. traveling and other expenses when on official business of the Super-vising 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 provisions of Title 52, Revised Statutes, $133,450.[R. S., Title LII, pp. 852-869](/us/rs/tLII/pp852–869). 355 bureau of navigationNavigation 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, $63,960. Admeasurement of vessels: To enable the Commissioner of NavigationAdmeasurement of vessels. 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. Enforcement of navigation laws: To enable the Secretary of CommerceMotor boats to en-force navigation laws. 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, $89,600. Preventing overcrowding of passenger vessels: To enable the SecretaryPreventing over-crowding of vessels. of Commerce to employ, temporarily, such persons as may be necessary, of whom not more than two at any one time may be employed 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.*Post*, p. 1174. 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, $335,006, of which amount not to exceed $45,606 may be expended for personal services in theServices In the District. District of Columbia. Shipping Commissioners: For salaries of shipping commissioners,Shipping commissioners. $37,706. Clerk hire: For compensation, to be fixed by the Secretary ofClerk hire. Commerce, to each person or clerk in the offices of shipping com-missioners, $89,640. Contingent expenses: For rent, stationery, and other requisites forContingent expenses. 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 theDirector, and office personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $567,320. Equipment: For apparatus, machinery, tools, and appliances usedEquipment. in connection with buildings or work of the bureau, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, 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, $88,060, including $18,000 for repairs and necessary 356alterations to buildings: *Provided*, That the responsibility for the*Proviso*.Care of buildings transferred from office of Public Building, etc.Vol. 42, p. 1239. care, maintenance, and protection of the buildings occupied by the Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce in the District of Columbia and the disbursement of the funds appropriated there-for, together with all the machinery? tools, equipment, and supplies used or for use, in connection therewith, shall be transferred on July 1, 1926, from the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital to the Secretary of Commerce. General expenses: For fuel for heat, light, and power; officeGeneral expenses. expenses, stationery, cleaning and toilet supplies, books and periodicals, which may be exchanged when not needed for permanent use; traveling expenses (including expenses of attendance upon meetingsAttendance on technical meetings, etc. of technical and professional societies when required in connection with standardization, testing, or other official work of the bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary); street-car fares not exceeding $100; expenses of the visiting committee; expenses of attendance of American member at the meeting of the International Committee of Weights and Measures; purchaseInternational Committee of Weights and Measures. 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, $68,355. Improvement and care of grounds: For grading, construction ofCare, etc., of grounds. 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, $12,000, of which amount not to exceed $8,760 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 theServices in the District. field, $230,000, of which amount not to exceed $180,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Disseminating information as to 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 maintenance and operation of testingTesting machines for physical constants. 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 exceed $34,020 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of fire-resisting properties: For investigation of fire-resistingFire resisting building materials. 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 not to exceed $22,640 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of public-utility standards: For investigation of theMeasurements, etc., of public utilities. 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 357service, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the held, $100,000, of which amount not to exceed $90,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing miscellaneous materials: For testing miscellaneous materials,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 not to exceed $42,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Radio research: For investigation and standardization of methodsRadio standardization, etc. and instruments employed in radio communication, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $49,800, of which amount not to exceed $47,200 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Color standardization: To develop color standards and methodsIndustrial color standardization, etc. of manufacture and of color measurements, with special reference to their industrial use in standardization and specification of colorants such as dyestuffs, inks, and pigments, and other products, paint, paper, and textiles, in which color is a pertinent property, including 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. Investigation of clay products: To study methods of measurementClay products processes. 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 the District of Columbia in the field, $47,000, of which amount not to exceed $41,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standardizing mechanical appliances: To develop methods ofStandardizing mechanical appliances. testing and standardizing machine, motors, tools, measuring instruments,Mechanical, hydraulic, aeronautic devices, etc. and other apparatus and devices used in mechanical, hydraulic, 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 there-with, 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 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 $17,000 may be expended for personal 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, $35,000, of which amount not to exceed $29,960 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 invoking the standardization and manufacture of sugars; for the study of the technical problems incidental to the collection of the 358revenue on sugar and to determine the fundamental scientific constants of sugars and other substances; for the standardization andBard and unusual types. 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 not to exceed $35,000 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. 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 personal 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 mines, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $12,800, of which amount not to exceed $0,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Metallurgical research: For metallurgical research, including alloyMetallurgical 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 manufacture and products; investigation of materials used in the construction of rails,Hallway equipment. wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure; including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $43.1-10, of which amount not to exceed $10,080 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. High temperature investigations: For laboratory and field investigationsHigh temperature measurements. 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 $8,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Sound investigation; For the investigation of the principles ofBound investigations, sound and their application to military and industrial purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $10,580, of which amount not to exceed $9,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Industrial research: For technical investigations in cooperationIndustrial research investigations. 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, of which amount not to exceed $165,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing railroad track and other scales: For investigation andTesting large scales, etc.*Post*, p. 725. testing of railroad track scales, elevator scales, and other scales used in weighing commodities for interstate shipments and to secure 359equipment and assistance for testing the scales used by the Government in its transactions with the public, such as post office, 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 not to exceed $25,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standardization of equipment: To enable the Bureau of StandardsCooperative standardization of Industrial devices, etc. 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, $115,000, of which amount not to exceed $100,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standard materials: For purchase, preparation analysis, andStandards for checking chemical analyses. 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, $10,000, of which amount not to exceed $8,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of radioactive substances: For an investigation ofRadioactive investigations. radioactive substances and the methods of their measurements and testing, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $9,540, of which amount not to exceed $8,180 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of automotive engines: For the promotion of economyAutomotive engine investigations, etc. 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 $20,680 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. During the fiscal year 1927 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 transfer on theTransfer of funds to credit of Bureau. 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 work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made, including, where necessary, compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field. 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. 360 General expenses: For supplies, including replacement of andGeneral expenses. necessary additions to existing equipment, repairs, maintenance, and incidental expenses of lighthouses and other lights, beacons, buoy-age,Objects specified. 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; establishmentOil, etc., houses.*Proviso*.Limit for buildings. of 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 $1,000 at any one light station in any fiscal year; improvement of grounds and buildings connected with light stations and depots; restoring light stations and depots and buildings connected there-with: *Provided further*, That such restoration shall be limited toRestoring stations, etc. the original 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 commutationRations, etc. thereof for 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 suck vessel or party ; not exceeding $2,000 for packing, crating, and transporting personal household effects of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty; 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 in any fiscal year ; fuel, light, and rent of quarters where necessary for keepers of lighthouses; purchase of land sites for fog signals; rent of necessary ground forPurchase, etc., of land sites. 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,Travel expenses for retirement examinations.Vol. 43, p. 1261. including travel for the examinations authorized by the Act entitled “ An Act to provide for retirement for disability in the Lighthouse Service.” approved March 4, 1925; 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 keepers of lighthouses; all other contingent expenses of districtContingent expenses. offices and depots, including the purchase of provisions for sale to lighthouse keepers at isolated stations, and the appropriation reimbursed, and not exceeding $8,500 for contingent expenses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses in the District of Columbia. $4,240,000. Keepers of lighthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thousandKeepers. eight hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and persons attending lights exclusive of post lights, $1,970,000. Lighthouse vessels: For salaries and wages of officers and crewsOfficers, etc., of vessels. of light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employment when necessary, $2,245,000. Superintendents, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of seventeenSuperintendents, clerks, etc. in the field. superintendents of lighthouses, and of assistant superintendents, 361clerks, 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, $565,000. Retired pay: For retired pay of officers and employees engaged inRetired pay. the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $160,000. Public works: For constructing or purchasing and equippingPublic works. lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Lighthouse Service asVessels. may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce not to exceed $350,000; and for establishing and improving aids to navigationAids to navigation. and other works as may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce, $484,601; in all, $834,601. coast and geodetic surveyCoast and Geodetic Suvery. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work ofAH expenditures. 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 and Geodetic Survey prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, and under the following heads:Distribution. Field expenses, Atlantic coast: For surveys and necessary resurveysField expenses.Atlantic and Gulf coasts. of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United States, $122,420: *Provided*, That not more than $45,000 of this*Proviso*.Islands, etc., limitation. amount shall be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands and the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. Pacific coast: For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts onPacific Coast. the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, including not to exceed $3,000 for construction of temporary shelter for the care of equipment, $315,640; 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, including theCoast Pilot. employment of such pilots and nautical experts, and stenographic help in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, $6,500; Magnetic work: For continuing magnetic and seismological observationsMagnetic and seismological observations, etc. and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States; malting magnetic and seismological observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States; purchase of additional magnetic and seismological instruments; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic and seismological buildings; and including the employment in the field and office of such magnetic and seismological observers as may be necessary, $40,000; Federal, boundary, and State surveys: For continuing the lines ofFederal and State surveys, etc. exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts; determining geographic positions by triangulation and traverse for the 362control of Federal. State, boundary, county, city, and other surveys and engineering works in all parts of the United States ; determining field astronomic positions and the variation of latitude, including the maintenance and operation of the latitude observatory at Ukiah,Observatory, Ukiah, Calif. California, not exceeding $2,100; establishing lines of exact levels, determining geographic positions by triangulation and traverse, and making astronomic observations in Alaska: and continuing gravity observations in the United States and for making such observations in regions under the jurisdiction of the United States and also on islands and coasts adjacent thereto, $88,735; For executing precise triangulation and leveling in regions subjectEarthquake regions. to earthquakes, $10,000; Hawaiian triangulation: For adjusting the triangulation of theHawaii triangulation. Hawaiian Islands, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $1,000; For special surveys that may be required by the Bureau of LighthousesSpecial surveys. or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, $4,000; 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,Relief of shipwrecked, etc., persons. under 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 per-sons 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 attendanceAttending International Research Council. of representatives 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, $3,500; In all, field expenses, $618,570. Vessels: For repairs of vessels, including traveling expenses ofVessels.Repairs, etc. persons inspecting the repairs, and exclusive of engineer’s supplies and other ship chandlery, $81,000. 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, $650,000. Pay, commissioned officers: For pay and allowances prescribed byPay, etc., commissioned officers. law tor commissioned officers on sea duty and other duty, holding relative 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 existing law, $490,000: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Commerce*Provisos*.Assistant director. may designate one of the hydrographic and geodetic engineers to act as assistant director: *Provided further*, That hereafterReimbursement restricted if traveling on Government owned vessels. 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. 363 Office force: For personal services in the District of Columbia inOffice personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $425,000. Office expenses: For purchase of new instruments (except surveyingOffice expenses. 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 track ; heating, lighting, and power ; telephones, including operation of switch-board; telegrams, ice, and washing; office furniture, repairs, and including not to exceed $500 for construction of concrete pit for relocation of chart printing press in pressroom of building occupied by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the District of Columbia ; 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, $67,100. Appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic SurveySubsistence allowance restricted. shall not be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the director), except as now provided by law. bureau of fisheriesFisheries Bureau. Commissioner’s Office: For the Commissioner and other personalCommissioner, and office personnel. services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $164,778. For pay of employees in the field, as follows: Alaska service,Pay of field employees. $49,210; employees at large, $40,850; distribution
(car)employees, $33,600; employees at fish-cultural stations, $255,270; employees fish rescue station, Mississippi River Valley, $19,600; employees atVessel employees. biological stations, $39,000; for pay of officers and employees for the steamers Gannet, Halcyon, and Phalarope, $33,000; for officers and crew of vessels for Alaska Fisheries Service, $53,070; in all $523,600. Administration: For expenses of the office of the commissionerAdministration expenses. 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 of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration,Propagation expenses. improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, including movement, 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, $427,000, of which amount not to exceed $18,000 shall be available for the establishment of a fish-culturalLake Worth, Tex., Station.*Post*, p. 1215, station at Lake Worth. Texas, as a necessary auxiliary of the fish-cultural station at San Marcos, Texas, including the acquisition of land therefor by gift and the construction of buildings and ponds thereon, and the purchase of necessary equipment therefor, and $4,000 shall be available for the construction of a dwelling for the district supervisor or caretaker at the fish-culturalLa Crosse, Wis. station at La Crosse, Wisconsin. 364 Auxiliary fish-cultural station to Warm Springs, Georgia, fisheriesWarm Springs Station, Ga.Auxiliary station to.*Post*, p. 1215. station: For the establishment of a fish-cultural station in the State of Georgia, at a point to be selected by the Secretary of Commerce, for the propagation of the fishes indigenous to that region and as a necessary auxiliary to the fish-cultural station at Warm Springs, Georgia, including the acquisition of land, construction of buildings, ponds, and water supply, and the purchase of equipment, $30,000: *Provided*, That not exceeding $5,000 shall be expended for the*Proviso*.Limit for land. acquisition of land. 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, $120,000, of which amount $25,000 shall be immediately available for the purchase and installation of a Diesel engine and other equipment for the patrol boat Brant, and $10,000 shall be immediately available for the procurement of suppliesSupplies for Pribilof Islands. and equipment required for shipment to the Pribilof Islands :or the service of the fiscal year 1927. 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 1927 under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. Inquiry respecting food fishes: For inquiry into the causes of theFood Ashes inquiry. 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, $57,475. Fishery industries: For collection and compilation of statisticsStatistical inquiries. 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, $25,000. Sponge fisheries: For protecting the sponge fisheries, includingSponge fisheries.Protecting. 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 ofAlaska. Alaska, including the furnishing of food, fuel, clothing, and otherSeal fisheries protection; food to natives, etc. necessities of life to the natives of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska; not exceeding $30,000 for construction, 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, purchase of sea otters, and for all expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to protect theVol. 36, p. 326. seal fisheries 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 Tabor, and all other necessary expenses connected therewith, $340,000, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available. 365 mississippi wild life and fish refugeMississippi wild life and fish refuge. For construction of buildings and ponds, for equipment, maintenance,Construction, equipment, etc. operation, repair, and improvements, including expenditures for personal services at the scat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary, as authorized in the Act approved June 7,Vol. 43, p. 650. 1924, $25,000, and the appropriation for the Upper Mississippi RiverImmediately available for launches, etc. Fish Refuge contained in the Act of February 27, 1925, is hereby declared immediately available for construction and purchase of launches and equipment. power vessel for alaska fisheriesAlaska fisheries. For the purchase or construction of a vessel of sufficient size andVessel to enforce protection of fisheries. power to patrol offshore waters for the enforcement of the laws and*Post*, p. 853. regulations for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, $50,000. PATENT OFFICEPatent Office. salaries For the Commissioner of Patents and other personal services inCommissioner and office personnel the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $2,418,500: *Provided*, That of the amount herein appropriated*Proviso*.Temporary typists, etc. not to exceed $25,000 may be used for special and temporary services of typists certified by the Civil Service Commission, who may be employed in such numbers, at $4 per diem, as may, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Patents, be necessary to keep current the work of furnishing manuscript copies of records. For temporary additional employees in the Patent Office at ratesAdditional temporary employees. of compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, such employees to serve without annual or sick leave allowanceLimitation. and to be appointed under the provisions of the civil service laws, rules, and regulations for the purpose of making current the work of the Patent Office, $25,000. general expenses For purchase of law, professional, and other reference booksReference books, etc. and publications and scientific books, including their exchange, and expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign governments, and directories, $8,000. For producing copies of weekly issue of drawings of patentsCopies of weekly issues of patents, reproductions, etc. and designs; reproduction of copies of drawings and specifications of exhausted patents, designs, trade-marks, and other papers, such other papers when reproduced for sale to be sold at not less than cost plus 10 per centum; reproduction of foreign patent drawings; photo prints of pending application drawings; and photostat and photo-graphic supplies and dry mounts; and not to exceed $4,000 for the purchase and installation of photographic equipment, and the necessary appurtenances and supplies, to be used in the recording of assignments and other papers now copied by typewriter; $230,000. The headings of the drawings for patented cases may he multi-graphedMultigraphed headings. in the Patent Office for the purpose of photolithography. For investigating the question of public use or sale of inventionsInvestigating prior use of inventions. for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and such other questions arising in connection with applications for patents and the prior art as may be deemed necessary by the Com-missioner of Patents; and expense attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, $800. 366 For furniture and filing cases, $20,000.Furniture. For equipment, stationery, and other supplies and for specialSupplies for special per diem employees. services of per diem employees that may be employed in such numbers and at such rates of compensation (not to exceed $5 per diem) as in the judgment of the Commissioner of Patents may be necessary to check up the classified copies of patents in the public search room and to supply missing copies, $20,000. BUREAU OF MINESMines Bureau. salaries and general expenses Salaries and general expenses: For general expenses, includingDirector, office and field personnel, etc. pay of the director and necessary assistants, clerks, and other employees, in the office in the District of Columbia, and in the field, and every other expense requisite for and incident to the general work of the bureau in the District of Columbia, and in the field, including not to exceed $2,000 for necessary traveling expenses ofTravel, etc., to technical meetings. the director and employees of the bureau, acting under his direction, for attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, and scientific societies, when required in connection with the authorized work of the Bureau of Mines, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, $84,680, of which amount not to exceed $76,678 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: Investigating mine accidents: For investigations as to the causesInvestigating mine explosions, accidents, etc. of mine explosions, causes of falls of roof and coal, methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners, the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries and technologic investigations pertinent to the miningMining, etc., industry. industry, including all equipment, supplies, and expenses of travel and subsistence, $403,500, of which amount not to exceed $62,000, may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: Mining investigations in Alaska: For investigations and the disseminationInvestigations to improve. of information with a view to improving conditions in the mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries under the Act ofVol. 38, p. 057. March 3, 1915, and to provide for the inspection of mines and theAlaska mines. protection of the lives of miners in the Territory of Alaska, including personal services, equipment, supplies, newspapers, and expenses of travel and subsistence, $10,860: *Provided*, That section 192 of the*Proviso*.Alaska newspapers.[R. S., sec. 102, p. 31](/us/rs/s102/p31). Revised Statutes shall not apply, during the fiscal year 1927, to the purchase from this appropriation of newspapers published in Alaska; Operating mine rescue cars, and stations: For the investigationMine rescue cars, stations, etc.Improving, etc. and improvement of mine rescue and first-aid methods and appliances and the teaching of mine safety, rescue, and first-aid methods, including the exchange in part payment for operation, maintenance, and repair of mine rescueRescue car stations, equipments, etc. trucks, the construction of temporary structures and the repair, maintenance, and operation of mine rescue cars and Government-owned mine rescue stations and appurtenances thereto, and including personal services, traveling expenses and subsistence, equipment, and supplies including the purchase and exchange in part payment therefor of cooks’ uniforms, goggles, gloves, and such other articles or equipment as may be necessary in the operation of mine rescue cars and stations, including not to exceed $11,780 for personal services in the District of Columbia,Services in the District.*Proviso*. $277,380: *Provided*, That of this amount not to exceed $500 may 367be expended for the purchase and bestowal of trophies in connectionMine rescue trophies, etc. with mine rescue and first-aid contests; Testing fuel: To conduct inquiries and scientific and technologicInvestigating mineral fuels, etc. investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and use of mineral fuels, and for investigation of mineral fuels belonging to or for the use of the United States, with a view to their most efficient utilization, to recommend to various departments such changes in selection and use of fuel as may result in greater economy and, upon request of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to investigate the fuel-burning equipment in use by or proposed for any of the departments, establishments, or institutions of the United States in the District of Columbia, $154,000, of which amount not to exceed $28,000 may be expended for personal services in theServices in the District. District of Columbia; Mineral mining investigations: For inquiries and scientific andImproving mining conditions, etc.Studies and investigations for. technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of ores and mineral substances, other than fuels, with a view to improving health conditions and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting these industries; and including all equipment, supplies, expenses of travel and subsistence, and the purchase, operation, maintenance, repair, and exchange in part payment therefor, of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including not to exceed $48,560 for personal services in the District of Columbia,Services in the District.*Proviso*.Private work forbidden. $148,660: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for an investigation in behalf of any private party; Oil, gas, and oil-shale investigations: For inquiries and investigationsOil, gas, and oil shale investigations. and dissemination of information concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of petroleum, natural gas, and oil shale, including economic conditions affecting the industry, with a view to economic development and conserving resources through the prevention of waste; for the purchase of newspapersNewspapers. relating to the oil, gas, and allied industries: *Provided*, That section*Proviso*.[R. S., sec. 192, p. 30](/us/rs/s192/p30). 192 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to such purchase of newspapers from this appropriation; and for every other expenseAll other expenses. incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $211,000, of which amount not to exceed $26,020 may be expendedServices in the District. for personal services in the District of Columbia; Oil-shale investigations: For development of oil shale, includingOil shale, etc., development. purchase or mining and transportation of shale, operation, repairs, and alteration of plant, the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of experimental refinery, and for all necessary expenses incident thereto, including clerical and technical assistance, $89,000, of which amount not to exceed $8,000Services in the District. may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Sibling experiment stations: For the employment of personalMining experiment stations.Personal expenses, etc., of. services and all other expenses in connection with the establishment, maintenance, and operation of mining experiment stations, authorized by the Act approved March 3, 1915, $173,000, of which amount not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : For care andPittsburgh, Pa., station.Expenses. maintenance of buildings and grounds at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including personal services, the purchase, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles for 368official use, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including not to exceed $5,000 for additions and improvements, $64,320; Persons employed during the fiscal year 1927 in field work outsideTemporary details of field employees for service in the District. of the District of Columbia under the Bureau of Mines may be detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for purposes of preparing results of their field work; all persons so detailed shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation only their actual trailing expenses or per diem in lieu of subsistence in going to and returning therefrom: *Provided*, That nothing herein*Proviso*.Payment of necessary expenses. shall prevent the payment to employees of the Bureau of Mines of their necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu of subsistence while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia, for purposes only of consultation or investigations on behalf of the United States. AllReports thereof to be made. details made hereinunder, and the purposes of each, during the preceding fiscal year shall be reported in the annual estimates of appropriations to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of theDetails from Public Health Service. Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Mines; Government, fuel yards: For the purchase and transportation ofGovernment fuel yards.Purchase of fuel, maintenance, etc. fuel: storing and handling of fuel in yards; maintenance and operation of yards and equipment, including motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for inspectors, purchase of equipment, rentals, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including personal services in the District of Columbia, the unexpendedBalance reappropriated.Vol. 43, p. 1176. balance of the appropriations heretofore made for these purposes is reappropriated and made available for such purposes for the fiscal year 1927, and for payment of obligations for such purposes of prior years, and of such sum not exceeding $500 shall be available to settle claims for damages caused to private property by motor vehicles used in delivering fuel: *Provided*, That all moneys received*Proviso*.Sales credited to appropriation. from the sales of fuel shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the purposes of this paragraph; Mineral resources: For preparation of the reports of the mineralMineral resources of the United States.Preparing reports on. resources of the United States, including special statistical inquiries as to production, distribution, and consumption of the essential minerals, including personal services, traveling expenses and subsistence, and the purchase, operation, maintenance, exchange in part payment for, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $123,000, of which amount not to exceed $94,000 may beServices in the District. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Helium production and investigations: The sums made availableHelium production, etc.Advances from Army and Navy appropriations.Vol. 43, p. 1111. for the fiscal year 1927 in the Acts making appropriations for the War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be advanced from time to time upon requisition by the Secretary of Commerce in such amounts as may be determined by the President not in excess of the sums needed for the economical and efficient operation and maintenance of the plant for the production of helium for military and/or naval purposes, including not to exceed $12,260 for personal services in the District ofServices in the District. Columbia; Not to exceed $37,500 of each of the respective sums available, toAmounts authorized for transfers. the War and Navy Departments during the fiscal year 1.926 for the production or procurement of helium are continued and made available during the fiscal year 1927 for transfer to the Bureau of Mines; 369 For investigations of resources of helium-bearing gas and theInvestigations, etc., resources of helium. conservation thereof, and of processes and methods of producing, storing, purifying, and utilizing helium and helium-bearing gas, including supplies and equipment, stationery, furniture, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and all other necessary expenses, including personal servicesServices In the District. in the District of Columbia, $75,000; During the fiscal year 1927 the head of any department or independentScientific investigations for departments, etc., by the Bureau. establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of tire functions of that bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Mines such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The SecretaryTransfer of funds to its credit. of the Treasury shall transfer 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 Mines for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made: *Provided*, That any sums transferred*Proviso*.Expenditure of funds transferred. by any department or independent establishment of the Government to the Bureau of Mines for cooperative work in connection with this appropriation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended; The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement ofOpen market purchase of minor supplies. services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well us in the field outside of the District of Columbia, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised[R. S., sec. 3700, p. 733](/us/rs/s3700/p733). Statutes of the United States, in the manner common among business men. when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance; For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientificPurchase of books, etc., authorized. books, law books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the Bureau of Mines, there is hereby made available from any appropriations made for such bureau not to exceed $3,500; Total, Bureau of Mines, $1,814,400. TITLE IV— DEPARTMENT OF LABORDepartment of Labor. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Salaries: Secretary of Labor, $15,000; Assistant Secretary, SecondSecretary, Assistants, and office personnel. Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $171,900; in all, $186,900. Commissioners of conciliation : To enable tire Secretary of LaborCommissioners of conciliation.Vol. 37, p. 738. to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creating the Department of Labor, and to appoint commissioners of*Post*, p. 582. conciliation, for per diem in lieu of subsistence at not exceeding $4 traveling expenses, and not to exceed $14,140 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and telegraph and telephone service, $234,000. contingent expenses, department of labor For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices andContingent expenses. bureaus of the department, for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, including the 370purchase 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, newspapers not exceeding $275, for which payment may be made in advance; newspaper clip-pings not to exceed $1,800, postage to foreign countries, telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices; purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals not exceeding $2,750; in all, $38,700; and in additionAdditional from immigration expenses, for supplies.Vol, 36, p. 631. 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 Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 531), of certain supplies for the Immigration Service, shall be “deducted from the appropriation “ Expenses of regulating immigration*Infra*. ” made for the fiscal year 1927 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 contingent expenses for the Department of Labor, to be expendedExpended through Publications and Sup-plies Division. through the central purchasing office (Division of Publications and Supplies), Department of Labor. Rents: For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the DistrictRents. of Columbia for the use of the Department of Labor, $24,000. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for DepartmentPrinting and binding. of Labor, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $200,000. bureau of labor statisticsLabor Statistics 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, $220,000. Per diem in lieu of subsistence not exceeding $4 of special agentsSpecial agents, experts, etc, 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 District of Columbia not to exceed $29,500, including alsoTemporary statistical employees, etc., In the District. temporary statistical clerks, stenographers, and typewriters in the District of Columbia, to be selected from civil-service registers, the same person to be employed for not more than six consecutive months; traveling expenses of officers and employees, purchase ofTraveling expenses. periodicals, documents, price quotations, and reports and materials tor reports and bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $74,000. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Labor StatisticsAttendance at meetings. shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of said bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. 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 1923, $91,840. Regulating immigration: For enforcement of the laws regulatingEnforcing immigration laws.Vol. 41, p. 1008; Vol. 42, p. 5; Vol. 43, 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 371employees appointed to enforce said laws, including not to exceed $150,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia,Services in the District. together with persons authorized by law to be detailed for duty at Washington, District of Columbia; per diem in lieu of subsistencePer diem subsistence. Vol. 38, p. 680. when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914; enforcement of theOther Acts. provisions of the Act of February 5, 1917, entitled “An ActVol. 39, p. 374; Vol. 40, p. 512; Vol. 41, p. 1008; Vol, 42, p. 5; Vol. 43, p. 155. 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 type-writing 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 allChinese exclusion. Chinese persons found 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; refundingRefunding head tax, etc. of head 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, $6,084,865: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Coast and land border control.Vehicles, etc., outside the District. $1,500,000 of 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: *Provided further*, That not more than $175,000 of the sum appropriatedLimit tor purchase etc., of vehicles. herein may be expended in the purchase and maintenance of such motor vehicles, and of such sum of $175,000 not more thanFor coast and land border patrol. $150,000 shall be available for the purchase and maintenance of motor vehicles for coast and land border patrol. immigration stationsImmigration stations. For remodeling, repairing (including repairs to the ferryboat,Remodeling buildings, etc. Ellis Island), renovating buildings, and purchase of equipment, $50,000. bureau of naturalizationNaturalization Bureau. Salaries: For the Commissioner and other personal services inCommissioner, and office personnel. the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $98,000. General expenses: For compensation, to be fixed by the SecretaryPay of examiners, interpreters, clerks, etc. of Labor, of officers, clerks, and employees appointed, for the purpose of carrying on the work of the Bureau of Naturalization, provided for by the Act approved June 29, 1906, as amended by theVol. 34, p. 596. Act approved March 4, 1913 (Statutes at Large, volume 37, pageVol. 37, p. 736; Vol. 40, p. 542. 736), and May 9, 1918 (Statutes at Large, volume 40, pages 542 to 548, inclusive), including not to exceed $51,440 for personal servicesServices in the District. 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 car fare on official business at the official stations, together with per diem inPer diem subsistence.Vol. 38, p. 680. 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 372of 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; necessary supplies and equipment for the Naturalization Service; not to exceed $25,000 for rent of offices outside of the District of Columbia where suitableOutside rent. quarters can not be obtained in public buildings; carrying intoAssistants to clerks of courts. effect section 13 of the Act of June 20, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes,Vol. 34, p. 690; Vol. 36, pp. 765, 830; Vol. 40, p. 171. page 600), as amended by the Act approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 165), and in accordance with the provisions of the Sundry Civil Act of June 12, 1917: and for mileage and feesWitness fees, etc. to witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the United States, the expenditures from this appropriation shall be made in the manner and under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe, $635,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for*Proviso*. the compensation of assistants to clerks of United States courts.Assistants to clerks of United States courts excluded. children’s bureauChildren’s Bureau. Salaries: For the chief, and other personal services in the DistrictChief, and office per sound. of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $105,000. 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 $125,000 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 of 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 ofMaterial for publications. reports and material for the publications of the Children’s Bureau 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, $54,000. Promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy:Maternity and in fancy 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 toVol. 43, p. 17. the Territory of Hawaii,” approved March 10, 1924. $1,000,000: *Provided*, That the apportionments to the States, to the Territory of*Proviso*. Hawaii, and to the Children’s Bureau for administration shall beApportionment to States, etc. 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. Appropriations herein made for the Children’s Bureau shall beAttendance at meetings. available for expenses of attendance at meetings for the promotion of child welfare and/or the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary. women’s bureauWomen’s Bureau. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act toSalaries and expenses.Vol. 41, p. 987. 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, and traveling expenses, $100,000, which sum shall be available for expenses of attendanceAttendance at meetings. at meetings concerned with the work of said bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. 373 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 Stales, 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, 680. 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 $31,600 may be expended for personalServices in the District. services in the District of Columbia. Approved, April 29, 1926.