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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 44 STAT. · June 30, 1926 · Chapter 771

Chapter 771. Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 771.— An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, and for other purposes.July 3, 1926.[[H. R. 13040](/us/bill/69/hr/13040).][[Public, No. 492](/us/pl/69/492).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Second Deficiency Act, 1925.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, and for other purposes, namely: LEGISLATIVE senateSenate. The appropriations of $975 for 1925, and $3,275 for 1926, forVice President.Vice President.Appropriations for 1925, 1926 made available. compensation of the Vice President, are made available for the fiscal years 1925–1926.
The appropriations of $75,000 for 1925 and $240,000 for 1926, forSenators.Appropriations for compensation, 1925, 1926 made available. compensation of Senators, are made available for the fiscal years 1925–1926. To pay Honorable Daniel F. Steck, a Senator from the State ofHonorable Daniel F. Steck.Salary, March 4, 1925, to April 12, 1926. Iowa, salary from March 4, 1925. to April 12, 1926, both dates inclusive: For the fiscal year 1925, $3,333.34; for the fiscal year 1926, $7,762.55; in all, $11,095.89.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay from the appropriationEdwin A. Halsey.Additional services. “ Compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others,” 1926, to Edwin A. Halsey, for additional services as Acting Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate from June 1, 1925, to December 6, 1925, at the rate of $600 per annum. For payment for services rendered the Senate committees thereofFred A. Eckstein, Alexander K. Meek, and William H. Gehman.Services.Pages.From July 1 to end of session. as follows:
Fred A. Eckstein, $860; Alexander K. Meek, $1,200; William H. Gehman, $1,000; in all, fiscal year 1926, $3,060. For twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber at the rate of $3.30 per day each, from July 1, 1926, until the end of the first session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, so much as may be necessary is appropriated. To defray the expenses of the Senate in the impeachment trial ofJudge George W. English.Impeachment expenses. George W. English, district judge of the United States for the eastern district of Illinois, fiscal year 1926, to remain available during the fiscal year 1927, $12,000.
For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles forMotor vehicles. carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, fiscal year 1926, $3,000. For repairs, improvements, equipment, and supplies for SenateSenate kitchens and restaurants. kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, personal and other services, to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate under the supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate, fiscal year 1926, $5,000. house of representativesHouse of Representatives.
To pay the widow of John E. Raker, late a Representative fromJohn E. Raker.Pay to widow. the State of California, $10,000. To pay the widow of Harry I. Thayer, late a Representative fromHarry I. Thayer.Pay to widow. the State of Massachusetts, $10,000. The foregoing appropriations shall be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House. 842 Contested election expenses.R. A. Green.For payment to R. A. Green, for expenses incurred as contestee in the con tested-election case of Brown against Green, audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 3, $1,271.43, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
Nathan D. Perlman.For payment to Nathan D. Perlman, for expenses incurred as contestee in the contested-election case of Sirovich against Perlman, audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 1, $2,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. William I. Sirovich.For payment to William I. Sirovich, for expenses incurred as contestant in the contested-election case of Sirovich against Perlman, audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 1, $2,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
Warren Worth Bailey.For payment to Warren Worth Bailey for expenses incurred as contestant in the contested-election case of Bailey against Walters, audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 2, $2,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Anderson H. Walters.For payment to Anderson H. Walters for expenses incurred as contestee in the contested-election case of Bailey against Walters, audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 2, $2,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
Charles G. Edwards.For payment of expenses incurred by Charles G. Edwards as contestee in the contested-election case of Clark against Edwards, audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 2. $1,299.95, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Additional compensation tor designated employees.Salaries: For additional compensation from July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1927, both inclusive, to the following employees, as authorized in House Resolution Numbered 202, Sixty-ninth Congress, namely:
Clerk to the Speaker’s table, $400; clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means, $600; clerics to the Committees on the Judiciary, Accounts, and Claims, at $420 each; superintendent of the House document room, $450; special employee in the Ho use Document Room (Joel Grayson) $560; in all, $3,270. Pages, etc.From July 1 to end of session.For forty-one pages, including ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $3.30 per day each and three session telephone operators at the rate of $100 per month each, from July 1, 1926, until the end of the first session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, so much as may be necessary is appropriated.
Revising, etc., laws and treaties.Unexpended balance reappropriated.Vol. 43, p. 1291.The unexpended balance on June 30, 1926, of the appropriation of $3,000 for the fiscal year 1925 for the employment of competent persons to assist in continuing the work of compiling, codifying, and revising the laws and treaties of the United States, is continued and made available during the fiscal year 1927. Miscellaneous items and special and select committees.Contingent expenses: For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, fiscal year 1926, $28,150.
Furniture, etc.For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, fiscal year 1926, $4,251.15. joint committee on printingJoint Committee on Printing. Biographical Congressional Directory.Biographical Directory of the American Congress: To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay upon vouchers approved by the chairman or the vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing for collecting information, editing, copying, and preparing manuscript Vol. 43, p 1616.for preservation for a revised edition of the Biographical Directory of the American Congress, $10,000, to remain available until June 30, 1927, and to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; and such parts of this sum as the chairman or vice chairman of the joint committee may direct, may be paid as additional compensation to any employee of the United States. 843 joint committee to investigate northern pacific land grantsJoint Committee to investigate Northern Pacific land grants.Unexpended balance available.
The unexpended balance on June 30, 1926, of the appropriation of $50,000, contained in the “ Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924,” to provide for expenses of the joint committee created byVol. 43, p. 673. section 3 of the public resolution entitled “ Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustmentVol. 43, p. 462. of the Northern Pacific land grants, and for other purposes,” approved June 5, 1924, is continued and made available until June 30, 1927.
And the joint committee (notwithstanding the provisionsPay of secretary, etc. of any other Act) is authorized to compensate the secretary and special disbursing officer at the rate of not to exceed $50 per month for services heretofore and hereafter rendered. government printing officeGovernment Printing Office. To pay Samuel Robinson, William Madden, Joseph De Fontes,Samuel Robinson, William Madden, Joseph De Fontes, and Preston L. George. and Preston L. George, messengers on night duty during the first session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, $800 each, fiscal year 1926, $3,200.
The appropriation of $800 for payment to Charles C. Allen forCharles O. Allen.Payment to executrix.Vol. 43, p. 673. extra services as messenger on night duty during the first session of the Sixty-eighth Congress, contained in the “ Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924,” is reappropriated and made available for payment to the executrix of his estate. architect of the capitolArchitect of the Capitol. Enlarging the Capitol Grounds: For carrying out the purposesCapitol grounds.Enlarging, etc. of the Act entitled “An Act for the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds,” approved June 23, 1926, including not exceeding $500 for incidental expenses, fiscal year 1927, $1,331,958.37, to be*Ante*, p. 762. expended under the direction of the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol.
Subway transportation: For repairs, rebuilding, and maintenanceSenate Office Building.Subway cars, etc. of the subway cars connecting the Senate Office Building with the Senate wing of the United States Capitol, including maintenance of the track and electrical equipment connected therewith, fiscal year 1927, $5,000. Senate Office Building: For purchase of furniture for two newFurniture for new suites, etc.Vol. 43, pp. 34, 1315. three-room suites of the Senate Office Building and for twenty carpets required for different rooms of said building, including the new suites, fiscal year 1927, $7,440.
House Office Building: For installation of six-inch wrought-ironHouse Office Building.Fire protection. fire line in the basement of the House Office Building, fiscal year 1927, $18,500. Capitol power plant: For repairs to steam transmission line andCapitol power plant.Repairs, etc. for rebuilding the approach to the northeast corner of the House Office Building, fiscal year 1927, $30,000. EXECUTIVEExecutive. For expenses arising in connection with carrying into effect theNaval oil reserves.Expenses of canceling leases, etc. public resolution entitled “Joint resolution directing the President to institute and prosecute suits to cancel certain leases of oil lands and incidental contracts, and for other purposes,” approved FebruaryVol. 43, p. 5. 8, 1924, and for the same purposes authorized in the publicVol. 43, p. 16. resolution entitled “Joint resolution to provide an appropriation for the prosecution of suits to cancel certain leases, and for other purposes,” approved February 27, 1924, fiscal year 1927, $100,000, to844 *Proviso*.Unexpended balance available.VoL 43, p. 1315.be expended by the President: *Provided*, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000 for this purpose contained in the second deficiency Act, fiscal year 1925, shall remain available until June 30, 1927.
Executive Mansion.Reconstructing roof, etc.For reconstructing the roof, attic, and ceilings of the second story of the Executive Mansion, including all necessary work in connection therewith, to be prosecuted, by contract or otherwise as the President may determine, under the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, fiscal years 1927 and 1928, $375,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed *Provisos*.Rent, etc., of quarters for President during.$25,000 of this sum may be expended for rent of suitable quarters in the District of Columbia or elsewhere for the President and his family during such period as the Executive Mansion may not be in condition for occupancy, and for all necessary costs incident to such temporary use of such quarter’s, including minor alterations Consulting architect, etc., authorized.and repairs: *Provided further*, That the services of a consulting architect and an inspector may be employed without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, and at rates to be fixed by the Board of Mediation, etc.President.
BOARD OF MEDIATION Appropriations for Railroad Labor Board transferred to.*Ante*, p. 315.*Ante*, p. 579.The appropriations heretofore made for the Railroad Labor Board for the fiscal year 1927, aggregating $285,220, are hereby consolidated into one fund and transferred to and made immediately available for the Board of Mediation. Boards of Arbitration, and the Emergency Board, created by the Railway Labor Act, approved May 20, 1926, for salaries and all other expenses authorized by such Railway Labor Act and the general objects of expenditure covered by the appropriations hereby made available.
EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSIONEmployees’ Compensation Commission. Payment from compensation fund.VoL 39, p. 742.Employees’ compensation fund: For the payment of compensation provided by “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes,” approved September 7, 1916, Vol. 39, pp. 743, 745.including medical, surgical, and hospital services, and supplies provided by section 9; and the transportation and burial expenses provided Recoveries.Vol. 39, p. 747.by sections 9 and 11, and advancement of costs for the enforcement of recoveries provided in sections 26 and 27, where necessary, accruing during the fiscal year 1926 or in prior fiscal years, $225,000.
Contingent expenses.Contingent expenses: For furniture and other equipment and repairs thereto; law books, books of reference, periodicals, stationery, and supplies, traveling expenses; medical examinations, traveling and other expenses, and loss of wages payable to employees under sections 21 and 22 of the Act of September 7, 1916, and for miscellaneous items; in all, fiscal year 1926, to remain available during the fiscal year 1927, $1,900. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICEGeneral Accounting Office.
Additional personal services in Indian suits.Salaries: For additional personal services in accordance with the “ Clasification Act of 1923 ’’ to enable the General Accounting Office to furnish from its records evidence of financial transactions between the Government and Indian claimants for use of the Department of Justice in defense of suits filed by such Indian claimants against the Government under various Acts of Congress, fiscal year 1927, $150,560. Damages claims.Damage claims:
To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the General845 Accounting Office under the provisions of the Act entitled “An ActAdjustment of private property.Vol. 42, p. 1066. to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 296, Sixty-ninth Congress, $78.85.
UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARDGeographic Board. For salaries and expenses of the United States Geographic Board,Salaries and expenses. including personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and for stationery and office supplies, fiscal year 1926, to remain available during the fiscal year 1927, $3,850. OLDROYD COLLECTION OF LINCOLN RELICSOldroyd Collection of Lincoln Relies. To enable the commission created thereby to carry out the purposesPurchase of.*Ante*, p. 531. of the Act entitled “An Act for the purchase of the Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics,” approved May 11, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $50,000.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITALPublic Buildings, etc., National Capital. The sum of $5,000 of the appropriation of $3,393,850 for “ Salaries,Salaries transferred to.*Ante*, pp. 311, 448. General Accounting Office,” fiscal year 1927, is hereby transferred to the appropriation for “ Salaries, Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital,” fiscal year 1927. TARIFF COMMISSIONTariff Commission. For all printing and binding for the Tariff Commission, fiscalPrinting and binding. year 1926, $6,820.76, to be available until June 30, 1927.
UNITED STATES VETERANS’ BUREAUVeterans’ Bureau. Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyPrivate property damages claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the United States Veterans’ Bureau under the provisions of the Act entitledVol. 42, p. 1066. “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 299, Sixty-ninth Congress, $1,064.45.
UNITED STATES VERMONT SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSIONVermont Sesquicentennial Commission. For actual and necessary traveling expenses and subsistence of theExpenses.*Ante*, p. 652. members of the United States Vermont Sesquicentennial Commission while discharging their official duties outside the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, fiscal year 1927, $1,000. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIADistrict of Columbia. General Expenses office of corporation counsel For personal services in accordance with the Classification ActCorporation Counsel’s office. of 1923, fiscal year 1926, $1,465. 846 coroner’s officeCoroner’s office.
Expenses of morgue, inquests, etc.For the maintenance of a nonpassenger-carrying motor wagon for the morgue, jurors’ fees, witness fees, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, telephone service, and other necessary supplies for the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony, and photographing unidentified bodies, fiscal year 1926, $1,000. contingent and miscellaneous expensesContingent expenses Judicial expenses.For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, fiscal year 1926, $500.
Advertising taxes in arrears.Vol. 26, p. 24.For advertising notice of taxes in arrears, July 1, 1925, as required to be given by the Act of March 19, 1890, to be reimbursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, fiscal year 1926, $966.81. Refund of erroneous collections.To enable the commissioners, in any case where special assessments, school tuition charges, rents, fees, or collections of any character nave been erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in the proportion required by law, to refund such erroneous payments wholly or in Building permits.Vol. 36, p. 967.part, including the refunding of fees paid for building permits authorized by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved *Provisos*.Prior years.March 2, 1911, fiscal year 1926, $1,500: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be. available for such refunds of payments made Nimrod E.
Farr, etc.within the past three years: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall be available for refunding to Nimrod E. Farr the sum of $100 for an erroneous special assessment for sewer on parcel 169/21, paid March 11, 1918, and for refunding special assessments paid in the matter of the opening of an alley in square 2588, District court cause numbered 1352. street repair, grading, and extensionStreet repairs, etc. Extending streets under highways system.*Ante*, p. 427.The indefinite appropriation “ Extension, and so forth, of Streets and Avenues, District of Columbia, 1927,” contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, is hereby *Ante*, p. 675.made available for expenditure under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the condemnation of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of streets, avenues, roads, or highways in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved May 28, 1926. collection and disposal of refuseCity refuse.
Sweeping, cleaning, ice and snow removal, etc.For dust prevention, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, under the immediate direction of the commissioners, and for cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, and gutters in the discretion of the commissioners, including services and purchase and maintenance of equipment, rent of storage rooms; maintenance and repair of stables; hire, purchase, and maintenance of horses; hire, purchase, maintenance, and repair of wagons, harness, and other equipment; maintenance and repair of nonpassenger-carrying motor-propelled vehicles necessary in cleaning streets and purchase of motor-propelled street-cleaning equipment; purchase, maintenace, and repair of bicycles; and necessary incidental expenses, fiscal year 1926, $25,000. 847 Not to exceed $4,000 of the appropriation of $1,000,000 for repairsTwelfth Street SW. to streets contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927 shall be available for resurfacing TwelfthResurfacing.
Street southwest, between E Street and the railroad, and not to*Ante*, p. 427. exceed $3,500 of such appropriation shall be available for paving Belmont Road northwest, Massachusetts Avenue to Tracy Place.Belmont Road NW. public playgroundsPublic playgrounds. For the purchase or condemnation of a piece of ground to takePurchase, etc. the place of Gallinger playground, $8,000, to remain available until June 30, 1927. public schoolsPublic schools. The sum of $2,351 of the unexpended balance of the appropriationLongevity allowances to teachers.Fund available. for salaries of public-school teachers, fiscal year 1925, is made available to pay additional longevity allowances to certain teachers in the public schools for the fiscal year 1923 and prior years, under the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in the caseVol. 43, p. 554. of the District of Columbia, plaintiff in error, against Sue H.
Gardner. That section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial AppropriationSuperintendent of bathing beach.Double salary permitted.Vol. 39. p. 582. Act approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply to the position of superintendent of the bathing beach of the District of Columbia during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and Juno 30, 1927. metropolitan policePolice. Uniforms: For furnishing uniforms and other official equipmentUniforms.*Ante*, p. 635. prescribed by department regulations as necessary and requisite in the performance of duty to officers and members of the Metropolitan police, fiscal year 1927, $50,000.
Harbor Patrol: For personal services in accordance with theHarbor patrol. Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1926, $420. policemen and firemen’ relief fundsPolice, etc., relief funds. For the settlement of claims as authorized by an Act of CongressPayment of.*Ante*, p. 245. approved April 13, 1926, entitled “An Act to provide for the payment to the retired members of the police and fire departments of the District of Columbia the balance of retirement pay past due to them but unpaid from January 1, 1911, to July 30, 1915,” $68,425.06. fire departmentFire Department.
Uniforms: For furnishing uniforms and other official equipmentUniforms.Ante, p. 635. prescribed by department regulations as necessary and requisite in the performance of duty to officers and members of the fire department, fiscal year 1927, $32,000. For repairs to apparatus and motor vehicles and other motor-drivenRepairs to apparatus. apparatus, and for new apparatus, new motor vehicles, new appliances, employment of mechanics, helpers, and laborers in the fire department repair shop, and for the purchase of necessary supplies, materials, equipment, and tools, fiscal year 1926, $8,000. office of recorder of deedsRecorder of deeds.
The Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia is authorized toExchange of book typewriters. expend from the fees and emoluments of his office during the fiscal year 1927 not to exceed $2,300 for the exchange of book typewriter machines and/or parts therefor. 848 health departmentHealth department. Personal services.For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1926, $4,500. Isolating ward, Garfield Hospital.For maintenance of isolating ward for minor contagious diseases at Garfield Memorial Hospital, fiscal year 1925, $5,055.20.
Tuberculosis and venereal diseases dispensaries.For the maintenance of a dispensary or dispensaries for the treatment of indigent persons suffering from tuberculosis and of indigent persons suffering from venereal diseases, including payment for personal service and supplies, fiscal year 1926, $2,100. Courts and Prisons juvenile courtJuvenile court. Jurors.For compensation of jurors, fiscal year 1926, $300. municipal courtMunicipal court. Jurors, etc.For lodging, meals, and accommodations for jurors and deputy United States marshals, while in attendance upon them, when ordered by the court, fiscal year 1925, $3.30. supreme court, district of columbiaSupreme Court.
Jurors.For fees of jurors, fiscal year 1926, $7,000. Courthouse.Care, etc., of.Courthouse: For personal services for care and protection of the courthouse, under the direction of the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1925, $213.33, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General. miscellaneous Lunacy writs.Expenses of executing.Writs of lunacy: For expenses attending the execution of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to St.
Elizabeths Hospital by order of the executive authority of Vol. 33, p, 740.the District of Columbia under the provisions of existing law, including expenses of commitments to the District Training School and including personal services, for the fiscal years that follow: For 1925, $300; For 1926, $1,000. Miscellaneous court expenses.For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and including such expenses other than for personal services as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, fiscal year 1926, $7,000.
Charities and CorrectionsCharities and corrections. jailJail. Support of prisoners, etc.For maintenance of prisoners of the District of Columbia at the jail, including pay of guards and all other necessary personal services, and for support of prisoners therein, expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and rewards for their recapture, repair and improvements to buildings, cells, and locking devices, fiscal year 1926, $5,000. 849 For the construction of an additional building at the DistrictAdditional building.*Ante*, p. 622. jail and the rearrangement of the interior construction of the east wing of the present jail building, including equipment, to provide accommodations for not less than 200 additional prisoners, $275,000. board of charitiesBoard of Charities.
For personal services in accordance with the Classification ActPersonal services. of 1923. fiscal year 1926, $750. board of children’s guardiansBoard of Children’s Guardians. For maintenance of feeble-minded children (white and colored),Feeble-minded children. fiscal year 1926, $10,000. For board and care of all children committed to the guardian-shipBoard, etc., of children. of said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, fiscal year 1926, $24,000. industrial home school for colored childrenIndustrial Homo School for Colored Children.Furnishing new cottage.
The appropriation of $2,000 contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1925, for furniture and furnishings for a new cottage at the Industrial HomeVol. 43, p. 506. School for Colored Children is hereby made available for such purposes until June 30, 1927. board of public welfareBoard of Public Welfare. Home Care For Dependent Children: To carry out the purposesHome care for dependent children. of the Act entitled “An Act to provide home care for dependent children in the District of Columbia,” approved June 22, 1926, including*Ante*, p. 758. not to exceed $10,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1927, $75,000. rock creek and potomac parkway commissionRock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission.Acquiring additional lands.Vol. 37, p. 885.
To enable the commission created by section 22 of the Public Buildings Act approved March 4, 1913 (Thirty-seventh Statutes, page 885), to continue the acquisition of lands for a connecting park-way between Potomac Park, Zoological Park, and Rock Creek Park,Vol. 43, p. 804. fiscal years 1927 and 1928, $600,000, to be paid from the special fund created by the Act approved February 2, 1925, entitled “An Act making an adjustment of certain accounts between the United States and the District of Columbia,” judgments For payment of final judgments, including costs, rendered againstPayment of judgments. the District of Columbia, as set forth in House Documents Numbered 326 and 402, Sixty-ninth Congress, $12,992.01, together with the further sum to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until date of payment. 850 audited claimsAudited claims.
Payment of claims certified by District accounting officers.For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the Vol. 18, p. 110.surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, being for the service of the fiscal year 1923 and prior years: Designation of amounts.Playgrounds, 1923, sites for playgrounds, $10.85;
Streets, cleaning: 1921, $46; 1922, $24.45; Electrical department, 1923, lighting, $44.50; Public schools, chemical and biological laboratories; 1922, $53.50; 1923, $18.04; Witness’s fees, police court, 1921, $2.25; Jurors’ fees, police court, 1923, $36; Reports of opinions, Court of Appeals: 1920, $55; 1921, $55; Industrial Home School, 1923, maintenance, $387; National Training School for Girls, 1923, maintenance, $24; Burial of ex-service men, 1923, $225; Water department, 1922:
Extension of distribution system (payable from the revenues of the water department), $172.50; maintenance and operation (payable from the revenues of the water department), $12.07; In all, audited claims, $1,166.16. Proportion from District revenues.For fiscal year 1930 and prior years.The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, shall be paid as follows: Such sums as relate to the fiscal year 1920 and prior fiscal years, 50 per centum out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and 50 per centum out of For 1921–1924.the Treasury of the United States; such sums as relate to the fiscal years 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924, 60 per centum out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and 40 per centum out of the Treasury For 1925–1927.of the United States; and such sums as relate to the fiscal years 1925, 1926, and 1927, jointly or severally, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed for defraying the expenses of the District of Columbia by the District of Columbia Appropriations Acts for such fiscal years. water departmentWater department.
Fixing increased rates.The Commisisoners of the District of Columbia, in the execution of the provisions of law requiring an increase in water rates of 12½ per centum per annum, are authorized, whenever the application of the 12½ Per centum to existing rates results in rates with fractional cents, to fix the rates at the nearest amounts not containing fractional cents. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREDepartment of Agriculture. damage claims Payment of private damages claims.To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of Agriculture Vol. 42, p. 1066.under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 298 and 350, Sixty-ninth Congress, $431.75. weather bureauWeather Bureau.
Stations for observing, etc., atmospheric phenomena.*Ante*, p. 571.General expenses, Weather Bureau: For an additional amount for the establishment and maintenance of stations for observing, measuring, and investigating atmospheric phenomena, including not851 to exceed $5,040 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and all other expenses, fiscal year 1927, $75,000. bureau of animal industryAnimal Industry Bureau. Not to exceed $10,000 of the sum of $100,000 made available byEuropean fowl pest control.Vol. 43, p. 722. the joint resolution approved December 24, 1924, for the control and eradication of the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, is continued and made available for the same purposes and under the same conditions of expenditure until June 30, 1927. forest serviceForest Service.
The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use duringNewport, Wash., and Priest River, Idaho.Marking graves of fire fighters in. the fiscal year 1927 not to exceed $200 of the funds appropriated for general expenses, Forest Service, 1927, for marking the graves in Newport, Washington, and Priest River, Idaho, of men who lost their lives while in the employ of the Forest Service in the year 1925. Not to exceed $3,000 of the appropriation for general expenses,President’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation.Expenses of.*Ante*, p. 513.
Forest Service for the fiscal year 1927 shall be available for the payment of travel, subsistence, supplies, and other expenses of the committee, including its secretary, created upon recommendation of the President’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation, to study and report upon adjustment of boundaries between national parks and national forests and upon the suitability of certain national forest lands for establishment as national parks. General Expenses: For the construction and maintenance ofPermanent improvements.Additional for developing, etc., in Southern California.*Ante*, p. 514. roads, trails, bridges, fire lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and development of the Angeles, Cleveland, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino National Forests in Southern California, fiscal year 1927, $100,000, in addition to other funds alloted therefor and to include the general objects of expenditure enumerated under the caption “ General Expenses, Forest Service,” in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That such sum of $100,000 shall not be expended unless*Proviso*.Local contribution required. an equal amount is contributed for such work by State, county, municipal, and/or other local interests to be paid, in whole or in part, in advance of the performance of the work for which this appropriation provides.
For carrying into effect the Act entitled “An Act for the reliefJohn Milton Pew.Port, p. 1500. of John Milton Pew,” approved June 10, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $114. bureau of entomologyEntomology Bureau. For an additional amount for investigations of insects affectingInvestigating, etc., Thurberia cotton weevil. southern field crops, including insects affecting cotton, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet an emergency caused by the appearance of the Thurberia (wild cotton) weevil in stands of cultivated cotton, including personal services and other expenses connected therewith in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, fiscal year 1927, $15,000. bureau of agricultural economicsAgricultural Economics Bureau.
Cooperative Marketing: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture toEstablishing cooperative marketing division in Department.*Ante*, p. 802. carry into effect the provisions of the Act “ To create a division of cooperative marketing in the Department of Agriculture; to provide for the acquisition and dissemination of information pertaining to cooperation; to promote the knowledge of cooperative prin852 ciples and practices; to provide for calling advisers to counsel with the Secretary of Agriculture on cooperative activities; to authorize cooperative associations to acquire, interpret, and disseminate crop and market information, and for other purposes,” fiscal year 1927. $150,000. federal horticultural boardFederal Horticultural Board Thurberia cotton weevil.Establishing quarantine against.*Ante*, p. 526.Vol. 37, pp. 315, 851.Not to exceed $35,000 of the appropriation of $300,000 for the eradication of the pink boll worm of cotton, contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, is hereby made available for the establishment of a quarantine to prevent the spread of the Thurberia weevil, under the Federal plant quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, including employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, cooperation with the States, and for all other necessary expenses. miscellaneousMiscellaneous.
Third World’s Poultry Congress.Third World’s Poultry Congress, Ottawa, Canada: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare, transport, and demonstrate a suitable national exhibit for display at the Third World’s Poultry Congress, to be held at Ottawa, Canada, during 1927, as *Ante*, p. 304.authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 18, Sixty-ninth Congress, approved April 21, 1926, fiscal years 1927 and 1928, $20,000. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEDepartment of Commerce. contingent expenses Printing and binding.For all printing and binding for the Department of Commerce, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, except the Patent Office and the Bureau of Mines, fiscal year 1926, $30,000, to be available until June 30, 1927.
Patent Office.Weekly issue of patents.For printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, trade-marks, prints, and labels, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, Official Gazette.engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly and annual indices, fiscal year 1926, $375,000. Rent.For rent of additional space in the District of Columbia outside the Commerce Building, fiscal year 1927, $2,500. damage claimsDamages claims. James D. Crichton.Vol. 42, p. 1537.The sum of $30.50 of the appropriation of $188.25 made in the “ Third Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1923 ” (Forty-second Statutes, page 1537), for the payment of claims adjusted and determined by the Department of Commerce and certified to Congress in House Document 537, Sixty-seventh Congress, is hereby made available for payment to James D.
Crichton, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, as reimbursement for an equal amount paid by him to the Wood and Bray Garage, Ashton, Idaho, for the repair of a privately owned automobile damaged by a truck of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Private property.To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of Commerce under Vol. 42, p. 1066.the provisions of the Act entitled “ An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 455, Sixty-ninth Congress, $1,000.853 bureau of lighthousesLighthouses Bureau.
Light Station, Cleveland, Ohio: To enable the Secretary of CommerceCleveland, Ohio.Quarters for keepers. to provide suitable quarters for the lighthouse keepers in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, including the purchase of necessary equipment and the rental of temporary quarters for the lighthouse keepers, as authorized by section 1 (item 13) of the act entitled*Ante*, p. 625. “ An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and increase the efficiency of the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes,” approved May 22, 1926, $50,000. coast and geodetic surveyCoast and Geodetic Survey, For replacement of temporary magnetic building at the magneticTucson, Ariz., observatory. observatory near Tucson, Arizona, fiscal year 1927, $5,000. bureau of fisheriesFisheries Bureau.
For the establishment of a fish-cultural station in the State ofLeadville, Colo.Auxiliary station to fish cultural station at.*Post*, p. 1215. Colorado, 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 Leadville, Colorado, including the acquisition of land by gift, construction of buildings, ponds, and water supply, and the purchase of equipment, fiscal year 1927, $20,000, and in addition thereto the sum of $10,000 is transferredAdditional sum transferred.*Ante*, p. 365. from the appropriation of $50,000 for the fiscal year 1927 for the acquisition of a power vessel for Alaska fisheries. air commerceAir Commerce.
Aircraft in commerce: To carry out the provisions of the ActGeneral expenses of Air Commerce Act.*Ante*, p. 568. approved May 20, 1926, entitled “ An Act to encourage and regulate the use of aircraft in commerce, and for other purposes,” including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees; purchase of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies, including medical supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs; purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of passenger-carrying automobiles, including their exchange; purchase of books of reference and periodicals; newspapers, not exceeding $500; reports, documents, plans, specifications, maps, manuscripts!, and all other publications; and all other necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, fiscal year 1927, $250,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Amount for printing transferred.*Ante*, p. 350.
That not to exceed $5,000 of this amount shall be transferred to the appropriation “ Printing and binding, Department of Commerce, 1927.” Air navigation facilities: For the establishment of aids to air navigation,Air navigation facilities.Establishing, etc.*Ante*, p. 570. including the equipment of additional air-mail routes for day and night Hying; the construction of necessary lighting, radio, and other signaling and communicating structures and apparatus, repairs, alterations, and all expenses of maintenance and operation; for personal services; and for the acquisition of the necessary sites by lease, or grant, fiscal year 1927; $300,000: *Provided*, That no part*Proviso*.Use restricted. of this appropriation shall be used for any purpose not authorized by the Air Commerce Act of 1926. bureau of standardsStandards Bureau.
Master track scale and test-car depot: For the acquirement of aMaster track scale and test-car depot. suitable site by gift, the construction thereon of a budding, and the854 purchase and installation of necessary equipment, as authorized in Acquiring site and construction of building, etc.*Ante*, p. 726.the Act entitled “ An Act authorizing the purchase by the Secretary of Commerce of a site and the construction and equipment of a building thereon for use as a master track scale and test-car depot, and for other purposes,” approved June 10, 1926, fiscal year 1927. $50,000. bureau of minesMines Bureau.
Potash deposits.Determining location of, etc., in United States.*Ante*, p. 768.For determining the location, extent, and mode of occurrence of potash deposits in the United States, and conducting the necessary laboratory tests incident thereto, as authorized under the Act approved June 25, 1926 (Public, Numbered 424); and for every expense incident thereto, including personal services in the District of Columbia not exceeding $6,000, and elsewhere, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, fiscal year 1927, $100,000: *Provided*, That such part of the amount herein appropriated as *Proviso*.Expenditures by Interior Department from fund.may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall be transferred on the books of the Treasury for direct expenditure by the Department of the Interior for the purposes herein set forth.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORInterior Department. office of the secretary Secretary’s Office.Elk Garage, Denver, Colo.Payment of damages claims of.Vol. 42, p. 1066.Damage claims: To pay the claim for damages to privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of the Interior under the provisions of the Act entitled “ An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 295, Sixty-ninth Congress, in favor of the Elk Garage, Denver, Colorado, $3.
Chief Clerk.Duties as chief executive officer of the Department.The chief clerk of the Department of the Interior hereafter shall be the chief executive officer of the department and may be designated by the Secretary to sign official papers and documents, including the authorization of expenditures from the contingent and other appropriations for the department, its bureaus, and offices, section 3683 of the Revised Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding. George M. Davis.Payment to.For payment to George M.
Davis for printing five hundred thousand letterheads for the Washington office of the United States Fuel Administration under purchase order of such Fuel Administration Numbered 1427, dated July 17, 1918, $750, the said George M. Davis having been the sole proprietor of the Consolidated Supply Company of Washington, District of Columbia, with which company such order was placed. printing and bindingPrinting and binding. Declaration of Independence, etc.*Ante*, p. 673.For printing a pamphlet relating to the Declaration of Independence, as authorized by the Act approved May 28, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $3,000, to be available until June 30, 1927. general land officePublic lands.
Utah.Reimbursing for surveys of State lands.Vol. 28, p. 395.To reimburse the State of Utah, as provided in the Act approved August 18, 1894, for moneys advanced by such State to the United States on June 21, 1924, to secure the survey of lands granted to such State, fiscal year 1926, $10,000. 855 bureau of indian affairsIndian Affairs Bureau. Purchase, etc., of supplies.For expenses necessary to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service, including inspection, pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith, including advertising, storage, and transportation of Indian goods and supplies, for the fiscal years that follow:
For 1924, $3,725.15. For 1925, $64,825.01. Suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians: ForReimbursing Indians for livestock destroyed. reimbursing Indians for livestock destroyed, including the same objects specified in the appropriation for this purpose in the Interior Department appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1925, $290. Expenses of Choctaw tribal attorney (tribal funds): To reimburseE. O. Clark.Expenses as Choctaw tribal attorney. E. O. Clark, of Stigler, Oklahoma, for certain expenses incurred by him as Choctaw tribal attorney for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1925, and for which he has not been reimbursed, $1,431.46, payable out of the tribal funds of the Choctaw Indian Nation, Oklahoma.
To pay the claims of certain members of the Sioux Nation of Indians ofSioux Indians.Payment for destruction of horses.*Ante*, p. 135. South Dakota for damages occasioned by the destruction of their horses, as authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $15,345. Expenses of principal chief, Choctaw Nation (tribal funds): ForChoctaw Indians Okla.Expenses of principal actual necessary expenses of the principal chief of the Choctaw Indian Nation, Oklahoma, for the fiscal year 1926, the additional sum of $1,000, payable out of the tribal funds of said Choctaw Indian Nation.
Purchase of land for Cahuilla Indian Reservation, California: ForCahuilla Indian Reservation, Calif.Purchase of land for.*Ante*, p. 252. the purchase of a certain tract of land containing approximately twenty acres situated adjacent to the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, California, and now included in the patented homestead entry of one Frank N. Clark, as authorized by the Act approved April 14, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $2,000. Absentee Shawnee Allottees, Oklahoma; For payment of assessmentsAbsentee Shawnee Allottees, Okla.Payment of drainage assessments on. upon the allotments of certain Absentee Shawnee Allottees for a drainage ditch connecting Little River Drainage Ditch Numbered One in Pottawatomie County, with Little River Drainage Ditch Numbered Two in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, fiscal year 1927, $1,200, to be expended and reimbursed under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
For recopying, repairing, rebinding, indexing, and otherwise preservingFive Civilized Tribes.Preserving, etc., records. records and papers in the office of Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes, Muskogee, Oklahoma, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, $10,000. Water supply at Taholah, Washington (tribal funds): For constructionTaholah, Wash.>Water supply for.*Ante*, p. 303. of a system of water supply at Taholah on the Quinaielt Reservation, Washington, as authorized by the Act approved April 19, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $3,000, payable from the tribal funds of the Indians of the Quinaielt Reservation.
Walker River, Nevada, Dam: To carry out the provisions of theWalker River, Nev., dam.Investigating feasibility of constructing.*Ante*, p. 779. Act entitled “An Act to investigate and determine the feasibility of the construction of an irrigation dam on Walker River, Nevada,” approved June 30, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $10,000. Repairs, improvements, and so forth, Seneca Indian School,Seneca Indian school, Wyandotte, Okla.Repairs, improvements, etc. Wyandotte, Oklahoma: For repairing and improving the present buildings and equipment; the erection of new buildings and the purchase of new equipment with the object of increasing the capacity of the school from one hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy pupils, fiscal year 1927, $40,000. 856 Lummi Reservation, Wash.Dikes for reclaiming lands in.Reclaiming lands on the Lummi Reservation, Washington (reimbursable):
For construction of dikes and other necessary work incidental thereto for the reclaiming of approximately 4,000 acres of lands in Indian and private ownership within and immediately adjacent to the Lummi Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, *Ante*, p. 211.as authorized by the Act of March 18, 1926, and under the terms and conditions of, and reimbursable as provided in, said Act, fiscal year 1927, $65,000. San Carlos Reservation.Coolidge dam across Gila River, construction, etc.Vol. 43, p. 475.Coolidge Dam across canyon of Gila River near San Carlos, Arizona:
For construction of the Coolidge Dam across the canyon of the Gila River near San Carlos, Arizona, as authorized by the Act of June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, pages 475, 476), and under terms and conditions and reimbursable as provided in said Act, fiscal year *Proviso*.Rights of way, etc.1927, $725,000: *Provided*, That said sum shall be available for acquiring rights of way and other purposes provided for in said Act. San Ysabel Reservation, Calif.Purchase of land for.*Ante*, p. 690.Santa Ysabel Reservation, California:
For the purchase of land and payment of expenses incurred in connection therewith as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain lands in California to be added to the Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation and authorizing an appropriation of funds therefor,” approved June 3, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $25,000. Crow Indian children, Mont., allotments to.*Ante*, p. 566.Crow Indian Children, Montana: For surveys and other expenses connected with the allotments authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to allot lands to living children on the Crow Reservation, Montana,” approved May 19, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $5,000, payable from tribal funds of the Crow Indians.
Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Mont.Expenses allotting in severalty lands on.*Ante*, p. 690.Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana: For expenses of making the tribal roll, compiling list of lands, surveys and classifications, and all other expenses connected with the allotments authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for allotting in severalty lands within the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $27,500.
Reno Indian colony, Nev.Purchase of land for.*Ante*, p. 496.Reno Indian Colony, Nevada: For the purchase of land in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain land in Nevada to be added to the present site of the Reno Indian Colony, and authorizing the appropriation of funds therefor,” approved May 10, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $4,300. Dresslerville Indian Colony, Nev.Water supply for.*Ante*, p. 560.Dresslerville Indian Colony, Nevada:
For carrying out the Act entitled “An Act to provide for an adequate water-supply system at the Dresslerville Indian Colony,” approved May 17, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $5,500. Gagnon and Company.*Post*, p. 1485.Gagnon and Company (Incorporated): For carrying out the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of Gagnon and Company, Incorporated,” approved May 29, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $3,592. O. H. Lipps.*Post*, p. 1433.O, H. Lipps: For payment to O. H. Lipps in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of O.
H. Lipps,” approved May 29, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $901.55. bureau of reclamationReclamation Bureau. Boise, Idaho.Continuing construction, etc.Boise project, Idaho: For continuation of construction incidental to the removal of slides and canal relocation, Riverside Canal, River-side irrigation district, and incidental operations, including the general objects of expenditure enumerated in the second paragraph under the caption “ Bureau of Reclamation,” contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, fiscal year 1927, $50,000, to be paid out of the reclamation fund. 857 Yuma project, Arizona-California:
To reimburse the reclamationYuma, Ariz.-Calif.Reimbursing reclamation fund tor Colorado River levee work.Vol. 43, p. 1198. fund for all costs incurred prior to March 3, 1925, and paid from the reclamation fund, for the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said project, as authorized by section 16
(a)of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1925, fiscal year 1925, and prior fiscal years, $637,336. For operation and maintenance costs of the Colorado River frontOperating Colorado River levee work.Vol. 43, p. 1198. work and levee system adjacent to the Yuma irrigation project, Arizona-California, as authorized by section 16
(b)of the Act of March 3, 1925, fiscal year 1926, $50,000, to be transferred to the reclamation fund and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Investigations, Columbia Basin irrigation project: For completingColumbia Basin.Investigating irrigation by gravity, etc., in.*Ante*, p, 247. investigations of the feasibility of irrigation by gravity or pumping, water sources, water storage, and related problems on the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Columbia Basin project, as provided for in the Act approved April 13, 1926, entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, in allocation of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes, and authorizing an appropriation therefor,” fiscal years 1927 and 1928, $25,000. The Reclamation Fund shall be available for payment to R. B.R. B. Diemer.Payment to. Diemer of the expenses of transportation of his household goods and other personal property, incident to his transfer from the North Platte project to the Riverton project, under authority for shipment of household goods issued February 5, 1925, by direction of the Commissioner of Reclamation pursuant to departmental regulations. national parksNational parks. The appropriation of $20,000, made by the Second DeficiencyAppalachian Mountain parks, etc.Expenses of commission. Act, fiscal year 1925, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for securing of lands in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and in the Mammoth CaveVol. 43, pp. 959, 1331. regions of Kentucky for perpetual preservation as national parks,” approved February 21, 1925, shall remain available until June 30, 1927. Not to exceed $3,000 of the appropriations for the National ParkPresident’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation.Fund available for expenses.*Ante*, p. 488. Service for the fiscal year 1927 shall be available for the payment of travel, subsistence, supplies, and other expenses of the committee, including its secretary, created upon recommendation of the President’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation, to study and report upon adjustment of boundaries between national parks and national forests and upon the suitability of certain national forest lands for establishment as national parks. territory of alaskaAlaska. Insane of Alaska: For care and custody of persons legallyCare of insane. adjudged insane in Alaska, including transportation, burial, and other expenses, fiscal year 1926, $5,400, to be expended under the same authority and conditions as the appropriation for this purpose in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926. 858 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEDepartment of Justice. miscellaneous objects, department of justice Printing and binding.For printing and binding, for the Department of Justice and the courts of the United States, fiscal year 1926, $64,000, to be available until June 30, 1927. Detection and prosecution of crimes.Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of crimes, including the same objects specified under this head in the acts making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal years that follow: For 1923, $224; For 1924 and 1925, $156.58. Enforcing interstate commerce laws.Enforcement of acts to regulate commerce: For salary and expenses of assistant to the Solicitor General in representing the Vol. 34, p. 379; Vol. 38, p. 539; Vol. 37, p. 701; Vol. 38, p. 219; Vol. 40. p. 272; Vol. 41, p. 474.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 salaries of employees in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1925, $360.61. Naval oil reserve lands, California.Excuses of counsel in suits, etc.Protection of interest of the United States in matters affecting oil lands on former naval reserves: For compensation and expenses of special counsel and for all other expenses, including employment of experts and other assistants at such rates as may be authorized or approved by the President, in connection with carrying into effect Vol. 43, p. 15.the “Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to institute proceedings touching sections 16 and 36, township 30 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo meridian,” approved February 21, 1924, including obligations heretofore incurred, fiscal years 1926 and 1927, $60,000, to be expended by the President. JUDICIAL marshals, district attorneys, clerks, and other expenses of united states courtsUnited States court. Special assistant attorneys.For assistants to the Attorney General and to United States district attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases, fiscal year 1922 and prior years, $3,000. Commissioners.For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace [R. S., sec. 1014, p. 189](/us/rs/s1014/p189).acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes of the United States, fiscal year 1926, $90,000. Jurors.For fees of jurors, fiscal year 1924. $63.21. Bailiffs, etc.For bailiffs and criers, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $50,000. Supplies.For supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and adding machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and ammunition therefor, to he expended under the direction of the Attorney General, fiscal year 1926, $24,000. Tullahoma, Tenn.Appraisers of post office, etc.Not to exceed $125 of the appropriation for “ Miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, 1926,” is made available for the payment of appraisers of the Tullahoma, Tennessee, post-office site for services rendered in the fiscal year 1918. Books for judicial officers.Books for judicial officer’s: For the purchase of law books for judicial officers, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and859 Justice and for the judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year 1926, and including the purchase of the law library of the Bar Association of the City of Boston, withBoston Bar Association library. books, equipment, furniture, and fixtures, at a price to be fixed by the Attorney General after appraisal and consideration of other means of supplying the circuit and district judges in the district of Massachusetts with a suitable library, fiscal year 1927, $20,000. penal institutionsPenal institutions. Leavenworth, Kansas, Penitentiary: For subsistence, and so forth,Leavenworth, Kans.Subsistence. including the same objects specified under this head in the Acts making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal years that follow: For 1925, $6,555.70; For 1926, $45,000. For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, includingClothing, transportation. etc. the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $25,000. For miscellaneous expenditures, and so forth, including the sameMiscellaneous. objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1925, $1,220.13. For hospital supplies, medicines, medical and surgical supplies,Hospital supplies, etc. and all other articles for the care and treatment of sick prisoners; and for expenses of interment of deceased prisoners on the penitentiary reservation, fiscal year 1925, $91.29. For salaries of all officers and employees, including guards andSalaries. foremen, fiscal year 1926, $11,000. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $200,000 for theFactory, etc.Unexpended balances for, continued.Vol, 43, pp, 7, 45, 1032. erection of a factory or factories and other buildings, and for the purchase of equipment for the manufacture of shoes, brooms, and brushes, contained in the first deficiency Act, approved April 2, 1924, and made available during the fiscal year 1926 by the Act of February 27, 1925, making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice, and so forth, shall remain available until June 30, 1927. Atlanta, Georgia, Penitentiary: For subsistence, and so forth,Atlanta, Ga.Subsistence. including the same objects specified under this head for the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $60,000. For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, includingClothing. the same objects specified under this head for the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kansas, in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $15,000. McNeil Island, Washington, Penitentiary: For subsistence, andMcNeil Island, Wash.Subsistence. so forth, including the same objects specified under this head, for the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the Act mailing appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $6,500. For miscellaneous expenditures, and so forth, including the sameMiscellaneous. objects specified under this head, for the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice, and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $17,500. For the salaries of all officers and employees, including guardsSalaries. and foremen, for the fiscal year 1926, $2,000. 860 Water supply.Vol. 43, pp. 45, 1032.Balance available.The unexpended balance of the sum of $60,000 contained in the first deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924, approved April 2, 1924, and made available during the fiscal year 1926 by the Act of February 27, 1925, making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice, and so forth, for drilling wells and providing necessary storage facilities for water shall remain available until June 30, 1927. National Training School for Boys.Support of inmates, etc.National Training School for Boys: For support of inmates, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $5,000. Support of prisoners.For 1922.Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, for the fiscal year 1922, $3,526.40. For 1924.Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners, including the objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1924, $26,330.46. For 1926.Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the judiciary, and so forth, for the fiscal year 1926, $600,000. Inspection of prisons and prisoners.Inspection of prisons and prisoners: For the inspection of United States prisons and prisoners, including salary of the assistant superintendent of prisons, and expenses incident to examination of estimates of appropriations in the field, fiscal year 1926, $2,000. Nome, Alaska.Jail and courthouse, Nome, Alaska: For raising the jail and Jail and courthouse.courthouse at Nome, Alaska, and installing a new foundation, and for painting and other necessary repairs thereto, fiscal year 1927, $5,000. Federal IndustrialInstitution for Women.Establishment of.Vol. 43. p. 473.Federal Industrial Institution for Women: For further carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the establishment of a Federal Industrial Institution for Women, and for other purposes,” approved June 7, 1924: For the Incurred obligations.Vol. 43, p. 1334.payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorization in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1925, $172,000; for the Construction and equipment.construction of the following buildings—eleven cottages, $667,000; assembly hall and school, $100,000; hospital, $90,000; staff house, $40,000; garden service and root storage, $15,000; propagating and plant house, $7,500; cannery and butcher shop, $10,000; completion of power house and equipment therefor, $13,000; completion of garage, $5,250; reconditioning of old buildings for employees’ houses, $6,600; farm and daily buildings, $40,000; completion of roads, walks, and gutters, $80,000; completion of special equipment, $10,000; miscellaneous and contingencies, $59,000; reimbursement of appropriations for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Vol. 43, p. 474.Treasury Department for technical services and other expenses in accordance with section 3 of the Act, $30,000; acquisition of additional land and improvements thereon, if any, $2,600; purchase of livestock and farm machinery and equipment, not otherwise provided, for daily project, garden storage building, plant propagating house, and cannery and butcher shop, $13,500; fire fighting equipment, truck, wagon, not to exceed $6,000 for purchase and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use, awnings, fencing, and concrete mixer and engine, $16,000; furniture and equipment for buildings not otherwise provided for, $131,850; in all, fiscal year 1927, not to exceed $1,509,300, to be expended under the direction and upon the written order of the Attorney General by contract or purchase of material and hire861 of labor and services and utilization of labor of United States prisoners, as the Attorney General may direct: *Provided*, That this*Provisos*.Capacity requirement. sum, with the amount heretofore appropriated, shall be so expended as to provide an institution complete with buildings and all other facilities and equipment for the accommodation of not less than five hundred inmates in accordance with the purposes of such Act of June 7, 1924: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 10 per centum ofInterchangeable amounts. any of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for any of the other purposes named herein upon the written order of the Attorney General, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to any amount: *Provided further*, That the unexpendedBalance available.Vol. 43, p. 1334. balance of the appropriation of $909,100 included in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1925, for this institution shall remain available during the fiscal year 1927. For payment of the following claims certified to be due by thePaying certified court claims. General Accounting Office under appropriations which have become exhausted, being for the service of the fiscal year 1925 and prior years unless otherwise stated, and which are submitted under provisions of 3679 Revised Statutes, as amended by section 3 of the Act[R. S., sec. 3679, p, 723](/us/rs/s3679/p723).Vol, 34, p. 49. of February 27, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 49): Salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts,Items. 1924, $6,915.38; fees of commissioners, United States courts, 1925, $38,124.67; fees of jurors, United States courts, 1924, $125.40; fees of witnesses, United States courts, 1924, $2,003.50; support of United States prisoners, 1924, $20,365.30; in all, $67,534.25. DEPARTMENT OF LABORDepartment of Labor. bureau of immigrationImmigration Bureau. For refund to Domingo J. Milord of $500 furnished as securityDomingo J. Milord.Refund to. on bond that Magdalena Pons Roca, a native of Cuba, admitted temporarily to the United States at the port of Key West, Florida, July 31, 1924, should not. become a public charge, which amount was inadvertently deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, September 17, 1924, fiscal year 1926, $500. NAVY DEPARTMENTNavy Department. For compensation of the additional Assistant Secretary of theAdditional Assistant Secretary.*Ante*, p. 767. Navy, authorized by section 4 of the Act approved June 24, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $7,500. Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyPayment of property damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1066. owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the. Navy, under the provisions of the Act of December 28, 1922, Public Act No. 374 (Forty-second Statutes, page 1066), as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 349, Sixty-Ninth Congress, $14,516.58. Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyAdditional claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Navy, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,006 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 354, Sixty-ninth Congress, except itemItem excepted. four on page seven of such document, $2,108.66. Administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act:Adjusted Compensation Act.Department administrative expenses.Balance available. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $450,000 for administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, contained in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924, shall remain available until June 30, 1927, and shall also862 be available to cover obligations incurred for such administrative Vol. 43, p. 688.expenses during the period from July 1, 1926, to the date of the approval of this Act, inclusive. Edward R. Wilson.Reimbursement.Vol. 43, p. 1592.For reimbursement of Edward R. Wilson, lieutenant commander, Supply Corps, United States Navy, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1592), fiscal year 1926, $1,504.32. Losses of prisoners at Portsmouth, N. H.Vol. 43. p. 1277.For reimbursement of the persons named in section 23 of the Act approved March 4, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1277), in accordance with the provisions of such Act, fiscal year 1926, $2,000. Anton Kunz.Six months gratuity for death of son.*Post*, p. 1160.For payment to Anton Kunz, father of Joseph Anthony Kunz, machinist’s mate, first class, who was killed by an explosion on board the submarine A-7, July 25, 1917, an amount equal to six months’ pay at the rate said Joseph Anthony Kunz was receiving at the date of his death, as authorized by the Act approved April 17, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $445.92. Aviation activities.Additional amount.For maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air stations, fleet, and all other aviation activities, testing laboratories, *Ante*, p. 609.and for overhauling of planes, fiscal year 1927, $260,000, to be added to and made a part of the appropriation “ Aviation. Navy, fiscal year 1927,” contained in the Naval Appropriation Act for such fiscal year. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTPost Office Department. out of the postal revenues Payment of property damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1036.Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Post Office Department under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 301, 346, 421, and 460, Sixty-ninth Congress, $9,985.44. Field Service, Post Office DepartmentField Service. office of postmaster generalPostmaster General. Rewards, etc.For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of post-office burglars, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1925, $46,500. Securing information.Vol. 43, p. 784.Additional amount allowed.Not to exceed $10,000 of the appropriation “ Payment of rewards, 1926,” may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals. office of the first assistant postmaster generalFirst Assistant Postmaster General. City delivery.Substitute carriers.For pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay, and of auxiliary and temporary letter carriers at offices where city delivery is already established, fiscal year 1924, $342.80. Special delivery, fees.For fees to special-delivery messengers for the fiscal years that follow: For 1924, $29.11; For 1925, $960,453.24. Vehicle allowance.For vehicle allowance, the hiring of drivers, the rental of vehicles, and the purchase and exchange and maintenance, including stable and garage facilities, of wagons or automobiles for, and the opera863 tion of, screen wagon and city delivery and collection service, fiscal year 1926, $940,000. The Postmaster General may, during the fiscal years 1926 andPurchase of trucks and trailer trucks. 1927, purchase and maintain from the appropriation “ Vehicle service ” such tractors and trailer trucks as may be required in the operation of the screen wagon and city delivery and collection service. office of the second assistant postmaster generalSecond Assistant Postmaster General. For the operation and maintenance of the airplane mail serviceAirplane service, New York and San Francisco. between New York, New York, and San Francisco, California, via Chicago, Illinois, and Omaha, Nebraska, and for the installation,Installing night flying service. equipment, and operation of the airplane mall service by night flying, and to enable the department to make the additional charges for both night and day service on first-class mail matter in accordance with existing law, including necessary incidental expenses and employment of necessary personnel, fiscal year 1926, $75,000. For travel allowance to railway postal clerks and substitute railwayTravel, railway postal clerks.Electric and cable car service.Balances due foreign countries. postal clerks, fiscal year 1926, $55,000. For electric and cable car service, fiscal year 1926, $60,000. For balances due foreign countries, including payment of balances found due by arbitral sentence in the dispute between the United States Post Office Department and the administrations of Norway,Vol. 35, p. 1661. Denmark, and Sweden under the provisions of article 23 of the Universal Postal Convention of Rome for the fiscal years that follow: 1914. $15,690.37; 1915, $43,193.33; 1916. $55,747.75; 1917, $51,778.54; 1918, $26,071.33; 1919, $25,552.97; 1920, $26,317.11; 1921. $6,603.47; 1922, $6,603.47; 1923, $6,603.47; 1924, $3,301.74; in all, $267,463.55. For balances due foreign countries, including the payment ofFor fiscal year 1020. interest on balances due for the transportation of mails, fiscal year 1926, $63,249.28. The payment of balances found due by arbitral sentence under theBalances due by arbitration.Vol, 35, p. 1661; Vol. 42, p. 1907. provisions of article 23 of the Universal Postal Union of Rome and under the provisions of article 25 of the Universal Postal Convention of Madrid may be made from the appropriations for “ Balances due foreign countries” for the fiscal years 1924, 1925, and 1926. office of fourth assistant postmaster generalFourth Assistant Postmaster General. For inland transportation by star routes (excepting service inStar routes, except Alaska. Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, fiscal year 1926, $250,000. DEPARTMENT OF STATEDepartment of State. Refund of Chinese Indemnity: For refunding to the GovernmentChinese Indemnity.Refund of sums paid in 1917.Vol. 43, p. 135 of China in accordance with the public resolution approved May 21, 1924, and the Executive order of July 16, 1925, of the sums paid by that Government and covered into the Treasury of the United States on November 2 and December 4, 1917, respectively, representing the monthly quotas for October and November, 1917, respectively, of the Chinese indemnity, fiscal year 1926, $92,029.41. Payment to Mrs. Margarethe Murphy: For the payment to Mrs. MargaretheMrs. Margarethe Murphy.Vol. 43, p. 1000. Murphy, widow of George Herbert Murphy, late consul general at Zurich, Switzerland, one year’s salary of her deceased husband, who died of illness incurred while in the Consular Service, fiscal year 1926, $9,000. 864 Mrs. Lilly O. Dyer.*Post*, p. 1617.Payment to Mrs. Lilly 0. Dyer: For payment to Mrs. Lilly O. Dyer: widow of the late Francis John Dyer, formerly consul at Coblenz, Germany, one year’s salary of her deceased husband, who died of illness incurred while in the Consular Service, as authorized by the Act approved June 25, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $4,000. George Turner.Services, etc., International Joint Commission, etc.Payment to George Turner: For payment to George Turner as compensation for services rendered as counsel of the international Joint Commission for the month of November, 1922, and for expenses necessarily incurred in going from Spokane, Washington, to the *Post*, p. 1481.city of Washington and returning, as authorized by the act approved May 22, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $699.93. Per diem allowances.Application of exemption of limitations, to designated prior appropriations.Per diem allowances: The provision contained in the following appropriations under the Department of State exempting traveling and subsistence expenses from the limitations of existing law shall have application to expenditures heretofore or hereafter made from said appropriations for per diem in lieu of subsistence as well as for actual expenses for subsistence: Twenty-third Conference of Interparliamentary Union, Washington, District of Columbia, 1925-December 31, 1925; International Conferences, Traffic in Habit Forming Narcotic Drugs, 1925; Commission On Equitable Use of Waters of the Rio Grande, 1925, 1925 and 1926; Revision of Chinese Customs Tariff, 1924 and 1925, 1925 and 1926, 1926; Inquiry into Extraterritoriality in China, 1922–1925, 1922–1926; General and Special Claims Commissions, United States and Mexico, 1925 and 1926, 1926; International Fisheries Commission, 1926; and Preparatory Commission on Armaments at Geneva, *Proviso*.Application to Mexican Claims Commission, 1925.Switzerland, 1926 and 1927: *Provided*, That the appropriation for the General and Special Claims Commission, United States and Mexico, for the fiscal year 1925 is hereby made available for subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence notwithstanding the provisions of existing law at the time expenditures therefor were made. Interparliamentary Union.Allowance for outside printing from unexpended balance.Vol. 40, p. 1270.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).Interparliamentary Union: The unexpended balance of the appropriation for expenses of the Twenty-third Conference of the Interparliamentary Union is hereby made available for the payment of expenses, aggregating $1,008.37, incurred for printing furnished in connection with such conference contrary to the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1919, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. Hawaii bubonic plague.Payment of fire insurance losses due to.Territory of Hawaii: To reimburse the following fire insurance companies the amounts paid by them on account of insurance against fire on property in the Territory of Hawaii, which property was destroyed by the Government in the suppression of the *Post*, p. 1608.bubonic plague in such Territory in the years 1899 and 1900: Royal Insurance Company, $25,100; Trans-Atlantic Fire Insurance Company, $9,500; Prussian National Fire Insurance Company, $2,850; North German Fire Insurance Company, $8,000; Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company, $10,450; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, $6,900; New Zealand Insurance Company, $6,025; Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company, $9,250; National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, $4,150; Caledonian Insurance Company, of Edinburgh, Scotland, $750; North British Mercantile Insurance Company, $3,000; in all, fiscal year 1926, $85,975, as authorized by the Act approved June 18, 1926. international institute of agriculture at rome, italyInternational Institute of Agriculture. Payment of expenses of delegates to.For the payment of the expenses of delegates to the General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture to be held at Rome during the calendar year 1926; including 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),865 and the reimbursement of similar expenses which may have been incurred by delegates prior to the approval of this Act, fiscal years 1926 and 1927, $10,000, to be expended under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary or State. pan american (international) sanitary bureauPan American Sanitary Bureau. For the annual share of the United States for the maintenance ofAnnual share of expenses.*Ante*, p. 337. the Pan American (International) Sanitary Bureau for the year 1926, in addition to the amount already appropriated, $18,068.03. international radiotelegraphic conferenceInternational Radiotelegraphic Conference. The appropriations made available by the Second Deficiency Act,Appropriations for, continued available.Vol. 43, p. 1340. fiscal year 1925, for defraying the expenses incident to the conference for revision of the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of July 5, 1912, to be held in Washington during the fiscal year 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1927. rainy lake referenceRainy Lake reference. Report on Rainy Lake reference: For examination and surveysExamination and surveys. necessary to the preparation of the report required by the Rainy Lake reference under article 9 of the treaty of January 11, 1909, between the United States and Great Britain, and the agreement ofVol. 36, p. 2452. February 24, 1925, between the Government of the United States*Post*, p. 2102. and the Government of Canada, including salaries, transportation, authorized traveling allowances, furniture, books, printing and binding, Equipment (not exceeding the sum of $500 may be expended*Ante*, p. 617. for the purchase of one passenger-carrying automobile), maintenance and operation expenses of a passenger-carrying automobile, and miscellaneous expenses, fiscal year 1927, $50,000. international fisheries commission, united states and mexicoMexican Fishery Commission. To defray the actual and necessary expenses on the part of theExpenses. United States of the International Fisheries Commission, United States and Mexico, as established by article 11 of the treaty concluded*Post*, p. 2363. between the United States and Mexico on December 23, 1925, for the conservation and development of marine life resources off certain of their coasts, including salaries and expenses of United States members and other employees, boat hire, and one-half of all reasonable and necessary joint expenses incurred by the commission, fiscal year 1927, $30,000: *Provided*, That the share of the*Proviso*.Deposit of fines, etc. United States of fines and other moneys collected under the terms of the treaty shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. general and special claims commissions, united states and mexicoMexican Claims Commissions. For the expenses of the settlement and adjustment of claims byExpenses. the citizens of each country against the other under a convention concluded September 8, 1923, and of citizens of the United StatesVol. 43, pp. 1730, 1733. against Mexico under a convention concluded September 10, 1923, between the United States and Mexico, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1926, $10,800. seventh international dental congressInternational Dental Congress. For the expenses actually and necessarily incurred by the GovernmentExpenses of, at Philadelphia. of the United States in the observance of appropriate866 courtesies by reason of the invitation extended to foreign governments to participate in the Seventh International Dental Congress *Ante*, p. 394.to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the calendar year 1926, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 24, approved May 3, 1926, including travel and subsistence expenses or per diem in lieu of subsistence, fiscal year 1927, $5,000. foreign service buildings fundForeign Service Buildings Fund. Expenses of buildings.*Ante*, p. 403.For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the “ Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926,” and for each and every object thereof, including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings heretofore acquired under specific authorization of Congress for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments in foreign countries, $435,000, to remain available until expended. international exposition at seville, spainInternational Exposition, Seville, Spain.Expenses of participating in.Vol, 43, p. 1256.*Post*, p. 1191. For preliminary expenses of participation, as authorized by public resolution approved March 3, 1925, in an international exposition to be held at Seville, Spain, and for all purposes of the said resolution, including travel and subsistence, fiscal year 1927, $200,000, this appropriation not to be available except for the purposes of participation in the exposition commencing April 27, 1927, or in that exposition postponed to any other date. revision of chinese customs tariffChinese custom tariff. Expenses of delegates, etc.Vol. 42, p. 1548.*Post*, p. 2122.To enable the United States Government to carry out its obligations arising under the treaty relating to the Chinese customs tariff signed February 6, 1922, including the compensation of delegates or other representatives, clerks, and employees, rent of offices, expenses of transportation, subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act) stationery and supplies, telegraph, and such other objects as the President may deem necessary, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1927, $4,000, and the appropriations made for this purpose by the Act making appropriations for the Department of State approved June 1, 1922, and continued available until June 30, 1926, by subsequent Acts, and the appropriation for *Ante*, p. 179.this purpose made by the deficiency Act approved March 3, 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1927. inquiry into extraterritoriality in chinaExtraterritoriality in China. Expenses of delegates, etc.To enable the United States Government to carry out its obligations arising under resolution Numbered 4, adopted by the Conference on the Limitation of Armament at the fourth plenary session, December 10, 1921, regarding extraterritoriality in China, including the compensation of delegates or other representatives, clerks, and employees, rent of offices, expenses of transportation, subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), stationery, and supplies, telegraph, and such other objects as the President may deem necessary, to be disbursed under Amounts available.Vol. 42, p. 610; Vol. 43, pp. 211, 1019.the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1927, $6,600; and the appropriation made for this purpose by the Act making appropriations for the Department of State, approved June 1, 1922, and continued available until June 30, 1926, by subsequent Acts, shall remain available until June 30, 1927. 867 international map of the worldInternational map of the World. For the share of the United States of the expenses of the centralCentral bureau quota.*Ante*, p. 384. bureau of the international map of the world for the calendar year 1926, fiscal year 1927, $30. the pan american congressPan American Congress. For the expenses of participation in the Fan American CongressExpenses.*Ante*, p. 384. to be held in Panama in the calendar year 1926, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 23, approved May 1, 1926, including travel and subsistence expenses of delegates or per diem in lieu of subsistence, and such miscellaneous and other expenses as the President shall deem proper, fiscal year 1927, $1,500. commission on equitable use of waters of the rio grandeRio Grande. The appropriation of $20,000 made by the Second Deficiency Act,Commission on use of.Sum available. fiscal year 1924, for the expenses of a commission to make a study of the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, and continued available until June 30, 1926, by theVol. 43, p. 1340. “ Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1925,” shall remain available until June 30, 1927. conference on oil pollution of navigable watersPollution of navigable waters. The appropriation of $42,000 made by the Second Deficiency Act,Expenses of conference on.Vol. 43, p. 1339. fiscal year 1925, approved March 4, 1925, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a conference of maritime nations to be held at Washington, in accordance with the authorization in Public ResolutionVol. 42, p. 821. 65, approved July 1, 1922, to consider the adoption of effective means for the prevention of oil pollution of navigable waters, shall remain available for the purposes specified in said Deficiency Act and for any further conference or conferences on this subject in Washington and elsewhere, including preparation therefor and expenses in connection therewith, until June 30, 1927. consular building, amoy, chinaAmoy, China, The appropriation contained in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscalConstruction of consular building at.Vol, 43, p. 1341. year 1925, approved March 4, 1925, “ for the construction in accordance with the Act approved February 17, 1911, of a consular building or buildings at Amoy, China, fiscal year 1926, $20,000, in addition to the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $300,000 for the acquisition of embassy, legation, and consular buildings andVol. 41, p. 1214. grounds, contained in the Act entitled ‘ An Act mailing appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the year ending June 30, 1922,’ approved March 2, 1921,” shall remain available until June 30, 1927. international road congressInternational Road Congress. To enable the United States to accept membership in the PermanentExpenses of membership. Association of International Road Congresses, $3,000, and for the expenses of participation in the meetings of the congress and of the executive committee in the calendar year 1926, including travel and subsistence, $5,000; in all, fiscal year 1927, $8,000, as authorized by the Public Resolution approved June 18, 1926.*Ante*, p. 754. 868 TREASURY DEPARTMENTTreasury Department. office of the secretary Payment of private property damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1066.Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 348 and Senate Document Numbered 146, Sixty-ninth Congress, $1,659.86. division of bookkeeping and warrantsBookkeeping and Warrants Division. Contingent expenses, public moneys.Contingent expenses, public moneys: For contingent expenses [R. S., sec. 3653, p. 719](/us/rs/s3653/p719).under the requirements of section 3653 of the Revised Statutes, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, $10,000. printing and binding Printing and binding.For printing and binding for the Treasury Department including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, $82,500, to be available until June 30, 1927. office of treasurer of the united statesTreasurer’s Office. Personal services.For an additional amount for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1927, $15,000. customs serviceCustoms service. Collecting revenue.For an additional amount for collecting the revenue from customs and for detecting and preventing frauds upon the customs revenue, including the same objects specified for these purposes in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $505,055. internal revenue serviceInternal Revenue Service. Prohibition and Narcotic Acts.Enforcement expenses.VoL 41, p. 305.For expenses to enforce the provisions of the National Prohibition Act and the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon, all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or cocoa leaves, their Vol. 38, p. 785.salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for other purposes.” approved December 17, 1914, as amended by the Revenue Act of 1918, and Vol. 40, p. 1130.the Act entitled “ An Act to amend an Act entitled “ An Act to prohibit the importation and use of opium for other than medicinal purposes,’ approved February 9, 1909,” as amended by the Act of Vol. 42, p. 298.May 26, 1922, known as “ The Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act,” including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $2,686,760. Allowance for vehicles, 1925, 1926.The appropriations for enforcing the National Prohibition and Narcotic Acts for the fiscal years 1925 and 1926 are hereby made available for hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, including expenditures heretofore made during such fiscal years for these purposes. 869 Refunding automobile and cigar taxes: For the refund of tax onRefunding automobile and cigar taxes. automobiles held by dealers and intended for sale, and the refund of tax on all cigars and little cigars in original and unbroken statutory packages held and intended for sale, as provided in sections*Ante*, pp. 128, 129. 1204 and 1205 of the Revenue Act of 1926, approved February 26, 1926, fiscal years 1926 and 1927, $5,250,000. For payment to the Star Insurance Company of the net proceedsStar Insurance Company.Payment to. of the sale of an automobile, pursuant to an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, December 4, 1923, under section 26 of the National Prohibition Act, directing such payment with any interest which may be payable thereon, and proceeds of such sale having been deposited in the Treasury prior to the issuance of said order, fiscal year 1926, $70.25. coast guardCoast Guard. The appropriation of $925,000 in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscalVessel for Alaskan waters.Reappropriation.Vol. 43, p. 1342. year 1925. for constructing and equipping a Coast Guard cutter for duty in Alaskan waters and for cruises into the Arctic Ocean, is hereby made available until March 31, 1927. For commencing the construction of three of the Coast GuardConstruction of new cutters.*Ante*, p. 725.*Post*, p. 1035. cutters authorized in the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of ten vessels for the Coast Guard,” approved June 10, 1926, fiscal years 1927 and 1928, $1,000,000, of which not exceeding $2,000 shall be available for the purchase of such equipment and drafting supplies as may be required at Coast Guard headquarters in connection with the construction of such cutters: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Cost limited. the total cost of these three vessels and equipment shall not exceed $2,700,000, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enterContracts authorized. into contracts for their construction and equipment in sums not to exceed this aggregate amount. public health servicePublic Health Service. For pay, allowance, and commutation of quarters for commissionedPay, allowance, etc. medical officers, including the Surgeon General, assistant surgeons general at large not exceeding three in number, and pharmacists, for the fiscal years that follow: For 1926, $15,000; For 1927, $15,000. For “ pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, PublicPersonnel and maintenance of hospitals. Health Service, 1926,” including the same objects specified under this appropriation in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, $36,198. For a preliminary survey of the salt-marsh areas of the SouthSalt-marsh areas of southern States.Expenses of survey, for controlling mosquito breeding.*Post*, p. 1039. Atlantic and Gulf States, to determine the exact character of the breeding places of the salt-marsh mosquitoes, in order that a definite idea may be formed as to the best methods of controlling the breeding of such mosquitoes, fiscal year 1927, $25,000, to be expended by the Public Health Service in cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture. mints and assay officesMints and assay of flees. Carson City, Nevada, Mint: For incidental and contingentCarson City, Nev. expenses, fiscal year 1926, $75. public buildings, sites and constructionPublic buildings. Under section 3 of the Act approved May 25, 1926Construction, etc., of. authorized under Act of May 25.*Ante*, p. 632.Athens, Tenn. Athens, Tennessee, post office, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office870 and other Government offices, $15,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $90,000. Bayonne, N. J.Bayonne, New Jersey, post office, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $30,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $230,000. Chicago, Ill.Marine Hospital.Chicago, Illinois, marine hospital: Toward the construction of quarters for medical officers, junior medical officers, pharmacists, nurses, and attendants, $30,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such buildings for not to exceed $233,000. Coeur d’Alene Idaho.Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, post office, courthouse, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, $30,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $250,000. Des Moines, Iowa.Des Moines, Iowa, courthouse, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the United States Court, and so forth, and for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of additional hind, $40,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and additional land for not to exceed $665,000. Detroit, Mich.Marine Hospital.Detroit, Michigan, Marine Hospital: Toward the construction of suitable buildings, and so forth, for the accommodation of the marine hospital, $250,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such buildings for not to exceed $600,000. Durango, Colo.Durango, Colorado, post office, courthouse, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, $20,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $200,000. Jamestown, N. Dak;Jamestown, North Dakota, post office, courthouse, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office. United States courts, and other Government offices, $15,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $200,000. Lancaster, S. C.Lancaster, South Carolina, post office, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $8,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $75,000. Madison, Wis.Madison, Wisconsin, post office, courthouse, and so forth: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, $75,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $635,552. Missoula, Mont.Missoula, Montana, post office, courthouse, and so forth: Toward the extension and remodeling of the present building to accommodate the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, and for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of additional land, $60,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury871 is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such work and additional land for not to exceed $400,000. Montclair, New Jersey, post office, and so forth: Toward the constructionMontclair, N. J. of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, and for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of additional land. $35,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and additional land for not to exceed $295,000. Mount Carmel, Illinois, post office, and so forth: Toward the constructionMount Carmel, Ill. of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $20,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $100,000. Newark, New Jersey, post office, courthouse, and so forth: TowardNewark, N. J. the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and so forth, and for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of a suitable site, $1,600,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and site for not to exceed $3,875,000. Newburyport, Massachusetts, post office, and so forth: Toward theNewburyport, Mass. construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $5,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $102,000. Prescott, Arkansas, post office, and so forth: For the completionPrescott, Ark. of the building, $10,000; and the limit of cost heretofore fixed for the acquisition of a site and construction of a building is hereby extended to $60,000. Saint Louis, Missouri, Federal office building: Toward the constructionSaint Louis, Mo. of a suitable building for the accommodation of Federal offices, and for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of additional land, $500,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and additional land for not to exceed $1,600,000. Savannah, Georgia, marine hospital: For completion of a suitableSavannah, Ga.Marine hospital. building for medical officers’ quarters, $8,000; and the estimated limit of cost of such building is increased to not exceed $18,000. Syracuse, New York, post office, courthouse, and so forth: TowardSyracuse, N. Y. the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, $250,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $1,500,000. Williamson, West Virginia, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Williamson, W. Va. Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, $95,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $195,000. Wilson, North Carolina, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Wilson, N. C. Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post office, United States courts, and other Government offices, $60,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $235,000. Yonkers, New York, post office, and so forth: Toward the constructionYonkers, N. Y. of a suitable building for the accommodation of the post872 office and other Government offices, $40,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $500,000. Total limit of cost.Total limit of cost for the foregoing projects as extended under section 3 of the Act approved May 25, 1926, not to exceed $12,058,552. Increase on limits of costs of designated projects.The limits of cost for the following projects, included in section 3 of the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, appropriations for which are now available in whole or in part, are hereby extended, Contracts authorized.respectively, to not to exceed the following sums; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for their completion in amounts not exceeding the respective limits of cost herein set forth: Buildings specified.*Ante*, p. 632.Globe, Arizona, post office, courthouse, and other Government offices, $165,000; Red Bluff, California, post office and other Government offices, $95,200: Branford, Connecticut, post office and other Government offices, $65,400; Putnam, Connecticut, post office and other Government offices, $81,500; Marianna, Florida, post office, courthouse, and other Government offices, $116,000; West Point, Georgia, post office and other Government offices, $65,000; Sand Point, Idaho, post office and other Government offices, $80,000; Batavia, Illinois, post office and other Government offices, $80,000; Metropolis, Illinois, post office and other Government offices, $90,000; Paxton, Illinois, post office and other Government offices, $95,000; Shelbyville, Kentucky, post office and other Government offices, $70,000; Caribou, Maine, post office and other Government offices, $70,000; Fort Fairfield, Maine, post office, customhouse, and other Government offices, $70,000; Leominster, Massachusetts, post office and other Government offices, $125,000; Southbridge, Massachusetts, post office and other Government offices, $80,000; Waltham, Massachusetts, post office and other Government offices, $120,000; Winchester, Massachusetts, post office and other Government offices, $75,000; Wyandotte, Michigan, post office and other Government offices, $140,000; Montevideo, Minnesota, post office and other Government offices, $75,000; Central City, Nebraska, post office and other Government offices, $65,000; Fallon, Nevada, post office and other Government offices, $69,500; Goldfield, Nevada, post office and other Government offices, $75,000; East Orange, New Jersey, post office and other Government offices, $285,000; Millville, New Jersey, post office and other Government offices, $90,300; East Las Vegas, New Mexico, post office, courthouse, and other Government offices, $151,000; Fort Plain, New York, post office and other Government offices, $75,000; Long Island City, New York, post office and other Government offices, $300,000; Utica, New York, post office, custom-house, and courthouse, $800,000; Akron, Ohio, post office and other Government offices, $565,000; Fremont, Ohio, post office and other Government offices, $175,000; Wilmington, Ohio, post office and other Government offices, $130,000; Donora, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $95,000; Lewistown, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $108,500; McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $85,000; Olyphant, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $70,000: Sayre, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $100,000; Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $112,000; Tarentum, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $70,000; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices, $100,000: Chamberlain, South Dakota, post office and other Government offices, $54,000; Tomah, Wisconsin, post office and other Government offices, $72,000; Buffalo, Wyoming, post office and other Government offices, $85,000; Cody,873 Wyoming, post office and other Government offices, $90,000; in all, not to exceed $5,580,400. Total, limit of cost of all projects hereinbefore enumerated asTotal for enumerated projects. extended under section 3 of the Act approved May 25, 1926, not to exceed $17,638,952. The Secretary of the Treasury, in the determination and allocationReserved for specified projects. of limits of cost for the projects enumerated in section 3 of the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, shall set apart and reserve from the additional aggregate limit of cost of $15,000,000 specified therein, sufficient sums to provide for the projects at Seattle, Washington, San Pedro, California, Malden, Massachusetts, and Juneau, Alaska; and he shall, in the cases of the foregoing cities,Surveys of conditions, etc., of. cause surveys to be made of existing conditions and recommendations for such projects to be submitted to Congress. In carrying into effect the provisions of section 3 of the PublicExpenditures additional to prior limitations. Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, the additional expenditure of $15,000,000 therein authorized shall be construed to be in addition to the aggregate limit of cost theretofore fixed for such buildings. public buildings, sites and constructionAdditional authorizations. Under section 5 of the Act approved May 25, 1926:*Ante*, p. 633.Birmingham, Ala.Additional story. Birmingham, Alabama, post office and courthouse: Toward the erection of an additional story on the post-office and courthouse building, $325,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such additional story for not to exceed $425,000. Chicago, Illinois, Marine Hospital: Toward the construction of anChicago, Ill.Marine hospital. extension to the power house, the modernization of all mechanical equipment, the rehabilitation of all buildings, and for additional facilities and miscellaneous repairs, $100,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such work for not to exceed $184,000. Chicago, Illinois, post office: Toward the acquisition of a sitePost office site. for a post-office building, $2,225,000, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made; and the limit of cost heretofore fixed for such site is extended to $5,000,000 and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for such site for not to exceed this sum. Memphis, Tennessee, subpost office: Toward the construction ofMemphis, Tenn.Subpost office. an extension to and the remodeling of the subpost-office building, $100,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such work for not to exceed $325,000. New Orleans, Louisiana, Quarantine Station: To enable the SecretaryNew Orleans, La.Quarantine station, site. of the Treasury to acquire a site by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. $30,000. Paris, Texas, post office and courthouse: To complete the constructionParis, Tex.Additional story. of an additional story for the accommodation of the United States courts and other Government offices, $84,000; and the limit of cost heretofore fixed for the construction of such building is hereby extended to $245,000. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, post office, and so forth: For the acquisitionPittsburgh, Pa.Site. of a. site for a Federal building, $1,127,000, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made; and the limit of cost for such site is hereby extended to $2,077,000. Sandusky, Ohio, post office and courthouse: For the completion ofSandusky, Ohio.Additional story. an additional story to the post-office building, $40,000; and the limit of cost heretofore fixed for such building is hereby extended to $255,000. 874 Washington, D. C.Agricultural Department.Acquiring Economics Building and site.Washington, District of Columbia, Agricultural Department Buildings: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire by. purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the Economics Building and site, at the corner of Linwood Place and C Street southwest, for the use *Proviso*.Amount restricted.of the Department of Agriculture, $325,000: *Provided*, That no greater amount shall be expended for the purchase of such building than a sum which in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury would procure an equally advantageous site and the erection of a duplicate of such building. Central part of Administration Building.Toward the construction of the central part of the Administration Building connecting the two existing wings, $400,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $2,000,000. Extensible building.Acquisition of site find construction of.Toward the construction of an extensible building for the use of the Department of Agriculture and the acquisition of a site by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, $1,200,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost, of such building and site for not to exceed $5,750,000. Archives Building.Acquisition of site and construction of.Washington, District of Columbia, Archives Building: Toward the construction of an extensible archives building and the acquisition of a site by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, $1,000,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building, including stacks, and site, for not to exceed $6,900,000. Department of Commerce.Construction on Government land, of building for.Washington, District of Columbia., Department of Commerce Building: Toward the construction upon Government-owned land, of a suitable building for the use of the Department of Commerce, $600,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $10,000,000. Government Printing Office.Acquisition of land and construction of additional building for.Washington, District of Columbia, Government Printing Office: Toward the erection of a suitable building and the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of additional land adjacent to the Government Printing Office, $100,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and land for not to exceed $1,250,000. Internal Revenue Building.Acquisition of land and construction of.Washington, District of Columbia, Internal Revenue building: Toward the construction of a suitable building for the accommodation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of additional land, $1,700,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and land for not to exceed $7,950,000. Liberty Loan Building.Additional stories on.Washington, District of Columbia, Liberty Loan Building: Toward the construction of two additional stories on the Liberty Loan Building, $250,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such work for not to exceed $375,000. public buildings, miscellaneous Steubenville, Ohio.Steubenville, Ohio, post office: For completion within the original limit of cost, $10,000. New York, N. Y.Barge office.New York, New York, barge office: For demolition and reconstruction of the Ellis Island Ferry slip, $25,000. Philadelphia, Pa.Mint.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States mint: For replacing ceiling of boiler room, providing ventilation; new floors, including change of conduits and wiring, $40,000. Quarantine stations.Cape Fear, N. C.Cape Fear (South Port), North Carolina, quarantine station: For extension and remodeling of wharf, reconstruction of gangway, and painting of water tower, $8,000. 875 Charleston, South Carolina, quarantine station: For demolishingCharleston, N. C. and rebuilding breakwater, $15,000. New York, New York, quarantine station: For constructing buildingNew York, N. Y. for garage and storage, $12,500. Baltimore, Maryland, quarantine station: For a Fire-protectionBaltimore, Md. system, $15,000. The appropriation of $15,000 contained in the Treasury DepartmentMobile, Ala.Repairs to, modified.Vol. 43, p. 777, amended. Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1926, entitled “ Customhouse and Post Office, Mobile, Alabama, 1926,” is hereby amended to read as follows: For remodeling first story, including mechanical equipment; lavatories in third story. Decatur, Alabama, post-office: For reimbursement to those, orDecatur, Ala.Reimbursing contributors to construction of.*Ante*, p, 394. their legal representatives, who contributed toward the cost of constructing the post office of two stories, as first planned, instead of as originally contracted for, in accordance with the authority contained in the Act approved May 4, 1926, fiscal year 1926. $5,656. public buildings, salaries, equipment, rent, general expenses, etc. Rent of temporary quarters: For rent of temporary quarters forRent of temporary quarters, etc. the accommodation of Government officials and moving expenses incident thereto, fiscal year 1927, $175,000. Office of Supervising Architect, salaries: For the SupervisingSupervising Architect’s Office.Personal services. Architect, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, in addition to the amount provided for that purpose in the Treasury Department appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $97,280. Outside professional services: To enable the Secretary of theOutside professional services.Procuring floor plans, advisory assistance, etc.*Ante*, p. 631. Treasury to obtain architectural services, as provided in the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, viz, “ to procure by contract the floor plans and designs of buildings developed sufficiently to serve as guides for the preparation of working drawings and specifications, or to employ advisory assistance involving design or engineering features, and to employ, to the extent deemed necessary byArchitects for buildings for Departments of Commerce and Labor. him in connection with the construction of buildings for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, the architects who were successful in competition heretofore held for a building for the then Department of Commerce and Labor, and to pay reasonable compensation for such services,” fiscal year 1927, $150,000. General expenses of public buildings: To further enable the SecretaryAdditional architectural and engineering personnel.Vol. 35, p. 537.*Ante*, p. 152. of the Treasury to execute and give effect to the provisions of section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (35 Stat. p. 537): For salaries of architectural and engineering personnel and inspectors in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, not exceeding $663,530, in addition to the amount provided for that purpose under the Act of March 2, 1926, of which amount not to exceed $461,420 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, in addition to the amount heretofore provided therefor under the limit established by said Act, and for certain other miscellaneous supplies and services, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $763,530. Lands and other property of the United States: For custody, care,Custody of lands, etc. protection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property of the United States, acquired and held under sections 3749 and 3750 of[R. S., secs. 3749, 3750, p. 739](/us/rs/s3749/3750/p739). the Revised Statutes, and examination of titles, recording of deeds, advertising in publications in the vicinity of the property and elsewhere, and auctioneers’ fees in connection therewith, fiscal year 1927, $2,500. Mechanical equipment: For the installation and repair of mechanicalMechanical equipment. equipment in all completed and occupied public buildings under876 the control of the Treasury Department, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department appropriation act for the fiscal year 1926, $35,000, to remain available during the fiscal year 1927. WAR DEPARTMENTWar Department. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Claims of foreign governments.Use of balance for settling war contracts.Vol. 43, p. 1344.Claims of foreign governments: The unexpended balance on June 30, 1926, of the appropriation “ Settlement of claims of foreign governments and their nationals, 1923,” contained in the second deficiency act, fiscal year 1925, is extended until June 30, 1927, for use only in settling the claims of foreign governments and their nationals for supplies or services furnished for use of the American forces abroad. Contingent expenses.Purchase of bookkeeping machines for office of Chief of Finance.Contingent expenses, War Department: Not to exceed an aggregate of $18,000 is hereby made available from the appropriations for personal services in the District of Columbia for the various bureaus and offices of the War Department for the fiscal year 1927 for the purchase and installation of eleven bookkeeping machines and accessories in the office of the Chief of Finance, War Department. office of the adjutant generalAdjutant General’s office. Adjusted compensation act.Administrative expenses of Department.Balance available.Vol. 43, p. 1341.Administrative Expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act: The unexpended balance on June 30, 1926, of the appropriation of $3,600,000 administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, 1924 and 1925, is continued and made available until June 30, 1927, and shall also be available to cover obligations incurred for such administrative expenses during the period from July 1, 1926, to the date of the approval of this Act, inclusive. finance departmentFinance Department. Payment of private property damages claims.Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of Vol. 42, p. 1066.War under the provisions of the Act entitled “ An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 347 and 422, Sixty-ninth Congress, $376.05. Military attaché at Santiago, Chile.Payment of checks drawn by, in excess of credit, and cashed abroad.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of the unexpended balances of any appropriations made for the War Department for the fiscal year 1924 the amount of any official checks not exceeding the sum of $20,000, drawn in the fiscal year 1924 by the United States military attaché at Santiago, Chile, and cashed by foreign banks or foreign branches of American banks, together with such amount as may be necessary to pay interest on the checks now held by such banks at 8 per centum per annum from the day said checks were presented to the Treasurer of the United States for payment to the date of payment hereunder, which checks can not be paid from and are in excess of the balance to the credit of such officer on the books of the Treasurer of the United States; in ail not exceeding *Provisos*.Credit for checks paid.$21,000: *Provided*, That the Treasurer of the United States shall be allowed credit for the amount of any of such checks as have Balance charged to officer.heretofore been paid by him: *And provided further*, That the aggregate amount of the payments and credits resulting from this authorization shall be charged to the officer drawing such checks. 877 quartermaster corpsQuartermaster Corps. Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: ForSubsistence. issue as rations to troops, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $1,999,390. Incidental expenses of the Army: Not to exceed $15,000 of theIncidental expenses. appropriation for incidental expenses of the Army, contained in the Bar Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, shall be available for transfer to the Bureau of Standards for tests and experimental development work and scientific research required by the Quartermaster Corps of the Army. Army Transportation: Not to exceed $225,000 of the unexpendedTransportation.Purchase of ferry-boat, from 1926 balance. balance of the appropriation “Army Transportation, 1926,” is continued and made available during the fiscal year 1927 for the purchase or construction of a ferryboat. Barracks and quarters: The sum of $6,130 of the unexpendedCamp Knox, Ky.Land for water supply.Unexpended balance available.Vol. 43, p. 903. balance of the appropriation “Barracks and quarters, 1926,” is hereby made available until June 30, 1927, for the purchase of approximately seventy-five acres of land at. Saunders Springs, Kentucky, for the construction of a water supply for Camp Knox. Roads, walks, wharves, and drainage: For the improvement andFort Canby, Wash.Repairs to roadway. repair of roads upon the Fort Canby Military Reservation, Washington, fiscal year 1927, $5,500. For carrying into effect the Act entitled “ An Act authorizing andMcLennan County, Tex.Payment to.*Ante*, p. 711. directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to McLennan County, in the State of Texas, the sum of $9,403.42 compensation for the appropriation and destruction of an improved public road passing through the military camp at Waco, Texas, in said county by the Government of the United States,” approved June 9, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $9,403.42. Memorial to Virginia Dare: For the erection of a tablet orVirginia Dare.Memorial to.*Ante*, p. 711. marker at Sir Walter Raleigh Fort on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, to Virginia Dare, as authorized by the Act approved May 29, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $2,500. Memorial to Roger Williams: For the erection of a tablet orRoger Williams.Memorial to.*Ante*, p. 676. marker, at or near the spot in the present city of Providence, where Roger Williams first landed in the State of Rhode Island, $1,500. Memorials for Revolutionary battle field at White Plains, NewWhite Plains, N. Y.Memorials for Revolutionary battle fields at. York: For the erection and maintenance of tablets or markers upon the battle field of White Plains, New York, to indicate the position of the Revolutionary Army under command of General Washington, as authorized by the Act entitled “ An Act for the erection of tablets*Ante*, p. 562. or markers upon the Revolutionary battle field of White Plains, State of New York,” approved May 18, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $2,000. Military post construction fund: For construction and installationMilitary post construction fund.Construction of buildings, etc., from. at military posts of such buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary, as authorized by the Act approved May 4, 1926, payable*Ante*, p. 206. from the military post construction fund created by section 4 of the Act approved March 12, 1926, without reference to sections[R. S., secs. 1136, 3734, pp. 206, 737](/us/rs/s1136/3734/pp206/737).Technical expert.Classification Act disregarded.Vol. 42, p. 1488. 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, including also the employment of a technical expert at per diem rates not in excess of those paid for similar services elsewhere and as may be fixed by the Secretary of War without regard to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia anti in the field services,” approved March 4, 1923, and amendments thereto, or any rule or regulation made in pursuance thereof, $2,250,000, to remain available until expended:878 *Proviso*.Additional contracts authorized.*Provided*, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into contracts for the purpose of carrying into effect the said Act of May 4, 1926, to an amount not in excess of the unappropriated balance in the military post construction fund at the tune when such contracts are made, but not exceeding $3,520,000. Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.Land for target range at.*Ante*, p. 328.Shooting galleries and ranges: For the acquisition of land for target range at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, as authorized by the Act entitled “ An Act for the purchase of land as an Artillery range at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont,” approved April 27, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $200,000. Scott Field. Ill.Right of way.Vol 41, p. 455.Scott Field, Illinois: For completing the acquisition of a right of way under the authority contained in the Act approved February 28, 1920, fiscal year 1926, $452.50. Harrisburg Real Estate Company.Payment.*Post*, p. 1609.Harrisburg Real Estate Company: For payment to the Harrisburg Real Estate Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the Act entitled “ An Act for the relief of the Harrisburg Real Estate Company, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,” approved June 18, 1926, fiscal year 1926, $32,270.90. corps of engineersEngineer Corps. Historical fortifications.Porto Rico.Historical fortifications: For the protection, preservation, repair, and maintenance of historical fortifications at San Juan, Porto Rico, fiscal year 1927, $16,500. Wakefield, Va.Repair of existing ways and lanes of Government lands at.Vol. 43, p. 929.Wakefield, Virginia, Road: The appropriation of $12,600 for construction of a road and improvement and maintenance of reservation and monument at Wakefield, Virginia, the birthplace of Washington, in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, is made available for the repair with sand, gravel, and similar material of existing ways and lanes on the Government-owned property, and no concrete road shall be constructed on said grounds until a concrete road shall have been constructed from the main highway to the Government-owned grounds at Wakefield. Appomattox Court House, Va.Commission to inspect battle fields, etc.*Ante*, p. 9.Commission for inspection of the battle fields and surrender grounds in and around old Appomattox Court House, Virginia: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the commission authorized by the Act entitled “ An Act to provide for the inspection of the battle fields and surrender grounds in and around old Appomattox Court House, Virginia,” approved February 25, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $1,500. Pea Ridge, Ark.Commission to inspect battle field of.*Ante*, p. 715.Commission for inspection of the battle field, Pea Ridge, Arkansas: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the commission authorized by the Act entitled “ An Act to provide for the inspection of the battle field of Pea Ridge, Arkansas,” approved June 9, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $1,500. Kennesaw and Lost Mountains, Ga.Commission to inspect battle fields of, etc.*Ante*, p. 588.Commission for inspection of battle fields in the State of Georgia: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the commission authorized by the Act entitled “ An Act providing for an inspection of the Kennesaw Mountain and Lost Mountain and other battle fields in the State of Georgia,” approved May 21, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $3,000. ordnance departmentOrdnance Department. Captured war devices, etc.Completing distribution of.VoL 43, p. 597.*Ante*, p. 615.For the completion of an equitable distribution of captured war devices and trophies under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the equitable distribution of captured war devices and trophies to the States and Territories of the United States and the District of Columbia,” approved June 7, 1924, as amended by the Act approved May 22, 1926, fiscal year 1927, $19,000. 879 national cemeteriesNational cemeteries. Arlington Memorial Amphitheater and Chapel: For repairs andArlington Memorial Amphitheater.Repairs, etc. alterations in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Secretary of War, fiscal year 1927, $15,000. vicksburg national military parkVicksburg Military Park, For resurfacing and paving in accordance with plans and specificationsResurfacing approach read to. to be approved by the Secretary of War, of the approach road, now owned by the United States, extending from the northern limits of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, at Washington Street, north to the entrance of the Vicksburg National Cemetery, fiscal year*Proviso*.State to accept title and maintain road. 1927, $50,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended until the State of Mississippi, or the county of Warren of said State, has obligated itself in writing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that it will accept title to and maintain said road under the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-thirdVol. 43, p. 1104. Statutes, page 1104), immediately upon the completion of such improvements as may be made under this appropriation. moores creek national military parkMoores Creek Military Park, N. C. For every expenditure requisite for and incidental to the examination,Examination, survey, etc. survey, marking boundary and battle lines, and preparation of Stans for the improvement of Moores Creek National Military Park, North Carolina, as authorized by the Act approved June 2, 1926,*Ante*, p. 684.*Proviso*.Restriction. fiscal year 1927, $1,500: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended until title to the lands to be embraced in such park has been vested in the United States. washington-alaska military cable and telegraph systemWashington-Alaska cable, etc. For the purchase and installation of radio equipment whichRadio equipment.Telegraph, Valdez to Fairbanks, abandoned. will enable the Signal Corps to rearrange the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System and abandon the present telegraph line leading from Valdez to Fairbanks, Alaska, fiscal year 1927, $20,000. rivers and harborsRivers and harbors. River and harbor damage claims: To pay the claims adjusted andPayment of collision damages claims.Vol. 41, p. 1015. settled by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, with the approval of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the authority contained in section 9 of the Act approved June 5, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes, page 1015), and certified to Congress in House Document Numbered 297, Sixty-ninth Congress, $2,892.28. For the amount found to be due the Coast and Lakes ContractingCoast and Lakes Contracting Corporation.Additional contract allowance.Vol. 40, p. 1290. Corporation of New York City, under its contract dated July 11, 1914, for completing dike construction in the Delaware River, being an additional allowance under the provisions of section 10, river and harbor Act, approved March 2, 1919, for work performed on account of the increased cost of labor and materials, and other unforeseen conditions arising out of the war with Germany, fiscal year 1926, $17,653.30. national home for disabled volunteer soldiersNational Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Support, etc. For support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: For “ subsistence ” and “ household ” at the following branches, including the same objects respectively specified in the880 War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926 under each of such heads for the Central Branch, namely: Togus, Me.Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine: Subsistence, $7,500; household, $3,500; Hampton, Va.Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia: Subsistence, $15,000; Leavenworth, Kans.Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas: Subsistence, $20,000; household, $10,000; Santa Monica, Calif.Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California: Subsistence, $18,000; household, $2,000; Marion, Ind.Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana: Subsistence, $30,000; Danville, Ill.Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: Subsistence, $25,000; Hot Springs, S. Dak.Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota: Subsistence, $17,000. Clothing.Clothing: For clothing for all branches; labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed and for use in the tailor shops and shoe shops, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, fiscal year 1926, $25,000; Total, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $173,000. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTSJudgments, United States courts. Payment of.For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs Vol. 24, p. 505.of suits, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1887, entitled “ An Act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States,” as amended Vol. 36, p. 1137.by the Judicial Code, approved March 3, 1911, certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress by the Attorney General in Senate Document Numbered 141, and House Document Numbered 330, and which have not Classification.been appealed, namely: Under Department of the Interior, $1,160; under Navy Department, $3,829.01; under War Department, Interest.$9,748.60; in all, $14,737.61, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on the respective judgments at the rate of 4 per centum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made. California northern district.Sealing losses.Vol. 43, p. 595.For the payment of judgments, including costs of suits, which have been rendered under the provisions of an Act entitled “ An Act to confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to adjudicate the claims of American citizens,” approved June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 595), certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress in House Document Numbered 327, $533,954,24. Judgments under private Acts.For payment of judgments, including costs of suits, rendered against the Government of the United States, by United States district courts under the provisions of certain private acts, certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 142, and House Document Numbered 329, as follows: Under Department of Commerce, $7,097.55; under Navy Department, $72,755.10; under War Department, $303,974.84; in all, $383,827.49. Judgments in Lever Act suits.For payment of judgments, including costs of suite, rendered against the Government of the United States by the United States Vol. 40, pp. 276–279.district courts under the provisions of the Act of August 10, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, pages 276–279), certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 139 and House Document Numbered 331, as follows: Under the United States Railroad Administration, $21,520.21, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on such judgment at the rate of 6 per centum per annum from February 25, 1924, to date of payment; under Navy Department, $1,110,633.62; under War Department, $534,056.31; in all, $1,666,210.14. 881 For the payment of judgments, including costs of suits, renderedCollision damages suits. against the Government of the United States by United States district courts under the provisions of an Act entitled “An ActVol. 43, p. 1112. authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty for damage caused by and salvage services rendered to public vessels belonging to the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1112), certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 140, and House Document Numbered 332, as follows: Under Navy Department, $77,117.14; under Treasury Department, $400; under War Department, $19,097.09; in all, $96,614.23; together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on certain of the judgments at the legal rate per annum as and where specified in said judgments. For the payment of final judgment rendered against the GovernmentMcMillan Reservoir, N. Max.Judgment for lands taken for. of the United States by the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico in connect ion with the appropriation of lands by the United States for the McMillan Reservoir under the Carlsbad irrigation project in New Mexico, certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress in House Document Numbered 334, as follows:From reclamation fund. Under the Department of the Interior, $4,641), to be paid from the “ reclamation fund.” For payment of final judgment rendered against the GovernmentDamages for temporary use of lands by Army.Vol. 40, pp. 241,618. of the United States by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, page 241), as amended by the Act of April 11, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 518), certified to the Sixty-ninth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 143, as follows: Under the War Department, $2,506.79. None of the judgments contained under this caption shall be paidRight of appeal. until the right of appeal shall have expired except such as have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise. JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMSJudgments, Court of Claims. For payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of ClaimsPayment of. and reported to the Sixty-ninth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 144, and House Document Numbered 328, namely: UnderClassification. the United States Shipping Board, $189,066.08; under the United States Veterans’ Bureau, $11,387.72; under the Department of Agriculture, $250; under the Navy Department, $119,381.68; under*Proviso*.Amount corrected. the War Department, $5,041,390.01: *Provided*, That the amount of interest specified in such document on judgment numbered C-58 as “ $176.84 ” is amended to read “ $176.94 ”; under the Treasury Department, $124.89; in all, $5,361,600.38; together with such additionalInterest. sum as may be necessary to pay interest on certain of the judgments at the legal rate per annum as and where specified in said judgments. None of the judgments contained under this caption which haveRight of appeal, etc. not been affirmed by the Supreme Court or otherwise become final and conclusive against the United States shall be paid until the expiration of the time within which application may be made for a writ of certiorari under subdivision (b), section 3, of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Judicial Code, and to further define the jurisdictionVol. 43, p. 939. of the circuit courts of appeals and of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes,” approved February 13, 1925. 882 AUDITED CLAIMSAudited Claims. Sec. 2. Payment of, certified by General Accounting Office. That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund Vol. 18, p. 110.under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1923 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, Vol. 23, p. 254.and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 333, Sixty-ninth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: legislative Library of Congress.For salaries, Library of Congress, $8.40. independent offices Interstate Commerce Commission.Veterans’ Bureau.For Interstate Commerce Commission, 80 cents. For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $495.22. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Bureau, $51.20. For vocational rehabilitation, Veterans’ Bureau, $4,580.20. department of agriculture Department of Agriculture.For general expenses, Weather Bureau, $1. For general expenses, Bureau of Chemistry, $3.81. For stimulating agriculture and facilitating distribution of products, $137.69. department of commerce Department of Commerce.For testing structural materials, Bureau of Standards, 97 cents. For general expenses, Lighthouse Service, $10.50. For incidental expenses of the Army (War transfer to Commerce, Act May 21, 1920), $26.76. department of the interior Interior Department.For education of natives of Alaska, $823.25. For support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, $12. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $541.29. For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $217. department of justice Department of Justice.For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States Courts, $848.74. For fees of commissioners, United States Courts, $841.70. For fees of witnesses, United States Courts, $11.80. department of labor Department of Labor.For expenses of regulating immigration, $2,547.83. For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics, $1.60. navy department Navy Department.For pay of the Navy, $22,238.28. For pay, miscellaneous, $82.01. 883 For pay, Marine Corps, $1,204.07. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $145.70. For organizing the Naval Reserve Force, $18.87. For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $636.85. For engineering, Bureau of Engineering, $642.16. For fuel and transportation. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $3,980.10. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $73. For aviation, Navy, $6,481.89. For gunnery and engineering exercises, Bureau of Navigation, $5. department of state For contingent expenses, United States consulates, $65.76.State Department. For salaries of secretaries, Diplomatic Service, $316.38, treasury department For collecting the revenue from customs, $39.59.Treasury Department. For salaries and expenses of collectors, and so forth, of internal revenue, $67.50. For enforcement of narcotic and national prohibition Acts, internal revenue, $107.41. For refunding internal-revenue collections, $350. For refunding taxes illegally collected, $1,033.27. For Coast Guard, $1,137.35. For pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals. Public Health Service, $1.50. For medical and hospital services, Public Health Service, $618.65. For freight, transportation, and so forth, Public Health Service, $43.93. For quarantine service, $1.23. For interstate quarantine service, $1.12. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $7.75. war department For registration and selection for military service, $754.War Department. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $41,300.86. For pay of the Army, $5,193.68. For arrears of pay, bounty, and so forth, $20.88. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, war with Spain, $26.30. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $1,829.53. For mileage, officers and contract surgeons, $118.46. For regular supplies of the Army, $1,269.59. For Army transportation, $1,158.73. For clothing and equipage, $136.84. For subsistence of the Army, $55.76. For water and sewers at military posts, $20. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $14,781.08. For supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps, $3,999.53. For barracks and quarters, $3,385.73. For roads, walks, wharves, and drainage, $1,936. For shooting galleries and ranges, $200. For completion of acquisition of lands for military posts, $5,822.87. For increase for aviation, Signal Corps, $700. For Signal Service of the Army, $131.25. For Air Service, military, $350. For medical and hospital department, $396.32. 884 For contingent expenses, seacoast fortifications, $144. For Field Artillery armament, $1,278.82. For armament of fortifications, $7,001.80. For armament of fortifications, Panama Canal, $207. For engineer operations in the field, $154.37. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $3,003.55. For disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civil employees, $20.72. post office department—postal service (Out of the postal revenues) Post Office Department.For airplane service between New York and San Francisco, $200.56. For city delivery carriers, $616.65. For clerks, first and second class post offices, $354.98. For clerks, third-class post offices, $180. For compensation to assistant postmaster, $46. For compensation to postmasters, $23.23. For foreign mail transportation, $462.90. For mail messenger service, $280.16. For labor-saving devices, $14. For indemnities, domestic mail, $3,669.76. For indemnities, international mail, $176.28. For miscellaneous items, first and second class post offices, $32.97. For personal and property damage claims, $14.55. For railroad transportation, $30.03. For rent, light, and fuel, $330.80. For shipment of supplies, $1.62. For special-delivery fees, $4.64. For temporary clerk hire, $148. For vehicle service, $49.20. For watchmen, messengers, and laborers, $35.35. Additional to meet increases in rates of exchange.Total, audited claims, section 2, $152,530.48, together with such additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office. AUDITED CLAIMSAudited claims. Sec. 3. Payment of additional. That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the Vol. 18, p. 110.balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1923 and prior years unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 Vol. 23, p. 2M.of the Act of July 7, 1884, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 138, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows: legislative Public printing and binding.For public printing and binding, $1,200. independent offices Fuel Administration.For salaries and expenses, United States Fuel Administration, $69.40 Veterans’ Bureau.For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $274.05. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Bureau, $76.96. For vocational rehabilitation, Veterans’ Bureau, $2,858.44. 885 department of agriculture For general expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $325.Department of Agriculture. For general expenses, Forest Service, $23.79. For general expenses, Bureau of Biological Survey, $1.18. For general expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $3. For administration of the United Stales Warehouse Act, 75 cents. For stimulating agriculture and facilitating distribution of products, $3.20. department of commerce For promoting commerce, South and Central America, $1,505.02.Department of Commerce. For protecting seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska, $143.25. For general expenses, Lighthouse Service, $50.50. department of the interior For education of natives of Alaska, $35.Interior Department. For surveying the public lands, $1,170. department of justice For increase of compensation, Department of Justice, $18.17.Department of Justice. For detection and prosecution of crimes, $91. For salaries, retired judges, $38.89. For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, $73.88. For salaries and expenses of clerks, United States courts, 90 cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, $90.45. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, $34.41. department of laborDepartment of Labor. For war labor administration, $28.92. navy department For pay of the Navy, $23,157.22.Navy Department. For pay, Marine Corps, $16,706.50. For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $523.63. For aviation, Navy, $9,392.71. For engineering, Bureau of Engineering, $366.50. For fuel and transportation, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $115.44. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $248.64. For maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $8.20. For pay, miscellaneous, $64.97. For Air Service, Army (War transfer to Navy under Fortification Act May 21, 1920), $2,759. For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, 40 cents. For maintenance, Quartermaster’s Department, Marine Corps, For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $45.20. department of state For clerks at embassies and legations, $83.33.State Department. For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, $656.19. For salaries, Consular Service, $87.39. For representation of interest of foreign governments growing out of hostilities in Europe, and so forth, $225. 886 treasury department Treasury Department.For increase of compensation, Treasury Department, $40. For collecting the revenue from customs, $250. For collecting the war revenue, $33.27. For enforcement of Narcotic and National Prohibition Acts, internal revenue, $26.77. For refunding taxes illegally collected, $873.13. For refunding internal-revenue collections, $40. For Coast Guard, $1,432.46. For repairs to Coast Guard cutters, $18.50. For materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $11.65. For care of seamen, and so forth, Public Health Service, $10. For pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, $39.05. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, $13. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, $4.63. For vaults and safes for public buildings, 50 cents. For operating force for public buildings, $5.36. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $9.25. For operating supplies for public buildings, $41.17. war department War Department.For registration and selection for military service, $382.40. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $2,187.73. For pay of the Army, $8,989.31. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $155,425.76. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, war with Spain, $102.36. For arrears of pay, bounty, and so forth, $104.12. For increase of compensation, War Department, $7.33. For mileage of the Army, $131. For mileage, officers and contract surgeons, $213.44. For Army transportation, $1,399.28. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, $28.68. For barracks and quarters, $158.83. For clothing and equipage, $126.12. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $3,531.65. For horses for Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, and so forth, $20.24, For regular supplies of the Army, $67.28. For replacing regular supplies of the Army, $2. For supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps, $6,440.62. For Signal Service of the Army, $8,650. For Air Service, production, $55.80. For medical and hospital department, $485.10. For electrical installations, Hawaiian Islands, $35.18. For armament of fortifications, $18,933.01. For manufacture of arms, $303.82. For Ordnance Service, $6.90. For ordnance stores and supplies, $2,239.69. For ordnance stores, ammunition, $4.23. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $4,530.44. For quartermaster supplies, equipment, and so forth, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $18.60. For construction and maintenance of military and post roads, bridges, and trails, Alaska, $4,810.69. For headstones for graves of soldiers, $27.77. 887 post office department—postal service (Out of the postal revenues) For city delivery carriers, $175.87.Post Office Department. For clerks, first and second class post offices, $130.22. For compensation to postmasters, $74.61. For indemnities, domestic mail, $2,703.28. For indemnities, international mail, $142.07. For labor-saving devices, $31. For mail messenger service, $6.58. For personal or property damage claims, $601. For railroad transportation, $202.59. For rent, light, and fuel, $4,637.45. For temporary clerk hire, $117.02. For temporary city delivery carriers, $83.49. For village delivery service, $71.42. Total, audited claims, section 3, $293,847.22, together with suchAdditional to meet increases in rates of exchange. additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange, as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certificates of settlement of the General Accounting Office.Title of Act. Sec. 4. This Act hereafter may be referred to as the “ Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926. ” Approved, July 3, 1926.
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