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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · June 30, 1929 · Chapter 57

Chapter 57. Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes

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Chap. 57: Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. Chapter 57 45 Stat. 64 1928-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public 64 Chapter 57.— An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.
February 15, 1928.[[H. R. 8269](/us/bill/70/hr/8269).][[Public, No. 32](/us/pl/70/32).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Appropriations for Departments of State, Justice, the Judiciary, and Departments of Commerce and Labor. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, namely:
TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF STATEDepartment of State. office of secretary of state Salaries: For Secretary of State, $15,000; Undersecretary of State,Secretary, Undersecretary, and office personnel. and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including temporary employees, $1,130,760; in all, $1,145,760: *Provided, *That in expending appropriations*Provisos.*Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act. or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordanceVol. 42, p. 1488. with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, andIf only one position in a grade. in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates forAllowance in unusually meritorious cases. the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: *Provided,*Not applicable to clerical-mechanical services.
That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction inNo fixed salary reduced. salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to requireTransfers to another position without reduction. the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the samePayments at higher rates permitted. or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, and is specifically authorized by other law. contingent expenses, department of state For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery,Contingent and miscellaneous expenses of Department. furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of same, repairs and material for repairs; books, maps, and periodicals, domestic and foreign, not exceeding $10,000; newspapers not exceeding $1,200, for which payment may be made in advance; maintenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; automobile mail wagons, including storage, repair, and exchange of same; street-car fare not exceeding $150; and other miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, $53,605. printing and binding For all printing and binding in the Department of State, includingPrinting and binding. all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $200,000. 65 passport bureausPassport bureaus. For salaries and expenses of maintenance, traveling expenses notSalaries and expenses. to exceed $1,000, and rent outside the District of Columbia, of passport bureaus at New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Boston, Massachusetts, $63,000. DIPLOMATIC SERVICEDiplomatic Service. ambassadors and ministersAmbassadors and ministers. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Argentina,Ambassadors. Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and Turkey, at $17,500 each, $227,500; For ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Belgium andBelgium and minister to Luxemburg. envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Luxemburg, $17,500; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China andMinisters.China and Netherlands. the Netherlands, at $12,000 each, $24,000; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Albania,Other countries. Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dominion of Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Irish Free State, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Salvador, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela, at $10,000 each; to the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, $10,000; and to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, $10,000; in all, $350,000; Minister resident and consul general to Liberia, $5,000;Minister, etc., Liberia. Agent and consul general at Tangier, $7,500;Agent, etc., Tangier. *Provided, *That no salary herein appropriated shall be paid to any*Proviso.*Salary restriction. official receiving any other salary from the United States Government; Total, ambassadors and ministers, $631,500. For salaries of Foreign Service officers or vice consuls while actingChargés d’affaires, etc. as charges d’affaires ad interim or while in charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence of the principal officer, $19,000. clerks at embassies and legations For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and legations,Clerks at embassies and legations. who, whenever hereafter appointed, shall be citizens of the United States, $390,000; and so far as practicable shall be appointed under civil-service rules and regulations. contingent expenses, foreign missions To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all suchContingent expenses, missions. stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, repairs, including repairs, supervision, preservation, and maintenance of Government-Government buildings abroad.owned diplomatic properties in foreign countries, and properties acquired under the Act approved May 7, 1926 (Forty-fourthVol. 44, p. 403. Statutes at Large, page 403), and including also custodial service, heat, light, water, materials, supplies, tools, seeds, plants, shrubs, and similar objects; postage, telegrams, advertising, ice, and drinking water for office purposes, hire of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and purchase, maintenance, operation, and hire of other passenger-carrying vehicles, uniforms, furniture, household furniture and furnishings not to exceed $25,000, type-66writers and exchange of same, messenger service, operation andLaunch, Constantinople. maintenance of launch for embassy at Constantinople not exceeding $2,500, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, porters, interpreters, and translators, compensation of agents and employees ofDispatch agencies. and rent and other expenses for dispatch agencies at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, traveling expenses of Diplomatic and Foreign Service officers, including attendance atAttendance at meetings.Vol. 43, p. 143. trade and other conferences or congresses under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 of the Act approved May 24, 1924, miscellaneous expenses of embassies and legations, and for loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, including such loss on bills of exchange to officers of the United States CourtLoss by exchange. for China, and payment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign and domestic), rent, including quarters for Foreign Service officers assigned for the study of the languages of Asia and eastern Europe and cost, not exceeding $350 per annum, of the tuition of such officers, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation are hereby authorized, $912,850: *Provided, *That no part of this sum*Proviso.*No payments for clerical services to persons not American citizens. appropriated for contingent expenses, foreign missions, shall be expended for salaries or wages of persons (except interpreters, translators, and messengers) not American citizens performing clerical services, whether officially designated as clerks or not, in any foreign mission. ground rent of embassy at tokyo, japan For annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for theGround rent, Japan. year ending March 15, 1929, $250. diplomatic and consular establishments, tokyo, japanTokyo, Japan. For the acquisition in Tokyo, Japan, of additional land adjoiningAcquisition of land and buildings in, for diplomatic and consular officers. the site of the former American Embassy and such other land as may be necessary, and the construction thereon of suitable buildings for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, the said buildings to include residences for the diplomatic and consular representatives, and the furnishing of the same,Furnishings.Vol. 43, p. 961. as provided in the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to enlarge the site and erect buildings thereon for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States in Tokyo, Japan,” approved February 21, 1925, $250,000: *Provided,**Provisos.*Balances available. Vol. 44, p. 1182. That the unexpended balances of the appropriations for the acquisition of diplomatic and consular establishments, Tokyo, Japan, available for the fiscal year 1928, are hereby made available for the purposes of this paragraph, all of which shall remain available until expended: *Provided further, *That within the limit of cost fixed byConstruction contracts authorized. the Act of February 21, 1925, for the acquisition of land, construction of buildings, and furnishing the same, the Secretary of State is authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of the buildings authorized by the Act. expenses of foreign service inspectors For the traveling expenses of Foreign Service officers detailed forForeign Service inspectors’ expenses. inspection while traveling and inspecting under instructions from the Secretary of State, $25,000. allowance for clerk hire at united states consulates For allowance for clerk hire at consulates, to be expended underClerk hire at consulates. the direction of the Secretary of State, $1,645,000. 67 contingent expenses united states consulates For expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record andContingent expenses, consulates. other books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent (so much as may be necessary), repairs, including repairs, supervision, preservation, andGovernment buildings abroad.Vol. 44, p. 403. maintenance of Government-owned consular properties in foreign countries, and properties acquired under the Act approved May 7, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 403), and including also custodial service, heat, light, water, materials, supplies, tools, seeds, plants, shrubs, and similar objects, postage, furniture, household furniture and furnishings not to exceed $10,000, typewriters and exchange of same, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, ice and drinking water for office purposes, hire of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and purchase, maintenance, operation, and hire of other passenger-carrying vehicles, uniforms, messenger service, traveling expenses of Consular and Foreign Service officers, including attendanceAttendance at trade meetings, etc.Vol. 43, p. 143. at trade and other conferences or congresses under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 of the Act approved May 24, 1924; compensation of interpreters, kavasses, guards, dragomans, translators, and Chinese writers, loss by exchange,Loss by exchange. and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates and consular agencies in the transaction of their business and payment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign and domestic), rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation are hereby authorized, $1,035,000. The Secretary of State may lease or rent, for periods not exceedingTen year leases for offices authorized. ten years, such buildings and grounds for offices for the Foreign Service as may be necessary; and he may, in accordance with existing practice without cost to them, and within the limit of any appropriation made by Congress, continue to furnish the chief diplomaticLiving quarters, etc., for Foreign Service personnel in China, Japan, and Turkey. representatives and their minor employees in foreign countries, and officers and employees in the Foreign Service in China, Japan, and Turkey with living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment in Government-owned buildings, and in buildings rented for use as offices at places where, in his judgment, it would be in the public interest to do so, notwithstanding the provisions of section[R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314.](/us/rs/s1765/p314) 1765 of the Revised Statutes, and appropriations for “ContingentAppropriations available. expenses, foreign missions,” and “Contingent expenses, consulates,” are hereby made available for such purposes; and he is also authorized,Quarters, etc., for other employees. in his discretion, to furnish living quarters in such buildings to other officers and employees not herein provided for, at rates to be determined by him. immigration of aliensImmigration of aliens. To enable the Department of State to perform the duties devolvingDepartment expenses under laws regulating.Vol. 43, p. 133. upon it under the laws regulating immigration of aliens into the United States, including the same objects specified in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929, under the heads of salaries and contingent expenses of the Department of State, salaries of Foreign Service officers, allowance for clerk hire at United States consulates, transportation of diplomatic and consular officers and clerks, and contingent expenses, United States consulates, $500,000, of which not to exceed $35,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of ColumbiaServices in the District. under the Classification Act of 1923. 68 relief and protection of american seamen For relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreignRelief, etc., of American seamen. countries, in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, $100,000. salaries of foreign service officersForeign Service officers. For salaries of Foreign Service officers as provided in the ActSalaries.Vol. 43, p. 140. approved May 24, 1924, entitled “An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes,” $3,001,000. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULARDiplomatic and consular. salaries, diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers while receiving instructions and in transit To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, vice consuls,Instruction and transit pay. and other officers of the United States for the period actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and[R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309.](/us/rs/s1740/p309) authority to act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the Revised Statutes, $20,000. transportation of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers To pay the traveling expenses of Diplomatic, Consular, and ForeignTransportation, etc., expenses. Service officers, and clerks to embassies, legations, and consulates, including officers of the United States Court for China, and the itemized and verified statements of the actual and necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, of their families and effects,On leaves of absence. in going to and returning from their posts, including not to exceed $45,000 incurred in connection with leaves of absence, $335,000: *Provided, *That no part of said sum shall be paid for transportation*Proviso.*Passage on foreign ships restricted. on foreign vessels without a certificate from the Secretary of State that there are no American vessels on which such officers and clerks may be transported. emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising inEmergencies. the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessaryNeutrality Act expenses.[R. S., sec. 291, p. 49](/us/rs/s291/p49). expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes, $400,000. allowance to widows or heirs of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers who die abroad For payment under the provisions of section 1749 of the RevisedAllowance for officers dying abroad.[R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311](/us/rs/s1749/p311). Statutes of the United States to the widows or heirs at law of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, $2,000. 69 transporting remains of diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officers and clerks to their homes for interment For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of Diplomatic,Bringing home remains of officers etc., dying abroad. Consular, and Foreign Service officers of the United States, including clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, at their post or at home, $6,000. post allowances to diplomatic, consular, and foreign service officersPost allowances. To enable the President, in his discretion, and in accordance withSpecial allowances to meet living expenses of officers. such regulations as he may prescribe, to make special allowances by way of additional compensation to Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers, and officers of the United States Court for China in order to adjust their official income to the ascertained cost of living at the posts to which they may be assigned, $100,000. foreign service buildings fundForeign Service Buildings Fund. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of theAcquisition of buildings, etc., for Government use in foreign countries.Vol. 44, p. 403. “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, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended. foreign service retirement and disability fundRetirement and disability fund. For beginning the financing of the liability of the United States,Contribution placed to credit of.Vol. 43, p. 144. created by the Act entitled “An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved May 24, 1924, as amended by the Act ofVol. 44, p. 902. July 3, 1926, $213,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the “Foreign Service retirement and disability fund.” INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, COMMISSIONS, BUREAUS, AND SO FORTH cape spartel light, coast of morocco For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and TangierCape Spartel Light. Light on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, $386. rescuing shipwrecked american seamen For expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of theLife-saving testimonals. services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea, $2,000. international bureau of weights and measures For contribution to the maintenance of the International BureauInternational Bureau of Weights and Measures.Vol. 20, p. 1714. of Weights and Measures, in conformity with the terms of the conventions of May 20, 1875, and October 6, 1921, the same to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said bureau on its certificate of apportionment, $3,000. 70 international bureau for publication of customs tariffs To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense forInternational Customs Tariffs Bureau.Vol. 26, p. 1518. the year ending March 31, 1929, of sustaining the international bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, pursuant to the convention proclaimed December 17, 1890, $1,400. water boundary, united states and mexico For expenses of meeting the obligations of the United States underMexican Water Boundary Commission.Vol. 24, p. 1011; Vol. 26, p. 1512; Vol. 34, p. 2953.*Ante, * p. 60. the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, and 1906 between the United States and Mexico, including not to exceed $1,200 for rent of offices, and the expenses of maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled vehicles, installation, maintenance, and operation of gauging stations where necessary and their equipment, and so much of the amount herein appropriated as may be necessary for these purposes may beGeological Survey expenditures. transferred by the Secretary of State to the United States Geological Survey for direct expenditure, $58,000. boundary line, alaska and canada, and the united states and canada To enable the Secretary of State to mark the boundary and makeBoundary, Alaska and Canada.Vol. 32, p. 1961. the surveys incidental thereto between the Territory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada, in conformity with the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties, including employment at the seat of government of such surveyors, computers, draftsmen,Land and water boundary, United States and Canada.Vol. 35, p. 2003. and clerks as are necessary; and for the more effective demarcation and mapping, pursuant to the treaty of April 11, 1908, between the United States and Great Britain, of the land and water boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, as established under existing treaties, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, including the salaries of the commissioner and the necessary engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, computers, and clerks in the field and at the seat of government, expense of necessary traveling, for payment for timber necessarily cut in determining the boundary line not to exceed $500 and commutation to members of the field force while on field duty or actual expenses not exceeding $5 per day each, to be expended in accordance with regulations from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of State, $23,660: *Provided,**Proviso.*Traveling expenses of commissioner.Vol. 44, p. 688. That the commissioner shall be allowed his traveling expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926. boundary treaty of 19 25 between the united states and great britain : international boundary commission, united states and canada and alaska and canada— To enable the President to perform the obligations of the UnitedBoundary between United States and Canada.Relocating monuments, etc.Vol. 44, p. 2102. States under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain in respect of Canada, signed February 24, 1925; for salaries and expenses, including the salary of the commissioner and salaries of the necessary engineers, clerks, and other employees for duty at the seat of government and in the field; cost of office equipment and supplies; necessary traveling expenses; commutation of subsistence to employees while on field duty not to exceed $4 per day each; for payment for timber necessarily cut in keeping the boundary lineMaintenance of established lines. clear, not to exceed $500; and for all other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the United States in maintaining an effective demarcation of the international boundary line between the United States and Canada and Alaska and Canada under the terms of the 71 treaty aforesaid, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, $24,750, of which sum $5,000 shall be immediately available: *Provided, *That when the commissioner, or the engineer to the commissioner,*Proviso.*Subsistence to commissioner and engineer, absent on official business. shall be absent from Washington or their regular place of residence on official business they shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses of subsistence not to exceed $8 per day each. international prison commission For subscription of the United States as an adhering member ofInternational Prison Commission. the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a commission, including preparation of reports, $2,550. pan american unionPan American Union. For the payment of the quota of the United States for the supportQuota for support, and printing. of the Pan American Union, $132,256, and for printing and binding of the union, $20,000; in all, $152,256: *Provided, *That any moneys*Proviso.*Use of money from other republics. received from the other American Republics for the support of the union shall be paid into the Treasury as a credit, in addition to the appropriation, and may be drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the chairman of the governing board of the union for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the union and of carrying out the orders of the said governing board. international bureau of the permanent court of arbitration To meet the share of the United States in the expenses for theInternational Bureau, Permanent Court of Arbitration.Vol. 36, p. 2222. calendar year 1927 of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, created under article 43 of the convention concluded at The Hague, October 18, 1907, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, $2,000. publishing ascertainment of electorsAscertainment of electoral vote. To pay the expenses of publishing, in compliance with the requirementsPublishing certified copies of.Vol. 24, p. 373.*Post, * p. 945. of the Act of February 3, 1887, the certified copies of the final ascertainment of the electors for President and Vice President of the United States, as transmitted by the executive of each State to the Secretary of State, $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. bureau of interparliamentary union for promotion of international arbitration For the contribution of the United States toward the maintenanceInterparliamentary Union for promoting international arbitration. of the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union for the promotion of international arbitration, $6,000. international commission on annual tables of constants, and so forth To the International Commission on Annual Tables of ConstantsInternational Commission on Tables of Constants. and Numerical Data, Chemical, Physical, and Technological, as established by the Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry in London and as continued by the eighth congress in New York, as a contribution by the United States toward the publication of annual tables of constants, chemical, physical, and technological, $500. 72 international institute of agriculture at rome, italyInternational Institute of Agriculture. For the payment of the quota of the United States, including theQuota, including dependencies. Territory of Hawaii, and the dependencies of the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, for the support of the International Institute of Agriculture for the calendar year 1929, $9,600; To enable the Secretary of State, in his discretion, to pay theAdditional quota. additional quota of the United States, including the Territory of Hawaii, and the dependencies of the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, for the support of the International Institute of Agriculture, in accordance with the resolutions of the general meetings of the institute held in November, 1920, and May, 1924, $34,740, for the calendar year 1929, to be paid in United States currency on the basis of the fixed rate of exchange at par; For salary of the one member of the permanent committee of theMember of permanent Committee. International Institute of Agriculture for the calendar year 1929, $5,000; For the cost of translating into and printing in the EnglishTranslating publications. language the publications of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, $5,000; For clerical assistance and traveling and office expenses, $3,660;Clerks, etc. Total, $58,000. international railway congress To pay the quota of the United States as an adhering member ofInternational Railway Congress. the International Railway Congress for the year ending April 15, 1929, $800. pan american sanitary bureau For the annual share of the United States for the maintenance ofPan American Sanitary Bureau. the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for the year 1929, $29,055.14. international office of public health For the payment of the quota of the United States for the yearInternational Office of Public Health.Vol. 35, p. 2061. 1929 toward the support of the International Office of Public Health, created by the international arrangement signed at Rome, December 9, 1907, in pursuance of article 181 of the International SanitaryVol. 35, p. 1834; Vol. 42, p. 1823. Convention signed at Paris on December 3, 1903, $3,860. international radiotelegraphic convention For the share of the United States for the calendar year 1929, asInternational Radiotelegraphic Convention.Vol. 37, p. 1569. a party to the international radiotelegraphic conventions heretofore signed, of the expenses of the radiotelegraphic service of the International Bureau of the Telegraphic Union at Berne, $5,750. united states section of the inter-american high commission To defray the actual and necessary expenses on the part of theInter-American High Commission.United States section.Vol. 39, p. 8. United States section of the Inter-American High Commission, $21,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. waterways treaty, united states and great britain: international joint commission, united states and great britain For salaries and expenses, including salaries of commissioners andCanadian Boundary Waters Joint Commission. salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the commissioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solely of the Secretary of State, cost of law books, books of reference,73 and periodicals, office equipment and supplies, and necessary traveling expenses, and for one-half of all reasonable and necessary joint expenses of the International Joint Commission incurred under the terms of the treaty between the United States and Great BritainVol. 36, p. 2448. concerning the use of boundary waters between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes, signed January 11, 1909, $34,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of*Proviso.*Traveling expenses. State: *Provided, *That traveling expenses of the commission or secretary shall be allowed in accordance with the provisions of theVol. 44, p. 688. Subsistence Expense Act of 1926: *Provided further, *That a part of this appropriation may be expended for rent of offices for theRent allowed. commission in the District of Columbia in the event that the Public Buildings Commission is unable to supply suitable office space. For an additional amount for the waterways treaty, UnitedAdditional amount for expenditures by Geological Survey.*Post, * p. 903. States and Great Britain; International Joint Commission, United States and Great Britain, including personal services, procurement of technical and scientific equipment, and the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $75,000, to be immediately available, which amount may be transferred by the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to the United States Geological Survey for direct expenditure: *Provided, *That no work authorized by this*Proviso.*No duplication of work. paragraph shall duplicate work done by any other bureau or department. payment to the government of panama To enable the Secretary of State to pay to the Government ofPanama.Payment to. Panama the seventeenth annual payment, due on February 26, 1929, from the Government of the United States to the Government ofVol. 33, p. 2238. Panama under article 14 of the treaty of November 18, 1903, $250,000. international research council To pay the annual share of the United States, as an adheringInternational Research Council. member of the International Research Council and of the associated unions organized at Brussels, July 18–28, 1919, as follows: InternationalSpecified quotas. Research Council, $160; International Astronomical Union, $960; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, $360; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, $1,664; International Union of Mathematics, $80; International Union of Scientific Radiotelegraphy, $128; International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, $128; in all, $3,480, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. international hydrographic bureau For the annual contribution of the United States toward theInternational Hydrographic Bureau. maintenance of the International Hydrographic Bureau, $5,790. foreign hospital at cape town For annual contribution toward the support of the SomersetSomerset Hospital, Cape Town, Africa. Hospital (a foreign hospital), at Cape Town, $50, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospital. international trade-mark registration bureau, quota of united statesInternational Trade-Mark Registration. For the annual share of the United States for the expenses of theHabana Bureau expenses. maintenance of the International Trade-Mark Registration Bureau at Habana, including salaries of the director and counselor, assistantVol. 39, p. 1680; Vol. 41, p. 533. 74 director and counselor, clerks, translators, secretary to the director, stenographers and typewriters, messenger, watchmen, and laborers, rent of quarters, stationery and supplies, including the purchase of books, postage, traveling expenses, and the cost of printing the bulletin, $4,961. international bureau of the union for the protection of industrial property For the share of the United States in the expense of conductingIndustrial Property Bureau. the International Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, at Berne, Switzerland, $1,700. mixed claims commission, united states and germany—mixed claims commission, united states, austria, and hungaryWorld War Claims. For the expenses of determining the amounts of claims againstGerman Mixed Claims Commission.Expenses of.Vol. 42, p. 2200. Germany by the Mixed Claims Commission established under the agreement concluded between the United States and Germany on August 10, 1922, for the determination of the amount to be paid by Germany in satisfaction of the financial obligations of Germany*Post, * p. 254. under the treaty concluded between the Governments of the United States and Germany on August 25, 1921, for the expenses of determiningTripartite Claims Commission with Austria and Hungary.*Post, * p. 262. the amounts of claims against Austria and Hungary by the Tripartite Claims Commission established under the agreement concluded between the United States and Austria and Hungary onVol. 44, p. 2213. November 26, 1924, for the determination of the amount to be paid by Austria and Hungary in satisfaction of the financial obligations of Austria and Hungary under the treaties concluded between theVol. 42, pp. 1946, 1956. Governments of the United States and Austria on August 24, 1921, and between the Governments of the United States and Hungary on August 29, 1921, and/or the treaties of Saint Germain-en-Laye and Trianon, respectively, including the expenses which under the terms of such agreement of August 10, 1922, and the agreement of November 26, 1924, are chargeable in part to the United States; and the expenses of an agency of the United States to perform all necessary services in connection with the preparation of claims and the presentation thereof before said mixed and tripartite commissions, including salaries of an agent and necessary counsel and other assistants and employees, rent in the District of Columbia, contingent expenses, traveling expenses, and such other expenses in the United States and elsewhere as the President may deem proper, $118,762. general and special claims commission, united states and mexico For the expenses of the settlement and adjustment of claims byMexican Claims Commissions. the citizens of each country against the other under a convention concluded September 8, 1923, and of citizens of the United StatesVol. 43, pp. 1722,1730. against Mexico under a convention concluded September 10, 1923, between the United States and Mexico, including the expenses which, under the terms of the two conventions, are chargeable in part to the United States, the expenses of the two commissions, and the expensesAgency expenses. of an agency of the United States to perform all necessary services in connection with the preparation of the claims and the presenting thereof before the said commissions, as well- as defending the United States in cases presented under the general convention by Mexico, including salaries of an agent and necessary counsel and otherRent in the District, etc. assistants and employees and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, law books and books of reference, printing and binding, contingent expenses, contract stenographic reporting services, travel-75ing expenses, and such other expenses in the United States and elsewhere as the President may deem proper, $350,000. international fisheries commission For the share of the United States of the expenses of the InternationalInternational Halibut Fisheries Commission.Share of expenses. Fisheries Commission, established under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded March 2, 1923, including salaries of two members and other employees of the commission,Vol. 43, p. 1841. traveling expenses, purchase of books, periodicals, furniture, and scientific instruments, contingent expenses, rent in the District of Columbia, and such other expenses in the United States and elsewhere as the President may deem proper, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, $36,500. international statistical institute at the hague For the annual contribution of the United States to the InternationalInternational Statistical Bureau. Statistical Bureau at The Hague for the year 1929, as authorized by public resolution approved April 28, 1924, $2,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. international water commission, united states and mexico For a study in cooperation with representatives of the GovernmentRio Grande, Colorado River, etc.Cooperative study with Mexico, of equitable use of.*Post, * p. 1106. of Mexico regarding the equitable use of the waters of the lower Rio Grande, of the lower Colorado, and of the Tia Juana Rivers, for the purpose of securing information on which to base a treaty with the Government of Mexico relative to the use of the waters of these rivers for irrigation and other beneficial purposes, including salaries of commissioners and other employees, transportation, subsistence, printing and binding, and such other miscellaneous expenses, including necessary travel to and from points in the Republic of Mexico, as the President may deem proper, $35,000, to be immediately available: *Provided, *That any moneys contributed by or received*Proviso.*Use of moneys from Mexico. from the Republic of Mexico after the approval of this Act for the purpose of cooperating or assisting in this work shall be available for expenditure in connection with this appropriation for the purposes for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appropriated for said purposes. international road congress To pay the quota of the United States in the Permanent AssociationInternational Road Congresses.Vol. 44, p. 754. of International Road Congresses, as authorized by the public resolution approved June 18, 1926, $3,000. international map of the world For the share of the United States of the expenses of the centralInternational map of the world.Vol. 44, p. 384. bureau of the international map of the world for the calendar year 1928, $30. international exposition at seville, spainInternational Exposition, Seville, Spain. For expenses of participation, as authorized by public resolutionParticipation expenses.*Post, * p. 913. approved March 3, 1925, in an international exposition to be held at Seville, Spain, and for all purposes of the said resolution, including purchase of land, printing and binding, and traveling expenses,Use restricted.Vol. 43, p. 1256. $200,000, this appropriation not to be available except for the purposes of participation in the exposition commencing April 27, 1927,*Proviso.*Available until June 30, 1930. or in that exposition postponed to any other date: *Provided, *That 76 this appropriation and the unexpended balance of the appropriations heretofore made for this purpose shall remain available until June 30, 1930. statue of henry clay in caracas, venezuelaHenry Clay Statue. To enable the Secretary of State to procure, to present to theSecuring, for presentation to Venezuela.Vol. 44, p. 1178. Republic of Venezuela, and to erect in the city of Caracas, Venezuela, a bronze statue of Henry Clay, as provided by Public Act Numbered 637, approved February 24, 1927, including travel, subsistence, or per diem in lieu of subsistence, $41,000. JUDICIAL united states court for china Judge, $8,000; district attorney, $4,000; marshal, $3,000; clerk,United States court for China.Salaries and expenses. $3,000; assistant clerk, $2,400; stenographer and court reporter, $2,400; two stenographers, $1,800 each; court expenses, including reference law books, ice, and drinking water for office purposes, $7,850; in all $34,250. The judge of the said court and the district attorney shall, whenSessions other than at Shanghai. the sessions of the court are held at other cities than Shanghai, receive in addition to their salaries their necessary actual expenses during such session, not to exceed $8 per day each, and so much as may be necessary for said purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, is appropriated. prisons for american convictsConsular prisons, ete. For expenses of maintaining in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia institutions for incarcerating American convicts and persons declared insane by the United States Court for China or any consular court, including salaries of not exceeding $1,800 for the deputy marshal and $1,200 each for three assistant deputy marshals at Shanghai; wages of prison keepers;Keepers, quarters, etc. rent of quarters for prisons; ice and drinking water for prison purposes; and for the expenses of keeping, feeding, and transportation of prisoners and persons declared insane by the United States Court for China or any consular court in China, the former Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia, so much as may be necessary; in all, $13,000. bringing home criminalsBringing home criminals. For actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries persons charged with crime, $2,500. Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any purchaseMinor purchases, etc., allowed without advertising.[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733). or service rendered payable from the foregoing appropriations when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100 or when the purchase or service relates to the packing of personal and household effects of diplomatic, consular, and Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment. No portion of the sums appropriated in Title I of this Act shall,Rent restriction in United States. unless expressly authorized, be expended for rent in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United States. 77 TITLE II.— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEDepartment of Justice. office of the attorney general Salaries: For Attorney General, $15,000; Solicitor General,Attorney General, Solicitor General, Assistants, Solicitors, andoffice personnel.Vol. 42, p. 1488. $10,000; Assistant to the Attorney General, $9,000; and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including the Solicitors of the State, Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, and the office forces of the Solicitors of the Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments, $1,032,600; in all, $1,066,600. For the purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals,Law books, etc. including the exchange thereof, for the Department of Justice, $6,700: *Provided, *That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid*Proviso.*Limit for United States Code, Annotated. for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated. contingent expenses, department of justice For stationery, furniture and repairs, floor coverings not exceedingDepartment contingent and miscellaneous expenses. $500, file holders and cases; miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing and telephones, postage, labor, typewriters and adding machines and the exchange thereof and repairs thereto, street-car fares not exceeding $300, newspapers, press clippings, and other necessaries ordered by the Attorney General; official transportation, including the repair, maintenance, and operation of a motor-driven passenger car, delivery truck, and motor cycle, to be used only for official purposes, and purchase and repair of bicycles, $62,000. For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District ofRent. Columbia, $118,000, if space can not be assigned by the Public Buildings Commission in buildings under the control of that commission. For printing and binding for the Department of Justice and thePrinting and binding. courts of the United States, $280,000. For traveling and other miscellaneous and emergency expenses,Traveling, etc., expenses. authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, $12,500. miscellaneous objects, department of justiceMiscellaneous. Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, $8,000;Conduct of customs cases.Assistant Attorney General, special attorneys, etc.Vol. 36, p. 108. special attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General, as authorized by subsection 30 of section 28 of the Act of August 5, 1909; necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of government and elsewhere, to be employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General; supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and Federal Reporter and Digests, traveling, and other miscellaneous and incidental expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; in all, $109,750. Defending suits in claims against the United States: For necessaryDefending suits in claims. expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses, procuring evidence, employment of experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, and such other expenses as may be necessary in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including Indian depredation claims, to be expended underIndian depredation claims. the direction of the Attorney General, $85,000. 78 Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecutionDetection and prosecution of crimes. of crimes against the United States; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition, collection,Protection of the President. classification, and preservation of criminal identification records and their exchange with the officials of States, cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice and the Department of State as may be directed by the Attorney General; hire, maintenance, upkeep, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles when necessary; firearms and ammunition, such stationery and supplies for use at the seat of government or elsewhere as the Attorney General may direct, including not to exceed $10,000 for taxicab hire to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General; traveling expenses; including not to exceed $210,000 for personalTraveling expenses.Services in the District.Director, Bureau of Investigation. services in the District of Columbia, and including a Director of the Bureau of Investigation at not exceeding $7,500 per annum, $2,250,000. examination oe judicial offices Examination of judicial offices: For the investigation of the officialExamination of judicial offices. acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, and clerks of the United States courts and Territorial courts, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records, and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney General at any time; and also, when requestedInvestigating official acts, records, court officers, etc. by the presiding judge, the official acts, records, and accounts of referees and trustees of such courts; for copying, in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, reports of examiners at folio rates; travelingServices in the District. expenses; and including not to exceed $49,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia; in all, $164,000: to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General. Enforcement of antitrust laws: For the enforcement of antitrustEnforcing antitrust laws. laws, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, including not to exceed $55,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $200,000. Enforcement of Acts to regulate commerce: For salary andEnforcing interstate commerce laws.Vol. 24, p. 379; Vol. 34, p. 584; Vol. 36, p. 539, Vol. 37, p. 701; Vol. 38, p. 219; Vol. 40, p. 272, Vol. 41, p. 474; Vol. 43, pp. 793, 801; Vol. 44, p. 1446. expenses of assistant to the Solicitor General in representing the Government in all matters arising under the Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February 4, 1887, as amended, including traveling expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, including not to exceed $9,900 for salaries of employees in the District of Columbia. $10,500. pueblo lands board Pueblo Lands Board: For expenses of the Pueblo Lands Board,Pueblo Lands Board.Expenses of.Vol. 43, p. 636. including compensation for member appointed by the President of the United States, and for clerical assistants, interpreters, surveyors, translators, and stenographers, rental of quarters, travel expenses, fees of witnesses, telephone and telegraph service, including the maintenance and operation of a passenger-carrying motor vehicle, $33,000. 79 JUDICIALJudicial. united states supreme courtUnited States Supreme Court. Salaries: Chief Justice, $20,500; eight Associate Justices, at $20,000Salaries of Justices. each; and all other officers and employees, whose compensation shallAll other officers, etc. be fixed by the court, except as otherwise provided by law, and who may be employed and assigned by the Chief Justice to any office or work of the court, including an additional assistant to the reporterAdditional assistant to Reporter. of the court, if the court deems one necessary, to enable the reporter to expedite the publication of its reports, $109,546; in all, $290,046. For printing and binding for the Supreme Court of the UnitedPrinting and binding. States, $25,000, to be expended as required, without allotment by quarters. The printing and binding for the Supreme Court shall be done by the printer it may employ, unless it shall otherwise order. miscellaneous expenses, supreme court For miscellaneous expenses of the Supreme Court of the UnitedMiscellaneous. States, including rent of office for the reporter in Washington, to beReporter. expended as the Chief Justice may direct, $20,374. For the salary of the reporter, $8,000. salaries of judgesJudges. For salaries of thirty-four circuit judges, at $12,500 each; oneCircuit, district, and retired.Vol. 44, p. 919. hundred and thirty-five district judges (including two in* the Territory of Hawaii and one in the Territory of Porto Rico), at $10,000 each; and judges retired under section 260 of the Judicial Code, asVol. 40, p. 1157. amended by the Act of February 25, 1919; in all, $1,864,500: *Provided,**Proviso.*Available for all judges. That this appropriation shall be available for the salaries of all United States justices and circuit and district judges lawfully entitled thereto, whether active or retired. national park commissionersNational park commissioners. For the salaries of the Commissioners in the Crater Lake, Glacier,Salaries. Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks, $11,160, which shall be in lieu of all fees and compensation heretofore authorized. court of customs appealsCourt of Customs Appeals. Salaries: Presiding judge and four associate judges, at $12,500Salaries. each; and all other officers and employees of the court, $28,780; in all, $91,280. For rent of necessary quarters in the District of Columbia andRent, miscellaneous expenses, etc. elsewhere, $12,000; books and periodicals, including their exchange; stationery, supplies, traveling expenses; heat, light, and power service; drugs, chemicals, cleansers, furniture; and for such other miscellaneous expenses as may be approved by the presiding judge, $2,800; in all, $14,800. court of claimsCourt of Claims. Salaries: Chief justice, $12,500; four judges, at $12,500 each; andSalaries. all other officers and employees of the court, $61,585; in all, $124,085. For printing and binding for the Court of Claims, $36,000.Printing and binding. For stationery, court library, repairs, including repairs to bicycles,Miscellaneous. fuel, electric light, electric elevator, and other miscellaneous expenses, $6,600. 80 Salaries and expenses of commissioners, court of claims: ForCommissioners Court of Claims.Salaries, etc.*Ante, * p. 51.*Post, * p. 882. salaries of seven commissioners at $5,000 each, and for travel expenses, compensation of stenographers authorized by the court, and for stenographic and other fees and charges necessary in the taking of testimony and in the performance of the duties prescribed in the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the appointment of commissionersVol. 43, p. 964. by the Court of Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation,” approved February 24, 1925, to be immediately available, $90,112.50. Repairs to court of claims buildings: For necessary repairs toCourt of Claims.Repairs to buildings. the Court of Claims buildings, including repairing, remodeling, improving, and enlarging the heating, plumbing, elevator, and mechanical equipment, to be expended under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, $5,825. territorial courtsTerritorial courts. Alaska: Four judges, at $10,000 each; four attorneys, at $5,000Alaska. each; four marshals, at $4,000 each; four clerks, at $3,800 each; in all, $91,200. Hawaii: Chief justice, $7,500; two associate justices, at $7,000Hawaii. each; in all, $21,500. For judges of circuit courts, at $6,000 each, $48,000. marshals, district attorneys, clerks, and other expenses of united states courtsUnited States courts. For salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshals andMarshals.Salaries, etc.Alaska. their deputies, including services rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise, services in Alaska in collecting evidence for the United States when so specially directed by the Attorney General,Traveling expenses, etc. traveling expenses, purchase when authorized by the Attorney General of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles at not to exceed $2,500 each, and maintenance, alteration, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles used in connection with the transaction of the official business of the United States marshals, $3,672,500: *Provided, *That there shall be paid hereunder*Proviso.*Care of attached vessels, etc. any necessary cost of keeping vessels or other property attached or libeled in admiralty in such amount as the court, on petition setting forth the facts under oath, may allow.District attorneys. For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses,Salaries, etc. including traveling expenses, of United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, including the office expenses of United States district attorneys in Alaska, and for salaries of regularly appointed clerks to United States district attorneys for services rendered during vacancy in the office of the United States district attorney, $1,440,000. For regular assistants to United States district attorneys who areRegular assistants. appointed by the Attorney General at a fixed annual compensation, $1,130,000. For compensation and traveling expenses of assistants to the AttorneyAssistants in special cases. General and to United States district attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases, and for payment of foreign counsel employed by the Attorney General in special casesForeign counsel.[R. S., sec. 366, p. 52](/us/rs/s366/p52), (such counsel shall not be required to take oath of office as provided by section 366, Revised Statutes of the United States), $380,000: *Provided, *That the amount paid as compensation out of the funds*Proviso.*Pay restriction. herein appropriated to any person employed hereunder shall not exceed $10,000. 81 For salaries of clerks of United States circuit courts of appealsClerks of courts.Salaries, etc. and United States district courts, their deputies, and other assistants, travel expenses pursuant to the subsistence expense Act of 1926, andTravel expenses.Vol. 44, p. 689. other expenses of conducting their respective offices, in accordanceVol. 40, p. 1182. with the provisions of the Act approved February 26, 1919, and the Act approved June 1, 1922, making appropriations for the DepartmentsVol. 42, p. 616. of State and Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, $1,820,000. For fees of United States commissioners and other committingCommissioners.[R. S., sec. 1014, p. 189](/us/rs/s1014/p189). magistrates acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes of the United States, $550,000. For mileage and per diems of jurors, $1,875,000.Jurors.Vol. 44, p. 323. For mileage and per diems of witnesses and for per diems in lieuWitnesses.[R. S., sec. 850, p. 160](/us/rs/s850/p160).Vol. 44, p. 324. of subsistence; and for payment of the actual expenses of witnesses, as provided by section 850, Revised Statutes of the United States, including the expenses, mileage, and per diems of witnesses on behalf of the Government before the United States Customs Court, suchBefore Customs Court. payments to be made on the certification of the attorney for the United States and to be conclusive as provided in secion 846, Revised Statutes[R. S., sec. 846, p. 159](/us/rs/s846/p159). of the United States, $1,725,000: *Provided, *That not to exceed*Proviso.*Pay, etc., on approval of Attorney General. Rent of court rooms. $10,000 of this amount shall be available for such compensation and expenses of witnesses or informants as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, which approval shall be conclusive. For rent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers, $76,000. For bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier inBailiffs, etc. each court, except in the southern district of New York and the northern district of Illinois; expenses of circuit and district judges of theTravel, etc., of judges. United States and the judges of the district courts of the United States in Alaska, Porto Rico, and Hawaii, as provided by section 259Vol. 35, p. 1161. of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911; meals and lodgingJury expenses. for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when ordered by the court, and meals and lodging for jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 193, Title II, of the Act of June 6,Alaska.Vol. 31, p. 362.Jury commissioners. 1900; and compensation for jury commissioners, $5 per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, $445,000: *Provided,**Proviso.*Service restriction. That no per diem shall be paid to any bailiff or crier unless the court is actually in session and the judge present and presiding or present in chambers. For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized or approvedMiscellaneous. by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, including experts at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, including also so much as may be necessary in the discretion of the Attorney General for such expenses in the District of Alaska and in courts other thanAlaska, etc.Vol. 44, p. 689. Federal courts, and including traveling expenses pursuant to the subsistence expense Act of 1926, $838,000. For supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and addingSupplies. machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and ammunition therefor, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $71,000. For the purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, forBooks for judicial officers. United States judges, district attorneys, and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the nine United States circuit courts of appeals, for the purchase of the Federal Reporter and continuationsFederal Reporter. thereto as issued, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $65,000: *Provided, *That such books shall in all cases be*Provisos.*Transmittal to successors. transmitted to their successors in office; all books purchased there-82under to be marked plainly, “The property of the United States”:Price limit, United States Code, Annotated. *Provided further, *That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the current and future volumes of the United States code, annotated. penal and correctional institutionsPenal, etc., institutions. For all services, supplies, materials, and equipment in connectionAll services, supplies, etc., for. with or incident to the subsistence and care of inmates and maintenance and upkeep of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including farm and other operations not otherwise specifically provided for, in the discretion of the Attorney General; gratuities for inmates at release, provided such gratuities shall be furnished to inmates sentenced for terms of imprisonment of not less than six months, and transportation to the place of conviction or bona fide residence at the time of conviction or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; expenses of interment or transporting remains of deceased inmates to their homes in the United States; not exceeding $750 at each institution for the maintenance and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles; traveling expenses of institution officials and employees when traveling on official duty, including expenses incurred in pursuing and identifying escaped inmates; traveling expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by law incurred in the discharge of their official duties; rewards for the capture of escaped inmates; newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance, books, and periodicals; firearms and ammunition; tobacco for inmates; and the purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock, when authorized by the Attorney General; United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: For the UnitedPenitentiaries.Leavenworth, Kans.Salaries and. expenses. States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, including not to exceed $270,000, for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $880,000. The appropriation of $250,000 for the fiscal year 1928 for a workingWorking capital.Reappropriation.*Post, * p. 1113.Vol. 44, p. 1198. capital fund is reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year 1929; and the said working capital fund and all receipts credited thereto may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1929. United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia: For the UnitedAtlanta, Ga.Salaries and expenses. States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, including not to exceed $267,500 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $852,500. The appropriation of $150,000 for the fiscal year 1928, for a workingWorking capital.Reappropriation. capital fund, is reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year 1929; and the said working capital fund and all receiptsVol. 44, p. 1198. credited thereto may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1929. United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington: For theMcNeil Island, Wash.Salaries and expenses. United States penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, including not to exceed $112,500 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, and including not to exceed $2,000 for the purchase of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, $332,500. For construction of storeroom and barn, addition to hospital,Additional buildings, etc. enlarging and equipping main kitchen, furniture and equipment for completed buildings, construction of scow, repairs to floating equipment, and purchase of marine engines and pile-driving outfit, $177,100, to remain available until expended, and to be expended so as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of said penitentiary. Federal Industrial Institution for Women, Alderson, West Virginia:Federal Industrial Institution for Women.Salaries and expenses. For the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alderson, West Virginia, including not to exceed $100,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $270,000. 83 United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio: For theIndustrial Reformatory.Salaries and expenses. United States Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, including not to exceed $132,500 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $372,500. National Training School for Boys, Washington, District ofNational Training School for Boys, D. C.Salaries and expenses. Columbia: For the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, including not to exceed $82,000 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees, $192,710. For the erection and furnishing of a family building, to be ofNew family building. brick construction, to house forty boys, $60,000. Not exceeding $20,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriationUnexpended balance available for wire fencing. for the erection of a family building, provided for in the Act making appropriations for the Departments of State and Justice,Vol. 44, p. 1198. and for the judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes, approved February 24, 1927, is hereby made available for the erection of a nine-foot wire fence on three sides of the school, approximately twelve thousand linear feet, to prevent trespassing upon the grounds of the school and the escape of the inmates. Probation system, United States courts: For salaries and actualProbation system.Pay of officers, etc.Vol. 43, p. 1260. expenses of probation officers, as provided by section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the establishment of a probation system in the United States courts, except in the District of Columbia,” approved March 4, 1925, $25,000. Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners,Support of prisoners. including necessary clothing and medical aid, discharge gratuities provided by law and transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States, or such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; and including rent, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildingsRent, etc., of buildings.[R. S., secs. 5537, 5538, p. 1073](/us/rs/s5537/5538/p1073). occupied under authority of sections 5537 and 5538 of the Revised Statutes; support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, and who continue insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent; shipping remains of deceased prisoners to their friends or relatives in the United States, and interment of deceased prisoners whose remains are unclaimed; expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners and for rewards for their recapture; and not exceeding $2,500 for repairs, betterments, and improvements of United States jails, including sidewalks, $2,350,000: *Provided, *That hereafter contracts for the*Proviso.*Contracts for keeping prisoners limited to three years. subsistence and care of Federal prisoners, within the discretion of the Attorney General, may be made for a period not exceeding three years. Inspection of prisons and prisoners: For the inspection of UnitedInspection of prisons and prisoners. States prisons and prisoners, including traveling expenses of the superintendent of prisons, assistant superintendents of prisons, and clerk to the superintendent of prisons when traveling on official business of any character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $13,000. TITLE III— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEDepartment of Commerce. office of the secretary Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, $15,000; Assistant Secretary,Secretary, Assistant, and office personnel. and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with “the Classification Act of 1923,” including the chief clerk andVol. 42, p. 1488. superintendent, who shall be chief executive officer of the department and who may be designated by the Secretary of Commerce to sign84 official papers and documents during the temporary absence j)f the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the department, $270,600; in all, $285,600. contingent expenses, department of commerce For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices andContingent and miscellaneous Department expenses. bureaus of the department, including those for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are specifically made, including professional and scientific books, law books, books of reference, periodicals, blank books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers (not exceeding $2,500) for which payment may be made in advance; purchase of atlases or maps; stationery; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; fuel, lighting and heating; purchase and exchange of motor trucks and bicycles; maintenance, repair, and operation of three motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor trucks and bicycles, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; postage to foreign countries; telegraph and telephone service; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; first-aid outfits for use in the buildings occupied by employees of this department; street-car fares, not exceeding $500; and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $290,000, which sum shall constitute the appropriation for contingent expenses of the department and shall also be available for the purchase of necessary suppliesAvailable for field expenses. and equipment for field services of bureaus and offices of the department for which contingent and miscellaneous appropriations are specifically made in order to facilitate the purchase through thePurchases. central purchasing office (Division of Supplies), as provided by law: *Provided, *That expenditures from appropriations contained in*Proviso.*Restriction on maintenance, etc., of passenger vehicles. this Act for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, fuel, and lubricants on any one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle used by the Department of Commerce shall not exceed one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case more than $500.Rent. For rent of buildings in the District of Columbia, $65,500. For rent of additional space in the District of Columbia outside of the Commerce Building, $2,500. For rent of storage space outside the Commerce Building, $1,500. For all printing and binding for the Department of Commerce,Printing and binding including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, except the Patent Office, $715,000: *Provided, *That an amount not to exceed $2,000 of this*Proviso.*Copy editors. appropriation may be expended for salaries of persons detailed from the Government Printing Office for service as copy editors. For the Patent Office: For printing the weekly issue of patents,Patent Office printing. designs, trade-marks, prints, and labels, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly and annual indices, $1,080,000; for miscellaneous printing and binding, $60,000; in all, $1,140,000. Wireless communication laws: To enable the Secretary of CommerceWireless communication on steam vessels.Enforcement of laws requiring.Vol. 36, p. 629; Vol. 37, pp. 199, 1565.Vol. 44, p. 1164. to enforce the Acts of Congress “to require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers” and “to regulate radio communication ” and carry out the international radiotelegraphic convention, examine and settle international radio accounts, including personal services in the District of Columbia, and to employ such persons and means as may be necessary, traveling and subsistence expenses, purchase and exchange of instruments, technical books, tabulating, duplicating, and other office machinery and devices,85 rent and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $320,000, of which amount not to exceedServices in the District. $52,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. aircraft in commerceAircraft in Commerce. Aircraft in commerce: To carry out the provisions of the ActServices and all expenses.Vol. 44, 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 (not to exceed $193,760 for the fiscal year 1929) and elsewhere; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; contract stenographic reporting services; fees and mileage of witnesses; purchase of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies, including medical supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs; maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; purchase of not to exceed five airplanes,Purchase of airplanes, accessories, etc. including accessories and spare parts, and maintenance, operation, and repair of airplanes, including accessories and spare parts; special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes; purchase of books of reference and periodicals; newspapers, reports, documents, plans, specifications, maps, manuscripts, and all other publications; and all other necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $702,000. Air-navigation facilities: For the establishment and maintenanceAir navigation facilities.Establishing and maintaining aids, mail routes, etc. of aids to air navigation, including the equipment of additional airmail routes for day and night flying; 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 in the District of Columbia (notServices in the District. to exceed $50,000) and elsewhere; purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled, passenger-carrying vehicles, including their exchange; purchase of not to exceed five airplanes, including accessories and spare parts, maintenance, operation, and repair of airplanes, including accessories and spare parts and special clothing, wearing apparel, and suitable equipment tor aviation purposes; andAcquiring sites. for the acquisition of the necessary sites by lease or grant, $3,659,850: *Provided, *That no part of this appropriation shall be used for any*Proviso.*Use restricted.Vol. 44, p. 568. purpose not authorized by the Air Commerce Act of 1926. bureau of foreign and domestic commerceForeign and Domestic Commerce Bureau. Salaries: For the director and other personal services in theDirector, and office Personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $252,887. For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1927,Foreign Commerce Service.Expenses of.Vol. 44, p. 1394. to establish in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the compensation of a clerk or clerks for each commercialClerks for commercial attachés. attaché at the rate of not to exceed $3,000 per annum for each person so employed, rent outside the District of Columbia, telephone service,Outside rent. purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, duplicating, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, law books, books of reference and periodicals, maps, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, newspapers (foreign and domestic) not exceeding $4,000, and all other publications, traveling expenses of officers and employees, ice and drinking water for office purposes, and all other incidental expenses not86 included in the foregoing, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, and under the following heads:Classification. Promoting commerce in Europe and other areas: Investigations inPromoting commerce in Europe, etc. Europe and other areas for the promotion and development of the foreign commerce of the United States, $859,143, of which amount not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for personal services in theServices in the District. District of Columbia; Promoting commerce in Latin America: Investigations in LatinPromoting commerce in Latin America. America for the promotion and development of the foreign commerce of the United States, $458,817, of which amount not to exceed $113,800 may be expended for personal services in the District ofServices in the District. Columbia; Promoting commerce in the Far East: Investigations in the FarPromoting commerce in the Far East. East for the promotion and development of the foreign commerce of the United States, $365,000, of which amount not to exceed $107,060Services in the District. may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Promoting commerce in Africa: Investigations in Africa for thePromoting commerce in Africa. promotion and development of the foreign commerce of the United States, $105,010, of which amount not to exceed $17,000 may beServices in the District.District and Cooperative Offices. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. District and Cooperative Office Service: For all expenses necessaryMaintenance of offices, outside rent, etc. to operate and maintain district and cooperative offices, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, purchase of maps, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, not exceeding $800 for newspapers, both foreign and domestic, for which payment may be made in advance, and all other publications necessary for the promotion of the commercial interests of the United States, and all other incidental expenses not included inServices in the District. the foregoing, $540,000, of which amount not to exceed $21,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided,**Proviso.*Conditions on opening new offices. That the Secretary of Commerce may require as a condition for the opening of a new office or the continuation of an existing office that commercial organizations in the district affected provide suitable quarters without cost to the Government or at rentals at lower than prevailing rates. The Secretary may, at his discretion,Discretionary authority of the Secretary. refuse to open a new office or continue an existing office where such assistance from local commercial organizations is not provided. Enforcement of China Trade Act: To carry out the provisions ofChina Trade Act.Enforcement expenses. the Act entitled “China Trade Act, 1922,” including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling and subsistenceVol. 42, p. 849; Vol. 43, p. 995. expenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, maps, manuscripts, and all other publications; rent outside the DistrictOutside rent. of Columbia; ice and drinking water for office purposes, and all necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $30,000, of whichServices in the District. amount not to exceed $10,820 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided, *That payment in advance*Proviso.*Advance payments authorized. for telephone and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby authorized. Export industries: To enable the Bureau of Foreign and DomesticExport industries.Investigating problems relating to. Commerce to investigate and report on domestic as well as foreign problems relating to the production, distribution, and marketing, in so far as they relate to the important export industries of the UnitedServices in the District. States, including personal services in the District of Columbia not 87 io exceed $618,940, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rentOutside rent. outside District of Columbia, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, $875,000. Domestic commerce and raw-materials investigations: For allDomestic raw materials and manufactures. expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, furnitureCompiling data as to disposition of, etc. and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, medical supplies and first-aid outfits, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts,Outside rent. maps, and all other publications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile information regarding the disposition and handling of raw materials and manufactures within the United States; and to investigate the conditions of production and marketing ofForeign raw materials. foreign raw materials essential for American industries, $290,000, of which amount not to exceed $121,520 may be expended for personalServices in the District. services in the District of Columbia. Customs statistics: For all expenses necessary for the operationCustoms statistics. of the section of customs statistics transferred to the Department ofExpenses of collecting, compiling, etc.Vol. 42, p. 1109. Commerce from the Treasury Department by the Act approved January 5, 1923, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent of or purchase of tabulating, punching, sorting, and other mechanical labor-saving machinery or devices, including adding, typewriting, billing, computing, mimeographing, multigraphing, photostat, and other duplicating machines and devices, including their exchange and repair; telegraph and telephone service; subsistence and traveling expenses of officers and employees while traveling on official business; freight, express, drayage; tabulating cards, stationery, and miscellaneous office supplies; books of reference, and periodicals; furniture and equipment; ice, water, heat, light, and power; street-car fare; and all other necessary and incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, $335,000, of which amount not to exceedServices in the District. $30,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Lists of foreign buyers: For all necessary expenses, including personalDirectory of Foreign buyers.Expenses of compiling. services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, lists of foreign buyers, books of reference, periodicals, reports, documents, plans,Outside rent. specifications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of ForeignServices in the District. and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile lists of foreign buyers, $45,000, of which amount not to exceed $34,640 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided,**Proviso.*Charges authorized. That the Secretary of Commerce may make such charges as he deems reasonable for lists of foreign buyers, special statistical services, special commodity news bulletins, and World Trade Directory Reports, and the amounts collected therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury as “Miscellaneous receipts.” Investigation of foreign trade restrictions: For all necessaryForeign trade restrictions.Expenses of collecting, compiling, etc., information as to. expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and88 repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rent outside ofOutside rent. the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile information regarding the restrictions and regulations of trade imposed by foreign countries, $50,000, of whichServices in the District. amount not to exceed $49,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Transportation and interment of remains of officers and employees:Bringing home remains of officers dying abroad. For defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce who may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary expenses of such interment at their post or at home, $1,500. Transportation of families and effects of officers and employees:Transportation of families and effects. To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and necessaryPaying officers, etc., for expenses in going or returning to posts. expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, of families and effects of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in going to and returning from their posts, or when traveling under the order of the Secretary of Commerce, $50,000: *Provided, *That no part of said sum shall be paid for transportation*Proviso.*Restriction on using foreign vessels. on foreign vessels without a certificate from the Secretary of Commerce that there are no American vessels on which such officers and clerks may be transported at rates not in excess of those charged by foreign vessels. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign andExpenses of attending at meetings, etc., authorized. Domestic Commerce shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domestic commerce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work of the bureau by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. bureau of the censusCensus Bureau. Salaries: For the director and other personal services in theDirector, and office personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $1,010,000. Collecting statistics: For securing information for census reports,Collecting information for reports. provided for by law, semimonthly reports of cotton production, periodical reports of stocks of baled cotton in the United States andCotton and tobacco. of the domestic and foreign consumption of cotton; quarterly reports of tobacco; per diem compensation of special agents and expenses of same and of detailed employees, whether employed in Washington, District of Columbia, or elsewhere; the cost of transcribing State,Vital statistics. municipal, and other records; temporary rental of quarters outside of the District of Columbia; for supervising special agents, and employment by them of such temporary service as may be necessary in collecting the statistics required by law, including $15,000 forTobacco statistics. collecting tobacco statistics authorized by law in addition to any other fund available therefor, and including not to exceed $5,000 for the employment by contract of personal services for the preparation of monographs on census subjects: *Provided, *That the compensation*Provisos.*Ray restriction. of not to exceed ten special agents provided for in this paragraph may be fixed at a rate not to exceed $8 per day, $875,000, of which amount not to exceed $350,000 may be expended for personal servicesServices in the District.Temporary employees. in the District of Columbia, including temporary employees who may be appointed under the civil-service rules at per diem rates to 89be fixed by the Director of the Census without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act, for the purpose of assisting in periodical inquiries: *Provided, *That temporary employees of theLeaves of absence, temporary employees. Bureau of the Census may be allowed leave of absence with pay at the rate of two and one-half days a month. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of the Census shall beAttendance at meetings authorized. available in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the collection of statistics, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. Tabulating machines: For constructing tabulating machines, andTabulating machines, etc. repairs to such machinery and other mechanical appliances, including technical, mechanical, and other service in connection therewith, whether in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, and purchase of necessary machinery and supplies, $53,200, of which not to exceed $45,000 may be expended for personal services in the District ofServices in the District. Columbia. Fifteenth Decennial Census: For salaries of employees in theFifteenth Decennial census.Preliminary expenses for collecting. District of Columbia and elsewhere, including temporary employees who may be appointed by the Director of the Census under the civil-service rules for any period not to exceed June 30, 1932, at per diem rates to be fixed by the Director of the Census without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act; traveling expenses, materials, supplies, equipment, and services, purchase and exchange of books, tabulation cards, typewriters, calculating machines, punch machines, and other office appliances, including their repair and maintenance; rent of buildings and rent and purchase of equipmentRent, etc. outside the District of Columbia, $110,000, of which amount not toServices in the District. exceed $10,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. steamboat inspection serviceSteamboat Inspection Service. Salaries: For the Supervising Inspector General and other personalSupervising Inspector General, and office personnel. services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $31,060. Steamboat inspectors: For eleven supervising inspectors; inspectorsInspectors. of hulls and inspectors of boilers; assistant inspectors, as authorized by law, for the following ports: New York, thirty-three;Assistants at designated ports. Pittsburgh, one; New Orleans, six; Baltimore, eight; Providence, four; Boston, six; Philadelphia, fourteen; San Francisco, twelve; Buffalo, six; Cleveland, six; Milwaukee, four; Chicago, four; Grand Haven, two; Detroit, four; Norfolk, eight; Seattle, twelve; Portland (Oregon), four; Albany, two; Portland (Maine), two; Los Angeles, four; Galveston, two; Mobile, two; Savannah, two; Toledo, two; and six traveling inspectors; in all, $787,800. Clerk hire, Steamboat Inspection Service: For compensation ofClerk hire. clerks to boards of steamboat inspectors, to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with the provisions of law, $147,200. Contingent expenses: For the payment of fees to witnesses; forContingent expenses. traveling and other expenses when on official business of the Supervising Inspector General, Deputy Supervising Inspector General, supervising inspectors, traveling inspectors, local and assistant inspectors, and clerks; for instruments, furniture, stationery, streetcar fares not to exceed $25, janitor service, and every other thing necessary to carry into effect the provisions of title 46, chapter 14,U. S. Code, pp. 1488-1496. page 1488, United States Code, $148,000. bureau of navigationNavigation Bureau. Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services in theCommissioner, and office personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $66,900. 90 Admeasurement of vessels: To enable the Commissioner of NavigationAdmeasurement of vessels. to secure uniformity in the admeasurement of vessels, including the employment of an adjuster of admeasurements, purchase and exchange of admeasuring instruments, traveling and incidental expenses, $5,500. Enforcement of navigation laws: To enable the Secretary ofMotor boats to enforce navigation laws. Commerce to provide and operate such motor boats and employ thereon such persons as may be necessary for the enforcement, under his direction, of laws relating to navigation and inspection of vessels, boarding of vessels, and counting of passengers on excursion boats, including insignia, braid, and chin straps, and coats, caps, and aprons, for stewards’ departments on vessels, $89,000. Preventing overcrowding of passenger vessels: To enable thePreventing overcrowding of vessels. Secretary of Commerce to employ, temporarily, such persons as may be necessary, of whom not more than two at any one time may be employed in the District of Columbia, to enforce the laws to prevent overcrowding of passenger and excursion vessels, and all expenses in connection therewith, $18,840. Shipping commissioners: For salaries of shipping commissioners,Shipping commissioners. $42,600. Clerk hire: For compensation, to be fixed by the Secretary ofClerk hire. Commerce, to each person or clerk in the offices of shipping commissioners, $97,260. Contingent expenses: For rent, stationery, and other requisitesContingent expenses. for transaction of the business of shipping commissioners’ offices, and for janitor in the commissioner’s office at New York: in all, $10,780. bureau of standardsStandards Bureau Salaries: For the director and other personal services in the DistrictDirector, and office personnel. of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $595,000. Equipment: For apparatus, machinery, tools, and appliances usedEquipment. in connection with buildings or work of the bureau, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, laboratory supplies, materials, and supplies used in the construction of apparatus, machinery, or other appliances, including their exchange; piping, wiring, and construction incident to the installation of apparatus, machinery, or appliances; furniture for laboratories and offices, cases for apparatus, $88,000, including $18,000 for repairs and necessaryRepairs to buildings. alterations to buildings. General expenses: For fuel for heat, light, and power; officeGeneral expenses. expenses, stationery, cleaning and toilet supplies, books and periodicals, which may be exchanged when not needed for permanent use; traveling expenses (including expenses of attendance upon meetingsAttendance at technical, etc., meetings. of technical and professional societies when required in connection with standardization, testing, or other official work of the bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary) ; street-car fares not exceeding $100; expenses of the visiting committee; expenses of attendance of American member at the meeting of theInternational Committee on Weights and Measures. International Committee of Weights and Measures; purchase of gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; supplies for operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles and motor trucks for official use, including their exchange; and contingencies of all kinds, $69,855. Improvement and care of grounds: For grading, construction ofCare, etc., of grounds. roads and walks, piping grounds for water supply, lamps, wiring for lighting purposes, and other expenses incident to the improvement and care of grounds, including foreman and laborers in the District of Columbia, $13,000, of which amount not to exceed $9,180 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 91 Testing structural materials: For continuation of the investigationStructural materials investigations. of structural materials, such as stone, clays, cement, and so forth, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $250,000, of which amount not to exceed $199,000 may beServices in the. District. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia *Provided, *That as much of this sum as necessary shall be used to*Proviso.*Disseminating information as to housing, etc. collect and disseminate such scientific, practical, and statistical information as may be procured, showing or tending to show approved methods in building, planning, and construction, standardization, and adaptability of structural units, including building materials and codes, economy in the manufacture and utilization of building materials and supplies, and such other matters as may tend to encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and housing. Testing machines: For maintenance and operation of testingTesting machines for physical constants. machines, including personal services in connection therewith in the District of Columbia and in the field, for the determination by the Bureau of Standards of the physical constants and the properties of materials as authorized by law, $38,000, of which amount not to exceed $34,020 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of fire-resisting properties: For investigation ofFire-resisting building materials. fire-resisting properties of building materials and conditions under which they may be most efficiently used, and for the standardization of types of appliances for fire prevention, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $28,100, of which amount not to exceed $22,640 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of public-utility standards: For investigation of theMeasurement, etc., of public utility standards. standards of practice and methods of measurements of public utilities, such as gas, electric light, electric power, water, telephone, central station heating, and electric railway service, and the solution of the problems which arise in connection with standards in such service, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $100,000, of which amount not to exceed $90,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing miscellaneous materials: For testing miscellaneous materials,Testing miscellaneous materials. such as varnish materials, soap materials, inks, and chemicals, including supplies for the Government departments and independent establishments, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, as authorized by law, $44,000, of which amount not to exceed $42,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Radio research: For investigation and standardization of methodsRadio standardization. and instruments employed in radio communication, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $49,800, of which amount not to exceed $47,200 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Color standardization: To develop color standards and methods ofIndustrial color standardization. manufacture and of color measurements, with special reference to their industrial use in standardization and specification of colorants such as dyestuffs, inks, and pigments, and other products, paint, paper, and textiles, in which color is a pertinent property, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $10,000, of which amount not to exceed $9,200 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of clay products: To study methods of measurementClay products processes. and technical processes used in the manufacture of pottery, brick, tile, terra cotta, and other clay products, and the study of the properties of the materials used in that industry, including personal92 services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $47,000, of which amount not to exceed $21,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standardizing mechanical appliances: To develop methods of testingMechanical appliances. and standardizing machines, motors, tools, measuring instruments, and other apparatus and devices used in mechanical, hydraulic, andTesting mechanical, hydraulic, and aeronautic devices, etc. aeronautic engineering; for the comparative study of types of apparatus and methods of operation, and for the establishment of standards of performance; for the accurate determination of fundamental physical constants involved in the proper execution of this work; and for the scientific experiments and investigations needed in solving the problems which may arise in connection therewith, especially in response to the requirements of aeronautics and aviation for information of a purely scientific nature, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $27,800, of which amount not to exceed $25,580 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of optical and other types of glass: For the investigationOptical glass production problems. of the problems involved in the production of optical and other types of glass, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $25,520, of which amount not to exceed $22,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of textiles: To investigate textiles, paper, leather, andTextiles, paper, etc., standardization. rubber in order to develop standards of quality and methods of measurement, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $50,700, of which amount not to exceed $43,240 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Sugar standardization: For the standardization and design ofSugar standardization. sugar-testing apparatus; the development of technical specifications for the various grades of sugars, especially involving the standardization and manufacture of sugars; for the study of the technical problems incidental to the collection of the revenue on sugar and to determine the fundamental scientific constants of sugars and other substances; for the standardization and production of rare andRare and unusual types. unusual types of sugars required for the medical service of the Government departments; and for other technical and scientific purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $53,160, of which amount not to exceed $48,670 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Gauge standardization: To provide by cooperation of the BureauGauges and screw threads.Cooperative standardization of, etc. of Standards, the War Department, and the Navy Department for the standardization and testing of the standard gauges, screw threads, and standards required in manufacturing throughout the United States, and to calibrate and test such standard gauges, screw threads, and standards, including necessary equipment and personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $38,320, of which amount not to exceed $36,180 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of mine scales and cars: For investigating the conditionsCoal weighing, etc., at mines. and methods of use of scales and mine cars used for weighing and measuring coal dug by miners, for the purpose of determining wages due, and of conditions affecting the accuracy of the weighing or measuring of coal at the mines, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $12,800, of which amount not to exceed $9,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Metallurgical research: For metallurgical research, including alloyMetallurgical research. steels, foundry practice, and standards for metals and sands; casting, rolling, forging, and the properties of aluminum alloys; prevention 93of corrosion of metals and alloys; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; preparation of metal specifications; investigation of new metallurgical processes and study of methods of conservation in metallurgical manufacture andRailway equipment. products; investigation of materials used in the construction of rails, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $48,140, of which amount not to exceed $44,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. High temperature investigations: For laboratory and field investigationsHigh temperature measurements. of suitable methods of high temperature measurements and control in various industrial processes and to assist in making available directly to the industries the results of the bureau’s investigations in this field, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $9,740, of which amount not to exceed $8,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Sound investigation: For the investigation of the principles ofSound investigation. sound and their application to military and industrial purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $10,580, of which amount not to exceed $9,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Industrial research: For technical investigations in cooperationIndustrial research cooperative investigations. with the industries upon fundamental problems involved in industrial development, with a view to assisting in the permanent establishment of new American industries, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $190,000, of which amount not to exceed $180,390 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Testing railroad track and other scales: For investigation andTesting large scales, etc. testing of railroad track scales, elevator scales, and other scales used in weighing commodities for interstate shipments and to secure equipment and assistance for testing the scales used by the Government in its transactions with the public, such as post office, navy yard, and customhouse scales, and for the purpose of cooperating with the States in securing uniformity in the weights and measures laws and in the methods of inspection, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $47,000, of which amount not to exceed $25,460 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standardization of equipment: To enable the Bureau of StandardsCooperative stand standardization of industrial devices, etc. to cooperate with Government departments, engineers, and manufacturers in the establishment of standards, methods of testing, and inspection of instruments, equipment, tools, and electrical and mechanical devices used in the industries and by the Government, including the practical specification for quality and performance of such devices, and the formulation of methods of inspection, laboratory, and service tests, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $180,000, of which amount not to exceed $156,640 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standard materials: For purchase, preparation, analysis, and distributionStandards for checking chemical analyses. of standard materials to be used in checking chemical analyses and in the testing of physical measuring apparatus, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $10,000, of which amount not to exceed $8,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of radioactive substances and X rays: For an investigationRadioactive substances and X-rays investigations. of radioactive substances and the methods of their measure-94ments and testing; for investigations relative to the development of standard specifications for X-ray equipment and operation; for the investigation of the hazards of X-ray practice; for the testing and standardization of X-ray protective materials; for the standardization and design of X-ray testing equipment; for the determination of fundamental physical constants essential to X-ray diagnosis and therapy to X-ray analysis of materials and to other technical and scientific applications, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $29,540, of which amount not to exceed $22,180 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Utilization of waste products from the land: For the survey ofUtilizing waste products from the land. the possibilities of the industrial utilization of waste products from the land, including cooperation with colleges, other institutions and manufacturers, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $50,000, of which amount not to exceed $41,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of automotive engines: For the promotion ofAutomotive engines investigations, etc. economy and efficiency in automotive transportation by land and by air through investigations of the basic principles underlying the design, performance, operation, and testing of automotive engines, their fuels, lubricants, accessories, and the power transmitting system used in connection with them, also such elements as brakes and brake linings; to promote economy in the use of liquid fuels and safety in vehicular traffic, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $25,000, of which amount not to exceed $20,680 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigation of dental materials: To investigate the physical andDental materials investigations. chemical properties of dental materials, including the method of their application and the causes of deterioration of such materials in service, for the purpose of developing standards of quality and standard methods of test, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $5,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Power-plant equipment, Bureau of Standards: For the purchasePower-plant equipment.Purchase, installing, etc., new plant, etc. and installation of new power and heating plant equipment, together with such auxiliary equipment as may be necessary, the moving and installing of equipment on hand, and the tie-in with the present heat and power systems, including contract labor and personal services in the District of Columbia, $100,000. During the fiscal year 1929 the head of any department or independentCooperative work with departments, etc., in scientific investigations, etc. establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Standards on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that bureau, and which the Bureau of Standards is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Standards such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations.Transfer of funds to credit of Bureau. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Standards for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made, including, where necessary, compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field. 95 Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Standards shall beAttendance at technical meetings authorized. available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with standardization and research, or either, when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. bureau of lighthousesLighthouses Bureau. Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services inCommissioner, and office personnel. the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $94,250. General expenses: For supplies, including replacement of and necessaryGeneral expenses. additions to existing equipment, repairs, maintenance, and incidentalObjects specified. expenses of lighthouses and other lights, beacons, buoyage, fog signals, lighting of rivers heretofore authorized to be lighted, light vessels, other aids to navigation, and lighthouse tenders, including the establishment, repair, and improvement of beacons and day marks, and purchase of land for same; establishment of post lights, buoys,Oil, etc., houses. submarine signals, and fog signals; establishment of oil or carbide houses, not to exceed $10,000: *Provided, *That any oil or carbide house*Provisos.*Limit for buildings. erected hereunder shall not exceed $1,000 in cost; construction of necessary outbuildings at a cost not exceeding $1,000 at any one light station in any fiscal year; improvement of grounds and buildings connected with light stations and depots; restoring light stations andRestoring stations, etc. depots and buildings connected therewith: *Provided further, *That such restoration shall be limited to the original purpose of the structures;Limitation. wages of persons attending post lights; temporary employees and field force while engaged on works of general repair and maintenance, and laborers and mechanics at lighthouse depots; rations andRations ,etc. provisions or commutation thereof for working parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels and tenders, and officials and other authorized persons of the Lighthouse Service on duty on board of such tenders or vessels, and money accruing from commutation for rations and provisions for the above-named persons on board of tenders and light vessels or in working parties in the field may be paid on proper vouchers to the person having charge of the mess of such vessel or party; not exceeding $2,000 for packing, crating, and transporting personal household effects of employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty; purchase of rubber boots, oilskins, rubber gloves, and coats, caps, and aprons for stewards’ departments on vessels; reimbursement under rules prescribedRelief of shipwrecked persons. by the Secretary of Commerce of keepers of light stations and masters of light vessels and of lighthouse tenders for rations and provisions and clothing furnished shipwrecked persons who may be temporarily provided for by them, not exceeding in all $5,000 in any fiscal year; fuel, light, and rent of quarters where necessary for keepersPurchase, etc., of land sites. of lighthouses; purchase of land sites for fog signals; rent of necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or to mark changeable channels and which in consequence can not be made permanent; rent of offices, depots, and wharves;Traveling expenses. traveling expenses, including travel for the examinations authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for retirement for disabilityRetirement examinations.Vol. 43, p. 1261. in the Lighthouse Service,” approved March 4, 1925; mileage; library books for light stations and vessels, and technical books and periodicals not exceeding $1,000; traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actually employed by States or private persons to instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses; all other contingentContingent expenses. expenses of district offices and depots, including the purchase of provisions for sale to lighthouse keepers at isolated stations, and the appropriation reimbursed, and not exceeding $8,500 for contingent96 expenses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses in the District of Columbia, $4,275,000. Keepers of lighthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thousandKeepers. eight hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and persons attending lights, exclusive of post lights, $1,950,000. Lighthouse vessels: For salaries and wages of officers and crews ofOfficers and crews of vessels. light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employment when necessary, $2,282,700. Superintendents, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of seventeenSuperintendents, clerks in the field, etc. superintendents of lighthouses, and of assistant superintendents, clerks, draftsmen, and other authorized permanent employees in the district offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive of those regularly employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses, District of Columbia, $576,300. Retired pay: For retired pay of officers and employees engaged inRetired pay. the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $245,000. Public works: For constructing or purchasing and equippingPublic works.Vessels. lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Lighthouse Service as may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce not to exceed $1,100,000; and for establishing and improving aids to navigationAids to navigation. and other works as may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce, $622,000; in all, $1,722,000. coast and geodetic surveyCoast and Geodetic Survey. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of theAll expenses. Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair, exchange, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn vehicles for use in field work, purchase of motor cycles with side cars, including their exchange, not to exceed $1,000, surveying instruments, rubber boots, canvas and rubber gloves, goggles, and caps, coats, and aprons for stewards’ departments on vessels, extra compensation at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of the Lighthouse Service and the Weather Bureau while observing tides or currents, services of one tide observer in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day, and compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the field work, commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate not exceeding $3 per day each, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey prescribed by the SecretaryDistribution. of Commerce, and under the following heads: Field expenses, Atlantic coast: For surveys and necessary resurveysField expenses.Atlantic and coasts. of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United States, $122,420: *Provided, *That not more than $45,000 of this*Proviso.*Outlying islands, etc. amount shall be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands and the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. Pacific coast: For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts onPacific coast. the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, including not to exceed $3,000 for construction of temporary shelter for the care of equipment and housing of personnel, $315,640. Tides, currents, and so forth: For continuing researches in physicalPhysical hydrography researches. hydrography, relating to harbors and bars, and for tidal and current observations on the coasts of the United States, or other coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, $26,000. Coast Pilot: For compilation of the Coast Pilot, including theCoast Pilot. employment of such pilots and nautical experts, and stenographic help in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, $6,500. 97 Magnetic work: For continuing magnetic and seismological observationsMagnetic and seismological investigations. and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States; making magnetic and seismological observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States; purchase of additional magnetic and seismological instruments; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic and seismological buildings; and including the employment in the field and office of such magnetic and seismological observers as may be necessary, $50,000. Federal, boundary, and State surveys: For continuing the linesFederal, State, etc., surveys. of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts; determining geographic positions by triangulation and traverse for theDetermining lines of exact levels. control of Federal, State, boundary, county, city, and other surveys and engineering works in all parts of the United States; determining field astronomic positions and the variation of latitude, including the maintenance and operation of the latitude observatory at Ukiah,Observatory at Ukiah, Calif. California, not exceeding $2,500; establishing lines of exact levels, determining geographic positions by triangulation and traverse, andAlaska observations. making astronomic observations in Alaska; and continuing gravity observations in the United States and for making such observations in regions under the jurisdiction of the United States and also on islands and coasts adjacent thereto, $88,000. For executing precise triangulation and leveling in regions subjectEarthquake regions. to earthquakes, $10,000; For special surveys that may be required by the Bureau of LighthousesSpecial surveys. or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, $3,000; For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent,Miscellaneous. including the preparation or purchase of plans and specifications of vessels and the employment of such hull draftsmen in the field andRelieving shipwrecked persons, etc. office as may be necessary for the same; the reimbursement, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, of officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided for by them, not to exceed a total of $550; actual necessary expenses of officers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office in the District of Columbia for consultation with the director and not exceeding $1,000 for the expenses of the attendance of representativesAttending International Research Council, etc. of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who may be designated as delegates from the United States at the meetings of the International Research Council or of its branches and of the International Hydrographic Bureau, $4,000. Vessels: For repairs of vessels, including traveling expenses ofVessels.Repairs, etc. persons inspecting the repairs, and exclusive of engineer’s supplies and other ship chandlery, $80,000. For all necessary employees to man and equip the vessels, includingEquipment employees. professional seamen serving as mates on vessels of the survey, to execute the work of the survey herein provided for and authorized by law, $650,000. Pay, commissioned officers: For pay and allowances prescribedPay, etc., commissioned officers. by law for commissioned officers on sea duty and other duty, holding relative rank with officers of the Navy, including one director, with relative rank of captain, two hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of captain, seven hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of commander, nine hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant commander, thirty-eight hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant, fifty-five junior hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), twenty-nine aids98 with relative rank of ensign, and including officers retired in accordance with existing law, $490,000: *Provided, *That the Secretary of*Proviso.*Assistant Director. Commerce may designate one of the hydrographic and geodetic engineers to act as assistant director. Office force: For personal services in the District of Columbia inOffice personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $446,520. Office expenses: For purchase of new instruments (except surveyingOffice expenses. instruments), including their exchange, materials, equipment, and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division; books, scientific and technical books, journals, books of reference, maps, charts and subscriptions; copper plates, chart paper, printer’s ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing, rubber gloves, and electrotyping supplies; photolithographing charts and printing from stone and copper for immediate use; stationery for office and field parties; transportation of instruments and supplies when not charged to party expenses; office wagon and horses or automobile truck; heating, lighting, and power; telephones, including operation of switchboard; telegrams, ice, and washing; office furniture, repairs, traveling expenses of officers and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office; miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, not exceeding $90 for street-car fares, $64,500. Appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic SurveySubsistence allowance restricted. shall not be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the director), except as now provided by law. bureau of fisheriesFisheries Bureau. Commissioner’s office: For the commissioner and other personalCommissioner, and office personnel. services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $167,778. For pay of employees in the field, as follows: Alaska service,Pay of field employees. $49,210; employees at large, $47,730; distribution
(car)employees, $33,600; employees at fish-cultural stations, $266,900; employees at fish-rescue station, Mississippi River Valley, $19,600; employees at biological stations, $40,860; for pay of officers and employees for theVessel employees. vessels of the Atlantic coast, $42,800; for officers and crew of vessels for Alaska Fisheries Service, $78,870; in all, $579,570. Administration: For expenses of the office of the commissioner,Administration expenses. including stationery, scientific and reference books, periodicals and newspapers for library, furniture and equipment, telegraph and telephone service, street-car fares not exceeding $150, compensation of temporary employees, and all other necessary expenses connected therewith, $4,400. Propagation of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration,Propagation expenses. improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, including not to exceed $4,000 to be made immediately available for the construction of trout nursery ponds at Mammoth Springs inYellowstone Park trout nursery. Yellowstone National Park, general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, including movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars, purchase of equipment (including rubber boots and oilskins) and apparatus, contingent expenses, temporary labor, and not to exceed $10,000 for propagation and distribution of fresh-water mussels and the necessary expenses connected therewith, $503,000. The appropriation of $30,000 for the fiscal year 1928 for a fish-culturalLeadville, Colo., auxiliary station.Vol. 44, p. 1215. station as an auxiliary to the station at Leadville, Colorado, is continued available for such purposes during the fiscal year 1929.99 The appropriation of $30,000 for the fiscal year 1928 for a fish-culturalWarm Springs, Ga, auxiliary station to.Vol. 44, p. 1215. station as an auxiliary to the Warm Springs, Georgia, station shall continue available for such purposes during the fiscal year 1929. The appropriation of $35,000 for the fiscal year 1928 for a fish-culturalSpearfish, S. Dak., auxiliary station to, in Nebraska.Vol. 44, p. 1215. station in the State of Nebraska as an auxiliary to the fish-cultural station at Spearfish, South Dakota, is continued available for such purposes during the fiscal year 1929. The appropriation of $35,000 for the fiscal year 1928 for a fish-culturalNeosho, Mo., auxiliary station to, in Oklahoma.Vol. 44, p. 1215. station in the State of Oklahoma as an auxiliary to the fish-cultural station at Neosho, Missouri, shall continue available for such purpose during the fiscal year 1929. Fish hatchery, Wyoming: For construction, repair, and improvementsSaratoga, Wyo., fish hatchery.Construction, etc. to buildings, ponds, and water supply at the Saratoga, Wyoming, fish-cultural station and its collecting stations and for the purchase of equipment, $18,000. Fish hatchery, Northville, Michigan: For construction, repairs,Northville, Mich., fish hatchery.Construction, etc.*Post, * p. 1129. and improvements to buildings, ponds, grounds, and water supply at the Northville, Michigan, fish-cultural station and its substations, the purchase of equipment, including boats, and for the acquisition of land, $25,000. Transfer of Bryans Point station: For the transfer of the fish-culturalBryans Point, Md.Transfer of fish cultural station to Fort Humphreys, Va., from. station at Bryans Point, Maryland, now on leased property, to land at Fort Humphreys, owned by the Government, and the establishment of a fish-cultural station at that point, $8,000, to be made immediately available. Biological station, Beaufort, North Carolina: For construction,Beaufort, N. C., biological station.Construction, repairs, etc. repair, alteration, and improvements to buildings, wharves, grounds, and water supply and for equipment at the Beaufort, North Carolina, biological station, $20,000. Maintenance of vessels: For maintenance of vessels and launches,Vessels.Maintenance, etc. including purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, hire of vessels, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith including not to exceed $1,000 for the purchase of plans and specifications for vessels or for contract personal services for the preparation thereof, and money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions on board vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the persons having charge of the mess of such vessels, $152,500, and $10,000 shall be immediately available for the procurement of supplies and equipment required for shipment to the Pribilof Islands for the service of the fiscal year 1929. Commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 per day) may be paidCommutation of rations. to officers and crews of vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries during the fiscal year 1929 under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. Inquiry respecting food fishes: For inquiry into the causes of theFood fisheries inquiry. decrease of food fishes in the waters of the United States, and for investigation and experiments in respect to the aquatic animals, plants, and waters, in the interests of fish culture and the fishery industries, including maintenance, repair, improvement, equipment, and operations of biological stations, expenses of travel and preparation of reports, $83,000. Fishery industries: For collection and compilation of statisticsStatistical inquiries. of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, and the methods of preservation and utilization of fishery products, including compensation of temporary employees, travel and preparation of reports, including temporary employees in the District of Columbia not to exceed $1,800, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, including the purchase, not exceeding $1,250, and mainte-100nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of the field work of the Bureau of Fisheries, $55,000, of which $5,000 shall be available immediately. Sponge fisheries: For protecting the sponge fisheries, includingSponge fisheries.Protecting. employment of inspectors, watchmen, and temporary assistants, hire of boats, rental of office and storage, care of seized sponges and other property, travel, and all other expenses necessary to carry out theVol. 38, p. 692. provisions of the Act of August 15, 1914, to regulate the sponge fisheries, $2,500. Alaska, general service: For protecting the seal fisheries of Alaska,Alaska.Seal fisheries protection, food to natives, etc. including the furnishing of food, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life to the natives of the Pribilof Islands, of Alaska; not exceeding $47,000 for construction, improvement, repair, and alteration of buildings and roads, transportation of supplies to and from the islands, expenses of travel of agents and other employees and subsistence while on said islands, hire and maintenance oi vessels, purchase of sea otters, and for all expenses necessary to carry out theVol. 36, p. 326. provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to protect the seal fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved April 21, 1910, and for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska, including contract stenographic reporting service, travel, subsistence (or per diem in lieu of subsistence) of employees while on duty in Alaska, hire of boats, employment of temporary labor, and all other necessary expensesAmount immediately available. connected therewith, $367,000, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available. mississippi wild life and fish refugeMississippi wild life and fish refuge. For construction of buildings, boats, and ponds, for purchase ofConstruction, equipment, etc., expenses. equipment, including boats, for maintenance, operation, repair, and improvements, including expenditures for personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary, as authorized in the Act approved June 7, 1924, $25,000.Vol. 43, p. 650. patent officePatent Office. For the Commissioner of Patents and other personal services inCommissioner, and office personnel. the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $2,600,000: *Provided, *That of the amount herein appropriated*Proviso.*Temporary typists, etc. not to exceed $25,000 may be used for special and temporary services of typists certified by the Civil Service Commission, who may be employed in such numbers, at $4 per diem, as may, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Patents, be necessary to keep current the work of furnishing manuscript copies of records. For purchase of law, professional, and other reference books andReference books, etc. publications and scientific books, including their exchange, and expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign governments, and directories, $8,000. For producing copies of weekly issue of drawings of patents andCopies of weekly issue of patents, reproductions, etc. designs; reproduction of copies of drawings and specifications of exhausted patents, designs, trade-marks, and other papers, such other papers when reproduced for sale to be sold at not less than cost plus 10 per centum; reproduction of foreign patent drawings; photo prints of pending application drawings; and photostat and photographic supplies and dry mounts, $230,000. The headings of the drawings for patented cases may be multigraphedMultigraphed headings allowed. in the Patent Office for the purpose of photolithography. For investigating the question of public use or sale of inventionsInvestigating prior use of inventions. for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and such other questions arising in connection with applications for pat-101ents and the prior art as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Patents; and expense attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, $800. For furniture and filing cases, $65,000.Furniture. BUREAU OF MINESMines Bureau. salaries and general expenses Salaries and general expenses: For general expenses, includingDirector, and office and field personnel.General expenses. pay of the director and necessary assistants, clerks, and other employees, in the office in the District of Columbia, and in the field, and every other expense requisite for and incident to the general work of the bureau in the District of Columbia, and in the field, including not to exceed $3,000 for necessary traveling expenses of the director and employees of the bureau, acting under his direction, for attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, and scientificAttendance at technical meetings. societies, when required in connection with the authorized work of the Bureau of Mines, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, $86,000, of which amount not to exceed $78,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Investigating mine accidents: For investigations as to the causesInvestigating mine explosions, accidents, etc. of mine explosions, causes of falls of roof and coal, methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners, the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries andMining industry. technologic investigations pertinent to the mining industry, including all equipment, supplies, and expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase not exceeding $1,500, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carryingServices in the District. vehicles, $399,470, of which amount not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mining investigations in Alaska: For investigations and the disseminationInvestigations to improve conditions in mining, quarrying, etc. of information with a view to improving conditions in the mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries under the ActVol. 38, p. 959. of March 3, 1915, and to provide for the inspection of mines and theAlaska mines. protection of the lives of miners in the Territory of Alaska, including personal services, equipment, supplies, and expenses of travel and subsistence, $10,860; Operating mine rescue cars and stations: For the investigationMine rescue cars and stations.Improving, etc. and improvement of mine rescue and first-aid methods and appliances and the teaching of mine safety, rescue, and first-aid methods, including the exchange in part payment for operation, maintenance, and repair of mine rescue trucks, the construction of temporary structures and the repair, maintenance, and operation of mine rescueRescue car stations equipment, etc. cars and Government-owned mine rescue stations and appurtenances thereto, including the purchase and equipment of one mine rescue car not to exceed $45,000, and including personal services, traveling expenses and subsistence, equipment, and supplies, including the purchase and exchange in part payment therefor of cooks’ uniforms, goggles, gloves, and such other articles or equipment as may be necessary in the operation of mine rescue cars and stations, including notServices in the District. to exceed $14,140 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $342,630: *Provided, *That of this amount not to exceed $500 may be*Proviso.*Mine rescue trophies, etc. expended for the purchase and bestowal of trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid contests; Testing fuel: To conduct inquiries and scientific and technologicInvestigating mineral fuels, etc. investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and 102 use of mineral fuels, and for investigation of mineral fuels belonging to or for the use of the United States, with a view to their most efficient utilization, to recommend to various departments such changes in selection and use of fuel as may result in greater economy, and, upon request of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to investigate the fuel-burning equipment in use by or proposed for any of the departments, establishments, or institutions, of the United States in the District of Columbia, $158,500, of which amountServices in the District. not to exceed $32,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mineral mining investigations: For inquiries and scientific andMineral mining.Studies, investigations, etc., for improving conditions in. technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of ores and mineral substances, other than fuels, with a view to improving health conditions and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting these industries; and including all equipment, supplies, expenses of travel and subsistence, and the operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carryingServices in the District. vehicles, including not to exceed $9,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $125,000: *Provided, *That no part of this*Proviso.*Private work forbidden. appropriation may be expended for an investigation in behalf of any private party; Oil, gas, and oil-shale investigations: For inquiries and investigationsOil, gas, and oil shale, investigations. and dissemination of information concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of petroleum, natural gas, and oil shale, including economic conditions affecting the industry, with a view to economic development and conserving resourcesPurchase of newspapers, etc. through the prevention of waste; for the purchase of newspapers relating to the oil, gas, and allied industries: *Provided, *That section*Proviso.*[R. S., sec. 192, p. 30](/us/rs/s192/p30). 192 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to such purchase of newspapers from this appropriation; and for every other expenseAll other expenses. incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $198,260, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be expendedServices in the District. for personal services in the District of Columbia; Oil-shale investigations: For development of oil shale, includingOil shale investigations.Development of oil shale, operation of plant, etc. purchase or mining and transportation of shale, operation, repairs, and alteration of plant, the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, and the alteration, operation, and maintenance of experimental refinery, and for all necessary expenses incident thereto, including personal services, supplies, equipment, traveling expenses, the purchase, not exceeding $1,200, operation, maintenance, repair, and exchange in part payment for, of motor-propelled, passenger-carrying vehicles, $75,000,Services in the District. of which amount not to exceed $6,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mining experiment stations: For the employment of personalMining experiment stations.Personal services, etc., expenses of.Vol. 38, p. 959. services and all other expenses in connection with the establishment, maintenance, and operation of mining experiment stations, authorized by the Act approved March 3, 1915, $173,000, of which amount not to exceed $11,000 may be expended for personal services in theServices in the District. District of Columbia; Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For care andPittsburgh, Pa., station.Expenses of. maintenance of buildings and grounds at Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pennsylvania, including personal services, the purchase, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger103 automobiles for official use, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including not to exceed $5,000 for additions and improvements, $76,360; Persons employed during the fiscal year 1929 in field work outsideTemporary details from the field for service in the District. of the District of Columbia under the Bureau of Mines may be detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for purposes of preparing results of their field work; all persons so detailed shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation only traveling expenses in going to and returning therefrom: *Provided,**Proviso.*Payment of necessary expenses. That nothing herein shall prevent the payment to employees of the Bureau of Mines of their necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu of subsistence, while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia for purposes only of consultation or investigations on behalf of theReports thereof to Congress. United States. All details made hereinunder, and the purposes of each, during the preceding fiscal year shall be reported in the annual estimates of appropriations to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of theDetails from Public Health Service. Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Mines: Government fuel yards: For the purchase and transportation ofGovernment fuel yards.Purchase of fuel, maintenance, etc. fuel; storing and handling of fuel in yards; maintenance and operation of yards and equipment, including motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for inspectors, purchase of equipment, rentals, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including personal services in the District of Columbia, the unexpended balanceBalance reappropriated.Vol. 44, p. 1219. of the appropriations heretofore made for these purposes is reappropriated and made available for such purposes for the fiscal year 1929, and for payment of obligations for such purposes of prior years, and of such sum not exceeding $500 shall be available to settle claims for damages caused to private property by motor vehicles used in delivering fuel: *Provided, *That all moneys received from the*Provisos.*Sales credited to the appropriation. sales of fuel shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the purposes of this paragraph: *Provided further, *That theInspection requirements laws not applicable.[R. S., secs. 3711,3713, pp. 733, 734](/us/rs/s3711/3713/pp733/734). requirements of sections 3711 and 3713 of the Revised Statutes relative to the weighing of coal and wood and the separate certificate as to the weight, measurement, or quantity of coal and wood purchased shall not apply to purchases by the Government fuel yards at free-on- board destinations outside of the District of Columbia. Helium production and investigations: The sums made availableHelium production, etc.Advances for, from Army and Navy appropriations.Vol. 44, p. 1387. for the fiscal year 1929, in the Acts making appropriations for the War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be advanced from time to time upon requisition by the Secretary of Commerce in such amounts as may be determined by the President not in excess of the sums needed for the economical and efficient operation and maintenance of the plants for the production of helium for military and/or naval purposes, including purchase, not to exceed $2,500, and exchange as part payment for, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelledServices in the District. passenger-carrying vehicles, and including not to exceed $12,260 for personal services in the District of Columbia; For investigations of resources of helium-bearing gas and theInvestigations, etc., of resources of helium-bearing gas. conservation thereof, and of processes and methods of producing, storing, purifying, and utilizing helium and helium-bearing gas, including supplies and equipment, stationery, furniture, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled104 passenger-carrying vehicles, and all other necessary expenses, includingServices in the District. not to exceed $25,080 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $75,000; Helium plants: For helium production and conservation, in accordanceHelium plants.Production, etc.Vol. 44, p. 1387. with existing law, including acquisition of helium-bearing gas land or wells by purchase, exchange, lease, or condemnation, orPurchase of plants, etc. interest in such land or wells, the purchase, lease, construction, or modification of plants, pipe lines and accessories, compressor stations, camp buildings, and other facilities for the production, transportation, storage, and purification of helium and helium-bearing gas, including acquisition of sites and rights of way therefor, by purchase, lease, or condemnation, and including supplies and equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and all other necessaryServices in the District. expenses including not to exceed $6,200 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $462,000: *Provided, *That in addition thereto*Provisos.*Balance reappropriated.Vol. 44, p. 1220. the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under this heading for the fiscal year 1928 is reappropriated and made available for the above purposes for the fiscal year 1929: *Provided further, *ThatSubject to approval of the President. no part of the appropriation herein made may be expended except with the approval of the President: *Provided further, *That theAdditional obligations authorized.Action a Government contract. Secretary of Commerce may, with the approval of the President, enter into contracts incurring additional obligations not in excess of $500,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government: *Provided further, *That theTerms for leases, etc. acquirement of leases, sites, and rights of way under terms customary in the oil and gas industry, including obligations to pay rental in advance and to pay damages to lands, crops, or structures arising out of the Government’s operations is authorized: *Provided further, *That should valuable products other than helium-bearingDisposal of products in wells other than helium-bearing gas. gas be discovered in wells acquired or drilled for helium-bearing gas under this appropriation, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to provide for the disposal of said wells or the products therefrom, by the contracts under which the property is acquired, or otherwise, in accordance with the interests of the Government therein and in the manner which, in his opinion, is most advantageous to the Government; For determining the location, extent, and mode of occurrence ofPotash deposits.Expenses of determining location of, etc.Vol. 44, pp. 768, 1388. potash deposits in the United States, and conducting the necessary laboratory test incident thereto, as authorized under the Act approved June 25, 1926; 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, $100,000: *Provided, *That such part of the amount herein appropriated*Proviso.*Transfer for expenditure by Interior Department. as 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. Economics of mineral industries: For inquiries and investigations,Economics of mineral industries.Investigations, disseminating information as to problems of, etc. and the dissemination of information concerning the economic problems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries, with a view to assuring ample supplies and efficient distribution of the mineral products of the mines and quarries, including studies and reports relating to uses, reserves, production, distribution, stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral commoditiesReport of mineral resources. and primary products thereof; preparation of the reports of the105 mineral resources of the United States, including special statistical inquiries; statistical studies and reports relating to mine accidents; and including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies; typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs; newspapers; traveling expenses; purchase, not exceeding $1,200, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and for all other necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $260,000, of which amount not toServices in the District. exceed $219,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; During the fiscal year 1929 the head of any department or independentScientific investigations for departments, etc., by the Bureau. establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Mines such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of theTransfer of funds to credit of the Bureau. Treasury shall transfer on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made: *Provided, *That any sums transferred by any department or*Proviso.*Expenditure of funds transferred. independent establishment of the Government to the Bureau of Mines for cooperative work in connection with this appropriation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended; The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement ofOpen market purchase of minor supplies, etc. services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well as in the field outside of the District of Columbia, may be made in open market without compliance with section 3709 of the Revised[R. S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733). Statutes of the United States, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance; For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientific books,Purchase of books, etc. law books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the Bureau of Mines, there is hereby made available from any appropriations made for such bureau not to exceed $3,500; Total, Bureau of Mines, $2,542,080. TITLE IV.— DEPARTMENT OF LABORDepartment of Labor. office of the secretary Salaries: Secretary of Labor, $15,000; Assistant Secretary, SecondSecretary, Assistants, and office personnel. Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $177,000;Vol. 42, p. 1488. in all, $192,000. Commissioners of conciliation: To enable the Secretary of LaborCommissioners of conciliation.Vol. 37, p. 738. to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creating the Department of Labor, and to appoint commissioners of conciliation, traveling expenses, and not to exceed $14,140 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and telegraph and telephone service, $210,000. 106 contingent expenses, department of labor For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices andContingent expenses. bureaus of the department, for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, including the purchase of stationery, furniture and repairs to the same, carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, laundry, street-car fares not exceeding $200; lighting and heating; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor cycles and motor trucks; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, newspapers not exceeding $400, for which payment may be made in advance; newspaper clippings not to exceed $1,800, postage to foreign countries, telegraph and telephone service, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices; purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals not exceeding $3,250; in all, $41,500; and in additionAdditional from immigration expenses, for supplies.Vol. 36, p. 531. thereto such sum as may be necessary, not in excess of $13,500, to facilitate the purchase, through the central purchasing office as provided in the Act of June 17, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 531), of certain supplies for the Immigration Service, shall be deducted from the appropriation “Expenses of regulating immigration”*Post, * p. 107. made for the fiscal year 1929 and added to the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Department of Labor,” for that year; and the total sum thereof shall be and constitute the appropriationExpenditures through Division of Publications and Supplies. for contingent expenses for the Department of Labor, to be expended through the central purchasing office (Division of Publications and Supplies), Department of Labor: *Provided, *That expenditures from*Proviso.*Expenses of motor passenger vehicles limited. appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, upkeep and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, fuel and lubricants, on any one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle used by the Department of Labor shall not exceed one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case not more than $500. Rent: For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the DistrictRent. of Columbia for the use of the Department of Labor, $68,000. Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the DepartmentPrinting and binding. of Labor, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $205,000. bureau of labor statisticsLabor Statistics Bureau. Salaries: for the commissioner and other personal services in theCommissioner, and office personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $220,000. Traveling expenses of special agents and employees; experts andSpecial agents, experts, etc. temporary assistance for field service outside of the District of Columbia, to be paid at the rate of not exceeding $8 per day;Traveling expenses. personal services in the District of Columbia not to exceed $29,500, including also temporary statistical clerks, stenographers, and typewritersTemporary statistical employees in the District. in the District of Columbia, to be selected from civil-service registers, the same person to be employed for not more than six consecutive months; traveling expenses of officers and employees, purchase of periodicals, documents, price quotations, and reports and materials for reports and bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $80,000. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Labor StatisticsAttendance at meetings. shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of said bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. 107 bureau of immigrationImmigration Bureau. Salaries: For the commissioner general and other personal servicesCommissioner General, and office personnel. in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $91,840. Regulating immigration: For enforcement of the laws regulatingEnforcing immigration laws.Vol. 41, p. 1008; Vol. 42, p. 5; Vol. 43, p. 155. immigration of aliens into the United States, including the contract labor laws; cost of reports of decisions of the Federal courts, and digests thereof, for the use of the Commissioner General of Immigration; salaries and expenses of all officers, clerks, and employees appointed to enforce said laws, including not to exceed $167,000 forServices in the District. personal services in the District of Columbia, together with persons authorized by law to be detailed for duty at Washington, District of Columbia; traveling expenses; maintenance expenses of insaneTraveling expenses. alien deportees detained abroad while en route to the country of destination; enforcement of the provisions of the Act of FebruaryOther Acts.Vol. 39, p. 874; Vol. 40, p. 542; Vol. 41, p. 1008; Vol. 42, p. 5; Vol. 43, p. 155. 5, 1917, entitled “An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to and the residence of aliens in the United States,” and Acts amendatory thereof and in addition thereto; necessary supplies, including exchange of typewriting machines, alterations and repairs, and for all other expenses authorized by said Act; preventing the unlawful entry of aliens into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto; expenses of returningChinese exclusion. to China all Chinese persons found to be unlawfully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expenses of conveyance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard for deportation; refunding of head tax, maintenance bills, and immigrationRefunding head tax, etc. fines upon presentation of evidence showing conclusively that collection was made through error of Government officers; all to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, $7,110,000: *Provided, *That $1,755,000 of this amount shall be available only for*Provisos.*Coast and border patrol.Vehicles, etc., outside of the District. coast and land-border patrol: *Provided further, *That the purchase, exchange, use, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles and allowances for horses, including motor vehicles and horses owned by immigration officers when used on official business required in the enforcement of the immigration and Chinese exclusion laws outside of the District of Columbia may be contracted for and the cost thereof paid from the appropriation for the enforcement of those laws, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe: *Provided further, *That not more than $150,000 ofLimit for purchase, etc., of vehicles. the sum appropriated herein may be expended in the purchase and maintenance of such motor vehicles, and of such sum of $150,000 not more than $125,000 shall be available for the purchase and maintenanceFor coast and land-border patrol. of motor vehicles for coast and land-border patrol. immigration stationsImmigration stations. For remodeling, repairing (including repairs to the ferryboat,Remodeling buildings, etc. Ellis Island), renovating buildings, and purchase of equipment, $257,000, of which $207,000 shall be immediately available. bureau of naturalizationNaturalization Bureau. Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services in theCommissioner, and office personnel. District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $98,000. General expenses: For compensation, to be fixed by the SecretaryPay of officers, clerks, etc. of Labor, of officers, clerks, and employees appointed, for the purpose108 of carrying on the work of the Bureau of Naturalization, providedVol. 34, p. 596; Vol. 37, p. 376; Vol. 40, p. 542. for by the Act approved June 29, 1906, as amended by the Act approved March 4, 1913 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 736), and May 9, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, pages 542 to 548, inclusive), including not to exceed $68,940 for personal servicesServices in the District. in the District of Columbia, of which amount $10,000 shall be available only for compensation of temporary employees, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923; traveling expenses, includingTraveling expenses, etc. not to exceed $400 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the naturalization of aliens when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor; street-car fare, telegrams, verifications of legal papers, telephone service in offices outside of the District of Columbia; necessary supplies and equipment for the Naturalization Service; not to exceed $25,000 for rent of offices outsideOutside rent. of the District of Columbia where suitable quarters can not be obtained in public buildings; carrying into effect section 13 of theAssistance to clerks of courts.Vol. 34, p. 600; Vol. 36, pp. 765, 830; Vol. 40, p. 171. Act of June 29, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 600), as amended by the Act approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 765), and in accordance with the provisions of the Sundry Civil Act of June 12, 1917; and for mileage and fees to witnesses subpoenaed onWitness fees, etc. behalf of the United States, the expenditures from this appropriation shall be made in the manner and under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe, $680,000: *Provided, *That no part*Proviso.*Clerks of Federal courts excluded. of this appropriation shall be available for the compensation of assistants to clerks of United States courts. children’s bureauChildren’s Bureau. Salaries: For the chief, and other personal services in the DistrictChief of, and office personnel. of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $105,000. To investigate and report upon matters pertaining to the welfareChild welfare, infant mortality, etc., investigations. of children and child life, and especially to investigate the questions of infant mortality, including not to exceed $125,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $135,000. For traveling expenses of officers, special agents, and otherTraveling expenses of employees. employees of the Children’s Bureau; experts and temporary assistants, to be paid at a rate not exceeding $6 a day, and interpreters to be paid at a rate not exceeding $4 a day when actually employed; purchase of reports and material for the publications of the Children’sMaterial for publications. Bureau and for reprints from State, city, and private publications for distribution when said reprints can be procured more cheaply than they can be printed by the Government, $60,000: *Provided,**Proviso.*Attendance at meetings. That appropriations herein made for the Children’s Bureau shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings for the promotion of child welfare and for the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for theMaternity and infancy hygiene Act.Expenses executing.Vol. 42, p. 224; Vol. 43, p. 17; Vol. 44, p. 1024. promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy, and for other purposes,” approved November 23, 1921, as amended, $1,108,000: *Provided, *That the apportionments to the States, to the*Proviso.*Apportionment to States, etc. Territory of Hawaii, and to the Children’s Bureau for administration shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $1,252,079.96, as authorized by said Act of November 23, 1921, as amended. women’s bureauWomen’s Bureau. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act toSalaries and expenses.Vol. 41, p. 987. establish in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the Women’s Bureau,” approved June 5, 1920, including personal services109 in the District of Columbia, not to exceed $92,170; purchase of material for reports and educational exhibits, and traveling expenses, $102,000, which sum shall be available for expenses of attendance atAttendance at meetings. meetings concerned with the work of said bureau when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor. employment serviceEmployment service. To enable the Secretary of Labor to foster, promote, and developPromoting welfare of wage earners.Objects designated. the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, including juniors legally employed, to improve their working conditions, to advance their opportunities for profitable employment by regularly collecting, furnishing, and publishing employment information as to opportunities for employment; maintaining a system for clearing labor between the several States; cooperating with and coordinating the public employment offices throughout the country, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travelingTraveling expenses. expenses; supplies and equipment, telegraph and telephone service, and miscellaneous expenses; $205,000, of which amount not to exceedServices in the District. $26,040 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Approved, February 15, 1928.
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