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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · June 30, 1928 · Chapter 853

Chapter 853. Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and June 30, 1929, and for other purposes

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Chap. 853: Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. Chapter 853 45 Stat. 883 1928-05-29 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 Chapter 853.— An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. May 29, 1928.[[H. R. 13873](/us/bill/70/hr/13873).][[Public, No. 563](/us/pl/70/563).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Second Deficiency Act, 1928.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, and June 30, 1929, and for other purposes, namely: LEGISLATIVELegislative. senateSenate. To pay Natalia S. Jones, widow of Honorable Andrieus A. Jones,Andrieus A. Jones.Pay to widow. late a Senator from the State of New Mexico, $10,000.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Natalia S. Jones,Mileage. widow of Honorable Andrieus A. Jones, from the appropriation for “Mileage of Senators, fiscal year 1928,” $839.20 for mileage of the said Honorable Andrieus A. Jones, late a Senator from the State of New Mexico. To pay Mary E. Ferris, widow of Honorable Woodbridge N.Woodbridge N. Ferris.Pay to widow. Ferris, late a Senator from the State of Michigan, $10,000. To pay Allie D. Willis, widow of Honorable Frank B.
Willis, lateFrank B. Willis.Pay to widow. a Senator from the State of Ohio, $10,000. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay from the appropriationVernon V. Thompson.Services. “Salaries of officers and employees of the Senate, fiscal year 1928,” to Vernon V. Thompson for services as a folder in the folding room of the Senate from February 6 to March 2, 1928, both dates inclusive, at the rate of $1,140 per annum. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay from the appropriationFlorence L.
Gulliver.Services. for “Salaries of officers and employees of the Senate, fiscal year 1927,” to Florence L. Gulliver, for services rendered as assistant clerk to Honorable Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, from June 1 to 30, 1927, both dates inclusive, at the rate of $1,830 per annum. To pay William A. Folger for extra and expert services renderedWilliam A. Folger. Services. the Committee on Pensions during the first session of the Seventieth Congress as an assistant clerk to said committee, by detail from the Bureau of Pensions, $1,200.
For payment to Hicklin Yates for services rendered as clerk to theHicklin Yates.Services. Special Committee Investigating Campaign Expenditures in Senatorial Primary and General Elections, pursuant to Senate Resolution Numbered 195 of the Sixty-ninth Congress and Senate Resolution Numbered 10 of the present Congress, fiscal year 1928, $2,500. For services performed during the summer of 1927 in the removalRenovation of Library, etc. and cleaning of books and documents incident to the renovation of884 the Senate Library and Document Room as follows:
To JamesJames Payne.Richard Blount. Payne, $300; to Richard Blount, $200; in all, fiscal year 1928, $500. For additional compensation to the messenger of the Committee onCommittee on Appropriations.Messenger. Appropriations, fiscal year 1929, $250. For payment to William S. Cheatham, an employee of the SenateWilliam S. Cheatham. under supervision of the Sergeant at Arms, at the rate of $1,770 per annum in lieu of the salary he is now receiving, from December 1, 1927, to February 29, 1928, $190.
For additional compensation to laborer in the office of the Secretary,Secretary’s office.Laborer. fiscal year 1929, $130. For payment to J. Mark Trice for services rendered the Senate andJ. Mark Trice. committees thereof, fiscal year 1928, $600. For driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for theAutomobile, Vice President. Vice President, fiscal year 1928, $500. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fiscal year 1928, $50,000.Miscellaneous items. For stationery for Senators, officers, and committees of the Senate,Stationery. fiscal year 1928, $5,000.
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,Inquiries and investigations. including compensation to stenographers of committees at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding 25 cents per 100 words, fiscal year 1928, $40,000. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding $1 perFolding. thousand, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $5,000. For repairs, supplies, and personal services for Senate kitchens andSenate kitchens and restaurants. restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate, under supervision of the Committee on Rules, fiscal year 1928, $10,000. house of representativesHouse of Representatives.
To pay the widow of James A. Gallivan, late a RepresentativeJames A. Gallivan.Pay to widow. from the State of Massachusetts, $10,000. To pay the widow of Martin B. Madden, late a Representative fromMartin B. Madden.Pay to widow. the State of Illinois, $10,000. To pay the widow of Thaddeus C. Sweet, late a RepresentativeThaddeus C. Sweet.Pay to widow. from the State of New York, $10,000. The three preceding appropriations shall be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House.
Contested-election expenses: For payment to the following contestantsContested – election expenses.Payment to contestants and contestees. and contestees for expenses incurred in the contested-election cases of Hubbard against LaGuardia and Clark against White, as audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 1: Fiorello H. LaGuardia, contestee, $1,459.58;Fiorello H. LaGuardia. H. Warren Hubbard, contestant, $1,650;H. Warren Hubbard. Hays B. White, contestee, $1,501.29;Hays B.
White. W. H. Clark, contestant, $931.42;W. H. Clark. In all, $5,542.29, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. For payment to the following contestant and contestee for expenses incurred in the contested-election case of Taylor against England, as audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 3: E. T. England, contestee, $2,000;E. T. England. J. Alfred Taylor, contestant, $2,000;J. Alfred Taylor. In all, $4,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Speaker’s Office:
For an additional clerk in the Office of theSpeaker’s office, additional clerk. Speaker at the rate of $1,200 a year, fiscal year 1929, $1,200. Sergeant at Arms’ Office: For additional compensation during theSergeant at Arms’ office.Additional pay, cashier and messenger, etc. fiscal year 1929 at the following rates: Cashier, $500; messenger,885 $770; in all, $1,270, of which $600 shall be paid from the appropriation for the fiscal year 1929 for a stenographer and typewriter for such office which is hereby made available therefor.
Office of the Clerk: For an additional amount necessary to makeClerk’s office.Journal, etc., clerks, increase of pay. the compensation of the journal clerk, two reading clerks, and the tally clerk, at the rate of $5,000 per annum during the fiscal year 1929, $3,930, to be available in addition to the appropriations for the*Ante, *p. 520. salaries of such positions in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929; and the salary of each of such positions is hereby fixed at $5,000 a year for such fiscal year and thereafter.
Contingent Expenses: For telegraph and telephone service, exclusiveContingent expenses. of personal services, fiscal year 1928, $25,000. For exchange, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of anAutomobile, Speaker, automobile for the Speaker, fiscal year 1928, $2,450. For purchase and maintenance of motor vehicle for the Clerk’sMotor vehicle, Clerk’s office. office, fiscal year 1928, $1,400. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries and labor, unlessMiscellaneous items. specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, fiscal year 1928, $15,000.
To pay amounts due the Postal Telegraph Company for the followingPostal Telegraph Company. fiscal years: For 1918, $637.91; 1919, $1,144.19; 1921, $712.35; and 1922, $75.85; in all, $2,570.30. For payment to Walter L. Price for services rendered as clerk ofWalter L. Price.Services. the conference minority of the House of Representatives for the period from May 31, 1923, to and including December 3, 1923, $1,385.22. Hereafter the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House is authorized, in theGratuity appropriations.Amounts due, to be deducted, etc. disbursement of gratuity appropriations, to make deductions of such amounts as may be due to or through his office or as may be due the House of Representatives.
Committee on Public Lands: For defraying such expenses as mayCommittee on Public Lands.Expenses. be deemed necessary by the Committee on Public Lands in connection with the securing of information preliminary to the preparation of legislation within the jurisdiction of such committee, including transportation, traveling, per diem in lieu of subsistence not to exceed $8, and other incidental expenses, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $5,000, to be disbursed under the direction of such committee. joint committee on printingJoint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress: To enable theBiographical Congressional Directory.Vol. 43, p. 1616. Secretary of the Senate to pay, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, for the necessary expense of collecting additional information incident to the research work, preparing of manuscript for the printer and the maintenance and preservation, for ready reference, of a current file of biographies of all Members and ex-Members of Congress, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $12,000; and said sum, or any part thereof, in the discretion of theAllowed as additional pay. chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, may be paid as additional compensation to any employee of the United States. architect of the capitolArchitect of the Capitol.
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to pay to Steuart’s garageSteuart’s garage. for labor and material furnished during the following years, viz: For the fiscal year 1921, $40.71; for the fiscal year 1922, $301.23; and for the fiscal year 1923, $291.35; in all, the sum of $633.29, to be paid out of appropriation for the Capitol power plant for the fiscal year 1927. 886 government printing officeGovernment Printing Office. To pay Samuel Robinson, William Madden, Joseph De Fontes,Samuel Robinson, William Madden, Joseph De Fontes, and Preston L.
George. and Preston L. George, messengers on night duty during the first session of the Seventieth Congress, $900 each, fiscal year 1928, $3,600. memorial to the women of the world warMemorial to Women of the World War. For an additional amount for the erection of a memorial buildingAdditional contribution for erecting.Vol. 43, p. 1314. and equipment in the District of Columbia, to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the patriotic women of the United States of America, its insular possessions, and the District of Columbia during the World War, under the provisions of Public Resolution*Ante, *p. 250.
Numbered 14, Seventieth Congress, approved March 8, 1928, $50,000. joint committee to investigate northern pacific land grantsJoint Committee to Investigate Northern Pacific land grants. The unexpended balance on June 30, 1928, of the appropriationUnexpended balance available.Vol. 44, p. 843.Vol. 43, pp. 462, 673.*Post, *p. 1608. available during the fiscal year 1928 to provide for expenses of the joint committee created by section 3 of the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to withhold his approval of the adjustment of the Northern Pacific land grants, and for other purposes,” approved June 5, 1924, is continued and made available until June 30, 1929.
BOARD OF TAX APPEALSBoard of Tax Appeals. For printing and binding, fiscal year 1928, $9,000.Printing and binding. BUREAU OF EFFICIENCYEfficiency Bureau. The sum of $1,092.33 of the appropriation for salaries and expenses,Services, securing actuarial data.Amount available for.Vol. 44, p. 1072. Bureau of Efficiency, fiscal year 1928, is hereby made available for the payment for contract services since April 1, 1927, to secure actuarial data in connection with various retirement plans for teachers in the District of Columbia and for civil-service employees.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONCivil Service Commission. Salaries: For an additional amount for personal services in theSalaries, District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1929, $21,600. Traveling expenses: For an additional amount for necessaryTraveling expenses.Additional.*Ante, *p. 577. traveling expenses, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, $10,000. EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSIONEmployees’ Compensation Commission.
For an additional amount for personal services in the District ofSalaries and expenses. Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923 and for contingent expenses, including the same objects specified under these heads in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 and including personal services in the field, fees, and*Ante, *p. 577. mileage of witnesses, contract stenographic reporting services and rent, fiscal year 1929, $77,010. For an additional amount for printing and binding for thePrinting and binding.
Employees’ Compensation Commission, fiscal year 1929, $3,000. The sum of $60,000 of the foregoing sums under Employees’ CompensationApplication to employees in District of Columbia. Commission, applicable to the enforcement of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for disability or death887 resulting from injury to employees in certain employments in the*Ante, *p. 600. District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved May 17, 1928, shall be chargeable to the District of Columbia and paid in like manner as other appropriations of the District of Columbia are paid.
FEDERAL OIL CONSERVATION BOARDFederal Oil Conservation Board. The appropriation of $50,000 made in the first Deficiency Act,Expenses for, reappropriated.Vol. 43, p. 754.*Post, *p. 1626. fiscal year 1925, for the Federal Oil Conservation Board, shall remain available until June 30, 1929. FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSIONFederal Radio Commission. For salary and per diem of five commissioners, fiscal year 1929,Commissioners.*Ante, *p. 579. $33,467, and in addition the sum of $18,000 contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 is hereby made immediately available both for salaries and per diem.
For an additional amount for all other authorized expenditures ofAll other expenses. the Federal Radio Commission, covering the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, and including law books and books of reference, and contract stenographic reporting services without regard to theContracts for reporting.[R. S. sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733). provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, $250,000, to be immediately available: *Provided, *That the amount herein appropriated*Proviso.*Reporting. shall also be available for payment of obligations, except stenographic reporting services, incurred during the fiscal years 1927 and 1928 for contract stenographic reporting services.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONFederal Trade Commission. For an additional amount for authorized expenditures of theExpenses. Federal Trade Commission in performing the duties imposed by law, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, $85,000; and the limitation of $771,030 on expenditures for personal servicesAmount for personal services increased.*Ante, *p. 579. in the District of Columbia, contained in such appropriations, is hereby increased by the amount of $62,620.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICEGeneral Accounting Office. To enable the General Accounting Office to report to Congress theReport on fiscal condition of Indian tribes. amount of the funds of the several Indian Tribes, the investment thereof, the rate of interest thereon, and such additional information pertinent to the funds of such Tribes as may be essential, including the employment in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of the necessary personal services without regard to civil service laws and regulations, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $20,000.
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSIONGeorge Rogers Clark Sesquieentennial Commission. Toward carrying into effect the provisions of the joint resolutionParticipation in the sesquieentennial celebration of conquest of Northwest Territory. entitled “Joint resolution providing for the participation of the United States in the celebration in 1929 and 1930 of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the conquest of the Northwest Territory by General George Rogers Clark and his army, and authorizing an appropriation for the construction of a permanent memorial of thePermanent memorial to be erected.
Revolutionary War in the West, and of the accession of the old Northwest to the United States on the site of Fort Sackville, which was captured by George Rogers Clark and his men February 25, 1779,”*Ante, *p. 723. 888 approved May 23, 1928, $200,000, to remain available until June 30,*Post, *p. 1626. 1931: *Provided, *That in addition to the amount herein appropriated*Proviso.*Contracts authorized. the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission is authorized to incur contractual obligations in an amount not exceeding $800,000.Limit.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSIONGeorge Washington Bicentennial Commission. The unexpended balances of the appropriations for the celebrationUnexpended balances available.Vol. 44, p. 1076. of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, are reappropriated and made available for the necessary expenses of the United States Commision for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, which, together with amounts heretofore appropriatedVol. 43, p. 671. for the use of said commission and not expended, are hereby reappropriated and made available until expended.
PERRY’S VICTORY MEMORIAL COMMISSIONPerry’s Victory Memorial Commission. For proper electric lighting of the memorial plazas and grounds,Improving grounds, etc. $7,374; for a utility building on the memorial grounds for use as a public comfort station and storage warehouse, $7,000; in all, fiscal year 1929, $14,374. PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION BOARDPersonnel Classification Board. For the purpose of enabling the Personnel Classification Board toField investigations, etc. meet the expenses of field investigations, including the employment of personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and elsewhere, traveling expenses, supplies and equipment, and such other miscellaneous expenses as may be necessary, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $75,000.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITALPublic Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. The responsibility for the care, maintenance, and protection of theCafe, etc., of designated Army buildings transferred from Secretary of War to office of. Ford Theater building, at 509 Tenth Street northwest, the Army Medical Museum and Library building, the buildings, 1723 and 1725 F Street northwest, and the Ordnance Annex, in the District of Columbia, occupied by the War Department, and the disbursement of the funds appropriated therefor, together with all the machinery, tools, equipment, and supplies used, or for use, in connection therewith, shall be transferred on July 1, 1928, from the Secretary of War to the Director of Public Buildings and Parks of the National Capital; and sums aggregating $23,359 (composed of $5,767 of theFunds transferred.*Ante, *p. 326. appropriation for “Salaries, office of the Secretary of War, 1929,” $8,280 of the appropriation for “Salaries, The Adjutant General’s Office, 1929,” and $9,312 of the appropriation “Salaries, office of the Surgeon General, 1929,”) are hereby transferred to the appropriation for “Salaries, office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1929,” and the sum of $9,900 of the appropriation of $88,470 for “Contingent expenses, War Department, 1929,” is*Ante, p. *327. hereby transferred to the appropriation for “General expenses, office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1929.
” For an additional amount for general expenses in connection withAdditional for general expenses. the maintenance of public buildings in the District of Columbia, including rent, and salaries for maintenance and operation of the buildings when such maintenance and operation is not furnished by the owner under terms of the lease, for the fiscal year 1929, $68,000:889 *Provided, *That any funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated for*Proviso.*Transfer funds. the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 for rents and maintenance of buildings in the District of Columbia for any of the executive departments and independent establishments may be transferred, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONSmithsonian Institution. Cooperative ethnological researches among the American Indians:Cooperative American ethnological researches. For cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with any State, educational institution, or scientific organization in the United States for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the excavation and preservation of archaeological remains, as*Ante, *p. 413. authorized by the Act of April 10, 1928, $20,000, to remain available until expended.
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARDShipping Board. To enable the United States Shipping Board to carry into effectMerchant marine construction loan fund.Additional loans from.*Ante, *p. 690.*Post, *p. 910. the provisions of sections 301 and 302 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, approved May 22, 1928, the board is hereby authorized to enter into contracts to make loans from the construction loan fund in such amounts which, when added to the amount of outstanding loans and to loans that may be made under authority of law from the amountLimit.*Proviso.*Discretionary disbursements. credited to such fund, shall not exceed in the aggregate $150,000,000: *Provided, *That said contracts to make such loans shall not obligate said board to make actual disbursements of moneys for this purpose during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, in excess of the available cash balance standing to the credit of said fund.
UNITED STATES VETERANS’ BUREAUVeterans’ Bureau. Damage claims: To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privatelyPrivate property damage claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the United States Veterans’ Bureau, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An ActVol. 42, p. 1066. to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $617.69.
Hospital facilities and services: For carrying out the provisionsAdditional hospital facilities and services. of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize an appropriation to provide*Ante, *p. 715. additional hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans’ Act 1924, as amended, and for other purposes,” approved May 23, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $7,000,000. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIADistrict of Columbia. general expensesGeneral expenses.
Auditor’s office: For personal services at rates provided by law,Auditor’s office. fiscal year 1929, $3,800. Assessor’s office: For an additional amount for personal servicesAssessor’s office. in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1928, $1,667. For the purchase of mechanical office equipment, accessories and supplies, filing cabinets, printed forms, loose-leaf binders, employment of personal services, and other necessary incidental expenses, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $15,000. 890 Coroner’s office:
For the maintenance of a nonpassenger-carryingCoroner’s office. motor wagon for the morgue, jurors’ fees, witness fees, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, telephone service, and other necessary supplies for the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony, and photographing unidentified bodies, fiscal year 1927, $89.79. Rent Commission: For the payment of costs taxed against theRent Commission. plaintiffs in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in casesPayment of court costs.Vol. 41, p. 297. instituted under the Act of October 22, 1919 (Forty-first Statutes, page 297), known as Rent Commission cases, fiscal year 1928, $773.49. contingent and miscellaneous expenses For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and forAdvertising. tax and school notices of changes in regulations, fiscal year 1927, $18.85.
For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1927, as requiredAdvertising taxes in arrears.Vol. 30, p. 250. to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reimbursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, fiscal year 1928, $4,308.10. public schoolsPublic schools. Buildings and grounds: For completing the furnishing and equipmentLangley Junior High.Furnishing, etc. of the Langley Junior High School, $28,000, to continue available until June 30, 1929.
For additional amount for the erection of a four-room extensiblePotomac Heights. building in Potomac Heights, $24,000. For the grading, including retaining walls and fencing, of theWestern High.Athletic field. athletic field for the Western High School, $45,000, to continue available until June 30, 1929: *Provided, *That the Commissioners*Provisos.*Designated streets to be closed. of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to close, vacate, and abandon R Street northwest between the west side of Thirty-eighth Street and the east line of parcel 28/9, and to close, vacate, and abandon S Street northwest between the west side of Thirty-ninth Street and the east line of parcel 29/1, upon the written consent of all the owners of the property abutting on said R Street and S Street between the points named, the property lying within the lines of said streets so closed, vacated, and abandoned to revert to the abutting property owners: *Provided further, *That the Commissioners ofThirty-ninth Street, Reservoir Road to S Street. the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to close, vacate, and abandon Thirty-ninth Street northwest between the north side of Reservior Road and the south side of S Street, upon the written consent of all the owners of the property abutting on said Thirty-ninth Street between the points named, the property lying within the lines of said Thirty-ninth.
Street so closed, vacated, and abandonedTo become part of athletic field. to revert to the District of Columbia as part of the site for an athletic field for Western High School. The sum of $11,000 of the appropriation of $37,250 for the purchasePeabody School.Acquiring additional playground site. of school building and playground sites, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, is made available for the acquisition of land in the vicinity of the Peabody School in accordance with the final award in condemnation proceedings, without limitation as to price based on assessed value.
The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized toLangley Junior High and McKinley High.Landscape architect for treating grounds of, authorized.*Ante, *p. 664. employ a consulting landscape architect under the appropriation of $250,000 for treatment of grounds of the Langley Junior High School and the McKinley High School, contained in the District oi Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, at a cost not to exceed $1,500, which amount shall be included as a part of the 3 per centum 891 of said appropriation allowed the Municipal Architect’s office for personal services.
Not to exceed $157,000 of the appropriation of $703,500, containedLangley Junior High and McKinley High.Landscape architect for treating grounds of, authorized.*Ante, *p. 664. in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, for the purchase of school building and playground sites shall be available until June 30, 1929, for the payment of final award in condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of a site in the vicinity of the Dunbar High School for drill, athletic, and playground purposes, without limitation as to price based on assessed value. metropolitan policePolice.
Miscellaneous: For repairs to District Wharf Numbered 6, onWharf repairs, harbor precinct. Water Street southwest between M and N Streets, used by the harbor precinct, police department, $2,500, to continue available until June 30, 1929; such work to be performed by day labor or otherwise in the discretion of the commissioners. courts and prisonsCourts and prisons. Police court: For an additional amount for personal services inPolice Court.Personal services.Presiding judge. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including $300 additional for presiding judge, for the fiscal years that follow:
For 1928, $400; For 1929, $1,600. For compensation of jurors, fiscal year 1928, $1,500.Jurors. For support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportationSupport of convicts. of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia; expenses of shipping remains of deceased convicts to their homes in the United States, and expenses of interment of unclaimed remains of deceased convicts; expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped convicts and rewards for their capture; and discharge gratuities provided by law; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, fiscal year 1927, $8,951.12.
Writs of lunacy: For expenses attending the execution of writsLunacy writs.Expenses executing. de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia under the provisions of existing law, and expenses of commitments to the District Training School, including personal services, for the fiscal years that follow: For 1927, $1,100.35;
For 1928, $1,300. Supreme Court, District of Columbia: For such miscellaneousDistrict Supreme Court.Miscellaneous expenses. expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and including such expenses other than for personal services as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, for the fiscal years that follow:
For 1927, $16,766.66; For 1928, $48,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. public welfarePublic welfare. Division of child welfare: For maintenance of feeble-mindedFeeble-minded children. children (white and colored), fiscal year 1927, $4,139.36. For board and care of all children committed to the guardianshipBoard, etc., of children. of said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from 892 place to place, with authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, fiscal year 1928, $55,000.
Workhouse: For maintenance, custody, clothing, guarding, care,Workhouse. and support of prisoners; rewards for fugitives; provisions, subsistence, medicine, and hospital instruments, furniture, and quarters for guards and other employees and inmates; purchase of tools and equipment; purchase and maintenance of farm implements, livestock, tools, equipment, and miscellaneous items; transportation; maintenance and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles; supplies and labor; and all other necessary items for the fiscal years that follow:
For 1927, $1,931.89; For 1928, $9,000. Medical charities: For care and treatment of indigent patientsMedical charities. under contracts to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the following institutions and for not to exceed the following amounts, respectively: Children’s Hospital, fiscal year 1926, $2,316.25;Children’s Hospital. Children’s Hospital, fiscal year 1927, $9,355; Providence Hospital, fiscal year 1926, $604;Providence Hospital. Providence Hospital, fiscal year 1927, $490;
Garfield Memorial Hospital, fiscal year 1926, $1,718.50;Garfield Hospital. Georgetown University Hospital, fiscal year 1926, $741.50;Georgetown University Hospital. Georgetown University Hospital, fiscal year 1927, $441.50; Washington Home for Incurables, fiscal year 1926, $17.16;Washington Home for Incurables. Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, fiscal year 1928, $2,500;Emergency Hospital. Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, fiscal year 1928, $3,700.Casualty Hospital.
Gallinger Municipal Hospital: For maintenance, maintenance ofGallinger Municipal Hospital. horses and horse-drawn vehicles, books of reference and periodicals not to exceed $50, maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying vehicles, and all other necessary expenses, fiscal year 1928, $7,000. National Training School for Girls: The Commissioners of theNational Training School for Girls.Sale of part of grounds. District of Columbia are hereby empowered and authorized to accept the offer of Minnie Chapin, the owner of the estate for life in and to lot 85 in Gilbert and Allen’s subdivision of lots in square 375, as per plat recorded in liber W.
F., folio 230, of the records of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, of the sum of $2,500 for the interest ,in the remainder in fee vested in the National Training Schools for Girls and/or the United States of America, and upon the payment of such sum to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, the commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver a sufficient deed conveying such remainder to the said purchaser, and such sum, when so paid to the collector ofProceeds credited to District revenues. taxes, shall be credited to the revenues of the District of Columbia.
District Training School: Not exceeding $3,600 of the appropriationDistrict Training School.Outhouses, etc. for the erection of two additional dormitories, District Training School, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, shall be available as an additional amount for the erection of a cow barn and hayloft, including equipment, and the construction of implement and tool house, for which appropriations were made in said Act. Temporary Home for Former Soldiers and Sailors:
For maintenanceGrand Army soldiers’ home. and repairs to building, fiscal year 1928, $800. Hospital for the insane: For support of indigent insane of theSaint Elizabeths Hospital. District of Columbia in Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, fiscal year 1928, $110,000. 893 Relief of the poor: For payment to beneficiaries named in sectionRelief of the poor.Payment to abandoned families.Vol. 34, p. 87. 3 of “An Act making it a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia to abandon or willfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or his or her minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances,” approved March 23, 1906, fiscal year 1928, $1,800, to be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia on itemized vouchers duly audited and approved by the auditor of said District.
Transportation of paupers: For transportation of indigent persons,Transporting paupers. including indigent veterans of the World War and their families, fiscal year 1928, $500. public buildings and public parksPublic Buildings and Public Parks. Park Police: For an additional amount for pay and allowancesPark police.Vol. 43, p. 175. of the United States Park Police, in accordance with the Act approved May 27, 1924, as amended, fiscal year 1929, $6,700. National Zoological Park:
For the construction and equipment ofNational Zoological Park. necessary exhibition cages and walks around the exterior of public exhibition building for birds, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $30,000. Construction of bathing pools, District of Columbia: For an additionalBathing pools. amount for completing the construction of two bathing pools, for which an appropriation of $150,000 was contained in the DistrictVol. 44, p. 1329. of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $20,000. audited claimsAudited claims.
For the payment of the following claims, certified to be due byPayment of claims certified by District accounting officers. the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the act of June 20,Vol. 18, p. 110. 1874, being for the service of the fiscal year 1926 and prior fiscal years:Designated objects. Juvenile court, 1926, contingent expenses, $16.25;
Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, 1925, general advertising, $25.20; Gallinger Municipal Hospital, maintenance, 1923, $11.40; Gallinger Municipal Hospital, 1925, $121.78; Public schools, salaries of teachers, 1924, $200; Public schools, salaries of teachers, 1925, $700; Public schools, 1925, furniture and equipment, Western High School addition, $133.02; Public schools, 1923, replacing books and supplies, 90 cents; Workhouse, 1925, repairs, $40; Collection and disposal of refuse, 1925, $15.91;
Street cleaning, 1925, $53.41; Free Public Library, 1924, contingent expenses, $13.40; Child welfare and hygiene service, 1924, 42 cents; Police court, 1924, witness fees, 75 cents; Coroner’s office, 1925 and prior years, expenses, $201; Water department, 1924, maintenance, to be paid from the revenues of the water department, $74.30; Board of Children’s Guardians, board and care of guardianship children, 1924, $142; Board of Children’s Guardians, board and care of guardianship children, 1925, $24;
Total, audited claims, $1,773.74. judgmentsJudgments. For the payment of final judgments, including costs, renderedPayment of. against the District of Columbia, as set forth in Senate Document 894 Numbered 108 and House Document Numbered 272, Seventieth Congress, $16,633.93, together with the further sum to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until date of payment. The foregoing sums for the District of Columbia, unless otherwiseProportion from District revenues, etc.Por fiscal year 1920, and prior. therein specifically provided, shall be paid as follows:
Such sums as relate to the fiscal year 1920 and prior fiscal years, 50 per centum out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and 50 per centum out1921–1924. of the Treasury of the United States; such sums as relate to the fiscal years 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924, 60 per centum out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and 40 per centum out of the1925–1929. Treasury of the United States; and such sums as relate to the fiscal years 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929, jointly or severally, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed for defraying the expenses of the District of Columbia by the District of Columbia Appropriations Acts for such fiscal years.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREDepartment of Agriculture. office of the secretary Secretary’s Office. Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyDamages claims.Payment of.Vol. 42, p. 1066. owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of Agriculture, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 271 and 296, Seventieth Congress, first session, $3,716.93.
Cooperative agricultural extension work, 1929: To enable theCooperative extension work. Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development*Ante, *p. 711. of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act entitled ‘An Act donating public lands to the several States andVol. 38, p. 372. Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts,’ approved July 2, 1862, and all Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,” approved May 22, 1928, fiscal year 1929, $980,000. weather bureauWeather Bureau.
Salaries and general expenses: For an additional amount forSalaries and expenses outside of Washington. necessary expenses outside of the city of Washington incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, fiscal year 1929, $7,000. bureau of animal industryAnimal Industry Bureau. Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for necessaryFort Keogh, Montana station.Animal husbandry experiments at. expenses for investigations and experiments in animal husbandry to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to renew the water system pipe lines at the department’s station located at Fort Keogh, Montana, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1929, $30,000. 895 forest serviceForest service.
Acquisition of additional forest lands: For an additional amountAdditional forest lands. Acquiring, under Conservation Act.Vol. 36, p. 961; Vol. 43, p. 653. for the acquisition of lands at the headwaters of navigable streams, to be expended under the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended, fiscal year 1929, $1,000,000. bureau of biological surveyBiological Survey Bureau. Bear River migratory-bird refuge: To enable the Secretary ofBear River migratory-bird refuge.*Ante, *p. 448.
Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to establish the Bear River migratory-bird refuge,” approved April 23, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $200,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided, *That the Secretary*Proviso.*Contracts for acquiring lands. of Agriculture may incur obligations and enter into contracts for the acquisition of lands to an amount which inclusive of amounts that may be expended hereunder, shall not exceed a total of $50,000 andLimitation. such contracts shall be deemed contractual obligations of the Federal Government. bureau of public roadsPublic Roads Bureau.
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway: To enable the Secretary ofMount Vernon Memorial Highway. Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled, “An Act to authorize and direct the survey, construction, and maintenance*Ante, *p. 721.*Post, *p. 1221. of a memorial highway to connect Mount Vernon, in the State of Virginia, with the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River at Washington,” approved May 23, 1928, including not to exceed $12,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1929, $2,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be immediately available. bureau of agricultural economicsAgricultural Economics Bureau.
Standards for hampers and other baskets: To enable the SecretaryStandards for hampers, etc. of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled, “An Act to fix the standards for hampers, round-stave baskets, and*Ante, *p. 685. splint baskets for fruits and vegetables, and for other purposes,” approved May 21, 1928, fiscal year 1929, $7,500, of which amount not to exceed $5,940 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Wool standards:
Not to exceed $50,000 of the funds collected fromWool standards.Use of certain funds for establishing. persons, firms, or corporations which handled any part of the wool clip of 1918, which the Secretary of Agriculture finds it impracticable to distribute among wool growers, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of a special fund which is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1929 for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled, “An Act to authorize the appropriation for use by the Secretary of Agriculture of certain*Ante, *p. 593. funds for wool standards, and for other purposes,” approved May 17, 1928, including personal services and other necessary expenses, $50,000, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. federal horticultural boardFederal Horticultural Board.
Establishing and enforcing noncotton zones: To enable the SecretaryPink bollworm of cotton.Enforcing noncotton zones. of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to provide for eradication of pink bollworm and authorizing an appropriation therefor,” approved*Ante, *p. 688.*Post, *pp. 1208, 1216. May 21, 1928, including necessary expenses for the purchase of896 equipment and supplies, employment of persons and means in theEquipment and supplies.Personal services.
District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent outside the District of Columbia, purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles as may be necessary for executing the purposes of such joint resolution, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $5,000,000, of which amount $20,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided, *That the appropriation herein made*Proviso.*Available for 1928 crop only.State contributions required. shall be available only for compensation for the crop of 1928, and then only in such State in which any noncotton zone is established as shall appropriate and pay a sum equal to the amount expended in such State by the United States under this authorization. miscellaneousMiscellaneous.
The limitation, in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscalPassenger vehicles.Limitation on expenditure increased.*Ante, *p. 567. year 1929, on the amount which may be expended from lump-sum appropriations for the department for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger vehicles, is hereby increased from $175,000 to $190,000. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEDepartment of Commerce. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Enforcement of wireless communication laws:
For an additionalWireless communication on steam vessels. amount covering the same objects and purposes as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $140,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Damage claims: To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privatelyDamages claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of Commerce, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provideVol. 42, p. 1066. a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 271 and 296, Seventieth Congress, $1,224.67. contingent expenses Printing and binding:
For all printing and binding for thePrinting and binding. Department of Commerce, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, except the Patent Office and the aeronautics branch, $19,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. aircraft in commerceAircraft in commerce. Aircraft in commerce: For an additional amount covering theServices and all other expenses. same objects and purposes as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $72,500, to remain available until June 30, 1929, of which amount not to exceed $35,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Air navigation facilities: For an additional amount covering theAir navigation facilities. same objects and purposes as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $1,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929, of which amount not to exceed $15,360 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 897 bureau of foreign and domestic commerceForeign and Domestic Commerce Bureau. Promoting commerce, Europe and other areas:
Of the appropriationPromoting commerce, Europe, etc. for promoting commerce in Europe and other areas contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1929, a total of not to exceed $122,160 may beServices in the District. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Domestic commerce: Of the appropriation for domestic commerceDomestic commerce and raw materials investigations.*Ante, *p. 87.Services in the District. contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1929, a total of not to exceed $171,520 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. bureau of standardsStandards Bureau.
Salaries: For an additional amount covering the same objects andSalaries. purposes specified under this heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $35,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Radio research: For an additional amount covering the sameRadio standardization. objects and purposes specified under this heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $30,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929, of which amount not to exceed $26,800 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Color standardization: For an additional amount covering theIndustrial color standards, etc. same objects and purposes specified under this heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $5,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929, of which amount not to exceed $4,340 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Standardization of equipment: For an additional amount coveringStandardization of industrial devices, etc. the same objects and purposes specified under this heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $15,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929, of which amount not to exceed $10,450 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Large furnaces and shelter: For tearing down present temporaryLarge furnaces and shelter.Constructing, etc. shelter and large furnaces and other equipment contained therein, reerecting usable portions thereof at another location on the present site of the Bureau of Standards, necessary excavating and leveling of site, purchase of additional materials for completion of shelter, furnaces, and equipment, with necessary heating and lighting, including contract labor and personal services in the District of Columbia, $22,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. coast and geodetic surveyCoast and Geodetic Survey.
Pay, commissioned officers: For an additional amount for the payPay, etc., commissioned officers. and allowances of commissioned officers, including the same objects as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, $10,520. Pay, commissioned officers: For an additional amount for the pay and allowances of commissioned officers, including the same objects as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $47,955. bureau of fisheriesFisheries Bureau.
Fish distribution car: For the purchase or construction of a steelFish distribution car. car for the distribution of useful food fishes, including the necessary equipment, $60,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. 898 Inquiry respecting food fishes: For an additional amount for theFood fisheries inquiry. same objects as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, to remain available until June 30, 1929, $25,000.
That portion of the appropriation “Miscellaneous expenses, BureauLake Worth, Tex., station.Amount available.Vol. 44, p. 363 of Fisheries, 1927,” which was made available for a fish-cultural station at Lake Worth, Texas, shall continue available for such purpose during the fiscal year 1929. patent officePatent Office. Salaries: For an additional amount covering the same objects andSalaries. purposes as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $187,615, of which $18,115 shall be immediately available. bureau of minesMines Bureau.
Operating mine rescue cars and stations: For an additional amountMine rescue cars and stations. covering the same objects and purposes as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $18,500, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Appropriations for the Bureau of Mines for operating mine rescueTravel and subsistence, at meetings, etc. cars and stations for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 shall be available for travel and subsistence and other incidental expenses of employees in attendance at meetings and conferences held for the purpose of promoting safety and health in the mining and allied industries.
Mineral mining investigations: For an additional amount coveringMineral mining.Investigations, etc., for improving conditions in. the same objects and purposes as specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $25,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Investigating mine accidents: Of the appropriation for investigatingInvestigating mine accidents, etc.*Ante, *p. 101.Passenger vehicles. mine accidents, contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1929, a total amount not to exceed $2,000 may be expended for the purchase of motor-propelled, passenger-carrying vehicles.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENTInterior Department. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Damage Claims: To authorize the payment of claims for damagesDamages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1066. to privately owned property from existing appropriations which have been considered and adjusted by the Department of the Interior under the provisions of the Act of December 28, 1922, as set forth in House Document Numbered 255, Seventieth Congress, as follows: To Joseph Nelson, of Blackwater, Arizona, $30, payable from theJoseph Nelson.Vol. 43, p. 1152. appropriation “Irrigation project, Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, reimbursable, 1926.
” To J. B. Martin, of Seattle, Washington, $21, payable from theJ. B. Martin.Vol. 44, p. 856. appropriation “Reclaiming land, Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington, reimbursable, 1927.” Damage claims: To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privatelyOther claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of the Interior, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $230.40. 899 bureau of indian affairsIndian Affairs Bureau.
Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies: For expensesSupplies, purchase, transportation, etc. necessary to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service, including inspection, pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith, including advertising, storage, and transportation of Indian goods and supplies for the fiscal years that follow—for 1924, $195.36; for 1927, $28,744.14. Osage murder trials, Oklahoma: For expenses in connection withOsage murder trials, Okla.Prosecution, etc., expenses. the prosecution of the person or persons implicated in the crimes resulting in the murder of Osage citizens, for witness fees and expenses, records, additional investigations, and all other purposes, $10,000, or so much as may be necessary, to be paid from funds on deposit in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Osage Tribe, and to remain available until June 30, 1929: *Provided, *That*Proviso.*Attorneys’ fees forbidden. no part of this sum shall be expended for the compensation of attorneys.
Reimbursement to certain Indians, Fort Belknap Reservation: ToFort Belknap Reservation, Mont.Reimbursement to certain Indians of, for value of allotments thereon.*Post, *p. 1708. reimburse certain Indians of the Fort Belknap Reservation, as authorized by the Act of March 5, 1928 (Private Act Numbered 26, Seventieth Congress), $45,716.80, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Transfer of land, Fort Wingate Military Reserve, New Mexico:Fort Wingate, N. Mex., Military Reserve.Purchase of land within, for Navajo Indians.
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire by transfer from the War Department that portion of the abandoned Fort Wingate Military Reserve in the State of New Mexico situated north of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad right of way, embracing approximately nine thousand five hundred and two acres, at the appraised price of $9,026.90; and to make payment therefor to the Secretary of War from the tribal funds of the Navajo Indians authorized for expenditure by the Interior Department Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929, title to said land to remain in the United States in trust for the Navajo Indians.
Survey, classification, and allotment of lands on Shoshone or WindShoshone or Wind River Reservation, Wyo.Allotments to unallotted Indians on. River Reservation, Wyoming: For necessary surveys, classification of lands, and all other expenses in connection with the allotment of lands on the Shoshone or Wind River Reservation, Wyoming,*Ante, *p. 617. authorized by the Act of May 21, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $50,000. Land and improvements, Indian colony, Winnemucca, Nevada:Indian colony, Winnemucca, Nev.Purchase of land, etc., for use as.
For the purchase of land in the vicinity of Winnemucca, Nevada, to be used as an Indian colony, $500; and for moving the cabins of Indians residing in that vicinity to the location above described, for making necessary repairs to said cabins, erecting new cabins, and building roads in the colony, $2,000; in all, fiscal years 1928 and 1929,*Ante, *p. 618. $2,500, as authorized by the Act of May 21, 1928. Construction of fence, Papago Reservation, Arizona: For the constructionPapago Reservation, Ariz.Construction of fence.*Ante, *p. 617. of a fence along the east boundary of the Papago Indian Reservation, Arizona, as authorized in the Act of May 21, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $15,000.
Payment to Okanogan County, Washington: For payment of certainOkanogan County, Wash.Payment of certain taxes to, authorized.*Ante, *p. 447. local taxes to Okanogan County, State of Washington, on allotted Colville Indian lands, as authorized by the Act of April 23, 1928 (Public, Numbered 301, Seventieth Congress), $77,435.31, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Purchase of land for Navajo Indians: For purchase of additionalNavajo Indians.Additional land and water rights for benefit of, authorized.*Post, *p. 1569. land and water rights for the use and benefit of Indians of the Navajo Tribe (at a total cost not to exceed $1,200,000, which is hereby authorized), title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Navajo Tribe, fiscal years 1928 and 1929,900 $200,000, payable from funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Navajo Tribe: *Provided, *That in purchasing*Proviso.*Title for surface only. such lands title may be taken, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the surface only.
Alabama and Coushatta Indians, Texas: For the purchase of landAlabama and Coushatta Indians, Tex.Land and industrial assistance to.*Post, *p. 1186. for, and industrial assistance to, the Alabama and Coushatta Indians in Polk County, Texas, including not less than $5,000 for the purchase of livestock and agricultural equipment for such Indians, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $40,000, to be reimbursed to the United States under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: *Provided, *That title to any land purchased shall be taken*Proviso.*Title. in the name of the United States in trust for such Indians.
Insect-control work, Klamath Indian Reservation, Oregon: ForKlamath Reservation, Oreg.Forest insect control on. forest insect-control work on the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon, fiscal year 1929, $25,000, to be paid from tribal funds of the Klamath Indians. Water system, Consolidated Ute Agency, Colorado: For the constructionConsolidated Ute Agency, Colo.Water supply and employees’ cottages. of a water system (including purchase of reservoir site and/or the sinking of one or more wells) and employees’ cottages at the Consolidated Ute Indian Agency and School, Colorado, $41,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929.
Power plant, Coolidge Dam, San Carlos Reservation, Arizona:San Carlos Reservation, Ariz.Development of power at Coolidge Dam.*Ante, *p. 210. For carrying out that provision of the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 which authorizes contractual obligations not exceeding $350,000 for the development of electrical power at the Coolidge Dam, fiscal year 1929, $350,000, reimbursable as provided for by the Act of June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, pageVol. 43, p. 475.*Provisos.*Repaying cost, etc., by water users associations waived.*Ante, *p. 211.Distribution of costs. 475): *Provided, *That the requirement of the second proviso jn the paragraph making an appropriation for the San Carlos project as contained in such appropriation Act is hereby waived: *Provided further, *That the cost of such power plant shall be an obligation of the district, provided for in the Act of June 7, 1924, and the Pima Indians, in accordance with their respective acreage within the San Carlos project, and the contract with such district, as required by theContract requirements.
Act of June 7, 1924, shall contain proper provision obligating the district to pay its share of the cost thereof; and the total sum hereinReimbursement of construction cost. appropriated shall be reimbursed as a part of the construction cost of the San Carlos project and under the conditions and provisions of that Act. Such contract shall also provide for furnishing power forPower to be furnished. agency and school purposes and for pumping for irrigation by Indians on the San Carlos Reservation at a cost not exceeding 2 millsCost. per kilowatt-hour delivered at the switchboard at the Coolidge Dam.
Michaud division, Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho: To carryFort Hall Reservation, Idaho.Feasibility, etc. of irrigating Michaud division to be determined.*Ante, *p. 377. out the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing an appropriation for the survey and investigation of the placing of water on the Michaud division and other lands in the Fort Hall Indian Reservation,” approved March 28, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $25,000 (reimbursable). Improvement, maintenance, and operation, Hogback irrigationNavajo Reservation, N.
Mex.Repair of diversion dam. project, Navajo Reservation, New Mexico (reimbursable): For repair of the diversion dam, Hogback project, New Mexico, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $1,200. Middle Rio Grande conservancy project, New Mexico: For paymentMiddle Rio Grande conservancy project, N. Mex.Share of construction, etc., costs.*Ante, *p. 312. to the middle Rio Grande conservancy district in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to execute an agreement with the middle Rio Grande conservancy district providing for conservation, irrigation, drainage, and flood control for the Pueblo Indian lands in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, and for other purposes,” approved March 13, 1928, fiscal year 1929. $100,000 (reimbursable). 901 Crop damage, Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico:
Indian pueblos, NewIsleta Pueblo, N. Mex.Payment of crop damages. Mexico: For payment of damages to crops and improvements destroyed in constructing the Isleta drainage canal, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $161. Indian school buildings: For the construction of a boys’ dormitoryIndian schools.Riverside School, Anadarko, Okla.Boys’ dormitory.*Ante, *p. 401. at the Riverside Indian School, Anadarko, Oklahoma, as authorized by the Act of April 2, 1928, $40,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929.
Indian school, Fort Bidwell, California: For school building,Fort Bidwell, Calif.*Ante, *p. 375. $30,000, for hospital, $30,000; in all, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $60,000, as authorized by the Act of March 28, 1928. Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas: For the construction of anHaskell Institute, Kans. adequate septic sewage disposal system, $18,000; for the replacement of buildings, material, and equipment, and for necessary repairs to adjoining buildings and light poles destroyed and damaged by fire on March 27, 1928, $8,000; in all, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $26,000.Riverside, Calif.
Indian school, Riverside, California: For purchase of dairy cattle, $9,750, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Indian school, Bismarck, North Dakota: For the purchase ofBismarck, N. Dak.*Ante, *p. 366. additional land as authorized by the Act of March 26, 1928, $11,160, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Indian boarding schools: Not exceeding $30,000 of the appropriationBoarding schools.Amount immediately available.*Ante, *p. 217.*Proviso.*Limitation of expenditures. for Indian boarding schools contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 shall be available immediately: *Provided, *That the total of the expenditures during the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 shall not exceed for any school the total of the limitations as specified for such school for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 in the Interior Department Appropriation Acts for such fiscal years.
Conservation of health among Indians: Not exceeding $75,000 ofConservation of health.Additional funds available.*Ante, *pp. 215, 222. the appropriation for “Indian schools, support,” and not exceeding $55,000 of the appropriations under the caption “Fulfilling treaties with Indians,” contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, shall be available during such fiscal year for the conservation of health among Indians in addition to the appropriation of $1,440,000 for the same year for the same purpose.
Hospital and equipment and physician’s quarters, Menominee Reservation,Menominee Reservation, Wis.Hospital, etc. Wisconsin (tribal funds) : For construction of hospital and equipment, and for physician’s quarters, Menominee Reservation, Wisconsin, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $50,000, payable out of tribal funds of the Menominee Indians. Payment to Pottawatomie Indians of Wisconsin and Michigan:Pottawatomie Indians of Wisconsin and Michigan.Sums from unappropriated balances. For the Wisconsin Pottawatomie Indians of Wisconsin and Michigan, $6,839, this sum being the unappropriated balance found due said Indians under the treaty of September 27, 1833 (Seventh StatutesVol. 7, p. 442;
Vol. 13, p. 172.Unexpended balances reappropriated.Vol. 39, p. 156; Vol. 40, p. 589; Vol. 41, p. 29. at Large, page 442), and the Act of June 25, 1864 (Thirteenth Statutes at Large, page 172) ; and the unexpended balances of appropriations made for this purpose by the Acts of May 18, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 156), May 25, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 589), and June 30, 1919 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 29), aggregating $37,044.55, together with the unexpended balance of $4,347.73 of the appropriation for the purchase of landVol. 38, p. 102. for said Indians contained in the Act of June 30, 1913 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page 102), which have been carried to the surplus fund of the Treasury, are hereby reappropriated; and the foregoing amounts aggregating $48,231.28 shall remain available until June 30, 1929, and be subject to expenditure for the benefit ofAvailable to June 30, 1929.Expended for benefit of Indians, etc.*Ante, *p. 159. said Indians, or payment to them, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, as authorized by the Act of February 29, 1928. 902 Construction of road, Crow Reservation, Montana:
For part ofCrow Reservation, Mont.Part of cost of structing road on.*Ante, *p. 429. the cost of the construction of a road on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, between the towns of Hardin and Saint Xavier, to be taken from the tribal funds on deposit to the credit of said Indians in the United States Treasury, as authorized by the Act of April 14, 1928 (Public, Numbered 275, Seventieth Congress), $7,500, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Construction of a bridge, Sia pueblo, New Mexico:
For the constructionSia pueblo, N. Mex.Bridge, Jemez River. of a bridge across the Jemez River at the Sia Indian pueblo, New Mexico, including the necessary approaches thereto, $7,500, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Construction of road, Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington:Lummi Reservation, Wash.Completion of road across.*Ante, *p. 366. For completion and graveling of the road partially constructed by Whatcom County across the Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington, as authorized by the Act of March 26, 1928, $20,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929.
Bridge and road, Hoopa Valley Reservation, California: For one-halfHoopa Valley Reservation, Calif.Half the cost of bridge and road on.*Ante, *p. 589. the cost of a bridge and road on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, California, as authorized by the Act of May 16, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $35,000. Construction of road, Zuni Reservation, New Mexico: For theZuni Reservation, N. Mex.Road construction on.*Ante, *p. 501. construction of a road on the Zuni Indian Reservation, New Mexico, as authorized by the Act of May 12, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $8,000.
Memorial tablet at Medicine Lodge, Kansas: For the erection ofMedicine Lodge, Kans.Tablet to commemorate Indian peace council there in 1867. a tablet or marker at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, to commemorate the holding of the Indian peace council at which treaties were made between the United States and the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe Indians as authorized by the Act of May 7, 1928,*Ante, *p. 492. fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $2,500. Upkeep of Puyallup Indian Cemetery, Washington (TribalPuyallup Indian Cemetery, Wash.Maintenance, etc.
Funds): For upkeep of the Puyallup Indian Cemetery in the city of Tacoma, Washington, fiscal year 1929, $1,000, payable from interest*Ante, *p. 378. on the fund set aside for this purpose by the Act of March 28, 1928. bureau of reclamationReclamation Bureau. Boise project, Idaho: The unexpended balance of the appropriationBoise, Idaho, project.Balance available.Vol. 44, p. 958. of $400,000 for continuation of investigation and construction, Payette division, contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928, shall continue available during the fiscal year 1929.
Carlsbad project, New Mexico: For beginning the enlargement ofCarlsbad, N. Mex.*Post, *pp. 1591, 1643. Avalon Reservoir, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $250,000, payable from the reclamation fund. Minidoka project, Idaho: The unexpended balance of the appropriationMinidoka, Idaho.Balance available. of $400,000 for investigation and construction of gravity extension unit contained in the Act making appropriation for theVol. 44, p. 958. Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928 shall continue available during the fiscal year 1929.
Newlands project, Nevada: The unexpended balance of the appropriationNewlands, Nev.Balance available.*Post, *p. 1591. of $50,000 for the survey and examination of water storage reservoir sites on the headwaters of the Truckee River, and for other purposes, contained in the Act making appropriations for the DepartmentVol 44, p. 959. of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928, shall continue available during the fiscal year 1929 for the same purposes, including test borings, and shall also be available for the survey and examination of water storage reservoir sites on the Carson River, investigationsCarson River, reservoir sites. of dam sites at such storage reservoirs, and estimates of costs, with recommendations in regard thereto. 903 Colorado River front work and levee system:
To reimburse theYuma irrigation project., Arizona and California.Colorado River front work, etc., adjacent to.Reimbursing reclamation fund for costs. reclamation fund for the benefit of the Yuma Federal irrigation project in Arizona and California for costs incurred during the period from January 21, 1927, to March 6, 1928, and paid from the reclamation fund, for the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said project, $72,640: *Provided, *That the appropriation of $35,000, contained in the Interior*Proviso.*Funds available.Vol. 43, p. 1152.
Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, for the share of the Government of the United States for the costs of operating and maintaining the Colorado River front work and leveeVol. 44, p. 961. system, authorized by the Act of March 3, 1925, and the appropriation of $35,000, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act*Ante, *p. 228. for the fiscal year 1928, for the same purpose, shall also be available to reimburse the reclamation fund for such costs during such period.
Damage claims: For payment in full settlement of all claimsHatch and Santa Teresa, N. Mex.Payment for flood damages.From reclamation fund.Vol. 44, p. 1792. against the Government for flood damages to the owners of certain lands near Hatch and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, fiscal year 1929, $70,000, payable from the reclamation fund in accordance with section 2 of the Act of February 25, 1927: *Provided, *That in addition*Proviso.*Unappropriated balance for survey, etc., available.*Ante, *p. 19. to the above amount there shall be available for the same purpose such portion of the appropriation of $5,000 contained in the Deficiency Act of December 22, 1927, as may not be required to defray the expense of ascertaining the amount of such damages. united states geological surveyGeological Survey.
For a topographic survey of the boundaries of the proposed GreatTopographic surveys.Great Smoky Mountains National Park, N. C. and Tenn.Vol. 44, p. 616. Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, for expenditure by the Geological Survey under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the computation and adjustment of control data; the office drafting and publication of the resulting maps; the purchase of equipment, not to exceed $700 for the purchase and not to exceed $1,000 for the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for field use; and for the securing of such aerial photographs as are needed to make the field surveys, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $65,000.
For a topographic survey of the boundaries of the proposedShenandoah National Park, Va. Shenandoah National Park in the State of Virginia, for expenditure by the Geological Survey under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; the computation and adjustment of control data; the office drafting and publication of the resulting maps; the purchase of equipment, not to exceed $700 for the purchase and not to exceed $1,000 for the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for field use; and for the securing of such aerial photographs as are needed to make the field surveys, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $35,000.
Not to exceed $20,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriationOil, etc., investigations.Unexpended balance, 1926, reappropriated.Vol. 43, p. 1175. for oil, gas, and oil shale investigations and leasing contained in the Interior Department appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, and not to exceed $20,000 of the unexpended balance of theEnforcement of mineral leases.Vol. 44, p. 367. appropriation for enforcement of mineral leases contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, are continued available until June 30, 1929.
The appropriation of $75,000 for waterways treaty, United StatesCanadian Boundary Waters Joint Commission.Expenditure by Geological Survey from appropriation for.*Ante, *p. 72. and Great Britain, International Joint Commission, contained in the Act making appropriations for the State and other departments for the fiscal year 1929 shall be available for expenditure in the same manner as provided by law for other amounts transferred to the904 United States Geological Survey: *Provided, *That not to exceed*Proviso.*Services in the District. $5,000 of said appropriation may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. national park serviceNational Park Service.
Yosemite National Park, California: For an additional amountYosemite, Calif.Hospital building.Vol. 44, p. 965.*Ante, *p. 236. for constructing and equipping a hospital building, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $15,000: *Provided, *That the appropriation of $35,000 for*Proviso.*Available until June 30, 1929. such purposes, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, shall remain available until June 30, 1929. Zion National Park, Utah: For the installation of an electric-lightingZion, Utah. system, fiscal year 1929, $2,500.
Carlsbad Cave National Monument, New Mexico: Not exceedingCarlsbad. Cave National Monument, N. Mex.Comfort station.*Ante, *p. 236. $2,000 of the appropriation of $33,500 for the construction of physical improvements at Carlsbad Cave National Monument, New Mexico, contained in the Interior Department appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, shall be available for the construction of a comfort station. Roads and trails, national parks: The limitation of $9,000 on theRoads and trails.Amount for personal services in the District increased. amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1929 from the appropriation for roads and trails, national parks, contained in the Act making appropriations*Ante, *p. 237. for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1929, is increased to $12,000.
So much as may be necessary of the appropriation for roads andSierra National Forest.Reconstruction of Wawona Road in.*Ante, *p. 237. trails, national parks, contained in the Interior Department appropriation Act for 1929, is hereby made available for the reconstruction of that part of the Wawona Road in the Sierra National Forest between the Yosemite National Park boundary two miles north of Wawona and the park boundary near the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. bureau of educationEducation Bureau.
Education of natives of Alaska: For the construction of a schoolEducation of natives of Alaska.School at Barrow. building and teacherage at Barrow, Alaska, including necessary equipment, supplies, and freight therefor, $16,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. For the construction of a school building, a power scow, and aWhite Mountain, Alaska.School building, etc.Golovin, Alaska.Storehouse, etc. lighter, at White Mountain, Alaska, and of a storehouse at Golovin, Alaska, and for other expenses in connection therewith, including heating and lighting plants, equipment, supplies, and freight, $60,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. territory of alaskaAlaska.
Legislative expenses: For printing, indexing, comparing proofs,Legislative expenses. and binding the journals of the 1927 session of the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $800: *Provided,**Proviso.*Unexpended balance available. That, in addition thereto, the unexpended balance of the appropriation for legislative expenses, Territory of Alaska, for the fiscal year 1927 is continued available until June 30, 1929, for the same purpose.Vol. 44, p. 493. howard universityHoward University.
Dormitory building: For the construction of an additionalDormitory for young women. dormitory for young women at Howard University, for which an appropriation of $150,000 was made in the Interior DepartmentVol 44, p. 971.*Post, *p. 1606. Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts which, including equipment for such dormitory, shall not exceed $190,000. 905 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEDepartment of Justice. office of the attorney generalAttorney General’s Office.
Salaries: For salaries, office of the Attorney General, includingSalaries. the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the Judiciary for the fiscal year 1929, $40,300. contingent expenses, department of justice Traveling and Miscellaneous Expenses: For traveling and otherTraveling, etc., expenses. miscellaneous and emergency expenses, authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, fiscal year 1929, $4,700. miscellaneous objects Pueblo Lands Board:
The appropriation, salaries, and expenses,Pueblo Lands Board.*Ante, *p. 78. Pueblo Lands Board, fiscal year 1928, shall be available for the purchase and exchange, when authorized by the Attorney General,Motor vehicle. of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle to cost not to exceed $1,097, including the exchange allowance of any vehicle given in part payment therefor. Investigation and prosecution of war frauds: For the investigationWar frauds investigations, etc. and prosecution of alleged frauds, either civil or criminal, or other, crimes or offenses against the United States, growing out of or arising in connection with the preparation for or prosecution of the late war, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1924, $516.75.
JUDICIALJudicial. united states supreme courtUnited States Supreme Court. The sum of $3,730 is hereby transferred from the appropriationMiscellaneous expenses, 1929.Amount from, transferred to appropriation for salaries. “Miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, 1929,” to the appropriation “Salaries, Supreme Court, 1929,” subhead “Salaries, other officers and employees.” national park commissionersNational park commissioners. For the salaries of the commissioners in the Mesa Verde andMesa Verde and Lassen Volcanic.
Lassen Volcanic National Parks, from June 1, 1928, to June 30, 1929, at the rate of $1,860 per annum each, $4,030, which shall be in lieu of all fees and compensation heretofore authorized. court of claimsCourt of Claims. For printing and binding, fiscal year 1928, $10,000.Printing and binding. marshals, district attorneys, clerks, and other expenses of united states courtsUnited States courts. Salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts:Marshals, etc.Salaries, etc.
For salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshals and their deputies, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1924, $1,861.35. The appropriation, salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, UnitedMotor vehicles. States courts, fiscal year 1928, shall be available for the purchase, when authorized by the Attorney General, of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vans at not to exceed $2,500 each, for use in connection with the official business of United States marshals. 906 Fees of commissioners:
For fees of United States commissionersCommissioners.[R. S., see. 1014, p. 189](/us/rs/s1014/p189). and justices of the peace acting under section 1014 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, fiscal year 1925, $1,627.75. Pay of bailiffs, etc.: For pay of bailiffs and criers, including theBailiffs, etc. same objects specified under this head in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal years that follow: For 1926, $1,958.24; For 1928, $30,000.Miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous expenses, United States courts: For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928, $100,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Supplies for United States courts: Not to exceed $11,100 of theSupplies. appropriation, “Printing and binding, Department of Justice and courts, 1928,” may be transferred to the appropriation, “Supplies for United States courts, 1928.
” Books for judicial officers: For the purchase and rebinding of lawBooks for judicial officers. books, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1924, $12.50. penal and correctional institutionsPenal, etc., institutions. The appropriations for penal and correctional institutions for thePassenger vehicles. fiscal years 1928 and 1929 available for maintenance and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles shall be available for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles at not to exceed $500 per vehicle.
United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: For the UnitedPenitentiaries.Leavenworth, Kans. States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928, $130,000. United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia: Not to exceedAtlanta, Ga.Transfer to, of sum for Industrial Reformatory.Vol. 44, p. 1198. $25,000 of the appropriation, United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1928, may be transferred to the appropriation, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, 1928.
The unexpended balance in the appropriation of $20,000 for drainage,Drainage.Reappropriation. contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1925, and continued available for theVol. 43, p. 1334. fiscal year 1927 by the Act approved April 29, 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1929, and shall be available for the purchaseAvailable for dredging machinery. or hire of the necessary dredging machinery. United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington:
For theMcNeil Island, Wash. United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928, $65,000. United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio, construction:Industrial Reformatory.Construction, etc. For the remodeling and construction of the necessary buildings and appurtenances, purchase of mechanical equipment, and other expenses incident to the construction of buildings in accordanceVol. 43, p. 724. with the provisions of “An Act for the establishment of a United States Industrial Reformatory,” approved January 7, 1925, to be expended under the direction and upon the written order of the Attorney General by contract or purchase of material and hire of labor and services and utilization of labor of United States prisoners, as the Attorney General may direct, $400,000, to remain available*Provisos.*Cost limit. until expended: *Provided, *That the total sum to be expended for907 such purposes shall not exceed $3,000,000: *And provided further,*Contract for architectural, etc., work authorized.*Post, *p. 1647.
That the Secretary of the Treasury, if in his discretion it would be impracticable to cause the plans, drawings, designs, specifications, and estimates for the remodeling and construction oi the necessary buildings to be prepared in the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and the work of remodeling and constructing the said buildings to be supervised by the field force of said office, may contract for all or any portion of such work to be performed by such suitable person or firm as he may select.
National Training School for Boys, Washington, District ofNational Training School for Boys, District of Columbia. Columbia: For the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928, $9,973. Support of United States prisoners: For the support of UnitedSupport of prisoners. States prisoners, including the same objects specified under this head in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal years that follow:
For 1924, $377.10; For 1925, $14,838.80; For 1928, $200,000. DEPARTMENT OF LABORDepartment of Labor. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Damage claims: To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privatelyDamage claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of Labor, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provideVol. 42, p. 1066. a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $162.35; and to pay the claimS.
G. McAlister. of S. G. McAlister as adjusted and determined by the Department of Labor under the provisions of such Act and as certified to Congress in House Document Numbered 645, Sixty-ninth Congress, $59.55; in all, $221.90. bureau of immigrationImmigration Bureau. Expenses of regulating immigration: For an additional amountEnforcing immigration laws. required for expenses of regulating immigration, including the same objects specified for this purpose in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1928, $50,000. bureau of labor statisticsLabor Statistics Bureau.
Salaries: For an additional amount for the commissioner and otherCommissioner, and office personnel. personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1929, $80,000. Miscellaneous expenses: For an additional amount for miscellaneousMiscellaneous expenses. expenses of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1929, $20,000.
NAVY DEPARTMENTNavy Department. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Relief of contractors: To pay claims for relief of contractorsShipbuilding contractors.Payment of claims of, for war conditions.Vol. 43, p. 1273. under the Navy Department, which have been considered and adjusted by the Secretary of the Navy under the provisions of section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1273), as908 fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 256 and 288, Seventieth Congress, $177,996.01.
Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyProperty damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1066. owned property adjusted and determined by the Navy Department, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 271 and 296, Seventieth Congress, $4,845.59.
Damage claims: To pay claims for damages adjusted and determinedCollision damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1066. by the Secretary of the Navy under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims for damages to private property arising from collisions with naval vessels,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 271 and 296, Seventieth Congress, $25,741.22. bureau of navigationBureau of Navigation.
Transportation and recruiting: For travel allowance of enlistedTravel allowance of enlisted men on discharge. men discharged on account of expiration of enlistment, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923, $103. bureau of supplies and accountsBureau of Supplies and Accounts. For payment to Henry F. Downing as bounty due him for servicesHenry F. Downing.Civil War bounty. rendered by him during the Civil War, $80.20. bureau of yards and docksBureau of Yards and Docks Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks:
For contingent expenses,Contingent. including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $283.29. public works, bureau of yards and docksPublic Works. Lightning protection, ammunition depots: For improvement ofAmmunition depots.Lightning protection of designated. lightning protection at the following naval ammunition depots: Hingham, Massachusetts, $30,000; Iona Island, New York, $33,000; Puget Sound, Washington, $9,000; in all, $72,000.
Ammunition storage facilities, Navy: Toward providing ammunitionAmmunition storage.Providing facilities for. storage facilities in accordance with the recommendations contained in House Document Numbered 199, Seventieth Congress (and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into contract orContracts authorized. contracts for such facilities at a cost in the aggregate not to exceed $9,179,500, which amount will include the establishment and developmentEstablishment, etc., of ammunition depots.Hawthorne, Nev. of a naval ammunition depot in the vicinity of Hawthorne, Nevada, at a total cost not to exceed $3,500,000, the establishment and development of a naval ammunition depot in the Territory ofHawaii.
Hawaii, at a total cost not to exceed $3,540,000, and the replacementCavite, P. I., replacement of storage facilities.Vol. 43, p. 1655. of storage facilities at the Naval Station, Cavite, Philippine Islands, subject to and in conformity with the treaty limiting naval armament, ratified August 17, 1923), fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $1,193,998, of which sum $638,998 shall be available for the acquisition of land, andAcquisition of land.Personal services. $80,000 shall be available for the employment of classified personal services in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and in the field to be engaged upon such work and to be in addition to employees otherwise provided for. 909 marine corpsMarine Corps.
Pay, Marine Corps: For authorized travel allowance of dischargedPay, etc. enlisted men, fiscal year 1928, $29,324; For mileage and actual and necessary expenses and per diem inMileage, etc. lieu of subsistence as authorized by law to officers traveling under orders without troops, fiscal year 1928, $47,760; In all, pay, Marine Corps, $77,084. General expenses, Marine Corps: For additional amounts underGeneral expenses. each of the following subheads of the appropriation “General expenses, Marine Corps, 1928,” including the same objects respectively specified under each of such subheads in the Act making appropriations for the Navy Department and naval service for the fiscal year 1928:Objects authorized.
Provisions, $546,224; Clothing, $689,746; Fuel, $194,936; Military supplies and equipment, $244,675; Repairs of barracks, $283,779; Forage, $40,617. For miscellaneous supplies and expenses, $276,686.69, and, inContingent. addition, the unobligated balance of $863,336.31 of the appropriationVol. 40, p. 737. for “Reserve supplies, Marine Corps,” provided in the Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 1919 is herebyReappropriation. reappropriated and made available for the purposes of this subtitle;
In all, general expenses, Marine Corps, $2,276,663.69. increase of the navyIncrease of the Navy. Construction and machinery: Toward the preparation of plansConstruction and. machinery.Vol. 39, p. 617. and estimates of cost of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels authorized in the “Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes,” approved August 29, 1916, fiscal year 1929, $200,000 to remain available until expended.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTPost Office Department. Out of the Postal RevenuesFrom postal revenues. office of the postmaster generalPostmaster General’s Office. Personal or property damage claims: For an additional amountPersonal or property damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 63. to enable the Postmaster General to pay claims for damages to persons or property in accordance with the provisions of the Deficiency Appropriation Act approved June 16, 1921, fiscal year 1927, $1,000. Damage claims:
To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyProperty damages claims.Vol. 42, p. 1066. owned property adjusted and determined by the Post Office Department, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 271 and 296, Seventieth Congress, $13,008.12. office of chief inspectorChief Inspector’s Office.
Payment of rewards: For an additional amount for payment ofPayment of rewards. rewards, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1927, $23,300: *Provided, *That of the amount herein*Proviso.*Securing information, etc. appropriated not to exceed $7,500 may be expended, in the discretion910 of the Postmaster General, for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals.
Post-office inspectors, traveling expenses: For an additional amountTravel, etc. for the fiscal year 1929 for traveling expenses of inspectors, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929, $25,000: *Provided, *That the Postmaster General may transfer*Proviso.*Chemical investigations. to the Department of Agriculture such amounts as may be necessary for chemical investigations. office of the first assistant postmaster generalFirst Assistant Postmaster General For compensation to postmasters, fiscal year 1923, $100.Postmasters. office of the second assistant postmaster generalSecond Assistant Postmaster General.
Railway Mail Service: For travel allowance to railway postalRailway Mail Service.Travel allowance. clerks and substitute railway postal clerks, fiscal year 1928, $50,000. Foreign mail transportation: For an additional amount for transportationForeign mails. of foreign mails by steamship, aircraft, or otherwise, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929, $1,750,000, which may be expended for carrying foreignAircraft allowance.*Ante, *p. 190. mail by aircraft in addition to the sum of $300,000 provided for this purpose in such Act.
Foreign mail transportation: For an additional amount for transportationTransportation of foreign mails under Merchant Marine Act.*Ante, p. *689. of foreign mails by steamship, aircraft, or otherwise made necessary to carry out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, including the same objects specified under this head in the act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929, $7,500,000. office of fourth assistant postmaster generalFourth Assistant Postmaster General.
Rural Delivery Service: For an additional amount for the fiscalRural Delivery Service.Vol. 43, p. 89. year 1925 for the Rural Delivery Service, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1925, $753.15. Not to exceed $150,000 of the appropriation for railroad transportationStar routes.Transfer for, railroad and messenger transportation for 1928. and mail-messenger service, fiscal year 1928, shall be available for transfer to the appropriation for star-route service, fiscal year 1928.
DEPARTMENT OF STATEDepartment of State. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Damage claims: To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privatelyDamages claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of State, under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provideVol, 42, p. 1066. a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 124, Seventieth Congress, $77.
Refund of passport fees erroneously charged and paid: For thePassport fees.Refund of erroneously charged, etc. refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for the issue of passports to persons who are exempted from the payment of such fee by section 1 of the Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921,Vol. 41, p. 750. approved June 4, 1920, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $200. 911 diplomatic serviceDiplomatic Service.
Salaries, charges d’affaires ad interim: For an additional amountChargés d’affaires ad interim. for the salaries of Foreign Service officers or vice consuls while acting as charges d’affaires ad interim or while in charge of a consulate general or a consulate during the absence of the principal officer, fiscal year 1927, $1,293.80. international obligations, commissions, bureaus, and so forth Cape Spartel Light, Coast of Morocco: For an. additional amountCape Spartel, etc., Light. for the annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangier Light, on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, for the fiscal years that follow:
For 1928, $48.25; For 1929, $48.25. Waterways treaty, United States and Great Britain; InternationalJoint Canadian Boundary Waters Commission. Joint Commission, United States and Great Britain: For an additional amount for the waterways treaty, United States and Great Britain; International Joint Commission, United States and Great Britain, including personal services, traveling expenses, procurement of technical and scientific equipment, and the purchase or hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, fiscal year 1929, $40,000, to be available immediately, which amount may be transferred by the Secretary ofExpenditure by Agricultural Department.
State, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, to the Department of Agriculture for direct expenditure. Statue of General Simon Bolivar, City of Panama: To enable theGeneral Simon Bolivar.Monument to, in city of Panama. Secretary of State to pay to the Government of Panama as the contribution of the United States toward the erection in the City ofVol. 44, p. 1423. Panama of a monument to General Simon Bolivar, as authorized by the Act approved March. 4, 1927, fiscal year 1928, $10,000.
Indemnity for the death of Chang Lin and Tong Huan Yah,China.Payment to, indemnity for death of Chang Lin and Tong Huan Yah. Chinese citizens: For the payment to the Chinese Government of the sum of $1,000 as full indemnity for the death of Chang Lin, alleged to have been killed by a member of the United States Infantry at Leichuan, China, and the sum of $100 as full indemnity for the death of Tong Huan Yah, alleged to have been killed by the members of the*Ante, *p. 488. United States ship Elcano, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 33, approved May 3, 1928, $1,100, to remain available until June 30, 1929.
Indemnity for the death of Juan Soriano, citizen of the DominicanDominican Republic.Indemnity to, for death of Juan Soriano. Republic: For the payment to the Dominican Republic as full indemnity for the death of Juan Soriano, a Dominican subject, who was killed by the landing of an airplane belonging to the United States*Ante, *p. 488. Marine Corps, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 34, approved May 3, 1928, $2,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Indemnity for injuries sustained by Sun Jui-Chin, Chinese citizen:China.Indemnity to, for personal injuries to Sun Jui-Chin.
For payment to the Government of China as full indemnity for injuries to Sun Jui-Chin resulting from an assault on him by a*Ante, *p. 488. private in the United States Marine Corps, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 35, approved May 3, 1928, $240.55, being a sum equivalent to $500 Mexican, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Indemnity for the death of Edwin Tucker, British subject: ForGreat Britain.Indemnity to, for death of Edwin Tucker. the payment to the British Government as full indemnity for the death of Edwin Tucker, a British subject, alleged to have been killed by a United States Army ambulance in Colon, Panama, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 36, approved May 3, 1928, $2,500, to*Ante, *p. 489. remain available until June 30, 1929. 912 Indemnity for personal injuries to Arend Kamp and Francis Gort,Netherlands.Indemnity to, for personal injuries to Arend Kamp and Francis Gort.
Netherland subjects: For the payment to the Government of the Netherlands the sum of $500 as full compensation for personal injuries sustained by Arend Kamp, a Netherland subject, and the sum of $500 as full compensation for personal injuries sustained by Francis Gort, a Netherland subject, while the United States ship Canibas was loading on May 1, 1919, at Rotterdam, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 37, approved May 3, 1928, $1,000, to*Ante, *p. 489. remain available until June 30, 1929.
Payment to the Government of Great Britain in recognition ofGreat Britain.Payment to, for services of William Wiseman in behalf of American interests. services of William Wiseman: For the payment to Great Britain in recognition of the services of William Wiseman as British vice counsel at Salina Cruz, Mexico, in behalf of American interests from April 12, 1914, to December 13, 1917, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 38, approved May 3, 1928, $9,200, to remain*Ante, *p. 489. available until June 30, 1929.
Indemnity for the death of Reginald Ethelbert Myrie, BritishIndemnity to, for death of Reginald Ethelbert Myrie. subject: For the payment to the British Government as full indemnity for the death of Reginald Ethelbert Myrie, a British subject, alleged to have been killed in the Panama Canal Zone on February 5, 1921, by a United States Army motor truck, as authorized by the Act approved May 3, 1928, $1,000, to remain available until June*Ante, *p. 483. 30, 1929. Reimbursement of the Government of Great Britain for sumsReimbursement to, for relief of American nationals by Reverend F.
North. expended by the British chaplain, the Reverend F. North, for the relief of American nationals: For the reimbursement of the Government of Great Britain the equivalent of the sum of £3,988 at par of exchange, expended by the British chaplain at Moscow, the Reverend F. North, for the relief of American nationals in Russia in 1920, as*Ante, *p. 484. authorized by the Act approved May 3, 1928, $19,407.60, to remain available until June 30, 1929. The Gorgas Memorial Laboratory:
To enable the Secretary ofGorgas Memorial Laboratory.Annual contribution to. State to pay the annual contribution of the United States to the maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, as*Ante, *p. 491. provided by the Act approved May 7, 1928, fiscal year 1929, $50,000. Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration: For expenses of theConference on Conciliation and Arbitration.Expenses.*Ante, *p. 487. Conference on Conciliation and Arbitration, to be held at Washington during 1928 or 1929, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 32, approved May 3, 1928, including salaries in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, rent in the District of Columbia, printing and binding, printing of official visiting cards, travel and subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), stenographic and other services by contract if deemed necessary, and such other expenses as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of State by reason of such invitation, fiscal year 1929, $50,000, to remain available until June 30, 1930.
Permanent International Association of Road Congresses: For thePermanent International Association of Road Congresses.Expenses of sixth session.*Ante, *p. 378. expenses of the sixth session of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses to be held in the United States as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 18, approved March 28, 1928, including compensation of employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent in the District of Columbia, printing and binding, transportation, subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), contract stenographic reporting services, official cards, and such expenses as may be actually and necessarily incurred by the Government of the United States in the observance of proper courtesies, fiscal year 1929, $25,000, to remain available until June 30, 1930.
Second Pan American Conference on Highways at Rio de Janeiro:Pan American Conference on Highways, Second. For the expenses of participation by the United States in the Second913 Pan American Conference on Highways at Rio de Janeiro, as authorizedExpenses of participation.*Ante, *p. 403. by Public Resolution Numbered 24, approved April 3, 1928, including compensation of employees, rent, printing and binding, transportation, subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), contract stenographic reporting services, official cards, expenses of delegates in visiting Colombia and Venezuela in connection with the conference, and such miscellaneous and other expenses as the President shall deem proper, fiscal year 1929, $15,000, to remain available until June 30, 1930.
Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands: ForHawaiian Islands Sesquicentennial.Expenses of participation in.*Ante, *p. 247. the expenses of participation by the Government of the United States in the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 13, approved March 7, 1928, including transportation, subsistence, or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any previous Act), and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper, fiscal year 1929, $5,000.
Bringing home criminals: For actual expenses incurred in bringingBringing home criminals. home from foreign countries persons charged with crime, fiscal year 1929, $9,000. Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany—TripartiteWorld War claims.German mixed Claims Commission. Claims Commission, United States, Austria, and Hungary: For the expenses of the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany—Tripartite Claims Commission, United States, Austria, andTripartite Claims Commission with Austria and Hungary.*Ante, *p. 74.
Hungary, including the same objects and purposes specified under this head in Title I of the Act approved February 15, 1928, and including also law books and books of reference, fiscal year 1929, $60,000: *Provided, *That the appropriations made for the expenses*Proviso.*Technical, etc., services. of these commissions for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 shall be available also for the payment of special counsel, translators, and other technical experts heretofore or hereafter employed by contract without regard to the provisions of any other statute, and for contract[R.
S. sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733). stenographic reporting services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. General and Special Claims Commissions, United States andMexican Claims Commissions.Vol. 44, p. 1190.*Ante, *p. 74. Mexico: The appropriations for the General and Special Claims Commissions, United States and Mexico, for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 shall be available also for the payment of special counsel, translators, and other technical experts heretofore or Hereafter employed by contract without regard to the provisions of any other statute, and for contract stenographic reporting services without[R.
S. sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733). regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. International Exposition at Seville, Spain: For an additionalInternational Exposition, Seville, Spain. amount for the International Exposition at Seville, Spain, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations*Ante, *p. 75. for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1929, $100,000. Payment to the Government of France on account of damagesFrance.Indemnity to, for collision damages to French Steamship “Madeleine.” sustained by the French Steamship Madeleine:
For payment to the Government of France in full settlement of its claim for reimbursement for damages sustained by the French Steamship Madeleine in a collision with the United States Steamship Kerwood in the harbor of Brest, France, on May 11, 1918, of a sum equivalent to 3,550*Ante, *p. 512. pounds sterling 2 shillings 5 pence, as authorized by the Act approved May 14, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $17,395.59. American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood:American International Institute for Protection of Childhood.Annual contribution.
For the annual contribution of the United States of $2,000 per annum to the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood*Ante, *p. 487. at Montevideo, Uruguay, as authorized by Public Resolution914 Numbered 31, approved May 3, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929. $4,000. Twenty-third International Congress of Americanists: For theInternational Congress of Americanists, Twenty-third.Contribution. contribution of the United States toward defraying the expenses of the Twenty-third International Congress of Americanists, to be held in New York City during the week beginning September 17, 1928, as authorized by public resolution approved May 23, 1928, fiscal*Ante, *p. 723. year 1929, $5,000.
Relief of Joseph C. Grew and other officers of the Foreign Service:Relief of certain Foreign Service officers.Joseph C. Grew. For the payment to Joseph C. Grew, formerly American minister at Copenhagen, Denmark, the sum of $6,150.65, such sum representing the amount embezzled from Government funds in the United States legation at Copenhagen by the cashier of the legation between March 31 and July 1, 1921; to Francis B. Keene, formerly American consulFrancis B. Keene. general at Rome, Italy, the sum of $95.21, such sum representing the amount of Government funds stolen from the safe cabinet in the American consulate general at Rome, Italy, on the night of AprilNorton F.
Brand. 28, 1921; to Norton F. Brand, as American consul at Fernie, British Columbia, the sum of $1,397.25, such sum representing the unpaid balance of the United States Government funds deposited by him in the Home Bank of Canada at Fernie, British Columbia, such bankRichard L. Sprague. having suspended payment of deposits on August 16, 1923; to Richard L. Sprague, as American consul at Gibraltar, the sum of $1,897.87, being reimbursement for moneys actually expended by him in the settlement of a judgment of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, dated April 17, 1926, in favor of Smith Imossi and Company, covering a claim of that company for the relief of American seamen from the steamer Kanabec at Gibraltar in 1920, and the sum of $278.95, being reimbursement for moneys personally advanced by him for the relief of said seamen, as authorized and directed by the Act approved*Post, *p. 1854.
May 21, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $9,819.93. TREASURY DEPARTMENTTreasury Department. office of the secretarySecretary’s Office. Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928: For carrying out the provisionsWar Claims Act, 1928.Payments under.*Ante, *p. 259. of the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, approved March 10, 1928, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyDamages claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the Treasury Department,Vol. 42, p. 1066. under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 124 and House Document Numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $3,209.28.
Cape Cod Canal Bonds: For payment of the $6,000,000 5 perCape Cod Canal.Payment of bonds, etc.Vol. 44, p. 1016. centum fifty-year first-mortgage bonds of the Boston, Cape Cod and New York Canal Company, as authorized in section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved January 21, 1927, including the payment of interest from the date that title to the Cape Cod Canal passes to the United States to January 1, 1929, advertising, and other necessary expenses in connection therewith, $6,230,000, to remain available until expended. 915 contingent expenses, treasury departmentContingent expenses.
Labor-saving machines: For an additional amount required for theLabor saving machines, etc. purchase of labor-saving machines and supplies for same, including the same objects of expenditure specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $20,000. The appropriations “Public-debt service,” “Collecting the internalDesignated appropriations made available for items of contingent expenses. revenue,” “Enforcement of Narcotic and National Prohibition Acts,” “Pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service,” and “Expenses, division of venereal diseases, Public Health Service,” for the fiscal years 1927, 1928, and 1929 are hereby made available for the payment of items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriations made for contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, the provisions of section 6, Act of August 23, 1912Vol. 37, p. 414.
(Thirty-seventh Statutes, page 414), to the contrary notwithstanding. public debt servicePublic Debt Service. Not exceeding $309,000 of the amount appropriated for distinctiveDistinctive paper for securities. paper for United States securities in the Act making appropriations*Ante, *p. 166. for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, shall be available immediately for the purchase of not exceeding 600,000 pounds of distinctive paper for United States currency and national-bank currency. customs serviceCustoms Service.
Collecting the revenue from customs: For an additional amountCollecting customs revenue. for collecting the revenue from customs, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $543,560. For the purchase of equipment for the new appraiser’s stores buildingNew appraiser’s stores building, New York, N. Y.Purchase of equipment, etc.Vol. 44, p. 1416. at New York, New York, authorized to be acquired under the Act of March 4, 1927, including the installation thereof, the reconditioning of laboratory and other equipment in the old appraiser’s stores, and the transfer to and installation in the new building ofTransfer of present equipment. equipment now in use in the old building, fiscal year 1929, $125,000, to be available immediately. bureau of the mintBureau of the Mint.
Coinage of medal of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh: For carryingColonel Charles A. Lindbergh.Gold medal to be coined and presented to.*Ante, *p. 490. out the provisions of the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution to provide for the coinage of a medal in commemoration of the achievements of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,” approved May 4, 1928, $1,500, to remain available until June 30, 1929. coast guardCoast Guard. Death gratuities: Not exceeding $5,000 of the amount appropriatedDeath gratuities.Transfer of appropriation.
“For pay and allowances prescribed by law, and so forth,” in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office DepartmentsVol. 44, p. 1035. for the fiscal year 1928, may be transferred to the appropriation in such Act “For carrying out the provisions of the Act ofVol. 41, p. 825. June 4, 1920.” bureau of engraving and printingEngraving and Printing Bureau. The limitation in the Act making appropriations for the TreasuryChecks, drafts, etc.Number of sheets increased.Vol. 44, p. 1036.
Department for the fiscal year 1928, as to the number of delivered sheets of checks, drafts, and miscellaneous work is increased from 7,400,431 to 8,433,864. Not to exceed $15,000 of the appropriation for materials andScientific investigations.*Ante, *p. 172. miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, included916 in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department forTransfer to Standards Bureau. the fiscal year 1929, is hereby authorized to be transferred to the Bureau of Standards for scientific investigations in connection with the work of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. public health servicePublic Health Service.
Quarantine service: For an additional amount for quarantineQuarantine service. service, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $90,310. Studies of rural sanitation: For an additional amount for studiesRural sanitation. of rural sanitation, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1929, $117,000. office of supervising architect Supervising Architect’s Office.
Salaries: For an additional amount for salaries, Office of theSalaries. Supervising Architect, fiscal year 1929, $12,265. public buildings, repairs, equipment, and general expensesPublic buildings. General expenses: For an additional amount for salaries of architecturalGeneral expenses.Additional pay, architectural and engineering personnel. and engineering personnel in the District of Columbia, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the*Ante, *p. 184. fiscal year 1929, $157,888, of which amount not to exceed $144,888 is made available for personal services in the District of Columbia in addition to the amount heretofore provided for that purpose: *Provided, *That of the additional amount herein appropriated not*Proviso.*Rental of additional quarters, etc. exceeding $13,000 may be used for the rental of additional quarters in the District of Columbia for the Office of the Supervising Architect, including moving expenses, the installation of special lighting, and other incidental expenses in connection with the occupancy of such quarters.
Outside professional services: To enable the Secretary of the TreasuryOutside professional services.Vol. 44, p. 631. to further the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1926, in providing suitable accommodations in the District of Columbia for the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government, fiscal year 1929, $210,000; and authority is hereby granted to employ the services of private architects to prepare, as a basis for estimate, preliminary drawings for such buildings which, while not yet authorized, are contemplated in the general group as projected for location within the boundaries of the land to be acquired under authority of the Act approved January 13, 1928: *Provided, *That the total fee*Proviso.*Limitation on fee. for such preliminary drawings shall not exceed that customarily paid for such services. public buildings, operating expensesOperating expenses.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract forJoint telephone service.Contracts for, authorized. telephone service in public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, by means of telephone switchboards or equivalent telephone switching equipment jointly serving in each case two or more Government activities where he finds that joint service is economical and in the interest of the Government and to employ the necessary operators.
Payment for the expenses of such joint service, including not exceeding $3,000 for necessary personal services connected therewith in917 the Office of the Supervising Architect, shall be made from appropriations as follows: Services in the Office of the Supervising Architect, from thePayable from designated appropriations. appropriation “Salaries, Office of the Supervising Architect ”; services of telephone operators, from the appropriation “Operating force for public buildings”; all other expenses, from the appropriation “Operating supplies for public buildings.
” Said appropriationsReimbusement. shall be reimbursed for the total cost of such joint service from available appropriations for telephone expenses of the bureaus and offices receiving the service in accordance with such equitable method of apportioning the expense in each building as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. miscellaneous public building projectsMiscellaneous projects. Baltimore, Maryland, immigration station: Of the unexpendedBaltimore, Md., immigration station. balance of the appropriation for the construction of the immigration station, Baltimore, Maryland, not exceeding $3,500 is made available for demolition and removal from the site of two temporary buildings.
Galveston, Texas, quarantine station: For replacement of water,Galveston, Tex., quarantine station. electric light, power, and telephone services, $37,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929: *Provided, *That the Secretary of the Treasury*Provisos.*Contract authorized to extend water main across harbor to. is authorized to enter into a contract with the city of Galveston for the construction of a water main across Galveston Harbor to connect with the quarantine station in accordance with plans and specifications as to size, location, and so forth, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the total cost of such water main to theCost limitation.
Government not to exceed $15,000 (the city of Galveston to bear any cost in excess thereof), and the city of Galveston to have the privilegeUse by city. of drawing off water from said main throughout its length for city or commercial use in consideration of the maintenance and repair thereof throughout its length to the quarantine station on Pelican Spit by said city of Galveston: *Provided further, *That the SecretaryTransfer of funds to Coast Guard for replacing electric, etc., lines. of the Treasury is authorized to transfer to the Coast Guard not to exceed $22,000 for the cost of material, labor, and so forth, necessary to replace electric light, power, and telephone lines across Galveston Harbor and on Pelican Spit to the immigration and quarantine stations thereon in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
New York (New York) post office: Repairs to skylight over workroom,New York, N. Y., post office. $20,000; new floor in portion of basement, $28,000; in all, $48,000. Norfolk (Virginia) customhouse: For new roof covering, cornice,Norfolk, Va. and so forth, $17,000. Philadelphia Mint Building: For the purchase and installationPhiladelphia, Pa., Mint. of motor generators, and expenses incident thereto, fiscal year 1929, $35,000. Remodeling and enlarging public buildings: For an additionalRemodeling, etc., buildings. amount for remodeling and enlarging public buildings, including theVol. 44, p. 150. same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1927, $387.53.
Washington, District of Columbia, Treasury Buildings: For newTreasury buildings.Repairs, etc. roof on building in the north court and reconstruction of a portion of the building for use as a sample room for the Office of the Supervising Architect, fiscal year 1929, $8,000. Of the unencumbered balance of the appropriation “Liberty LoanLiberty Loan Building.Window shades, screens, etc.*Ante, *p. 34. Building, Washington, District of Columbia,” for completing the construction of two additional stories, contained in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, not exceeding $3,500 is made available for the furnishing and installing of window shades and awnings on918 the fourth and fifth floors of such building and not exceeding $20,000 for fly screens, repairs to plastering, interior and exterior painting, in the old portion of the building, and waterproofing basement walls. public building projects under section 3, public buildings act approved may 25, 192 6, as amended Projects under section 3, Public Buildings Act.Vol. 44, pp. 632, 867.
Missoula, Montana, post office, courthouse, and other GovernmentMissoula, Mont. offices: For completion, $175,000. Seattle, Washington, Federal office building: For acquisition ofSeattle, Wash.Site and building in lieu of former authorizations.Vol. 44, pp. 632, 873. site and commencement of construction of a suitable building for customs, appraisers’ warehouse, and other governmental offices, $500,000, at an estimated total limit of cost of $2,175,000 which is hereby authorized to be charged against the allocation made pursuant to directions contained in the Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved July 3, 1926, from the $15,000,000 authorization contained in section 3 of the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, as recommended, in part, by the Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General in a special report dated February 25, 1927 (House Document 766, Sixty-ninth Congress, second session), in lieu of the construction of a post-office building on site heretofore acquired for that purpose; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such project in an amount not to exceed $2,175,000.
St. Louis, Missouri, courthouse, customhouse, and so forth: TowardSt. Louis, Mo.Site and building in lieu of former authorization.Vol. 44, pp. 632, 871. the acquisition of a site and construction of a building in lieu of carrying out the authorization in the Act of July 3, 1926, $600,000, in addition to the unexpended balance of any money heretofore appropriated for that purpose, which is hereby made available, under an estimated total cost of $3,825,000; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts*Proviso.*Charge of excess cost of site.Vol. 44, p. 633. for the entire foregoing estimated cost of such project: *Provided,* That any cost in excess of $1,600,000 shall be charged against the $100,000,000 authorized in section 5 of the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, as amended.
Total appropriations for projects under section 3, Act of May 25, 1926, as amended, $1,275,000. public building projects under section 5, public buildings act approved may 25, 1926Projects under section 5, Public Buildings Act.Vol. 44, p. 633. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contractsContracts for sites, buildings, etc. for sites or additional land for public buildings, purchase of sites and buildings thereon, commencement, completion, extension, remodeling, and rehabilitation of public buildings in amounts not exceeding the respective estimated total costs herein set forth, as follows:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Albuquerque, N. Mex. For the acquisition of additional land, commencement of extension and remodeling, and construction of an annex for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $200,000 under an estimated total cost of $900,000, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the acquisition of a new site and commencement of construction, under an estimated total cost of $1,025,000.
Alburg, Vermont, inspection station: For acquisition of a site andAlburg, Vt. commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $2,000, under an estimated total cost of $56,000. Anderson, Indiana, post office, and so forth: For the commencementAnderson, Ind. of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the919 post office and other Government offices, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $165,000. Babb-Piegan, Montana, inspection station:
For acquisition of siteBabb-Piegan, Mont. and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, including officers’ quarters, $1,000, under an estimated total cost of $59,000. Baltimore, Maryland, post office, and so forth: For continuation,Baltimore, Md.Post office, etc.*Ante, *p. 178. $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $3,300,000, in lieu of $2,575,000 fixed in the Act approved March 5, 1928. Battle Creek, Michigan, post office, and so forth:
For commencementBattle Creek, Mich. of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $150,000, under an estimated total cost of $230,000. Beaumont, Texas, post office and courthouse: For acquisition ofBeaumont, Tex. additional land and expenses preliminary to commencement of construction, $40,000. Beecher Falls, Vermont, inspection station: For acquisition of siteBeecher Falls, Vt. and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $2,000, under an estimated total cost of $56,000.
Blaine, Washington, inspection stations: For the acquisition ofBlaine, Wash. two sites and commencement of construction of buildings thereon for the accommodation of border inspection services, $60,000, under an estimated total cost of $158,000. Bloomington, Illinois, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofBloomington, Ill. site and commencement of construction, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $325,000. Bogalusa, Louisiana, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofBogalusa, La. site and commencement of construction, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $130,000.
Boise, Idaho, post office, courthouse, and so forth: For commencementBoise, Idaho.. of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $440,000. Boston, Massachusetts, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForBoston, Mass.Post office, courthouse, etc. demolition of the post office and subtreasury building and commencement of construction on such site of a building to accommodate the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $200,000, under an estimated total cost of $4,750,000.
Bridgeport, Connecticut, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionBridgeport, Conn. of site and commencement of construction, $700,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,200,000. Brooklyn, New York, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForBrooklyn, N. Y.Post office, courthouse, etc. demolition of annex buildings and commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $2,700,000.
Calexico, California, inspection station: For the purchase of siteCalexico, Calif.*Post, *p. 1656. and building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $50,000. Canon City, Colorado, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofCanon City, Colo. site and commencement of construction, $25,000, under an estimated total cost of $100,000. Canton, Ohio, post office, and so forth: For acquisition of additionalCanton, Ohio. land, demolition of building, and commencement of construction for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $300,000, under an estimated total cost of $510,000, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the acquisition of a new site and commencement of construction, under an estimated total cost of $575,000. 920 Casper, Wyoming, post office, courthouse, and so forth:
For acquisitionCasper, Wyo. of site and commencement of construction, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $400,000. Chicago, Illinois, post office and other Government offices: ForChicago, Ill.Post office, etc. commencement of construction for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $300,000, under an estimated total cost of $14,250,000. Clarksburg, West Virginia, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Clarksburg, W. Va. For acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $175,000, under an estimated total cost of $475,000.
Cumberland, Maryland, courthouse, post office, and so forth: ForCumberland, Md. acquisition of additional land, commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the courts, post office, and other Government offices, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $265,000. Douglas, Arizona, inspection station: For acquisition of site andDouglas, Ariz. commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $35,000, under an estimated total cost of $65,000.
El Dorado, Arkansas, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForEl Dorado, Ark. acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $425,000, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, acquisition of additional land, and commencement of construction of a new building for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, at an estimated total cost of $410,000. El Paso, Texas, Federal office building:
For the acquisition of siteEl Paso, Tex. and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of public health, customs, immigration, and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $535,000. Fairfield, Iowa, post office, and so forth: For commencement ofFairfield, Iowa. construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $110,000. Fall River, Massachusetts, customhouse and post office:
For acquisitionFall River, Mass. of additional land, demolition and commencement of construction, for the accommodation of the customhouse, post office, and other Government offices, $575,000, under an estimated total cost of $995,000. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, post office, and so forth: For commencementFitchburg, Mass. of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $150,000. Fort Fairfield, Maine, inspection station:
For acquisition of siteFort Fairfield, Me. and commencement of construction of building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $8,500, under an estimated total cost of $63,000. Galveston, Texas, marine hospital: For acquisition of site andGalveston, Tex.Marine hospital. commencement of construction of a marine hospital, together with necessary auxiliary structures and facilities, outside service lines and approach work, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $740,000.
Greensboro, North Carolina, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Greensboro, N. C. For acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $250,000, under an estimated total cost of $900,000. Hartford, Connecticut, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForHartford, Conn. acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $700,000, under an estimated total cost of $2,000,000. Haverhill, Massachusetts, post office, and so forth: For demolitionHaverhill, Mass. of building and toward construction on present site enlarged by land to be donated, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $250,000. 921 Havre, Montana, post office, and so forth:
For acquisition of siteHavre, Mont. and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $200,000. Highgate Springs, Vermont, inspection station: For acquisition ofHighgate Springs, Vt. site and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, including officers’ quarters, $1,500, under an estimated total cost of $60,000. Honolulu, Hawaii, post office, courthouse, and customhouse: ForHonolulu, Hawaii. commencement of extension and remodeling, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $400,000.
Houlton, Maine, inspection station: For acquisition of site andHoulton, Me. commencement of construction of building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $10,500, under an estimated total cost of $65,000. Iowa City, Iowa, post office, and so forth: For acquisition of additionalIowa City, Iowa. land and commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $190,000.
Ironwood, Michigan, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofIronwood, Mich. site and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $185,000: *Provided, *That the Secretary of the Treasury,*Proviso.*Title with mineral rights reserved. in his discretion, may accept a title to a site for such building which reserves or excepts all coal or other minerals with the right of mining same. Junction City, Kansas, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofJunction City, Kans. site and commencement of construction, $25,000, under an estimated total cost of $100,000.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, post office, and so forth: For the acquisitionKenosha, Wis. of a site to be acquired by the exchange therefor of a portion of the present site and building thereon, the purchase of additional land, and for the construction on said site of a building for the accommodation of a post office and other Government offices, $125,000, under an estimated total cost of $300,000, or, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the purchase of a site and the construction thereon of a building for the purposes aforesaid, at an estimated total cost of $350,000.
Kingsport, Tennessee, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofKingsport, Tenn. site and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $215,000. Klamath Falls, Oregon, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionKlamath Falls, Oreg. of site and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $255,000. Lewistown, Montana, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofLewistown, Mont. site and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $165,000.
Long Beach, California, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionLong Beach, Calif. of a new site, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the acquisition of additional land and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $300,000, under an estimated total cost of $725,000. Lubbock, Texas, post office, and so forth: For acquisition of siteLubbock, Tex. and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $160,000.
Lumberton, Mississippi, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionLumberton, Miss. of site and commencement of construction, $20,000, under an estimated total cost of $60,000. Lynchburg, Virginia, post office and courthouse: For the exchangeLynchburg, Va. of the present Federal building and site on such terms as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem proper, but without cost to the Gov-922ernment, for a new site upon which to construct a building at an estimated total cost of $550,000.
McMinnville, Tennessee, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionMcMinnville, Tenn; of site and commencement of construction, $20,000, under an estimated total cost of $85,000. Manchester, New Hampshire, post office and other GovernmentManchester, N. H. offices: For acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $160,000, under an estimated total cost of $450,000. Memphis, Tennessee, customhouse, courthouse, and post office:
ForMemphis, Tenn. commencement of extension and remodeling, $150,000, under an estimated total cost of $900,000. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, post office, courthouse, and customhouse:Milwaukee, Wis. For commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office, courthouse, customhouse, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,850,000. Morgantown, West Virginia, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionMorgantown, W. Va of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $125,000.
New Bern, North Carolina, post office, courthouse, customhouse,New Bern, N. C. and so forth: For acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office, courts, customs, and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $210,000. New Orleans, Louisiana, quarantine station: For commencementNew Orleans, La.Quarantine station. of construction, on a site owned by the Government, of a new quarantine station, together with necessary auxiliary structures and facilities, outside service lines, and approach work, $150,000, under an estimated total cost of $425,000.
New Philadelphia, Ohio, post office, and so forth: For commencementNew Philadelphia, Ohio. of construction for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $100,000. New York, New York, courthouse, and so forth: For acquisitionNew York, N. Y.Courthouse, etc.*Post, *p. 1660. of site and expenses preliminary to commencement of construction, $2,000,000. New York, New York, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofPost office, etc. site, at a limit of cost not to exceed $2,000,000, $2,000,000.
Noyes, Minnesota, inspection station: For acquisition of site andNoyes, Minn. commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $5,500, under an estimated total cost of $78,000. Ogden, Utah, post office and courthouse: For acquisition of additionalOgden, Utah. land and expenses preliminary to commencement of construction, $25,000. Okmulgee, Oklahoma, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForOkmulgee, Okla. acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $330,000.
Ottawa, Illinois, post office, and so forth: For commencement ofOttawa, Ill. extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $75,000. Passaic, New Jersey, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofPassaic, N. J. additional land and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $350,000.
Paterson, New Jersey, post office, and so forth: For demolition ofPaterson, N. J. building and commencement of construction for the accommodation 923 of the post office and other Government offices, $325,000, under an estimated total cost of $500,000, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the acquisition of site and commencement of construction, under an estimated total cost of $800,000. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Pittsburgh, Pa.
For commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $300,000, under an estimated total cost of $6,425,000. Portland, Maine, post office, and so forth: For acquisition of sitePortland, Me. and commencement of construction, $225,000, under an estimated total cost of $850,000. Portsmouth, Virginia, post office, customhouse, and so forth: ForPortsmouth, Va. acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office, customs, and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $140,000.
Racine, Wisconsin, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofRacine, Wis.*Post, *p. 1661. site and commencement of construction, $175,000, under an estimated total cost of $500,000. Reno, Nevada, post office, and so forth: For demolition of buildingReno, Nev. and commencement of construction, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury and upon such terms as he shall deem proper, the exchange of the present site and building for a new site and commencement of construction, $150,000, under a total estimated cost of $450,000, or, at his discretion, the acquisition of a new site and commencement of construction, under a total estimated cost of $565,000.
Richmond, Virginia, post office, courthouse, and customhouse: ForRichmond, Va. commencement of extension and remodeling, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,500,000. Rouses Point, New York, inspection stations: For acquisition ofRouses Point, N. Y. two sites and commencement of buildings thereon for the accommodation of border inspection services, $26,000, under an estimated total cost of $153,000. Saint Johns, North Dakota, inspection station: For acquisition ofSaint Johns, N.
Dak. site and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, including officers’ quarters, $1,000, under an estimated total cost of $59,000. Salisbury, North Carolina, post office: For acquisition of additionalSalisbury, N. C. land and expenses preliminary to commencement of construction, $25,000. Salt Lake City, Utah, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForSalt Lake City, Utah. acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $400,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,115,000.
San Bernardino, California, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionSan Bernardino, Calif. of additional land and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $325,000. San Ysidro, California, inspection station: For acquisition of siteSan Ysidro, Calif. and commencement of construction of a building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $40,000, under an estimated total cost of $105,000.
Savannah, Georgia, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForSavannah, Ga. acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling of a building for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $300,000, under an estimated total cost of $900,000. 924 Seattle, Washington, immigrant station, assay office, and so forth:Seattle, Wash.Immigration station, etc. For commencement of construction on the site previously acquired for a post-office building, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $585,000.
Sheffield, Alabama, post office, and so forth: For acquisition ofSheffield, Ala. site and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $95,000. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, post office, court house, and so forth:Sioux Falls, S. Dak. For acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $265,000. South Bend, Indiana, post office, courthouse, and so forth:
ForSouth Bend, Ind. acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $300,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,000,000. South Saint Paul, Minnesota, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionSouth Saint Paul, Minn. of site and commencement of construction, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $120,000. Spartanburg, South Carolina, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Spartanburg, S. C. For acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $125,000, under an estimated total cost of $420,000.
Springfield, Massachusetts, post office, courthouse, and so forth:Springfield, Mass. For acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $600,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,450,000. Sterling, Colorado, post office, courthouse, and so forth: For commencementSterling, Colo. of construction of the building, $50,000, under an estimated total cost, except for the courts, of $120,000: *Provided, *That*Proviso.*Additions later.*Post, *p. 1662. such building shall be so constructed that accommodations for the courts may be added later.
Tampa, Florida, courthouse, post office, customhouse, and so forth:Tampa, Fla. For commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the courts, post office, customs, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $550,000. Taylor, Texas, post office, and so forth: For commencement ofTaylor, Tex. construction, for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $115,000. Toledo, Ohio, courthouse, customhouse, and other GovernmentToledo, Ohio. offices:
For acquisition of site and commencement of construction, $200,000, under an estimated total cost of $960,000. Topeka, Kansas, post office and courthouse: For acquisition ofTopeka, Kans. additional land and expenses preliminary to commencement of construction, $115,000. Trenton, New Jersey, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForTrenton, N. J. acquisition of additional land, demolition of building, and commencement of construction for the accommodation of the post office, courthouse, and other Government offices, $800,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,435,000, or, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the acquisition of a new site and commencement of construction, under an estimated total cost of $1,650,000.
Trout River, New York, inspection station: For acquisition ofTrout River, N. Y. site and commencement of construction of building for the accommodation of border inspection services, $5,500, under an estimated total cost of $60,000. Tucson, Arizona, post office, courthouse, and so forth: For commencementTucson, Ariz. of construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $540,000.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, post office, courthouse, and so forth: For acquisitionTulsa, Okla. of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and925 other Government offices, $285,000, under an estimated total cost of $1,160,000. Tyrone, Pennsylvania, post office, and so forth: For commencementTyrone, Pa. of construction of a building for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $50,000, under an estimated total cost of $125,000.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, post office, and so forth: For acquisitionWoonsocket, R. I. of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office and other Government offices, $75,000, under an estimated total cost of $165,000. Youngstown, Ohio, post office, courthouse, and so forth: ForYoungstown, Ohio. acquisition of additional land and commencement of extension and remodeling, for the accommodation of the post office, courts, and other Government offices, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $310,000.
Total appropriations for projects under section 5, Act of May 25, 1926, as amended, $16,238,500. Any appropriation herein made toward the combined purpose ofAdditional land authorization. acquiring land and starting construction shall not be construed to prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from contracting for the necessary land in an amount in excess of such appropriation if, in his judgment, a balance will remain in the limit of cost sufficient to cover complete construction of the building. acquisition of triangle properties in the district of columbia under the act approved january 13, 1928Triangle properties in Washington, D.
C. For the acquisition of property as authorized by the Act entitledAcquisition of, as sites for public buildings.*Ante, *p. 51.*Post, *p. 1663. “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire certain lands within the District of Columbia to be used as sites for public buildings,” approved January 13, 1928, fiscal year 1929, $7,000,000. nogales, arizona, international streetNogales, Ariz. For grading and paving, with the necessary retaining walls, stormInternational Street, paving, etc.*Post, *p. 1663. sewers, the installation of an ornamental lighting system, and other items necessary in connection therewith, of the Federal strip known as International Street, as authorized in the Act approved May 16,*Ante, *p. 589. 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $40,000.
WAR DEPARTMENT—MILITARY ACTIVITIESWar Department.Military activities. adjutant general’s officeAdjutant General’s Office. Administrative expenses, World War adjusted compensation Act:World War Adjusted Compensation Act.Administrative expenses.Vol. 43, p. 121. For administrative expenses, including temporary personal services in the District of Columbia, to enable the Secretary of War to complete the duties required of him by the World War Adjusted Compensation Act approved May 19, 1924, as amended, $100,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. office of the judge advocate generalJudge Advocate General’s Office.
Settlement of War Claims, Act of 1928: For every expenditureSettlement of war claims.Expenses of. requisite for and incident to the work of the War Department in connection with the settlement of war claims as authorized by the*Ante, *p. 254. Act entitled, “An Act to provide for the settlement of certain claims of American nationals against Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and of nationals of Germany, Austria, and Hungary, against the United States and for the ultimate return of all property held by the Alien Property Custodian,” approved March 10, 1928, including the authorized traveling expenses of commissioned officers and other926 employees, rent in the District of Columbia and in foreign countries, the employment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations or to the Classification Act of 1923, printing, binding, photographing, stationery, office supplies and equipment, and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions of the Act herein referred to, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $160,000. finance departmentFinance department.
Damage claims: To pay claims for damages to or losses of privatelyDamages claims. owned property adjusted and determined by the War Department under the provisions of the Act etitled “An Act toVol. 42, p. 1066. provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case,” approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 124 and House Document Numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $152.25.
Claim of the Franklin Ice Cream Company: For the settlementFranklin Ice Cream Company.Settlement of claim for losses sustained.Vol. 44, p. 1809. under the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1927, of the claim of the Franklin Ice Cream Company for losses sustained in conducting a wholesale and retail dairy and ice cream business on the zone of camp activities and amusements at Camp Funston, Kansas, during the World War, $23,445.95. quartermaster corpsQuartermaster Corps. Construction at military posts:
For construction and installationConstruction at military posts.Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.*Ante, *p. 372.Fort Humphreys, Va.*Ante, *p. 374.Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.San Antonio, Tex.Flying school and field.*Ante, *p. 129. of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $65,000, as authorized by the Act approved March 27, 1928; Fort Humphreys, Virginia, $80,000, as authorized by the Act approved March 28, 1928; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, $375,000; and new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, $587,975, as authorized by the Act approved February 18, 1928; in all, $1,107,975, to remain available until expended: *Provided, *That in addition to the amount herein appropriated*Provisos.*Contracts authorized. the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into contracts for the construction and installation at the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, as authorized by the Act approved February 18, 1928, to an amount not in excess of $2,685,000: *Provided further,* That the sum of $1,011,000, appropriated for barracks at BrooksUse of former appropriations for Brooks Field and Kelly Field.*Ante, *p. 35.
Field and Kelly Field, Texas, by the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, and the sum of $780,000, appropriated for barracks and officers’ quarters at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, by the War Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1929, are hereby made available for expenditure for the same purposes at the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, as authorized by the Act approved February 18, 1928, to remain available until expended: *Provided further, *That the sum of $610,000, authorized byAdditional.*Ante, *p. 129. the Act approved February 18, 1928, for the construction of hangars and other technical buildings at Brooks and Kelly Fields, Texas, and appropriated for in the War Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1929, approved March 23, 1928, is hereby made available for expenditure for the same purposes at the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, to remain available until expended: *Provided further, *That no funds shall be expended forSubject to acceptance of lands. building, utilities, and appurtenances at the new primary living school and flying field in the vicinity of San Antonio, Texas, until the lands therefor have been accepted by the Secretary of War, as 927 provided for in said Act approved February 18, 1928: *And providedEmployment of technical services authorized. further, *That the several sums herein appropriated or made available for expenditure at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Fort Humphreys, Virginia, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, shall be available for the engagement, by contract or otherwise, of the services of architects, or firms, or partnerships thereof, and other technical and professional personnel as may be deemed necessary without regard to civil-service requirements and restrictions of law governing the employment and compensation of employees of the United States.
Walter Reed General Hospital: For construction and installationWalter Reed Hospital, D. C.Additional facilities.*Ante, *p. 748. of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto at Walter Reed General Hospital, District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes,” approved May , 1928, including also the engagement by contract or otherwise, of the servicesEngagement of technical services. of architects, or firms, or partnerships thereof, and other technical and professional personnel as may be deemed necessary without regard to civil-service requirements and restrictions of law governing the employment and compensation of employees of the United States, $300,000, to remain available until expended.
For an additional amount for completion of hospital, includingSelfridge Field, Mich.Hospital, etc.*Ante, *p. 572. utilities and appurtenances thereto at Selfridge Field, Michigan, as authorized by an Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for construction at military posts and for other purposes,” approved May , 1928, $50,000. For construction and installation of buildings, utilities, andFort Wadsworth, N. Y.Completion of barracks.*Ante, *p. 453. appurtenances thereto at Fort Wadsworth, New York, as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize an appropriation to complete construction at Fort Wadsworth, New York,” approved April 23, 1928, including also the engagement by contract or otherwise, of the services of architects, or firms, or partnerships thereof, and other technical and professional personnel as may be deemed necessary without regard to civil-service requirements and restrictions of law governing the employment and compensation of employees of the United States, $40,000.
For the acquisition of approximately one acre of land at SelfridgeSelfridge Field, Mich.Purchase of land for rights of way.*Ante, *p. 572. Field, Michigan, for a railroad right of way, as authorized by the Act approved May 16, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $1,750. To complete the acquisition of a tract of land known as the KalenaKalena tract, Hawaii.Acquisition of.*Ante, *p. 591. tract, as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize an appropriation to complete the purchase of real estate in Hawaii,” approved May 16, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $34,700.
Water and sewers at military posts: Not to exceed $15,000 of theColumbus Depot, Ohio.Extension of sewer system.Amount available.Vol. 44, p. 265. appropriation for “Water and sewers at military posts ” for the fiscal year 1927 may be expended under the direction of the authorities of Franklin County, Ohio, for extending and connecting the county sewer system to the post sewer system, Columbus general reserve depot, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Roads, walks, wharves, and drainage:
For completing the constructionPresidio of San Francisco, Calif.Completing roads.*Ante, *p. 484. of the military roads at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize appropriations for the construction of roads at the Presidio of San Francisco, California,” approved May 3, 1928, $47,200, to remain available June 30, 1929. Acquisition of land, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: For theFort Monmouth, N. J.Acquisition of land.*Ante, *p. 251. acquisition of land at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the purchase of land in connection with the Fort Monmouth Military Reservation, New928 Jersey,” approved March 9, 1928, $1,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. air corpsAir Corps.
For continuing the transfer of the experimental and testing plant ofWright Field, Dayton, Ohio.Transferring plant, etc.*Ante, *p. 299. the Air Corps to a permanent site at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and the construction and installation thereon of the technical buildings and utilities and appurtenances as authorized by the Act approved March 10, 1928, $300,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. The sum of $18,555 of the appropriation for Air Service, Army,Incurred obligations.Sum available for.Vol. 43, p. 906. contained in the Act making appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal year 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1929, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1926. corps of engineersEngineer Corps.
In addition to the sum authorized under this head in the WarSkilled draftsmen, etc.Additional amount for.*Ante, *p. 341. Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929, approved March 23, 1928, further expenditure of not to exceed $29,200 from appropriations heretofore made is authorized for employment only in the office of the Chief of Engineers of the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations.
Military surveys and maps: For the execution of topographic andMilitary surveys and maps. other surveys, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $45,000, to remain available until December 31, 1929. For the protection, preservation, and repair of the historicalSan Juan, Porto Rico.Preservation, etc., of fortifications. fortifications at San Juan, Porto Rico, $4,400, to remain available until expended. ordnance departmentOrdnance Department.
Ammunition storage facilities, Army: Toward providing ammunitionAmmunition storage facilities.*Post, *p. 1464. storage facilities (limit of cost $3,316,505), in accordance with the primary recommendations contained in House Document Numbered 199, Seventieth Congress, except as to Raritan, New Jersey,Raritan, N. J., and Curtis Bay, Md. and Curtis Bay, Maryland, as to which, such primary recommendations are modified to call for a total expenditure on account of each of such places of $593,015 and $257,280, respectively, $1,914,161, including $204,000 for the acquisition of land, and such sum shall remain available until June 30, 1929.
The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, through aJoint board of Army and Navy officers, to advise on storage of ammunition supplies. joint board of officers appointed by them, shall keep advised of storage supplies of ammunition and components thereof for use of the Army and Navy, with special reference to keeping such supplies properly dispersed and stored and to preventing hazardous conditions from arising to endanger life and property within and without storage reservations.
Such board shall advise and confer with such Secretaries in the execution of the recommendations contained in House Document Numbered 199, Seventieth Congress. military academyMilitary Academy. Pay: For an additional amount for pay of the United StatesPay. Military Academy, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $34,051.72. 929 Maintenance: For an additional amount for maintenance of theMaintenance.
United States Military Academy, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $26,259.80. Public works: For an additional amount for completing the constructionPublic works.*Ante, *p. 748. of the new cadet mess hall, cadet store, dormitories, and drawing academy, including equipment, at the United States Military Academy, $126,334. militia bureauMilitia Bureau. national guardNational Guard. For an additional amount for pay of National Guard (armoryArmory drills pay. drills) for the fiscal year 1928, $986,618.
For pay of officers of the Hawaiian National Guard and FilipinosHawaiian National Guard.Pay of members for training.*Ante, *p. 365. who were duly enlisted as members of the Hawaiian National Guard, for field and armory training during the years 1924 and 1925, as authorized by the Act approved March 23, 1928, $4,000. WAR DEPARTMENT—NONMILITARY ACTIVITIES quartermaster corpsQuartermaster Corps. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery: For the establishment of aZachary Taylor National Cemetery.Establishment of.*Ante, *p. 494. national cemetery, to be known as the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Jefferson County, Kentucky, authorized by the Act approved February 24, 1925, as amended by the Act approved May 10, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $24,215: *Provided, *That no part*Proviso.*Title to land. of this appropriation shall be expended until title to the land to be donated, as provided for in the Act approved May 10, 1928, has been vested in the United States.
Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tennessee: For defrayingFort Donelson Military Park, Tenn.Inspection, etc.*Ante, *p. 367.*Post, *p. 1666. the cost of inspection and study authorized in the Act entitled “An Act to establish a national military park at the battle field of Fort Donelson, Tennessee,” approved March 26, 1928, including mileage to officers and traveling expenses of the commission and their assistants, $5,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Restoration of Fort McHenry, Maryland:
For the restoration ofFort McHenry, Md.Restoration.Vol. 43, p. 1109.*Ante, *p. 248. Fort McHenry, Maryland, as authorized in the Acts approved March 3, 1925, and March 8, 1928, $81,678, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Survey of battle fields: For defraying the cost of inspection of theKings Mountain, S. C., battle field.Inspection, etc.*Ante, *p. 412. battle field of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, as authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for- the inspection of the battle field of Kings Mountain, South Carolina,” approved April 9, 1928, $1,000, to remain available until December 31, 1928.
Government road, Lookout Mountain, Saint Elmo, Tennessee, toGovernment road, Saint Elmo, Tenn., to Rossville, Ga.Paving.*Ante, *p. 430. Rossville, Georgia: For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the paving of the Government road extending from Saint Elmo, Tennessee, to Rossville, Georgia, approved April 16, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $75,000, to be subject to the terms and conditions of acceptance of title and maintenance as set forth in such Act.
Paving of Government road from Lee and Gordon’s mill to LaChickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park.Paving La FayetteExtension Road.*Ante, *p. 493. Fayette, Georgia: For improving and paving the Government road, known as La Fayette Extension Road, extending from Lee and Gordon’s mill to La Fayette, Georgia, as authorized by the Act approved May 9, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $193,500, to be subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in such Act. Government road, known as the Ringgold Road, extending fromPaving RinggoId Road.*Post, *p. 1377.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park to the town 930 of Ringgold, Georgia: For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the paving of the Government road,*Ante, *p. 712. known as the Ringgold Road, extending from Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in the State of Georgia, to the town of Ringgold, Georgia,” approved May 22, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $117,000, to be subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in such Act. engineer departmentEngineer Department.
Protective works and measures, Lake of the Woods and RainyLake of the Woods and Rainy River, Minn.Flowage easements and protective works.*Ante, *p. 431. River, Minnesota: For purchase of flowage easements and for protective works and measures along the shores of Lake of the Woods and the banks of Rainy River as authorized by sections 1 and 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to carry into effect provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain to regulate the level of Lake of the Woods, concluded on the 24th day of February, 1925,” approved May 22, 1926, including the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, printing and binding, and any other necessary expenses connected therewith, $375,000, to remain available until June 30, 1930.
Damage claims: To pay claims for damages by collision with riverRiver and harbor collision damages claims. and harbor vessels adjusted and determined by the War Department under the provisions of section 9 of the River and Harbor ActVol. 41, p. 1015. approved June 5, 1920, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $2,207.23. Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries: For prosecutingFlood control, Mississippi River, etc.Prosecuting work of.*Ante, *p. 534. work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928, $14,000,000.
Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of MississippiTributaries of the Mississippi.Rescue and repair work.*Ante, *p. 537. River: For rescue work and for repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 7 of Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928, $1,000,000. national home for disabled volunteer soldiersNational Home for Disabled Volunteers. For additional amounts for the support of the National Home forSupport, etc.
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for current expenses, subsistence, household, hospital, repairs, and farm, including the same objects respectively specified under each of such heads for the Central Branch in the act making appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal year 1928: Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio: Current expenses, $2,500; subsistence,Dayton, Ohio. $30,000; household, $8,000; repairs, $9,000; Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Subsistence,Milwaukee, Wis. $20,000;
Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine: Subsistence, $11,000; household,Togus, Me. $2,000; Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia: Subsistence, $1,500; household,Hampton, Va. $12,500; repairs, $10,250; Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas: Subsistence, $25,000;Leavenworth, Kans. household, $5,000; repairs, $15,000; farm, $1,000; Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California: Hospital, $12,000;Santa Monica, Calif. repairs, $3,500; Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: Hospital, $5,000;Danville, Ill.
Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee: Subsistence, $56,000;Johnson City, Tenn. household, $2,000; repairs, $1,500; Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota: Subsistence,Hot Springs, S. Dak. $1,000; household, $11,000; hospital, $7,000; repairs, $1,000; Clothing: For clothing for all branches; labor, materials, machines,Clothing, etc. tools, and appliances employed and for use in the tailor shops and931 shoe shops, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, $15,000, and in addition, there is hereby made available for expenditure for these purposes not to exceed $10,000 ofVol. 44, p. 1144. the appropriation for hospital at the Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee, provided by the War Department appropriation Act, fiscal year 1928;
In all, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $267,750. panama canalPanama Canal. Civil Government, Panama Canal and Canal Zone: For revisionCanal Zone.Revision of laws.*Ante, *p. 596. and codification of the laws of the Canal Zone as authorized by the Act approved May 17, 1928, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $10,000. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTSJudgments, United States courts. For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costsPayment of.Vol. 24, p. 505. of suits, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1887, entitled “An Act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States,” as amended by the Judicial Code, approved March 3, 1911, certified to the SeventiethVol. 36, p. 1137.
Congress, first session, in House Document Numbered 279, under the following departments and establishments, namely: United StatesClassification. Railroad Administration, $4,810.78; United States Veterans’ Bureau, $2,042.50; War Department, $12,001.54; in all, $18,854.82, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest onInterest. the respective judgments at the rate of 4 per centum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made. For payment of the judgments, including costs of suits, renderedJudgments under special Acts. against the Government by United States district courts in special cases and under the provisions of certain special Acts and certified to the Seventieth Congress in House Document Numbered 281, under the following departments, namely:
Department of Justice, $6,000;Classification. Navy Department, $77,191.24; War Department, $2,230.33; in all, $85,421.57, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on certain of the judgments as and where specified in such judgments. For payment of the judgments, including costs of suits, renderedNew York northern district.Judgments under Lever Act.Vol. 40, pp. 276–279. against the Government of the United States by the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, under the provisions of the Act of August 10, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes, pages 276–279), and as certified to the Seventieth Congress, first session, in House Document Numbered 282, as follows:
Under the War Department, $128,202. For the payment of judgments, including costs of suits, renderedCollision damages. against the Government of the United States by United States district courts under the provisions of an Act entitled “An ActVol. 43, p. 1112. authorizing suits against the United States in admiralty for damage caused by and salvage services rendered to public vessels belonging to the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1112), certified to the Seventieth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 126 and House DocumentClassification.
Numbered 283, under the following departments, namely: Department of Labor, $2,102.18; Navy Department, $71,462.16; War Department, $6,326.19; in all, $79,890.53, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest as and where specified in such judgments. For payment of the judgments rendered against the GovernmentCalifornia northern district.Sealing losses.Vol. 43, p. 595. by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under the provisions of the Act approved June 7, 1924932 (Forty-third Statutes, page 595), and certified to the Seventieth Congress in Senate Document Numbered 125 and House Document Numbered 284, as follows:
Under the Treasury Department, $628,329.94. None of the judgments contained under this caption shall be paidRight of appeal. until the right of appeal shall have expired except such as have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise. Payment of interest wherever provided for judgments containedInterest limit. in this Act shall not in any case continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of the Act. JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMSJudgments, Court of Claims.
For payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of ClaimsPayment of. and reported to the Seventieth Congress, first session, in Senate Document Numbered 127 and House Document Numbered 280, under the following departments and establishments, namely: United StatesClassification. Shipping Board, $1,785,598.29; United States Veterans’ Bureau, $472.67; Department of Agriculture, $90.72; Department of the Interior, $2,190; Department of Labor, $2,159.25; Navy Department, $158,263.97;
Post Office Department, $35,490.02; Treasury Department, $2,150.35; War Department, $1,008,306.58; in all $2,994,721.85, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interestInterest. on certain of the judgments at the legal rate per annum as and where specified in said judgments. None of the judgments contained under this caption which haveNone final until expiration of time for writ of certiorari. not been affirmed by the Supreme Court or otherwise become final and conclusive against the United States shall be paid until the expiration of the time within which application may be made for a writ of certiorari under subdivision (b), section 3, of the ActVol. 43, p. 939. entitled “An Act to amend the Judicial Code, and to further define the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of appeals and of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes,” approved February 13, 1925.
AUDITED CLAIMSAudited claims. Sec. 2. That for the payment of the following claims, certified toPayment of, certified by General Accounting Office. be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriationsVol. 18, p. 110. heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1925 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the ActVol. 23, p. 254. of July 7, 1884, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 289, Seventieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows: independent officesIndependent offices.
For contingent expenses, Civil Service Commission, $5.11. For housing for war needs, United States Housing Corporation, $715.10. For Interstate Commerce Commission, $1,362.95. For United States Shipping Board, $132.54. For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $51,254.20. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, $27.58. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Bureau, $951.52. For vocational rehabilitation, Veterans’ Bureau, $6,628.76. 933 district of columbia For fees of witnesses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia,District of Columbia. $3.75.
For miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court, District of Columbia, $60. For improvement and care of public grounds, District of Columbia, $163.62. The preceding audited claims shall be paid wholly out of theFrom District revenues. revenues of the District of Columbia. department of agriculture For miscellaneous expenses, Department of Agriculture, 42 cents.Department of Agriculture. For general expenses, States Relations Service, $11.03. For general expenses, Weather Bureau, $1.40.
For general expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $181.39. For general expenses, Bureau of Dairying, 32 cents. For general expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, 20 cents. For general expenses, Forest Service, $22.40. For general expenses, Bureau of Chemistry, 42 cents. For general expenses, Bureau of Biological Survey, 36 cents. For general expenses, Bureau of Public Roads, $1.11. For general expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $52.35. For general expenses, Federal Horticultural Board, 2 cents.
For suppressing spread of pink boll worm of cotton, $1.68. For enforcement of the Future Trading Act, 50 cents. For enforcement of Packers and Stockyards Act, $20. For national security and defense, Department of Agriculture, 93 cents. For investigating sources of crude rubber, Department of Agriculture, 12 cents. department of commerce For contingent expenses, Department of Commerce, $60.30.Department of Commerce. For expenses of the Fourteenth Census, $131.76. For commercial attaches, Department of Commerce, 90 cents.
For promoting commerce in the Far East, $600. For contingent expenses, Steamboat Inspection Service, $76.87. For investigation of public utility standards, Bureau of Standards, $786.40. For general expenses, Bureau of Standards, 5 cents. For pay and allowances, commissioned officers, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $68.60. For party expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $105.40. For general expenses, Lighthouse Service, $35. department of the interior For increase of compensation, Department of the Interior, $5.33.Interior Department.
For stationery, Department of the Interior, $232.92. For salaries, General Land Office, $43.33. For Geological Survey, $680.92. For roads and trails, National Parks, $510. For education of natives of Alaska, $125.20. For medical relief in Alaska, $180. For reindeer for Alaska, $8.70. For general expenses, Indian Service, $5.42. For purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, $16.61. For industrial work and care of timber, $26.70. 934 For industry among Indians, $540. For water supply for stock and increasing grazing range on unallotted Indian lands (reimbursable), $16.
For diversion dam, Gila River Reservation, Arizona (reimbursable), $3,473.52. For Indian schools, support, $72.08. For Indian school and agency buildings, $226.58. For Indian school buildings, $82.52. For Indian boarding schools, $1.75. For fulfilling treaties with Navajoes, schools, Arizona, $6.66. For relieving distress and prevention, and so forth, of diseases among Indians, $197.95. For support of Indians in Nevada, $25.85. For support of Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes, Montana, $7.05. department of justiceDepartment of Justice.
For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, $167.51. For salaries and expenses of district attorneys, United States courts, $5. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, $432.71. For fees of jurors, United States courts, $56.40. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, $6.10. For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, $3.50. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, $1. For books for judicial officers, $48.45. For support of prisoners, United States courts, $48. department of laborDepartment of Labor.
For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Naturalization, $1.90. For expenses of regulating immigration, $40.12. For Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York, $17. navy department For pay, miscellaneous, $993.82.Navy Department. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $2,139.87. For instruments and supplies, Bureau of Navigation, $5,301.03. For naval training station, California, Bureau of Navigation, $7.75, For organizing the Naval Reserve Force, $103.47. For engineering, Bureau of Engineering, $3,456.20.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $735. For pay of the Navy, $9,014.56. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $2. For maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $1,077.61. For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $642.78. For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $1,138.08. For aviation, Navy, $191,874.76. For current and miscellaneous expenses, Naval Academy, $3. For pay, Marine Corps, $741.85. For general expenses, Marine Corps, $6.39.
For maintenance, Quartermaster’s Department, Marine Corps, $60.11. department of stateDepartment of State. For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, $1,079.60. treasury departmentTreasury Department. For increase of compensation, Treasury Department, $7.09. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department: Freight, telegrams, and so forth, $13.37. 935 For Public Debt Service, 28 cents. For collecting the revenue from customs, $797.34. For payment of judgment against collectors of customs, $804.48.
For salaries and expenses of collectors, and so forth, of internal revenue, $15.55. For collecting the internal revenue, $218.50. For enforcement of narcotic and national prohibition Acts, Internal Revenue, $3,239.88. For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, $30.15. For refunding internal-revenue collections, $442.88. For refunding taxes illegally collected, $22.89. For Life Saving Service, $312.75. For Coast Guard, $3,375.05. For repairs to Coast Guard cutters, $957.72.
For additional vessels, Coast Guard, $893.50. For plate printing, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $10.25. For materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $184.90. For pay of other employees, Public Health Service, $12.93. For pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, $285.90. For field investigations of public health, $5.40. For medical and hospital services, Public Health Service, $113.45. For Quarantine Service, $41.46.
For general expenses of public buildings, $3.30. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, $46.48. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, $52.17. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $117.99. war departmentWar Department. For contingent expenses, War Department, 50 cents. For contingencies of the Army, $2.25. For pay, and so forth, of the Army (Estates of Deceased Soldiers, R. S. 4818), $38,806.26.[R. S., sec. 4818, p. 935](/us/rs/s4818/p935).
For pay, and so forth, of the Army (Longevity Act January 29, 1927), $724,924.96.Vol. 44, p. 1054. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $65,630.54. For pay of the Army, $7,591.68. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, war with Spain, $557.25. For arrears of pay, bounty, and so forth, $651.12. For mileage to officers and contract surgeons, $122.74. For mileage of the Army, $47.47. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $12,305.69. For horses for Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, and so forth, $125.94.
For Army transportation, $10,793.45. For barracks and quarters, $12,664.47. For clothing and equipage, $129.72. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $44,646.87. For incidental expenses of the Army, $860. For regular supplies of the Army, $405.23. For roads, walks, wharves, and drainage, $112.61. For subsistence of the Army, $146.37. For supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps, $157,684.34. For construction and repairs of hospitals, $2,892.57. For compensation for land and damages, Camp Knox, Kentucky, $14,400.36.
For water and sewers at military posts, $985.80. For replacing regular supplies of the Army, $76.58. For replacing ordnance and ordnance stores, $60.58. 936 For increase for Aviation, Signal Corps, $20,647.22. For Air Service production, $16,118.05. For Air Service, Army, $600.86. For medical and hospital department, $12.63. For Chemical Warfare Service, Army, $333.66. For ordnance stores, ammunition, $78.93. For armament of fortifications, $17,361.65. For armament of fortifications, insular possessions, $56.61.
For armament of fortifications, Panama Canal, $10.82. For fortifications in insular possessions, $92.78. For fire control at fortifications, $3.96. For field artillery armament, $1,522.92. For proving grounds, Army, $34.91. For ordnance service, $61.69. For repairs of arsenals, $18. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $2,700.84. For arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, for field service, National Guard, $27.32. For organized reserves, $662.59. For quartermaster supplies, equipment, and so forth, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $20.10.
For transportation of rifle teams to national matches, $90.73. For construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, and trails., Alaska, $29.63. For disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civil employees, $107.61. For headstones for graves of soldiers, $19.54. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair (Navy transfer to War, Act May 21, 1920), $86.14. post office department—postal service (Out of the postal revenues) For balances due foreign countries, $18,972.38.Post Office Department.
For city delivery carriers, $1,057.45. For clerks, first and second class post offices, $202.28. For compensation to assistant postmasters, $145.46. For compensation to postmasters, $154.42. For freight, express, or motor transportation of equipment, and so forth, $1,429.71. For indemnities, domestic mail, $3,290.92. For indemnities, international registered mail, $1,107.10. For indemnities, international mail, $760.39. For mail-messenger service, $14.91. For miscellaneous items, first and second class post offices, $18.55.
For post-office equipment and supplies, $17.37. For power boat and airplane service, $55.57. For railroad transportation, $3,390.61. For railroad transportation and mail-messenger service, $911.40. For rent, light, and fuel, $1,566.77. For Rural Delivery Service, $156.42. For shipment of supplies, $2.01. For star-route service, $166.66. For unusual conditions at post offices, $191.97. For village delivery service, $6.51. Total, audited claims, section 2, $1,492,104.78, together with suchAdditional to meet increases in rates of exchange. additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office. 937 AUDITED CLAIMSAudited claims.
Sec. 3. That for the payment of the following claims, certified toPayment of additional. be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been carried to the surplus fund under theVol. 18, p. 110. provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1925 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, andVol. 23, p. 254. which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 128, Seventieth Congress, there is appropriated as follows: independent officesIndependent Offices.
For Interstate Commerce Commission, $1.20. For medical and hospital services, Veterans’ Bureau, $6.30. For salaries and expenses, Veterans’ Bureau, $42.70. For vocational rehabilitation, Veterans’ Bureau, $167.85. department of the interior For education of natives of Alaska, $218.82.Interior Department. department of justice For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts,Department of Justice. $27.66. For salaries and expenses of district attorneys, United States courts, $833.33.
For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, 50 cents. navy departmentNavy Department. For pay, miscellaneous, $149.88. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $44.25. For naval training station, California, Bureau of Navigation, $978.88. For engineering, Bureau of Engineering, $35. For pay of the Navy, $1,467.37. For Geological Survey (Interior transfer to Navy, Act May 21, 1920), $84. department of stateDepartment of State. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, $22.84. treasury department For enforcement of Narcotic and National Prohibition Acts, $58.59.
Treasury Department. For Coast Guard, $17.79. For pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, Public Health Service, $636.50. For general expenses of public buildings, $5.88. For mechanical equipment for public buildings, $27.25. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, $11.88. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $1.65. For operating supplies for public buildings, $16.81. war departmentWar Department. For registration and selection for military service, $82.50.[R.
S., sec. 4818, p 935](/us/rs/s4818/p935). For pay, and so forth, of the Army (estates of deceased soldiers, Revised Statutes, page 4818), $26,124.57. For pay, and so forth, of the Army (Longevity Act, January 29,Vol. 44, p. 1054. 1927), $41,884.23. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $5,654.40. 938 For mileage to officers and contract surgeons, $15. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $2,955.70. For pay of the Army, $230.30. For increase of compensation, War Department, $142.50.
For Army transportation, $7.13. For clothing and equipage, $24.27. For general appropriations, Quartermaster Corps, $25,753.28. For sewerage system, Fort Monroe, Virginia, $140.57. For arming, equipping, and training the National Guard, $96. For Organized Reserves, $73.14. For Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, $1.11. For headstones for graves of soldiers, $1.75. post office department—postal service (Out of the postal revenues) For balances due foreign countries, $86.52.Post Office Department.
For indemnities, domestic mail, $160.14. For indemnities, international mail, $20.53. For indemnities, international registered mail, $209.85. For rural delivery service, $461.61. Total, audited claims, section 3, $108,982.03, together with suchAdditional, to meet increases in rates of exchange. additional sum due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in the foreign currency as specified in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office.
Sec. 4. For the payment of claims allowed by the General AccountingPrivate property damages, etc. Office under the provisions of Private Acts Numbered 152 and 476, approved June 11, 1926, and March 3, 1927, respectively, and certifiedVol. 44, pp. 1505, 128. to the Seventieth Congress, in House Document Numbered 290, $3,107.25. Sec. 5. This Act may be cited as the “Second Deficiency Act, fiscalTitle of Act. year, 1928.” Approved, May 29, 1928.
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