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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · March 4, 1923 · Public Law 68

Public Law 68.

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(/us/pl/76/67)] Whereas the Secretary of War, pursuant to the authority contained in Fort Armistead Military Reservation, Md. Preamble. [42 Stat. 1450](/us/stat/42/1450). the Act of March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1450), executed a deed dated February 23, 1927, conveying to the mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, the Fort Armistead Military Reservation, which Act and deed provide for a reversion of said property to the United States when it shall cease to be used for public park purposes; and Whereas the United States is desirous of leasing for air-navigation purposes a part (three and one-quarter acres, more or less) of said property:
Now, therefore *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the reversionary Reversionary provisions respecting use of part of, made inapplicable. provisions of the aforesaid Act and deed shall not be applicable to the aforesaid property by virtue of the leasing of said part thereof (three and one-quarter acres, more or less) by the mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore to the United States for air-navigation purposes.
Approved, May 8, 1939. Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. 1939-05-10 119 Chapter 53 Stat. 685 76 1 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 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 119] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes.
May 10, 1939[[H. R. 4852](/us/bill/76/hr/4852)][[Public, No. 68](/us/pl/76/68)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, namely: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES Salaries: For the Secretary of the Interior, Under Secretary, First Salaries. *Post,* p. 985.
Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $549,630: *Provided,* That in expending *Provisos.* Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act; exceptions. [5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661/674/673/673c). appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained m tins Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the First Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under 53 Stat. 686any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then Restrictions not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No reduction in fixed salaries.[5 U. S. C. § 666](/us/usc/t5/s666).Transfers without reduction.only to the next higher rate: *Provided,* That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or Payment at higher rate permitted.other appropriation unit,
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such nigher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, If only one position in a grade. as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or
(5)to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. OFFICE OF SOLICITOR Personal services.For personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $290,000. DIVISION OF TERRITORIES AND ISLAND POSSESSIONS Personal services.For personal services in the District of Columbia, $57,000. DIVISION OF INVESTIGATIONS Investigation of official matters; timber protection, etc. For investigating official matters under the control of the Department of the Interior; for protecting timber on the public lands, and for the more efficient execution of the law and rules relating to the cutting thereof; for protecting public lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation; for adjusting claims for swamplands and Traveling, etc., expenses.indemnity for swamplands; and for traveling and other expenses of persons employed hereunder, $548,000, including not exceeding $42,370 Vehicles and motorboats.for personal services in the District of Columbia; not exceeding $56,050 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for the use of Annual statement of expenditures.agents and others employed in the field service. The Secretary of the Interior shall include in his annual report a full statement of all expenditures made under authority of this paragraph. DIVISION OF GRAZING Salaries and expenses. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the [48 Stat. 1269](/us/stat/48/1269); [49 Stat. 1976](/us/stat/49/1976). [43 U. S. C. § 315; Supp. IV, § 315](/us/usc/t43/s315). Classification of lands, etc.public range, and for other purposes”, approved June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), and as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), including examination and classification of lands with respect to grazing or agricultural utility, preparation of land classification maps and reports, traveling and other necessary expenses, payments for the cost of packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the 53 Stat. 687Interior, not to exceed $62,700 for personal services in the District Services in the District. *Post,* p. 1313.of Columbia, not to exceed $30,000 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Division of Grazing when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, $650,000; for payment of a salary of $5 Advisory committees of local stockmen.per diem while actually employed and for the payment of necessary travel expenses, exclusive of subsistence, of members of advisory committees of local stockmen, $100,000; in all, $750,000. For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improvements Range improvements.within grazing districts, pursuant to the provisions of sections 10 and 11 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), and as amended [48 Stat. 1273](/us/stat/48/1273); [49 Stat. 1978](/us/stat/49/1978).[43 U. S. C. §§ 315i, 315j; Supp. IV, § 315i](/us/usc/t43/s315i/315j).*Proviso.*Limitation.by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), and not including contributions under section 9 of said Act, $250,000: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed 25 per centum of all moneys received from grazing districts under the provisions of said Act during the fiscal years 1939 and 1940. PETROLEUM CONSERVATION DIVISION For cooperation with Federal and State authorities, the Interstate Cooperative expenses, oil and gas conservation, etc. *Post,* p. 1313. Oil Compact Commission and other agencies, in the conservation of oil and gas and in the enactment of uniform oil and gas conservation laws and the issuance of regulations and orders thereunder, and for the coordinating and interchange of information relative thereto, including Services in the District.necessary personal services in the District of Columbia, traveling expenses, rent, stationery, and office supplies, not to exceed $1,000 for Attendance at meetings.necessary expenses of attendance at meetings and conferences concerned with the work of petroleum conservation when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $600 for printing and Printing and binding.binding, and not to exceed $500 for books and periodicals, $30,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary and the Department contingent expenses.bureaus and offices of the Department; furniture, carpets, ice, lumber, hardware, dry goods, advertising, teletype rentals and service, telegraphing, Teletype rentals, etc.telephone service, including personal services of temporary or emergency telephone operators; street-car fares for use by messengers not exceeding $150; expressage, diagrams, awnings, filing devices, typewriters, adding and addressing machines, and other labor-saving Labor-saving devices.devices, including the repair, exchange, and maintenance thereof; constructing model and other cases and furniture; postage stamps to prepay postage on foreign mail and for special-delivery and air-mail stamps for use in the United States; traveling expenses, including necessary expenses of inspectors and attorneys; fuel and light; examination Fuel and light.of estimates for appropriations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the Department; not exceeding $500 for the payment Private property damages.of damages caused to private property by Department motor vehicles; not to exceed $1,800, to be immediately available, for the Vehicles.purchase, including exchange, of an automobile for the official use of the Secretary of the Interior; purchase and exchange of motor trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles, maintenance, repair, and operation of three motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles to be used only for official purposes; rent of Department garage; expense of taking testimony and preparing Disbarment proceedings, expenses.the same in connection with disbarment proceedings instituted against persons charged with improper practices before the Department, its bureaus and offices; expense of translations, and not exceeding $1,000 for contract stenographic reporting services; not exceeding $700 for 53 Stat. 688Stationery, etc.newspapers; stationery, including tags, labels, index cards, cloth-lined wrappers, and specimen bags, printed in the course of manufacture, and such printed envelopes as are not supplied under contracts made by the Postmaster General, for the Department and its several bureaus and offices, and other absolutely necessary expenses not hereinafter Additional, from specified appropriations.provided for, $125,000; and, in addition thereto, sums amounting to $49,600 for stationery supplies shall be deducted from other appropriations made for the fiscal year 1940 as follows: General Land Office 3,500; Geological Survey, $7,000; Freedmen’s Hospital, $2,000; Saint Elizabeths Hospital, $2,200; National Park Service, $11,000; Bureau of Reclamation, $8,400, any unexpended portion of which shall revert and be credited to the reclamation fund; Division of Investigations, $2,000; Bureau of Mines, $9,000; Division of Grazing, $4,500; and said sums so deducted shall be credited to and constitute, together with the first-named sum of $125,000, the total appropriation for contingent expenses for the Department and its several bureaus and offices for the fiscal year 1940. Professional and scientific books, periodicals, etc. For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientific books, law and medical books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of Additional, from specified appropriations.the Department, $700, and in addition there is hereby made available from any appropriations made for any of the following bureaus or offices of the Department not to exceed the following respective sums: Indian Service, $500; Office of Education, $3,000; Bureau of Reclamation, $6,000; Geological Survey, $6,000; National Park Service, $2,200; General Land Office, $500; Bureau of Mines, $3,560. PRINTING AND BINDING Printing and binding. *Post,* p. 1313. For printing and binding for the Department of the Interior, $292,550, of which $83,420 shall be for the National Park Service, $85,290 for the Bureau of Mines, and $54,500 for the Office of Education, Restriction.no part of which shall be available for correspondence instruction. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS Expenses. [36 Stat. 371](/us/stat/36/371). [40 U. S. C. § 104](/us/usc/t40/s104). Periodicals, etc. Attendance at meetings, etc. For expenses made necessary by the Act entitled “An Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts”, approved May 17, 1910 (40 U. S. C. 104), including the purchase of periodicals, press clippings, maps, and books of reference, and payment of actual traveling expenses of the members and secretary of the Commission in attending meetings and committee meetings of the Commission either within or outside of the District of Columbia, to be disbursed on vouchers approved by the Commission, $9,700, of which amount not to exceed $6,480 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Printing and binding. For all printing and binding for the Commission of Fine Arts, $300. Total, Commission of Fine Arts, $10,000. NATIONAL BITUMINOUS COAL COMMISSION Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenditures of the National Bituminous Coal Commission in performing the duties imposed upon said Commission by the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, [50 Stat. 72](/us/stat/50/72). [15 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 828–851](/us/usc/t15/s828/851). Attendance at meetings. approved April 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 72), including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings which, in the discretion of the Commission, are necessary for the efficient discharge 53 Stat. 689of its responsibilities; contract stenographic reporting services; stationery Stationary, etc.and office supplies; purchase, rental, exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of reproducing, photographing, and other such equipment, typewriters, calculating machines, mechanical tabulating equipment, and other office appliances and labor-saving devices; printing and binding; witness fees and fees and mileage in accordance Printing and binding.Witness fees.[50 Stat. 86](/us/stat/50/86).[15 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 838](/us/usc/t15/s838).Vehicles.with section 8 of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937; not to exceed $12,500 for purchase, exchange, hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles including one for use in the District of Columbia; garage rentals; miscellaneous items, including those for public instruction and information deemed necessary by the Commission; and not to exceed $6,000 for purchase Books, etc.and exchange of newspapers, law books, reference books, and periodicals, $3,500,000. Consumers’ Counsel of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, Consumers’ Counsel’s office.Salaries and expenses.salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenditures of the office of the Consumers’ Counsel of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, in performing the duties imposed upon said office of Consumers’ Counsel by the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937, approved April 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 72), including witness fees and mileage for witnesses [50 Stat. 72](/us/stat/50/72).[15 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 829](/us/usc/t15/s829).Witness fees, etc. Rent.Attendance at meetings.Printing and binding.appearing in his behalf before the National Bituminous Coal Commission and including witnesses before the Interstate Commerce Commission, personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling expenses, including not to exceed $3,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings at which matters of importance to the work of the Consumers’ Counsel are to be discussed, printing and binding, contract stenographic reporting services, stationery and office supplies and equipment, and not to exceed $1,000 for newspapers, books, and periodicals, $285,000. WAR MINERALS RELIEF COMMISSION Administrative expenses: For administrative expenses made necessary Administrative expenses.by section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide relief in cases of contracts connected with the prosecution of the war, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1919 (40 Stat. 1272), including [40 Stat. 1274](/us/stat/40/1274). Personal services. personal services, without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations; traveling and subsistence expenses; supplies and all other expenses incident to the proper prosecution of this work, both in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $11,200. BONNEVILLE PROJECT For operation and maintenance of the Bonneville Project, Oregon, Operation and maintenance.in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the completion, maintenance, and operation of the Bonneville project, for navigation and for other purposes”, approved [50 Stat. 731](/us/stat/50/731). [16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 12B](/us/usc/t16/ch12B).August 20, 1937, including maintenance and operation of transmission lines, communicating systems, and substations, purchase and exchange, maintenance and operation of automobiles, purchase of stationery and office supplies, purchase of equipment and other supplies, rent, traveling expenses, telegraph and telephone expenses, printing and binding, and all other necessary expenses, and including Printing and binding.not to exceed $8,200 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $400,000. For construction, purchase and improvement of transmission lines, Transmission lines, easements, etc.substations, and facilities and structures appurtenant thereto, and the purchase of easements and rights-of-way and improvements thereon, including personal services incident to the foregoing, in carrying out the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the completion, 53 Stat. 690maintenance, and operation of the Bonneville project, for navigation [50 Stat. 731](/us/stat/50/731).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 12B](/us/usc/t16/ch12B).and for other purposes”, approved August 20, 1937, to be immediately available, $13,000,000. UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: Not to exceed $4,500,000 of the funds of the United States Housing Authority, established by the United States Housing Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 888), as amended by the United States [50 Stat. 888](/us/stat/50/888); [52 Stat. 820](/us/stat/52/820).[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1401–1430](/us/usc/t42/s1401/1430).Housing Act Amendments of 1938 (52 Stat. 820), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Authority Services and rent.in carrying out the provisions of said Acts, including personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling Printing and binding.expenses; printing and binding; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; reproducing, photographing, and labor-saving devices Traveling, etc., expenses.and office appliances, including their repair and exchange; payment of the necessary traveling and other expenses of officers and employees of any agency of the Federal, State, or local governments whose services Reference books, etc.are utilized in the work of the Authority; not to exceed $5,000 for the purchase and exchange of law books and other books of reference, Vehicles.periodicals, newspapers, and press clippings; not to exceed $10,000 for purchase, including exchange, hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; not to exceed $2,500 for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of the Authority; Exhibits.not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation, mounting, shipping, and installation of exhibits; not to exceed $25,000 for employing persons Special services.or organizations, by contract or otherwise, for special reporting, engineering, technical, legal, and other services determined necessary by [R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/s3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631/652/661/674/673/673c).*Provisos.*Non-Federal projects.the Administrator, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5), and without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: *Provided,* That of the $4,500,000 hereby made available for administrative expenses of the Authority, not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for such expenses incurred at the site, and in connection with the construction, of the Reimbursement.United States Housing Authority non-Federal projects, and shall be reimbursed by the public housing agencies constructing such projects, and such reimbursements shall be available for administrative expenses Nonadministrative expenses.of the Authority: *Provided further,* That hereafter all necessary expenses in connection with the management and operation of projects transferred to the Authority by Executive Order Numbered 7732 of October 27, 1937, as modified by Executive Order Numbered 7839 of March 12, 1938, may be considered as nonadministrative expenses, notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the Act of June 22, [49 Stat. 1647](/us/stat/49/1647).Transportation, per diem, etc.1936 (49 Stat. 1647, 1648), and be paid from the rents received from each transferred project: *Provided further,* That hereafter the funds made available for administrative expenses of the United States Housing Authority shall be available for the payment, when specifically authorized by the Administrator, of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses to persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity Use of funds for salary increases restricted.to the Authority: *Provided further,* That no part of the funds made available in this paragraph for administrative expenses of the Authority shall be used to increase the salary of any position which on the date of the approval of this Act is provided for at the rate of $4,000 or more per annum, except in consequence of a reallocation of position [5 U.S. C. §§661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661/674/673/673c).under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. 53 Stat. 691 Annual contributions: For the payment of annual contributions Annual contributions in assistance of low rentals.[50 Stat. 891](/us/stat/50/891); [52 Stat. 820](/us/stat/52/820).[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1410](/us/usc/t42/s201).to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 888), as amended by the United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938 (52 Stat. 820), $5,000,000. GENERAL LAND OFFICE SALARIES For Commissioner of the General Land Office and other personal Salaries.Temporary employees.Clerk to sign land patents.services in the District of Columbia, $787,000, including $25,000 for temporary employees and, including one clerk, who shall be designated by the President, to sign land patents. Transcribing records: For special personal services in the District Transcribing records.of Columbia to transcribe worn and defaced records of the General Land Office, $10,000. Binding records: For personal services in the District of Columbia, Binding records.Establishment, etc., of branch of Government Printing Office.purchase and maintenance of equipment, and all other expenses requisite for and incidental to the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a branch of the Government Printing Office in the Interior Building, to bind, rebind, and repair books of record in the General Land Office, to be expended under the supervision of the Public Printer, $10,000. GENERAL EXPENSES For traveling expenses of officers and employees, including employment Traveling expenses, maps, etc.of stenographers and other assistants when necessary, for separate maps of public-land States and Alaska; for the reproduction by photolithography or otherwise of official plats of surveys; for Restoration of lands to public domain.expenses of restoration to the public domain of lands in forest reserves and of lands temporarily withdrawn for forest-reserve purposes; and for expenses of hearings or other proceedings held by Hearings.order of the General Land Office to determine the character of lands, whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with the law, and of hearings in disbarment proceedings, Disbarment proceedings.$15,000. Surveying public lands: For surveys and resurveys of public lands, Surveying public lands.examination of surveys heretofore made and reported to be defective or fraudulent, inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, making fragmentary surveys, and such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,000,000, including not to exceed $5,000 for the purchase, exchange, operation, Vehicles.and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles: *Provided,* That not to exceed $5,000 of this appropriation may be *Provisos.*Temporarily detailed employees.Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road lands.expended for salaries of employees of the field surveying service temporarily detailed to the General Land Office: *Provided further,* That not to exceed $10,000 of this appropriation may be used for the survey, classification, and sale of the lands and timber of the so-called Oregon and California Railroad lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands: *Provided further,* That this appropriation may be Surveys.expended for surveys made under the supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but when expended for surveys that would not otherwise be chargeable hereto it shall be reimbursed from the applicable appropriation, fund, or special deposit. Registers: For salaries and commissions of registers of district land Registers.offices, $78,000. 53 Stat. 692 Contingent expenses, land offices. Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent, and other incidental expenses of the district land offices, including the expenses of depositing public money; traveling expenses of clerks detailed to examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices, and for traveling expenses of clerks transferred in the interest of the public service from one district land *Proviso.*Restriction.office to another, $160,000: *Provided,* That no expenses chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by registers in the conduct of local land offices except upon previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Fire suppression, etc., Alaska. For the prevention and suppression of fires on the public domain in Alaska, including the maintenance of patrols, the employment of field personnel, and the use of airplanes by charter or otherwise, $37,500, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for the purchase, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles. Payments to States from sales of lands. Payments to States of 5 per centum of proceeds from sales of public lands: For payment to the several States of 5 per centum of the net proceeds of sales of public lands lying within their limits, for the purpose of education or of making public roads and improvements, *Proviso.*Expenditures limited.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, etc.Payment of proceeds from sales of.$2,000: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Payment of proceeds of sales of Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands and timber: For payment of 25 per centum of the balance of the proceeds from sales of the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands and timber within each of the counties of Coos and Douglas, Oregon, after deducting the accrued taxes in said counties and a sum equal to $2.50 per acre for the land title to which revested in the United States [40 Stat. 1179](/us/stat/40/1179).pursuant to the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179), to be paid to the treasurer of the county for common schools, roads, highways, *Proviso.*Expenditures limited.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).bridges, and port districts, $25,000: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Revested Oregon and California Railroad, etc., grant lands.Conservation management. Revested Oregon and California Railroad and Reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands, Oregon: For carrying out the provisions of title I of the Act entitled “An Act relating to the revested Oregon and California Railroad and Reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands situated in the State of Oregon”, approved August [50 Stat. 874](/us/stat/50/874).28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), including fire protection and patrol on these and adjacent and intermingled public lands, through cooperative agreements with Federal, State, and county agencies, or otherwise, Services in the District.Vehicles.and including travel and other necessary expenses, and including not to exceed $5,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $2,000 for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $150,000: *Proviso.*Reimbursement.*Provided,* That such expenditures shall be reimbursed from the 25 per centum referred to in section c, title II of the Act approved [50 Stat. 876](/us/stat/50/876).August 28, 1937, of the special fund designated the “Oregon and California Land Grant Fund”. Range improvements outside of grazing districts. Range improvements on public lands outside of grazing districts (receipt limitation): For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improvements on the public lands subject to grazing leases under the provisions of section 15 and pursuant to the provisions of [48 Stat. 1275, 1273](/us/stat/48/1275/1273); [49 Stat. 1978](/us/stat/49/1978).[43 U. S. C. §§ 315m, 315i; Supp. IV, §§ 315m, 315i](/us/usc/t43/315m/315i).*Proviso.*Limitation.section 10 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), $60,000: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed 25 per centum of all moneys received under the provisions of section 15 of said Act during the fiscal years 1939 and 1940. 53 Stat. 693 Payment to Oklahoma from royalties, oil and gas, south half of Oklahoma.Payment to, from royalties, south half of Red River.Red River: For payment of 37½ per centum of the royalties derived from the south half of Red River in Oklahoma under the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1923 (30 U. S. C. 233), which shall be paid [42 Stat. 1448](/us/stat/42/1448).[30 U. S. C. § 233](/us/usc/t30/s233).In lieu of State, etc., taxes.to the State of Oklahoma in lieu of all State and local taxes upon tribal fluids accruing under said Act, to be expended by the State in the same manner as if received under section 35 of the Act approved February 25, 1920 (30 U. S. C. 191), $7,000: *Provided,* That [41 Stat. 450](/us/stat/41/450).[30 U. S. C. § 191](/us/usc/t3/s191).*Proviso.*Limitation.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS SALARIES For the Commissioner of Indians Affaire and other personal servicesSalaries.in the District of Columbia, $533,100. GENERAL EXPENSES For transportation and incidental expenses of officers and clerks of Traveling, etc., expenses.the Bureau of Indian Affairs when traveling on official duty; for radio, telegraph, and telephone toll messages on business pertaining to the Indian Service sent and received by the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Washington, and for other necessary expenses of the Indian Service for which no other appropriation is available, $35,500. For advertising, inspection, storage, and all other expenses incident Supplies; purchase, transportation, etc.to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service and for payment of railroad, pipe-line, and other transportation costs of such goods and supplies, $750,000: *Provided,* That no part of this appropriation *Proviso.*Restriction on payments.shall be used in payment for any services except bill therefor is rendered within one year from the time the service is performed. For maintaining law and order on Indian reservations, including Maintenance of law and order on Indian reservations.pay of judges of Indian courts, pay of Indian police, and pay of employees engaged in the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors, marihuana, and deleterious drugs among Indians, and including traveling expenses, supplies, and equipment, $257,390. For lease, purchase, construction, repair, and improvement of Agency, etc., buildings.Lease, purchase, etc.agency buildings, exclusive of hospital buildings, including the purchase of necessary lands for agency purposes and the installation, repair, and improvement of heating, lighting, power, and sewerage and water systems in connection therewith, $200,000: *Provided,* That *Provisos.*Construction limitations.no part of this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any building the total cost of which is in excess of $1,500: *Provided further,* That no part of this appropriation shall be available Tomah, Wis., Indian school, restriction.for tearing down or removing any building or buildings at the Federal Indian School at Tomah, Wisconsin. For expenses of organizing Indian chartered corporations, or Tribal organizations, expenses.other tribal organizations, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), as supplemented and amended [48 Stat. 986](/us/stat/48/986); [49 Stat. 378, 1250, 1967](/us/stat/49/378/1250.1967).[25 U. S. C. § 469; Supp. IV, §§ 478a, 478b](/us/usc/t25/s469/478a/478b); [48 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 358a, 362](/us/usc/t48/s358a/362); [25 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 501–509](/us/usc/t25/s501/509).Services in the District.*Provisos.* Traveling allowances.by the Acts of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 378), May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250), and June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), including personal services, purchase of equipment and supplies, not to exceed $3,000 for printing and binding, and other necessary expenses, $80,000, of which not to exceed $18,000 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, not to exceed $3 per diem in lieu of subsistence may be allowed to Indians actually traveling away from their place of residence when assisting in organization work: *Provided further,* That Expenditure in New Mexico.no part of this appropriation shall be available for expenditure in 53 Stat. 694that part of the State of New Mexico embraced in the Navajo Indian Reservation, and not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for expenditure in said State. Vehicles, Indian Service, maintenance. Vehicles, Indian Service: Not to exceed $479,800 of applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Indian Affair’s shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor- propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of employees in the Indian field service, and the transportation of Indian school pupils, and not to exceed $225,000 of applicable appropriations may be used for the purchase and exchange of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such vehicles shall be used only for official service, including the transportation of Indian school pupils. Replacement of destroyed, etc., property. Replacement of property destroyed by fire, flood, or storm: That to meet possible emergencies not exceeding $35,000 of the appropriations made by this Act for support of reservation and nonreservation schools, for school and agency buildings, and for conservation of health among Indians shall be available, upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for replacing any buildings, equipment, supplies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Indian Service above referred to which may be destroyed or rendered unserviceable *Proviso.*Report of diversions to Congress.by fire, flood, or storm: *Provided,* That any diversions of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Attendance at meetings. Authorization for attending health and educational meetings: Not to exceed $7,000 shall be available from applicable funds for expenses (not membership fees) of employees of the Indian Service when authorized by the Secretary or the Interior to attend meetings of medical, health, educational, agricultural, forestry, engineering, and industrial associations in the interest of work among the Indians. William C. Willahan, payment to.[52 Stat. 1395](/us/stat/52/1395). For the relief of William C. Willahan, or his heirs, as authorized by and in conformity with sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of June 25, 1938 (Private Law Numbered 715, Seventy-fifth Congress), $855.23, or so much thereof as may be necessary. INDIAN LANDS Pueblo Indians, N. Mex.Purchase of land and water rights, etc., from tribal funds.[52 Stat. 299](/us/stat/52/299). Purchase of land and water rights, and so forth, Pueblo Indians, New Mexico (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation from the tribal funds to the credit of the Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, for the purchase of additional land and water rights, the development of water for irrigation and domestic purposes, the purchase of equipment for industrial advancement, and for such other purposes, except per capita payments, as may be recommended by the governing officials of the Pueblo and be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is hereby continued available for the same purposes and under the same conditions until expended. Navajo Indians, Ariz.Purchase of land, reimbursable.Reappropriation.[48 Stat. 1033](/us/stat/48/1033). Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona, reimbursable: The unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934, for the purchase of land, and improvements thereon, including water rights, for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, as authorized by and in conformity with [48 Stat. 960](/us/stat/48/960).the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961), is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. Purchase of land, from tribal funds. Purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $40,000 from funds [52 Stat. 300](/us/stat/52/300).to the credit of the Navajo tribe, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, for the purchase, in accordance 53 Stat. 695with the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 961), of [48 Stat. 960](/us/stat/48/960).lands from the New Mexico and Arizona Land Company within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, is hereby continued available for the same purpose and under the same conditions until June 30, 1940. Leasing of lands for Navajo Indians (tribal funds): For lease, Lease of lands and water rights.pending purchase, of land and water rights for the use and benefit of Indians of the Navajo Tribe in Arizona and New Mexico, $20,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Navajo Tribe. For the acquisition of lands, interest in lands, water rights and Acquisition of lands.surface rights to lands, and for expenses incident to such acquisition, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 [48 Stat. 984](/us/stat/48/984).Stat. 985), including personal services, purchase of equipment and supplies, and other necessary expenses, $650,000, together with the Balance reappropriated. [52 Stat. 300](/us/stat/52/300).unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1939, of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That in addition *Provisos.*Contracts.to the amount herein appropriated the Secretary of the Interior may also incur obligations, and enter into contracts for the acquisition of additional land, not exceeding a total of $300,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof, and appropriations hereafter made for the acquisition of land pursuant to the authorization contained in the Act of June 18, 1934, shall be available [48 Stat. 984](/us/stat/48/984).for the purpose of discharging the obligation or obligations so created: *Provided further,* That no part of the sum herein appropriated Restriction on use of funds.or of this contract authorization shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations. The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $25,000 contained Restricted lands, balance for payment of taxes, etc., continued available.[50 Stat. 573](/us/stat/50/573).in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for the payment of taxes, including penalties and interest, assessed against individually owned Indian land, title to which is held subject to restrictions against alienation or encumbrance except with the consent or approval of the Secretary of the Interior, when such land was purchased with trust or restricted funds with the understanding that after purchase it would be nontaxable, as authorized by the Act [49 Stat. 1542](/us/stat/49/1542).[25 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 412a](/us/usc/t25/s412a).of June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1542), is hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. Purchase of land, Confederated Bands of Utes, Utah (tribal Confederated Bands of Utes, Utah.Purchase of additional lands, etc.[52 Stat. 300](/us/stat/52/300).funds): The unexpended balances of the amounts authorized to be expended by the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939 for the purchase of additional lands and improvements for the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians in Utah, are hereby continued available for the same purposes, and for the purchase of improvements on public-domain lands, until June 30, 1940. Purchase of land, Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota Cheyenne River Reservation, S. Dak.Purchase of land, etc.[52 Stat. 300](/us/stat/52/300).(tribal funds): The unexpended balances of the appropriations from tribal funds of the Cheyenne River Indians, South Dakota, available during the fiscal year 1939 for the purchase of Indian-owned and privately owned land; and improvements thereon, in the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, are hereby continued available for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until June 30, 1940. Purchase of land, Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho (tribal funds): Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho.Purchase of land, etc.[52 Stat. 1130](/us/stat/52/1130).The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $40,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for the purchase of Indian-owned and privately owned lands or interests 53 Stat. 696therein, and improvements thereon, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Fort Hall Indians, is hereby continued available, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until June 30, 1940. Southern Ute Indians, Colo.Purchase of land for.[52 Stat. 1130](/us/stat/52/1130). Purchase of land for the Southern Ute Indians, Colorado (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $20,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Southern Ute Band of Ute Indians, is hereby continued available, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until June 30, 1940. Ute Mountain Indians, Colo.Purchase of land for.[52 Stat. 1130](/us/stat/52/1130). Purchase of land for Ute Mountain Indians, Colorado (tribal funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $20,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for the purchase of land and improvements thereon for the Ute Mountain Band of Indians in Colorado, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Ute Mountain Band, is hereby continued available, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until June 30, 1940. Yakima Reservation, Wash., boundary survey. For completion of a survey of the disputed boundary of the Yakima Reservation, Washington, $4,000, payable from funds on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Yakima Indian Tribe. Improvement of land records. Improvement of land records: For improvement of the land records in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including personal services in the District of Columbia, printing and binding, purchase of equipment and supplies, and such other expenses as may be necessary to make permanent the land records of the Indian Service, $10,000. Loyal Shawnee Indians, Okla., payment to.[46 Stat. 105](/us/stat/46/105). Payment to loyal Shawnee Indians, Oklahoma: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $109,746.25 contained in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1930, for payment to the loyal Shawnee Indians, in settlement of their claim arising under the twelfth article of the treaty with said Indians proclaimed [15 Stat. 516](/us/stat/15/516).[45 Stat. 1550](/us/stat/45/1550).October 14, 1868 (15 Stat. 513), as authorized by and in accordance with the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1550), is hereby reappropriated and made available until expended for the purposes authorized by the said Act of March 4, 1929. INDUSTRIAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCEMENT Timber preservation, etc. For the preservation of timber on Indian reservations and allotments other than the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin, the education of Indians in the proper care of forests, and the general administration of forestry and grazing work, including fire prevention and payment of reasonable rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction of a person or persons setting forest fires, or taking or otherwise destroying timber, in contravention of law on *Proviso.*Restriction on use of funds.Indian lands, $341,500: *Provided,* That this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of administration of Indian forest lands from which timber is sold to the extent only that proceeds from the sales of timber from such lands are insufficient for that purpose. Timber sales, etc., expenses; reimbursable. For expenses incidental to the sale of timber, and for the expenses of administration, including fire prevention, of Indian forest lands from which such timber is sold to the extent that the proceeds of such sales are sufficient for that purpose, $120,000, reimbursable to the [41 Stat. 415](/us/stat/41/415).[25 U. S. C. §413](/us/usc/t25/s413).*Proviso.*Rewards for information.United States as provided in the Act of February 14, 1920 (25 U. S. C. 413): *Provided,* That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of reasonable rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction of a person or persons setting forest fires, or taking or otherwise destroying timber, in contravention of law. 53 Stat. 697 For the suppression or emergency prevention of forest fires on or Suppression, etc., of forest fires.threatening Indian reservations, $15,000, together with $25,000 from funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes of Indians interested: *Provided,* That not to exceed $50,000 of appropriations *Provisos.* Additional amount available.herein made for timber operations shall be available upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for fire-suppression or emergency prevention purposes: *Provided further,* That any diversions Report of diversions to Congress.of appropriations made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. For transfer to the Geological Survey for expenditures to be made Geological Survey.Transfer of sums to, for supervising mining operations.in inspecting mines and examining mineral deposits on Indian lands and in supervising mining operations on restricted, tribal, and allotted Indian lands leased under the provisions of the Acts of February 28, 1891 (25 U. S. C. 336, 371, 397) May 27, 1908 (35 [26 Stat. 794](/us/stat/26/794); [35 Stat. 312, 783](/us/stat/35/312/783). [25 U. S. C. §§ 336, 371, 396, 397](/us/usc/t25/s336/371/396/397).Vehicles.Stat. 312), March 3, 1909 (25 U. S. C. 396), and other Acts authorizing the leasing of such lands for mining purposes, including not to exceed $5,000 for the purchase and exchange (not to exceed $2,000), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $11,000 for personal services in the District Services in the District.Reimbursement.[41 Stat. 415](/us/usc/t41/s415).[25 U. S. C. § 413](/us/usc/t25/s413).of Columbia, $100,000, to be reimbursed under the provisions of the Act of February 14, 1920, as amended (25 U. S. C. 413), except that reimbursement shall not be required for expenditures in connection with nonproductive Indian lands. For the purpose of obtaining remunerative employment for Obtaining employment for Indians.Indians, $40,500. For the purpose of developing agriculture and stock raising among Development of agriculture and stock raising.Agricultural experiments and demonstrations.the Indians, including necessary personnel, traveling and other expenses, and purchase of supplies and equipment, $675,000, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be used to conduct agricultural experiments and demonstrations on Indian school or agency farms and to maintain a supply of suitable plants or seed for issue to Indians, and Navajo sheep-breeding station.not to exceed $30,000 may be used for the operation and maintenance of a sheep-breeding station on the Navajo Reservation. For the purpose of encouraging industry and self-support among Loans to encourage industry, etc.the Indians and to aid them in the culture of fruits, grains, and other crops, $175,000, which sum may be advanced to Indians for the purchase of seeds, animals, machinery, tools, implements, and other equipment; for advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indian allottees for their support; and for advances to Indians having irrigable allotments to assist them in the development and cultivation thereof: *Provided,* That except for the Navajo Indians in Arizona *Provisos.*Limitation; exception.and New Mexico not to exceed $25,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be expended on any one reservation or for the benefit of any one tribe of Indians: *Provided further,* That not to Advances to Indian youths for educational purposes.exceed $15,000 may be advanced to worthy Indian youths to enable them to take educational courses, including courses m nursing, home economics, forestry, and other industrial subjects in colleges, universities, or other institutions, and advances so made shall be reimbursed Reimbursement.in not to exceed eight years, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Industrial assistance (tribal funds): For advances to individual Industrial assistance.Construction of homes, purchase of seed, equipment, etc.Advances to old, etc., Indians.members of the tribes for the construction of homes and for the purchase of seed, animals, machinery, tools, implements, building material, and other equipment and supplies; and for advances to old, disabled, or indigent Indians for their support and burial, and Indians having irrigable allotments to assist them in the development and cultivation thereof, to be immediately available, $200,000, payable from tribal funds as follows: San Carlos, Arizona, $90,000; Menominee, Wisconsin, $100,000; Lac Court Orielles, Wisconsin, $10,000, and 53 Stat. 698the unexpended balances of funds available under this head in the [52 Stat. 302, 1130](/us/stat/52/302/1130).Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939, and the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1938, are hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1940 for the purposes for which *Provisos.*Advances to Indian youths for educational courses; reimbursement.they were appropriated: *Provided,* That advances may be made to worthy Indian youths to enable them to take educational courses, including courses in nursing, home economics, forestry, and other industrial subjects in colleges, universities, or other institutions, and advances so made shall be reimbursed in not to exceed eight years under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior Credits and availability.may prescribe: *Provided further,* That all moneys reimbursed during the fiscal year 1940 shall be credited to the respective appropriations and be available for the purposes of this paragraph: *Provided Establishment, etc., of tribal enterprises.further,* That funds available under this paragraph may be used for the establishment and operation of tribal enterprises when proposed by Indian tribes and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and revenues derived therefrom shall be covered into the Treasury to Loans from revolving fund.the credit of the respective tribes: *Provided further,* That the unexpended balances of prior appropriations under this head for any tribe, including reimbursements to such appropriations and the appropriations made herein, may be advanced to such tribe, if incorporated, for making loans to members of the tribal corporation under rules and regulations established for the making of loans from the [48 Stat. 986](/us/stat/48/986).[25 U. S. C. § 470](/us/usc/t25/s470).Regulation of benefits to Menominee Tribe, Wis.revolving loan fund authorized by the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U. S. C. 470): *Provided further,* That the aforesaid $100,000 for advances to individual members of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin shall be advanced under rules and regulations approved by the advisory council of the Menominee Indians and the Commissioner of Menominee 5 per centum log fund not to be used.Indian Affairs: *Provided further,* That in no event shall the “Menominee 5 per centum log fund” be used for this purpose. Revolving loan fund, additional amount. For an additional amount to be added to the appropriations heretofore made, for the establishment of a revolving fund for the purpose of making and administering loans to Indian chartered corporations [48 Stat. 986](/us/stat/48/986). Loans to individual Indians, etc.in accordance with the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), and of making and administering loans to individual Indians and to associations or corporate groups of Indians of Oklahoma in [49 Stat. 1967](/us/stat/49/1967).[25 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 501](/us/usc/t25/s501).Services in the District.accordance with the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), $400,000, of which amount not to exceed $22,500 shall be available for per sonal services in the District of Columbia, and $100,000 shall be available for personal services in the field, for traveling expenses of employees, for purchase of equipment and supplies, and for other necessary expenses of administering such loans, including not more *Proviso.* Individuals of less than one-quarter degree of Indian blood.than $3,500 for printing and binding: *Provided,* That hereafter no individual of less than one-quarter degree of Indian blood shall be eligible for a loan from funds made available in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), and the Act of June 26 1936 (49 Stat. 1967). Indian arts and crafts, development. For the development, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by the Act [49 Stat. 891](/us/stat/49/891).[25 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 305](/us/usc/t25/s305).of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 891), including personal services, purchase and transportation of equipment and supplies, purchase of periodicals, directories, and books of reference, purchase and operation of Vehicles.motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, telegraph and telephone services, cost of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, expenses of exhibits and of attendance at meetings concerned with the development of Indian arts and crafts, traveling expenses, Printing and binding.including payment of actual transportation expenses, not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding, and other necessary expenses, 53 Stat. 699$46,250, of which not to exceed $16,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That no part of this *Provisos.*Salary limitation.appropriation shall be used to pay any salary at a rate exceeding $7,500 per annum: *Provided further,* That hereafter any appropriation Indian Arts and Crafts Board, expenses.[49 Stat. 891](/us/stat/49/891).[25 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 305](/us/usc/t25/s305).for the development of Indian arts and crafts, made pursuant to the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 891), shall be available for the payment of not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of members of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, serving without other compensation from the United States while absent from their homes on official business of the Board. Suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians: The Suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians.[50 Stat. 221](/us/stat/50/221).unexpended balance of the appropriation of $7,500 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for reimbursing Indians of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, for stock destroyed on account of being infected with Malta fever, and for expenses in connection with the eradication and prevention of this disease, is hereby made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1940. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SUPPLY For the development, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance, and Development and conservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.operation of domestic and stock water facilities on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, the Papago Reservation in Arizona, and the several Pueblos in New Mexico, including the purchase and installation of pumping and other equipment, $100,000. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE For the construction, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems, Construction, maintenance, etc., of designated projects.*Post,* p. 1314.and for purchase or rental of irrigation tools and appliances, water rights, ditches, and lands necessary for irrigation purposes for Indian reservations and allotments; for operation of irrigation systems or appurtenances thereto when no other funds are applicable or available for the purpose ; for drainage and protection of irrigable lands from damage by floods or loss of water rights, upon the Indian irrigation projects named below, in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively: Miscellaneous projects, $20,000; Arizona: Ak Chin, $4,000; Chiu Miscellaneous projects.Limitation.Chui, $4,000; Ganado, $1,500, together with $1,000 from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; Navajo and Hopi, miscellaneous projects, Arizona [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).and New Mexico, $13,500; San Xavier, $2,000; California: Coachella Valley, $1,000; Morongo, $4,000; Pala and Rincon, $3,500, together with $500, from which expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of said Repeal Act; Colorado: Southern Ute, $13,000, together with $3,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the said Repeal Act; Montana: Tongue River, $3,000; Nevada: Pyramid Lake, $4,000; Walker River, $6,000; Western Shoshone, $10,000; New Mexico: Miscellaneous Pueblos, $27,500; Oregon: Warm Springs, $3,000; Washington: Colville, $5,000, together with $1,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of said Repeal Act; Lummi Diking Project, $1,000, together with $2,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of said Repeal Act; 53 Stat. 700 Administrative expenses. For necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general administration of Indian irrigation projects, including pay of employees and their traveling and incidental expenses, $75,000; Total: reimbursable.*Provisos.*Amounts interchangeable; limitation. In all, for irrigation on Indian reservations, not to exceed $208,500, reimbursable: *Provided,* That the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the necessary expenditures for damages by floods and other unforeseen exigencies, but the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appropriated: Apportionment of expenses on per-acre basis.*Provided further,* That the cost of irrigation projects and of operating and maintaining such projects where reimbursement thereof is required by law shall be apportioned on a per-acre basis against the lands under the respective projects and shall be collected Unpaid charges a first lien.by the Secretary of the Interior as required by such law, and any unpaid charges outstanding against such lands shall constitute a first lien thereon which shall be recited in any patent or instrument issued for such lands. San Carlos project, Ariz.Maintenance, etc. For operation and maintenance of the San Carlos project for the irrigation of lands in the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, $140,000 (operation and maintenance collections) and $180,000 (power Emergencies.revenues), of which latter sum not to exceed $24,000 shall be available for major repairs in case of unforeseen emergencies caused by fire, flood, or storm, from which amount, of $140,000 and $180,000, respectively, Limitation.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; in all, $320,000. Pima Indians. Ariz. Subjugation and cropping operations on lands of. For continuing subjugation and for cropping operations on the lands of the Pima Indians in Arizona, there shall be available not to exceed $200,000 of the revenues derived from these operations and deposited into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of such Irrigation operation, etc., charges.Indians, and such revenues are hereby made available for payment of irrigation operation and maintenance charges assessed against tribal or allotted lands of said Pima Indians. Colorado River Reservation, Ariz.Maintenance, etc., of system.[36 Stat. 273](/us/stat/36/273).Reimbursable. For improvement, operation, and maintenance of the pumping plants and irrigation system on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona, as provided in the Act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stat. 273), $20,000, reimbursable, together with $20,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. San Carlos Reservation, Ariz.Operation, etc., of pumping plants. Operation and maintenance, pumping plants, San Carlos Reservation, Arizona (tribal funds): For the operation and maintenance of pumping plants for the irrigation of lands on the San Carlos Reservation, in Arizona, $5,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United *Proviso.* Reimbursement.States in trust for the Indians of such reservation: *Provided,* That the sum so used shall be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians benefited under such rides and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Yuma Reservation, Calif.-Ariz.Reclamation, etc., charges. For reclamation and maintenance charges on Indian lands within the Yuma Reservation, California, and on ten acres within each of the eleven Yuma homestead entries in Arizona under the Yuma reclamation project, $3,500, reimbursable. Fort Hall system, Idaho.Maintenance, etc.Limitation. For improvements, maintenance, and operation of the Fort Hall irrigation system, Idaho, $43,000, together with $25,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Fort Belknap Reservation, Mont.Maintenance, etc., of systems.Limitation. For maintenance and operation, repairs, and purchase of stored waters, irrigation systems, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, $14,800, reimbursable, together with $4,200 from which amount expen-53 Stat. 701ditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Repeal Act, 1934. For maintenance and operation of the several units of the Fort Fort Peck project, Mont.Maintenance, etc.Peck project, Montana, including not to exceed four thousand acres under the West Side Canal of the Poplar River Division, $19,000, reimbursable, together with $3,000 from which amount expenditures Limitation.shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Act, 1934. For the improvement, maintenance, and operation of the irrigation Blackfeet Reservation, Mont.Maintenance, etc., of systems.Limitation.systems on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, $15,000, reimbursable, together with $6,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. §725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Act, 1934. For operation and maintenance of the irrigation and power systems Flathead Reservation, Mont.Maintenance, etc.on the Flathead Reservation, Montana, $10,000, reimbursable, together with $120,000 (operation and maintenance collections) and $75,000 (power’ revenues), from which amounts of $120,000 and Limitation.$75,000, respectively, expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. §725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; in all, $205,000. For improvement, maintenance, and operation of the irrigation Crow Reservation, Mont.Maintenance, etc.systems on the Crow Reservation, Montana, including maintenance assessments payable to the Two Leggins Water Users’ Association and Bozeman Trail Ditch Company, Montana, properly assessable against lands allotted to the Indians and irrigable thereunder, $5,000, reimbursable, together with $35,000 from which amount expenditures Reimbursable.Limitation.shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Act, 1934. For payment of annual installment of reclamation charges against Newlands project, Nev.Payment of charges against Paiute lands.Drains to Truckee-Carson district.Paiute Indian lands within the Newlands reclamation project, Nevada, $5,381; and for payment in advance, as provided by district law, of operation and maintenance assessments, including assessments for the operation of drains to the Truckee-Carson irrigation district, $6,053, to be immediately available; in all, $11,434. For operation and maintenance of the Hogback irrigation project Navajo Reservation, N. Mex.Operation of Hogback project.on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico, $15,000, reimbursable, together with $5,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Fruitlands project, N. Mex.Maintenance, etc.Limitation. For maintenance and operation of the Fruitlands irrigation project, Navajo Reservation, New Mexico, $14,000, reimbursable, together with $4,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. §725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. For operation and maintenance assessments on Indian lands, and Middle Rio Grande Conservaney District, N. Mex.Maintenance, etc.the buildings and grounds of the Albuquerque Indian School, within the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico, $10,139, of which amount $7,168 shall be reimbursed in accordance with existing law. For final payment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Final payment to.New Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of the Acts of March 13, 1928 (45 Stat. 312), and June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 778–779), to be [45 Stat. 312](/us/stat/45/312); [52 Stat. 778](/us/stat/52/778).Reimbursement.Unexpended balance reappropriated.immediately available. $36,000, of which $15,529.29 shall be reimbursed to the United States in accordance with existing law; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $311,452 for payment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District contained in the Act 53 Stat. 702[49 Stat. 188](/us/stat/49/188).of May 9, 1935 (49 Stat. 188), is hereby reappropriated and made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year 1940. Klamath Reservation, Oreg.Operation of projects on; reimbursable. For improvements, maintenance, and operation of miscellaneous irrigation projects on the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, $3,000, reimbursable, together with $4,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts from operation and maintenance collections on the Sand Creek and Modoc Point units covered into [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Uncompahgre, etc., Utes in Utah.Irrigation of allotted lands. For continuing operation and maintenance and betterment of the irrigation system to irrigate allotted lands of the Uncompahgre, Uintah, and White River Utes in Utah, authorized under the Act of [34 Stat. 375](/us/stat/34/375).Reimbursable.June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 375), $20,000, reimbursable, together with $38,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Yakima Reservation, Wash.Wapato system, maintenance, etc. For operation and maintenance of the Wapato irrigation and drainage system, and auxiliary units thereof, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, $1,000, reimbursable, together with $164,000 (collections from the water users on the Wapato-Satus, Toppenish-Simcoe, and Ahtanum units), from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Reimbursement to reclamation fund for reservoir maintenance, etc.section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. For reimbursement to the reclamation fund the proportionate expense of operation and maintenance of the reservoirs for furnishing stored water to lands in the Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, in accordance with the provisions of section 22 of the Act of August 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 604), $11,000. [38 Stat. 604](/us/stat/38/604).Wind River Reservation, Wyo.Maintenance, etc. For operation and maintenance of irrigation systems within the ceded and diminished portions of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, including the Indians’ pro rata share of the cost of operationRiverton-Le Clair district.Big Bend district.and maintenance of the Riverton-Le Clair irrigation district and the Big Bend drainage district on the ceded reservation, $30,000, reimbursable, together with $20,000 from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Construction, repair, etc., of designated projects.with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. For the construction, repair, and rehabilitation of irrigation systems on Indian reservations; for the purchase or rental of equipment, tools, and appliances; for the acquisition of rights-of-way, and payment of damages in connection with such irrigation systems; for the development of domestic and stock water and water for subsistence gardens; for the purchase of water rights, ditches, and lands needed for such projects ; and for drainage and protection of irrigable lands from damage by floods or loss of water rights, as follows: Arizona.[49 Stat. 1039](/us/stat/49/1039). Arizona: Colorado River, as authorized by and in accordance with section 2 of the River and Harbor Act, approved August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1039, 1040), $1,500,000, reimbursable; Hopi, $25,000, reimbursable; Navajo, Arizona and New Mexico, $50,000, reimbursable; domestic and stock water, $50,000, reimbursable; Papago, domestic and stock water, $20,000, reimbursable; Salt River, $10,000, reimbursable; San Xavier, $30,000, reimbursable; California. California: Mission, $10,000, reimbursable; Sacramento, $10,000, reimbursable; Owens Valley (Carson Agency, Nevada), $75,000, reimbursable; Colorado. Colorado: Southern Ute, $25,000, reimbursable; Montana.Crow Reservation, dam. Montana: Crow: The Secretary of the Interior may incur obligations and enter into a contract or contracts not exceeding $500,000 for the completion of a storage dam and reservoir on the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, at a total cost of not to exceed $1,000,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the 53 Stat. 703Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof, and appropriations hereafter made for this project shall be available for the purpose of discharging the obligation or obligations so created; Flathead, $500,000, reimbursable; Fort Belknap, $19,000, reimbursable; Blackfeet, $50,000, reimbursable; Fort Peck, $50,000, reimbursable; Nevada: Western Shoshone, $25,000, reimbursable; Walker River, Nevada.$10,000, reimbursable; Pyramid Lake, $75,000, reimbursable; New Mexico: Mescalero, $10,000, reimbursable, Pueblo, $75,000, New Mexico.reimbursable; Utah: Uintah, $20,000, reimbursable; Utah. Washington: Wapato, $200,000, reimbursable; Colville, $25,000, Washington.reimbursable; Wyoming: Wind River, $15,000, reimbursable; Wyoming. Miscellaneous garden tracts, $60,000, reimbursable; Miscellaneous garden tracts.Surveys, investigations, etc.Printing and binding. For surveys, investigations, and administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 for printing and binding, $125,000, reimbursable; In all, $3,064,000, to be immediately available, which amount, Availability.together with the unexpended balances of funds made available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, shall remain available until June 30, 1940: *Provided, * That the [52 Stat. 307](/us/stat/52/307).*Proviso.*Amounts interchangeable.foregoing amounts may be used interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, but not more than 10 per centum of any specific amount shall be transferred to any other amount, and no appropriation shall be increased by more than 15 per centum. EDUCATION For the support of Indian schools not otherwise provided for, and Support of Indian schools, etc.for other Indian educational purposes, including apprentice teachers for reservation and nonreservation schools, educational facilities authorized by treaty provisions, care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, and tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, $6,034,790: *Provided,* That not to exceed $20,000 of this appropriation may be *Provisos.*Deaf and dumb or blind, etc.used for the support and education of deaf and dumb or blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient Indian children: *Provided Subsistence, boarding schools.further,* That $60,000 of this appropriation shall be available for subsistence of pupils in reservation and nonreservation boarding schools during summer months: *Provided further,* That not more than Vocational, etc., courses, tuition.$15,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for the tuition (which may be paid in advance) of Indian pupils attending vocational or higher educational institutions, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: *Provided further,* That formal contracts shall not be required, for compliance Formal contracts not required. [R. S. § 3744](/us/rs/s3744).[41 U. S. C. § 16](/us/usc/t41/s16).with section 3744 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 16), for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of tuition and for care of Indian pupils attending public and private schools, higher educational institutions, or schools for the deaf and dumb, blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient: *Provided further,* That not to exceed $10,000 of this appropriation may be used for Printing and binding, limitation.printing and binding (including illustrations) in authorized Indian-school printing plants: *Provided further*, That no part of any appropriation Travel outside continental United States, limitation.in this Act for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for expenses of travel for the study of educational systems or Practices outside the continental limits of the United States and the Territory of Alaska. Support of Indian schools from tribal funds: For the support of Support of schools from tribal funds.Indian schools, and for other educational purposes, including care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, 53 Stat. 704tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, and support and education of deaf and dumb or blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient Indian children, there may be expended from Indian tribal funds and from school revenues [44 Stat. 560](/us/stat/44/560). [25 U. S. C. § 155](/us/usc/t25/s155).Chippewas in Minnesota.arising under the Act of May 17, 1926 (25 U. S. C. 155), not more than $305,250, including not to exceed $63,750 for payment of tuition for Chippewa Indian children enrolled in public schools and care of children of school age attending private schools in the State of Minnesota, payable from the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota arising under [25 Stat. 645](/us/stat/25/645).*Proviso.*Formal contracts not required.[R. S. § 3744](/us/rs/s3744).[41 U.S. C. §16](/us/usc/t41/s16).section 7 of the Act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. 645): *Provided,* That formal contracts shall not be required, for compliance with section 3744 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 16), for payment (which may be made from the date of admission) of tuition and for care of Indian pupils attending public schools, or schools for the deaf and dumb, blind, physically handicapped, or mentally deficient. Saint Louis Mission Boarding School, Okla.Osage pupils. Education, Osage Nation, Oklahoma (tribal funds): For the education of unallotted Osage Indian children in the Saint Louis Mission Boarding School, Oklahoma, $2,000, payable from funds held in trust by the United States for the Osage Tribe. Vocational and trade schools, educational loans; reimbursable For reimbursable loans to Indians for the payment of tuition and other expenses in recognized vocational and trade schools, including colleges and universities offering recognized vocational, trade, and professional courses, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of [48 Stat. 986](/us/stat/48/986).[25 U. S. C. § 471](/us/usc/t25/s471).June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986), and for apprentice training in manufacturing and other commercial establishments, $135,000: *Provided,* *Provisos.* Liberal-arts coursesThat not more than $50,000 of the amount available for the fiscal year 1940 shall be available for loans to Indian students pursuing liberal arts courses in high schools and colleges: *Provided further,* That Advances, reimbursable.advances made under this authorization shall be reimbursed in not to exceed eight years, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. School buildings.Lease, improvement, etc. For lease, purchase, repair, and improvement of buildings at Indian schools not otherwise provided for, including the purchase of necessary lands for school purposes and the installation, repair, and improvement of heating, lighting, power, sewer, and water systems in connection therewith, and including not to exceed $15,000 for the purchase of materials for the use of Indian pupils in the construction of buildings (not to exceed $1,500 for any one building) at *Proviso.* Construction, etc., under Works Progress Administration or National Youth Administration.Indian schools not otherwise provided for, $462,200: *Provided,* That the foregoing appropriation, and appropriations in this Act for repairs and improvements at nonreservation boarding schools, shall be available to provide sponsor’s contributions to projects for the construction, repair, or improvement of Indian school buildings approved by and carried on under funds of the Works Progress Administration or the National Youth Administration. Nonreservation boarding schools. Support, etc., of designated. For support and education of Indian pupils at the following nonreservation boarding schools in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively: Phoenix, Ariz. Phoenix, Arizona: For four hundred and fifty pupils, including not to exceed $2,500 for printing and issuing school paper, $154,750; for pay of superintendent or other officer in charge, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $25,000; for printing equipment, $6,000; in all, $185,750; Sherman Institute, Riverside, Calif. Sherman Institute, Riverside, California: For six hundred and fifty pupils, including not to exceed $2,000 for printing and issuing school paper, $221,000; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $23,500; for printing equipment, $6,000; in all, $250,500; 53 Stat. 705 Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas: For six hundred and twenty-five Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans.pupils, including not to exceed $2,500 for printing and issuing school paper, $212,500; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, including necessary drainage work, $25,000; in all, $237,500; Pipestone, Minnesota: For three hundred pupils, $97,750; for pay Pipestone. Minn.of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $16,000; in all, $113,750; Carson City, Nevada: For five hundred and twenty-five pupils, Carson City, Nev.$168,500; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $20,000; for the purchase of land and improvements, including water rights, livestock and farm equipment, and for the development of a farm unit, including the erection of improvements and the purchase of machinery and equipment, $50,000; in all, $238,500; Albuquerque, New Mexico: For six hundred pupils, $204,000; for Albuquerque, N. Mex.pay of superintendent or other officer in charge, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $25,000; for the purchase of land and improvements thereon, $37,500; in all, $266,500; Santa Fe, New Mexico: For four hundred pupils, $142,000; for Santa Fe, N. Mex.drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $15,000; in all, $157,000; Wahpeton, North Dakota: For three hundred pupils, $97,250; for Wahpeton, N. Dak.pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $13,000; in all, $110,250; Chilocco, Oklahoma: For six hundred and fifty pupils, including Chilocco, Okla.not to exceed $2,000 for printing and issuing school paper, $221,000; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $25,000; in all, $246,000; Sequoyah Orphan Training School, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma: Sequoyah Orphan Training School, Okla.For three hundred and fifty orphan Indian children of the State of Oklahoma belonging to the restricted class, $114,250; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $15,000; in all, $129,250; Carter Seminary, Oklahoma: For one hundred and sixty-five Carter Seminary, Okla.pupils, $57,525; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $7,000 ; in all, $64,525; Euchee, Oklahoma: For one hundred and fifteen pupils, $41,025; Euchee, Okla.for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $7,000; in all, $48,025; Eufaula, Oklahoma: For one hundred and forty pupils, $48,650; Eufaula, Okla.for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $7,000; in all, $55,650; Jones Academy, Oklahoma: For one hundred and seventy-five Jones Academy, Okla.pupils, $61,125; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $7,000; in all, $68,125; Wheelock Academy, Oklahoma: For one hundred and thirty pupils, Wheelock Academy, Okla.$45,050; for pay of principal, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $7,000; in all, $52,050; Chemawa, Oregon: For four hundred and fifty pupils, including Chemawa, Oreg.not to exceed $1,000 for printing and issuing school paper, $152,250; for local vocational-training program directed from the school, $10,000; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $20,000; in all, $182,250; Flandreau, South Dakota: For four hundred and fifty pupils, Flandreau, S. Dak.$159,750; for pay of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $19,000; in all, $178,750; Pierre, South Dakota: For three hundred pupils, $97,750; for pay Pierre, S. Dak.of superintendent, drayage, and general repairs and improvements, $16,000; in all, $113,750; 53 Stat. 706 Total, nonreservation boarding schools. *Proviso.* Sums interchangeable. In all, for above-named nonreservation boarding schools, not to exceed $2,698,125: *Provided,* That 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditures for similar purposes in the various boarding schools named, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said boarding schools or for any particular item within any Report to Congress.boarding school. Any such interchanges shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Public and special Indian day schools, Five Civilized Tribes, etc., tuition. For tuition and for care and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools and special Indian day schools in the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations and the Quapaw Agency in Oklahoma, $397,200, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and under rules and regulations *Proviso.* Employment of public-school teachers when facilities inadequate.to be prescribed by him: *Provided,* That not to exceed $21,500 may be expended for the payment of salaries of public-school teachers, employed by the State, county, or district in special Indian day schools in full-blood Indian communities, where there are not adequate white day schools available for their attendance. Alaska natives. Support, education, relief of destitution, etc. Natives in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion and under his direction, to provide for support and education and relief of destitution of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and Miscellaneous expenses.other natives of Alaska, including necessary traveling expenses of pupils to and from boarding schools in Alaska; purchase, repair, and rental of school buildings, including purchase of necessary lands; textbooks and industrial apparatus; pay and necessary traveling expenses of superintendents, teachers, physicians, and other employees; repair, equipment, maintenance, and operation of vessels; and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $951,380, to be immediately available *Proviso.* Report to Congress.and to remain available until June 30, 1941: *Provided,* That a report shall be made to Congress covering expenditures from the amount herein provided for relief of destitution. CONSERVATION OF HEALTH Designated expenses. For conservation of health among Indians, including equipment, materials, and supplies; repairs and improvements to buildings and plants; compensation and traveling expenses of officers and employees and renting of quarters for them when necessary; transportation of patients and attendants to and from hospitals and sanatoria; returning to their former homes and interring the remains of deceased patients; and not exceeding $25,000 for clinical surveys and general medical research in connection with tuberculosis, trachoma, and venereal and other disease conditions among Indians, including cooperation with State and other organizations engaged in similar work and payment of traveling expenses and per diem of physicians, nurses, and other persons whose services are donated by such organizations, Suppressing trachoma, etc.and including printing and binding circulars and pamphlets for use in preventing and suppressing trachoma and other contagious Allotments to specified hospitals.and infectious diseases, $5,088,170, including not to exceed $3,743,060 for the following-named hospitals and sanatoria: Arizona. Arizona: Indian Oasis Hospital, $27,260; Kayenta Sanatorium, $52,000: Fort Defiance Sanatorium and Southern Navajo General Hospital, $268,780; Phoenix Sanatorium, $107,560; Pima Hospital, $27,600; Truxton Canyon Hospital, $14,000; Western Navajo Hospital, $35,700; Chin Lee Hospital, $16.620; Fort Apache Hospital, $29,700; Hopi Hospital, $40,000; Leupp Hospital, $27,800; San Carlos Hospital, $32,300; Tohatchi Hospital, $17,200; Colorado River Hospital, $22,000; San Xavier Sanatorium, $45,000; Phoenix Hospital, $42,000; Winslow Sanatorium, $60,000; 53 Stat. 707 California: Hoopa Valley Hospital, $25,000; Soboba Hospital, California$25,620; Fort Bidwell Hospital, $25,000; Fort Yuma Hospital, $22,000; Colorado: Ute Mountain Hospital, $15,000; Edward T. Taylor Colorado.Hospital, $25,000; Idaho: Fort Lapwai Sanatorium, $90,000; Fort Hall Hospitals, Idaho.$15,900; Iowa: Sac and Fox Sanatorium, $75,000; Iowa. Minnesota: Pipestone Hospital, $22,500; Cass Lake Hospital, Minnesota.$30,000; Fond du Lac Hospital, $25,000; Red Lake Hospital, $22,500; White Earth Hospital, $22,000; Mississippi: Choctaw Hospital, $25,000; Mississippi. Montana: Blackfeet Hospital, $45,000 ; Fort Peck Hospital, $26,400; Montana. Crow Hospital, $32,000; Fort Belknap Hospital, $30,000; Tongue River Hospital, $28,000; Nebraska: Winnebago Hospital, $47,000; Nebraska. Nevada: Carson Hospital, $27,000; Walker River Hospital, $25,000; Nevada.Western Shoshone Hospital, $20,000; New Mexico: Albuquerque Sanatorium, $104,660 ; Jicarilla Hospital New Mexico.and Sanatorium, $62,620; Mescalero Hospital, $23,000; Eastern Navajo Hospital, $55,000; Northern Navajo Hospital, $45,000; Taos Hospital, $20,000; Zuñi Hospital, $35,000; Albuquerque Hospital, $50,000; Charles H. Burke Hospital, $30,000; Santa Fe Hospital, $44,000; Toadlena Hospital, $13,000; North Dakota-North Carolina: Cherokee Hospital, $25,000; North Carolina. North Dakota: Turtle Mountain Hospital, $41,600; Fort Berthold North Dakota.Hospital, $18,000; Fort Totten Hospital, $23,000; Standing Rock Hospital, $38,000; Fort Totten Preventorium, $20,000; Oklahoma: Cheyenne and Arapahoe Hospital, $36,000; Choctaw Oklahoma.and Chickasaw Sanatorium and General Hospital, $195,000; Shawnee Sanatorium, $100,000; Claremore Hospital, $76,300; Clinton Hospital, $22,000; Pawnee and Ponca Hospital, $38,000; Kiowa Hospital, $130,000; William W. Hastings Hospital, $70,000; Oregon: Warm Springs Hospital, $20,000; Oregon. South Dakota: Crow Creek Hospital, $22,000; Pine Ridge Hospitals, South Dakota.$53,000; Rosebud Hospital, $45,000; Yankton Hospital, $23,000; Cheyenne River Hospital, $35,000 ; Sioux Sanatorium, $140,000 ; Sisseton Hospital, $33,000; Utah: Uintah Hospital, $30,000; Utah. Washington: Yakima Sanatorium, $40,000; Tacoma Sanatorium, Washington.$225,000; Tulalip Hospital, $12,600; Colville Hospital, $35,000; Wisconsin: Hayward Hospital, $40,600; Tomah Hospital, $32,620; Wisconsin. Wyoming: Wind River Hospital, $29,620: Wyoming. *Provided,* That 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be *Provisos.* Sums interchangeable.available interchangeably for expenditures in the various hospitals named, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said hospitals or for any particular item within any hospital, and any interchange of appropriations hereunder Report to Congress.shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget: *Provided further,* That nonreservation boarding schools receiving specific appropriations Hospitalization of pupils; basis of contribution.shall contribute on a per diem basis for the hospitalization of pupils in hospitals located at such schools and supported from this appropriation: *Provided further,* That in the discretion of the Secretary Fees for medical, etc., services.of the Interior and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him, fees may be collected from Indians for medical, hospital, and dental service and any fees so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Medical relief in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, Medical relief in Alaska.in his discretion and under his direction through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the advice and cooperation of the Public Health Service, 53 Stat. 708to provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Hospital buildings, etc.Indians, and other natives of Alaska; purchase, repair, rental, and equipment of hospital buildings; books and surgical apparatus; pay and necessary traveling expenses of physicians, nurses, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are Availability.not included under the above special heads, $440,000, to be available immediately and to remain available until June 30, 1941. Reindeer service. Reindeer service: For supervision of reindeer in Alaska and instruction in the care and management thereof, including salaries and travel expenses of employees, purchase, rental, erection, and repair of range cabins, purchase and maintenance of communication and other equipment, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses, including $3,000 for the purchase and distribution of reindeer, $75,000, to be immediately available, and to remain available until June 30, 1941. GENERAL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION General support and administration. For general support of Indians and administration of Indian property, including pay of employees authorized by continuing or permanent *Proviso.* Fees for services.treaty provisions, $2,743,700: *Provided,* That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him, fees may be collected from individual Indians for services performed for them, and any fees so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Support of Indians, etc., under specified agencies, from tribal funds. For general support of Indians and administration of Indian property under the jurisdiction of the following agencies, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes, in not to exceed the following sums, respectively: Arizona. Arizona: Fort Apache, $54,000; Navajo, $2,500 for all necessary expenses of holding a tribal fair, including erection of structures, awards for exhibits and events, feeding of livestock, and labor and materials; Pima (Camp McDowell), $300; San Carlos, $60,000; Truxton Canyon, $6,500: in all, $123,300; California. *Post,* p. 1315. Colorado. *Post,* p. 1315. California: Mission, $20.000; Colorado: Consolidated Ute (Southern Ute), $78,000, including the purchase of land, the subjugation thereof, and the construction of improvements thereon; Florida. Florida: Seminole, $6.000, including the purchase of cattle for the establishment of a tribal herd; Idaho. Idaho: Fort Hall, $4,000 for the purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies for the eradication of noxious weeds; Iowa. Iowa: Sac and Fox, $2,000; Montana. Montana: Flathead, $24,000; Nevada. Nevada: Carson, the unexpended balances of the appropriations under this head for the Walker River, Summit Lake, and Pyramid Lake Indians, for the fiscal year 1938 are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940; Western Shoshone, $3,000; North Carolina. North Carolina : Cherokee, $8,000; Oklahoma. Oklahoma: Seminole, $7,787 for reconstruction of community house; Oregon. *Post,* p. 1315. Utah. Oregon: Klamath, $93,760; Utah: Uintah and Ouray, $10,000, of which amount not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for the payment of an agent employed under a contract approved by the Secretary of the, Interior; Washington. Washington: Puyallup, $1,000 for upkeep of the Puyallup Indian cemetery; Taholah, $24,650 (Makah, $9,500; Shoalwater, $15,150); Yakima, $250; Tulalip, $1,000 ; in all, $26,900; Wisconsin. *Post,* p. 1315. Wisconsin: Keshena, $71,500, including $20,000 for monthly allowances, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Inte-53 Stat. 709rior may prescribe, to old and indigent members of the Menominee Tribe who reside with relatives or friends; In all, not to exceed $478,247. Expenses of attorneys, Quinaielt Reservation, Washington (tribal Quinaielt Reservation, Wash., expenses of attorney.funds): The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $1,500 of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Quinaielt Indians, Washington, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, for expenses incurred by the attorney of record in prosecuting the claims of the Quinaielt Tribe in the Court of Claims, as [52 Stat. 1131](/us/stat/52/1131).authorized by the Act of February 12, 1925 (43 Stat. 886), is hereby [43 Stat. 886](/us/stat/43/886).continued available, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, until expended. Relief of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota (tribal funds): Not to Chippewas in Minnesota, aid in school attendance, etc.exceed $40,000 of the principal sum on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, arising under section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota”, approved January 14, 1889 [25 Stat. 645](/us/stat/25/645).(25 Stat. 645), may be expended, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, in aiding indigent Chippewa Indians including boarding-home care of pupils attending public or high schools. Relief of needy Indians: For the relief of Indians in need of Relief of needy Indians.assistance, including cash grants; the purchase of subsistence supplies, clothing, and household goods; medical, burial, housing, transportation, and all other necessary expenses, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the particular tribe concerned: *Proviso.*Expenditures.[R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/s3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).[46 Stat. 391](/us/stat/46/391).[18 U. S. C. § 744a](/us/usc/t18/s744a).Attorneys.*Provided,* That expenditures hereunder may be made without regard to section 3709, United States Revised Statutes, or to the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), as amended. For compensation and expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Chippewa Tribe under a contract, approved by the Secretary of the Interior on April 15, 1937, $6,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from the principal sura on deposit to the credit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, arising under section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota”, approved January 14, 1889 (25 Stat. 645), and the amount herein appropriated [25 Stat. 645](/us/stat/25/645). Availability.shall be available for compensation earned and expenses incurred during the period covered by said contract. Expenses of tribal officers, Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma (tribal Five Civilized Tribes, Okla.Expenses of tribal officers, from tribal funds.funds): For the current fiscal year money may be expended from the tribal funds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes for equalization of allotments, per capita, and other payments authorized by law to individual members of the respective tribes, salaries and contingent expenses of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation and chief of the Choctaw Nation, one mining trustee for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, at salaries at the rate heretofore paid for the said governor and said chief and $3,000 for the said mining trustee, chief of the Creek Nation at $600 and one attorney each for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes employed under contract approved by the President under existing law: *Provided,* That the expenses of the *Provisos.* Limitation on expenses.above-named officials shall be determined and limited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at not to exceed $2,500 each: *Provided further,* That so much as may be necessary may be expended from the Principal chief, salary for designated period.tribal funds of the Creek Nation for payment of the salary of the principal chief for the period from February 12, 1935, to June 30, 1936. Support of Osage Agency and pay of tribal officers, Oklahoma Osage Agency, Okla.Agency, etc., expenses.(tribal funds): For the support of the Osage Agency, and for necessary expenses in connection with oil and gas production on the Osage 53 Stat. 710Reservation, Oklahoma, including pay of necessary employees, the tribal attorney and his stenographer, one special attorney in tax and other matters, and pay of tribal officers; payment of damages to individual allottees; repairs to buildings, rent of quarters for employees, traveling expenses, printing, telegraphing, and telephoning, and purchase, repair, and operation of automobiles, $189,680, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the Osage Tribe of *Provisos.*Employment of curator for Museum.Indians in Oklahoma: *Provided,* That not more than $1,800 may be used for the employment of a curator for the Osage Museum, which employee shall be an Osage Indian and shall be appointed without regard to civil-service laws and regulations upon the recommendation Travel, etc.of the Osage tribal council: *Provided further,* That this appropriation shall be available, for traveling and other expenses, including not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile for use of personally owned automobiles, of members of the tribal council and other members of the tribe, when engaged on tribal business, including visits to the District of Columbia when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Rehabilitation of needy Choctaw Indians, Okla. Rehabilitation of needy Choctaw Indians: For the rehabilitation of needy Choctaw Indians, in Oklahoma, including the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Council House of the Choctaw Indians, Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, the construction of improvements on newly acquired land, and such other purposes as may be recommended by the advisory council of the Choctaw Tribe and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $100,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Choctaw Indians of Oklahoma, which sum together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $50,000 from Choctaw tribal funds for the acquisition of lands, and so forth, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year [52 Stat. 315](/us/stat/52/315).*Proviso.*Title in trust.1939, shall remain available until expended: *Provided,* That title to any land or improvements purchased under the provisions of this paragraph shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Choctaw Tribe. Tribal councils, traveling, etc., expenses. Expenses of tribal councils or committees thereof (tribal funds): For traveling and other expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when engaged on business Supplies and equipment.of the tribes, including supplies and equipment, not to exceed $5 per diem in lieu of subsistence, and not to exceed 5 cents per mile Visits to Washington, D. C.for use of personally owned automobiles, and including not more than $25,000 for visits to Washington, District of Columbia, when duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $50,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit *Provisos.* Limitation on expenditures.of the particular tribe interested: *Provided,* That, except for the Navajo Tribe, not more than $5,000 shall be expended from the funds of any one tribe or band of Indians for the purposes herein specified: Expense allowance, limitation.*Provided further,* That no part of this appropriation shall be available for expenses of members of tribal councils, business committees, or other tribal organizations, when in Washington, for more than a thirty-day period, unless the ¡Secretary of the Interior shall in writing approve a longer period. Makah Reservation, Wash., attorney. Expenses of attorneys, Makah Reservation, Washington (tribal funds): Not to exceed $1,700 of the funds on deposit to the credit of the Makah Indians, Washington, is hereby made available for the fiscal years 1939 and 1940 for payment of the compensation and expenses of an attorney employed by the Makah Tribe under a contract executed September 7, 1938, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 30, 1938. Yakima Indians, attorneys. For expenses of an attorney or attorneys employed by the Yakima Tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior on 53 Stat. 711July 27, 1938, $3,000, payable from funds on deposit to the credit of the Yakima Indians: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall be *Proviso.* Deduction from any judgment received.deducted from the expenses allowed to the attorney or attorneys in connection with any judgment recovered by said Indians. For compensation and expenses of an attorney or attorneys Shoshone Indians, attorneys employed under contract.employed by the Shoshone Indian Tribe under a contract approved by the Secretary of the Interior on January 30, 1939, $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from fluids on deposit in the Treasury to the credit of such tribe; and the amount herein appropriated shall be available for compensation earned and expenses incurred during the period covered by said contract. ROADS AND BRIDGES For maintenance and repair of that portion of the Gallup-Shiprock Gallup-Shiprock Highway, N. Mex., maintenance, etc. *Proviso.* Indian labor.Highway within the Navajo Reservation, New Mexico, including the purchase of machinery, $20,000, reimbursable: *Provided,* That other than for supervision and engineering only Indian labor shall be employed for such maintenance and repair work. For construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of Indian Reservation roads, construction, etc.reservation roads under the provisions of the Acts of May 26, 1928 (25 U. S. C. 318a), June 16, 1936 ( 49 Stat. 1521), and June 8, 1938 [45 Stat. 750](/us/stat/45/750); [49 Stat. 1521](/us/stat/49/1521); [52 Stat. 633](/us/stat/52/633). [25 U. S. C. § 318a; Supp. IV, § 318b](/us/usc/t25/s318a/318b).*Provisos.*Services in the District.Structures for housing materials, etc.(52 Stat. 633–636), $2,250,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: *Provided,* That not to exceed $11,200 of the foregoing amount may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided further,* That not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation shall be available for purchase, lease, construction, or repair of structures for housing road materials, supplies, and equipment, and for quarters for road crews but the cost of any structure erected hereunder shall not exceed $7,500: *Provided further,* That the unexpended balance of the appropriation under Unexpended balance available.[52 Stat. 1133](/us/stat/52/1133).this head contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, shall continue available for the same purpose until expended. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR For the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of school, agency, School, agency, hospital, etc., buildings.hospital, or other buildings and utilities, including the purchase of land and the acquisition of easements or rights-oi-way when necessary, and including the purchase of furniture, furnishings, and equipment, as follows: Alaska: Hospital and quarters, $210,000; Alaska. Carson, Nevada: Dormitory facilities, $165,000; Carson, Nev. Cherokee, North Carolina: Reconstruction of farm and dairy Cherokee, N. C.facilities, $10,000; improvements to heating plant and distribution lines, $15,000; day school and quarters, $23,000; Cheyenne and Arapahoe, Oklahoma: Dormitory facilities, $75,000; Cheyenne and Arapahoe, Okla.employees’ quarters, $15,000; employees’ quarters (student project), $6,000; Cheyenne River, South Dakota: Office building, $35,000; one dwelling, Cheyenne River, S. Dak.$7,500; Chilocco, Oklahoma: Employees’ quarters (student project), Chilocco, Okla.$7,500; Consolidated Ute, Colorado: Office building, $30,000; employees’ Consolidated Ute, Colo.quarters, $15,000; Flandreau, South Dakota: Employees’ quarters (student project), Flandreau, S. Dak.$10,000; Fort Berthold, North Dakota: Improvement of sewer system, Fort Berthold, N. Dak.$20,000; Fort Peck, Montana: One dwelling, $7,500; Fort Peck, Mont. 53 Stat. 712 Great Lakes, Wis. Great Lakes, Wisconsin: Addition to school building (Lac du Flambeau), $40,000; Haskell Institute, Kans. Haskell Institute, Kansas: Employees’ quarters (student project), $0,000; improvements to utilities, $10,000; Hoopa Valley, Calif. Hoopa Valley, California: Remodeling and enlarging hospital, $13,000; Jicarilla, N. Mex. Jicarilla, New Mexico: Improvements to power plant, $25,000; dormitory facilities, $75,000; Keshena, Wis. Keshena, Wisconsin: Dwellings for employees, $15,000; Kiowa, Okla. Kiowa, Oklahoma: Riverside, dormitory facilities, $75,000; Fort Sill, dormitory facilities, $75,000; Navajo, Ariz. Navajo, Arizona: Superintendent’s residence (Window Rock), $10,000; dwelling for employee at sheep experiment station (Fort Wingate), $6,500; employees’ building (Fort Defiance), $75,000; Pima, Ariz. Pima, Arizona: Hospital and quarters, $175,000; one dwelling, $7,500; Pine Ridge, S. Dak. Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Employees’ cottages, $22,500; Rocky Boy’s, Mont. Rocky Boy’s, Montana: Improvements to sewer system, $15,000; Rosebud, S. Dak. Rosebud, South Dakota: Quarters for hospital attendants, $15,000; Sac and Fox, Iowa. Sac and Fox, Iowa: Improvements to heating plant and distribution lines, $25,000; Chemawa, Oreg. Chemawa, Oregon: Remodeling and improving hospital, $15,000; San Carlos, Ariz. San Carlos, Arizona: One dwelling, $7,500; San Xavier, Ariz. San Xavier, Arizona: Cottages for employees, $15,000; Sells, Ariz. Sells, Arizona: Improving water supply, $15,000; cottages for employees, $15,000; warehouse, $20,000; Seminole, Fla. Seminole, Florida: Cottage for employee, $4,500; Shawnee Sanatorium, Okla. Shawnee Sanatorium, Oklahoma: Remodeling women’s semiambulant building, $25,000; fireproof auditorium and occupational-therapy building, $35,000; Sherman Institute, Calif. Sherman Institute, California: Improvements to utilities, including the connection of the school sewer lines with the system of the city of Riverside, $35,000; warehouse (student project), $10,000; Standing Rock, N. Dak. Standing Rock, North Dakota: Utilities distribution lines, $35,000; jail and quarters, $15,000; cottages for employees, $22,500; dairy barn, $15,000; United Pueblos, N. Mex. United Pueblos, New Mexico: Cottages for employees, $8,000; remodeling dormitory (Santa Fe), $60,000; repairs to buildings (Taos), $10,000; Warm Springs, Oreg. Warm Springs, Oregon: Dairy barn, $12,000; office building, $25,000; Winnebago, Nebr. Winnebago, Nebraska: Improvements to water system, $10,000; cottages for farm agents, $15,000; Administrative expenses. For administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; not to exceed $2,500 for printing and binding; purchase of periodicals, directories, and books of reference; purchase and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; traveling expenses of employees; rent of office and storage space; telegraph and telephone tolls; and all other necessary expenses not specifically authorized herein, $175,000; in all, $1,936,500, to lie immediately available, and to remain available until June 30, 1941: *Provided,* *Provisos.* Transfers of amounts; limitation.That not to exceed 10 per centum of the amount of any specific authorization may be transferred, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to the amount of any other specific authorization, but no limitation shall be increased more than 10 per centum by Unexpended balances continued available.[50 Stat. 590](/us/stat/50/590); [52 Stat. 1130](/us/stat/52/1130).any such transfer: *Provided further,* That the unexpended balances of appropriations made available under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, and in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, shall continue available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. 53 Stat. 713 ANNUITIES AND PER CAPITA PAYMENTS For fulfilling treaties with Senecas of New York: For permanent Senecas, N. Y. [4 Stat. 442](/us/stat/4/442).annuity in lieu of interest on stock (Act of February 19, 1831, 4 Stat. 442), $6,000. For fulfilling treaties with Six Nations of New York: For permanent Six Nations, N. Y. [7 Stat. 46](/us/stat/7/46).annuity, in clothing and other useful articles (article 6, treaty of November 11, 1794), $4,500. For fulfilling treaties with Choctaws, Oklahoma: For permanent Choctaws, Okla. [7 Stat. 98](/us/stat/7/98). [11 Stat. 611](/us/stat/11/611). [7 Stat. 210](/us/stat/7/210).annuity (article 2, treaty of November 16, 1805, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $3,000; for permanent annuity for support of light horsemen (article 13, treaty of October 18, 1820, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $600; for permanent annuity for support of blacksmith (article 6, treaty of October 18, 1820, and article 9, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $600; for [7 Stat. 234](/us/stat/7/234).permanent annuity for education (article 2, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $6,000; for permanent annuity for iron and steel (article 9, treaty of January 20, 1825, and article 13, treaty of June 22, 1855), $320; in all, $10,520. For fulfilling treaties with Pawnees, Oklahoma: For permanent Pawnees, Okla. [11 Stat. 729](/us/stat/11/729); [27 Stat. 644](/us/stat/27/644).annuity (article 2, treaty of September 24, 1857, and article 3, agreement of November 23, 1892), $30,000. For payment of Sioux benefits to Indians of the Sioux reservations, Indians of Sioux reservations. [25 Stat. 895](/us/stat/25/895).as authorized by the Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 895), as amended, $250,000. For payment of interest on moneys held in trust for the several Interest on trust funds.Indian tribes, as authorized by various Acts of Congress, $950,000. The balance of $262.18 of the fund appropriated by the Act of Western Cherokees. Fund made available for attorneys’ expenses. [28 Stat. 451](/us/stat/28/451); [45 Stat. 1164](/us/stat/45/1164).August 23, 1894 (28 Stat. 451), to pay the judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the Western Cherokees, and turned into the Treasury of the United States pursuant to the Act of February 12, 1929 (45 Stat. 1164), and reappropriated and restored on the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Western Cherokees by the Act of May 9, 1938 (52 Stat. 318), is hereby made available for expenses of [52 Stat. 318](/us/stat/52/318).attorneys in connection with suits on behalf of said Indians. Appropriations herein made for the support of Indians and administration Central warehouses. Availability of funds for purchase, distribution, etc., of supplies, from.of Indian property, the support of schools, including nonreservation boarding schools and for conservation of health among Indians shall be available for the purchase of supplies, materials, and repair parts, for storage in and distribution from central warehouses, garages, and shops, and for the maintenance and operation of such warehouses, garages, and shops, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered or supplies furnished by such warehouses, garages, or shops to any activity of the Indian Service. Appropriations made for the Indian Service for the fiscal year 1940 Travel expenses, etc.shall be available for travel expenses of employees on official business; for travel expenses and the cost of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station with or without a change in official position; for the purchase of ice, and for the purchase of rubber boots for official use of employees. The appropriations available for expenditure for the benefit of the Traveling expenses, new appointees from Seattle to Alaska.natives of Alaska may be used for the payment of traveling expenses of new appointees from Seattle, Washington, to their posts or duty in Alaska, and of traveling expenses, packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station within Alaska, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. 53 Stat. 714 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Sums appropriated from reclamation fund; availability. [32 Stat. 388](/us/stat/32/388). [43 U. S. C. §§ 391, 411](/us/usc/t43/s391/411). The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund in the Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U. S. C. 391, 411), and therein designated “the reclamation fund”, to be available immediately: Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: For the Commissioner of Reclamation and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $115,000: for Printing and binding.travel and other necessary expenses, $35,000, including not to exceed $15,000 for printing and binding; in all, $150,000; Administrative provisions and limitations. [32 Stat. 388](/us/stat/32/388). [43 U. S. C. § 391](/us/usc/t43/s391). Administrative provisions and limitations: For all expenditures authorized by the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, known as the reclamation law, and all other Acts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, including not to exceed $100,000 for personal services and $15,000 for other expenses in the office of the chief engineer, $20,000 for telegraph, telephone, and other communication service, $5,000 for photographing and making photographic prints, $41,250 for personal services, and $7,500 for other expenses in the field legal offices; examination of estimates for appropriations in the field; refunds of overcollections and deposits for other purposes; not to exceed $15,000 for lithographing, engraving, printing, and binding; purchase of ice; purchase Vehicles.of rubber boots for official use by employees; maintenance and operation of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger vehicles; not to exceed $25,000 for purchase and exchange of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by Property damages.the Secretary of the Interior; payment of damages caused to the owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation works; payment for official telephone service in the field hereafter incurred in case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior; Attendance at meetings, etc.not to exceed $1,000 for expenses, except membership fees, of attendance, when authorized by the Secretary, upon meetings of technical and professional societies required in connection with official work of the Bureau; payment of rewards, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons found guilty of the theft, damage, *Proviso.* Restriction where district is in arrears.or destruction of public property: *Provided,* That no part of any sum provided for in this Act for operation and maintenance of any project or division of a project by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be used for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due the United States, and no part of any sum provided for in this Act for such purpose shall be used for the irrigation of any lands which have contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which are in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due from said lands to the United States; Examination and inspection of projects. Examination and inspection of projects and operation and maintenance of reserved works: For examination of accounts and inspection of the works of various projects and divisions of projects operated and maintained by irrigation districts or water users’ associations, and bookkeeping, accounting, clerical, legal, and other expenses incurred in accordance with contract provisions for the 53 Stat. 715repayment of such expenses by the districts or associations; and for Maintenance of reserved works.operation and maintenance of the reserved works of a project or division of a project when irrigation districts, waters users’ associations, or Warren Act contractors have contracted to pay in advance but have failed to pay their proportionate share of the cost of such operation and maintenance, to be expended under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $10,000; Yuma project, Arizona-California: For operation and maintenance, Yuma, Ariz.-Calif.$70,000: *Provided,* That not to exceed $25,000 from the power revenues *Proviso.* Operation of commercial system.shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system; Boise project, Idaho: For operation and maintenance, $30,000; Boise, Idaho. Minidoka project, Idaho: For operation and maintenance, reserved Minidoka, Idaho. *Proviso.* Operation of commercial system. South side division, construction.works, $11,600: *Provided,* That not to exceed $50,000 from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for the operation of the commercial system; and not to exceed $100,000 from power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for continuation of construction, south side division; Buffalo Rapids project, Montana: For operation and maintenance, Buffalo Rapids, Mont.$25,000; North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming: Not to exceed $70,000 North Platte, Nebr.-Wyo. Operation of commercial system.from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1940, for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system; and not to exceed $6,000 from power revenues allocated to the Northport Payment to Farmers’ district for water.irrigation district under subsection I, section 4, of the Act of December 5, 1924 (43 U. S. C. 501), shall be available during the [43 Stat. 703](/us/stat/43/703).[43 U. S. C. § 501](/us/usc/t43/s501).fiscal year 1940 for payment on behalf of the Northport irrigation district, to the Farmers’ irrigation district for carriage of water; and not to exceed $175,000 from power revenues shall be available for betterments and additions to the power system; Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas: For operation and maintenance, Rio Grande, N. Mex.-Tex.$30,000; Owyhee project, Oregon : For operation and maintenance, $100,000; Owyhee, Oreg. Klamath project, Oregon-California: For operation and maintenance, Klamath, Oreg.-Calif.*Proviso.*Use of revenues from Tule Lake division.$68,000: *Provided,* That revenues received from the lease of marginal lands, Tule Lake division, shall be available for refunds to the lessees in such cases where it becomes necessary to make refunds because of flooding or other reasons within the terms of such leases; Yakima project, Washington: For operation and maintenance, Yakima, Wash.$260,000: *Provided,* That not to exceed $25,000 from power revenues *Proviso.* Operation of power system.shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for operation and maintenance of the power system; Kendrick project, Wyoming: Not to exceed $100,000 from the power Kendrick, Wyo.revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1940, for the operation and maintenance of the power system; Riverton project, Wyoming: For operation and maintenance, Riverton, Wyo. *Proviso.* Operation of commercial system.$50,000: *Provided,* That not to exceed $30,000 from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system; Shoshone project, Wyoming: For operation and maintenance, Shoshone, Wyo. *Proviso.* Operation of commercial system.Willwood division, $15,000: *Provided,* That not to exceed $25,000 from power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system; Secondary and economic investigations: For cooperative and general Secondary and economic investigations.investigations, including investigations necessary to determine the economic conditions and financial feasibility of projects and investigations and other activities relating to the reorganization, settlement of lands, and financial adjustments of existing projects, including examination of soils, classification of land, land-settlement activ-53 Stat. 716ities, including advertising in newspapers and other publications, and obtaining general economic and settlement data, $25,000, together [52 Stat. 320](/us/stat/52/320).with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for these purposes *Provisos.* Expenditures considered supplementary; accounting.for the fiscal year 1939: *Provided,* That the expenditures from this appropriation for any reclamation project shall be considered as supplementary to the appropriation for that project and shall be accounted for and returned to the reclamation fund as other expenditures Investigations; division of expenses.under the Reclamation Act: *Provided further,* That the expenditure of any sums from this appropriation for investigations of any nature requested by States, municipalities, or other interests shall be upon the basis of the State, municipality, or other interest advancing at least 50 per centum of the estimated cost of such investigation; Operation and maintenance administration. *Post,* p. 1316. Operation and maintenance administration: For necessary pay of employees, traveling and other expenses incident to the general administration of reclamation projects, either operated and maintained by the Bureau or transferred to water users’ organizations for operation and maintenance, and incident to the sale of temporarily and permanently unproductive public lands as authorized by the Act of May 16, [46 Stat. 367](/us/stat/46/367). [43 U. S. C. § 424](/us/usc/t43/s424). Information to settlers.1930 (46 Stat. 367), including giving information and advice to settlers on reclamation projects in the selection of lands, equipment, and livestock, the preparation of land for irrigation, the selection of crops, methods of irrigation and agricultural practice, and general farm management, the cost of which shall be charged to the general reclamation fund and shall not be charged as a part of the construction or operation and maintenance cost payable by the water users under the projects, $15,000; Limitation of expenditures. Limitation of expenditures: Under the provisions of this Act no greater sum shall be expended, nor shall the United States be obligated to expend during the fiscal year 1940, on any reclamation project appropriated for herein, an amount in excess of the sum herein appropriated therefor, nor shall the whole expenditures or obligations incurred for all of such projects for the fiscal year 1940 exceed the whole amount in the reclamation fund for the fiscal year; Interchange of appropriations. Interchange of appropriations: Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the reclamation projects named; but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said projects, Emergency flood repairs.except that should existing works or the water supply for lands under cultivation be endangered by floods or other unusual conditions, an amount sufficient to make necessary emergency repairs shall become available for expenditure by further transfer of appropriation from any of said projects upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior; Construction of designated projects. Construction: For commencement and continuation of construction of the following projects in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively, to be expended from the Reclamation Fund under the same general conditions and in the same manner and for the same objects of expenditure as specified for projects hereinbefore in this Act under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation”, to be reimbursable under the reclamation law, and to remain available until expended: Gila, Ariz. Colorado-Big Thompson, Colo. Paonia, Colo. Boise, Payette division, Idaho. Minidoka, Idaho. *Proviso.* Additional unit; reimbursement. Gila project, Arizona, $700,000; Colorado-Big Thompson project, Colorado, $1,500,000; Paonia project, Colorado, $300,000; Boise project, Idaho, Payette division, $500,000; Minidoka project, Idaho, $100,000: *Provided,* That expenditures from this or any other appropriation for the installation of an additional unit in the Minidoka power plant shall be reimbursed wholly from power revenues derived from operation of said unit and after such reimbursement said revenues shall be the property of the United States; 53 Stat. 717 Carlsbad project, New Mexico, $100,000; Carlsbad, N. Mex. Tucumcari project, New Mexico, $250,000; Tucumcari, N. Mex. Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas, $483,000; Rio Grande, N. Mex.-Tex. Lugert-Altus, Okla. *Proviso.* Funds available. Lugert-Altus project, Oklahoma, $500,000: *Provided,* That as a condition precedent to the expenditure of this appropriation for such project an amount at least equal thereto shall be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior, by transfer from any funds appropriated for the construction of flood-control projects, as authorized in the Act of June 28, 1938 ( 52 Stat. 1215, 1219); [52 Stat. 1219](/us/stat/52/1219). Owyhee, Oreg. Deschutes, Oreg. Provo River, Utah. Yakima, Roza division, Wash. Kendrick, Wyo. Riverton, Wyo. Shoshone, Wyo. Owyhee project, Oregon, $270,000; Deschutes project, Oregon, $400,000; Provo River project, Utah, $1,350,000; Yakima project, Washington, Roza division, $900,000; Kendrick project, Wyoming, $925,000; Riverton project, Wyoming, $100,000; Shoshone project, Wyoming: Heart Mountain division, $450,000; Willwood division, $45,000; General investigations: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, General investigations.through the Bureau of Reclamation, to carry on engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal reclamation projects, surveys for reconstruction, rehabilitation, or extensions of existing projects, and studies of water conservation and development plans, including Colorado River Basin investigations, such investigations, surveys, and studies to be carried on by said Bureau either independently, or, if deemed advisable by the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with State agencies and other Federal agencies, including the Corps of Engineers, National Resources Committee, and the Federal Power Commission, $900,000; For administrative expenses on account of the above projects, Administrative expenses.including personal services and other expenses in the District of Columbia and in the field, $750,000, in addition to and for the same objects of expenditure as are hereinbefore enumerated in paragraphs 2 and 3 under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation”; in all, $10,523,000: *Ante,* p. 714. *Proviso.* Personal services.*Provided,* That of this amount not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. The unexpended balances of the amounts appropriated from the Certain unexpended balances continued available.reclamation fund, special fund, under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation, Construction”, in the Interior Department Appropriation Acts, fiscal years 1937, 1938, and 1939 and in the Second Deficiency [49 Stat. 1784](/us/stat/49/1784); [50 Stat. 595](/us/stat/50/595); [52 Stat. 321, 1133](/us/stat/52/321/1133).Act, fiscal year 1938, shall remain available for the same purposes until expended. The Public Works Administration allotments made available to the Public Works Administration. Allotments, etc., continued available. [48 Stat. 195](/us/stat/48/195).Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, either by direct allotments or by transfer of allotments originally made to another Department or agency, and the allocations made to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, from the appropriation contained in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 and the [49 Stat. 115](/us/stat/49/115); [50 Stat. 352](/us/stat/50/352).Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937, shall remain available for the purposes for which allotted during the fiscal year 1940: *Provided,* *Proviso.* Fruit Growers’ Dam and Reservoir, Colo., rights-of-way.That the allocation from the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937 for official project numbered 505-2-73, Fruit Growers’ Dam and Reservoir, in Colorado, shall be immediately available for the acquisition of rights-of-way. Total, from reclamation fund, $11,382,600. To defray the cost of operating and maintaining the Colorado River Colorado River front work and levee system.front work and levee system adjacent to the Yuma Federal irrigation project in Arizona and California, subject only to section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and 53 Stat. 718preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for [44 Stat. 1016](/us/stat/44/1016). Unexpended balance reappropriated.other purposes”, approved January 21, 1927 (44 Stat. 1010), $15,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the fiscal year 1939. Boulder Canyon. Continuation of construction, etc. Boulder Canyon project: For the continuation of construction of the Boulder Canyon Dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, to create a storage reservoir, and of a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged Acquisition of lands, etc.from such reservoir; to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for such purposes; and for incidental operations, as authorized by the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved December 21, 45 Stat. 1057. 43 U. S. C. ch. 12A. Availability.1928 (43 U. S. C., ch. 12A); $4,000,000 to be immediately available and to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam fund; and there shall also be available from power and other revenues not to exceed $550,000 for operation and maintenance of the Boulder Boulder City School District, reimbursement for instruction.Canyon Dam, power plant, and other facilities, including payment to the Boulder City School District, as reimbursement for instruction during the 1938–1939 and 1939–1940 school years in the schools operated by said district of each pupil who is a dependent of any employee of the United States living in or in the immediate vicinity of Boulder City, in the sum of $45 per semester per pupil in average daily attendance at said schools, payable after the term of instruction in any semester has been completed, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in addition thereto the sum of $25,000 shall be available from such revenues for the construction of school buildings; which amounts of $4,000,000 and $550,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $25,000) and in the field and for all other objects of expenditure that are specified for projects hereinbefore included in this Act, under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation, Administrative provisions *Ante,* p. 714.and limitations”, without regard to the amounts of the limitations therein set forth. Boulder Canyon (All-American Canal). Continuation of construction, etc. Boulder Canyon project (All-American Canal): For continuation of construction of a diversion dam, and main canal (and appurtenant structures including distribution and drainage systems) located entirely within the United States connecting the diversion dam with the Acquisition of lands.Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California; to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for such purposes; and for incidental operations, as authorized by the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved [45 Stat. 1057](/us/stat/45/1057). [43 U. S. C. ch. 12A](/us/usc/t43/ch12A).December 21, 1928 (43 U. S. C., ch. 12A); to be immediately available and to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund, $2,000,000, which amount shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $5,000) and in the field and for all other objects of expenditure that are specified for projects hereinbefore included in this Act under the caption “Bureau *Ante,* p. 714.of Reclamation, administrative provisions and limitations”, without regard to the amounts of the limitations therein set forth. GENERAL FUND, CONSTRUCTION Construction of designated projects, etc.; reimbursement. For continuation of construction of the following projects and for general investigations in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively, to be expended from the general fund of the Treasury in the same manner and for the same objects of expenditures as specified for projects included hereinbefore in this Act under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation”, to be immediately available, to remain available until expended, and to be reimbursable (except as to the 53 Stat. 719Pine River project, Colorado, and the Colorado River project, Texas) under the reclamation law: Central Valley project, California, $10,000,000: *Provided,* That Central Valley, Calif. *Proviso.* Funds available; accounting.this appropriation and the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the construction of this project shall be available until expended and shall be accounted for as one fund, entitled “Central Valley project, California”; Pine River project, Colorado, $1,000,000; Pine River, Colo. Colorado River project, Texas, $5,000,000, together with the unexpended Colorado River, Tex.balance of the appropriation of $2,030,000 under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939: [52 Stat. 324](/us/stat/52/324).*Proviso.*Reimbursement, Marshall Ford Dam.[50 Stat. 850](/us/stat/50/850).*Provided,* That the Secretary of the Interior by contracts entered into pursuant to the authority of the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), shall require reimbursement of expenditures for construction of Marshall Ford Dam, to the extent and in the manner determined by him; Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington: For continuation of construction Grand Coulee Dam, Wash.of Grand Coulee Dam and appurtenant works, $23,000,000, of which not to exceed $350,000 may be used for the purposes set out Surveys, etc.[50 Stat. 210](/us/stat/50/210).*Proviso.*Funds available; accounting.in section 2 of the Act of May 27, 1937 (50 Stat. 208): *Provided,* That this appropriation and the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the construction of this project shall be available until expended and shall be accounted for as one fund, entitled “Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington”; Cooperative investigations: The appropriation of $200,000 for Cooperative investigations.Reappropriation.[52 Stat. 324](/us/stat/52/324).cooperative investigations, contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, shall remain available for the same purposes until expended; For administrative expenses on account of the above projects, Administrative expenses.including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field $700,000, in addition to and for the same objects of expenditure as are hereinbefore enumerated in paragraphs 2 and 3 under the caption “Bureau of Reclamation”; in all, $39,700,000: *Provided,* That *Ante,* p. 714.*Proviso.*Services in the District.of this amount not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILITY PROJECTS For construction, in addition to labor and materials to be supplied Construction, etc., in Great Plains and arid, etc., areas.by the Works Progress Administration, of water conservation and utilization projects, including acquisition of water rights, rights-of-way, and other interests in land, in the Great Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States, to be immediately available, $5,000,000, to be allocated by the President, in such amounts as he Allocations.deems necessary, to such Federal Departments, establishments, and other agencies as he may designate, and to be reimbursed to the Reimbursement by water users.United States by the water users on such projects in not to exceed forty annual installments: *Provided,* That expenditures from Works *Proviso.* Reimbursability, expenditures from Works Progress Administration funds.Progress Administration funds shall be subject to such provisions with respect to reimbursability as the President may determine. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the authorized General expenses.work of the Geological Survey, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, including not to exceed $40,000 Vehicles.for the purchase and exchange, and not to exceed $65,000 for the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horsedrawn passenger-carrying vehicles for field use only by geologists, topographers, engineers, and land classifiers, and the Geological 53 Stat. 720Survey is authorized to exchange unserviceable and worn out passenger-carrying and freight-carrying vehicles as part payment for new Traveling expenses. Attendance at meetings.freight-carrying vehicles, and including not to exceed $3,000 for necessary traveling expenses of the Director and members of the Geological Survey acting under his direction, for attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, and scientific societies when required in connection with the authorized work of the Geological Survey, to be expended under the regulations from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and under the following heads: Salaries. Salaries: For the Director of the Geological Survey and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $150,000; Topographic surveys. Topographic surveys: For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, $725,000, of which amount not to exceed $250,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of *Provisos.* Cooperation with States.Columbia: *Provided,* That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in cooperation with States or municipalities except upon the basis of the State or municipality bearing all of the expense incident thereto in excess of such an amount as is necessary for the Geological Survey to perform its share of standard topographic surveys, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding 50 per centum Limitation on amount.of the cost of the survey: *Provided further,* That $280,500 of this amount shall be available only for such cooperation with States or municipalities; Geologic surveys. Geologic surveys: For geologic surveys in the various portions of the United States and chemical and physical researches relative thereto, $500,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mineral resources of Alaska. Mineral resources of Alaska: For continuation of the investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska, $60,000, to be available immediately, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Gaging streams; investigations, etc. *Post,* p. 1317. Gaging streams: For gaging streams and determining the water supply of the United States, the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and the preparation of reports upon the Services in the District.best methods of utilizing the water resources, $1,118,000, of which amount not to exceed $140,000 may be expended for personal services *Provisos.* Cooperation with States.in the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in cooperation with States or municipalities except upon the basis of the State or municipality bearing all of the expense incident thereto in excess of such an amount as is necessary for the Geological Survey to perform its share of general water resource investigations, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding 50 per centum of the cost of the investigation: *Provided Limitation on amount. Classification of lands as to mineral character, etc.further,* That $900,000 of this amount shall be available only for such cooperation with States or municipalities; Classification of lands: For the examination and classification of lands with respect to mineral character and water resources as required by the public-land laws and for related administrative operations; for the preparation and publication of mineral-land classification and water-resources maps and reports; for engineering supervision of power permits and grants under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and for performance of work of the Federal Power Commission, $105,000, of which amount not to exceed $60,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Printing and binding, etc. Printing and binding, and so forth: For printing and binding, $125,000; for preparation of illustration, $25,000; and for engraving and printing geologic and topographic maps, $170,000; in all, $320,000; 53 Stat. 721 Mineral leasing: For the enforcement of the provisions of the Acts Mineral leasing. [38 Stat. 742](/us/stat/38/742); [40 Stat. 297](/us/stat/40/297); [41 Stat. 437, 1363](/us/stat/41/437/1363). [48 U. S. C. §§ 435, 444](/us/usc/t48/s435/444); [30 U. S. C. §§ 141, 181](/us/usc/t30/s141/181).of October 20, 1914 (48 U. S. C. 435), October 2, 1917 (30 U. S. C. 141), February 25, 1920 (30 U. S. C. 181), as amended, and March 4, 1921 (48 U. S. C. 444), and other Acts relating to the mining and recovery of minerals on Indian and public lands and naval petroleum reserves; and for every other expense incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, $315,000, of which amount not to exceed $65,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; During the fiscal year 1940 the head of any department or independent Cooperative work on scientific, etc., investigations for Government agencies.establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific and technical investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Geological Survey on scientific and technical investigations within the scope of the functions of that Bureau and widen it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, transfer to the Geological Survey such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books Transfer of funds.of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Geological Survey for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made: *Provided,* That *Provisos.* Expenditure.any sums transferred by any department or independent establishment of the Government to the Geological Survey for cooperative work in connection with this appropriation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended: *Provided further,* That any funds herein appropriated for the Geological Survey for cooperative work may be utilized prior to July 1, 1939, as required to enable the Geological Cooperative work; availability of funds.Survey to continue its cooperative work pending reimbursement from cooperative agencies, the amount so utilized to be repaid to the appropriation from which advanced; During the fiscal year 1940, upon the request of the Secretary of Aerial photographs for mapping projects.the Interior, the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to furnish aerial photographs required for mapping projects, insofar as the furnishing of such photographs will be economical to the Federal Government and does not conflict with military or naval operations or the other parts of the regular training program of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps flying services, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reimburse the War or Navy Department for the cost of making the photographs, such cost to be confined to the actual cost of gasoline, oil, film, paper, chemicals, and the labor performed in developing the photographic negatives and the printing of copies of photographs, and the per diem expenses of the personnel authorized by law, together with such incidental expenses as care and minor repairs to plane and transportation of personnel to and from projects, and the War Department or the Navy department, on request of the Department of the Interior, is authorized to furnish copies to any State, county, or municipal agency cooperating with the Federal Government in the mapping project for which the photographs were taken. In the event that the Director Contracts with civilians.of the Geological Survey deems it advantageous to the Government, the Geological Survey is authorized to contract with civilian aerial photographic concerns for the furnishing of such photographs; Appropriations herein made, and funds transferred thereto, shall Transportation of personal effects of employees.be available for payment of the costs of packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon 53 Stat. 722permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; In all, salaries and expenses, United States Geological Survey, $3,293,000. BUREAU OF MINES SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES Salaries and general expenses. Salaries and general expenses: For general expenses, including pay of the Director and necessary assistants, clerks, and other employees, in the office in the District of Columbia and in the field, and every other expense requisite for and incident to the general work of the Bureau in the District of Columbia and in the field, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $66,000, of which amount not to exceed $53,440 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mine rescue cars and stations. Operating mine rescue care and stations and investigation of mine accidents: For the investigation and improvement of mine-rescue and first-aid methods and appliances and the teaching of mine safety, Investigations of accidents, etc.rescue, and first-aid methods; investigations as to the causes of mine explosions, causes of falls of roof and coal, methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners, the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, statistical studies and reports relating to mine accidents, and other inquiries and technologic investigations pertinent to the mining industry; the exchange in part payment for operation, maintenance, and repair of mine-rescue trucks; the construction of temporary structures and the repair, maintenance, and operation of mine-rescue care and the Government-owned mine-rescue stations and appurtenances thereto; personal services, traveling Attendance at meetings, etc.expenses and subsistence, equipment, and supplies; travel and subsistence, and other incidental expenses of employees in attendance at meetings and conferences held for the purpose of promoting safety Vehicles.and health in the mining and allied industries; purchase not exceeding $6,000, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work; purchase and exchange in part payment therefor of cooks’ uniforms, goggles, gloves, rubber boots, aprons, and such other articles or equipment as may be necessary in connection with the purposes of this paragraph; including not to exceed $67,100 for *Proviso.* Trophies, mine-rescue, etc., contests.personal services in the District of Columbia, $656,000: *Provided,*That of this amount not to exceed $500 may be expended for the purchase and bestowal of trophies in connection with mine-rescue and first-aid contests; Testing fuel. Testing fuel: To conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and use of mineral fuels, and for investigation of mineral fuels belonging to or for the use of the United States, with a view to their most efficient utilization; to recommend to various departments such changes in selection and use of fuel as may result in greater economy, and, upon request of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to investigate the fuel-burning equipment in use by or proposed for any of the departments, establishments, or institutions of the United States in the District of Columbia, $257,400, of which amount not to exceed $29,400 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mineral mining investigations. Mineral mining investigations: For inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of ores and mineral substances, other than fuels, 53 Stat. 723with a view to improving health conditions and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting these industries; and including all equipment, supplies, expenses of travel and subsistence, and the purchase, not to exceed $12,000, Vehicles.including exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, including not to exceed $27,900 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $274,860: *Provided,* That no part of this appropriation *Proviso.* Investigations for private parties. Oil and gas investigations.may be expended lor an investigation in behalf of any private party; Oil and gas investigations: For inquiries and investigations and dissemination of information concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of petroleum and natural gas, including economic conditions affecting the industry, with a view to economic development and conserving resources through the prevention of waste; for the purchase of newspapers relating to the oil, gas, and allied industries: *Provided,* That section 192 or the Revised Statutes *Proviso.* Purchase of newspapers. [R. S. § 192](/us/rs/s192). [5 U. S. C. § 102](/us/usc/t5/s102).(5 U. S. C. 102) shall not apply to such purchase of newspapers from this appropriation; and for every other expense incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, not to exceed $4,000, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons, $260,000, of which amount not to exceed $22,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mining experiment stations: For the employment of personal services, Mining experiment stations. *Post,* p. 1317.purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons, the purchase not to exceed $3,000, exchange as part payment for, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, and all other expenses in connection Additional stations.with the establishment, maintenance, and operation of mining experiment stations, as provided in the Act authorizing additional mining experiment stations, approved March 3, 1915 (30 U. S. C. 8), [38 Stat. 959](/us/stat/38/959).[30 U. S. C. § 8](/us/usc/t30/s8).$527,000, of which appropriation not to exceed $17,100 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Building and equipment, University of Utah, Bureau of Mines: The University of Utah, building and equipment.unexpended balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1939 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, is hereby continued available for the same purposes until [52 Stat. 1133](/us/stat/52/1133).June 30, 1940; Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For care and Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pa., care, etc., of buildings and grounds.and maintenance of buildings and grounds at Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pennsylvania, including personal services, the purchase, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles for official use, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including not to exceed $5,000 for additions and improvements, $95,000; For the purchase of land at Bruceton, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Bruceton, Pa., purchase of land.the land now owned by the United States and occupied and used for the purposes of the explosives testing station and experimental mine of the Bureau of Mines; the purchase of unmined crop coal, oil and gas in and under the land to be purchased and the land now owned and occupied in connection with the said testing station and experimental mine; the recording of deeds; and the purchase and erection of fences, including personal services, materials and supplies, $35,000; Economics of mineral industries: For inquiries and investigations, Economics of mineral industries.Investigations, etc.*Post,* p. 1317.and the dissemination of information concerning the economic problems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries, with a view to assuring ample supplies and efficient distribution 53 Stat. 724of the mineral products of the mines and quarries, including studies and reports relating to uses, reserves, production, distribution, stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral commodities and Reports. Statistical inquiries.primary products thereof; preparation of the reports of the mineral resources of the United States, including special statistical inquiries; and including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies; typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs; Vehicles.newspapers; traveling expenses; purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work; and for all other necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $324,500, of which amount not to exceed $230,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Helium production and investigations.*Ante,* p. 606; *post,* p. 774. Helium production and investigations: The sums made available for the fiscal year 1940 in the Acts making appropriations for the War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1939, for operation and maintenance of the plants for the production of helium for military and naval purposes, including laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; purchase, not to exceed $1,200, and exchange as part payment for, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, and all other necessary expenses, and including $11,300 for personal services in the District of Columbia; Scientific investigations for departments, etc. During the fiscal year 1940 the head of any department or independent establishment of the Government having funds available for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that Bureau and which it is unable to perform within Transfer of sums.the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, transfer to the Bureau of Mines such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer *Proviso.* Expenditure.is made: *Provided,* That any sums transferred by any department or independent establishment of the Government to the Bureau of Mines for cooperative work in connection with this appropriation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended; Traveling expenses, attendance at meetings. For necessary traveling expenses of the Director and employees of the Bureau, acting under his direction, for attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, and scientific societies, when required in connection with the authorized work of the Bureau of Mines and incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of the Interior, there is hereby made available from any appropriations made to the Bureau of Mines not to exceed in all, $3,000; Detail of field employees. Persons employed during the fiscal year 1940 in field work outside of the District of Columbia under the Bureau of Mines may be detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for the Traveling expenses.purpose of preparing results of their field work; all persons so detailed shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation only *Proviso.* Payment of employees’ expenses.traveling expenses in going to and returning therefrom: *Provided,* That nothing herein shall prevent the payment to employees of the Bureau of Mines of their necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu of subsistence, while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia for purposes only of consultation or investigations on behalf of the 53 Stat. 725United States. All details made hereinunder, and the purposes of Report of details to Congress.each, during the preceding fiscal year shall be reported in the annual estimates of appropriations to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of the Details from Public Health Service.Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Mines; Appropriations for the fiscal year 1940 available for expenses of Traveling expenses, on transfer from one station to another.travel of officers and employees of the Bureau of Mines, and fluids transferred thereto, shall be available for expenses of travel performed by them on transfer from one official station to another when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, and for the expenses Transportation of household effects, etc.incurred in packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects and other personal property of employees so transferred, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; Total, Bureau of Mines, $2,495,760. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Salaries: For the Director of the National Park Service and other Salaries.personal services in the District of Columbia, including accounting services in checking and verifying the accounts and records of the various operators, licensees, and permittees conducting utilities and other enterprises within the national parks and monuments, and Specialists and experts.including the services of specialists and experts for investigations and examinations of lands to determine their suitability for national-park and national-monument purposes: *Provided,* That such specialists *Proviso.* Employment without reference to Civil Service, etc., acts.and experts may be employed for temporary service at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior to correspond to those established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and without [5 U. S. C. §§661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661/674/673/673c).[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652](/us/usc/t5/s631/652).Field employees.reference to the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883, $259,580, of which amount not to exceed $19,200 may be expended for the services of field employees engaged in examination of lands and in developing the educational work of the National Park Service. Regional offices: For salaries and expenses of regional offices necessary Regional offices.in the administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the National Park System, including not to exceed $1,200 for the purchase, maintenance operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, and not exceeding $8,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $34,000. General expenses: For every expenditure requisite for and incident General expenses.to the authorized work of the office of the Director of the National Park Service not herein provided for, including traveling expenses, telegrams, photographic supplies, prints, and motion-picture films, necessary expenses or attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the National Park Service when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, and necessary expenses of field employees engaged in examination of lands and in developing the educational work of the National Park Service, $36,500: *Provided,* That necessary expenses of *Proviso.* Field employees, attendance at meetings.field employees in attendance at such meetings, when authorized by the Secretary, shall be paid from the various park and monument appropriations. Acadia National Park, Maine: For administration, protection, and National parks, administration, etc. Acadia, Maine. George B. Dorr. [5 U. S. C. §§691–693, 697–731; Supp. IV, ch. 14](/us/usc/t5/s691/693/697/731/ch14).maintenance, including $3,000 for George B. Dorr as superintendent without regard to the requirements of the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act approved May 22, 1920 (5 U. S. C. 691–693, 697–731), as amended, $3,000 for temporary clerical services for inves-53 Stat. 726tigation of titles and preparation of abstracts thereof of lands donated to the United States for inclusion in the Acadia National Park, and Vehicles.not exceeding $2,250 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $55,000. Bryce Canyon, Utah. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $300 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with the general park work, and including not exceeding $3,200 for the construction of a comfort station, and water and sewer line connections, $20,980. Carlsbad Caverns, N. Mex. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $800 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $102,170. Crater Lake, Oreg. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $1,430 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $85,000. General Grant, Calif. General Grant National Park, California: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $500 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, $23,345. Glacier, Mont. Glacier National Park, Montana: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including necessary repairs to the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the international boundary, including not exceeding $2,200 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $221,210. Grand Canyon, Ariz. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $1,750 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-canning vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in conection with general park work, $129,200. Grand Teton, Wyo. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $870 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $28,400. Great Smoky Mountains, N. C.-Tenn. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not to exceed $1,150 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for use in connection with general park work, $89,400. Hawaii. Hawaii National Park: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $1,380 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $62,000. Hot Springs, Ark. *Post,* p. 1318. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $700 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $73,870. 53 Stat. 727 Proposed Isle Royale National Park, Michigan: For administration, Isle Royale, Mich., proposed. *Proviso.* Use in advance of establishment forbidden. [46 Stat. 1514](/us/stat/46/1514). [16 U. S. C. § 408](/us/usc/t16/s408). Lassen Volcanic, Calif.protection, and maintenance, $20,000: *Provided,* That no part of this appropriation shall be available for expenditure in advance of the establishment of said park in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931. Lassen Volcanic National Park, California: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $700 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, and including not to exceed $1,000 for the maintenance of approach roads through the Lassen National Forest, $53,225. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado: For administration, protection, Mesa Verde, Colo.and maintenance, including not exceeding $750 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $59,715. Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska: For administration, protection, Mount McKinley, Alaska.and maintenance, including not exceeding $200 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $29,970. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: For administration, Mount Rainier, Wash.protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $1,775 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $156,275. Olympic National Park, Washington: For administration, protection, Olympic, Wash.and maintenance, including not exceeding $300 for the purchase. maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $50,000. Platt National Park, Oklahoma: For administration, protection, Platt, Okla.and maintenance, including not exceeding $300 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $20,325. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: For administration, Rocky Mountain, Colo.protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $400 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, and not exceeding $3,100 for the purchase of land, $98,485. Sequoia National Park, California: For administration, protection, Sequoia, Calif.and maintenance, including not exceeding $1,275 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, including maintenance and repair Generals Highway, maintenance, etc.of the Generals Highway between the boundaries of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, $131,735, and the unexpended balance of the Crystal Cave, development.[52 Stat. 332](/us/stat/52/332).appropriation of $25,000 contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939, under this head for the development of Crystal Cave and the approach road thereto is continued available for this purpose until June 30, 1940. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: For administration, protection, Shenandoah, Va.and maintenance, including not exceeding $1,650 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $75,460. 53 Stat. 728 Wind Cave, S. Dak. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $150 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $20,170. Yellowstone, Wyo. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $3,675 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, not exceeding $15,500 for maintenance of the roads in the national forests leading out of the park from the east, northeast, southwest, and south boundaries, and including feed for buffalo and other animals and salaries of buffalo keepers, $463,520. Yosemite, Calif. Yosemite National Park, California: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $2,550 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, not exceeding $2,000 for maintenance of the road in the Stanislaus National Forest connecting the Tioga Road with the Hetch Hetchy Road near Mather Station, and including necessary expenses of a comprehensive study of the problems relating to the use and enjoyment of the Yosemite National Park and the preservation of its natural features, $335,000. Zion, Utah. Zion National Park, Utah: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $620 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $49,220. National monuments, administration, etc. National monuments: For administration, protection, maintenance, and preservation of national monuments, including not exceeding $7,000 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the custodians and employees in connection with general monument work, $283,515. National historical parks and monuments. National historical parks and monuments: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $2,400 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, $159,560. National military parks, battlefields, etc. National military parks, battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $10,000 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, $388,860. Manassas, Va., administration-museum building. Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia: For the construction of an administration-museum building in the Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia, $56,000, to remain available until expended. Markers on route of armies in Georgia during War between the States. [52 Stat. 1134](/us/stat/52/1134). The unexpended balance of the amount of $10,000, included in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1938 for “National military parks, battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries”, to provide for the erection and maintenance of permanent markers along the route followed by the armies in Georgia during the War between the States, is continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. Appomattox Court House, Va., addition and improvements. Not to exceed $8,000 of the amount of $100,000 appropriated in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for the development and improvement of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument, Virginia, in accordance with the provisions [49 Stat. 1794, 613](/us/stat/49/1794/613).of the Act approved August 13, 1935 (49 Stat. 613), is hereby made available for the acquisition of approximately fifteen acres of land and improvements thereon within the proposed boundaries of the monument. 53 Stat. 729 Ackia National Memorial Commission and Battleground National Ackia National Memorial Commission and Battleground National Monument.Monument: The unexpended balance of the appropriation to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Ackia, Mississippi, and the establishment of the Acida Battleground National Monument, and for other purposes”, approved August 27, [49 Stat. 897, 1119](/us/stat/49/897/1119); [50 Stat. 765](/us/stat/50/765); [52 Stat. 1134](/us/stat/52/1134).1935, contained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, and continued available during the fiscal year 1938, is hereby continued available for the same purposes during the fiscal year 1940. Boulder Dam National Recreational Area, Arizona and Nevada: Boulder Dam National Recreational Area, Ariz. and Nev.For administration, protection, improvement, and maintenance of the recreational activities of the Boulder Dam National Recreational Area and any lands that may be added thereto by Presidential or other authority, including not exceeding $800 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for the lighting of the airplane landing field at Boulder City, Nevada, $99,730. Emergency reconstruction and fighting forest fires in national Emergency reconstruction and fighting forest fires.parks: For reconstruction, replacement, and repair of roads, trails, bridges, buildings, and other physical improvements and of equipment in national parks or national monuments that are damaged or destroyed by flood, fire, storm, or other unavoidable causes during the fiscal year 1940, and for fighting or emergency prevention of forest fires in national parks or other areas administered by the National Park Service, or fires that endanger such areas, $40,000, and in addition Unexpended balance continued available. [52 Stat. 333](/us/stat/52/333).thereto the unexpended balance for this purpose for the fiscal year 1939 is continued available during the fiscal year 1940, together with not to exceed $100,000 to be transferred upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior from the various appropriations for national parks and national monuments herein contained, any such diversions of appropriations to be reported to Congress in the annual Budget: *Provided,* That the allotment of these funds to the various *Proviso.* Restriction on allotment.national parks or areas administered by the National Park Service as may be required for fire-fighting purposes shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and then only after the obligation for the expenditure has been incurred. Forest protection and fire prevention: For the control and the prevention Forest protection and fire prevention.of spread of forest insects and tree diseases and for fire-prevention measures, including equipment, and personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $20,500) and elsewhere, $120,000, to be immediately available. The total of the foregoing amounts shall be available in one fund Accounting.for the National Park Service: *Provided,* That 10 per centum of the *Proviso.* Sums interchangeable.foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably and shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Appropriations herein made for the national parks, national monuments, Educational lectures, etc.and other reservations under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, shall be available for the giving of educational lectures therein; for the services of field employees in cooperation with such nonprofit scientific and historical societies engaged in educational work in the various parks and monuments as the Secretary, in his discretion, may designate; and for travel expenses of employees attending Government camps for training in forest-fire prevention and suppression. Appropriations herein and hereafter made for the National Park Information and directional signs.Service shall be available for the printing of information and directional signs made of cloth and required in the administration of areas under its jurisdiction. 53 Stat. 730 Telephones in Government-owned residences, etc. Appropriations herein made for the National Park Service shall be available for the installation and operation of telephones in Government-owned residences, apartments, or quarters occupied by employees of the National Park Service. Roads and trails. Roads and Trails, National Park Service: For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including the Boulder Dam National Recreational Area, and other areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 [46 Stat. 1053](/us/stat/46/1053). [16 U.S. C. §§8a, 8b](/us/usc/t16/s8a/8b).(16 U. S. C. 8a and 8b), as amended, including the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the Colonial National Historical Park, connecting parkways.international boundary, and for the acquisition of lands and interests in land and expenses incidental thereto necessary for the construction of connecting parkways for the Colonial National Historical Park in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June [49 Stat. 1483](/us/stat/49/1483); [52 Stat. 1208](/us/stat/52/1208).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 81–81h](/us/usc/t16/s81/81h).[46 Stat. 1490](/us/stat/46/1490).[16 U. S. C. § 443c; Supp. IV, § 81f](/us/usc/t16/s443c/81f).*Proviso.*Services in the District.5, 1936 (49 Stat. 1483), as amended by the Act of June 28, 1938 (Public Law Numbered 753, Seventy-fifth Congress), and pursuant to the authorization of the Act of March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1490), $3,500,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: *Provided,* That not to exceed $60,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1940. Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways.[52 Stat. 635](/us/stat/52/635).Vehicles. Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways: For continuing the construction and maintenance, under the provisions of section 8 of the Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635), of the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways, including not exceeding $3,100 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, to be immediately available and remain available until expended, $4,500,000, of which amount not to exceed $50,000 shall be *Provisos.* Allotments to designated States. available for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That $1,350,000 and any other sums received from other sources for said Natchez Trace Parkway shall be allotted and expended ratably between the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee according to mileage of said parkway in each respective State and said allotments Statement of expenditures to Congress.shall be used for no other purpose: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of the Interior shall make a detailed statement of expenditures from this appropriation to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations at the beginning of the next regular session of Congress. Historic sites and buildings. Historic sites and buildings: For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, [49 Stat. 666](/us/stat/49/666). [16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 461](/us/usc/t16/s461). Water rights, investigations, etc.and for other purposes”, approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), including personal services in the District of Columbia, $24,000. Investigation and purchase of water rights: For the investigation and establishment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of the national parks and monuments, and including not exceeding $500 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles, $42,000. Public buildings and grounds, D. C. Salaries and expenses. Salaries and general expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of public buildings, monuments, memorials, and grounds in the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including the National Archives Building; per 53 Stat. 731diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Director, not exceeding current rates for similar services in the District of Columbia, and such employees in emergencies may be entered on duty subject to confirmation by the Secretary of the Interior; rent of buildings; demolition of buildings; expenses incident to moving various executive departments and establishments in connection with the assignment, allocation, transfer, and survey of building space; traveling expenses and carfare: leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees; furnishings and equipment; arms and ammunition for the guard force; not exceeding $37,400 for purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; and the purchase, maintenance, repair, exchange, Vehicles.storage, and operation of four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; $7,950,962, of which amount not to exceed $500,000 shall be Repairs, etc.available for major repairs and improvements to public buildings, monuments, memorials, and grounds in the District of Columbia. Salaries and expenses, public buildings outside the District of Public buildings outside D. C. Salari es and expenses.Columbia: For administration, protection, and maintenance, including improvement, repair, cleaning, heating, lighting, rental of buildings and equipment, supplies, materials, furnishings and equipment, personal services, arms, ammunition, leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees, and every expenditure requisite for and incidental to such maintenance and operation of public buildings outside of the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, $783,700: *Provided,* *Proviso.* Services in the District.That not to exceed $5,040 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for major repairs and Repairs, etc., to building located at 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y.improvements to the building located at 45 Broadway, New York, New York. Salaries and expenses, National Capital parks: For administration, National Capital parks. Salaries and expenses.protection, maintenance, and improvement of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Arlington Memorial Bridge, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Federal parks in the District of Columbia, and other Federal lands authorized by the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 46 Stat. 482.482), including the pay and allowances in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 27, 1924, as amended, of the police force [43 Stat. 174](/us/stat/43/174). Police force, Mt. Vernon Memorial Highway, etc. Miscellaneous expenses.for the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway and the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and the operation, maintenance, repair, exchange, and storage of three automobiles, revolvers, ammunition, uniforms, and equipment, per-diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Director not exceeding current rates for similar services in the District of Columbia, the hire of draft animals with or without drivers at local rates approved by the Director, traveling expenses and carfare, and leather and rubber articles for the protection of public property and employees, $263,200, of which $67,500 Arlington Memorial Bridge, repairs.shall be available for repairs to the Arlington Memorial Bridge and approaches thereto. OFFICE OF EDUCATION SALARIES For the Commissioner of Education and other personal services in Salaries.the District of Columbia, $278,780. GENERAL EXPENSES For necessary traveling expenses of the Commissioner and employees Travel, attendance at meetings, etc.acting under his direction, including attendance at meetings of educational associations, societies, and other organizations, and includ-53 Stat. 732ing not to exceed $3,000 for the expenses of persons attending conferences called to meet in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; for compensation, not to exceed $500 of employees in field service; for purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern slides; collection, exchange, and cataloging of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and repairing the same; and other expenses not herein provided for, $19,500. Libraries of educational institutions. Surveys, reports, etc., of. For making surveys, studies, investigations, and reports regarding public, school, college, university, and other libraries; fostering coordination of public and school library service; coordinating library service on the national level with other forms of adult education; developing library participation in Federal projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research materials among the more scholarly libraries, inter-State library cooperation, and the development of public, school, and other library service throughout the country, and for the administrative expenses incident to performing these duties, including salaries of such assistants, experts, clerks, and other employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as the Commissioner of Education may deem necessary, necessary traveling Attendance at meetings, etc.expenses, including attendance at meetings of educational associations, societies, and other organizations, purchase of miscellaneous supplies, equipment, stationery, typewriters, and exchange thereof, postage on foreign mail, purchase of books of reference, law books, and periodicals, printing and binding, and all other necessary expenses, $25,000. Study of higher education for Negroes. Study of higher education for Negroes: For all expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase and rental of equipment, purchase of supplies, traveling expenses, including attendance at meetings of educational associations, societies, and other organizations, printing and binding, and all other incidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable the Secretary of the Interior, through the Office of Education, at a total cost of not to exceed $40,000, to make a study of higher education for Negroes to determine first, the higher education needs of Negroes, and second, the areas of educational concentration or specialization upon which *Proviso.* Employment of specialists, etc. [5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661/674/673/673c). [5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652](/us/usc/t5/s631/652).the various colleges should embark, $15,000: *Provided,* That specialists and experts for temporary service in this study may be employed at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior to correspond to those established by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and without reference to the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883. Agriculture and mechanic arts. Further endowment of colleges of. Further endowment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts: For carrying out the provisions of section 22 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment [49 Stat. 439](/us/stat/49/439). [7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 343d](/us/usc/t7/s343d).and support of land-grant colleges”, approved June 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 436), $2,480,000. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the provisions of section 7 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational [39 Stat. 933](/us/stat/39/933); [40 Stat. 345](/us/stat/40/345). [20 U. S. C. § 15](/us/usc/t20/s15). [49 Stat. 1489](/us/stat/49/1489). [20 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 15k](/us/usc/t20/s15k).education, and so forth”, approved February 23, 1917, as amended by the Act of October 6, 1917 (20 U. S. C. 15), and of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories”, approved June 8, 1936 (49 Stat. 1488), $428,200. Further development in States and Territories. [49 Stat. 1488](/us/stat/49/1488). [20 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 15h-j](/us/usc/t20/s15h/j). Further development of vocational education: For carrying out the provisions of sections 1,2, and 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of vocational education in the several States and Territories”, approved June 8, 1936 (49 Stat. 1488–1490), 53 Stat. 733$13,750,000: *Provided,* That the apportionment to the States shall be *Proviso.* Apportionment.computed on the basis of not to exceed $14,483,000 for the fiscal year 1940, as authorized by the Act approved June 8, 1936. For extending to the Territory of Hawaii the benefits of the Act Extension of benefits to Hawaii.entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, and so forth”, approved February 23, 1917 (20 U. S. C. 11–18), in [39 Stat. 929](/us/stat/39/929); [43 Stat. 18](/us/stat/43/18).[20 U. S. C. §§ 11–18, 29; Supp. IV, ch. 2](/us/usc/t20/s11/18/29/ch2).accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii”, approved March 10, 1924 (20 U. S. C. 29), $30,000. For extending to Puerto Rico the benefits of the Act entitled “An Extension of benefits to Puerto Rico.Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, and so forth”, approved February 23, 1917 (20 U. S. C. 11–18), in accordance [39 Stat. 929](/us/stat/39/929); [46 Stat. 1489](/us/stat/46/1489).[20 U. S. C. §§ 11–18](/us/usc/t20/s11/18); [29 U. S. C. §§ 31–35](/us/usc/t29/s31/35); [20 U. S. C. § 30](/us/usc/t20/s30).with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of certain laws relating to vocational education and civilian rehabilitation to Puerto Rico”, approved March 3, 1931 (20 U. S. C. 11–18; 29 U. S. C. 31–35; 20 U. S. C. 30), $105,000. Cooperative vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry: Cooperative vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry.[41 Stat. 735](/us/stat/41/735); [43 Stat. 430](/us/stat/43/430); [46 Stat. 524](/us/stat/46/524); [47 Stat. 448](/us/stat/47/448).[29 U. S. C. §§ 31–40](/us/usc/t29/s31/40).[49 Stat. 633](/us/stat/49/633).[29 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 45b](/us/usc/t29/s45b).*Proviso.*Basis of apportionment.For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment”, approved June 2, 1920 (29 U. S. C. 35), as amended by the Act of June 5, 1924 (29 U. S. C. 31), and the Acts of June 9, 1930, and June 30, 1932 (29 U. S. C. 31–40), and section 531
(a)of the Act of August 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 620), $1,800,000: *Provided,* That the apportionment to the States shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $1,938,000, as authorized by the Acts approved June 2, 1920, June 5, 1924, June 9, 1930, June 30, 1932, and August 14, 1935. Salaries and expenses, vocational rehabilitation: For carrying out Vocational rehabilitation, salaries and expenses.[41 Stat. 737](/us/stat/41/737); [43 Stat. 430](/us/stat/43/430); [46 Stat. 524](/us/stat/46/524); [47 Stat. 448](/us/stat/47/448).[29 U. S. C. §§ 35, 31, 40](/us/usc/t29/s35/31/40).[49 Stat. 620](/us/stat/49/620).[42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 301](/us/usc/t42/s301).Operation of vending stands by the blind.[49 Stat. 1559](/us/stat/49/1559).[20 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 107–107f](/us/usc/t20/s107/107f).Cooperative vocational rehabilitation, disabled residents of District of Columbia.the provisions of section 6 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry, and so forth”, approved June 2, 1920 (29 U. S. C. 35), and the Acts of June 5, 1924 (29 U. S. C. 31), June 9, 1930, and June 30, 1932 (29 U. S. C. 31, 40), and August 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 620), and for carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1559, 1560), $111,500. Cooperative vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia: For personal services, printing and binding, travel and subsistence, and payment of expenses of training, placement, and other phases of rehabilitating disabled residents of the District of Columbia under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled residents of the District of Columbia”, approved February 23, 1929 (45 Stat. [45 Stat. 1260](/us/stat/45/1260); [50 Stat. 69](/us/stat/50/69).1260), as amended by the Act approved April 17, 1937 (50 Stat. 69), $25,000. Promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry Extension of benefits to Hawaii.in Hawaii: For extending to the Territory of Hawaii the benefits of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry”, approved June 2, 1920, as amended (29 U. S. C. 31–14), in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions [41 Stat. 735](/us/stat/41/735); [43 Stat. 18](/us/stat/43/18).[29 U. S. C. §§ 31–45](/us/usc/t29/s31/45).of certain laws to the Territory of Hawaii”, approved March 10, 1924 (29 U.S. C. 45), $5,000. Promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry Extension of benefits to Puerto Rico.in Puerto Rico: For extending to the island of Puerto Rico the benefits of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry”, approved June 2, 1920, as amended (29 U. S. C. 31–44), in accordance with the [41 Stat. 735](/us/stat/41/735). [29 U. S. C. §§31–44](/us/usc/t29/s31/44).provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of 53 Stat. 734certain laws relating to vocational education and civilian rehabilitation [46 Stat. 1489](/us/stat/46/1489).[29 U. S. C. § 45a](/us/usc/t29/s45a).to Puerto Rico”, approved March 3, 1931 (29 U. S. C. 45a), $15,000. Expenses, attendance at meetings. Not to exceed an aggregate of $3,000 of appropriations available to the Office of Education for salaries and expenses for vocational education may be used for expenses of attendance at meetings of educational associations and other organizations concerned with vocational education. Exclusive use of funds. All appropriations for vocational education under the Office of Education in this Act shall be used exclusively for vocational education purposes. GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES TERRITORY OF ALASKA Governor and secretary, salaries. Incidental and contingent expenses. Salaries of the Governor and the secretary, $15,600. For incidental and contingent expenses of the offices of the Governor and the secretary of the Territory, clerk hire, not to exceed $7,520; janitor service for the Governor’s office and the executive mansion, not to exceed $3,180; traveling expenses of the Governor while absent from the capital on official business and of the secretary of the Territory while traveling on official business under direction of the Governor; repair and preservation of Governor’s house and furniture; for care or grounds and purchase of necessary equipment; stationery, lights, water, and fuel; in all, $22,400, to be expended under the direction of the Governor. Public schools, establishment, etc.*Proviso.*Limitation on expenditures.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Care of insane. For the establishment and maintenance of public schools, Territory of Alaska, $50,000: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. Insane of Alaska: For care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in Alaska, including compensation and travel expenses of medical supervisor, transportation, burial, and other expenses, *Provisos.*Payments authorized.$205,840: *Provided,* That authority is granted to the Secretary of the Interior to pay from this appropriation to the Sanitarium Company, of Portland, Oregon, or to other contracting institution or institutions, not to exceed $648 per capita per annum for the care and maintenance of Alaskan insane patients during the fiscal year 1940: Return, etc., of those not Alaska residents. *Provided further,* That so much of this sum as may be required shall be available for all necessary expenses in ascertaining the residence of inmates and in returning those who are not legal residents of Alaska to their legal residence or to their friends, and the Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as practicable, return to their places of residence or to their friends all inmates not residents of Alaska at the time they became insane, and the commitment papers for any person hereafter adjudged insane shall include a statement by the committing authority as to the legal residence of such person. Roads, bridges, etc. Repair and maintenance. [47 Stat. 446](/us/stat/47/446). [48 U. S. C. §§ 321a-321c](/us/usc/t48/s321a/321c). Juneau, wharf. Construction, etc. For the repair and maintenance of roads, tramways, ferries, bridges, and trails, Territory of Alaska, to be expended under the provisions of the Act approved June 30, 1932 (48 U. S. C. 321a-321c), $560,000, including not to exceed $1,500 for repair and maintenance of Government wharf at Juneau, Alaska, to be immediately available. For the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads, tramways, bridges, trails, and aviation fields, Territory of Alaska, $140,000, to *Proviso.* Limitation on expenditures.be available until expended: *Provided,* That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal [48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Act, 1934. 53 Stat. 735 The Alaska Railroad: All amounts received by the Alaska Railroad Alaska Railroad.Payment of expenses from receipts.during the fiscal year 1940 shall be available, and continue available until expended, for every expenditure requisite for and incident to the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including maintenance, operation, and improvements of railroads in Alaska; maintenance Operation, etc., of boats.and operation of river steamers and other boats on the Yukon River and its tributaries in Alaska; operation and maintenance of ocean-going or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the purpose of providing additional facilities for the transportation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary, for the benefit and development of industries and travel affecting territory tributary to the Alaska Railroad; stores for resale; payment of claims Damage claims.for losses and damages arising from operations, including claims of employees of the Railroad for loss and damage resulting from wreck or accident on the railroad, not due to negligence of the claimant, limited to clothing and other necessary personal effects used in connection with his duties and not exceeding $100 in value; payment of amounts due connecting lines; payment of compensation and expenses Compensation and expenses.[52 Stat. 200](/us/stat/52/200).[5 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 793](/us/usc/t5/s793).*Provisos.*Services in the District.Salary limitation.as authorized by section 42 of the Injury Compensation Act approved September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C. 793), to be reimbursed as therein provided: *Provided,* That not to exceed $6,000 of this fund shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1940, and no one other than the general manager of said railroad shall be paid an annual salary out of this fund of more than $7,500: *Provided further,* That not to exceed $10,000 of such Printing and binding.fund shall be available for printing and binding. TERRITORY OF HAWAII Salaries of the Governor and of the Secretary, $15,800. Governor and secretary, salaries.Contingent expenses. For contingent expenses, to be expended by the Governor for stationery, postage, and incidentals, and for traveling expenses of the Governor while absent from the capital on official business, $2,000; private secretary to the Governor, $3,100; temporary clerk hire, $750; in all, $5,850. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS For salaries of the Governor and employees incident to the execution Governor, and other personal services.[39 Stat. 1132](/us/stat/39/1132).[48 U. S. C. § 1391](/us/usc/t48/s1391).[49 Stat. 1813](/us/stat/49/1813).[48 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1405v](/us/usc/t48/s1405v).Miscellaneous expenses.of the Acts of March 3, 1917 (48 U. S. C. 1391), and June 22, 1936 (48 U. S. C. 1405v), traveling expenses of officers and employees, necessary janitor service, care of Federal grounds, repair and preservation of Federal buildings and furniture, purchase of equipment, stationery, lights, water, and other necessary miscellaneous expenses, including not to exceed $5,000 for purchase, including exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and not to exceed $4,000 for personal services, household equipment, and furnishings, fuel, ice, and electricity necessary in the operation of Government House at Saint Thomas and Government House at Saint Croix, $127,250. For salaries and expenses of the agricultural experiment station Agricultural experiment station and vocational school. Salaries and expenses.and the vocational school in the Virgin Islands, including technical personnel, clerks, and other persons; scientific investigations of plants and plant industries, and diseases of animals; demonstrations in practical farming; official traveling expenses; fixtures, apparatus, and supplies; clearing and fencing of land; and other necessary expenses, including not to exceed $2,000 for purchase, including exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $38,000. 53 Stat. 736 Deficits of municipal government of Saint Croix. *Post,* p. 1318. For defraying the deficit in the treasury of the municipal government of Saint Croix because of the excess of current expenses over current revenues for the fiscal year 1940, $30,000, to be paid to the said treasury in monthly installments. PUERTO RICAN HURRICANE RELIEF Administrative expenses.To enable the Division of Territories and Island Possessions to continue collection and administration of moneys due the United States on account of loans made under the joint resolutions approved [45 Stat. 1067](/us/stat/45/1067); [46 Stat. 57](/us/stat/46/57).Loan adjustments.[49 Stat. 926, 928](/us/stat/49/926/928).December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1067), and January 22, 1930 (46 Stat. 57), and to make compositions and adjustments in any loan heretofore made, as authorized by Public Resolutions Numbered 59 (49 Stat. 926) and 60 (49 Stat. 928), Seventy-fourth Congress, approved Use of unexpended balances.August 27, 1935, not to exceed $20,000 of any unobligated balances of appropriations made by authority of those joint resolutions, including repayment of principal and payments of interest on such loans, is hereby made available for administrative expenses during the fiscal year 1940. EQUATORIAL AND SOUTH SEA ISLANDS Administrative expenses.For administrative expenses of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions, in carrying out the provisions of Executive Orders Numbered 7368 and 7828, approved May 13, 1936, and March 3, 1938, respectively, relating to certain islands of the United States situate in the Pacific Ocean, including personal services outside the Contracts.District of Columbia (such employment to be by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the [R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/s3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Revised Statutes), rent, traveling expenses, purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers and periodicals, stationery, hire of automobiles, purchase of equipment, supplies and provisions, and all other necessary expenses, $40,000. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL Maintenance, etc.For support, clothing, and treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the Insane of insane persons from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, insane inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval services of the United States, insane civilians in the quartermaster service of the Army, insane persons transferred from the Canal Zone who have been admitted to the hospital and who are indigent, Insane citizens in Canada.American citizens legally adjudged insane in the Dominion of Canada whose legal residence in one of the States, Territories, or the District of Columbia it has been impossible to establish, insane beneficiaries of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, insane beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Administration, and insane Indian beneficiaries of the Bureau of Indian Vehicles.Affairs, including not exceeding $27,000 for the purchase (including one at not to exceed $1,200), exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent, purchasing agent, and general hospital business, Buildings and grounds.and including not to exceed $185,000 for repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $1,227,280, including cooperation with organizations or individuals in scientific research into the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of mental illness, and including maintenance and operation of necessary facilities for feed-53 Stat. 737ing employees and others (at not less than cost), and the proceeds therefrom shall reimburse the appropriation for the institution; and not exceeding $1,500 of this sum may be expended in the removal Removal of patients to their friends.of patients to their friends; not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings or conventions concerned with the work of psychiatry, medicine, and other scientific subjects of interest to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Interior; not exceeding $1,500 in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and newspapers as may be required for the purposes of the hospital and for the medical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients: *Provided,* That so *Provisos.*Return of inmates no longer Federal charges.much of this sum as may be required shall be available for all necessary expenses in ascertaining the residence of inmates who are not or who cease to be properly chargeable to Federal maintenance in the institution and in returning them to such places of residence: *Provided further,* That not exceeding $200 additional may be paid Mail facilities.to two employees to provide mail facilities for patients in the hospital: *Provided further,* That no part of this appropriation shall be Butter substitutes, restriction.expended for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes except for cooking purposes: *Provided further,* That during the Payment for care of patients from the District, etc.fiscal year 1940 the District of Columbia, or any branch of the Government requiring Saint Elizabeths Hospital to care for patients for which they are responsible, shall pay by check to the Superintendent, upon his written request, either in advance or at the end of each month, all or part of the estimated or actual cost of such maintenance, as the case may be, and bills rendered by the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment; proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the care of patients paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly, as may be agreed upon between the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia government, department, or establishments concerned. All sums paid to the Superintendent of Saint Credit of payments.Elizabeths Hospital for the care of patients that he is authorized by law to receive shall be deposited to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department of the appropriation made for the care and maintenance of the patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the year in which the support, clothing, and treatment is provided, and be subject to requisition upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental Maintenance, etc.expenses, books and illustrative apparatus, and general repairs and improvements, and including not to exceed $11,000 for improvement to the power, heating, and lighting system, $150,950. HOWARD UNIVERSITY Salaries: For payment in full or in part of the. salaries of the Salaries.officers, professors, teachers, and other regular employees of the university, the balance to be paid from privately contributed funds, $557,000; General expenses: For equipment, supplies, apparatus, furniture, General expenses.cases and shelving, stationery, ice, repairs to buildings and grounds, and for other necessary expenses, $188,000; Total, Howard University, $745,000. 53 Stat. 738 FREEDMEN’S HOSPITAL Salaries, etc.For officers and employees and compensation for all other professional and other services that may be required and expressly Contingent expenses.approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $318,640; for subsistence, fuel and light, not exceeding $1,000 for expenses of attendance upon meetings of a technical nature, pertaining to hospital administration and medical advancement, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, clothing, to include white duck suits and white canvas shoes for the use of internes, and cotton or duck uniforms or aprons for cooks, maids, and attendants, and rubber surgical gloves, bedding, forage, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, replacement of X-ray apparatus, furniture; purchase, maintenance, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, including not exceeding $500 for the purchase of books, periodicals, and newspapers; and not to exceed $2,000 for the special instruction of pupil nurses, and other absolutely necessary expenses, $166,200; in all, for Freedmen’s Hospital, $484,840, including reimbursement to the appropriation for Howard University of actual cost of heat and Division of expenses.light furnished, of which amount of $484,840 one-half shall be chargeable to the District of Columbia and paid in like manner as other appropriations of the District of Columbia are paid. Sec. 2. Field work appropriations available for hire of work animals, etc. Appropriations herein made for field work shall be available for the hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment. Sec. 3. Pick-up trucks.Appropriations available for purchase, operation, repair, etc.Appropriations herein made shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of vehicles generally known as quarter-ton or half-ton pick-up trucks without such trucks being considered as passenger-carrying vehicles and without the cost of purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair being included in the limitation in the various appropriation items for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles. Sec. 4. Executive departments, etc. Long-distance telephone tolls; use of appropriations restricted.That, hereafter no part of this or any other appropriation for any executive department, establishment, or agency shall be used for the payment of long-distance telephone tolls except for the transaction of public business which the interests of the Government require to be so transacted; and all such payments shall be supported by a certificate by the head of the department, establishment, or agency concerned, or such subordinates as he may specially designate, to the effect that the use of the telephone in such instances was necessary in the interest of the Government. Sec. 5. Short title.This Act may be cited as the “Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940”. Approved, May 10, 1939. To amend section 78 of the Judicial Code, relating to the district of Idaho. 1939-05-11 121 Chapter 53 Stat. 738 76 1 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 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 121] AN ACT To amend section 78 of the Judicial Code, relating to the district of Idaho. May 11, 1939[[S. 752](/us/bill/76/s/752)][
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