SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 280. 1931. 1309...SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 280. 1931. 1309 CHAP. 280.-An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State

SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 280. 1931. 1309

CHAP. 280.-An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State February 23,1931.and Justice and for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and [H. R. 16110.]Labor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 719.]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Approptations tatsums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- and Justice, the Jud-wise appropriated, for the Departments of State and Justice and C1fyommnercearnd La-for the Judiciary, and for the Departments of Commerce and Labor, or, fsal year, 1932.for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, namely:

TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE Department of State.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Salaries: For Secretary of State, $15,000; Undersecretary of secrear ndersecState, $10,000; and other personal services in the District of Colum- sone off ce

bia, including temporary employees, and not to exceed $6,500 for mpiorr , andemployees engaged on piecework at rates to be fixed by the Secretary loof State, $1,960,588; in all, $1,985,588: Provided, That in expending Pri to

Salaries limited toappropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, average rates underfor the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia Cvoi.Stio Act.4in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923 as amended, with 45, p. 776.the exception of the four Assistant Secretaries of State, the Assistant UA.s p. .65 Suppto the Attorney General and six Assistant Attorneys General, the IVE, p. 25tAssistant Secretaries of Commerce, the Assistant Secretary and theSecond Assistant Secretary of Labor, the average of the salaries ofthe total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office,or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the averageof the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as f only one positionamended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the nag"ade.salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compen-sation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious Advances in unusn-cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates aly meritorious c a s e.higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade, butnot more often than once in any fiscal year, and then only to thenext higher rate: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply (1) Restrictionnotappl-to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to cable to clerical-mrequire the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation Ch"nidcatisei ficxedwas fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section salaries.

Vol 42 p 1490.6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person u.s. '. p .6;supp.who is transferred from one position to another position in the iV2ers to anothersame or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or cltion without re-other appropriation unit, or (4) to prevent the payment of a salary Higr salary ratesunder any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the permitted.grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Actof 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE

For contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including stationery, Department contin-furniture, fixtures, typewriters, exchange of same, repairs and gent expensesmaterial for repairs; books, maps, and periodicals, domestic andforeign, and when authorized by the Secretary of State for dues forlibrary membership in societies or associations which issue publica-tions to members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-scribers who are not members, not exceeding $15,880; newspapersnot exceeding $1,500; maintenance, repair, and storage of motor-propelled vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; automobilemail wagons, including storage, repair, and exchange of same;street-car fare not exceeding $150; refund of fees erroneously

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charged and paid for the issue of passports to persons who areexempted from the payment of such fee by section 1 of the Act

Vol. 41, p. 750; Vol. making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service44 8. 8 . p 6; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, approved June 4, 1920Supp. IV, p. 308 . (U.S. C., Supp. III, title 22, sec. 214a) ; the examination of estimates

of appropriations in the field; and other miscellaneous items notincluded in the foregoing, $137,500.

PRINTING AND BINDING

Printingandbinding. For all printing and binding in the Department of State, includingall of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Wash-ington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $285,000.

Passport agencies. PASSPORT AGENCIES

Salaries and ex- For salaries and expenses of maintenance, traveling expenses notto exceed $1,000, and rent outside the District of Columbia, forpassport agencies at New York City, New York; San Francisco,California; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; New Orleans,Louisiana; and Boston, Massachusetts, $79,030.

Official papers of COLLECTING AND EDITING OFFICIAL PAPERS OF TERRITORIES OF THE UNITEDTerritories. STAT

Colleting, etc., for For the expenses of collecting, editing, copying, and arranging forplication publication the official papers of the Territories of the United States,

including personal services in the District of Columbia and else-Vol. 4,p. 141 where, printing and binding, and contingent and traveling expenses,

ated. as provided by the Act approved February 28, 1929, $15,000, togetherAt, p.74. with the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for this

purpose for the fiscal year 1931.

Foreign intercourse. FOREIGN INTERCOURSE

AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS

Ambassadors, etc. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Argentina,Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany Great Britain, Italy, Japan,Mexico, Peru, Poland, Spain, and Turkey, at $17,500 each, $245,000;

Belgium and minis For ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Belgium andter to Luxemburg.envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Luxemburg,$17,500;

Ministers. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China andlands. the Netherlands, at $12,000 each, $24,000;

Other countries. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Albania,Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Colombia, Costa Rica,Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dominion of Canada, Ecuador,Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,

soLiberia and nion of Irish Free State, Liberia, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay,South Africa added.Ante, pp. 502,104. Persia, Portugal, Rumania, Salvador, Siam, Union of South Africa,Pst, P. 1578. Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela, at $10,000 each; to

the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, $10,000; and to Estonia, Latvia, andLithuana, $10,000; in all, $360,000;

Agent, etc., Tangier. Agent and consul general at Tangier, $7,500;Proviso. Provided, That no salary herein appropriated shall be paid to anyDouble salary re- f

strictione official receiving any other salary from the United States Govern-Ante, p. 1210. ment;

Total, ambassadors and ministers, $654,000.

SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESs. III. CH. 280. 1931. 1311

For salaries of Foreign Service officers or vice consuls while acting Charges d'affaires adas charges d'affaires ad interim or while in charge of a consulate gen-eral or consulate during the absence of the principal officer, $30,000.

CLERKS AT EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS

For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and lega- anCdleeatns emitions, including salary during transit to and from homes in the Anc,p. 127.

United States upon beginning and after termination of services,$482,350.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, FOREIGN MISSIONS

To enable the President to provide at the public expense all such ,Cotingentexpenses,stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, and i

signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies andlegations in the transaction of their business, and also for repairsincluding minor alterations, repairs, supervision, preservation, and ti.Savb nt proper-

maintenance of Government-owned diplomatic properties in foreign vol. 44, p. 4; Vol.countries, and properties acquired under the Act approved May 7, .PPs. c., Supp. Iv,1926, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 22, sees. 291, 296), and P-3 0

9 -including also custodial service, water, materials, supplies, tools, Newspapers, etc.seeds, plants, shrubs, and similar objects; newspapers (foreign anddomestic), postage, telegrams, advertising, ice, and drinking waterfor office purposes, hire of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and purchase, maintenance, operation, and hire of niforms.other passenger-carrying vehicles, uniforms, furniture, household nisiFsture d i

furniture and furnishings, except as provided by the Act of May 7, Exceptions1926, as amended, for Government-owned or rented buildings when inthe judgment of the Secretary of State it would be in the publicinterest to do so, not to exceed $50,000, typewriters and exchange ofsame, messenger service, purchase of launch for embassy at Con- Launch, Constati-stantinople not exceeding $15,000, and operation, maintenance, and Purchaseetc.rental of launch for embassy at Constantinople not exceeding $3,500,compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, porters, interpreters,translators, and supervisors of construction, compensation of agentsand employees of and rent and other expenses for dispatch agencies Dispatch agencies.at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans,traveling expenses of Diplomatic and Foreign Service officers, tte t mincluding attendance at trade and other conferences or congresses ings,etc.under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 of Vo. 43. p. 14; Vol.the Act approved May 24, 1924 (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 16; U. S. C. V: s. c., p. W;Supp. III, title 22, sec. 16), miscellaneous expenses of embassies and supp IV, p. 30.legations, and for loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and L oss by exchage.

legations, including such loss on bills of exchange to officers of theUnited States Court for China, and payment in advance of rent of disptchagenese o°dispatch agencies, cost, not exceeding $350 per annum each of the tui-tion of Foreign Service officers assigned for the study of the languagesof Asia and Eastern Europe, telephone and other similar servicesunder this appropriation are hereby authorized, $912,740: Provided, No payment for cler-That no part of this sum appropriated for contingent expenses, I servies to personsforeign missions, shall be expended for salaries or wages of persons(except interpreters, translators, and messengers) not American citi-zens performing clerical services, whether officially designated asclerks or not, in any foreign mission.

EXPENSES OF FOREIGN SERVICE INSPECTORS

For the traveling expenses of Foreign Service officers detailed Foreign Service in-for inspection while traveling and inspecting under instructions Ante, p. 0from the Secretary of State, $25,000.

Clerk hire at consu-lates.

SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 280. 1931.

ALLOWANCE FOR CLERK HIRE AT UNITED STATES CONSULATES

For allowance for clerk hire at consulates, to be expended underthe direction of the Secretary of State, including salary duringtransit to and from homes in the United States upon beginning andafter termination of services, $2,234,088.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES CONSULATES

consutnentes. "eses For expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record andother books, seals, presses, flags, signs, repairs, including minor

Government owned alterations, supervision, preservation, and maintenance of Govern-abroad. ment-owned consular properties in foreign countries, and properties45, pp. 67, p9. acquired under the Act approved May 7, 1926, as amended (U. S. C.,pU. 0. ., Supp. IV, Supp. III, title 22, secs. 291, 296), and including also custodial serv-

ice, water, materials, supplies, tools, seeds, plants, shrubs, and simi-urExceptis. lar objects, postage, furniture, household furniture and furnishings,

except as provided by the Act of May 7, 1926, as amended, forGovernment-owned or rented buildings when in the judgment ofthe Secretary of State it would be in the public interest to doso, not to exceed $25,000, typewriters and exchange of same, sta-tistics, newspapers (foreign and domestic), freight, telegrams,advertising, ice and drinking water for office purposes, hireof motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles,and purchase, maintenance, operation, and hire of other pas-

ttendance at trade senger-carrying vehicles, uniforms, messenger service, travelingconferences, etc. expenses of Consular and Foreign Service officers, including attend-

u. S. '., p. 643; ance at trade and other conferences or congresses under ordersSupp. Iv, p3 7 of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 of the Act

Ante, p . approved May 24, 1924 (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 16; U. S. C., Supp.III, title 22, sec. 16); compensation of interpreters, kavasses, guards,dragomans, translators, Chinese writers, and supervisors of con-

L ye e. struction, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous expensesas the President may think necessary for the several consulates and

Advance payments. consular agencies in the transaction of their business and paymentin advance of telephone, and other similar services under this appro-priation are hereby authorized, $905,931.

RElTEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN

Relief, etc., ofAmen- For relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreignAnte, p. 201. countries, in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands,

and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in theHawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, $50,000.

Foreign Service off- SALARIES OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERScers.

Salaries. For salaries of Foreign Service officers as provided in the ActU. s. .,p. 642. entitled "An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the

Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes,"Ant, p. 1207. approved May 24, 1924 (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 3), $3,373,500.

SALARIES, DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS WHILERECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND IN TRANSIT

Instruction and tran- To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, vice consuls,R.;see. 1740. p. 309. and other officers of the United States for the period actually and'. s. C., p. o. necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits

to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authorityto act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the RevisedStatutes (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 121), $23,000.


TRANSPORTATION OF DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICEOFFICERS

To pay the traveling expenses of Diplomatic, Consular, and For- Transportation, et,eign Service officers, and other employees of the Foreign Service, exincluding officers and employees of the United States Court forChina, and the itemized and verified statements of the actual andnecessary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under suchregulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, of their familiesand effects, in going to and returning from their posts, includingnot to exceed $110,000 incurred in connection with leaves of absence, AOnlevob210.and of the preparation and transportation of the remains of thoseofficers and said employees of the Foreign Service, who have died Brsf homfe I reor may die abroad or in transit while in the discharge of their official dying abroad.crduties, to their former homes in this country or to a place not moredistant for interment and for the ordinary expenses of such inter-ment, $518,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail- Ofs of Untedable also for the authorized expenses of the judge and district attor- StatesCourt ar Chinaney of the United States Court for China while attending sessionsof the court at other cities than Shanghai, not to exceed $8 per dayeach, and for the authorized subsistence expenses of Consular andForeign Service officers while on temporary detail under commission.

EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arisigin Emergeis.the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercialand other interests of 3 the United States and to meet'the necessary Netrality Act, 'ex-expenses attendant upon the exection of the Neutrality Act, to be pe.s. 29p. 49.expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 if the Revised . S.8 C., p. 82Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 107), $400,000.

ALLOWANCE TO WIDOWS OR HERBS OF DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, ANDFOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS WHO DIE ABROAD

For payment under the provisions of section 1749 of the Revised n, dsffSobr oad.'Statutes (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 130) to the widows or heirs at law of R.S.,sec.1749,p.3.Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers of the United * ., P.States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties,$2,000.

POST ALLOWANCES TO DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE Post allowance.OFFICERS

Special allowances, toTo enable the President, in his descretion, and in accordance with meS of tliving.such regulations as he may prescribe, to make special allowances byway of additional compensation to Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign An

, p. i0.Service officers, and officers of the United States Court for China inorder to adjust their official income to the ascertained cost of livingat the posts to which they may be assigned, $100,000.

Foreign ServiceFOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS FUND buiidigs fund.

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the in etc, forGovern-"Foreign Service Building Act, 1926 " (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 22, use in foreigsec. 295), and for each and every object thereof, including the initial Voi4p.4alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings heretofore acquired p.3io. c0 Sup. vunder specific authorization of Congress for the use of the diplomaticand consular establishments in foreign countries, $2,000,000, to

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Proviso.Limitation on -remain available until expended: Provided, That in expending

penditure. appropriations for the foregoing purposes obligations shall not beincurred which will require expenditures in excess of the total of$10,000,000 now authorized by law.

Foreign Service re-tirement, etc., fund. FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

Federalcontribution. For financing the liability of the United States, created by the Actentitled "An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the

4ol. 43, p. 144; Vol. Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes,"S. sC. . 3, ; approved May 24, 1924 (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 21), as amended by

Supp. 'IV, . 37 the Act of July 3, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 22, 6ec. 21),Ante, p. 1211. $215,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the "Foreign

Service retirement and disability fund."

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

Representation al-lowances.

Vol. 43, p. 142.U. S. C., p. 643.Ante, p. 1209.

For representation allowances, as authorized by section 12 of theAct of May 24, 1924 (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 12), $125,000.

RENT, HEAT, FUEL, AND LIGHT, FOREIGN SERVICE

Rent, heat, fuel, and For rent, heat, fuel, and light for the Foreign Service and thes. court for china United States Court for China for officers and grounds, including

okyo, ground rent. annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for the year end-LiVng qsaer etc. ing March 15, 1932, and, as authorized by the Act approved June 26,

1930 (46 Stat., p. 818), for living quarters and for allowances forproaiso. living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, $1,587,709: Provided,

orentc payment That payment for rent may be made in advance: Provided fwrther,LaUS athoried. That the Secretary of State may enter into leases for such offices,

grounds, and living quarters for periods not exceeding ten years.

Internation al oblige- INTAENATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, COMMISSIONS, BUREAUS, AND SO FORTHtions, etc.

CAPE SPARTEL LIGHT, COAST OF MOROCCO

CTe Spertea, t~ For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and TangierLight on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, $868.50.

RESCUING SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN SEAMEN

Life saving testi-monials. For expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the

services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing Americanseamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea, $2,000.

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

oInterationidtal Bre For contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureaur . esof Weights and Measures, in conformity with the terms of the con-Vol.2pm4. 11 ventions of May 20, 1875, and October 6, 1921, the same to be paid,

under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said bureau on itscertificate of apportionment, $4,342.50.

International Cus-toms Tariffs Bureau.

Vol 26, p. 1518

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS

To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense forthe year ending March 31, 1932, of sustaining the international bureauat Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs,pursuant to the convention proclaimed December 17, 1890, $1,400.


WATER BOUNDARY, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

For expenses of meeting the obligations of the United States Mexican waterunder the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, and 1906 between the United i n da Co m

States and Mexico, including rent, purchase, maintenance, and oper- 2o, p. 152; Vol. 341 p:ation of motor-propelled vehicles, installation, maintenance, and 2593.

operation of gauging stations where necessary and their equipment,and so much of the amount herein appropriated as may be neces-sary for these purposes may be transferred by the Secretary of Transfer to oeologi-State to the United States Geological Survey for direct expenditure, ca srey.$71,060.

BOUNDARY TREATY OF 1925 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREATBRITAIN: INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES ANDCANADA ADND ALASKA AND CANADA

To enable the President to perform the obligations of the United B19unis tstes ofStates under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain Great Britain.in respect of Canada, signed February 24, 1925; for salaries and vol.44 p. 212.

expenses, including the salary of the commissioner and salaries ofthe necessary engineers, clerks, and other employees for duty atthe seat of government and in the field; cost of office equipmentand supplies; necessary traveling expenses; commutation of subsist-ence to employees while on field duty not to exceed $4 per day each;for payment for timber necessarily cut in keeping the boundaryline clear, not to exceed $500; and for all other necessary and rea-sonable expenses incurred by the United States in maintabsining an t unhueffective demarcation of the international boundary line betweenthe United States and Canada and Alaska and Canada under theterms of the treaty aforesaid, including the employment of onemathematician to complete the remaining work required under theaward of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treatiesbetween the United States and Great Britain, to be disbursed underthe direction of the Secretary of State, $49,790: Provided, That subsistence of Cor-when the commissioner, or the engineer to the commissioner, shall mionerSadneer,be absent from Washington or their regular place of residence on essofficial business they shall be allowed actual and necessary expensesof subsistence not to exceed $8 per day each.

INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION

International PrisonFor subscription of the United States as an adhering member of commision.

the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a com-mission, including preparation of reports, $5,500.

Pan American Union.PAN AMERICAN UNION

Quota for supportFor the payment of the quota of the United States for the sup- and rintinag.

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port of the Pan American Union, $160,603.20, and for printing andbinding of the union, $20,000; in all, $180,60320.

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION

International Bu-To meet the share of the United States in the expenses for the rea Pmonent Cour

calendar year 1930 of the International Bureau of the Permanent vol. 36p. 2Court of Arbitration, created under article 43 of the conventionconcluded at The Hague, October 18, 1907, for the pacific settlementof international disputes, $2,000.


Interparliamentary BUREAU OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION FOR PROMOTION OF INTERNA-Union for PromotingInternational Arbitra- TIONAL ARBITRATIONtion.

Contribution.

American group.Ante, pp. 790, 887.Traveling expenses,

etc.

Balance available.Ante, p. 887.

For the contribution of the United States toward the maintenanceof the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union for the promotionof international arbitration, $10,000.

American group of the Interparliamentary Union: Toward theexpenses of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union,including traveling expenses, subsistence or per diem in lieu of sub-sistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), com-pensation for stenographic and other clerical services, printing andbinding, and other necessary expenses, fiscal year 1932, $10,000, tobe disbursed on vouchers approved by the president and the execu-tive secretary of the American group; and any unexpended balancein the appropriation for this purpose contained in the SecondDeficiency Act approved July 3, 1930, is hereby made availableuntil June 30, 1932.

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ANNUAL TABLES OF CONSTANTS, AND80 FORTH

International Conm- nmission on Tables of To the International Commission on Annual Tables of Constantsconstants, etc. and Numerical Data, Chemical, Physical, and Technological, as

established by the Seventh International Congress of Applied Chem-istry in London and as continued by the eighth congress in New York,as a contribution by the United States toward the publication ofannual tables of constants, chemical, physical, and technological,$500.

International Insti-tute of Agriculture. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AT ROME, ITALY

Quota, including de- - ,pedencin e. For the payment of the quota of the United States, including the

territory of Hawaii, and the dependencies of the Philippine Islands,Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, for the support of the Interna-tional Institute of Agriculture for the calendar year 1932, $5,400;

Tons t pblic- For the cost of translating into and printing in the English lan-guage the publications of the International Institute of Agricultureat Rome, $2,000;

Sle.ial, etc.,expen- For clerical assistance and traveling and office expenses, $3,660;Total, $11,060.

INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS

International Rail-way Congress.

Pan American Sani-tary Bureau.

International Officeof Public Health.

Vol. 35, pp. 2061,1834;Vol. 42, p. 1823.

To pay the quota of the United States as an adhering memberof the International Railway Congress for the year ending April 15,1932, $800.

PAN AMERICAN SANITARY BUREAU

For the annual share of the United States for the maintenance ofthe Pan American Sanitary Bureau for the fiscal year 1932,$28,774.74.

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALrTH

For the payment of the quota of the United States for the calendaryear 1932 toward the support of the International Office of PublicHealth, created by the international arrangement signed at Rome,December 9, 1907, in pursuance of article 181 of the InternationalSanitary Convention signed at Paris on December 3, 1903, $3,860.


INTERNATIONAL RADIOTELEGRAPHIC CONVENTION

For the share of the United States for the calendar year 1932 as International Radioa party to the international radiotelegraphic conventions heretofore tion.signed, of the expenses of the radiotelegraphic service of the Inter-national Bureau of the Telegraphic Union at Berne, $7,527.

cUNITED STATES SECTION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN IGH COMMISIN Inter-American HighCommission.

To defray the actual and necessary expenses on the part of the VOli3spt 8te"stoUnited States section of the Inter-American High Commission$10,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary ofState.

WATERWAYS TREATY, UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN: INTERNA-TIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN

For salaries and expenses, including salaries of commissioners and vcBt,,Bo.salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the commission.sioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solelyof the Secretary of State; for .necessary traveling expenses, and forexpenses incident to holding hearings and conferences at such placesin Canada and in the United States as shall be determined by thecommission or by the American commissioners to be necessary,including travel expense and compensation of necessary witnesses,making necessary transcript of testimony and proceedings; for costof law books, books of reference and periodicals, office equipment VoL a p.28and supplies; and for one-half of all reasonable and necessary jointexpenses of the International Joint Commission incurred under theterms of the treaty between the United States and Great Britainconcerning the use of boundary waters between the United Statesand Canada, and for other purposes, signed January 11, 1909,$60,355, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State:Provided, That traveling expenses of the commissioners, secretary, .and necessary employees shall be allowed in accordance with the Vol. 44, ps 68.provisions of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 (U. S. C., title 5, U..C., Supp. IV.chap. 16): Provided further, That a part of this appropriation may Rental allowance.be expended for rent of offices for the commission in the District ofColumbia in the event that the Public Buildings Commission isunable to supply suitable office space.

For an additional amount for necessary special or technical inves- Spedal and techncaltigations in connection with matters which fall within the scope of Inatiothe jurisdiction of the International Joint Commission, includingpersonal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, traveling Personal se.ric.expenses, procurement of technical and scientific equipment, and the Epurchase, exchange, hire, maintenance, repair, and operation ofmotor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles,$115,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State,who is authorized to transfer to any department or independent otherranches peint-establishment of the Government, with the consent of the head tedLthereof, any part of this amount for direct expenditure by suchdepartment or establishment for the purposes of this appropriation.

PAYMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA Panama

To enable the Secretary of State to pay to the Government of Anntal Py toPanama the twentieth annual payment, due on February 26, 1932, ol 33, p. 3M.from the Government of the United States to the Government ofPanama under article 14 of the treaty of November 18, 1903, $250,000.


International Re-search Council.

Specified quotas.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

To pay the annual share of the United States, as an adhering mem-ber of the International Research Council and of the associatedunions organized at Brussels, July 18-28, 1919, as follows: Inter-national Research Council, $77.20; International AstronomicalUnion, $694.80; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry,$677; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, $1,389.60;International Union of Mathematics, $38.60; International Union ofScientific Radiotelegraphy, $154.40; International Union of Pure andApplied Physics, $64; International Geographical Union, $194.80;in all, $3,290.40, to be expended under the direction of the Secretaryof State.

INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU

Interntional Hydro For the annual contribution of the United States toward the main-grhi Bu tenance of the International Hydrographic Bureau, $5,790.

FOREIGN HOSPITAL AT CAPE TOWN

Sa^peTo Hospitalh For annual contribution toward the support of the Somerset Hos-A cpital (a foreign hospital), at ape Town, $50, to be paid by the

Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen andcitizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of saidhospital.

International Trade INTERNATIONAL TRADE-MARK REGISTRATION BUREAU, QUOTA OFMark Registration BD-re UNITED STATES

Sha o exp ense For the annual share of the United States for the expenses of the, maintenance of the International Trade-Mark Registration Bureau

41s, p. v o. at Habana, including salaries of the director and counselor, assistantdirector and counselor, clerks, translators, secretary to the director,stenographers and typewriters, messenger, watchmen, and laborers,rent of quarters, stationery and supplies, including the purchase ofbooks, postage, traveling expenses, and the cost of printing thebulletin, $4,961.

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OFINDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

Industrial PropertyBureau. For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting the

International Bureau of the Union for the Protection of IndustrialProperty, at Berne, Switzerland, $1,700.

GENERAL AND SPECIAL CLAIMS COMMISSIONS, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

Mexican Mined For the expenses of the settlement and adjustment of claims by thevoL pp. 17221730. citizens of each country against the other under a convention con-

cluded September 8,1923, and of citizens of the United States againstMexico under a convention concluded September 10, 1923, betweenthe United States and Mexico, including the expenses which, underthe terms of the two conventions, are chargeable in part to the UnitedStates, the expenses of the two commissions, and the expenses of an

Agency expnses, agency of the United States to perform all necessary services in con-nection with the preparation of the claims and the presenting thereofbefore the said commissions, as well as defending the United States incases presented under the general convention by Mexico, includingsalaries of an agent and necessary counsel and other assistants and

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employees and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, law Re n t-

books and books of reference, printing and binding, contingentexpenses, contract stenographic reporting services, without regard to Advertis n fonr-

section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), the tr. s. see. 370a, p.

employment of special counsel, translators, and other technical m 3. s. c., p. 130.experts, by contract, without regard to the provisions of any statuterelative to employment, traveling expenses and subsistence or perdiem in lieu of subsistence notwithstanding the provisions of anyother Act, and such other expenses in the United States and else-where as the President may deem proper, $367,000.

GORGAS MMORIAL LABORATORY

The Gorgas Memorial Laboratory: To enable the Secretary of Lbory Mmtory

State to pay the annual contribution of the United States to the Aucont"bution.

maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, asprovided by the Act approved May 7,1928 (45 Stat., p. 491), $50,000.

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION

For the share of the United States of the expenses of the Inter- internonalalnational Fisheries Commission, established under the treaty between share of expenses.the United States and Great Britain, concluded March 2, 1923, VOL 4. "iincluding salaries of two members and other employees of the com-mission, traveling expenses, purchase of books, periodicals, furniture,and scientific instruments, contingent expenses, rent in the District ofColumbia, and such other expenses in the United States and else-where as the President may deem proper, to be disbursed under thedirection of the Secretary of State, $36,500.

JOINT INVESTIGATION OF THE FISHERIES OF PASSAMAQUODDY AND COBS- Passamaquoddy and

COOK BAYS BY UNITED STATES AND CANADA Cobscook Bay.

For the share of the United States of the expenses of an investi- sPt expefset iongation to be made jontly by the United States and Canada of the fsheries of, by generat-

probable effects of proposed international developments to generate lAntepp.pr .electric power from the movement of the tides in Passamaquoddyand Cobscook Bays on the fisheries of that region, including traveland subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence, compensation ofemployees, stenographic and other services, by contract if deemednecessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes R .S., sec. 370

(U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) rent in the District of Columbia or else- vu . c., p. 130.

where, printing and binding, purchase of supplies and materialsand necessary equipment, charter of vessels, and such other expensesas may be authorized by the Secretary of State, to be disbursed underthe direction of the Secretary of State, $22,500.

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDHOOD

For the annual contribution of the United States of $2,000 per tional tntefrpannum to the American International Institute for the Protection teton of Childhood.of Childhood at Montevideo, Uruguay, as authorized by the public VL 45 p. 487.

resolution approved May 3, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 487).

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE AT THE HAGUE

For the annual contribution of the United States to the Inter- InternSion Sta tis

national Statistical Bureau at The Hague for the calendar year1932 as authorized by public resolution approved April 28, 1924 VoL43 p. u(43 Stat., p. 112), $2,000, to be expended under the direction of theSecretary of State.

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INTERNATIONAL ROAD CONGRESS

rnational Rod To pay the quota of the United States in the Permanent Associa-Congress.Vol. 44, p. 75. tion of International Road Congresses, as authorized by the publicU.s. C.. supp. IV, resolution approved June 18, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 22,

sec. 269), $3,000.

CENTIAL BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAP OF THE WORL ON THEMILLIONTH SCALE

InternationalMap of For the annual contribution on the part of the United Statesthe World.Vol. 44 p 34. toward the expenses incurred by the Central Bureau of the Inter-

national Map of the World on the Millionth Scale for the calendaryear 1931, $50.

International Society INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE ARCTIC REGIONSfor Exploration of Arcotic Regions by Airship. BY MEANS OF THE AIRSHIP

Annual contribution.Vol. 45, p. 1222.

African Liquor Traf-fic Convention.

Share in Central Of-fice expenses.

PoSt, p. 2199.

United States Courtfor China.

Salaries and expenses.

To enable the Secretary of State to pay the annual contributionof the United States in the plans of the organization of the Inter-national Society for the Exploration of the Arctic Regions by Meansof the Airship for the establishment of geophysical observations inthe:inner Arctic regions, as authorized by Public Resolution Num-bered 87, approved February 16, 1929. $300.

CONVENTION RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN AFRICA

Convention relating to the liquor traffic in Africa: To meet theshare of the United States in the expenses for the calendar year1932 of the Central International Office, created under article 7 ofthe convention of September 10, 1919, relating to the liquor trafficin Africa, $55.

JUDICIAL

UINITED STATES COURT FOR CHINA

For salaries of the judge, district attorney, and other officers andemployees of the court; court expenses, including reference lawbooks, ice, and drinking water for office purposes, $41,650.

PRISONS FOR AMERICAN CONVICTS

Consularprisons, etc.

Keepers, quarters,etc.

Countries specified.

Bringng home crimi-nals.

R. S., se. 5275, p.1027.

U.S. C, p. 511.

For expenses of maintaining in China, the former OttomanEmpire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Persia, institutions for incar-cerating American convicts and persons declared insane by theUnited States Court for China or any consular court; wages ofprison keepers; rent of quarters for prisons; ice and drinking waterfor prison purposes; and for the expenses of keeping, feeding, andtransportation of prisoners and persons declared insane by theUnited States Court for China or any consular court in China, theformer Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Persia, somuch as may be necessary; m all, $9,600.

BRINGNGa HOME PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRIME

For every expenditure requisite for or incident to the bringinghome from foreign countries of persons charged with crime asauthorized by section 5275 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 18,sec. 659), $6,000.


Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) Minord purchaesshall not apply to any purchase or service rendered payable from . S., sec. 3709, p.the foregoing appropriations when the aggregate amount involved .s..C.,p.130.does not exceed $100 or when the purchase or service relates to thepacking of personal and household effects of Diplomatic, Consular,and Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment.

No portion of the sums appropriated in Title I of this Act, shall, Ret strscti"on in

unless expressly authorized, be expended for rent in the District ofColumbia or elsewhere in the United States.

Wherever the Secretary of State, in his discretion, procures infor- Expense of securingmation on behalf of corporations, firms, and individuals, the expense rtonstc orof cablegrams and telephone service involved may be charged againstthe respective appropriations for the service utilized and reimburse-ment therefor shall be required from those for whom the informationwas procured, and, when made, be credited to the appropriationunder which the expenditure was charged.

TITLE II.-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE tDepaent of Jns

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Salaries: For Attorney General, $15,000; Solicitor General, slAto rneyerae$10,000; Assistant to the Attorney General, $9,000; and other personal sgtaet to Attorneyservices in the District of Columbia, including the Solicitors of the solicitors, and officeState, Treasury Commerce, and Labor Departments, and the office A, P. 2.forces of the Solicitors of the Treasury, Commerce, and LaborDepartments, $1,248,120; in all, $1,282,120.

For the purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals, L boo

let

including the exchange thereof, for the Department of Justice, Poto

$9,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid Pricelimit or nited

for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, tSat. AnAnnotated.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

For stationery, furniture and repairs, floor coverings not exceed- Department contin-ing $1,500, file holders and cases; miscellaneous expenditures, includ- g n " p nsea.ing telegraphing and telephones, postage, labor, typewriters andadding machines and the exchange thereof and repairs thereto, street-car fares not exceeding $300, newspapers, press clippings, and othernecessaries ordered by the Attorney General; official transportation,including the repair, maintenance, and operation of three motor-driven passenger cars, delivery truck, and motor cycle, to be usedonly for official purposes, and purchase and repair of bicycles,$90,000.

For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Rent D. C.Columbia, $122,000, if space can not be assigned by the Public Build-ings Commission in buildings under the control of that commission.

For printing and binding for the Department of Justice and the Printing and bind-courts of the United States, $310,000.

For traveling and other miscellaneous and emergency expenses, Travel, miscellan

authorized and approved by the Attorney General, to be expendedat his discretion, $25,000.

MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Miscellaneous.

Conduct of customs cases: Assistant Attorney General, special Conduct of customs

attorneys and counselors at law in the conduct of customs cases, to Assistant Attorneybe employed and their compensation fixed by the Attorney General; neetc.da attor-necessary clerical assistance and other employees at the seat of gov-ernment and elsewhere, to be employed and their compensation fixed


by the Attorney General, including experts at such rates of com-pensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney Gen-eral; supplies, Supreme Court Reports and Digests, and FederalReporter and Digests, traveling, and other miscellaneous and inci-dental expenses, to be expended under the direction of the AttorneyGeneral; in all, $119,940.

Deending suits in Defending suits in claims against the United States: For neces-sary expenses incurred in the examination of witnesses, procuringevidence, employment of experts at such rates of compensation asmay be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, and suchother expenses as may be necessary in defending suits in the Court of

dan de predation Claims, including Indian depredation claims, to be expended underthe direction of the Attorney General, $70,000.

Detecion and proses Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prose-cution of crimes.Protection of the cution of crimes against the United States; for the protection of

President. the person of the President of the United States; the acquisition,collection, classification, and preservation of criminal identificationand other records and their exchange with the officials of States,cities, and other institutions; for such other investigations regard-ing official matters under the control of the Department of Justiceand the Department of State as may be directed by the AttorneyGeneral; hire, maintenance, upkeep, and operation of motor-pro-pelled passenger-carrying vehicles when necessary; firearms andammunition, such stationery, supplies, and equipment for use at theseat of government or elsewhere as the Attorney General may direct,including not to exceed $11,200 for taxicab hire to be used exclu-sively for the purposes set forth in this paragraph and to beexpended under the direction of the Attorney General; travelingexpenses; and payment of rewards when specifically authorized bythe Attorney General for information leading to the apprehension of

trces in the Di fugitives from justice, including not to exceed $414,246 for personalservices in the District of Columbia, $2,978,520.

EXAMINATION OF JUDICIAL OFFICES

amnatl of ndi- Examination of judicial offices: For the investigation of the offi-cial acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, and clerksof the United States courts and Territorial courts, and United States

nestigatg offia commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records,acts, o etc, of and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by

crt etc. the agents of the Attorney General at any time; and also, whenrequested by the presiding judge, the official acts, records, andaccounts of referees and trustees of such courts; for copying, in theDistrict of Columbia or elsewhere, reports of examiners at folio

sei r the D ates; traveling expenses; and including not to exceed $136,940trica in the D- for personal services in the District of Columbia; in all, $260,340;

to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General.Enforci g ntitrust Enforcement of antitrust laws: For the enforcement of antitrust

laws, including experts at such rates of compensation as may beauthorized or approved by the Attorney General, including not toexceed $55,560 for personal services in the District of Columbia,$204,160.

Bureau of Prisons. BUREAU OF PRISONS

Salaries and expen- Salaries and expenses: For salaries and expenses in connectionAnft, p. 3. with the supervision of the maintenance and care of United States

prisoners, including not to exceed $194,078 for personal services inthe District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling expenses, andexpenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of suchbureau when authorized by the Attorney General, $234,078.


BUREAU OF PROHIBITION Prohibition Bueau.

Salaries and expenses: For expenses to enforce and administer the salaries and x-applicable provisions of the National Prohibition Act, as amended, Vol. 38, p. 78.and supplemented (U. S. C., title 27), and internal revenue laws, 8 . .78 , pp. 72pursuant to the Act of March 3 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, Vol. 4 P. 30; Vol.secs. 281-281e), and the Act oi May 27, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 427), p. '29

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including the employment of executive officers, attorneys, agents, Stup. IV p. 19.inspectors, investigators, supervisors, clerks, messengers, and other A P

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cerspersonnel, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, to be appointed personnel, etc.as authorized by law; the securing of evidence of violations of the etccuring evidence.Acts; the cost of chemical analysis made by other than employeesof the United States and expenses incident to the giving of testimonyin relation thereto; the purchase of stationery, supplies, equipment, suppesetc.mechanical devices, books, and such other expenditures as may benecessary in the District of Columbia and the several field offices;costs incurred in the seizure, storage, and disposition of liquor andproperty seized under the National Prohibition Act, including seiz- tEpens o seiz esures made under the internal revenue laws if a violation of theNational Prohibition Act is involved and disposition is made undersection 3460, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 26, sec 1193); costs .'s. C.e, rp. . 83

incurred in the seizure, storage, and disposition of any vehicle andteam or automobile, boat, air or water craft, or any other conveyance,seized pursuant to section 26, Title II, of the National Prohibition Vol. 4 p. 315.Act, when the proceeds of sale are insufficient therefor or where thereis no sale; purchase of passenger-carrying motor vehicles at a totalcost of not to exceed $50,000 and not to exceed $1,000 each, includingthe value of any vehicle exchanged, and the hire, maintenance, repair,and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carryingvehicles; and for rental of quarters; in all, $11,369,500, of which trSt. Damount not to exceed $340,300 may be expended for personal servicesin the District of Columbia.

JUDICIAL JudiciaL

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT preme Court.

Salaries: Chief Justice, $20,500; eight Associate Justices, at $20,000 sialaotlloffelticos.teach; and all other officers and employees, whose compensation shallbe fixed by the court, except as otherwise provided by law, and whomay be employed and assigned by the Chief Justice to any office orwork of the court, including an additional assistant to the reporter of toArepdorto, tan t

the court, if the court deems one necessary, to enable the reporterto expedite the publication of its reports, $113,276; in all, $293,776.

For printing and binding for the Supreme Court of the United Printingandbinding.States, $25,000, to be expended as required, without allotment byquarters. The printing and binding for the Supreme Court shallbe done by the printer it may employ, unless it shall otherwise order.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, SUPREME COURT

For miscellaneous expenses of the Supreme Court of the United Miscellaneouse-States, including rent of office for the reporter in Washington, to be pen

expended as the Chief Justice may direct, $16,644.For the salary of the reporter, $8,000. Reporter.

SALARIES OF JUDGES Judges.

For salaries of forty-one circuit judges, at $12,500 each; one Circuit and distithundred and fifty district judges (including two in the Territory ofHawaii, one in the Territory of Porto Rico, and four in the Territory

1324Retired.Vol. 40, p. 1157.U. S. C., p. 908.Customs Court.Ante, p. 737.General appraiser re-

tired.Prwio.Availability.

National Park Com-missioners.

Salaries.

Court of Customsand Patent Appeals.

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of Alaska), at $10,000 each; and judges retired under section 260 ofthe Judicial Code, as amended, and section 518 of the Tariff Act of1930, and general appraiser retired under section 518 of the TariffAct of 1922; in all, $2,184,000: Provided, That this appropriationshall be available for the salaries of all United States justices andcircuit and district judges lawfully entitled thereto, whether activeor retired.

NATIONAL PARK COMMISSIONERS

For the salaries of the commissioners in the Crater Lake, Glacier,Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant,Mesa Verde, Lassen Volcanic, Rocky Mountain, and Hawaii NationalParks, $20,000, which shall be in lieu of all fees and compensationheretofore authorized.

COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT APPEALS

salaries. Salaries: Presiding judge and four associate judges, at $12,500each; and all other officers and employees of the court, $44,320; inall, $106,820.

Printing, et. For printing and binding, $6,600.eBopens, etcl. For books and periodicals, including their exchange; stationery,

supplies, traveling expenses; drugs, chemicals, cleansers, furniture;and for such other miscellaneous expenses as may be approved bythe presiding judge, $6,000.

Customs Coar CUSTOMS CT OURT

Jodeoffers, etc. Salaries: Presiding judge and eight judges, at $10,000 each; andall other officers and employees of the court, $156,260; in all,

Booksm $ 246,260.oexene, et- For books and periodicals, including their exchange; stationery

supplies, traveling expenses; and for such other miscellaneousexpenses as may be approved by the presiding judge, $19,350.

Printing, etc. For printing and binding, $3,300.

alaries. Salaries: Chief justice, $12,500; four judges at $12,500 each; andall other officers and employees of the court, $67,623; in all, $130,123.

Printing, etc. For printing and binding, $38,000.Miscellaneous ex- For stationery, court library, repairs, including repairs to bicycles,

P fuel, electric light, electric elevator, and other miscellaneous expenses,$7,500.Commissioners, sala- anor

lis,riCes.etc. &i> Salaries and expenses of commissioners: For salaries of sevenVo. 43, 64. commissioners at $7,500 each, and for travel expenses, compensation

of stenographers authorized by the court, and for stenographic andother fees and charges necessary in the taking of testimony and inthe performance of the duties as authorized by the Act entitled "An

Vol. 43, P. 964, Act amending section 2 and repealing section 3 of the Act approvedmepded. February 24, 1925 (43 Stat. p. 964, ch. 301), entitled 'An Act to

p. .43C., spp. IV, authorize the appointment of commissioners by the Court of Claimsand to prescribe their powers and compensation,' and for other pur-poses," approved June 23, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 799), $84,870.

Repairs to buildigs. For necessary repairs to the Court of Claims buildings, includingfurnishings, installation of a new call-bell system, replacement andrepairing of window sashes and frames, construction of partitionsand other necessary alterations, installation of additional lightingfacilities, and cleaning and painting, to be expended under the super-vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $12,565, to be immediatelyavailable.

Court of Claims. COUer OF CLAIMS


TERRITORIAL COURTS Territorial courts.

HAwAIi: Chief justice, $10,500; two associate justices, at $10,000 Hawaleach; in all, $30,500.

For judges of circuit courts at $7,500 each for the first circuit, and$7,000 each for the second, third, fourth, and fifth circuits, $58,000.

MARSHALS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, CLERKS, AND OTHER EXPENSES OF United States courts.UNITED STATES COURTS

For salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshals and Marhalstheir deputies, including services rendered in behalf of the United a eStates or otherwise, services in Alaska in collecting evidence for the AlaskUnited States when so specially directed by the Attorney General,traveling expenses, purchase, when authorized by the Attorney Gen- tTrav expenses,eral, of four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vans at not toexceed $2,500 each, and maintenance, alteration, repair, and operationof motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles used in connectionwith the transaction of the official business of the United Statesmarshals, $4,350,460.

For salaries, traveling, and other expenses of United States district "a aDttorneysattorneys and their regular assistants, clerks, and other employees,including the office expenses of United States district attorneys inAlaska, and for salaries of regularly appointed clerks to UnitedStates district attorneys for services rendered during vacancy in theoffice of the United States district attorney, $3,295,620.

For compensation and traveling expenses of special attorneys and spcial astn ts.assistants to the Attorney General and to United States districtattorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases,and for payment of foreign counsel employed by the Attorney Gen- Fore4in colnsei.eral in special cases, $450,000: Provided., That the amount paid as Payrtiocompensation out of the funds herein appropriated to any personemployed hereunder shall not exceed $10.000.

For salaries of clerks of United States circuit courts of appeals Clerks ocous etcand United States district courts, their deputies, and other assistants,travel expenses pursuant to the subsistence expense Act of 1926 (U. voTavllepS8"S. C., title 5, sees. 821-833), and other expenses of conducting their u. s. c., p. 18s.respective offices, $2,175.920.

For fees of United States commissioners and other committing Commi1lsilonet.magistrates acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., U.s. ., .p. 5title 18, sec. 591), $600,000.

Fees of jurors and witnesses, United States courts: For mileage J"ilege "and pand per diems of jurors; for mileage and per diems of witnesses and dlel.for per diems in lieu of subsistence; and for payment of the actualexpenses of witnesses, as provided by section 850, Revised Statutes .: S., p8.s7p. 6.(U. S. C., title 28, sec. 604), including the expenses, mileage, and perdiems of witnesses on behalf of the Government before the UnitedStates Customs Court, such payments to be made on the certificationof the attorney for the United States and to be conclusive as pro- -. s ec. 8", 154.vided by section 846, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 577),$4,150,000: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 of this amount shall Pay on approval ofbe available for such compensation and expenses of witnesses or Attorney General.informants as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney Gen-eral, which approval shall be conclusive.

For rent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers, Rent of court rooms.$115,000.

For bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier in Bals criers etc-each court, except in the southern district of New York and the Travel, etc.,ex-northern district of Illinois; expenses of circuit and district judges enses, judges.of the United States and the judges of the district courts of the

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United States in Alaska, Porto Rico, and Hawaii, as provided byVol. 35 p. 1161. section 259 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, and amend

the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March 3, 1911 (U. S. C.,Jur expenses. title 28, secs. 9 and 596); meals and lodging for jurors in United

States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, whenAlasa ordered by the court, and meals and lodging for jurors in Alaska, asVol.31, p.39. provided by section 193, Title II, of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31ury commissoners. Stat., p. 639); and compensation for jury commissioners, $5 per day,

not exceeding three days for any one term of court, $500,000: Pro-serVicevrestriction. vided, That no per diem shall be paid to any bailiff or crier unless

the court is actually in session and the judge present and presiding orpresent in chambers.

Micellaneos. For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized or approvedby the Attorney General, for the United States courts and theirofficers, including experts at such rates of compensation as may beauthorized or approved by the Attorney General, including also somuch as may be necessary in the discretion of the Attorney General

Alaka, etc. for such expenses in the District of Alaska and in courts other thanvolr. 4e. P Federal courts, and including traveling expenses pursuant to the

U. s. p. 8 subsistence expense Act of 1926 (U. S. C., title 5, chap. 16), $1,270,980.supplies, etc. For supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and adding

machines, or the United States courts and judicial officers, includingfirearms and ammunition therefor, to be expended under the direc-tion of the Attorney General, $90,000.

Lawf book for udi- For the purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, forUnited States judges, district attorneys, and other judicial officers,including the libraries of the ten United States circuit courts of

Federal Reporter. appeals, for the purchase of the Federal Reporter and continuationsthereto as issued, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney

Tra a to - General, $75,000: Provided, That such books shall in all cases beeamss transmitted to their successors in office; all books purchased there-srtatie CltorUde d under to be marked plainly, "The property of the United States ":tated. Provided further, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for

the current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated.

Penal, etc., institu-tions.

Services, supplies,tc.,t or.

PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

For all services, supplies, materials, and equipment in connectionwith or incident to the subsistence and care of inmates and main-tenance and upkeep of Federal penal and correctional institutions,including farm and other operations not otherwise specifically pro-vided for, in the discretion of the Attorney General; gratuities forinmates at release, provided such gratuities shall be furnished toinmates sentenced for terms of imprisonment of not less than sixmonths, and transportation to the place of conviction or bona fideresidence at the time of conviction or to such other place within theUnited States as may be authorized by the Attorney General; ex-penses of interment or transporting remains of deceased inmates totheir homes in the United States; maintenance and repair of pas-senger-carrying vehicles; traveling expenses of institution officialsand employees when traveling on official duty, including expensesof attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the severalinstitutions when authorzed by the Attorney General, and includingexpenses incurred in pursuing and identifying escaped inmates;traveling expenses of members of advisory boards authorized by lawincurred in the discharge of their official duties; rewards for thecapture of escaped inmates; newspapers, books, and periodicals;firearms and ammunition; tobacco for inmates; and the purchase andexchange of farm products and livestock, when authorized by the

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Attorney General: Provided, That upon the written order of the PreAso.Attorney General not to exceed 10 per centum of the amounts herein propiiations. p

appropriated under this heading, except the appropriations for con-struction and repair and working capital funds of penal and correc-tional institutions and for support of United States prisoners, shallbe available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects named,but the total of any appropriation shall not be increased by morethan 10 per centum and under the following heads:

Prison industries working capital fund: The appropriations Prison industres

entitled Prison industries working capital und, 1931 andpriorworking capital fund.years," and "Prison industries working capital fund, 1931, arereappropriated as one fund and made available for the fiscal year1932, including payment of obligations incurred in prior years; andthe said working capital fund and all receipts credited thereto maybe used as a revolving fund for the fiscal year 1932, for the purposesauthorized by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the diversi-fication of employment of Federal prisoners, for their training andschooling in trades and occupations, and for other purposes,"approved May 27, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 391).

United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: For the United Ia.'n, etak.States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, including not to exceed salaries and wage$690,180 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees,$1,942,440.

United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia: For the United saarie'dwaStates penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, including not to exceed$407,652 for salaries and wages of all officers and employees,$1,198,212.

For construction and repair of buildings, including the purchase tiBUdin consstrUo

and installation of machinery and equipment, and all expenses inci-dent thereto, to be expended so as to give the maximum amount ofemployment to inmates of the institution, $100,000.

United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington: For the wNsh.il l anUnited States penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, including salaries, etc.not to exceed $200,020 for salaries and wages of all officers andemployees, and not to exceed $1,600, including the exchange allow-ance of any vehicle given in part payment therefor, for the purchase Vehicles.of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, $516,060.

For construction and repair of buildings, including the purchase reCpairtrubua"ndand installation of machinery and equipment, and all expenses inci-dent thereto, to be expended so as to give the maximum amount ofemployment to inmates of the institution, $214,135.

United States Northeastern Penitentiary: For the United States tentiary.Penitentiary in the Northeast, including not to exceed $129,750 for Mainteanc etc.salaries and wages of all officers and employees, and not to exceed$2,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carryingvehicles, $287,000.

Federal Industrial Institution for Women, Alderson, West Vir- tionfor Women.ginia: For the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alder- alaries, etc.son, West Virginia, including not to exceed $173,206 for salaries andwages of all officers and employees, $352,400. industrial Reforma-

United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio: For tory.the United States Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, Salaries, etc.

including not to exceed $291,588 for salaries and wages of all officersand employees, $790,448. Bidi con

Construction: For the remodeling and construction of the neces- tion etc.sary buildings and appurtenances, purchase of mechanical equip-ment, and other expenses incident to the construction of buildings vol. , p. 74.in accordance with the provisions of "An Act for the establishment u. s.c., p. 2.of a United States Industrial Reformatory," approved January 7,

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1925 (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 832), to be expended under the directionand upon the written order of the Attorney General, or his authorizedrepresentative, by contract or purchase of material and hire of laborand services and utilization of labor of United States prisoners,as the Attorney General may direct, $1,000,000, to be immediately

Provisos. available and to remain available until expended: Provided, ThatCost imitation the total sum to be expended for such purposes shall not exceedOutside architects, $3,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury,

etc.,authorized. if in his discretion it would be impracticable to cause the plans,drawings, designs, specifications, and estimates for the remodelingand construction of the necessary buildings to be prepared in theOffice of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, andthe work of remodeling and constructing the said buildings to besupervised by the field force of said office, may contract for all orany portion of such work to be performed by such suitable person

Reno Quartermaster or firm as he may select.Depot, Okla. United States Reformatory, construction: For a United StatesEstablishm ent of re- . * 1 *formatory, etc., at. reformatory, including any cost incident to the acquisition and occu-

Remodeling build- pation of the site selected on the Reno Quartermaster Depot Mili-Equipment, etc, ex- tary Reservation, Oklahoma, and for remodeling, constructing, and

penses equipping the necessary buildings thereon, purchase of mechanicalequipment, and other expenses incident thereto, as authorized by

Ante, p. 388. the Act entitled "An Act establishing two institutions for the con-SnpervisionbyAttor- finement of United States prisoners, approved May 27, 1930 (46

ney General Stat., p. 388), to be expended under the direction and upon the writ-ten order of the Attorney General, by contract or purchase ofmaterial and hire of labor and services and utilization of labor ofUnited States prisoners, as the Attorney General may direct,

Prois. $500000, to be immediately available and to remain available untilContctsauthori expended: Provided, That the total sum to be expended for such

purposes shall not exceed $3,000,000, and authority is hereby grantedFedera lails to enter into contracts for not to exceed such amount.

ntl,' etc. Federal jails: For maintenance and operation of Federal jailsAnte, p. 32, j la'established under authority of the Act of May 14, 1930 (46 Stat.,

HSe Yokdeeinton P. 325), and the house of detention for Federal prisoners in NewYork City, including not to exceed $439,152 for salaries and wagesof all officers and employees, $871,220.

Establish1in etc., For the purchase of sites, constructing, remodeling, and equippingnecessary buildings, purchase and installation of machinery andequipment, and all necessary expenses incident thereto, for estab-lishing new Federal jails and altering and adapting other Govern-ment property for jail purposes, as authorized by the Act entitled

Ante, p.325. "An Act to reorganize the administration of Federal prisons; toauthorize the Attorney General to contract for the care of UnitedStates prisoners; to establish Federal jails, and for other purposes,"approved May 14, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 325), to be expended under thedirection and upon the written order of the Attorney General, bycontract or purchase of material and hire of labor and services andutilization of labor of United States prisoners, as the AttorneyGeneral may direct, $500,000, to remain available until expended;

Contracts author- and the Attorney General may.contract with such suitable personor firm as he may select for the work of preparing plans, drawings,designs, specifications, and estimates for remodeling and construc-tion of the necessary buildings.

Prison carps. Prison camps: For the construction and repair of buildings atetc.to, epr prison camps, the purchase and installation of machinery and equip-

ment, and all necessary expenses incident thereto, and for the main-tenance of United States prisoners at prison camps, including thepurchase at a cost not to exceed $15,000, and maintenance, altera-tion, repair, and operation of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying


bus, to be expended so as to give the maximum amount of employ- Preso.ment to prisoners, $837,640: Provided, That reimbursements from Repayment basis.

this appropriation made to the War or other departments for suppliesor subsistence shall be at the net contract or invoice price notwith-standing the provisions of any other Act.

National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of National TrainingSchool for Boys, D.C.Columbia: For the National Training School for Boys, Washington, salaries and ex-District of Columbia, including not to exceed $126,080 for salaries pens"'and wages of all officers and employees, and not to exceed $2,000,including the exchange allowance of any vehicle given in part pay- Motor vehicles.

ment therefor, for the purchase of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $258,260.

For construction and repair of buildings, including the purchase Buildings, construc-

and installation of machinery and equipment, and all expenses o e

incident thereto, to be expended so as to give the maximum amount Employment of in-

of employment to inmates of the institution, $200,000 to be immedi-ately available.

Probation system, United States courts: For salaries and expenses Probationsystem.

of probation officers, as authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to Ant, p. .50amend the Act of March 4, 1925, chapter 521, and for other pur-poses," approved June 6, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 503), $230,400: Proined, CoonsThat no part of this or any other appropriation shall be used to posed.defray the salary or expenses of any probation officer who does notcomply with the official orders, regulations, and probation standardspromulgated by the Attorney General

Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners, Support of prisoners

including necessary clothing and medical aid, discharge gratuitiesprovided by law and transportation to place of conviction or placeof bona fide residence in the United States, or such other placewithin the United States as may be authorized by the AttorneyGeneral; and including rent, repair, alteration, and maintenance ent , tc, of bunfd-of buildings occupied under authority of sections 5537 and 5538 iR:s ., sees.5537, 558

of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 691, 692); sup- . S. c., p. 513.

port of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, and whocontinue insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friendsto whom they can be sent; shipping remains of deceased prisonersto their friends or relatives in the United States, and interment ofdeceased prisoners whose remains are unclaimed; expenses incurredin identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners and for rewards fortheir recapture; and for repairs, betterments, and improvements ofUnited States jails, including sidewalks, $3,996,040.

TITLE III.-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Deprtment of Com

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Salaries: Secretary of Commerce, $15,000; Assistant Secretary Secrets, Aistant,

and other personal services in the District of Columbia, includingthe chief clerk and superintendent, who shall be chief executiveofficer of the department and who may be designated by the Secre-tary of Commerce to sign official papers and documents during thetemporary absence of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary ofthe department, $328,160; in all, $343,160.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENNT OF COMMERCE

For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and Contingent and mis.

bureaus of the department, except the Patent Office, including those expe

for which appropriations for contingent and miscellaneous expensesare specifically made, including professional and scientific books,

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law books, books of reference, periodicals, blank books, pamphlets,maps, newspapers (not exceeding $2,500); purchase of atlases ormaps; stationery; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting,oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; fuel, lighting,and heating; purchase and exchange of motor trucks and bicycles;maintenance, repair, and operation of three motor-propelled passen-ger-carrying vehicles and motor trucks and bicycles, to be used onlyfor official purposes; freight and express charges; postage to foreigncountries; telegraph and telephone service; typewriters, addingmachines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair andexchange; first-aid outfits for use in the buildings occupied byemployees of this department; street-car fares, not exceeding $500;and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not includedin the foregoing, $280,000, which sum shall constitute the appropria-

Available for feld tion for contingent expenses of the department, except the Patentservice. Office, and shall also be available for the purchase of necessary sup-

plies and equipment for field services of bureaus and offices of thedepartment for which contingent and miscellaneous appropriations

Pmbas. are specifically made in order to facilitate the purchase through thep"i". central purchasing office (Division of Supplies), as provided byRstriction nmain- law: Provie , That expenditures from appropriations contained

a oas-- in this Act for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive ofgarage rent, pay of operator, fuel, and lubricants on any one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle used by the Department ofCommerce shall not exceed one-third of the market price of a newvehicle of the same make or class, and in any case more than $500.

Printing and bind- For all printing and binding for the Department of Commerce,ing. including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services in the

District of Columbia and elsewhere, except the Patent Office and thePcropw. Bureau of the Census, $750,000: Provided, That an amount not toCopy editom exceed $2,000 of this appropriation may be expended for salaries

of persons detailed from the Government Printing Office for serviceas copy editors.

Radio Division. RADIO DIVISION

wireless ommunic- Wireless communication laws: To enable the Secretary of Com-oremont o laws merce to enforce the Acts of Congress "to require apparatus and

requiring operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers" andVol. 3s, p. 629; vol. "to regulate radio communication" and carry out the provisions

37, pp. 19l, 15 0

Vol. of the international radiotelegraphic convention, examine and set-p .C., Sp. s p

IV. tle international radio accounts, including personal services in theDistrict of Columbia, and to employ such persons and means asmay be necessary, traveling and subsistence expenses, purchase andexchange of instruments, technical books, tabulating, duplicating,and other office machinery and devices, rent and all other miscel-laneous items, including rubber gloves, aprons, rubber boots, andnecessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $646,700, of which

services in the Dis amount not to exceed $80,000 may be expended for personal servicesin the District of Columbia.

Aircraft in commerce AICAT IN COMMERCE

Personalservicesand Aircraft in commerce: To carry out the provisions of the ActVoL 44,p. 5S. approved May 20, 1926, entitled "An Act to encourage and regulate

. S. C., p. 2119. the use of aircraft in commerce, and for other purposes" (U. S. C.,title 49, secs. 171-184), as amended by the Act approved February

Vol. 45 p4 28, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 49, sec. 173d), including salaryU. . C., supp. iv. of Assistant Secretary of Commerce (provided for in the Act cited

p. 65. above), and other personal services in the District of Columbia (notto exceed $320,320) and elsewhere; rent in the District of Columbia

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and elsewhere; traveling expenses; contract stenographic reportingservices; fees and mileage of witnesses; purchase of furniture andequipment; stationery and supplies, including medical supplies,typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories andrepairs; purchase, including exchange, not to exceed $3,000; main-tenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carry-ing vehicles; purchase and replacement, including exchange, ofairplanes (not to exceed $57,000); purchase of airplane motors, air- Purchaseofairplaneplane and motor accessories; and spare parts; maintenance, opera- accessoies, et.tion, and repair of airplanes and airplane motors; purchase ofspecial clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for avia-tion purposes; purchase of books of reference and periodicals; news-papers, reports, documents, plans, specifications, maps, manuscripts,and all other publications; and all other necessary expenses notincluded in the foregoing, in all, $1,369,660.

Air-navigation facilities: For the establishment and maintenance Ir navigtio i-of aids to air navigation, including the equipment of additional air- Establishng andmail routes for day and night flying; the construction of necessary rnutes, etca n

lighting, radio, and other signaling and communicating structuresand apparatus; repairs, alterations, and all expenses of maintenanceand operation; investigation, research, and experimentation todevelop and improve aids to air navigation; for personal services in trict " the Dl

the District of Columbia (not to exceed $153,380) and elsewhere;purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled,passenger-carrying vehicles, including their exchange; replacement,including exchange, of not to exceed four airplanes, maintenance,operation, and repair of airplanes, including accessories and spareparts and special clothing, wearing apparel, and suitable equip-ment for aviation purposes; and for the acquisition of the necessarysites by lease or grant, $8,992,640: Provided, That no part of this Userestrictedappropriation shall be used for any purpose not authorized by the Vol.44,p 5a8Air Commerce Act of 1926.

Appropriations herein made for aircraft in commerce and air itcndace atmeet-navigation facilities shall be available for expenses of attendance at appropriations avil-meetings concerned with the promotion of civil aeronautics, andalso expenses of illustrating the work of the Aeronautics Branchby showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings, whenincurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce.

Foreign and Domes.BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO COMMERCE tic Commerce BureaML

Salaries: For the director and other personal services in the Dis- perine' an oml ce

trict of Columbia, $273,000.For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 3, servie.

1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 15, secs. 197-197f), to establish in Epen. of.the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department . s. c., supp. Iv,of Commerce a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States, p.2 9.including personal services in the District of Columbia and else- Perona s

where, the compensation of a clerk or clerks for each commercialatatche at the rate of not to exceed $3,000 per annum for each per-son so employed, rent outside the District of Columbia, telephone Outsderentservice, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and sup-plies, typewriting, adding, duplicating, and computing machines,accessories and repairs, law books, books of reference and periodi-cals, uniforms, maps, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manu-scripts, newspapers (foreign and domestic) not exceeding $4,000, andall other publications, traveling expenses of officers and employees,ice and drinking water for office purposes, and all other incidentalexpenses not included in the foregoing, to be expended under the


Classification direction of the Secretary of Commerce, and under the followingheads:

Promoting commerce Promoting commerce in Europe and other areas: Investigationsin Europe and other areas for the promotion and development of theforeign commerce of the United States, $909,400;

inrmotingoAmemere Promoting commerce in Latin America: Investigations in LatinAmerica for the promotion and development of the foreign com-merce of the United States, $528,700;

to Tafast™omm' Promoting commerce in the Far East: Investigations in the FarEast for the promotion and development of the foreign commerceof the United States, $420,260;

Promotingcomm0er Promoting commerce in Africa: Investigations in Africa for thein . promotion and development of the foreign commerce of the United

States, $105,940;District and Cooper- District and cooperative office service: For all expenses necessaryative Office Service.Maintaining offies, to operate and maintain district and cooperative offices, including

outside rent, etc. personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rentoutside of the Distirct of Columbia, traveling and subsistenceexpenses of officers and employees, purchase of furniture and equip-ment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding, and computingmachines, accessories and repairs, purchase of maps, books of ref-erence and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, specificationsmanuscripts, not exceeding $1,200 for newspapers, both foreign anddomestic, and all other publications necessary for the promotion ofthe commercial interests of the United States, and all other inci-

Pc on opn- dental expenses not included in the foregoing, $736,280: Provided,ing new offces. That the Secretary of Commerce may require as a condition for

the opening of a new office or the continuation of an existing officethat commercial organizations in the district affected provide suit-able quarters without cost to the Government or at rentals at lower

Discretionary an- than prevailing rates. The Secretary may, at his discretion, refusethority of the Secre- myathtary. to open a new office or continue an existing office where such assist-

ance from local commercial organizations is not provided;China Trade Act. Enforcement of China Trade Act: To carry out the provisions ofEnforcement ex-

pnses-. the Act entitled "China Trade Act, 1922 " (U. S. C., title 15, secs..43P. ; V 141-162), including personal services in the District of Columbia and

'. c., p. 367 elsewhere, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employ-ees, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies,typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories andrepairs, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, reports, docu-ments, plans, specifications, maps, manuscripts, and all other publi-

Outsiderent. cations; rent outside the District of Columbia; ice and drinkingwater for office purposes, and all necessary expenses not included in

Pros pa. the foregoing, $30,800: Provided, That payment in advance for tele-authorized. phone and other similar services under this appropriation is hereby

authorized;Export industries. Export industries: To enable the Bureau of Foreign and DomesticInvestigating prob-

ems relating to. Commerce to investigate and report on domestic as well as foreignproblems relating to the production, distribution, and marketing,in so far as they relate to the important export industries of theUnited States, including personal services in the District of Colum-bia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers and employees,purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, type-writing, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs,books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents, plans, speci-

Outside nt. fications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rent outside ofthe District of Columbia, ice and drinking water for office purposes,and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, $1,013,131;


Domestic commerce and raw-materials investigations: For all Dometic raw maexpenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia turess an a

and elsewhere, purchase of books of reference and periodicals, fur- Cispoitiono, etc.niture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding,and computing machines, accessories and repairs, medical suppliesand first-aid outfits, reports, documents, plans, specifications, manu-scripts, maps, and all other publications, rent outside of the Districtof Columbia, traveling and subsistence expenses of officers andemployees, and all other incidental expenses not included in theforegoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerceto collect and compile information regarding the disposition andhandling of raw materials and manufactures within the UnitedStates; and to investigate the conditions of production and market-ing of foreign raw materials essential for American industries rias."n raw mate

$518.220;Customs statistics- For all expenses necessary for the operation Cut ofmstaica.

of the section of customs statistics transferred to the Department ng, compiling, etc.of Commerce from the Treasury Department by the Act approved vol. 4, p. 1109.January 5, 1923 (U. S. C., title 15, sec. 194), including personal -. c. p.373services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent of or pur-chase of tabulating, punching, sorting, and other mechanical labor-saving machinery or devices, including adding, typewriting, billing,computing, mimeographing, multigraphing, photostat, and otherduplicating machines and devices, including their exchange andrepair; telegraph and telephone service; subsistence and travelingexpenses of officers and employees while traveling on official business;freight, express, drayage; tabulating cards, stationery, and miscel-laneous office supplies; books of reference and periodicals; furnitureand equipment; ice, water, heat, light, and power; street-car fare;and all other necessary and incidental expenses not included in theforegoing, $387,592;

Lists of foreign buyers: For all necessary expenses, including buyDt of foreign

personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase nses of compil-

of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting ingadding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs, lists offoreign buyers, books of reference, periodicals, reports, documents,plans, specifications, rent outside of the District of Columbia, travel- Outslderent.ing and subsistence expenses of officers and employees, and all otherincidental expenses not included in the foregoing, to enable theBureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to collect and compile p,,o.lists of foreign buyers, $78,200: Provided, That the Secretary of Charge autborled.

Commerce may make such charges as he deems reasonable for listsof foreign buyers, special statistical services, special commoditynews bulletins, and World Trade Directory Reports, and theamounts collected therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury as"Miscellaneous receipts ";

Investigation of foreign trade restrictions: For all necessary tions.expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia pe of collect

lug, compiling, etc.,and elsewhere, purchase of furniture and equipment, stationery and information as to.supplies, typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessoriesand repairs, books of reference and periodicals, reports, documents,plans, specifications, manuscripts, and all other publications, rent Outsiderent.

outside of the District of Columbia, traveling and subsistenceexpenses of officers and employees, and all other incidental expensesnot included in the foregoing, to enable the Bureau of Foreign andDomestic Commerce to collect and compile information regardingthe restrictions and regulations of trade imposed by foreigncountries, $62,599;


Transportation of Transportation of families and effects of officers and employees:families and effects.

Paying officers, etc., To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and neces-transit expenses sary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regula-

tions as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, of families andeffects of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign andDomestic Commerce in going to and returning from their posts, orwhen traveling under the order of the Secretary of Commerce, andalso for defraying the expenses of preparing and transporting theremains of officers and employees of the Bureau of Foreign and

Transporting re- Domestic Commerce who may die abroad or in transit, while inthe discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in thiscountry, or to a place not more distant for interment, and for theordinary expenses of such interment, $60,000;

Furnishing living To enable the Secretary of Commerce, under such regulations ashe may prescribe, in accordance with the provisions of the Act

Ante. . 163. entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to establish inthe Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Departmentof Commerce, a Foreign Commerce Service of the United States,and for other purposes,' approved March 3,.1927," approved April12, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 163), to furnish the officers in the Foreign Com-merce Service of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commercestationed in a foreign country, without cost to them and within the

B.S.,sec.1765,p.314 limits of this appropriation, allowances for living quarters, heat,u.s.c.,p.32. and light, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1765 of the

Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 70), $210,000;Allowance to em- Employees of the bureau may be paid in lieu of all transportation

ployees using theirautomobiles expenses not to exceed 7 cents per mile for the use of their own

automobiles when used for necessary travel on official business;Expenses of attend- Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Foreign and

ng meetings, e. Domestic Commerce shall be available for expenses of attendanceat meetings concerned with the promotion of foreign and domesticcommerce, or either, and also expenses of illustrating the work ofthe bureau by showing of maps, charts, and graphs at such meetings,when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Com-merce;

Minor purchases in The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement offoreign countries in .. . * . . .open market. services for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in

R. s.,' .p 73,.733. foreign countries, may be made in open market without compliancewith section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States(U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service doesnot exceed $100 in any instance;

Services in the Dis- Total, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, $5,334,122, oftnct. which amount not to exceed $2,055,000 may be expended for personal

services in the District of Columbia.

Census Bureau. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Fifteenth census. For salaries and necessary expenses for preparing for taking,salrsand, expnses compiling, and publishing the Fifteenth Census of the United Statesfor taking, etc.

and for carrying on during the decennial census period all otherAnte, p. 21. work authorized and directed by law (Act June 18, 1929, 46 Stat.,

p. 21), at a total cost of not to exceed $39,593,000, including rentServices in the Dis- of office quarters in and outside the District of Columbia; salaries

of employees in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, includingProvisos temporary employees in the District of Columbia: Provided, ThatLeaves of absence to

tLmporaryemployeest such temporary employees in the District of Columbia may beallowed leave of absence with pay at the rate of two and one-halfdays per month; the employment by contract of personal services


for the preparation of monographs on census subjects; per diem special agets,etc.

compensation of special agents and expenses of the same and ofdetailed employees, whether employed in the District of Columbiaor elsewhere; expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with . Attendance at meet-the collection of statistics, when incurred on the written authority mgs'of the Secretary of Commerce; the purchase of supplies and equip-ment, including books of reference, periodicals, maps, newspapers,manuscripts, punch cards and materials, street car fares, first-aidoutfits for use in the buildings occupied by the employees of thisbureau, and other contingent expenses; the maintenance, operation, Motor vehicle allow-

and repair of a passenger-carrying automobile to be used on official ancebusiness; the purchase, rental, repair, and exchange of typewriters, Typewriting, tabu-calculating machines, punching, tabulating, and sorting machines, latinget.,mashines.and other office appliances; the construction of punching, tabulating,and sorting machines, including technical, mechanical, and otherservices in connection therewith, whether in the District ofColumbia or elsewhere; and printing and binding at the Govern- Printing and bind-ment Printing Office, $6,270,580, to continue available until ing.

December 31, 1932: Provided further, That existing law shall not Purchase ofsupplies,

operate to prevent the use of such portion of this appropriation astc.may be necessary for the purchase of supplies, printing and binding,and other contingent expenses: Provided further, That the Secretary Discretionary sus-

pension of other workof Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to suspend during the during decennial pe-decennial census period such work of *the Bureau of the Census, riod

other than the Fifteenth Census, as he may deem advisable.

Steamboat Inspec-STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE tion Sevice.

Salaries: For the Supervising Inspector General and other per- uorupn e dica -

sonal services in the District of Columbia, $4.,120. personnel.Steamboat inspectors: For eleven supervising inspectors; inspec- AssiSt. at desig

tors of hulls and inspectors of boilers; assistant inspectors, as author- nated ort.ized by law, for the following ports: New York, forty-seven;Pittsburgh, two; New Orleans, ten; Baltimore, ten; Providence, four;Boston, ten; Philadelphia, twelve; San Francisco, eighteen; Buffalo,eight; Cleveland, eight; Milwaukee, four; Chicago, six; GrandHaven, two; Detroit, four; Norfolk, eight; Seattle, fourteen; Port-land (Oregon), six; Albany, two; Portland (Maine), four; LosAngeles, six; Galveston, four; Mobile, four; Savannah, two; Toledo,two; ntnd six traveling inspectors; in all, $984,300.

Clerk hire, Steamboat Inspection Service: For compensation of Clerk h"

clerks to boards of steamboat inspectors, to be appointed by the Sec-retary of Commerce in accordance with the provisions of law,$186,200.

Contingent expenses: For the payment of fees to witnesses; for contingentespen.straveling and other expenses when on official business of the Super-vising Inspector General, Deputy Supervising Inspector General, withosupervising inspectors, traveling inspectors, local and assistant advertising.

inspectors, and clerks; for instruments, furniture, stationery, street- RS.es37'09,'p33car fares not to exceed $25, janitor service, contract stenographic U. . ., p. 1309.reporting services without reference to section 3709 of the RevisedStatutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), and every other thing necessaryto carry into effect the provisions of title 46, chapter 14, UnitedStates Code, $179,500.

Navigation Burean.BUREAU OF NAVIGATION Navigation Bureau.

Commissioner, and

Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services in the office personnel.District of Columbia, $74,680.


A dm0easurement Admeasurement of vessels: To enable the Commissioner of Navi-gation to secure uniformity in the admeasurement of vessels, includ-ing the employment of an adjuster of admeasurements, purchase andexchange of admeasuring instruments, traveling and incidentalexpenses, $7,200.

ftor boaits n we- Enforcement of navigation laws: To enable the Secretary of Com-merce to provide and operate such motor boats and employ thereonsuch persons as may be necessary for the enforcement, under hisdirection, of laws relating to navigation and inspection of vessels,boarding of vessels, and counting of passengers on excursion boats,including insignia, braid, and chin straps, and coats, caps, and aprons,for stewards' departments on vessels, $183,040, of which $65,000shall be immediately available.

cProdingnOfe over- Preventing overcrowding of passenger vessels: To enable theSecretary of Commerce to employ, temporarily, such persons as maybe necessary, of whom not more than two at any one time may beemployed in the District of Columbia, to enforce the laws to preventovercrowding of passenger and excursion vessels, and all expenses inconnection therewith, $18,840.

Shipping commis- Shipping commissioners: For salaries of shipping commissioners,sioners. $ 0$48,000.

Clerk hire. Clerk hire: For compensation, to be fixed by the Secretary ofCommerce, to each person or clerk in the offices of shipping com-missioners, $118,820.

Conigic tee, Contingent expenses: For rent, stationery, and other requisitesfor transaction of the business of shipping commissioners' offices,including janitor service; in all, $13,550.

Load linesonAmeri- Load lines on American vessels: To enable the Secretary of Com-can vessels.Enforcing law reg- merce to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to

latng . establish load lines for American vessels, and for other purposes,"vol 4. p. 149. approved March 2, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 46, sees. 85-85g),U. 8. c. snpp. rV, including personal services in the District of Columbia and else-

where, traveling expenses, rentals, purchase of instruments and otherequipment, furniture, stationery and office supplies, repairs to equip-ment, books of reference and other necessary publications, documents,

R.S.,se.7, p. 733 plans and specifications, contract stenographic reporting serviceswa.ved , 0 without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C.,

. .p. 130 title 41, sec. 5), and all other incidental expenses not included intri es in the Dis- the foregoing, $32,150, of which not to exceed $17,500 may be

expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.

Standards Bureau. BUEAU OF STANDARDSRBU]EA~ OF STAWgDARDS

Director, and officepersonnel.

Equipment.

Dynamometer labo-ratory, addition.

Oeneral expenses.

Salaries: For the director and other personal services in theDistrict of Columbia, $732,740.

Equipment: For apparatus, machinery, tools, and appliances usedin connection with buildings or work of the bureau, typewriters,adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, laboratry supplies,materials, and supplies used in the construction of apparatus,machinery, or other appliances, including their exchange; piping,wiring, and construction incident to the installation of apparatus,machinery, or appliances; furniture for laboratories and offices,cases for apparatus, $213.000, including $76,000 for repairs andnecessary alterations to buildings, of which amount $35,000 may beused for an addition to the dynamometer laboratory, including con-tract architectural services;

General expenses: For fuel for heat, light, and power; officeexpenses, stationery, cleaning and toilet supplies, books and peri-odicals, which may be exchanged when not needed for permanentuse; traveling expenses; street-car fares not exceeding $100; expenses

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of the visiting committee; expenses of attendance of American mem-ber at the meeting of the International Committee of Weights and Interionail Com-Measures; purchase of gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; Metasure.e 5

supplies for operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automo-biles and motor trucks for official use, including their exchange; andcontingencies of all kinds, $64,000.

Improvement and care of grounds: For grading, construction of Ca etc., ofgrounds.roads and walks, piping grounds for water supply, lamps, wiring forlighting purposes, and other expenses incident to the improvementand care of grounds, including foreman and laborers in the Districtof Columbia, $14,400.

Testing structural materials: For continuation of the investigation structural materialsof structural materials, such as stone, clays, cement, and so forth, n tes the O Diincluding personal services in the District of Columbia and in the trict.field, $333,200: Provided, That as much of this sum as necessary shall i-8o.

Disseminating infor-be used to collect and disseminate such scientific, practical, and statis- mation as to housing,tical information as may be procured, showing or tending to show et 'approved methods in building, planning and construction, standard-ization, and adaptability of structural units, including buildingmaterials and codes, economy in the manufacture and utilization ofbuilding materials and supplies, and such other matters as many tendto encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and housing.

Testing machines: For maintenance and operation of testing Testing machines for

machines, including personal service in connection therewith in the physcal contants.District of Columbia and in the field, for the determination by theBureau of Standards of the physical constants and the properties ofmaterials as authorized by law, $54,700.

Investigation of fire-resisting properties: For investigation of rnFsis build-fire-resisting properties of building materials and conditions under ig te.which they may be most efficiently used, and for the standardizationof types of appliances for fire prevention, including personal services ,.ervices in the Dis-

in the District of Columbia and in the field, $34,820.Investigation of public-utility standards: For investigation of the Public utilities

standards, etc., inves-standards of practice and methods of measurements of public utilities, tigations.such as gas, electric light, electric power, water, telephone, centralstation heating, and electric railway service, and the solution of theproblems which arise in connection with standards in such service,including personal services in the District of Columbia and in thefield, $106,570. ting sel

Testing miscellaneous materials: For testing miscellaneous ouTmatrials.l*materials, such as varnish materials, soap materials, inks, and chemi-cals, including supplies for the Government departments and inde-pendent establishments, including personal services in the Districtof Columbia and in the field, as authorized by law, $46,160.

Radio research: For investigation and standardization of methods Radio standardizeaand instruments employed in radio communication, including per- Uon.sonal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $85,280. Industrial color

Color standardization: To develop color standards and methods of standardization.manufacture and of color measurements, with special reference totheir industrial use in standardization and specification of colorants,such as dyestuffs, inks, and pigments, and other products, paint,paper, and textiles, in which color is a pertinent property, includingpersonal services in the District of Columbia and in the field,$15,680.

Investigation of clay products: To study methods of measurement cy prodt pc

and technical processes used in the manufacture of pottery, brick,tile, terra cotta, and other clay products, and the study of the prop-erties of the materials used in that industry, including personal serv-ices in the District of Columbia and in the field, $48,760;


Mechanical appli- Standardizing mechanical appliances: To develop methods ofTesting echaniltesting stingand standardizing machines, motors, tools, measuring instru-

nauticdevcean, etcr. ments, and other apparatus and devices used in mechanicalhydraulic, and aeronautic engineering; for the comparative study oftypes of apparatus and methods of operation, and for the establish-ment of standards of performance; for the accurate determinationof fundamental physical constants involved in the proper executionof this work; and for the scientific experiments and investigationsneeded in solving the problems which may arise in connection there-with, especially in response to the requirements of aeronautics andaviation for information of a purely scientific nature, including per-

Optical glass produ- sonal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $51,020;tion problems. Investigation of optical and other types of glass: For the investi-

gation of the problems involved in the production of optical andother types of glass, including personal services in the District ofColumbia and in the field, $27,180;

staedxatdeSTa r etc Investigation of textiles: To investigate textiles, paper, leather,and rubber in order to develop standards of more durable qualityand methods of measurement, including personal services in the Dis-trict of Columbia and in the field, $60,600;

Sugar standardiza. Sugar standardization: For the standardization and design ofsugar-testing apparatus; the development of technical specificationsfor the various grades of sugars, especially involving the standard-ization and manufacture of sugars; for the study of the technicalproblems incidental to the collection of the revenue on sugar and to

Rare and unsn determine the fundamental scientific constants of sugars and othertype. substances; for the standardization and production of rare and

unusual types of sugars required for the medical service of the Gov-ernment departments; and for other technical and scientific pur-poses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in

es and the field, $94,520;Gauges and sew Al ' \ ', -threads. Gauge standardization: To provide by cooperation of the Bureauardiatio o etc.

8nd of Standards, the War Department, and the Navy Department forthe standardization and testing of the standard gauges, screwthreads, and standards required in manufacturing throughout theUnited States, and to calibrate and test such standard gauges, screwthreads, and standards, including necessary equipment and personalservices in the District of Columbia and in the field, $49,700;

est Testing railroad-track, mine, and other scales: For investigationand testing of railroad-track scales, elevator scales, and other scalesused in weighing commodities for interstate shipments and to secureequipment and assistance for testing the scales used by the Govern-ment in its transactions with the public, such as post-office, navy-yard, and custom-house scales, and for the purpose of cooperatingwith the States in securing uniformity in the weights and measures

Mine scle and cas. laws and in the methods of inspection; for investigating the condi-tions and methods of use of scales and mine cars used for weighingand measuring coal dug by miners, for the purpose of determiningwages dues and of conditions affecting the accuracy of the weighingor measuring of coal at the mines, including personal services in the

h temperature District of Columbia and in the field $62,060;measHighurements. High temperature investigations: For laboratory and field inves-

tigations of suitable methods of high temperature measurements andcontrol in various industrial processes and to assist in making avail-able directly to the industries the results of the bureau's investiga-tions in this field, including personal services in the District of-

Metallurgical re- Columbia and in the field, $10,080;search. Metallurgical research: For metallurgical research, including

alloy steels, foundry practice, and standards for metals and sands;

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casting, rolling, forging, and the properties of aluminum alloys;prevention of corrosion of metals and alloys; development of metalsubstitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; prepara-tion of metal specifications; investigation of new metallurgicalprocesses and study of methods of conservation in metallurgicalmanufacture and products; investigation of materials used in the Rail-y equipment.construction of rails, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, andthe cause of their failure, including personal services in the Districtof Columbia and in the field, $60,640;

Sound investigation: For the investigation of the principles of Sound investgation.sound and their application to military and industrial purposes,including personal services in the District of Columbia and in thefield, $11,140;

Industrial research: For technical investigations in coopera- Icoopetilvese i.tion with the industries upon fundamental problems involved in gationsindustrial development, with a view to assisting in the permanentestablishment of new American industries, including personal serv-ices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $248,860;

Standarization of equipment: To enable the Bureau of Stand- ardc enatove stndstrards to cooperate with Government departments, engineers, and devicesetc.manufacturers in the establishment of standards, methods of testing,and inspection of instruments, equipment, tools, and electrical andmechanical devices used in the industries and by the Government,including the practical specifications for quality and performance ofsuch devices, and the formulation of methods of inspection, labora-tory, and service tests, including personal services in the District ofColumbia and in the field, $258,620;

Standard materials: For purchase, preparation, analysis, and ing celsir anases.distribution of standard materials to be used in checking chemicalanalyses in the testing of physical measuring apparatus, includingpersonal services in the District of Columbia and in the field,$10,540;

Investigation of radioactive substances and X rays: For an inves- Rstdsat-ra subtigation of radioactive substances and the methods of their meas- vestigations.urements and testing; for investigations relative to the developmentof standard specifications for X-ray equipment and operation; forthe investigation of the hazards of X-ray practice; for the testingand standardization of X-ray protective materials; for the standardi-zation and design of X-ray testing equipment; for the determina-tion of fundamental physical constants essential to X-ray diagnosisand therapy to X-ray analysis of materials and to other technicaland scientific applications, including personal services in the Dis-trict of Columbia and in the field, $31,320;

Utilization of waste products from the land: For the survey of uclts, fromt ndthe possibilities of the industrial utilization of waste products fromthe land, including cooperation with colleges, other institutions, andmanufacturers, including personal services in the District of Colum- probia and in the field, $52,400: Provided, That the Bureau of Standards Cooperation with

Chemistry, etc., Bu-cooperates with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Department of rea without dcplicatAgriculture, without duplication of work; ingwork.

Investigation of automotive engines: For the promotion of econ- investigations, etc.omy and efficiency in automotive transportation by land and bv airthrough investigations of the basic principles underlying the design,performance, operation, and testing of automotive engines, theirfuels, lubricants, accessories, and the power-transmitting system usedin connection with them, also such elements as brakes and brakelinings; to promote economy in the use of liquid fuels and safetyin vehicular traffic, including personal services in the District ofColumbia and in the field, $49,760;

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Dent materias in- Investigation of dental materials: To investigate the physical andchemical properties of dental materials, including the method oftheir application and the causes of deterioration of such materials inservice, for the purpose of developing standards of quality andstandard methods of test, including personal services in the Dis-trict of Columbia and in the field, $9,940;

Hydrauliclaboratory Hydraulic laboratory research: For the determination of funda-rte, p. 327. mental data useful in hydraulic research and engineering, including

laboratory research relating to the behavior and control of river andharbor waters, the study of hydraulic structures and water flow, andthe development and testing of hydraulic instruments and accessories,including personal services in the District of Columbia and in thefield, $36,880;.

Cooperative work During the fiscal year 1932 the head of any department or inde-with departments, etc.,in scientific investiga pendent establishment of the Government having funds available fortions, etc. scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the

Bureau of Standards on scientific investigations within the scope ofthe functions of that bureau, and which the Bureau of Standardsis unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may,with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to theBureau of Standards such sums as may be necessary to carry onsuch investigations. The. Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer

TT of s to on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may beauthorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the creditof the Bureau of Standards for the performance of work for thedepartment or establishment from which the transfer is made,including, where necessary, compensation for personal services inthe District of Columbia and in the field;

ttenance at tech. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Standards shallical, etc., m s. be: available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with

standardization and research, or either, when incurred on the writ-ten authority of the Secretary of Commerce, and for the compen-sation and expenses of medical officers of the Public Health Servicedetailed to the Bureau of Standards for the purpose of maintaininga first-aid station and making clinical observations;

Total, Bureau of Standards, $2,874,570, of which amount not toServies in the Dis- exceed $2,249,790 may be expended for personal services in the

triatL District of Columbia.

Lighthouses Bureau. BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES

Commissioner, and Salaries: For the commissioner and other personal services in theofce ersonnel. District of Columbia, $121,790.

Obn eenses General expenses: For supplies, including replacement of andnecessary additions to existing equipment, repairs, maintenance, andincidental expenses of lighthouses and other lights, beacons, buoyage,fog signals, lighting of rivers heretofore authorized to be lighted,light vessels, other aids to navigation, and lighthouse tenders, includ-ing the establishment, repair, and improvement of beacons and daymarks, and purchase of land for same; establishment of post lights,

Oil,etc.,hoses. buoys, submarine signals, and fog signals; establishment of oil orLtrbuiings carbide houses, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That any oil or car-

bide house erected hereunder shall not exceed $1,000 in cost; con-struction of necessary outbuildings at a cost not exceeding $1,000 atany one light station in any fiscal year; improvement of grounds

Restoring stations, and buildings connected with light stations and depots; restoringlight stations and depots and buildings connected therewith: Pro-

.imitation on use, rded further, That such restoration shall be limited to the originalpurpose of the structures; wages of persons attending post lights;temporary employees and field force while engaged on works of gen-

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eral repair and maintenance, and laborers and mechanics at light-house depots; rations and provisions or commutation thereof for Rtions, etcworking parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels andtenders, and officials and other authorized persons of the LighthouseService on duty on board of such tenders or vessels, and money accru-ing from commutation for rations and provisions for the above-named persons on board of tenders and light vessels or in workingparties in the field may be paid on proper vouchers to the personhaving charge of the mess of such vessel or party; not exceeding$2,000 for packing, crating, and transporting personal household hoTfectsgn hoageeffects of employees when transferred from one official station to of station.

another for permanent duty; purchase of rubber boots, oilskins,rubber gloves, and coats, caps, and aprons for stewards' departmentson vessels; reimbursement under rules prescribed by the Secretaryof Commerce of keepers of light stations and masters light vessels Reliefofshipwreckedand of lighthouse tenders for rations and provisions and clothing e r o

n s.furnished shipwrecked persons who may be temporarily providedfor by them, not exceeding in all $5,000 in any fiscal year; fuel,light, and rent of quarters where necessary for keepers of light-houses; purchase of land sites for fog signals; rent of necessary sats tc d

ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use orto mark changeable channels and which in consequence can not bemade permanent; rent of offices, depots, and wharves; traveling Travegexpenses.expenses, including travel for the examinations authorized by theAct entitled "An Act to provide for retirement for disability in the ttret extami

Lighthouse Service," approved March 4, 1925 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. Vol. 43, p. 12 1.

T65) ; mileage; library books for light stations and vessels, and tech- U. S c, p. 09nical books and periodicals not exceeding $1,000; traveling and sub-sistence expenses of teachers while actually employed by States orprivate persons to instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses;all other contingent expenses of district offices and depots, including Cont t epeses.the purchase of provisions for sale to lighthouse keepers at isolatedstations, and the appropriation reimbursed, purchase not to exceed$3,600, exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use; payment of Vehicles.

rewards for the apprehension and conviction, or for informationhelpful to the apprehension and conviction of persons found inter-fering with aids to navigation maintained by the Lighthouse Service,in violation of section 6 of the Act of May 14, 1908 (U. S. C., title 33, U's.C.,35 p.l.sec. 761), and not exceeding $8,500 for contingent expenses of theoffice of the Bureau of Lighthouses in the District of Columbia,$4 550,000.

Keepers of lighthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thou- Keeers.sand eight hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and personsattending lights, exclusive of post lights, $2,105,280.

Lighthouse vessels: For salaries and wages of officers and crews Offcers and crews of

of light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employ-ment when necessary, $2,402.260.

Superintendents, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of eighteen cSuperintendents,superintendents of lighthouses, and of assistant superintendents,clerks, draftsmen, and other authorized permanent employees in thedistrict offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive ofthose regularly employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses,District of Columbia, $653,080.

Retired pay: For retired pay of officers and employees engaged Retirdy.in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, exceptpersons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $380,000.

Public works: For constructing or purchasing and equipping Pbwort .-lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Lighthouse Service asmay be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce not to

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Aids to navigation exceed $950,000 and for establishing and improving aids to naviga-tion and other works as may be specifically approved by the Secre-tary of Commerce, $920,000; in all, $1,870,000, to be immediatelyavailable.

Coast and Geodeticand Geodetic COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

ASU ex.bjeeified. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of

the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair,exchange, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn vehiclesfor use in field work, purchase of motor cycles with side cars, includ-ing their exchange, not to exceed $1,000, surveying instruments,including their exchange, rubber boots, canvas and rubber gloves,goggles, and caps, coats, and aprons for stewards' departments onvessels, extra compensation at not to exceed $1 per day for eachstation to employees of the Lighthouse Service and the WeatherBureau while observing tides or currents, services of one tideobserver in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day,and compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of personsemployed in the field work, commutation to officers of the field forcewhile on field duty, at a rate not exceeding $3 per day each, andfor expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work ofthe Coast and Geodetic Survey when incurred on the written author-ity of the Secretary of Commerce, to be expended in accordance

Distribtion. with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Surveysubscribed by the Secretary of Commerce, and under the followingheads:

lantic coast. Field expenses, Atlantic coast: For surveys and necessaryresurveys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, includ-ing the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United

outlyngisands. States, $174,500: Provded, That not more than $45,000 of thisamount shall be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands andthe Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal;

Pacificcoast. Pacific coast: For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts onthe Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, includ-ing not to exceed $3,000 for construction of temporary shelter forthe care of equipment and housing of personnel, $315,000;

Physical hydrog- Tides, currents, and so forth: For continuing researches inphysical hydrography, relating to harbors and bars, and for tidaland current observations on the coasts of the United States, or othercoasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, $27,000;

coast Pilot. Coast Pilot: For compilation of the Coast Pilot, including theemployment of such pilots and nautical experts, and stenographichelp in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, $6,500;

Mnosotianvdstig- Magnetic work: For continuing magnetic and seismological obser-tions. vations and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith

in all parts of the United States; making magnetic and seismologicalobservations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the UnitedStates; purchase of additional magnetic and seismological instru-ments; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporarymagnetic and seismological buildings; and including the employ-ment in the field and office of such magnetic and seismologicalobservers and stenographic services as may be necessary, $79,940.

Federal, State, etc., Federal, boundary, and State surveys: For continuing lines ofetermining lines of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts; deter-

mining geographic positions by triangulation and traverse for thecontrol of Federal, State, boundary, county, city, and other surveysand engineering works in all parts of the United States; includingspecial geodetic surveys of first-order triangulation and leveling inregions subject to earthquakes, not exceeding $10,000; determining

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field astronomic positions and the variation of latitude, includingthe maintenance and operation of the latitude observatories at Ukiah, Ukih and ither

California, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, not exceeding $2,500 each; bnrg observatories.establishing lines of exact levels, determining geographic positions bytriangulation and traverse, and making astronomic observations inAlaska; and continuing gravity observations in the United States and Alaska observations

for making such observations in regions under the jurisdiction ofthe United States and also on islands and coasts adjacent thereto,$326,800, of which amount not to exceed $30,000 may be expendedfor personal services in the District of Columbia.

For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, Mlsceaneos.

including the preparation or purchase of plans and specificationsof vessels and the employment of such hull draftsmen in the fieldand office as may be necessary for the same; the reimbursement, underrules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, of officers of the Coastand Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other suppliesfurnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote R ing .localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided for by wreked ersons, etc.them, not to exceed a total of $550; actual necessary expenses ofofficers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office in theDistrict of Columbia for consultation with the director, and notexceeding $1,000 for the expenses of the attendance of representativesof the Coast and Geodetic Survey who may be designated as delegatesfrom the United States at the meetings of the International ResearchCouncil or of its branches and of the International HydrographicBureau, and not exceeding $3,000 for special surveys that may be spe. surveys.required by the Bureau of Lighthouses or other proper authority,$7,080;

In all, field expenses, $936,820.Vessels: For repairs of vessels, including tra expenses of etc.

persons inspecting the repairs, and exclusive of engineer's suppliesand other ship chandlery, $143,000, of which amount not to exceed "Onide," "Path-

$52,000 shall be immediately available for extraordinary repairs to ner.' nd "P

ships Guide, Pathfinder, and Pioneer.For all necessary employees to man and equip the vessels, includ- eEquipment employ-

ing professional seamen serving as mates on vessels of the survey,to execute the work of the survey herein provided for and authorizedby law, $717,000. Pay etc.. commis

Pay, commissioned officers: For pay and allowances prescribed by sionedofficers.

law for commissioned officers on sea duty and other duty, holdingrelative rank with officers of the Navy, including one director, withrelative rank of captain, six hydrographic and geodetic engineerswith relative rank of captain, ten hydrographic and geodetic engi-neers with relative rank of commander, seventeen hydrographic andgeodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant commander, forty-seven hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank oflieutenant, sixty-one junior hydrographic and geodetic engineerswith relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), twenty-nine aideswith relative rank of ensign, and including officers retired in accord- Proeo.

ance with existing law, $662,313: Provided, That the Secretary of Assistant diretor

Commerce may designate one of the hydrographic and geodeticenrineers to act as assistant director. Office fore.

Office force: For personal services, $549,620. ofic epenses.Office expenses: For purchase of new instruments (except survey-

ing instruments), including their exchange, materials, equipment, andeupplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and chartdivision; books, scientific and technical books, journals, books ofreference, maps, charts, and subscriptions; copper plates, chart paper,

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printer's ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping andphotographing; engraving, printing, photographing, rubber gloves,and electrotyping supplies; photolithographing and printing chartsfor immediate use; stationery for office and field parties; transporta-tion of instruments and supplies when not charged to party expenses;heating, lighting, and power; telephones, including operation ofswitchboard; telegrams, ice, and washing; office furniture, repairs,traveling expenses of officers and others employed in the office senton special duty in the service of the office; miscellaneous expenses,contingencies of all kinds, not exceeding $90 for street-car fares,$67,180.

Appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic Surveyshall not be available for allowance to civilian or other officers forsubsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbeforeprovided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington forshort periods for consultation with the director), except as nowprovided by law.

BUREAU OF FISHERIES

Subsistence expensesrestricted.

Fisheries Bureau.


officepersonnel a Commissioner's office: For the commissioner and other personalservices in the District of Columbia, $201,660.

office expenses, etc. Administration: For expenses of the office of the commissioner,including stationery, scientific and reference books, periodicals andnewspapers for library, furniture and equipment, telegraph andtelephone service, street-car fares not exceeding $150, compensationof temporary employees, and all other necessary expenses connectedtherewith, $4,400.

propagation ex- P agatgation of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration,improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations,general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, includ-mg movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars, purchase of equip-ment (including rubber boots and oilskins) and apparatus, con-tingent expenses, pay of permanent employees not to exceed $452,270,temporary labor, and not to exceed $10,000 for propagation anddistribution of fresh-water mussels and the necessary expenses con-nected therewith, $1,022,760.

Vesses. Maintenance of vessels: For maintenance and operation of vesselsand launches, including purchase and repair of boats, apparatus,machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, hireof vessels, temporary employees, and all other necessary expensesin connection therewith including not to exceed $1,000 for the pur-chase of plans and specifications for vessels or for contract personalservices for the preparation thereof, and money accruing from com-mutation of rations and provisions on board vessels may be paid onproper vouchers to the persons having charge of the mess of suchvessels, $316,920, of which not to exceed $48,600 may be expended forpay of officers and employees of vessels of the Atlantic coast andnot to exceed $98,820 for pay of offcers and crews of vessels for the

Alaska Service. Alaska Fisheries Service, and $10,000 shall be immediately availableImtniatshipment for the procurement of supplies and equipment required for ship-

tobiof . ment to the Pribilof Islands for the service of the fiscl year 1932.Commutation of ra Commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 per day) may be paid

to officers and crews of vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries during thefiscal year 1932 under regulations prescribed by the Secretary ofCommerce.

Food fishes inquiry. Inquiry respecting food fishes: For inquiry into the cause of thedecrease of food fishes in the waters of the United States, and forinvestigation and experiments in respect to the aquatic animals,plants, and waters, and screening of irrigation ditches in fishways,in the interests of fish culture and the fishery industries, including


pay of permanent employees not to exceed $155,140, temporaryemployees, maintenance, repair, improvement, equipment, andoperations of biological stations, expenses of travel and preparationof reports, $300,340.

Fishery industries: For collection and compilation of statistics of Stisti ca , etc., in-the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, and themethods of preservation and utilization of fishery products, includingpay of permanent employees not to exceed $40,200, compensation oftemporary employees, travel and preparation of reports, includingtemporary employees in the District of Columbia not to exceed $1,800,and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, includingthe purchase not to exceed $1250, and maintenance, repair, and opera-tion of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in theconduct of the field work of the Bureau of Fisheries, $116,620.

Sponge fisheries: For protecting the sponge fisheries, including sponge sheries.employment of inspectors, watchmen, and temporary assistants, hire Protecting

of boats, rental of office and storage, care of seized sponges and other Vol. 38, p. 892.property, travel, and all other expenses necessary to carry out the U.. C., p. 440provisions of the Act of August 15, 1914 (U. S. C., title 16, sees.781-785), to regulate the sponge fisheries, $3,100.

Alaska, general service: For protecting the seal fisheries of Alaska, las proteSeal fisheries proteo.including the furnishing of food, fuel, clothing, and other necessities tion, food to natives,of life to the natives of the Pribilof Islands, of Alaska; not exceeding etc$57,000 for construction, improvement, repair, and alteration ofbuildings and roads, transportation of supplies to and from theislands, expenses of travel of agents and other employees and sub-sistence while on said islands, hire and maintenance of vessels, pur-chase of sea otters, and for all expenses necessary to carry out the VoL3. p. 8.provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to protect the seal fisheries of .Alaska, and for other purposes," approved April 21, 1910 (U. S. C.title 16, sees. 631-658), and for the protection of the fisheries ofAlaska, including pay of permanent employees not to exceed $92,940,contract stenographic reporting service, travel, subsistence (or perdiem in lieu of subsistence) of employees while on duty in Alaska,hire of boats, employment of temporary labor, and all other necessaryexpenses connected therewith, $446,240, of which $100,000 shall beimmediately available.

Mississippi wild life and fish refuge: For construction of buildings, Miisppi wild life

boats, and ponds, for purchase of equipment, including boats, for construction, equip.

maintenance, operation, repair, and improvements, including expendi- ment, t expenses.

tures for personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere vol. 43. . 850.

as may be necessary, as authorized in the Act approved June 7, 1924(U. S. C., title 16 sees. 721-731), $25,000.

Construction of stations: To complete the establishment of Bureau Ftish altral etc.,of Fisheries stations as follows: A fish-cultural station in each of the Construction ex.States of New Mexico, Louisiana, and Idaho; a fish-cultural substation ni ta s de5ig.

in the State of Wisconsin; and an experimental bass and trout stationin the State of Maryland or West Virginia, $240,000; and to establish,or to commence the establishment of, Bureau of Fisheries stations asfollows: A fish-cultural station in each of the States of Alabama,Indiana, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania (including a substation inPennsylvania); a fish-cultural' substation in the State of South Caro-lina, including the enlargement of the Orangeburg station in saidState, and in the States of Texas and New York; including theacquisition of land, the construction of buildings and ponds, watersupply, improvements to grounds, purchase of equipment, and allnecessary expenses in connection with the establishment of saidstations and substations; and including the purchase of the Mill

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Creek station in the State of California, and the purchase and repairAnt, P. 371. of the Rogue River substation in the State of Oregon, $208,500; in all

$448,500, to be immediately available; as authorized by the Act ofMay 21, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 371), at not to exceed the costs thereinspecified.

BInackrbemet ex. Enforcement of black bass law: To enable the Secretary of Com-penses. merce to carry into effect the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act

Ante, p. 5. entitled 'An Act to regulate interstate transportation of black bass,

U. s. C., Supp. IV, and for other purposes,' approved May 20, 1926" (U. S. C., Supp.Serices in the Dis- III, title 16, sees. 851-856), approved July 2, 1930 (46 Stat., pp.

845-847), $20,000, of which not to exceed $3,500 may be expended forAttendae at met- personal services i the District of Columbia.

ings, etc. e e Not to exceed $1,000 of the appropriations herein made for theBureau of Fisheries shall be available for expenses of attendance atmeetings concerned with the work of said bureau when incurred onthe written authority of the Secretary of Commerce, and not to exceed$1,500 shall be available for the rental of suitable quarters in theDistrict of Columbia for laboratory and storage purposes.

Patent Office.PATENT OFFICE

Se, from available The following sums are appropriated for the Patent Office for theAnt, p. 15. fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, out of the revenues of such office in

conformity with section 5 of the Act approved April 11, 1930 (46Stat., p. 155), to the extent that such revenues are sufficient therefor

C ommissor, an d any remainder out of the general fund of the Treasury, namely:offce personnel For the Commissioner of Patents and other personal services in

r aryo typiss he District of Columbia, $3,502,000: Provided, That of the amountetc. herein appropriated not to exceed $25,000 may be used for special

and temporary services of typists certified by the Civil Service Com-mission, who may be employed in such numbers, at $4 per diem, asmay, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Patents, be necessary

Reference books, etc. to keep current the work of furnishing manuscript copies of records.For purchase of law, professional, and other reference books and

publications and scientific books, including their exchange, andexpenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the PatentOffice to foreign governments, directories, and for other contingent

copies of weekly is- and miscellaneous expenses of the Patent Office, $44,980.se oftnts, retpo- For producing copies of weekly issue of drawings of patents and

designs; reproduction of copies of drawings and specifications ofexhausted patents, designs, trade-marks, and other papers, such otherpapers when reproduced for sale to be sold at not less than cost plus10 per centum; reproduction of foreign patent drawings; photoprints of pending application drawings; and photostat and photo-graphic supplies and dry mounts, $310,000.

ing ale hed" h The headings of the drawings for patented cases may be multi-graphed in the Patent Office for the purpose of photolithography.

useofs inventinior For investigating the question of public use or sale of inventionsfor two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, andsuch other questions arising in connection with applications for

Defense in suits. patents and the prior art as may be deemed necessary by the Commis-Attendance at meet- sioner of Patents; for expense attending defense. of suits instituted

ings,etc., against the Commissioner of Patents, $800, and for expenses ofattendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Patent Officewhen incurred on the written authority of the Secretary ofCommerce.

Furniture, etc. For furniture and filing cases, $228,970.Printing and bind- For printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, trade-marks,

ing. prints, and labels, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, engrav-


ing illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly ffcial Gazette.and annual indices, $1,090,000; for miscellaneous printing and bind-ing, $60,000; in all, $1,150,000.

BUBEAU OF MINES Mines Bureau.

SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES

Salaries and general expenses: For general expenses, including salaries and generalpay of the director and necessary assistants, clerks, and other eetr, and .offceemployees, in the office in the District of Columbia, and in the field, and field personneand every other expense requisite for and incident to the generalwork of the bureau in the District of Columbia, and in the field, tobe expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce,$90,895, of which amount not to exceed $792265 may be expended forpersonal services in the District of Columbia;

Investigating mine accidents: For investigations as to the causes Investigating mineexplosions, accidents,of mine explosions, causes of falls of roof and coal, methods of min- etc.

ing, especially in relation to the safety of miners, the appliances bestadapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditionsunder which mining operations are carried on, the use of explosivesand electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries andtechnologic investigations pertinent to the mining industry, including Mining industry.all equipment, supplies, and expenses of travel and subsistence, pur-chase not exceeding $2,400, exchange as part payment for, operation,maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carryingvehicles, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots andaprons, $433,660, of which amount not to exceed $50,192 may be sec in the D -expended for personal services in the District of Columbia;

Mining investigations in Alaska: For investigations and the dis- tM in ien investiga-semination of information with a view to improving conditions in Additional experi-

the mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries as provided in mentstaos.the Act authorizing additional mining experiment stations, approved Vol. 38s p. 959.

March 3, 1915 (U. S. C., title 30, sec. 8), and to provide for the U* S.C.,53.inspection of mines and the protection of the lives of miners in theTerritory of Alaska, including personal services, equipment, supplies, Alaska mines.and expenses of travel and subsistence, $11,460;

Operating mine rescue cars and stations: For the investigation Mine rescue ars andand improvement of mine rescue and first-aid methods and appli- STproveent, etc.

ances and the teaching of mine safety, rescue, and first-aid methods,including the exchange in part payment for, operation, maintenance,and repair of mine rescue trucks, and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, the expenditure for the purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles not to exceed $4,200, the construction of temporarystructures and the repair, maintenance, and operation of mine rescue Rescue stations, etc.cars and Government-owned mine rescue stations and appurtenancesthereto, personal services, traveling expenses and subsistence, equip-ment, and supplies; travel and subsistence, and other incidentalexpenses of employees in attendance at meetings and conferences Attendance at meet-held for the purpose of promoting safety and health in the mining ings

and allied industries; the purchase and exchange in part paymenttherefor of cooks' uniforms, goggles, gloves, and such other articlesor equipment as may be necessary in the operation of mine rescuecars and stations, for the erection, at a cost not to exceed $500, of a Construction, ete.garage at Jellico, Tennessee, including not to exceed $18,940 for ttrnts in the Dis

personal services in the District of Columbia, $359,520: Provided, oto.That of this amount not to exceed $500 may be expended for the. c.

purchase and bestowal of trophies in connection with mine rescue andfirst-aid contests;


Investigatingminerai Testing fuel: To conduct inquiries and scientific and technologicinvestigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, anduse of mineral fuels, and for investigation of mineral fuels belongingto or for the use of the United States, with a view to their mostefficient utilization; to recommend to various departments suchchanges in selection and use of fuel as may result in greater economy,and, upon request of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, toinvestigate the fuel-burning equipment in use by or proposed forany of the departments, establishments, or institutions of the UnitedStates in the District of Columbia, $180,610, of which amount not

Service in the Dis- to exceed $32,060 may be expended for personal services in the Dis-trict of Columbia;

Mineralmining. Mineral mining investigations: For inquiries and scientific andStudies, investiga- c io cocrig

tions, etc., for improve- technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treat-ing conditions in. ment, and utilization of ores and mineral substances, other than fuels,

with a view to improving health conditions and increasing safety,efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources throughthe prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, andother mineral industries; to inquire into the economic conditionsaffecting these industries; and including all equipment, supplies,expenses of travel and subsistence, and the purchase, not to exceed$2,500, including exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of

eces in the Di motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including not to exceedtrict. $17,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $165,460:

Private work forbid. Provided, That no part of this appropriation may be expended forden. an investigation in behalf of any private party;

Oi, sons doil shale Oil, gas, and oil-shale investigations: For inquiries and investi-gations and dissemination of information concerning the mining,preparation, treatment, and utilization of petroleum, natural gas,and oil shale, including economic conditions affecting the industry,with a view to economic development and conserving resourcesthrough the prevention of waste; for the purchase of newspapers

~'eeo. relating to the oil, gas, and allied industries: Provided, That sectionpse nes. 192 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 102) shall not

U:. sc0. 02, . 30 apply to such purchase of newspapers from this appropriation;U.S. C., p. 34.and for every other expense incident thereto, including supplies,

AU other expenses. equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, not to exceed$7,000, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operationof motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, purchase of labora-tory gloves, goggles, rubber boots and aprons, $232,860, of which

triices In the Dis- amount not to exceed $26,180 may be expended for personal servicesin the District of Columbia;

tMining experiment Mining experiment stations: For the employment of personalPersonalservices,etc. services, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots and

aprons, the purchase not to exceed $3,000, exchange as part paymentfor, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carry-ing vehicles, and all other expenses in connection with the establish-

.ol. 38., p. . ment maintenance, and operation of mining experiment stations, asprovided in the Act authorizing additional mining experiment sta-tions, approved March 3, 1915 (U. S. C., title 30, sec. 8), $231,570, of

triies in the Dis- which amount not to exceed $15,700 may be expended for personalservices in the District of Columbia;

tiottsbn gPa. , s- Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For care andExpienses o. maintenance of buildings and grounds at Pittsburgh and Bruceton,

Pennsylvania, including personal services, the purchase, exchange aspart payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passengerautomobiles for official use, and all other expenses requisite for andincident thereto, including not to exceed $5,000 for additions andimprovements, $82,300;

SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CB. 280. 1931. 1349

Persons employed during the fiscal year 1932 in field work outside Temporary detailsfrom the fieldfor serv-

of the District of Columbia under the Bureau of Mines may he ice inthe District.detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for pur-poses of preparing results of their field work; all persons so detailedshall be paid in addition to their regular compensation only travel-ing expenses in going to and returning therefrom: Provided, That Provio.nothing herein shall prevent the payment to employees of the Bureau aulowe' e pen

.

of Mines of their necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu of subsist-ence, while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia for pur-poses only of consultation or investigations on behalf of the UnitedStates. All details made hereinunder, and the purposes of each, Report to congress.during the preceding fiscal year shall be reported in the annual esti-mates of appropriations to Congress at the beginning of each regularsession thereof;

The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of the Hetalserfom PubicPublic Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or-sanitationwork with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expensesof the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropria-tions made herein for the Bureau of Mines;

Government fuel yards: For the purchase and transportation of ya^vernmet fuel

fuel: storing and handling of fuel in yards; maintenance and opera- Purchase of fuel,tion of yards and equipment, including motor-propelled passenger- mat e

carrying vehicles for inspectors, purchase of equipment, rentals, andall other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including per-sonal services in the District of Columbia, the unexpended balance atBdlane reappropri-

of the appropriations heretofore made for these purposes is reappro- An tt

e p 212.

priated and made available for such purposes for the fiscal year 1932,and for payment of obligations for such purposes of prior years, andfor such sum not exceeding $500 shall be available to settle claims fordamages caused to private property by motor vehicles used in deliv- prs.ering fuel: Provided, That all moneys received from the sales of fuel sales credited to ap-shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the pur- ropriation.poses of this paragraph: Provided further, That the term "fuel" fuela to dud

wherever used in this appropriation shall be understood to includefuel oil: Provided further, That the requirements of sections 3711 and mInspt sno reqappu-3713 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 40, sec. 109) relative to cabes37R. S., sees. 3711, 3713,the weighing of coal and wood and the separate certificate as to the . 3, : 734-.weight, measurement, or quantity of coal and wood purchased shall s. C. p. 196.not apply to purchases by the Government fuel yards at free-on-board destinations outside of the District of Columbia;

Helium production and investigations: The sums made available etc"um production,for the fiscal year 1932 in the Acts making appropriations for the Advances for, romWar and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the priatlons.Bureau of Mines shall be advanced from time to time upon requisi- ol 44 . 1387.

tion by the Secretary of Commerce in such amounts as may be deter- Ant

, p. 12O89

mined by the President not in excess of the sums needed for the Post, p. 4.economical and efficient operation and maintenance of the plants forthe production of helium for military and/or naval purposes, includ-ing purchase, not to exceed $2,500, and exchange as part payment Services in the -

for, maintenance? operation, and repair of motor-propelled passen- trict.ger-carrying vehicles, and including not to exceed $13,460 for per-sonal services in the District of Columbia; nvestigating sources

For investigations of resources of helium-bearing gas and the con- of helium beaing gas.

servation thereof, and of processes and methods of producing, stor-ing, purifying, and utilizing helium and helium-bearing gas, includ-ing supplies and equipment, stationery, furniture, expenses of traveland subsistence, purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as partpayment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled pas-senger-carrying vehicles, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles,


ervices in the Dis- rubber boots and aprons, and all other necessary expenses, includingnot to exceed $25,080 for personal services in the District ofColumbia, $74,760.

Heliu plnts. Helium plants: For helium production and conservation, includ-Purchase of plants, ing acquisition of helium-bearing gas land or wells by purchase,

etcexchange, lease, or condemnation, or interest in such land or wells,the purchase, lease, construction, or modification of plants, pipe linesand accessories, compressor stations, camp buildings, and other facil-ities for the production, transportation, storage, and purification ofhelium and helium-bearing gas, including acquisition of sites andrights of way therefor, by purchase, lease, or condemnation, andincluding supplies and equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence,maintenance and operation of motor-propelled, passenger-carryingvehicles, and all other necessary expenses, including not to exceed

tervices in the Dis- $6,560 for personal services in the District of Columbia, and includingthe payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorizationcarried under this heading in the Department of Commerce Appro-

aaOe.' reappropri- priation Act for the fiscal year 1931, $93,010: Provided, That in addi-ated. tion thereto the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under

AnteP. 213 this heading for the fiscal year 1931 is reappropriated and madeavailable for the above purposes for the fiscal year 1932: Provided

Sbiecttoapprovalo further, That no part of the appropriation herein made may be ex-pended except with the approval of the President: Provided further,

Contracts for addi- That the Secretary of Commerce may, with the approval of thePresident, enter into contracts incurring additional obligations notin excess of $500,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed acontractual obligation of the Federal Government: Provided

Ters forleases,etc. further, That the acquirement of leases, sites, and rights of wayunder terms customary in the oil and gas industry, including obliga-tions to pay rental in advance and to pay damages to lands, crops, orstructures arising out of the Government's operations is authorized:

nDpoa of productS Provided further, That should valuable products other than helium-in wells other than heli-bearinggas. bearing gas be discovered in wells acquired or drilled for helium-

bearing gas under this appropriation the Secretary of Commerce isauthorized to provide for the disposal of said wells or the productstherefrom, by the contracts under which the property is acquired, orotherwise, in accordance with the interests of the Government thereinand in the manner which, in his opinion, is most advantageous to theGovernment;

Eoinuomootmineral Economics of mineral industries: For inquiries and investigations,industries.Investigationsfordis- and the dissemination of information concerning the economic prob-

s to problems of, etc. lems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral indus-tries, with a view to assuring ample supplies and efficient distributionof the mineral products of the mines and quarries, including studiesand reports relating to uses, reserves, production, distribution,stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral commodities

rBeps of mi and primary products thereof; preparation of the reports of themineral resources of the United States, including special statisticalinquiries; statistical studies and reports relating to mine accidents;and including personal services in the District of Columbia and else-where; purchase of furniture and equipment; stationery and sup-plies; typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories andrepairs; newspapers; traveling expenses; purchase, not exceeding$1,200, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled pas-senger-carrying vehicles; and for all other necessary expenses notincluded in the foregoing, $322,660, of which amount not to exceedServicesintheDistrict. $252,960 may be expended for personal services in the District ofColumbia;


During the fiscal year 1932 the head of any department or inde- Sdoeti^s inepstinspendent establishment of the Government having funds available etc.,bythebureau.

for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by theBureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of thefunctions of that bureau and which it is unable to perform withinthe limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Sec-retary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Mines such sums asmay be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary rae' of funs toof the Treasury shall transfer on the books of the TreasuryDepartment any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and suchamounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for theperformance of work for the department or establishment fromwhich the transfer is made: Provided, That any sums transferred Jh o.by any department or independent establishment of the Government trandSire.f fnnto the Bureau of Mines for cooperative work in connection with thisappropriation may be expended in the same manner as sumsappropriated herein may be expended; Open market pam

The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of esofminorsnppiea.R. BS.,see.3709%p. 7

services for the Bureau of Mines, at the seat of government, as well U. . c., p. 1309.

as in the field outside of the District of Columbia, may be made inopen market without compliance with section 3709 of the RevisedStatutes of the United States, in the manner common among busi-ness men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the servicedoes not exceed $100 in any instance; hae of book

For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientific books, etc.law books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories,and other books of reference relating to the business of the Bureauof Mines, there is hereby made available from any appropriationsmade for such bureau not to exceed $3,500; Attendance upon

For necessary traveling expenses of the director and employees meetings.

of the bureau, acting under his direction, for attendance upon meet-ings of technical, professional, and scientific societies, when requiredin connection with the authorized work of the Bureau of Minesand incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce,there is hereby made available from any appropriations made to theBureau of Mines not to exceed in all $3,000;

Total, Bureau of Mines, $2,278,765.

TITLE IV.-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR L a r t ment

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Salaries: Secretary of Labor, $15,000; Assistant Secretary, Second ansdo 5to'feperAonn'at5'

Assistant Secretary, and other personal services in the District ofColumbia, $201,060; in all, $216,060.

Commissioners of conciliation: To enable the Secretary of Labor Commissioners of

to exercise the authority vested in him by section 8 of the Act creat- Vol.3 p. 738.

ing the Department of Labor (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 611) and to * p

appoint commissioners of conciliation, traveling expenses, and notto exceed $16,260 for personal services in the District of Columbia,and telegraph and telephone service, $205.000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and Contgent ex .bureaus of the department, for which appropriations for contingentand miscellaneous expenses are not specifically made, including thepurchase of stationery, furniture, and repairs to the same, carpets,matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, laun-dry, street-car fares not exceeding $200; lighting and heating; pur-


chase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor cycles and motortrucks; purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official pur-poses; freight and express charges; newspaper clippings not toexceed $1,800, postage to foreign countries, telegraph and telephoneservice, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices;

Additional, from im- purchase of law books, books of reference, newspapers, and period-sumpplies es, for icals, not exceeding $5,000; in all, $61,800; and in addition thereto

such sum as may be necessary, not in excess of $25,000, to facilitateVol 3 3 the purchase, through the central purchasing office as provided in

v. s..p. 6 i p . the Act approved June 17, 1910 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 7), of certainsupplies for the Immigration Service, shall be deducted from theappropriation "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Immigration"made for the fiscal year 1932 and added.to the appropriation " Con-tingent expenses, Department of Labor," for that year; and the totalsum thereof shall be and constitute the appropriation for contingent

Etpend ip t c r oe expenses for the Department of Labor, to be expended through thetrough Publicationsand upplies Division. central purchasing office (Division of Publications and Supplies),

x penes of motor Department of Labor: Provided, That expenditures from appropria-vecles limited. tions contained in this Act for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair,

exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, fuel, and lubricants, onany one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle used by theDepartment of Labor shall not exceed one-third of the market priceof a new vehicle of the same make or class and in any case not more

SuPrhas of min or than $500: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes ofsupplies.R. S sec., 37., p. the United States shall not be construed to apply to any purchase

733.u. s. c, p 13. or service rendered for the Department of Labor when the aggre-gate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $50.

ent Rent: For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the Districtof Columbia for the use of the Department of Labor, $68,000.

grinting and bind- Printing and binding: For printing and binding for the Depart-ment of Labor, including all its bureaus, offices, institutions, andservices located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere,$296,500.

Labor Statistics Bu-reau.

Commissioner, andoffice personnel.

Special agents, ex-perts, etc.

Traveling expenses.

Immigration Bureau.

Salaries and expenses.

Vol. 43, p. 155.U. S. C., p 133;

Snpp. IV, p. 62.

Deportation ex-penses.

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Salaries and expenses: For personal services, including temporarystatistical clerks, stenographers and typewriters in the District ofColumbia, and including also experts and temporary assistants forfield service outside of the District of Columbia; traveling expenses,including expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with thework of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when incurred on the writtenauthority of the Secretary of Labor; purchase of periodicals, docu-ments, envelopes, price quotations, and reports and materials forreports and bulletins of said bureau, $440,480, of which amount notto exceed $361240 may be expended for the salary of the commis-sioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia.

BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION

Salaries and expenses: For enforcement of the laws regulatingthe immigration to, the residence in, and the exclusion and deporta-tion from the United States of aliens, and persons subject to theChinese exclusion laws; salaries, transportation, traveling, and otherexpenses of officers, clerks, and other employees appointed to enforcesaid laws; care, detention, maintenance, transportation, and travel-ing expenses incident to the deportation and exclusion of aliens, andpersons subject to the Chinese exclusion laws, as authorized by law,in the United States and to, through, or in foreign countries; pur-chase of supplies and equipment, including alterations and repairs;

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cost of reports of decisions of the Federal courts and digests thereoffor the use of the Commissioner General of Immigration; refunding etc.d of head ta,of head tax, maintenance bills, immigration fines, registry fees, andreentry permit fees, upon presentation of evidence showing conclu-sively that collection and deposit was made through error of Gov-ernment officers; and for all other expenses necessary to enforcesaid laws; $10,534,160, of which sum $500,000 shall be immediatelyavailable, all to be expended under the direction of the Secretaryof Labor, of which amount not to exceed $385,530 may be expended Coer 1'lner aIn-for the salary of the Commissioner General and other personalservices in the District of Columbia, including services of persons ot nd ld bor-authorized by law to be detailed there for duty, and $2,368,800 derparo land orshall be available only for coast and land border patrol: Provided, Pouot.That not to exceed $165,000 of the sum herein appropriated shall be o

available for the purchase, exchange, operation, maintenance, andrepair of motor vehicles, and of such sum of $165,000 not more than$125,000 shall be available for the same purposes for the coast andland border patrol: Provided further, That the Commissioner Gen- Allowance to em-eral of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, automobies, etc.

may contract with officers and employees stationed outside of theDistrict of Columbia whose salaries are payable from this appropria-tion, for the use, on official business outside of the District of Colum-bia, of privately owned motor vehicles and horses, and theconsideration agreed upon shall be payable from the funds hereinappropriated: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 of the onowncea foli'vingtotal amount herein appropriated shall be available for allowances An., p. saifor living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorizedby the Act approved June 26, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 818).

Immigration stations: For remodeling, repairing (including Immirant tations.& TTRemodeling, etc.repairs to the ferryboat, Ellis Island), renovating buildings, andpurchase of equipment, $400,000.

BUREAU OF NATURALIZATION Naturalization Bu-reau.

Salaries and expenses: For the expenses of carrying on the work Salariesandexpenses.

of the Bureau of Naturalization, as provided in the Acts authorizinga uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout theUnited States, and establishing the Bureau of Naturalization Vol. 34, p. 596; Vol.t7a. p. 376; Vol. 40, p.approved June 29, 1906, and March 4, 1913, and subsequent Acts 42 .

(U. S. C., title 8, secs. 331-416; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 8, sees. ivs, p. C 1 57; Supp.

355-384); including personal services; traveling expenses, and notto exceed $400 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned Attendane at meet-with the naturalization of aliens when incurred on the written g.

authority of the Secretary of Labor; street-car fare, telegrams,verifications of legal papers, telephone service in field offices andtelephone toll service in the bureau; necessary supplies and equip-ment for the Naturalization Service; refunding of naturalizationfees upon presentation of evidence showing conclusively that thecollection and deposit was made through error; not to exceed $25,000for rent of offices outside of the District of Columbia where suitable Outsie rent.

quarters can not be obtained in public buildings; and for mileageand fees to witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the United States,the expenditures from this appropriation to be made in the mannerand under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe,$1,149,020, of which not to exceed $272,280 may be expended for the commissioner etc.

salary of the commissioner and other personal services in the bureauin the District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appro- Clers of Federal

priation shall be available for the compensation of assistants to courts ecluded.clerks of United States courts.


Children's Bureau. CHILDREN'S BUREAU

Women's Bureau. WOMEN'S BUREAU

Salaries and ex- For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act tope'lS 4. 987. establish in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as theSupp. Ic, p. ; 7 ; Women's Bureau," approved June 5, 1920 (U. S. C., title 29, secs.

11-16; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 29, sees. 12-14), including personalservices in the District of Columbia, not to exceed $146,780; purchaseof material for reports and educational exhibits, and traveling

Attenanc at meet- expenses $179,900, which sum shall be available for expenses ofigs. attendance at meetings concerned with the work of said bureau when

incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Labor.

Employment Serv-ice.

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

wPromoa welare or To enable the Secretary of Labor to foster, promote, and developthe welfare of the wage earners of the United States, includingjuniors legally employed, to improve their working conditions, to

Objects designated. advance their opportunities for profitable employment by regularlycollecting, furnishing, and publishing employment information as toopportunities for employment; maintaining a system for clearinglabor between the several States; cooperating with the Veterans'Administration to secure- employment for veterans; cooperating withand coordinating the public employment offices throughout thecountry, including personal services in the District of Columbia and

Traveling expenses. elsewhere; traveling expenses, including expenses of attendance atAttendance at meet- meetings concerned with the work of the Employment Service when

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. specifically authorized by the Secretary of Labor; supplies and equip-s ment, telegraph and telephone service, and miscellaneous expenses;

trict in the $383,780, of which amount not to exceed $37,280 may be expendedfor personal services in the District of Columbia.

twrafers alropwedio SEC. 2. When specifically approved by the head of any of theto meetchanes in - executive departments provided for herein, transfers may be madeallocatis between the appropriations in this Act under the respective juris-

diction of any bureau, office, institution, or service, including anyappropriations for the Foreign Service under the Department ofState, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from thereallocation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under

Report thereof to any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reportedCongress.

to Congress in the annual Budget.Approved, February 23, 1931.

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Salaries and ex- Salaries and expenses: For expenses of investigating and reportingChild welfareinfant upon matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life,

mortality, etc., mvesti- and especially to investigate the questions of infant mortality; per-ga

tions. sonal services, including experts and temporary assistants; traveling

expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings for the pro-motion of child welfare when incurred on the written authority ofthe Secretary of Labor; purchase of reports and material for the

Bureau publications, publications of the Children's Bureau and for reprints from State,etc. city, and private publications for distribution when said reprints

can be procured more cheaply than they can be printed by theGovernment, and other necessary expenses, $395,500, of which

services in the Dis- amount not to exceed $306,740 may be expended for personal servicestrict. in the District of Columbia.

Documents

SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 280. 1931. 1309...SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 280. 1931. 1309 CHAP. 280.-An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of State