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 12 Expenses in Wash- ington, etc. Services in the Dis- trict . Plant Industry Bu- r eau . Grazing lands, etc. Fruits investigation. Forest Service. Fighting forest fires. Proviso. Insect infestation. Federal Highway Act. Ad ditio nal, of rr oads and trails, 1928. Vol. 44, p. 760. State apportionment. Vol.44,p.1006. Animal Industry Bu- reau. Inspection and quar- antine work . Chemistry and Soils Burea u. Insecticides and fun- gicides investigations. Entomology Bureau. Fruits, etc., investi- gations. Southern field crops. Mexican fruit worm. .Post, p. 1216 . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . General expenses : For an additi onal a mount for ne cessar y expen ses in the city of Washington and elsewhere incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine informa- tion, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evapora tion, and ae rology, fisc al yea r 1928, $7,66 0, of which amount not to exceed $3,540 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY For an additional amount for the investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild plants and grazing lands, and for determining the distrib ution of wee ds and means for t heir co ntrol, fisca l year 1928, $2,400. For an additional amount for the investigation and improvement of fruits, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $10,000. FO REST S ERVIC E For an additional amount for fighting and preventing forest fires, includi ng the same object s spec ified under t his he ad in the Ag ricul- tural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $769,000 : Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of this amount may be used by the Secre- tary of Agriculture in meeting emergencies caused by forest insects on national forests. For an additional amount for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, $1,880,000, to remain available until expended, being part of $7,500, 000 au thoriz ed to be app ropria ted for the f iscal year 1 928 by the Act approved June 22, 1926, and authorized to be apportioned and prorated among the States and obligated by contracts and other- wise by the Agricultural Appr opriation Act for the fiscal year 1928. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Inspection and quarantine : For an additional amount for inspec- ti on and quara ntine work, includ ing th e same object s spec ified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $11 ,000 . BUREAU OF CkILMISTRY AND SOILS General expenses : For an additional amount for the investigation and development of methods of manufacturing insecticides and fungicides, and for investigating chemical problems relating to the co mposit ion, a ction, and a pplica tion o f insec ticide s and fungic ides, fiscal year 1928, $10,000. BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY For an additional amount for investigations of insects affecting deciduous fruits, orchards, vineyards, and nuts, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $5,000. For an additional amount for investigations of insects affecting southern field crops, including the same objects specified under this hea d in t he Agr icultu ral Ap propri ation Act for the f iscal year 1 928, $45,000. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake control operations, inspections, surveys, and investigations necessary for the control and eradication of the Mexican fruit worm, in cooperation

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 SEVE NTIE TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 5. 1927. 13 with the Federal Horticultural Board in establishing, maintaining, trQc ara tines for con- and enforcing quarantines promulgated under the Plant Quarantine Vol. 37, pp. 315,854. Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, and in cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations, or individuals Cooperation with as may be deemed necessary, and in cooperation with the Mexican Mexican, etc ., authori- GovernmentandlocalMexicanauthoritiesororganizations,includ-tiesg ing rent outside the District of Columbia, the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and other necessary expenses, fiscal year 1928, $100,000, of which amount not to exceed $1 .680 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Preventing spread of Japanese and Asiatic beetles : For an addi- Japanese and Asiatic beetles. tional amount to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the Ad diti onal eme r- gency amount for pre- emergency caused by the spread of the Japanese beetle, including venting spread of. the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appro- priation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $50,000, of which amount not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU O F AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS A gric ultu ral Eco- nomics Bureau. W areh ouse Act. Payment to Curtis- Martin Newspapers. Vol. 43, p. 845. Cotton grade and stap le le ngth sta tist ics. Vol . 44, p. 1372.. The appropriation for administration of the United States Ware- house Act for the fiscal year 1926 is hereby made available for pay- ment of the claim of the Curtis-Martin Newspapers, Incorporated, for advertising for the Department of Agriculture during the fiscal year 1922, in the sum of $25 .53 found due by the Comptroller General. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agricult ure to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton," approved March 3, 1927, including employ- ment of such persons and means in the city of Washington and else- where as th e Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, and the purc hase, op erat ion, and mai nten ance of pass enge r-ca rryi ng a uto- mobiles outside of the city of Washington, fiscal year 1928, $70,000, of which amount not to exceed $12,350 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Wool clip of 1918. For an additional amount to enable the Bureau of Agricultural Completion of work Economics to complete the work of the domestic-wool section of the on. War Industries Board and to enforce Gove rnment regulations for handling the wool clip of 1918, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $2,500. Administration of the Produce Agency Act : To enable the Secre- lle Peri shab le f arm prod - tary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act Admi nist rati on of agency to prevent entitled "An Act to prevent the destruction or dumping, without damping, etc . good and sufficient cause therefor, of farm produce received in inter- Vol. 44, p . 1355. state commerce by commission merchants and others and to require them truly and correctly to account for all farm produce received by them," approved March 3, 1927, including the employment of such persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, and the purchase of such perishable farm products as may be necessary for the detection of violations of the Act, fiscal year 1928, $10,000 : Prov ided, Tha t al l receipts from the sale of such products shall be credited to this appropriation and shall be reexpendable therefrom. FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL B OARD Proviso. Use of receipts, etc. Fede ral Hort icul tura l Board. Pink bollworm of Eradication of pink bollworm of cotton : For an additional amount cotton. Eradication expenses to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet an emergency caused in Arizona.

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 14 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cu.5. 1927 . by the appearance of the pink bollworm of cotton in Arizona, New Mexico, and adjoining States, including the same objects specified under the heading " Eradication of pink bollworm " in the Agricul- tural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $90,000. For an additio nal amount to enable the S ecretary of Ag riculture to meet the emergency caused by the existence of the Parlatoria dates scale in California, Arizona, or any other State, including the same obje cts specified under this he ad in the Agr icultural Appr o- priation Act, fiscal year 1928, $25,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Food, Drug, and In- FOOD, DRUG, AND IN SECTICI DE ADMI NISTRA TION secticide Admin istra- tion. Pure food inspection, etc. For an additional amount for enabling the Secretary of Agricul- Vol. 34, p. 768. ture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1906, entitled "An Act for prev enting the ma nufacture, sal e, and trans- portation of adulterated, or misbranded, or poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes," including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $5,000 . Cream To enable the Se cretary of Ag riculture to c arry into eff ect the expen - provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the importation of milk and cream into the United States for the purpose of promoting the dairy in dustry of the United State s and protecti ng the public health," approved February 15, 1927, fiscal year 1928, $50,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,350 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Parla tori a dat e sca le eradication. Mi lk and Act. Enf orc eme nt ses. Vol. 44, p. 110L To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the pro- visions of the Act entitled "An Act to safeguard the distribution and sale of certain dangerous caustic or corrosive acids, alkalies, and other substances in interstate and foreign commerce," approved March 4, 1927, fiscal year 1928, $23,000, of which amount not to exceed $10,490 may be expended for personal services in the District of Col umbia. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled "An Act authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secre- tary of Agriculture to cooperate with the South Carolina Experiment Station," approved March 3, 1927, including the employment of such persons and me ans as the Se cretary of Ag riculture may deem neces- sary, fiscal year 1928, $25,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct special investiga- tions of insect pests and fungous diseases attacking mushrooms, including the employment of such persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and other expenses, as may be necessary, $12,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929 ; of such amount $7,400 may be expended for personal services in the District of Colu mbia. National Arboretum. NATIONAL ARBORE uu N Federal Caustic Poi- son Act. Enf orc eme nt exp en- ses. Vol. 44, p. 1406. South Carolina Agri- cultural Experiment Station. Cooperation with, in dairying and livestock industries. Vol.44, p. 1397. Mus hrooms. I nvest igati ons o f in- sect pests, etc ., of. Acquiring land for. Vol. 44, p. 1422. MI SCE LLA NEO US For the acquisition of land pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national arboretum, and for other purposes," approved March 4, 1927, and for necessary ex penses incide nt thereto, in cluding the e mployment of persons and contracting for title abstract services in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $300,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929.

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"I have confidence in natur? I? I say again there is nothing I am more suspicious of. I once lost ten thousand dollars by nature. Nature embezzled that amount from me; absconded with ten thousand dollars' worth of my property; a plantation on this stream, swept clean away by one of those sudden shiftings of the banks in a freshet; ten thousand dollars' worth of alluvion thrown broad off upon the waters."

"But have you no confidence that by a reverse shifting that soil will come back after many days?—ah, here is my venerable friend," observing the old miser, "not in your berth yet? Pray, if you will keep afoot, don't lean against that baluster; take my arm."

It was taken; and the two stood together; the old miser leaning against the herb-doctor with something of that air of trustful fraternity with which, when standing, the less strong of the Siamese twins habitually leans against the other.

The Missourian eyed them in silence, which was broken by the herb-doctor.

"You look surprised, sir. Is it because I publicly take under my protection a figure like this? But I am never ashamed of honesty, whatever his coat."

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . 15 DEPART MENT OF COMM ERCE OFFICE CF THE SECRETARY Damage claims : To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property ad justed and determine d by the Department of Commerce under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one c ase," appr oved Dece mber 28, 1922, as f ully set forth in House Documents Numbered 569 and 731, Sixty-ninth Congress, and House Document Numbered 73, Seventieth Congress, $869 .8 0. Aircraft in commerce : Of the appropriation for aircraft in com- merc e con taine d in the Act m aking app ropri ation s fo r the Depa rt- ment of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, a total of not to exceed $165,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BURE AU OF FOREI GN AND DOM ESTIC COMME RCE Transpo rtatio n of f amilie s and effect s of of ficers and e mploye es For an additional amount covering the same objects and purposes specified under this heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $10,000. BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES Claims for damages : To pay the claims adjusted and determined by t he Co mmiss ioner of Light house s an d app roved by the S ecret ary of Commerce under the provisions of section 4 of the Act approved dune 17, 1910 {Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 537), on account of dam- ages o ccasio ned to priva te pro perty by coll ision with v essels of th e Lighth ouse S ervice and f or whi ch the vessel s of t he Lig hthous e Serv - ice were responsible, as set forth in House Document Numbered 568 and Senate Docume nt Numbered 222, Six ty-ninth Congress, a nd House Document Numbered 73, Seventieth Congress, $609 .52 . R etire d pay : For retire d pay of off icers and em ployees engag ed in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, fiscal year 1928, $33,000 . BU REAU OF THE CENSUS BUREAU OF STANDARDS Department of Com- merce . Secretary's Office . Damag es cla ims . Vol.42,p.1066. Aircraft in Co m- merce . Allowance for per- sonal services in the District . Vol.44,p.1200. Foreign and Domes- tic Commerce Bureau. Transporting fami- lies of officers, etc. Lighthouses Bureau. Collision damages claims. Vol.36,p.637. Retired pay. Census Bureau. Agricultural census. Expenses of compil- ing . Vol. 43, p.228. Census of agriculture : For an additional amount for the census of agriculture, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act makin g app ropr iatio ns fo r the Dep artme nt of Com merce for the fiscal year 1925, and including compensation of temporary Temp orary emplo y- employees who may be appointed under the civil-service rules at per eM diem rates to be fixed by the Director of the Census without regard to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1928, $55,000 . Standards Bureau. Power plant equipment, Bureau of Standards : For the purchase etc ew and installation of new power and heating plant equipment, together with such auxiliary equipment as may be necessary, the moving and installing of equipment on hand and the tie-in with the present heat- ing and power systems ; including contract labor and personal services in the District of Colum bia, fisc al year 1 928, $100 ,000. Sugar standardization, Bureau of Standards : For an additional do Sugar amount covering the same objects and purposes specified under this Additional amount. heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of power plant, standardiza-

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 16 Navigat ion Bur eau. Wireless communica- tion laws. Exp ens es of adm in- istering. Vol.44,p. 1174. Unexpended balance available. Vol.44,p.355. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Surveying vessel, etc. Constructing and equipping. Fishe ries B ureau. Boothbay Harbor, Me. Power vessel : For the purchase or construction of a vessel for the Power vessel for sta- tion at. Boothbay Harbor, Maine, fisheries station, including Diesel engine and equipment, and including contract personal service, not to exceed $1,00 0, in the Di strict of Co lumbia or els ewhere as ma y be n ecessa ry to prepa re p lans and s peci ficat ions ther efor, $50, 000, to r emain available until June 30, 1929. Fish hatchery, Neosho, Missouri : For general repairs and improve- ments to grounds, ponds, water supply, and buildings, $15,000, to rema in ava ilable until Jime 30, 19 29. Fish hatchery, Springville, Utah : For repairs to the cottage, ponds, and water supply, and for the construction of a garage and workshop at the Springville, Utah, fisheries station, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $8,000. Neosho, Mo. Repai rs, etc ., to hatchery. Springville, Utah . Repairs, etc ., to hatchery. Mines Bureau. Oil shale investiga- tions. Operation of plant, etc. Mineral industries investigations. Allowance for service in the District in- creased. Vol.44,p.1217. Norton, Va. Addition to garage. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, $25,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929, of which amount not to exceed $11,040 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BU REAU OF NAVIGATIO N Wireless communication laws : For an additional amount covering the same objects and purposes specified under this heading in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, including expenses of the Federal Radio Commis- sion to and including January 31, 1928, $84,000, and, in addition thereto, $60,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation "Enforcement of wireless communication laws," fiscal year 1927, is here by r eappr opria ted and m ade a vaila ble under the appr opria tion for similar purposes for the fiscal year 1928. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY For all necessary expenses for the construction and equipment of one surv eying vess el, inclu ding purch ase or pr epara tion of p lans and specif icatio ns and trave ling e xpenses of in specto rs, an d for the purchase or construction of one tender of from fifty to sixty tons, including equipment, $408,000, to remain available until June 30,1929. BUREAU OF FISHERIES BUREAU OF MINES Oil-shale investigations : For development of oil shale, including purchase or mining and transportation of shale, operation, repairs, and alteration of plant, the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, and the alter ation, opera tion, and ma intena nce of experi mental refin ery, a nd for all necessary expenses incident thereto, including personal serv- ices, suppl ies, e quipme nt, an d trav eling e xpense s, fis cal ye ar 192 8, $45,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,000 may be expended for perso nal se rvices in th e Dist rict o f Colum bia. Economics of mineral industries, Bureau of Mines : Of the appro- priation for economics of mineral industries contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1928, a total of not to exceed $170,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Garage at Norton, Virginia, Bureau of Mines : For building and equip ping a n addi tion t o the garage at Nor ton, V irgini a, for stora ge and handling of mine rescue and first-aid supplies and equipment, fiscal year 1928, $5,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 5. 1927 . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Damage claims : To pay the claims for damages to privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of the Interior under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a me thod f or the settl ement of cla ims ari sing a gainst the G overnm ent of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Dc ,ument Numbered 222 and House Document Numbered 645, Sixty-ninth Congress, $1,654 .58. BUREAU OF INDIAN A FFAIRS 17 Interior Department. Secretary's Office. Damages claims. Vol. 42, p.1066. Indian Affairs Bu- reau. Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies : Fo r exp en se s tra up plies, s, purchase, necessary to the purchase of goods and supplies for the Indian Service, including inspection, pay of necessary employees, and all other expenses connected therewith, including advertising, storage, and transp ortati on of Indian goods and su pplies for t he fis cal ye ars that follow : For 1923, $110 .06 ; 1924, $12,193 .05 ; 1926, $91,910 .27 ; 1927, $80,286 ; in all, $184,499 .38. Payme nt of judg ment agai nst C hero kee I ndian s, Ok laho ma (t ribal C bero ees o kl j. funds) : For payment of the judgment rendered June 23, 1924, by ment f against, from the United States Court of Claims against the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, and in favor of the United States, in the case of the Cherokee Nation against the United States, Numbered 34449, in the Court of Claims, which judgment was for the cost of printing the record in the case and was affirmed on April 12, 1926, by the Supreme Court of the United States, $31 .70, payable from funds to the credit of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. Suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians : For Dise ased l ivestoc k. reimbursing Indians for livestock which may be hereafter destroyed foanimalsdeest Indians on account of being infected with dourine or other contagious diseases, and for expenses in connection with the work of eradicating and preventing such diseases, to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $20,000. Paiute allotted lands, Truckee-Carson Nevada (reim- palate Indian Res- ervation, project, Nev . bursable) : To carry out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act Pa1'menttoTruckee- Carson irrigation dis- to authorize the cancellation and remittance of construction assess- t r i c t for irrigation ments against allotted Paiute Indian lands irrigated under the charges, etc., on lands Newlands reclamation project in the State of Nevada and to reim- Vol.44,p.771. burse the Truckee-Carson irrigation district for certain expenditures Post, p. 1575. for the operation and maintenance of drains for said lands," approved June 26, 1926, fiscal years 1924 and 1925, $611 .55. Indian pueblos, New Mexico : For carrying out the provisions of Indian pueblos, N. the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation for recon- Survey, etc ., as to ir- naissance work in conjunction with the Middle Rio Grande Vol . Con- ri44,o . landsoff 44, p, 1035, serva ncy Di strict to de termin e whet her cer tain l ands o f the Cochit i, Sant o Do mingo, San Fel ipe, Santa Ana, San dia, and I slet a Ind ians are susceptible of reclamation, drainage, and irrigation," approved February 14, 1927, fiscal year 1928, $50,000. Indian school, Santa Fe, New Mexico : For construction and equip- Santo Fe School, N. ment of new boys' dormitory, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $80,000. n1Boys' dormitory. Sequoyah Orphan Training School, Oklahoma : To provide an Seq uoyah Orp han adequate water supply, fiscal y w ears 1928 and 1929, $12,000. Wat T ater suul pp ly . Okla. Compensation to certain pueblos in New Mexico for losses : To Pueb1osinNew compensate the Indians of Jemez and Tesuque pueblos, in the State MPayment for loss of of New Mexico, for loss of lands and water rights, in accordance Lands Board findings .u

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 18 Vol. 43, p. 636. Distribution. Provisos . Purchase of land and water rights. Distribution ofre. maind er. Kiowas, etc ., Okla. Payment of att or- neys from oil royalties trust fund of. Vol. 44, p. 740. C oncur rent Res olu- tions, p. 1. Shawnees, etc., Okla. Pa yment to, u nder t reaty pro visio ns. Post, p. 1550. Vol .15,p . 513. Provisos. Amou nt for atto r- neys. Re linquishm ent required of all claims. Papago Reservation, Ariz. Improvement of road within , from Tuc son to Ajo. Vol. 44, p. 762. Coolidge Da m, Gila River, Ariz. Constru ction of, un - der San Carlos project. Vol. 43, p. 475 . Provisos. South ern Pacifi c Railway Company. Payment to, for re- locating railroad. Property damages. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . with the findings of the Pueblo Lands Board created by section 2 of the Act approved June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 636), $29,801 .20, of which sum $500 shall be credited on the books of the Treasury Department to the Indians of Jemez pueblo and $29,301 . 20 to the Indians of Tesuque pueblo, such sums to draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum : Provided, That the $500 credited to the Indians of Jemez pueblo is hereby made avail- able until June 30, 1929, for the purchase of land and water rights for such Indians, and $14,150 of the sum credited to the Indians of Tesuque pueblo is hereby authorized to be expended during -the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 in providing an additional water supply for such pueblo : Provided further, That the remainder of such funds, and the interest thereon, shall be subject to future appropriation by Co ngress. Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians (tribal funds)
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . 19 $163,452 shall be available for payment of property and other Replacing 'Rice ency damages : Prov ided furth er, That not to exceed $72,324 shall be buildings at Rice Sta- available for the replacement at Rice Station, Arizona, of agency ti pose, p. 211 . buildings to be abandoned at San Carlos, Arizona : And provided further, That not to exceed $17,718 shall be available for enlarge- school. Enlarging boarding ment of the Rice Station boarding school to accommodate pupils from the day school to be abandoned at San Carlos. BUREAU OF PENSIONS Pensions Bureau. Army and Navy pensions, as follows : For invalids, widows, minor pelmy and Navy children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, and all other pen- sioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress, fiscal year 1928, $46,000,000 : Pr ovide d, That th e ap prop riat ion Nvy, -from aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the p ension fund. Navy pension fund, so far as the same shall be sufficient for that purpose : Provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Refund of construction charges : For refu nds of c onst ruc tion charges heretofore paid on permanently unproductive lands excluded from th e Fede ral re clamat ion pr ojects specif ied in the A ct app roved May 25, 1926, in accordance with section 42 of such Act, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $100,000, to be paid out of the reclamation fund. For personal services and traveling and other expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior to determine the property loss by flood susta ined b y cert ain pr operty owners resid ing at or in the vicinity of Hatch and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 25, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statu tes a t Lar ge, page 1792, Pri vate, Numb ered 396, Sixt y-nin th Congr ess), $5,0 00, or so much the reof as ma y be nece ssary, to be expended from the Reclamation fund. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Roads and trails, national parks : For the construction, reconstruc- tion, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridge s, in the na tional parks and m onument s unde r the jurisd iction of the Department of the Interior, $1,000,000, being part of the amount of the contractual authorization contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1 928, a pprove d Janu ary 12, 1927. BUREAU OF EDU CATION DEP ARTME NT OF JUSTI CE 01 r ICE OF' Hr. ATTORNEY GENERAL Salaries : For salaries, Department of Justice, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1928, $25,400. Reclamation Bureau. Permanently unpro- ductive lands. Construction charges on, refunded. Vol. 44, p. 647. Hatch and Sant a Teresa, N. Mex. Exp ens es det erm in- ing property losses by overflow of Rio Grande at. Vol. 44, p. 1792. F r o m reclamation fund. National Park Serv- ice. Roads and trails. Vol. 44, p. 966. Educati on Bure au. Alaska natives. Education of natives of Alaska : Not exceeding $3,064 .84 of the Balan ce a vaila ble f or unexpended balance of this appropriation for the fiscal year 1926 travel and the "Boxer." shall be available for the payment of obligations, as follows : Trav- eling expenses, $625, and freight, including operation of United States ship Boxer, $2,439 .84, in addition to the amounts appropriated for those objects under this head for said fiscal year. Vol.43,p. 1180. Department of Jus- tice. Att orn ey Gen era l's Office. Offic e pe rsonn el. nav al Separate accounting.

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 20 . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESs. I. CH. 5. 1927 . Law books, etc. Contingent expenses : For the purchase of law books, books of reference, and periodicals, including the exchange thereof, for the Pri ee s olimit, u.s . Department of Justice, fiscal year 1928, $1,925 : Provided, That not Code, Annotat ed. to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the current and future volumes of the United Sates Code, Annotated. CO NTI NGE NT EXP ENSE S, DEP ART MEN T OF JUSTICE Traeo s e ana mis- Traveling and miscellaneous expenses : For traveling and other cellaneous expenses. misc ellan eous and e merg ency expen ses, auth orize d an d app roved by the Attorney General, to be expended at his discretion, fiscal year 1927, $2,746 .82 . MISCELLA NEOUS OBJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Enforcing interstate commerce laws. Judges, etc. A dditio nal amount for salaries increased. Fo r the add ition al am ounts req uired from Jan uary 1 to June 30, 1927, i nclusi ve, on accou nt of the in creased compe nsatio n gran ted by Vol. 44, p. sls. the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of certain judges of the United States," approved December 13, 1926, under the following Designated amounts. appropr iation accou nts re specti vely "Salaries, Supreme Court, 1927," $17,452 .75 ; "Salaries of circuit, district, and retired judges, 1927," $198,457 ; "United States Court of Customs Appeals, 1927," $10,000 ; " Salaries, Court of Claims, 1927," $11,441 .29 ; "Salaries, judges, marshals, and so forth, Territory of Alaska, 1927," $4,503 .88 ; In all, $241,854.92, which shall be credited, respectively, to the a pprop riati on a ccoun ts ab ove e nume rated. District judges. For salari es of United State s dist rict ju dges, includ ing th e same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations fo r the Dep artment o f Justice and for the judi ciary for the fisc al year 1928, $51,000 . United States courts. Marshals. Special assistant at- torneys. Clerks. For the enforcement of Acts to regulate commerce, including the same o bjects speci fied f or thi s purp ose in the Ac t maki ng app ropria - tions for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary, for the fiscal year 1926, $2 .50. SALARI ES OF JUDGES MARS HALS, DISTRIC T ATTOR NEYS, CL ERK S, AND OT HER EXP ENS ES OF UNITED STA TES COURTS Salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals : For salaries, fees, and exp enses of Uni ted St ates m arshal s and their d eputie s, inc luding the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropria- tions for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1924, $3,841 .56. Pay of special assistant attorneys : For assistants to the Attorney General and to United States district attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases, for the fiscal year 1923 and prio r year s, inc luding the s ame ob jects s pecifi ed und er thi s head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary, for the fiscal year 1923, $5,000. Salaries and expenses of clerks : For salaries of clerks of United States district courts, their deputies, and assistants, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1 .928, $25,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cu. 5. 1927. Fees of commissioners : For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace acting under section 1014, Revised Statutes of the United States, for the fiscal years that follow For 1922, $585 .70. For 1925, $13,09 8. 70 . For 1927, $25,000. Costs taxed against the United States : For the payment of costs taxed against the United States by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the case of United States of America, owner of the steamship Samoset, libelant, against Mexican Petroleum Company, owner of the oil barges Numbered 11 and Numbered 12, respondent, fiscal year 1926, $33 .20. For the payment of the cost of a transcript of testimony for the defendant, furnished by direction of the court, in the case of the United States against Earl Battice, in the United States District Co urt fo r the Southe rn Dis trict of New York, fiscal year 1928, $672. Compensation and expenses of commissioner in case of State of Oklahoma against State of Texas : For payment of one third of the costs of executing the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States, dated January 3, 1927, in the case of the State of Oklahoma, complainant, against the State of Texas, defendant ; the United States of America intervenor, numbered 6, original, October term, 1926, including the compensation and expenses of the commissioner appointed by the court to run, locate, and mark the boundary between the State of Oklahoma and the State of Texas. $18 ,0 00, t o rem ai n available until the completion of such work and to be paid on the order of the court. Pay of bailiffs, and so forth : For bailiffs and criers, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1927, $20,162 .78. Books for judicial officers : For the purchase and rebinding of law books, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1924, $10. For the purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, for United States judges, district attorneys, and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the nine United States circuit courts of appeals, for the purchase of the Federal Reporter and continuations thereto as issued, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, fiscal year 1928, $55,399 : Provided, That all books purchased hereunder shall be marked, plainly, " The property of the United States," and shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors in office : Provided further, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated. PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas : For the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans as, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1927, $5,000. United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia : For establishment of a water system, purchase and installation of new boilers and other machinery, construction, repairs, and alterations to power plant, and all other expenses connected with either the water system or power plant, fiscal years 1928 and 19 29, $2 50,000, and i n addi tion t hereto the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $200,000 for the fiscal ye ar 1927 f or the pu rchase an d install ation of new boile rs, shall 21 Commissioners. R. S ., see. 1014, p. 189. Mexican Petrole um Company. Costs taxed against United States in case of. Earl Battice. Payment for tran- script of testimony in case against. Okl ahoma against Texas. Compensation and expenses of boundary- line commissioners, etc. Payment on order of the court. Bailiffs, etc. Law books. Purchase and rebind- ing. Additional appropri- ation. Federa l Repo rter. Pro"*see . Transmittal to suc- cesso rs . Price limit for U. S. Code, A nnotate d . Penal institutions, etc . Penitentiaries . Leavenworth, Bans. Maintenance . Atlanta, Ga. Power plant, water system, etc . Unexpended balance available for machin- ery, etc. Vol . 44, p. 348.

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 22 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH.5. 1927 . Proviso. Engineer for 1ng plans, etc. Textile mill addition. Vol.44,p. 348. McNeil Is lan d, Wash. Maintenance. Water supply, etc. Warden. Cre di ted for pur - chas e of engi ne r oom equipment. Vol.41,p.207. Industrial Reforma- tory. Construction of brick manuf acturing plant . Balance available. Vol.44,p. 348. Vol.43,p. 724. Proviso. Employment of in- mates rest rict ed. Federal Institution for Women. Construction work. Balances available. Vol. 43, p. 1334. Vol.44, p. 861. National Tr ain ing School for Boys. Support of inmates . Su pport of Un ited States prisoners. pr epa y- be available for the purposes of this paragraph : Provided, That the Attorney General may contract with an engineer for the preparation of plans, listing of specifications, supervision, superintendence of all work, and the performance of any other duties necessary to the con- struction of a complete power plant and the establishment of a water system. Not exceeding $14,000 of the working-capital fund for the fiscal year 1928 shall be available for the completion of the addition to the textile mill building. United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington : For the United States penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appro- priat ions for the Department of Justice and f or the judici ary f o r the fiscal year 1928, including not to exceed $12,900 for salaries of off icers and emp loyees, $12,9 00. For extensio n of undergro und water sys tem and repair s to exist- ing water system, equipment for wells, construction of water reser- voir, installation of water supply on farm, repairs to docks and dolphin s, constructi on of breakwat er bulkheads, and purchase and installation of oil-burning equipment, oil-storage tanks, pumps and piping, including all necessary labor and supplies in connection with the above, fiscal years 1928 an d 1929, $62,2 50. Credit is authorized and directed in the account of the warden of the United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington, with payment of $523 .46 made durinthe fiscal year 1924 for purchase of additional boiler and engine -room equipment, which was inad- vertently charged to the appropriation for construction of buildings contained in the Sundry Civil Approp riation Act a pproved July 1 9, 1919. United States Industrial Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio : Not to exceed $100,000 of the appropriation "United States Industrial Re- formatory, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1927," shall remain available until June 30, 1929, to enable the Attorney General to furnish the neces- sary material, supplies, and equipment, and to defray such other expenses as may be necessary to provide adequate facilities for the employment o f prisoners a nd the develo pment of the i nstitution in accordance w ith the Act e ntitled "An A ct for the est ablishment of a United States Industrial Reformatory," approved January 7, 1925 : Provi ded, That the inm ates of the Unit ed S tate s In dust rial Ref orma - tory shall be employed only in the production and manufacture of suppl ies fo r the Unite d Stat es Gov ernmen t, fo r cons umptio n in United States institutions, and in duties necessary for the construc- tion and maintenance of the institution. Federal Industrial Institution for Women, Alderson, West Virginia : The unexpended balances of the appropriations for con- struction work of $909,100 contained in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1925, and continued available during the fiscal year 1927 by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926, and of $1,509,300 con- tained in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1929. National Training School for Boys : For the National Training School for Boys, Washington, District of Columbia, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropria- tions for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1927, $1,805 .37. Support of United States prisoners : For the support of United States prisoners, including the same objects specified under this head in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal years that follow : For 1924, $6,141 .18.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . 23 For 1925,$7,576 .26. For support of United States prisoners, including the same objects For 1927. specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of Justice and for the judiciary for the fiscal year 1927, $420 ,965 .07 . DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Damage claims : To pay the claim in favor of James O'Connell for damage to his property, as adjusted and determined by the Secre- tary of Labor, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide aa method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, and as, fully set forth in House Docume nt Num bered 645, Sixty- ninth Congr ess, $3 5. 97 . Salaries : Not to exceed $5,240 of the appropriation for expenses of regula ting im migrat ion, fi scal ye ar 192 8, shal l be av ailabl e for t rans- fer to the appropriation for salaries, office of the Secretary of Labor, fiscal year 1928. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION For refund of am ount covered by cashier's c heck numbered 15824 of the First State Bank and Trust Company, of Laredo, Texas, deposi ted as securi ty on b ond fur nished in the case o f the alien S ergei Chacotcin, who departed from the United States in accordance with the terms of the bond, fiscal year 1928, $500. For refund of amount covered by cashier's check numbered 15823 of the First State Bank and Trust Company, of Laredo, Texas, deposited as security on bond furnished in the case of the alien Peter Koklagin, who departed from the United States in accordance with the terms of the bond, fiscal year 19 28, $500 . CHILDREN'S BUREAU Department of Labor. Secretary's Office. James O'Connell. Payment of property damage claim. Vol. 42, p. 1066. Salaries. Transfer of immigra- tion expenses for, in office of Secretary . Vol.44,p. 1222. Immigration Bureau. First State Bank and Trust Company, Lare- do, Tex. Refund of se cur it y for alien Sergei Chacotcin. Refund of security for al ien Pet er Kok- lagin. Child ren's Bureau. For a n additional amount require d for the pro motion of the wel- fan cyh yg~ ene an a i n. For and hygiene of maternity and infancy, including the same objects specified under this head in the appropriation Act for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1927, $40,354. NAV Y DEPA RTMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Navy Department. Secretary's Office. Damage claims : To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately claimsper ty damage s owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Navy, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the Unite d Stat es in sums not ex ceedin g $1, 000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Docu- ments Numbered 645 and 731, Sixty-ninth Congress, $2,861 .22, To pay claims for damages adjusted and determined by the Secre- claims. da mage s tar y of the Navy under the pr ovisions of th e Act entitle d "An Act Vol . 42, p.1066. to amend the Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to settle claims for damages to private property arising from collisions with naval vessels," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 645 and 73 1, Sixty-ninth Congress, $12,815 .4 5 . Vol. 42, p. 1066

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 24 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cri. 5. 1927 . Bu reau of Navi ga- tion. Expenses. Office. Expenses. Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, Hydrographic Office : For purchase and printing of nautical books, charts, and sailing direc- tions, copperplates, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $14,000 . Bureau of Engineer- ing. Engineering repairs, etc. Engineering : For repairs, preservation, and renewal of machinery and auxiliary machinery, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 192 8, $4 35,0 00. Bureau of Construc- tion and R epair. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR Construction and re- pair, of vessels . Construction and repair of vessels : For preservation and com- pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary, including the same objec ts specified under this hea d in the Nava l Appropriati on Act for the fiscal year 1928, $565,000. Bureau of Supplies and A ccounts. Reimbursement A.T.1u For the reimbursement of A. T. Marix, colonel, United States of. Marine Corps, retired, for the loss by fire of personal property in Christiania, Norway, fiscal year 1928, $1,500. Rei mbu rse men t of of. For reimbursement of Emanuel Xuiereb, chief mechanic, at the ment United States naval hospital, Canacao, Philippine Islands, for the loss of private funds in the form of Liberty bonds, fiscal year 1928, $1,750 . R T119mas; 1. efmbursementof. For reimbursement of Thomas J. Ryan, lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, for the loss of uniforms, equipment, clothing, and perso nal eff ects, a s a re sult of the ea rthqua ke and fire di saster in Navy pension fund. Japan on September 1, 1923, fiscal year 1928, $1,221 . 65 . Payment of allowed The Navy pension fund is hereby made available for the payment claims from. of the claims, amounting to $127 .22, allowed by the General Account- ing Office in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 29, vol. 40,p.499. 1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 499), as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 221, Sixty-ninth Congress. The Navy pension fund is hereby made available for the payment of the claim, amounting to $175.43, allowed by the General Account- ing Office in Certificate of Settlement 0162113, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 29, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 499). Bureau of Yards and Docks. Clerical, etc., sere- ices limit increased. The limit upon expenditures for clerical inspection, drafting, mes- senger, and other cl assified work in the field from appropria ting Vol.44,p.i2s9. a Maint enance, Burea u of Yards and Docks, 1928," is he reby inc reas ed from $975,000 to $1,000,000 . Public works . BUREAU OF NAVIGATION BUREAU OF ENGINEERING BUR EAU OF SU PPLIES AND ACCOUN TS BURE AU OF YAR DS AND DOC KS PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Puget Sound, Wash. Navy yard, Puget Sound, Washington : For rebuilding railroad, $75,000 . Bosto n, Mass . Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts : For improvements of central power plant, $7,870.90 . New London, Conn . Submarine base, New London, Connecticut : For replacement and repair of piers, $150,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH.5. 1927. 25 Naval station, Guantanamo, Cuba : For replacement of fuel-oil dock, $75,000 ; reconstruction of marine railway, $25,000 ; salt-water fire-protection system, $45,000 ; in all, $145,000. Na vy y ard, New York : For replacing public works facilities destroyed by fire February 9, 1927, $25,000 ; improvement of Dry Dock Numbered 4, $250,000 ; in all, $275,000. A i r S ta t i o ns : Toward the construction of buildings and im rove- Air stations. g p Construction and im. ments at air stations, as authorized by the Act approved March Proveme nts at desig- 2, 1927, as follows : Coco Solo, Canal Zone, $632,000 ; Sand Point, n do. 44, p.1340. Washington, $210,000 ; San Diego, California, $380,000 ; Hampton Road s, V irgi nia, $64 0,00 0 ; in all, $1,862,000. Marine barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina : For construction of a steel bridge across Archers Creek, $30,000. Marine barracks, Quantico, Virginia : F or c onst ruct ion of p ubli c Marine i barracks con- works as authorized by the Act approved February 15, 1927, struction. $1,650,000 ; and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter 01 .44,p.1101. into co ntract or contracts for such construction at a cost in the aggregate not to exceed $2,205,000. Naval Observatory, Washington, District of Columbia : For rep airs ReNaval pa irs Observatory. to heating tunnel at intersection of Gilliss Avenue and roadway to main building, and for repairs to balustrade around twelve-inch equatorial dome of main building, $7,500. Not to exceed an a regate of $40,000 is made available from the Additional employ- gg b ees authorized for con- foregoing appropriations for " Public works, Bureau of Yards and struction work . Docks," to provide for the employment of classified personal services in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and in the field to be en ; aged upon such work and to be in addition to employees otherwise pro- vided for. MARINE CORPS AL TERATI ONS TO NAVAL V ESSELS Major alterations, naval vessels : To wa rd t he a lt er at io ns a nd repairs required for the purpose of modernizing the United States ships Oklahoma and Nevada as authorized by the Act approved March 2, 1927, $6,575,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929 Provided, That the alterations to the capital ships herein authorized shall be subject to the limitations prescribed in the treaty limiting naval armaments ratified August 17, 1923. Guantanamo, Cuba. New York, N. Y. Parris Island, S. C. Marine Corps. For additional amounts necessary to defray the increased expenses Expenses of guards for United States mails, inciden t to maintaining armed guards of marines detailed for duty etc. in protecting the United States mails and for expeditionary forces in Nicaragua and China, including the same objects specified in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, under the headings that follow Pay, Marine Corps : For allowance for lodging and subsistence of enlisted men, $8,418, and for mileage and actual and necessary expenses to officers, and so forth, $117,213 ; in all, fiscal year 1927, $125 ,631 . General expenses, Marine Corps : For provisions, subsistence, board and lodging of enlisted men, and so forth, $596,700 ; f or m il it ar y supplies and equipment, and so forth, $470,300 ; for transportation of troops, and so forth, $400,000 ; for miscellaneous supplies, and so forth, $351,000 ; in all, fiscal year 1927, $1,818,000. INCREASE OF THE NAVY Increase of the Navy, Construction and Construction and machinery : For an additional amount for the mac hin ery. purposes specified under this heading in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $10,800,000. Pay, etc. General expenses. Alterations to naval vesse ls. Modernizing "Okla- homa" and "Nevada ." Vol.44,p. 1343. Proviso. Treaty limitations. Vol.43,p. 1655.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 5. 1927 . 27 Balances due foreign countries : For balances due foreign countries, Balances due foreign b b fiscal year 1920, $3,648 .41. COllntile5. Balances due foreign countries : For balances clue foreign countries, For designated years. including payment of balances to Great Britain for excess parcel-post weights coveri ng the period from January 1, 1919, to September 30, 1924, as follows : Fiscal year 1919, $31,764.90 ; 1920, $45,814.13 ; 1921, $10,731 .15 ; 1922, $21,321 .52 ; 1923, $13,567 .56 ; 1924, $9,094.68 ; 1925, $2,273 .68 ; in all, $134,567 .62. Balances due foreign countries : For an additional amount required and Denmark. We den, for payment of interest to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark on bal- Interest on balances ances found due by arbitral sentence under the provisions of article dVol.35,p .1661. 23 of the Un iversal Postal Union of Rom e and under t he provisions Vol-42,p .1997. of article 25 of the Universal Postal Convention of Madrid, fiscal year 1927, $4,531 .18. Contract air mail service : For an additional amount required for Contract air ma il service, the inland transportation of mail b a ircr aft, und er c ontr act, and Vol .3, p .805. for the incide ntal expenses thereof, in accordance with the Act approved February 2, 1925, and amended June 3, 1926, fiscal year Vol.44,p . 602 . 1928, $2,000,000 . OFFICE OF FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Mail bags and equipment : Not to exceed $600,000 of the appro- priation "Mail bags and equipment, 1928," may be expended for persona l servi ces in the Di strict of Colu mbia, in lieu of the amoun t of $500,000 specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1928. OUT OF THE GENERAL FEND OF THE TREASURY Payment to W. F. Morgareidge : For carrying into effect the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of W . F. Morgareidge," approved July 3, 1926, fiscal year 1928, $364 .30. DEP ART MEN T OF STATE Fourth Assi stant Postmaster General . Mail bags, etc . Amount for personal services increased . Vol.44,p .1051. W.F . Morgareidge. Payment to . Vol. 44, p. 1745. Department of State. Contingent expenses, Contingent expenses, United States consulates : For an additional consulates. amount for the contingent expenses of United States consulates, inc luding the sa me objects sp ecified under this head in the Act mak ing appropria tions for the Department of State for th e fiscal year 1928, $35,000. Contingent expenses, foreign missions : For contingent expenses m Contingent expenses, of foreign missions, including the same objects specified under this issions, head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1928, $70,000. Transportation of Foreign Service officers : To pay the traveling Transportation. expenses of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1928, $25,000. Transporting remains of Foreign Service officers and clerks : For Transporting re- defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of Diplomatic, mains from abroad. Consular, and Foreign Service officers of the United States, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appro- priations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1926, $713 .16 . Foreign Service buildings fund : For the purpose of carrying into Fo reign Ser vice « buildings fund. effect the provisions of the Foreign Service Build ings Act, 1 92 6 ," Pa yments aut hor- and for each and every object thereof, including the initial altera- `Zv1 .44,p .403 . tions, repair, and furnishing of buildings heretofore acquired under specific authorization of Congress for the use of the diplomatic and 54835°-29-PT 1- 6

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 28 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cii. 5. 1927 . consular establishments in foreign countries, $70 0,000, to rem ain avai labl e un til expe nded. Am oy, China. Consular building Amo - China : The unexpended balances of the Balances available. building, y~ appropriations for acquisit ion of buildi ngs and ground s and con- struction at Amoy, China, continued available until June 30, 1927, Vol .44,p . 867. by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926, shall remain available Mex ican wat er until expended. Boundary Commis- Water boundary, United States and Mexico : For an additional s ion . Additional amount amount for the water boundary, United States and Mexico, covering for. Vol . 44,p .1 185 . the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appro- priations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1927, and including also personal services and supplies and equipment for the installation of additional gauging stations and the improvement and operation of existing stations on the Rio Grande, fiscal year 19 28, $21,000, which amount, together with so much as may be necessary of the appropriation " Water boundary, United States and Mexico, ca Transfer rto Geologi- 1928," may b e tran sferr ed by the Se cretar y of State, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to the United States International Radio- Geological Survey for direct expenditure. telegraphic Conven- International Radiotelegraphic Convention : The unexpended bai- tunexpended balance ance of the appropriation made by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal available for Confer- year 1925, approved March 4, 1925, for the purpose of defraying ence on Revision of. Vol. 43, p. 1340. the expenses incident to the Conference for Revision of the Inter- national Radiotelegraphic Convention of July 5, 1912, to be held in Washington, and continued available until June 30, 1927, by the Act approved July 3, 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1928, Vol .44,p . 861 . for such purposes, and shall also be available to reimburse the appro- priation " Emergencies Arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, 1928," for expenditures made therefrom on account of such conference, including expenditures made for official cards and on Preparatory Com - contracts Com- mission on Armaments. aphic reporting services. mis sion onAr mame nts. Preparatory Commission on Armaments : For the expenses of Expenses, participat- further participation by the United States in the work of the ing in. Vol .44, p. 1404 . preparatory commission at Geneva, for the purpose of making preliminary studies and preparations for a conference on the reduc- tion and limitation of armaments, and for each and every purpose con nected therew ith, includin g compensation of employees , travel, subsistence or per diem in lieu of subsistence in amounts authorized in the discretion of the Secretary of State (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act) ; and such other expenses as the Presi- dent shall deem proper, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Canadian Secretary of State, $70,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Boundary Waterways Waterways treaty, United States and Great Britain ; Interna- Commission. tiona l Joint Commi ssion, United States and Gr eat Britain : For an ad dition al amo unt fo r the water ways t reaty, Unit ed States and Great Britain ; Inter national Join t Commission, United States and Great Britain, covering the same objects specified under this head Vol. 44, pp. 338, 111 . in the Act making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1927, approved April 29, 1926, and for the expenses of makin g such furth er in vestig ations and taking such further action as may be deemed necessary in relation to the boundary waters within the scope of the treaty of January 11, 1909, between . the United States and Great Britain, and waters flowing into or therefrom, including personal services within the District of Colum- bia or elsewhere, travel, and such other expenses as the Secretary of State shall deem proper, $25,000. to remain available until June 30, 1929. Ha lib ut Fisheries Commission. International Fisheries Commission : For an additional amount for . the International Fisheries Commission, including the same objects

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 SEVE NTIE TH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH.5. 1927 . 29 specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1928, $3,000. Prisons for American Expenses of prisons for American convicts : For an additi onal convicts. amount for the expenses of prisons for American convicts, including the same ob jects sp ecified under th is' head in the Act maki ng appro - priations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1928, $5,000 . International water commission, United States and Mexico : The oradl v oR er.C and Col- unexpende d balance of the appropriat ion of $20,000 made by the unexpended balance for Commission on c Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924, and continued available until tribu tion of water s ef. June 30, 1927, for the Commission on Equitable Use of Waters of Vol. 43, pp. C-92, 1240. the Rio Grande, shall remain available until June 30, 1928, for the exp enses, i ncluding the pur chase, a t not to exceed $1,500, and main - Motor vehicle for comm ission. tenance of a passenger-carrying motor-propelled vehicle, of the coin- Vol.4*,p. 1403. mission authorized by the resolution approved March 3, 1927, entitled "J oint r esolu tion amendi ng th e Act of May 13, 1924, enti tled `An Act providing a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande,' and so forth ." Any moneys receive d from the Republic of Mexi co for the pur- Mo neys from Mex ico co vered int o the Tre ss- pose of securing information on which to base a treaty between the ury. United States and Mexico relative to the use of the waters of the Rio Grande, Lower Colorado, and Tia Juana Rivers as authorized by the Act of March 3, 1927, shall be covered into the Treasury. Etelka Bell. Payment to Etelka Bell : For payment to Etelka Bell, widow of Payment to. Edw ard Bell, late c ounselor of lega tion and charge d'affair es at th e Vol.44,p. 1702. Amer ican Embas sy at Peki ng, China, as author ized by the Act approved July 3, 1926, fiscal year 1928, $9,000. Payment to Edith L. Bickford : For payment to Edith L. Bick- Edith e t t ockrora. fo rd, wido w of Geo rge F. Bickford, late consul at Antung, China, Vol.44,p.1;ol. as authorized by the Act appro ved July 3, 1926, fiscal year 1928, $3,500. Payment to Agnes W. Wilcox : For p ayment to A gnes W. Wilcox, Payment 't Wilcox. widow of Hen ry T. Wilcox, late American consul at Vigo, Spain, Vol. 44, p. 1766. as authorized by the Act approved February 9, 1927, fiscal year 1928, $4,500. TRE ASU RY DEPA RTM ENT 0111, OF THE SECRETARY Dam age claims : To pay c laims for damages to or losses of pri- vately owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlem ent of c laims ar ising ag ainst th e Government of the United States in su ms not exceeding $1,000 in any one case, " app roved December 28, 1922, as full y set forth in House Documents Numbered 645 and 731 and Senate Documents Numbered 222 and 227, Sixty-ninth Congress, and House Document Num bered 73, S event ieth Congre ss, $ 6,467. 37 . DIVISION OF BOOKKEEPING AND WARRANTS Trea sury Depar t- ment. Secretary's Office. Damages claims. Vol.42,p.1066. Bookk eeping and Warrants Division. Recoinage of minor Recoinage of minor coins : To enable the Secretary of the Treasury c oins. to continue the recoinage of worn and uncurrent minor coins of the United States now in the Treasury or hereafter received, and to reimburse the Treasurer of the United States for the difference between the nominal or face value of such coins and the amount the same will produce in new coins, fiscal year 1928, $7,500.

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 30 Customs Service. Domestic animals. Refund of duties on, recro ssing bounda ry. Vol . 44, p. 629. Fede ral Farm Lo an Bureau. Salaries, etc. Misce llaneous ex- penses. Proviso. Motor-vehicle travel allowance. Payabl e from ban k assessments. Int erna l Rev enue. Refunding taxes ille- gally collected. R.S.,sees.3220, 3689, pp. 618, 725. Vol .40,p . 1145; Vol. 42, p. 314 342 . 44, p. 115. Provisos. Report to Congress. Refunding excise tax on autom obil e ac ces- sories, etc. Bo nd required from manufacturer, etc ., to repay amount not dis- tributed to purchaser, etc. SEV ENTIE TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cg. 5. 1927 . CUSTOMS SERVICE For the payment of claims for refund of duties paid on domestic animals and offspring thereof returned to the United States in accordance with the provisions of the p ublic reso lution appr oved May 24, 1926, fisca l year 1928, $4, 690. 95 . FEDERAL FARM LOAN BUREAU Salaries : For an additional amount required for salaries of mem- be rs of th e board and for other pe rsonal s ervices in the D istrict of Columbia and in the field, fiscal year 1928, $75,000 ; Miscellaneous expenses : For an additional amount require d for miscellaneous expenses, including the same objects of expenditure specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $10,000 ; and said appropriation for miscellaneous expenses is hereby made available for law books, periodicals, newspapers, contract stenographic reporting services, and expert services for the preparation of amortization tables : Provided, That whenever, during the fiscal year ending Ju ne 30, 1928, the Farm Loan Bo ard shal l find t hat the expenses of trav el can be reduced thereby, it may, in lieu of actual operating expenses, und er such regulati ons as i t may pr escribe, authori ze the p ayment o f not to exceed 3 cents per mile for motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for aut omobile, used fo r necessary trav el on official b usiness ; In all, Federal Farm Loan Bureau, $85,000, payable from assess- ments upon Federal and joint-stock land banks and Federal interme- diate credit banks. INTERNAL REVENUE Refunding taxes illegally collected : For an additional amount required for refunding taxes illegally collected under the provisions of sections 3220 and 3689, Revised Statutes, as amended by the Revenue Acts of 1918, 1921, 1924, and 1926, including the payment of claims for the fiscal year 1928 and prior years, $43,000,000, to rem ain avai lable un til June 30, 192 8 : Provided, That a report shall be made to Congress of the disbursements hereunder as required by such Acts, including the names of all persons and corporations to wh om p ayme nts are made tog ethe r wi th the amount pa id to ea ch Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be avail- able to refun d any amount paid by or collected from any manuf ac- turer, producer, or importer in respect of the tax imposed by subdivi- sion (3) of section 600 of the Revenue Act of 1924, or subdivision (3) of section 900 of the Revenue Act of 1921 or of the Revenue Act of 1918, unless the Commissioner of Internal Revenue certifies to the proper disburs ing officer that such manuf acturer, producer, or importer has filed wit h the Commissioner, un der regulations pr e- scribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, a bond in such sum and with such sureties as the Commissioner deems necessary, conditioned upon the immediate repayment to the United States of such portion of the amount refunded as is not distributed by such manufacturer, producer, or importer, within six months after the da te of the pa yme nt of the re fu nd, to the pe rs ons who purchased for purposes of consumption ( whethe r fro m suc h manu factu rer, produc er, i mport er, or from any other person) the articles in respect of which the refund is made, as evide nced b y the affi davits (in such form and containing such statements as the Commissioner may prescribe) of such purchasers, and that suc h bond, in the c ase of a claim al lowed af ter the passage of this Act, was filed before the allowance of the claim by the Commissioner.
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 SEV EN TIE TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 5. 1927 . 31 BUREAU Or PROHIBITION Enforcement of Narcotic and National Prohibition Acts : The Enforcing Narcotic an d Pr ohibi tion Acts. limitations upon the amount which may be expended for personal Limitation for serv- ices in the District services in the District of Columbia under this head in the Acts increased. ma king appr opria tions for the Treas ury D epar tment for the f isca l Vol. 44, pp. 143, 1034. years 1927 and 1928, are hereby amended so as to authorize the expenditure of not to exceed $603,600 for said purpose during the fiscal year 1927, and not to exceed $658,320 for said purpose during the fiscal year 1928, and the limitation upon the amount which may From collecting in. 3 ternal revenue. be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia from V.I .44, p. 1033. the appropriation " Collecting the internal revenue, 1928," is hereby amended so as to authorize the expenditure of not to exceed $8,949,680 for said purpose. COAST GUARD Coast Guard. Rebuilding and repairing stations, and so forth : For an additional et Rebuilding stations, amount for rebuilding and repairing stations and houses of refuge, temporary leases, rent, and improvements of property for Coast Guard purposes, including use of additional land where necessary, fiscal year 1928, $61,600. Mileage, etc. Mileage, and so forth : For an additional amount for mileage and expenses, including the same objects of expenditure specified under this head in the Act mak ing ap ropriations f or the Treasury De partme nt for the f iscal year 1 928, 1 5,000. Communication lines, and so forth : For an additional amount for Boaetc. communi. coastal communication lines and facilities and their maintenance, fiscal year 1928, $30,000. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Public Health Serv- ice. Pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals : For an additional Personnel and main- amoun t for pay of p erson nel a nd m ainte nance of h ospi tals, Publ ic tenance. Health Servic e, inc luding the s ame ob jects s pecifi ed und er thi s head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fisca l year 19 28, $124, 891. Prevention of epi. Preventing the spread of epidemic diseases : For an additional demicas. amount required for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases, including the same objects of expenditure specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $95,388. Quarantine service : For an additional amount required for the Quarantine Service. quarantine service, including the same objects of expenditure specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $25,000. Public buildings. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUI LD ING PROJECTS New York, N. Y. New York, New York, courthouse and post office : For reconstruc- Courthouse, etc. tion of roof, $12,000. Marcus Hook, Pa. Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, quarantine station : For new boiler and nece ssary rem odeling o f boiler house, r ehabilita tion of r iver bulk - head, back filling, repairs of isolation ward, fencing, and incidental work, $21,000. Carville, La. Carville, Louisiana, marine hospital : For water-supply tank, addi- tional h ydrants, additiona l filters, connec ting pipe , $30,000. San Francisco, California, Mint Building : For an additional vault San Francisco, Calif . and work incid ental the reto, remo ving, rec ondit ioni ng, a nd us ing vault doors now in the S ubtrea sury B uilding, $90, 000. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, post office and courthouse : For removal Pittsburg h, Pa. of four old boilers and installation of three new ones, $25,000. Prohibition Burcau.

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 32 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CII. 5. 1927 . New York, N. Y. New York, New York, quarantine station : For restoration of chem- Quarantine station. ical storage building and new roof covering, buildings numbered 2 and 3, $12,000. o ut s id e professional services. Outside professional services : For an additional amount required for outside ~professional services, including the same objects of expend- iture specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1928, $350,000 : Pr Provided That in all cases where contracts have heretofore been Payments of con- tracts for, from appro- entered into or may hereafter be entered into under the provisions of pr Vol.44, p.631 . section 2 of the Public Buildings Act approved May 25, 1926, for outside professional services, wherein the period of performance extends beyond the fiscal year in which such contract or contracts were entered into, payments thereunder shall be made from the appropriation "Outside professional services, public buildings," avail- able at the time payment is due for the particular services rendered. Davis Construction Relief of the Davis Construction Company : For the carrying out Company. Relief of, of the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of the Davis Construction Vol.44,p.1461. Comp any," approv ed Apr il 24, 1926, fiscal year 1928, $32,56 9 .2 8. Projects under Pub- PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS UNDER SECTION 3 PUBLIC BU ILDINGS ACT lic Build ings Act. Vol.44, pp.632,869. APPROV ED MAY 25, 19 26, AS AMENDED Akron, Ohio. Akron, Ohio, post office and other Government offices : For acquisi- tion of additional land and completion, $366,280. Athens, Tenn. Athens, Tennessee, post office, and so forth : For completion, $30,000 . Batavi a, M. Batavia, Illinois, post office and other Government offices : For compl etion, $8,00 0. Bayonne, N.J. Bayonne, New Jersey, post office, and so forth : For completion, $100, 000 . Branford, Conn. Branford, Connecticut, post office and other Government offices : For completion, $20,000. Buffalo, Wyo . Buffalo, Wyoming, post office and other Government offices : For completion, $22,500. Caribou, Me. Caribou, Maine, post office and other Government offices : For completion, $20,000. Central City, Nebr. Central City, Nebraska, post office and other Government offices For completion, $10,000. Chicago, Dl. Chicago, Illinois, marine hospital : For completion, $132,000. Marine hospital. Cody, Wyo. Cody, Wyoming, post office and other Government offices : For comple tion, $40,00 0. Coeurd'Alene, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, post office, courthouse, and so forth : For Idaho. comple tion, $148,2 00. Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa, courthouse, and so forth : For completion, $474,5 00 . Detroit, Mich. Detroit, Michigan, marine hospital : For completion, $350,000 . Donors, Pa. Donora, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices For co mpleti on, $2 0,000. East Las Vegas, N. East Las Vegas, New Mexico, post office, courthouse, and other Mex. Government offices : For continuation, $30,000. East Orange, N. J. East Orange, New Jersey, post office and other Government offices : For completion, $160,000. Fallen, Nev. Fallon, Nevada, post office and other Government ofilces : For Vol. ,'4,p. 872. completion, $36,500, under an estimated total cost of $90,000, in lieu of $69,500 fixed in the Act of July 3, 1926. Fort Fairfield, Me. For t Fair field, Maine, post offic e, cus tomhous e, and other Gover n- Vol.44, p. 872. ment offces : For completion, $28,000, under an estimated total cost of $90,000, in lieu of $70,000 fixed in the Act of July 3, 1926. Fort Plain, N. Y. Fort Plain, New York, post office and other Government offices : Vol.44,p. 872. For com pletio n, $20 ,000, under an est imated total cost o f $85, 000 in lieu of $75,000 fixed in the Act of July 3, 1926.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . 33 Globe, Arizona, post office, courthouse, and other Government Globe, Aria. offices : For completion, $65,000. Jamestown, North Dakota, post office, courthouse, and so forth : Jamest own, N. D ak. For completion, $125,000. Lancaster, South Carolina, post office, and so forth : For comple- Lancaster, 8. c. tion, $25,000. Leominster, Massachusetts, post office and other Government offices : Leominster, Mass. For continuation, $40,000. Lewist own, P ennsyl vania, post office and ot her Go vernme nt off ices : Lewistown, Pa. For continuation, $45,000. McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, post offi ce and other Government McKees Rocks, Pa. offices : For completion, $19,500. Madi son, Wisco nsin, pos t off ice, cour thous e, an d so fort h : For Madison, Wis. comp letion, $482 ,000. Marianna, Florida, post office, courthouse, and other Government Marianna, Fla. offices : For continuation, $45,000. Metropolis, Illinois, post office and other Government offices For Metropolis, 111. completion, $40,000. Millville, New Jersey, post office and other Government offices : Mmville, N. J. For completion, $60,000. Missoula, Montana, post office, courthouse, and other Government Missoula, Mont. offices : For continuation, $100,000. Montclair, New Jersey, post office, and so forth : For continuation, Montclair, N. J. $30,000. Montevideo, Minnesota, post office and other Government offices : Montevideo, Minn. For contin uation, $15, 000. Mount Carmel, Illinois, post office, and so forth : For continuation, Mount Carmel, I l. $10,000. Newburypgrt, Mass. Newburyport, Massachusetts, post office and so forth : For com- pletion, $27,000. Olyphant, Pa. Olyphant, Pennsylvania, post office and other Government offices For compl etion, $5,00 0. Paxton, Ill. Paxton, Illinois, post office and other Government offices
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 34 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 5. 1927 . Williamson, West Virginia, post office, courthouse, and so forth For completion, $99,000. Wilmington, Ohio, post office and other Government offices : For completion, $55,000. Wilson, North Carolina, post office, courthouse, and so forth : For completion, $95,000. Winchester, Massachusetts, post office and other Government offices For completion, $19,500. Wyandotte, Michigan, post office and other Government offices : For completion, $65,000. Yonkers, New York, post office, and so forth : Toward the con- struction of the building $318,603 .56 ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building for not to exceed $520,000, in lieu of $500,000 fixed in the Act of July 3, 1926. Total appropriations for projects under section 3, Act of May 25, 1926, as amended, $5,306,583 .56. Remodeling, acquir- PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECT S UNDER SECTION 5 PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACT ing sites, etc. Vol. 44, pp. 633,873. APP ROV ED MAY 25, 1926, AND SEC OND D EFI CIE NCY ACT APPROVED JULY 3, 1926 Birmingham, Alabama, post office and courthouse : For completion, including attic, remodeling, and so forth, $100,000. Chicago, Illinois, post office : For completion of acquisition of site, $450,0 00 . Chicago, Illinois, marine hospital : For completion, $100,000, under an estimated total cost of $200,000, in lieu of $184,000 fixed in the Act of July 3, 1926. Me mphis, Tenne ssee, subpos t offi ce : To ward ext ensi on a nd remo d- eling, $ 75,000. Total appropriations for projects under section 5, Public Buildings Act of May 25, 1926, and Deficiency Act approved July 3, 1926, $725,0 00 . Corinth, Mississippi, post office, and so forth : For acquisition of addi tiona l lan d and com mence ment of e xtens ion a nd r ehabi litat ion of the building, $35,000 ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the entire esti- mated cost of such project for not to exceed $75,000. Williamson, W. Va. Wilmington, Ohio. Wilson, N. C. Winchester, Mass. Wyandotte, Mich. Yonkers, N. Y. Vol.44,p.871. Birmingham, Ala. Chicago, Ill. Post office site. Marine hospital. Vol. 44, p. 873. Memphis, Tenn. Corinth, Miss. District of Columbia buildings. Vol. 44, pp.663, 874. Agricultural Depart- ment. Administration Building. Extensible building. Liberty Loan Build- ing. Additional stories. Water mains, etc. Removal, etc ., inci. dent to building con- struction. Vol.44, p. 631. American Printing House for the Blind. Educational books, etc. Vol.41, p. 272 . Vol. 44, p. 1060. PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNDER SEC- TION 5, PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACT APPROVED MAY 25, 1926, AS AMENDED Agricultural Department buildings : Toward the construction of the central part of the Administration Building, $750,000. Toward the construction of an extensible building, $1,000,000. Liberty Loan Building : For completion of the construction of two addition al storie s, $125,0 00. Water mains and other utilities : For water mains, removal or diversion of such sewers and other utilities as may be necessary incident to construction of buildings in the District of Columbia under the Act approved May 25, 1926, $225,000. Total appropriations for projects in the District of Columbia under section 5, Act of May 25, 1926, as amended, $2,100,000. AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND To enable the American Printing House for the Blind more ade- quately to provide books and apparatus for the education of the blind in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved August 4, 1919, as amended by the Act approved February 8, 1927, fiscal year 1928, $25,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH.5. 1927 . WAR DEPARTMENT-MILITARY ACTIVITIES FINANCE DEPARTMENT Pay, and so forth, of the Army : For pay of the Army, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, $1,000,000. For pay of the Army, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, $2,426,809, and in addition thereto the sum of $271,050 of the appropriation " Incidental expenses of the Army, 1927," is rea ppropriated a nd made avail able. Da ma ge cla im s : To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Secretary of War under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered 567, Sixty-ninth Congress, and House Document Num- bered 73, Seventieth Congress, $336 .72. For the complete satisfaction of the claims of Colonel Nathan D. Ely, Judge Advoc ate General's Department, a nd Charles Fa lkenthal, master sergeant, Quartermaster Corps, for the loss of personal property stored in Quartermaster warehouses, $375 and $2 7, respectively ; in all, $402. QU ARTERMA STER COR PS Subsistence of the Army : Purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to troops, and so forth, including the same objects spe cified under this head in the War Depart ment Appropri ation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $4,535,893. Arm y tran sporta tion : Credit is au thorized and directed in th e accounts of disbursing officers of the War Department for the payment of obligations heretofore or hereafter incurred for expert s ervi ces unde r ex isti ng c ontr act ente red into by the War Depa rtme nt in connection with the construction of the ferryboat authorized by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926. The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, through a joint board composed of officers appointed by them, shall make a survey of the points of storage of supplies of ammunition and com- ponents thereof for use of the Army and Navy, with special reference to the location of such ammunition and components as are in such proximity to populous communities and industrial areas as to consti- tute a menace to life and property . The results of such survey shall be embodied in a joint report which the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy shall make to Congress, not later than March 15, 1928, with their recommendations as to what changes, if any, should be made in such storage facilities and their points of location and the feasibility of the joint use thereof by the Army and Navy. Such expenses of the survey as may not otherwise be chargeable to current appropriations may be defrayed in equal parts from current appropriations for " Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, Bureau of Ord- nance, Navy Department," and " Current Expenses, Ordnance S ervice, War Depart ment ." Military posts : For construction and installation at military posts of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, as authorized by an Act entitled "An Act to authorize appropriations for construc- tion at military posts, and for other purposes," approved February 25, 1927, withou t reference t o sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, including also in connection with the erection of barracks War Department. Fi nance Dep art- ment . Pay, etc ., of the Army. Fiscal year 1926. Fiscal year 1927. 35 Ad ditional am ount available . Vol. 44, p. 262. Property damages cla ims. Vol. 42, p. 1066. Nathan D. Ely and Charles Falkenthal. Quarterma ster Corps. Subsistence. Transportatio n. Expert servi ce for ferry boat allo wed. Vol. 44, p. 877. Ammunition storage. Board of Army and Navy officers to survey location of, in danger- ous proximity to popu- lou s communitie s, etc. Report to Co ngress of results, recommenda- tions, etc. A pprop riat ions avail - able. Military posts. Construction, etc ., of bui ldings at. Vol.44, p. 1235. Restrictions waived. R.S ., sees. 1136, 373 4, pp.206, 737.

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