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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. C$. 137. 1928. expenses, expenses of medical and other examinations, and including not to exceed $2,20 0 for compen sation of one actua ry, to be fi xed by the Commissioner of Pensions with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and actual necessary travel and other expenses of three members of the Board of Actuaries, $78,000. For beginning the financing of the liability of the United States, created by the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof, $19,950,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the " civil-service retirement and disability fund." BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Actuary, etc. Fir st Go ver nm ent contribution to retire- ment fund. Vol. 41, p. 619 ; Vol. 44, p. 912. Reclamation Bureau. 227 Payments from recla- The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund in the mation fund. Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, 1902, Vol.32,p.388. and therein designated " the reclamation fund," to be available immediately Commissione r, office Commissioner of Reclamation, $10,000 ; and other personal services personnel, and ex- in the District of Columbia in accordance with "the Classification penses . Act of 1923," $135,000 ; for office expenses in the District of Columbia, $23,000 ; in all, $168,000 ; Attendance at meet- Fo r expe nses, except membe rship fees, of atte ndance upon meetin gs ings. of technical and professional societies required in connection with official work of the bureau, $2,000 ; For all expe ndit ures au thor ized by the Act of June 17, 190 2 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, known as the reclamation law, and all other Acts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, including not to exceed $165,000 for personal services and $30,000 for other expenses in the office of the Chief Engineer, $25,000 for telegraph, telephone, and other communication service, $8,000 for photographing and making photographic prints, $50,000 for personal services, and $13,000 for other expenses in the field legal offices ; examination of estimates for appropriations in the field ; refunds of overcollections and deposits for other purposes ; not to exceed $20,000 for lithographing, engraving, printing, and binding ; purchase of ice ; purchase of rubber boots for official use by employees ; maintenance and operation of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying Transport ing effects vehicles ; not to exceed $40,000 for purchase of horse-drawn and of employ ees. motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles ; packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon perman ent ch ange o f stat ion, u nder re gulati ons to be pr escrib ed Dam ages to prop - by the Secretary of the Interior ; payment of damages caused to the erty. owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the surv ey, co nstruc tion, operat ion, o r maint enance of ir rigati on wor ks, and which may be compromised by agreement between the claimant and the Secretary of the Interior, or such officers as he may designate ; payment for official telephone service in the field hereafter incurred in ca se of off icial tel ephones i nstalled in priva te houses when aut hor- ized under regul ations estab lished by the Secre tary o f the Interi or Provided, That no part of said appropriations may be used for main- Limit ~' on outside tenance of headquarters for the Bureau of Reclamation outside the headquarters . District of Columbia except for an office for the chief engineer and staff an d for cer tain fiel d officer s of the division of reclam ation economics : Provided farther, That the Secretary of the Interior in his administration of the Bureau of Reclamation is authorized to contract for medical attention and service for employees and to make necessary pay-roll deductions agreed to by the employees therefor : All expenses. Vol.32,p.388. Ante, p. 201 . Purposes designated. Medical attendance, etc., for employees.

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 228 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 137 . 1928 . Restriction on use for irri gatio n di stric ts in arrears for charges. Lands in arrears. Examination of proj- ects operated by irriga- tion districts, etc. Opera tion of r eserv ed works. Yuma, Ariz .-Calif . Provided further, That no part of any sum provided for in this Act for operation and maintenance of any project or division of a project by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be used for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has con- tracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which is in arrears for more than twelve mont hs in the pa yment of an y char ges du e the United States, and no part of any sum provided for in this Act for such purpose shall be used for the irrigation of any lands which have contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which are in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due from said lands to the United States ; Examin ation and in spect ion of proje cts : For examination of accounts and inspection of the works of various projects and divi- sions of projects operated and maintained by irrigation districts or water-users' associations, the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for these purposes for the fiscal year 1928 is reappropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1929 ; For operation and maintenance of the reserved works of a project or division of a project when irrigation districts, water-users' asso- ciations, or Warren Act contractors have contracted to pay in advance but have failed to pay their proportionate share of the cost of such operation and maintenance, to be expende d under regula tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $75,000 . Yuma project, Arizona-California : For operation and mainte- nance, $255,000 ; for c ontinu ation of co nstruc tion o f drai nage, Provisos. $ 20,000 ; for continuation of construction of protective works at U nexpe nded bal ance Picacho and unnamed washes, $30,000 ; in all, $305,000 : Provided, available. That of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of for Vol.43,p. 1330. $200 ,000 the Yuma auxiliary project, contained in the Second Deficiecy Act, Pose, p.903. fiscal year 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1330), $35,000 is hereby made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year Use of powe r re ve- 1929 : Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 from the power nues . revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1929 for the opera- tion and maintenance of the commercial system ; Orland. Calif. Orland project, California : For operation and maintenance, Proviso ex ped availnded balance $36,000 : Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropria- Vol . 44, p. 958. tion of $605,000 for construction of Stony Gorge Reservoir, contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 934 ), shall remain available for the fiscal year 1929 for completion of construction ; Postnp 1590. , 0010' Grand Valley project, Colorado : For operation and maintenance, Boise, Id aho. $50,000 ; continuation of construction, $25,000 ; in a ll, $75,000 ; Proviso. Boise project, Idaho : For continuation of construction, Payette Balance reappropri- di vis ion, $4 00,0 00 : Provi ded, That of the unexpended ba lance of the at Vol.44,p. 480. appropriation for this project for the fiscal year 1927 there is reappro- Post, p .1590. priat ed for operat ion and mainte nance, Payett e division, $17,000 ; for investigations, examination and surveys, Payette division, $18,000 ; for continuation of construction, Arrowrock and Payette divisions, $75,000 ; Minidoka, Idaho. Minidoka pro ject, Idaho
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ca. 137. 1928. 229 makin g app ropri atio ns fo r the Dep artme nt of the Inte rior for t he fiscal year 1928 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 934), shall remain available for the same purpose for the fiscal year 1929 ; Milk River project, Montana : For operation and maintenance, Milk R iver, Mont. $27,000 ; continuation of construction $17,000 ; in all, $44,000 ; Sun River, Mont. Sun River project, Montana : For operation and maintenance, $19,500 ; continuation of construction, $1,139,500 ; in all, $1,159,000 : Proviso. Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the appropriation for con- Balance available. tinuation of construction, Greenfields division, contained in the Act Vo l . 4,, p.958. of January 12, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 934), shall remain available for drainage construction Greenfields division until June 30, 19 29 ; Lower Yellowstone, Lower Yellowstone project, Montana-North Dakota : For continu- Mont.-N. Dak . ation of co nstruc tion o f drai nage s ystem, $180,0 00 ; North Platte, Nebr .- North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming : No t to ex ce ed $7 5,0 00 R F'•om power reve- from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year nues. 1929 for the opera tion and maint enanc e of the comme rcia l sys tem ; Newlands, Nev. Newlands project, Nevada : Not to exceed $100,000 of the appro- Truc kee Reconstructing priation of $125,000 for operation and maintenance contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 934), is hereby made volt 44, p. 959. avail able u ntil J une 30, 1929 , for the rec onstru ction of the Truck ee Canal ; Carlsbad, N. Mex. Carlsbad project, New Mexico : For operation and maintenance, $50,000 ; Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas : For operation and main- TR'• Grande, N. Mex.- Rio tenance, $350,000 ; continuation of construction, $80,000 ; in all, $430,000 : Provided, That the unexpended balance of the a ro ria- tnex e. , 1~1~ h Unpended balance tion of $400,000 for continuation of construction, contained in the available. e,p. 959. Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 934), shall remain available for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1929 ; Owyhee project, O regon : For continuation of construction, Ow yhee, ores. $2, 000,000 ; Umatilla, Oreg. Umatilla project, Oregon : For operat ion and maintenance o f Part of balance avail- reserved works, $5,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropria- abVol. 44, p. 483. tion for this project for the fiscal year 1927 shall be available for the fis cal ye ar 192 9, and the r emaind er of said un expend ed bal ance s hall be turned back to the Reclamation Fund upon the approval of this Act ; Baker, Oreg. Baker project, Oregon : The unexpended balance of the appropria- Post, p.1591. tion for this project for the fiscal year 1928 is reappropriated and made available for the same purpose for the fiscal year 1929 ; Vale project, Oregon : For operation and maintenance, $6,000 ; Vale, oreg. c ontin uatio n of cons truct ion, $744 ,000, of w hich amou nt no t mo re th an $15 0,000 shall be ava ilable for t he purc hase o f a pr oporti onate interest in the existing storage reservoir of the Warm Springs project ; in all, $750,000 ; Klamath,Oreg .-Calif. Klamath project, Oregon-California : For operation and mainte- Post, p. 1591. nance, $35,000 ; continuation of construction, $206,000 ; for refunds to lessees of marginal lands, Tule Lake, which lands because of flooding could not be seeded prior to June 1, 1927, and/or June 1, 1928, $30,000 ; in all, $271,000 ; Bel le Fourche, S. Belle Fourche project, South Dakota : For continuation of con- Dak. struction, $250,00 0 ; Sal t Lake Basin , Salt Lake Basin project, Utah, first division : For construction of Utah. Echo Reservoir and Weber-Provo Canal, $1,750,000 ; Post, p. 1592. Yakima project, Washington : For operation and maintenance, Yak'ma ' Wash. $288,000 ; continuation of construction, $500,000 ; in all, $788,000 ;

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 230 Kitt itas divi sion . Pr ovi so. Balance available. Vol.44,p. 960. Post, p. 1592. Riverton, Wyo. Reappropriation. Vol. 43, p.1171. Post,.p. 1592. Proviso. Use of power reve- nues. Shoshone, Wyo. Provisos. Balance reappropri- ated. Post, p. 1592 . Use of power reve- nues. Secondary projects. Development of new proj ects, etc. Investigations to de- termine economic con- ditions, etc . Proviso. Expenditures supple- mentary to appropria- tion s for proj ects. Expenditures limited to specific allotments . Interchangeable ap- propriati ons. Emergency flood re- pairs. Use of m otor veh i- cles for travel, etc. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 137. 1928 . Yakima project (Kittitas division), Washington : For continua- tion of construction and operation and maintenance, $1,500,000 : Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $2 ,000 ,000 con tain ed in the Act ma king app ropr iati ons for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 934), shall remain available during the fiscal year 1929 ; Riv ert on project, Wyoming : For operation and maintenance, $ 3 0, 0 00 ; conti nuation of const ruction under fo rce acco unt, $40 0,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1926, which is hereby reappropriated : Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 from the power revenues shall be available d uring the fiscal year 1929 for the operation and mai ntena nce of the comme rcial syste m ; in all, $430,000 ; Shoshone project, Wyoming : For continuation of construction of dr ainage, Gar land divisi on, $ 115,0 00 ; Fra nnie divisi on, $ 20,00 0 ; Willwood division, $25 .000 ; in all, $160,000 : Provided, That of the un expen ded bala nce of the appropriation for this project for the fiscal year 1927 there is reappropriated for operation and mainte- nance of the Frannie division, $11,000 ; and of the Willwood division, $10,000 ; in all, $21,000 : Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000 from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 19 29 for the operation and maintenance of the commercial system ; Secon dary projec ts : For cooperative and general investigations, $75,000 ; For investigations necessary to determine the economic conditions and financia l feasib ility of new proj ects and for inv estigati ons and other activities relating to the reorganization, settlement of lands, and financial adjustments of existing projects, including examination of soi ls, cla ssif icat ion of lan d, l and- set tlem ent act ivit ies, in clud ing advertising in newspapers and other publications, and obtaining general economic and settlement data, $75,000 : Provided, That the expenditures fr om th is appropriation for any reclamation pro je ct shall be considered as supplementary to the appropriation for that project and shall be accounted for and returned to the reclamation fund as other expenditures under the Reclamation Act ; Under t he provi sions of this Ac t no gre ater sum shall b e expend ed, nor shall the United States be obligated to expend, during the fiscal year 1929, on any reclamation project appropriated for herein, an amount in excess of the sum herein appropriated therefor, nor shall the whole expendit ures or obligations incurre d for all of such pro jects for the fiscal year 1 929 e xceed the w hole amount in the " reclamation fund " for the fiscal year ; Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available inter- changeably for expenditures on the reclamation projects named ; but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appro- priated for any one of said projects, except that should existing works or the water supply for lands under cultivation be endangered by floods or other unusual conditions an amount sufficient to make necessary emergency repairs shall become available for expenditure by further transfer of appropriation from any of said projects upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior ; Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, the Com- missioner of the Bureau of Reclamation shall find that the expenses of travel, including the local transportation of employees to and from their homes to the places where they are engaged on construc- tion or operation and maintenance work, can be reduced thereby, he may authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for a motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile used for necessary official business ;

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 137 . 1928 . 231 Total, from rec lamation fund, $ 12,644,0 00. yuma project, Ariz .- To defray the cost of operating and maintaining the Colorado Calif. River front work and levee system adjacent to the Yuma Federal Colorado River front work adjac ent to. irrigation project in Arizona and California, subject only to section Vol.44,p.1021. 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved January 21, 1927 (Forty-fourth Stat- utes, page 1010), $100,000, to be immediately available. For inves tigati ons t o be made by the Secr etary of th e Int erior Arid cut-o ver tim ber- lands, etc. through the Bureau of Reclamation to obtain necessary information Investigations for de- to determine how ar id and semiarid, swamp, and cut-over timber- vel•ping, "'- lands in any of the States of the United States may be best devel- Vol.43,p.704 . oped, as authorized by subsection R, section 4, Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 704), including the general objects of expenditure enumerated Ante, p .227. and permitted in the fourth paragraph in this Act under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation," and including mileage for motor cycles and automobiles at the rates and under the c ondit ions a uthor ized herein in connection with the reclamation projects, $15,000. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY S ALAR IES For the Director of the Geological Survey and other personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classi- fication Act of 1923, $125,000 . GENE RAL EXPE NSES Geological Survey . . Director, and oflice personnel . General expenses . For every ex penditur e requis ite for and inci dent to t he autho rized Authorizations for all services, etc. work of the Geological Survey, including personal services in the Ante.p.201. District of Columbia and in the field, including not to exceed $17,000 Vehicles. for the purchase and exchange, and not to exceed $40,000 for the hire, m ainten ance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse- drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for field use only by geologists, topographers, engineers, and land classifiers, and the Geological Sur- vey is authorized to exchange unserviceable and worn-out passenger- carrying and freight-carrying vehicles as part payment for new freight-carrying vehicles, and whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, t he Direc tor of t he Geolo gical Su rvey shal l find t hat the expense of travel can be reduced thereby, he may authorize the paymen t of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for a motor cycle or7 cents per mi le for an automobile used for official business and including not to exceed $5,000 for necessary traveling expenses of the Director and members of the Geological Survey acting under his Attendance at meet- direction, for attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, ings. and scientific societies when required in connection with the author- ized work of the Geological Survey, to be expended under the regul ation s from time to time prescribed by the Secre tary of the Interior, and under the following heads : Topographic surveys. For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, including lands in national forests, $505,000, of which amount not to exceed $260,000 may be expended for personal services in the Provisos. District of Columbia : Provided, That no part of this appropriation Restriction on co- operative shall be expended in cooperation with States or municipalities except Stat es, work with , etc . upon the basis of the State or municipality bearing all of the expense incident thereto in excess of such an amount as is necessary for the Geological Survey to perform its share of standard topographic surveys, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding

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 232 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ca. 137. 1928 . Amount for coopera- 50 per cent : Provided further, That $390,000 of this amoun t shall lion. be available only for such cooperation with States or municipalities ; Geologic surveys. For geologic surveys in the various portions of the United States and chem ical and phy sica l re sear ches rel ativ e th eret o, $ 325, 000, of which not to exceed $250,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; vI Hawaii . anologiesurveys, etc ., For volcanologic surveys, measurements, and observatories in Hawaii, including subordinate stations elsewhere, $20,000 ; Alaska mineral re- sources . For continuation of the investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska, $64,500, to be available immediately, of which amount not to exceed $28,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; supply Investigations, etc. Water Investigations . F or gau ging s treams and determ ining the w ater s upply of the United State s, the inve stigat ion of under groun d curr ents and artesian wells, and the preparation of reports upon the best methods Gauging stations. of utilizing the water resources, $197,000 ; for operation and main- tenanc e of t he Lee s Fer ry, Ar izona, gaugi ng st ation and ot her base-gauging s tations in th e Colorado Ri ver drainage, $50,000 ; in all, $247,000, of which amount not to exceed $70,000 may be expended Artesian wells, etc. for personal s ervices in th e District of Columbia, and of which $25,000 may be used to test the existence of artesian and other Provisos. underground water supplies suitable for irrigation in the arid and cooperation expenses semiarid regions by boring wells : Provided, That no part of this with States, etc . appropriation shall be expended in cooperation with States or municipalities except upon the basis of the State or municipality bearing all of the expense incident thereto in excess of such an amount as is necessary for the Geological Survey to perform its share of general water resource investigations, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding 50 per centum : Provided ti Amount for coopera- furt her, That $1 25,000 of thi s amount shall be available only for such cooperation with States or municipalities ; Cl assif ying land s fo r For the examination and classification of lands requisite to the enlarged homesteads, stock ra ising, etc, determination of their suitability for enlarged homesteads, stock- raising homesteads, public watering places, and stock driveways, or other uses, as required by the public land laws, $180,000, of which amount not to exceed $120,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Geologic maps. For engraving and printing geologic and topographic maps, $100,000 ; Illustrations. For prepa ration of the illustrations of the Geolo gical Survey, m ning etallic mineral $24,580 ; For the enforcement of the provisions of the Acts of October 20, of Enfo rcing pro visio ns 191 4, October 2, 1917, Februa ry 25, 1920, a nd March 4, 1 921, and Vol.3s,p.741;Vol. other Acts relating to the mining and recovery of minerals on public 40, p. 207; Vol. 41, ` pp. 437, 1363. lands and naval petroleum reserves ; and for every other expense in cide nt t here to, incl udin g su ppli es, equi pmen t, e xpen ses of travel and subsistence, the construction, maintenance, and repair of neces- sary camp buildings and appurtenances thereto, $225,000, of which amount not to exceed $29,000 may be expended for personal services scie ntif ic investiga- in the District of Columbia ; tions wi th de par t- During the fiscal year 1929 the head of any department or inde- ments, etc., by the pen dent e stabli shment of t he Gov ernmen t hav ing fu n Bur eau. ds ava ilab le for scientific and technical investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Geological Survey on scientific and technical investiga- tions within the scope of the functions of that bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, transfer to the Geological Survey such sums as may be necessary to carry on such Tran sfer of f unds. investigations. The Secr etar y of the Tre asur y sh all tran sfer on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be author-

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 137. 1928 . 233 ized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Geological Survey for the performance of work for the depart- ment or establishment from which the transfer is made : Provided, That any sums transferred by any department or independent estab- lishment of the Government to the Geological Survey for cooperative work in connection with this appropriation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended ; Appropriations herein made shall be available for payment of the costs of packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior ; Tot al, Un ited S tates Geolog ical S urvey, $1,816 ,080. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Park Serv- tee. For the Director of the National Park Service and other personal person elr, and office services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classifi- cation Act of 19 23, including accounting services in checking and Acc ounting serv ices. ve rifyifig the accou nts and r ecords of the var ious oper ators, li censees, and permittees conducting utilities and other enterprises within the natio nal p arks and monum ents, $70 ,200. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon : For administration, pro- Crater Lake,oreg. tection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $1,800 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven pas- senger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $37,500 ; for con- struction of physical improvements, $9,600, of which not exceeding $3 ,0 00 shall be ava ilable for a wareh ouse, to be c onstru cted i n Med- ford, O regon, on a site d onated there for, $4 ,400 f or con struct ion of two employees' cottages, and $2,200 for a checking station and cabin ; in all, $47,100. General Grant National Park, California : For administration, General Grant, Calif. protection, and maintenance, $15,650, including $2,000 for a garbage incinerator. Glacier National Park, Montana : For administration, protection, Glacier, Mont. and maintenance, including necessary repairs to the roads from Glaci er Pa rk St atio n thr ough the Black feet India n Re serva tion to various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the international boundary, including not exceeding $2,900 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of horse-drawn and motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the super- intendent and employees in connection with general park work, including $10,000 for fire prevention, $163,200 ; for construction of physical improvements, $25,000, including not exceeding $18,500 f or the construction of buildings, of which not exceeding $3,000 shall be available for a residence for the chief ranger, $2,200 for a ranger station, $5,000 for a warehouse, and $5,000 for fire caches ; in all, $188, 200 . Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona : For administration, pro- Grand Canyon, Ariz . tection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $2,100 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $113,460 ; for con- structi on of physic al imp roveme nts, $ 55,540, inclu ding n ot exc eeding $45,700 for the construction of buildings, of which not exceeding, $1,700 sh all be av ailable f or a chec king stat ion, $18, 000 for a n admin- istration building, and $20,000 for a hospital building and equipment ; in all, $169,000. The amount of $1,800 for the construction of a caretaker's cabin at sewage-purification plant, appropriated for the current fiscal year, is made immediately available for the construc- Proviso. Ex penditure s of funds transferred. Tra nsporting pe r- so nal effects of em- ployees changing sta- tions.

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 234 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ca. 137. 1928 . tion of such employee's cottage in the Grand Canyon village site. Maintenance of road. Funds here in ap prop riate d sha ll b e ava ilabl e for the main tenan ce of a road within the following described area which is hereby added Description ° to and made a part of the Grand Canyon National Park : Beginning at the corner common to sections 14, 15, 22, and 2 3, township 30 north, range 4 east, Gila and Salt River meridian ; thence west along the section line between sections 15 and 22 a distance of nine hundred and fifty feet ; thence south a distance of one thousand three hundred and twenty feet to a point on the south line of the north tier of forties of said section 22 ; thence east a distance of one thousand six hundred and ten feet ; thence north a distance of one thousand three hundred and twenty feet to a point on the line between sections 14 and 23 ; thence west along said section line a distance of six hundred Proviso. and sixty feet to the place of beginning, containing an area of forty- Livestock grazing eight and seventy-nine hundredths acres, more or less : Provided, privileges. Tha t live stock permit ted to graze in ad joining natio nal fo rest a reas shall be allowed to drift across the land described herein to private land north thereof within the park. Hawa ii. Hawaii National Park : For administration, protection, mainte- nance, and improvement, including not exceeding $1,700 for the pur- cha se, ma intena nce, o perati on, an d repa ir of m otor-d riven passen ger- car rying vehicl es for the u se of the su perinte ndent and em ployee s in connection with general park work, and including not exceeding Hot Springs, Ark. $2,250 for the construction of buildings, $21,500. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas : For administration, pro- tection, maintenance, and improvement, including not exceeding $800 for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, and including not Lafayette, Me. exceeding $1,000 for the construction of buildings ; in all, $68,000. Lafayette National Park, Maine : For administration, protection, main tena nce, and i mpro vemen t, in cludi ng n ot ex ceedi ng $ 2,100 for the purc hase, main tena nce, opera tion, and repa ir of mot or-dr iven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $39,000. Califssen Volcanic, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California : For administration protection, and maintenance, $15,400 ; for construction of physica' improvements, $7,000, including not exceeding $6,000 for the con- struction of buildings, of which not exceeding $2,500 shall be avail- able for an administration building and $2,000 for a superintendent's residence ; in all, $22,400. Mesa Verde, Colo. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado : For administration, pro- tection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $900 for the maintenance, operation, and repair of horse-drawn and motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $47,000 ; for con- struct ion of physi cal im provem ents, $36,000, incl uding not ex ceedin g $4,200 for the construction of buildings, of which $1,200 shall be available for an addition to ranger quarters, and $600 for an addition to the superintendent's residence, and not exceeding $1,800 for the construction of a telephone line partly outside of the park boundary Mount M cKinl ey, in al l, $83,000. Alaska. Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska : For administration, protection, and improvement, including not exceeding $4,000 for the construction of buildings, of which $2,000 shall be available for a warehouse, and $8,400 for construction of water and sewer systems Mount Rainier, park headquarters ; in all, $35,900. , Wash . Mount Rainier National Park, Washington : For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $3,000 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 137. 1928 . passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work $88,000 ; for construction of physical improvements $53,000, including not exceeding $33,000 for the construction of buildings, of which not ex ceeding $18,000 shall be availab le for a n admini stration buildin g, $1 0,000 fo r two co mfort st ations, $2,000 f or a mes s house and cook 's quarters, and $3,000 for the completion of a community building ; in all, $141,000. That section 3 of the Act of August 25, ..1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 535), entitled "An Act to establish a Nation al Pa rk Se rvice, and for ot her p urpos es," be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding the following thereto : " And pro vided further, That the Secre tary of th e Inte rior may grant said privi- leges, leases, and permits and enter into contracts relating to the sa me with responsi ble pers ons, fir ms, or c orporati ons with out adve r- tising and without securing competitive bids And provided fur- ther, That no contrac t, lease, permit , or pri vilege g ranted s hall be assigned or transferred by such grantees, permittees, or licensees, wi thout th e approv al of th e Secret ary of t he Inter ior firs t obtain ed in writing : And provided further, Th at the Secretary may , in his dis cretion, authori ze such grantees , permittees, or licensees to ex ecute mortgages and issue bonds, shares of stock, and other evidences of interest in or indebtedness upon their rights, properties, and fran- chises, for the purposes of installing, enlarging, or improving plant and equipment and extending facilities for the accommodation of the public within such national parks and monuments ." Pla tt N atio nal Park, Oklahoma : For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, $18,000 . Rocky M ountain Na tional Par k, Colorad o : For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $2,800 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $80,500 ; for c onst ruct ion of p hysi cal impr ovem ents , $1 5,00 0, i nclu ding not e xceedi ng $7 ,000 for the construction of buildings, of which not exceeding $3,000 shall be available for quarters for employees and $2,000 for a stable ; in all, $95,500. Sequoia National Park, California : For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $2,200 for the purchase, m aint enan ce, oper atio n, and repair of mot or-d rive n pa ssen ger- ca rrying v ehicles for the use of t he super intenden t and em ployees in connection with general park work, and including not to exceed $10,000 for fire prevention, $96,000 ; for construction of physical i mpro veme nts, $17 ,000, in clud ing not exce edin g $8 ,900 for the construction of buildings, of which not exceeding $4,000 shall be available for a machine shop, $2,200 for an employee's cottage, and $200 for completion of a ranger cabin to cost not more than $1,700 ; in all, $113,000. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota : For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement, $11,000. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming : For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $7,500 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of horse-drawn and motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superin- tendent and employees in connection with general park work, not exceeding $8,400 for maintenance of the road in the forest reserve l eadi ng out of the pa rk f rom the east bou ndar y, not e xcee ding $7,500 for maintenance of the road in the forest reserve leading out of the park from the south boundary, and including feed for buffalo and other animals and s alari es of buffa lo ke epers, $400 ,000 ; for c onst ruct ion of p hysi cal impr ovem ents , $3 4,00 0, i nclu ding not 54835'-29--PT 1 19 235 Park regulations. Vol. 39, p. 536, amend- ed . Provisos. Licenses for accom- modations for visitors, wi thou t advertising, etc. Transfers to be ap- proved by Secretary . Grantees, etc ., may issue bonds, etc. Platt, Okla. Rocky Mountain, Colo. Sequoia, Calif. Wind Cave, S . Dak. Yellowstone, Wyo.

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 236 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 137. 1928 . exceeding $13,300 for extension of sewers and sanitary systems and garbage-disposal facilities, not exceeding $10,000 for a uto ca mps, and not exceeding $15,684 for the construction of buildings, including not exceedi ng $4, 000 for a rang er sta tion an d check ing fa cilitie s at th e south entrance ; in all, $434,000. Yosemite, Calif. Yosemite National Park, California : For administration, protec- tion, and maintenance, including not exceeding $5,350 for the pur- chase, maintenance, operation, and repair of horse-drawn and motor- driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the superintendent and emp loyees in con nection with g eneral park w ork, not excee ding $3,200 for maintenance of that part of the Wawona Road in the Sierra National Forest between the park boundary two miles north of Wawona and the park boundary near the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, and not exceeding $2,000 for maintenance of the road in the Sta nislau s Nati onal F orest conne cting the T ioga R oad wi th the Hetch Hetchy Road near Mather Station, and including necessary expense s of a compre hensive study of the proble ms relating to the use and enjoyment of the Yosemite National Park, and the preserva- tion of its natural features, $290,000 ; for cons truc tion of phys ical improvements, $97,250, of which not to exceed $65,000 shall be Post, p. 1599. available for water supply and camp-ground facilities at Glacier Point, $8,000 for two comfort stations and two community buildings at the winter camp grounds, $6,000 for two employees' cottages, and $2,250 for the construction of a building to cover the sewage- disposal tanks ; in all, $387,250. Zion, Utah. Zion National Park, Utah : For administration, protection, and maintenance, including not exceeding $800 for the maintenance, operati on, and repai r of motor-dri ven passenger -carrying vehicle s for the use of the superintendent and employees in connection with general park work, $25,000 ; for construction of physical improve- ments, $13,000 ; including not exceeding, $7,000 for the construction of buildings, of which $4,500 shall be available for a warehouse, and $2,500 for a ranger cabin ; in all, $38,000. National monu- National monuments : For administration, protection, maintenance, ments. Administration, etc. preservation, and improvement of the national monuments, includ- ing not exceeding $1,750 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the custodians and employees in connection with general monu- ment work, and including $2,000 for the construction of employees' case Grande. quarters at Casa Grande National Monument ; $35,000. Mea lsbad Cave, N. Carlsbad Cave National Monument, New Mexico : For administra- tion, protection, maintenance, development, and preservation, in- cluding not exceeding $1,500 for the purchase, maintenance, opera- tion, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the custodian and employees in connection with general monu- ment work, $36,500 ; for construction of physical improvements, $33,500, including no t exceeding $ 2, 50 0 for a ranger cabin, $5,000 Post, p. 1599. for a residence for the custodian, to be constructed in Carlsbad, New Mexico, on a site donated therefor, $2,000 for a garage and supply room, $13,000 for construction and installation of power transmission line between Carlsbad, New Mexico, and the cave, within and with- out the national monument, or for the purchase and installation of a power unit for lighting the cave ; in all, $70,000. moth Cave, Shenandoah, and Great M et To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions Smoky Mounts Parks. in of the Act entitled "An Act for the securing of lands in the southern . Expense of establish- Appalachian Moun tains and i n the Mammot h Cav e regi ons of Ken- mg . 43, p.958. tucky for perpetual preservation as national parks," approved Febru- Post, p.1600. ary 21, 1925, the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establish- ment of the Shenandoah National Park in the State of Virginia and the Great Smoky Mount ain Na tional Park in th e Stat es of North

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ca. 137. 1928 . 237 Car olina and Ten nessee, and f or other purpo ses," approve d May 22, 1926, and the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment Vol. 44, pp. 616, 635. of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes," approved May 25, 1926, including personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, traveling expenses of me mbers and emp loyees of the commission, p rinting and b inding, and other necessary incidental expenses, $4, 500, together wit h the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the R eappr opri ation . fiscal year 1928, which is hereby reappropriated . For reconstruction, replacement, and repair of roads, trails, Repairing damag es bridges, buildings, and other physical improvements in national parks' by un avoidable ca uses . or national monuments that are damaged or destroyed by flood, fire, sto rm, or other unavoid able c auses d uring t he fis cal yea r 1929, and for fighting forest fires in national parks or other areas administered by Fighting forest fires. the National Park Service, or fires that endanger such areas, and for replacing buildings or other physical improvements that have been destroyed by forest fires within such areas, the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $40,000 for these purposes for the fiscal year 1928 is reappropriated and made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1929, together with not to exceed $60,000 to be trans- Di vers ions au tho r- ferred upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior from the ized. various appropriations for national parks and national monuments herein contained, any such diversions of appropriations to be reported to Congress in the annual Budget : Provided, That these funds shall Prosisos. not be used for any precautionary fire protection or patrol work prior Limit on use. to actual occurrence of the fire : Provided further, That the allotment incu Allot ent o for rred obligations. of these funds to the various national parks or areas administered by the National Park Service as may be required for fire-fighting pur- poses shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and then only after the obligation for the expenditure has been incurred. For purchase of privately owned lands within the boundaries of Purchases of pr i- any national park or national monument, $50,000, to be expended vatel y owned land s. only wh en matched by equal amounts by donation from other so urces for the same purpose, to be available until expended. The total of the foregoing amounts shall be immediately available A mou nts immed i- in one fund for the National Park Service : Provided, That the P at oaso sabl e. Secretary of the Interior shall not authorize for expenditure prior to Time limit. July 1, 1928, any of the amounts herein appropriated except those for construction of physical improvements : And provided further, That Interchangeable ap- in the settlement of the accounts of the National Park Service the propnations. amount herein made available for each national park and other main headings shall not be exceeded, except that 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expendi- tures in the various national parks named, and in the national monu- ments, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said parks or monuments or for any particular item within a park or monument : Provided, That any Report to Congress. interchange of appropriations hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Construction, and so forth, of roads and trails : For the construe- Roads and trails. constr uction, etc ., tion, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of, in parks and monu- of necessary bridges, in the national parks and monuments under the mints . jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, including the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the international boundary, and the Grand Canyon Highway from the National Old Trails Highway to the south boundary of the Gra nd Can yon Na tional Park, as a uthori zed b y the Act ap proved June 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 423), to be immediately Vol.43,p.423. available and remain available until expended, $2,500,000, whic h

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 238 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 137. . 1928. includes $1,500,000, the remainder of the amount of the contractual authorization contained in the Act making appropriations for the De partme nt of the In terio r for the fi scal year 19 28, approved January 12, 1927 : Provided, That not to exceed $9,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1929 : Provided further, That balances of prior appropriations for construction of roads and trails in national parks shall remain available until expended Provided further, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated the Secretary of the Interior may also approve projects, incur obliga- tions, and enter into contracts for additional work not exceeding a total o f $4,000,000, and his actio n in so doing shall be deem ed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof and appropriations hereafter made for the con- struction of roads in national parks and monuments shall be consid- ered available for the purpose of discharging the obligations so created. None of the appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for expenditure within any park or national monument wherein a charge is made or collected by the Park Service for camp- ground privileges. Appropriations whenever made for the National Park Service which a re available for the purcha se of equipme nt may be used for purchase of waterproof footwear which shall be regarded and listed as park equipment. Transporting p er- aonal effects of em- Appropriations herein made for national parks shall be avail- ployees, on changing able for payment of traveling expenses, including the costs of pack- stations. ing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regu- lations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Provisos. Services in the Dis- trict. Amo unt for roads avai lable unt il ex pen- ded. Contract~, for ap- proved proj3`ets deemed Federal obligations. Use forbidden where campground privileges are charg ed f or. Purchase of water- proof footwear. Educa tion Bur eau. Commissio ner, and office personnel. For the Commissioner of Education and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $212,300. General expenses. Tra vel , attendance at meetings, etc. Distributing docu- ments. All other expenses . Study of land-grant agr icultural colleges, etc. Vol .12,p . 503; Vol. 26, p . 417 1281 . BUREA U OF EDUCATIO N SAL ARIE S GEN ERAL EX PENS ES For necessary traveling expenses of the commissioner and employees acting under his direction, including attendance at meet- ings of educational associations, societies, and other organizations ; for compensation not to exceed $1,200 of employees in field service ; for purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents, motion-picture films, and lantern slides ; collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture and models of school buildings illustrative of for- eign and dom estic systems and methods of education, and repairing the same ; and other expenses not herein provided for, $15,000. For all expenses, including p ersonal servic e in the Dist rict of Columbia and elsewhere, p urchase of su pplies, travel ing expenses, printing, and all other incidental expenses not included in the fore- going, to enable the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Education, at a total cost of not to exceed $117,000, to make a study of the organization, administration, and work of the land- grant institutions established and endowed by Acts of Congress approved July 2, 1862 (Twelfth Statutes, page 503), August 30, 1890 (Twenty-s ixth Statutes, page 417), March 4, 1907 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 1281), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 137. 1928 . 239' thereto, $48,000 : Prov ided , That specialists a nd experts for this Employment of spe- investigation may be employed at rates to be fixed by the Secretary cialists. of the Interior to correspond to those established by the Classifica- tion Act of 192 3, and without reference to the Civil Service Act of Ja nuary 16, 1883. WORK IN ALASKA Alaska. Education in Alaska : To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in Education of natives. his discretion and under his direction, to provide for the education and support of the Eskimo s, Aleuts, In dians, and oth er natives of Alaska, including necessary traveling expenses of pupils to and from industrial boarding schools in Alaska ; erection, repair, and rental of school buildings ; textbooks and industrial apparatus ; pay and necessary traveling expenses of superintendents, teachers, physicians, and other employees ; repair, equipment, maintenance, and operation of United States ship Boxer ; and all other necessary miscellaneous Specified allotments. expenses which are not included under the above special heads, including $273,680 for salaries in the District of Columbia and else- where, $15,000 for traveling expenses, $124,620 for equipment, sup- plies, fuel, and li ght, $ 17 ,5 00 for repa irs of b uild ings , $4,000 for erection of buildings, $43,400 for freight, including operation of United States ship Boxer, $4,000 for equipment and repairs to United States ship Boxer $3,000 for rentals, and $1,300 for telephone and telegraph ; total, 486,500, to be immediately available : Provided, Interchangeable That not to exceed 10 per centum of the amounts appropriated for amou nts. the various items in this paragraph shall be available interchange- ably for expenditures on the objects included in this paragraph, but no more than 10 per centum shall be added to any one item of appro- priation except in cases of extraordinary emergency and then only upon the written order of the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That of said sum not exceeding $7,100 may be expended for trctr ces in the Dis- personal ser vices in the District of C olumbia : Pr ovid ed f urth er, That all expenditures of money appropriated herein for school pur- nepervis 1o ny of ex- poses in Alaska for schools other than those for the education of missioner of Education. white children under the jurisdiction of the governor thereof shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Edu- cation and in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to conduct and methods of instruction and expenditures of money as may from time to time be recommended by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That hereafter the dosofinas, QiC dona- Secretary of the Interior, in his administration of the Alaska school school service, the Alaska medical service, and the Alaska reindeer service, is authorized in his discretion to accept lands, buildings, or other property and moneys which may be donated for the purposes of those services. Medical relief in Alaska : To enable the Secretary of the Interior, Medical and sanitary in his discretion and under his direction, with the advice and coop- relief of natives. eration of the Public Health Service, to provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska ; erection, purchase, repair, rental, and equipment of hos- pital buildings ; books and surgical apparatus ; pay and necessary traveling expenses of physicians, nurses, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $160,000, to be available immediately. Reindeer for Alaska : For support of reindeer stations in Alaska Reindeer stations. and instruction of Alaskan natives in the care and management of reindeer, including salaries of necessary employees in Alaska, sub- sistence, clothing, and other necessary personal supplies for appren- tices with Govern ment herds, trave ling expenses of employees, purchase, erection, and repair of cabins for supervisors, herders, and

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 240 Trave l expen ses, e tc ., of new appointees al- lowed from appropri- ations. Government in the Territories. Alaska. Governor and secre- tary. Contingent expenses. Legislative expenses. Care of insa ne. Provisos. Payment to Sanita- rium Company, etc. Return, etc ., of per- sons not Alaska resi- dents. Suppressing liquor traffic. Alaska Railroad. Maintenance, etc., ex- penses. Operation of vessels. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cx. 137 . 1928 . apprentices, e quipment, and all oth er necessary m isc ell ane ous expenses, $19,500, to be available immediately. The appropriations for education of natives of Alaska, medical rel ief in A laska, a nd reind eer for Alaska s hall be availabl e for th e payment of traveling expenses of new appointees from Seattle, Washington, to their posts of duty in Alaska, and of traveling expenses, packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of sta tion within Alaska, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Inter ior. GOV ERN MEN T IN THE TERRITORIES TERRITORY OF ALASKA Governor, $7,000 ; secretary, $3,600 ; in all, $10,600. For incidental and contingent expenses, clerk hire, not to exceed $3,520 ; janitor service for the governor's office and the executive mansion, not to exceed $2,760 ; traveling expenses of the governor while absent from the capital on official business, and of the secretary of the Territory while traveling on official business under direction of the governor ; rent of executive offices, repair and preservation of governor's house and furniture ; for care of grounds and purchase of necessary equipment ; stationery, lights, water, and fuel ; in all, $14, 000, to be expen ded under the dir ection o f the go vernor. Legislative expenses : For salaries of members, $21,600 ; mileage of members, $9,500 ; salaries of employees, $6,000 ; rent of legislative ha lls and comm itte e ro oms, $2, 500 ; print ing, indexing, comparing proofs, and binding laws, printing, indexing, and binding journals, stationery, supplies, printing of bills, reports, and so forth, $10,400 ; in all, $50,000, to be expended under the direction of the Governor of Alaska. Insane of Alaska : For care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in A laska, including transportation, burial, and other expenses, $158,000 : Prov ided , That authority is granted to the Secretary of the Interior to pay from this appropriation to the Sanitarium Company of Portland, Oregon, or to other contracting inst itution or insti tutions, not to e xceed $6 24 per c apita pe r annum for the care and maintenance of Alaskan insane patients during the fiscal year 1929 : Provided further, That so much of this sum as may be required shall be available for all necessary expenses in ascertaining the residence of inmates and in returning those who are not legal residents of Alaska to their legal residence or to their frie nds, and the Sec retary of the Int erior sh all, so soon as practi- cable, return to their places of residence or to their friends all inmates not residents of Alaska at the time they became insane, and the c ommitme nt pap ers for any pe rson h ereafte r adjud ged in sane shall include a statement by the committing authority as to the legal residence of such person. Traffic in intoxicating liquors : For suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors among the natives of Alaska, to be expended unde r the di rection of the Se cretary of the I nterior, $16,200. The Alaska Railroad : For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the auth orized work of the Alaska Railroad, inclu ding maintenance, operation, and improvements of railroads in Alaska ; maintenance and operation of river steamers and other boats on the Yu kon Rive r an d it s tr ibut arie s in Ala ska ; operation and mainte- nance of ocean going or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the purpos e of pro viding a dditiona l facili ties for the tra nsportat ion of

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 242 Provisos. Returning pat ien ts not a Federal charge . Mo nth ly payments for District, etc ., pa. tients. Su ms pa id for patients to be credited to maintenance ac- counts. Medical and surgical building . Contracts for, au- tho riz ed. Columbia Institu- tion for the Deaf. Maintenance. Power plant. Howard University. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ca. 137. 1928 . purchase of such books, periodicals, and newspapers, for which payment may be made in advance, as may be required for the pur- poses of the hospital and for the medical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients : Provided, That so much of this sum as may be required shall be available for all necessary expenses in ascertaining the residence of inmates who are not or who cease to be properly chargeable to Federal maintenance in the institution and in returning them to such places of residence : Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1929 the District of Columbia, or any branch of the Government requiring Saint Eliza- beths Hospital to care for patients for which they are responsible, sh all pay by c heck to the supe rint ende nt, upon his wri tten req uest , either in advance or at the end of each month, all or part of the estimat ed or actual cost of such m aintenance, a s the case may be, and bills rendered by the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hos- pital in accordance herewith shall not be subject to audit or certifi- cation in advance of payment ; proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the care of patients paid for in advance shall be made monthly or quarterly, as may be agreed upon between the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia government, department, or establishments concerned. All sums paid to the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the care of patients that he is authorized by law to receive shall be deposited to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department of the appropriation made for the care and maintenance of the patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the year in which the support, clothing, and treatment is provided, and be subject to requisiti on by the disb ursing agent of Saint Eliz abeths Hospita l, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. For medical and surgical building, $400,000, including cost of advertising for proposals, preparation of plans, and supervision of work ; to be immediately available ; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contract or contracts for the erection of this building at a cost, including equipment, not to exceed $875,000. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DE AF For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expe nses, bo oks and illu stra tive app arat us, and gene ral repa irs and improvements, $115,000. For remodeling power plant, including purchase and installation of boiler, $15,000. HOWARD UNIVERSITY Salaries. Salarie s : For payme nt in full or in part of th e salaries of the officers, professors, teachers, and other regular employees of the university, the balance to be paid from privately contributed funds, $160,000, of which sum not less than $2,200 shall be used for normal instruction ; ete .4uipment, supplies, General expenses : For equipment, supplies, apparatus, furniture, cases and shelving, stationery, ice, repairs to buildings and grounds, and for other necessary expenses, including reimbursement to the appropriation for Freedmen's Hospital of actual cost of heat and ch emistry buil ding. ligh t the s e nst$ruOcttion~ and equipment of a chemistry building, $150,000 ; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contract or contracts for such building and equipment at a cost not to exceed $390,000 ; Total, Howard University, $390,000

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 244 Time ext ended for bridging, at Burling- ton. N.J. Vol. 44, p 1069, amended. Amen dment. March 7, 1928. [H. R. 8227.] [Public, No. 103 .1 Susquehanna River . Sunbury Bridge Company may bridge, at Sunbury, Pa. Con struction. Vol.34,p.84. Acquisition author- ize d, after comp letion, by Pennsylvania, etc. Co ndemnation pro- ceedings . Compensation, if ac- quired by condemna- tion. Limitations. T olls unde r St ate, etc ., operation . Rates applied to op- eration, sinking fund, etc. Maintenance as free br idge, etc., after amo rtizing costs, etc. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 139, 140. 1928 . by the Act of Congress, approved May 21, 1926, as amended by Public Resolution approved February 10, 1927, to be built across the Dela- ware River at or near Burlington, New Jersey, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date of approval hereof. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, Marc h 7, 1928 . CHAP. 140.-An Act Authorizing the Sunbury Bridge Company, its success- ors and assign s, to constru ct, mai ntain, and op erate a bridge acros s the S usque- hanna River at or near Bainbridge Street, in the city of Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in order to p romote inte rstat e comm erce, improve the Postal Service, and pro- vide for military and o ther purpo ses, t he Su nbury Bridg e Com pany, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsyl- van ia, its successo rs and assigns, be, and is hereb y, authorized to con- st ruct, ma intain, and oper ate a br idge and approac hes ther eto acro ss th e Susque hanna Ri ver, at a point suitable to the interest s of nav i- ga tion, at or near Bainbri dge Stre et, in t he city of Sunbu ry, Nort h- timberland County, Pennsylvania, to a point at or near the Borough of Shamokin Dam, in the county of Snyder, Pennsylvania, in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906, and subj ect to t he condi tions an d limita tions co ntained in this Act. SEC. 2. After the completion of such bridge, as determined by the Secretary of War, either the State of Pennsylvania, any political subdi vision thereof within or ad joining which any part of such b ridge is located, or any two or more of them jointly, may at any tim e acquire and ta ke over all righ t, title, and in terest in such b ridge and its approaches, and any interest in real property necessary there- fo r, by purchase or by condemnation in accordance with the la ws of such State governing the acquisition of private property for public purposes by condemnation or expropriation. If at any time after the expiration of twenty years after the completion of such bridge the same is acqui red by cond emnat ion or expr opria tion, the a mount of damages or compensation to be allowed shall not include go od will, going value, or prospective revenues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual cost of construct ing such b ridge and its approaches, less a reaso nable dedu ction for a ctual depreciation in value, (2) the actual cost of acquiring such interest in real property, (3) actual financing and promotion cost, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructing the brid ge and its ap proa che s and ac quir ing such int eres t in rea l proper ty, a nd (4 ) actu al ex pendi tures for n ecess ary im prove ments. SEC. 3 . If such bridge shall at any time be taken over or acquired by the S tate of Pennsylv ania or b y any mu nicipali ty or ot her poli ti- cal subdivision thereof, under the provisions of section 2of this Act, and if tolls are charged for the use thereof, the rates of tolls shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under ec onomical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid therefor includ- ing reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period not to exceed twenty years from the da te of acquiring the sa me . After a sinking fund suffi- cient fo r such a mortizat ion shall have be en so pr ovided, such bri dge

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 246 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 141, 142. 1928. specifically authorized by the Act making appropriations for such Pol o ponies lim ited. purposes. In no case shall any polo ponies be purchased except for the United States Military Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place. Approved, March 7, 1928. March 7, 1928. [H. R.6989.] CHAP. 142 .-An Act To amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, [Public, No. 106 .] appr oved July 9, 1921, a s amended by Act of February 3, 1923. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the commission aawai n. Homes United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 204 ed Vol.42, p . 110, amend. of the " Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 " is hereby amended to read as follows La nds to be dis pose d " SEC . 204 . Upon the passage of this Act all available lands of as home lands . sha ll immediatel y assume the status of Hawa iian home lan ds and be und er the contro l of the comm ission to be u sed and dispo sed of in accordance with the provisions of this title, except that Re stric tion on l ease d lands . "(1) (1) In case any available land is under lease by the Territory . Vol.42,p. 116. of Hawaii, by virtue of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, at the time of the passage of this Act, such land shall not assume the sta tus of Hawaii an home lands until the lea se expires or the Com- missioner of Public Lands withdraws the lands from the operation dra al containing with- of the lease. If the land is covered by a lease containing a withdrawal Vol.42,p . 117 . clause, as provided in subdivision (d) of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, the Commissioner of Public Lands shall withdraw such lands from the operation of the lease whenever the commission, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, gives notice to him that the commission is of the opinion that the lands are required by it for withdr awal deeme d a public purpose. the purposes of this title ; and such withdrawal shall be held to be for . Vol. 42, p.117. a public purpose within the meaning of that term as used in subdi- Notice for selection vision (d) of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act ; out of l arger areas. " ( 2) Any available land, includinland selected by the commis- sion out of a larger area, as provided -by this Act, as may not be im- mediately needed for the purposes of this Act, may be returned to the Commi ssioner of Pu blic Lands and may be lease d by him as p rovided Leases hereafter to in subdivision (d) of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act ; an contain withdrawal y clause. lease of Hawaiian home lands her eafter entere d into shall contain Notice to be given a withdrawal clause, and the lands so leased shall be withdrawn by for withd rawal . the Com missioner of Public Lands, for the purpo ses of this ti tle, Annual ar ea disposal upon the commissio n giving five years' notice of such with drawal ; limited, (3) The c ommission shal l not lease, use, nor disp ose of more than twenty thousand (20,000) acres of the area of Hawaiian home lands, for settlement by native Hawaiians, in any calendar five-year Vol. 42, pp. 112,1222, pe riod ." amended . Sac. 2. Section 213 of the " Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended by Act of February 3, 1923," is hereby further amended to read as follows Hawai ian Hom e "SEC . 213 . Th ere is hereby establ ished i n the treasur y of th e Terr i- Loan Fund created. y y tory a revolving fund to be known as the Hawaiian Home Loan intoMoneys to be covered Fund. The entire receipts derived from any leasing of the `available s lands' defined in section 203, these receipts including proportionate addeded specified lands shares of the receip ts from the la nds of Humuul a Mauka, Piiho nua, and Kaohe Hakuu, of which lands portions are vet to be selected and 30 per centum of the Territorial receipts derived from the leasing of cultivated sugar-cane lands under any other provision of law, or from water licenses, shall be covered into the fund until the amount of z°tai' moneys paid therein from those three sources alone shall eq ual $2,0 00,000 . In addition to these moneys and the moneys covered into

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 142-144, 148 . 1928 . 247 the revolving fund as installments paid by lessees upon loans made to them as provided in paragraph 2 of section 215, there shall be covered into the revolving fund all other moneys received by the commission from any source whatsoever ." Approved, March 7, 1928 . CHAP . 144.-Joint Resolution To authorize the President to invite the Gov- ernment of Great Britain to participate in the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and to provide for the participation of the Government of the United States therein . Resolv ed by the Se nate a nd Hou se of Represe ntativ es of the U nited States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he is her eby, a uthori zed an d requ ested to exte nd a f ormal invita tion to the Government of Great Britain to participate in the said celebra- tion by sending a man-of-war with delegates representing the Domin- ions most interested . SEC . 2 . That for the purpose of defraying the expense of partici- pation by the Government of the United States in the said celebration, an appropriation of the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be nec essary, i s hereby authorize d, to inc lude tran sportatio n, subsis tence, or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any previous Act), and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper. Approved, March 7, 1928. CHAP. 148 .-An Act To amend section 5 of the Act of March 2, 1895. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of th e Act of March 2, 1895, cha pter 177 (section 3, title 6, Unite d States Code), is amended by the addition of the following : "Provided, That the payment and acceptance of the annual pre- mium on corporate surety bonds furnished by postal officers and em ployee s shal l be a compl iance with t he requ iremen t for the re newal of such bonds within the meaning of this Act." Approved, March 8. 1928 . Other receipts by the commission added. March 7, 1928. CHAP. 143 .-Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the 	[H. J. Res. 223 .] eradication or control of the pink bollworm of cotton. [P ub . Res., No.12.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to enable Pink bollworm of the Secretary of Agriculture to meet an emergency caused by a Appropriation to mee t emergenc ies serious outbreak of the pink bollworm of cotton in western Texas, outbreak of, in western and to prevent its spread to other parts of Texas and to adjoining Texas, etc. St ates, inc ludin g the same obj ects and u nder the same condi tion s specified under the heading " Eradication of pink bollworm " in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the additional sum of $200,000, to remain, ava ilable until June 30, 19 29. Approved, March 7, 1928. March 7, 1928. [H.J. Res.141.] [Pub. Res., No. 13 .] Hawaiian Islands Sesquicentennial. Great Britain invited to participate in cele- brati on of. Amou nt authoriz ed for expenses of. Post, p. 913. March 8, 1928. [H. R.7030.] [Public, No. 106 .] Offic ial bonds . Vol .28,p . 807, amend- ed . U.S.Code,p.83. P aym ent of annual premium by pos tal officers, etc ., accepted as renewal thereof.

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 248 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cns. 149-151 . 1928 . March 8, 1928. [H .R . 7213 .] [Public, No. 107.] CHAP. 149.-An Act To grant authority to the Postmaster General to enter into contracts for the transportation of mails by air to foreign countries and insular posses sions of the United States for pe riods o f not m ore th an ten years, and to pay for such service at fixed rates per pound or per mile, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Foreign mails Ten-year c' contracts United States of America in Congress assembled, That when, in his authorized for traps- j portation of, by air. judgment, the public interest will be promoted thereby, the Post- Post, pp. 692, 1449, master General is authorized to enter into contracts for the transpor- tation of mails by air to foreign countries and insular possessions of the United States for periods of not more than ten years, and to pay for such service at fixed rates per pound or per mile; and the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to award such contracts to the bidders that he shall find to be the lowest responsible bidders that can satisfactorily perform the service required to the best advantage Proeirat. Mil e rate limite d. of the Government : Prov ided, That the rate to be paid for such Mil service shall not in any case exceed $2 per mile : And provi ded fur- Decision of Post- ther, That in the award and interpretation of the contracts herein master General final. authorized, the decision of the Postmaster General shall be final, and not subject to review by any officer or tribunal of the United States, Regu lation s to be ex cept by the Pres ident an d the Fe deral co urts. issued. SEC. 2. The Pos tmaster General shall ma ke and i ssue suc h rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved, March 8, 1928 . March 8, 1928. [H.R. 204.] CHAP. 150 .-An Act To authorize an additional appropriation for Fort [Public, No. 108 .] McHenry, Maryland. Fort McHenry, Aid. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Add iti ona l authori- United States of Am er ica in Congress assembled, That the sum of zation for expenses of establishing, as a na- $81,678 is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the tional park. Post, p. 929. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for further carrying out the Vol. 43, p.1109. provisions of the Act, approved March 3, 1925, chapter 425 (Public, Numbered 543), entitled "An Act to repeal and reenact chapter 100, 1914 (Public, Numbered 108), to provide for the restoration of Fort McHenry, in the State of Maryland, and its permanent preservation as a nat ional park and p erpetu al na tiona l memo rial shrine as the birthplace of the immortal Star-Spangled Banner, written by Fran- cis Sc ott Key, for the appropr iation of the ne cessary funds, a nd for ot her purposes," app ro ved March 3, 19 25 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1109). Approved, March 8, 1928 . March 8, 1928. [H. R. 230.1	CHAP. 151 .-An Act To authorize an appropriation for the recovery of [Public, No. 109.] bodies of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees. Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Paying expenses of United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is recovery of. etc, authorbodies o f her eby auth oriz ed to be app ropr iate d, out of any mo ney in the officers , . ized. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as may be necessary Post, p. 1375 . to pay the expenses incident to the recovery of bodies of officers, cadets, United States Military Academy, acting assistant surgeons, me mbe rs of the Ar my Nu rse Corps, wa rr ant officers, enlisted men and civilian employees, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may pre scri be. Appr oved, Mar ch 8, 1928.

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