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 626 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CII. 656. 1928 . Bu reau of Naviga- tion. Recreation for en- listed men. Proviso. Pay restriction. Contingent. Badges, ranges, etc. Ocean vet's. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION RECREATION FOR ENLISTED MEN, NAVY For the recreation, amusement, comfort, contentment, and health of the Navy, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, under such regulations as he may prescribe, $400,000 : Provided, That the amount paid from this appropriation for personal services of field employees, exclusive of temporary services, sh all not exceed $35,000. CON TIN GENT , BUREAU OF NAVI GAT ION For continuous-service certificates, commissions, warrants, diplo- mas, discharges, good-conduct badges, and medals for men and boys ; purchase of gymnastic apparatus ; transportation of effects of deceased officers, nurses, and enlisted men of the navy, and of officers and men of the Naval Reserve who die while on duty ; books for training apprentice seamen and landsmen ;~p acking boxes and materials ; books and models ; stationery ; and ' other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, $10,000. Gunne ry and en gi- neering exercises. GUN NER Y AND ENGINEERING EX ERC ISE S, BUR EAU OF NAV IGA TIO N For trophies and badges for excellence in gunnery, target practice, enginee ring exercise s, and for eco nomy in fuel consumption, t o be awarded under such rules as the Secretary of the Navy may formu- late ; for the purpose of recording, classifying, compiling, and pub- lishing the rules and results ; for the establishment and maintenance of shooting galleries, target houses, targets, and ranges ; for hiring established ranges, and for transporting equipment to and from ranges ; ent rance fees in matches for t he rifle team, and special equipment therefor, $50,650. INSTRUMEN TS AND S UPPLIES, BUREAU OF NAVIGAT ION Equipment supplies, etc. For supplies for seamen's quarters ; and for the purchase of all other articles of equipage at home and abroad ; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards ; all pilotage and towage of ships of war ; canal tolls, wharfage, dock and port charges, and other necessary incidental expenses of a similar nature ; services and mate- rials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on board ship ; nautical and astronomical instruments and repairs to same, and pay of chronometer caretakers ; librari es for ships of war, professional books, schoolbooks, and papers ; mainte- nance of gunnery and other training classes ; compasses, compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ship's compasses ; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship's way and leads and other app liances for s ounding ; p ho to gr ap hs , ph oto- graphic inst ruments and m aterials, pri nting outfit a nd materials ; and for the nece ssar y ci vili an e lect rici ans for gyro comp ass test ing and inspection ; in all, $580,000. OCEAN AND LAKE SURVEYS, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION and lake sur- For hydrographic surveys, including the pay of the necessary hydrographie surveyors, cartographic draftsmen, and recorders, and for the purc hase of naut ical boo ks, char ts, and sail ing dire ctio ns, $80,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 656 . 1928 . 627 NAVAL TRA INI NG STATIONS, BUREAU OF NAVIGATIO N For maintenance, including labor and material, heat, light, water, general care, repairs, and improvements ; schoolbooks ; and all other incidental expenses for the naval training stations that follow : Cal ifornia. San Diego, California, $170,000 ; Rhode Island . Newport, Rhode Island, $245,000 ; Illinois. Great Lakes, Illinois, $270,000 ; Virginia. Hampton Roads, Virginia, $245,000 ; Proviso. Provided, That the amount to be paid out of each of the foregoing Clerical, etc ., sere. sums under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for clerical, ices. drafting, inspection, and messenger service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $12,600, except for Great Lakes, which shall not exceed $13,750. Naval Reserve. NAVAL RESERVE NAVAL R ESERVE OPFICE RS' TRA INING C ORPS For the procurement, maintenance, and issue, under such regula- tions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, to institu- tions at which one or more units of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps are established, of such means of transportation, books, supplies, tentage, equipment, and uniforms as he may deem necessary, and all other miscellaneous items, including cleaning and laundering of uniforms and clothing at camps or on board ship ; and to pay commutation in lieu of uniforms at a rate to be fixed annually by the Secretary of the Navy ; for transporting supplies and equip- ment from place of issue to the several institutions, training camps, and ships and return of same to place of issue when necessary ; for Training stations. Maintenance, etc . Organizing, r ecruit. ing, et e ., expenses . Pay, etc., on active duty. For expenses of organizing, administering, and recruiting the Naval Reserve and Naval Militia ; pay and allowances of officers and enrolled and enlisted men of the Naval Reserve when employed on authorized training duty ; mileage for officers while traveling under orders to and from training duty ; transportation of enrolled and enlisted men to and from training duty, and subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof ; subsistence of enrolled and enlisted men during the actual period of training duty ; sub- Fleet Naval R eserve, sistence .of officers and enrolled and enlisted men of the Fleet Naval Reserve while performing authorized training or other duty without pay ; pay, mileage, and allowances of officers of the Naval Reserve and pay, allowances, and subsistence of enrolled and enlisted men of the Naval Reserve when ordered to active duty in connection with the instruction, training, and drilling of the Naval Reserve ; pay of officers and enrolled and enlisted men of the Fleet Naval Reserve for the performance of drills or other equivalent instruction or duty, or appropriate duties, and administrative duties, $4,075,820, of which amount not more than $180,000 shall be available for maintenance and rental of armories, including pay of necessary janitors, and for wharfage, not more than $73,531 shall be available for clerical and messenger serv ices for Nava l Reserve adm inistration in naval sta- tions and districts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, not more than $609,555 shall be available, in addition to other appropriations, for aviation material, equipment, fuel, and rental of hangars, and not more than $790,000 shall be available in addition to other appro- priations, for fuel and the transportation thereof, and for all other expe nses in conn ecti on w ith the main tena nce, ope rati on, repa ir, and upkeep of vessels assigned for training the Naval Reserve. subsistence. Pay, etc. Armories, wharfage, etc. Aviation expenses. Fuel, etc. Nav al Re ser ve Of- ficers' Training Corps . Procuring supplies, etc., for units of. Expenses of instruc. tion camps and ship schools.

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 628 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 656. 1928 . the establishment and maintenance of camps of instruction, and schools on ships for the further practical instruction of members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and for transporting members of such corps to and from such camps or ships and to subsist them while traveling to and from such camps or ships and Commutation of while remaining therein so far as appropriations will permit or, travel allowance. i n lieu of transporting them to and from such camps or ships and subsisting them while en route, to pay them travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents per mile for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to proceed to the camp or ship and for the return journey thereto, and to pay the return travel ay in advance of the actual performance of the travel ; for pay for students attending advanced camps or advanced schools on ships at the rate prescribed for enlisted men of Subsistence commu- tation. the seventh pay grade ; for the payment of commutation of sub- sistence to members of the senior division of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, at a rate not exceeding the cost of the Medical, etc., treat- ment. commuted ration of the Navy ; for medical and hospital treatment , subsistence until furnished transportation, and transportation when fit for travel to their homes of members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps injured in line of duty while at camps of instruction or on ships ; and for the cost of preparation and transportation to their homes and burial expenses of the remains of the members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps who die while attending camps of instruction or on ships ; and for the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles Provisos. Uniforms, etc ., from $89,200, to remain available until December 31, 1929 : .PProvided, That Navy st ock. uniforms and other equipment or material issued to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps in accordance with law may be furnished from surplus or reserve st ocks of the N avy without pa y- ment from this appropriation, except for actual expenses incurred in Price cur rent to go v- the manufacture or issue : Provided further, That in no case shall ern payments. the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or material furnished to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps from stocks under the control of the Navy be in excess of the price current at the time the issue is made. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION War College. Maintenance. Proviso. Clerical, etc., serv- ices. Naval Home. Pay of employees. Maintenance. For maintenance of the Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, including care of grounds, $101,400 ; services of a professor of international law, $2,000 ; servi ces of civili an lect urers, render ed at the War College, $2,000 ; care and preservation of the library, including the purchase, binding, and repair of books of reference and periodicals, $5,000 ; in all, $110,400 : Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secre- tary of the Navy for clerical, inspection, drafting, and messenger service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $68 ,518 . NAVA L HOME, P HIL ADEL PHI A, PEN NSY LVAN IA For pay of employees at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy, $73,425. Maintenance : For water rent, heating, and lighting ; cemetery, bur ial expe nses, an d he adst ones ; g eneral care a nd improvemen ts of grounds, buildings, walls, and fences ; repairs to power-plant equip- ment, imp lements, tools, and furnitu re, and purch ase of the sam e ; music in chapel and entertainments for beneficiaries ; stationery, books, an d periodicals ; transpo rtation of ind igent and des titute

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ca. 656. 1928 . 629 beneficiaries to the Naval Home, and of sick and insane beneficiaries, their attendants and necessary subsistence for both, to and from other Government hospitals ; employment of such beneficiaries in and about the Naval Home as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, on the recommendation of the governor ; support of beneficiaries and all other contingent expenses, including the mainte- nance, repair, and operation of two motor-propelled vehicles, and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes, $101,575 ; In all, Naval Home, $175,000, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. BUREAU OF ENGINEERING ENGINEERING For repairs, preservation, and renewal of machinery, auxiliary machinery, and boilers of naval vessels, yard craft, and ships' boats, distilling and refrigerating apparatus ; repairs, preservation, and renewals of electric interior and exterior signal communications and all electrical appliances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except range finders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and motors and their controlling apparatus used to operate machinery belonging to other bureaus ; searchlights and fire- control equipments for antiaircraft defense at shore stations ; mainte- nance and operation of coast signal service ; equipage, supplies, and materials under the cognizance of the bureau required for the mainte- nance and operation of naval vessels, yard craft, and ships' boats ; care, custody, and operation of the naval petroleum reserves ; pur- chase, installation, repair, and preservation of machinery, tools, and appliances in navy yards and stations, pay of classified field force under the bureau ; incidental expenses for naval vessels, navy yards, and stations, inspectors' offices, the engineering experiment station, such as phot ogra phin g, t echn ical boo ks a nd p erio dica ls, stat ione ry, and instruments tech nica l bo oks and peri odic als nece ssar y to carry on experimental and research work ment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pa not excee ding $ 20 per diem for any person so employed ; in all, $19,421,700 : Provided, That the sum to be paid o ut of this ap propriation, under the dire ction of the Secretary of the Navy, for clerical, drafting, inspection, and mes- senger service in navy yards, naval stations, and offices of United States inspe ctors of mach inery and nav al material fo r the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $1,596,700. ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTAL STATI ON, ANN APO LIS , MARYLAND For original investigation and extended experimentation of naval appliances, testing implements and apparatus lation of such machines and auxiliaries considered applicable for test and use in the naval service ; and for maintenance and equipment of buildings and grounds, $175,000. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR From naval pension fund , Bureau of Engineer- ing. Engineering repairs, machinery, etc. Equipment supplies. Proviso. Clerical, etc., serv- ice s. Engineering experi- ment s tation. Experimental work, etc. Bureau of Construe- tion and Repair. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR Construction and repair of vessels : For preservation and comple- pairo conf svt rue ssel set lon and re. u tion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary ; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds ; steam steerers, steam capstans, steam wind-
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 630 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 656. 1928 . lasses, and all other auxiliaries ; labor in navy yards and on foreign stations ; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops ; carrying on work of experimental model tank and wind tunnel ; designing naval vessels ; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters, and barges ; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat ; general care and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair ; inci- den tal ex penses for ves sels a nd navy yards, inspe ctors' offices, such as photographing, books, professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, and for pay of classified field force under the bureau ; services, instruments and apparatus, supplies, and technical books and periodicals necessary to carry on experi- mental and research work ; for payment of part time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary Equipment supplies. of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for an y pers on so emplo yed ; for hemp, wi re, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains ; specifications for purchase thereof shall be so prepare d as shall gi ve fair and fr ee competitio n ; c anvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work ; interior app liance s and tools for m anufac turing purp oses i n navy yards and naval stations ; and for the purchase of all other articles of equipage at home and abroad ; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards ; naval signals and apparatus, other than electric, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, running lights, and lamps and their appendages for general use on board ship for illuminating purposes ; and oil and candles used in connection therewith ; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds ; for all permanent galley fittings and equipage ; rugs, carpets, cur- tains, and h angings on bo ard naval ves sels, $17,228, 000, of which proviso . sum $200, 000 shall be a vailable imme diately : Provi ded, That the Clerical, etc ., serv- ice s. sum to be paid out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for clerical, drafting, inspection, watchmen (ship keepers), and messenger service in navy yards, naval stations, and offi ces of s uper inte ndin g na val cons truc tors for the fis cal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $1,828,000. Bu reau of Ordn ance. Procuring, etc., ord. nance and ordnance stores . Plant appliances. Experimental work, Vehicles, etc. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES, BUREAU OF ORDNANCE F or pro curing, prod ucing , pres erving , and handl ing or dnance material, for the armament of ships ; for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ordnance ; for furniture at naval ammunition depots, torpedo stations, naval ordnance plants, and proving grounds ; for technical books ; plant appliances as now defined by the " Navy Classification of Accounts" ; for machinery and machine tools ; for experimental work in connection with the development of ordnance material for the Navy ; for maintenance of proving grounds, powder factory, torpedo stations, gun factory, ammunition depots, and naval ordnance plants, and for target practice ; not to exceed $15,000 for minor improvements to buildings, grounds, and appurtenances of a char- acte r wh ich can be p erfo rmed by regu lar stat ion labo r ; for payment of part time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed ; for the maintenance, repair, and operation of horse-drawn and motor-

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cii. 656. 1928 . propelled freight and passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes at naval ammunition depots, naval proving grounds, naval ordnance plants, and naval torpedo stations ; for the pay of chemists, clerical, drafting, inspection, and messenger service in navy yards, naval stations, naval ordnance plants, and naval am- munition depots, and for care and operation of schools during the fis cal ye ar 192 9 at o rdnanc e stat ions a t India nhead, Maryl and, D ahl- gren, Virginia, and South Charleston, West Virginia, $11,952,050 : Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for chemists, clerical, dra fting, inspe ction, watch men, a nd mes senger servic e in n avy ya rds, naval stations, naval ordnance plants, and naval ammunition depots for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $960,800. For purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, $1,000,000. Torpedoes and appliances, Bureau of Ordnance : For the purchase and manufacture of torpedoes and appliances, to be available until expended, $450,000. BUREA U OF SUPPLI ES AND ACC OUNTS PAY, SUBSISTENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF NAVAL PERSONNEL Pay of naval personnel : For pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty and other duty, and officers on waiting o rders -pay, $28 ,748, 197 ; renta l allo wance, $6,07 3,789 ; sub sistence allowance, $3,631,327 ; in all, $38,453,313 ; officers on the retired list, $5 ,239,000 ; f or hire o f quarter s for off icers ser ving with troops w here there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to ac commod ate th em, an d hire of qu arters for of ficers and e nliste d men on sea duty at such times as they may be deprived of their quarters on board ship due to repairs or other conditions which may render them uninhabitable, $3,000 ; pay of enlisted men on the retired list, $2,011,017 ; extra pay to men reenlisting after being honorably dis- charged, $1,596,175 ; interest on deposits by men, $1,800 ; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentice seamen, including men in the engineer's force and men detailed for duty with the Fish Com- mission, enlisted men, men in trade schools, pay of enlisted men of the Hospital Corps, extra pay to men for diving and cash prizes for men for excellence in gunnery, target practice, and engineering competitions, $66,596,350 ; outfits for all enlisted men and apprentice seamen of the Navy on first enlistment at not to exceed $100 each, civilian clothing not to exceed $15 per man to men given discharges for bad conduct or undesirability or inaptitude, reimbursement in kind of clothing to persons in the Navy for losses in cases of marine or aircraft disasters or in the operation of water or airborne craft, and the authorized issue of clothing and equipment to the members o f the Nurs e Co rps, $1,88 9,160 ; pay of enli sted men und erg oing sentence of court-martial, $213,000, and as many machinists as the President may from time to time deem necessary to appoint ; and apprentice seamen under training at training stations and on board training ships, at the pay prescribed by law, $1,530,000 ; pay and allowances of the Nurse Corps, including assistant superintendents, directors, and assistant directors-pay $675,220, rental allowance $24,000, subsisten ce allowa nce $20,8 05, pay r etired li st $10,80 3 ; in a ll , $730,828 ; rent, of quarters for members of the Nurse Corps ; pay and allowances of Fleet Naval Reservists of the classes defined in sections 22, 23, 24, and 26 of the Act of February 28, 1925, $9,232,572 ; reim- bursement for losses of property under Act of October 6, 1917, $5,000 ; payment of six months' death gratuity, $150,000 ; in all, $127,651,215 ; 631 Sc hools at d esign ated stations. Proviso. Chemical, etc ., serv- ices. Smokeless powder. Torpedoes, etc. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Pay, etc., of the• Navy. Officers. Pay, rental, subsist- ence allowance. Retired. Hire of quarters; Enlisted men. Outfits, etc. Clothing r2imburse- ments, etc. Machinists, appren- tice seamen unde r training. Nurse Corps. Fleet Naval Reserv- ists. Vol. 43, pp. 1086,1087. Prope rty l osses. Death gratuity.

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 632 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 656. 1928 . Subsistence. Subsistence of naval personnel : For provisions and commuted Provision s, com- muted rations, etc. rations for enlisted men of the Navy, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes in case of death or desertion upon orders of the comanding officers, at 50 cents per diem, and midshipmen at 80 cents per diem, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick subsistence while air in ho spital an d credite d at the rate of 7 5 cents per ratio n to the naval sent from d uty. hospital fund ; subsistence of men unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsist- ence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commuta- tion therefor to be given) ; qu arte rs and subs iste nce of men on Naval Reserve, etc, detached duty ; subsistence of members of the Naval Reserve during period of active service ; subsistence in kind at hospitals and on board ship in lieu of subsistence allowance of female nurses and Navy and Marine Corps general courts-martial prisoners undergoing imprison- ment with sentences of dishonorable discharge from the service at the expiration of such confinement ; in all, $18,845,502. Transportationn Transportation and recruiting of naval personnel : For mileage and actua l and necess ary ex penses and p er diem in li eu of subsis tence as authorized by law to officers of the Navy while traveling under orders ; for mileage, at 5 cents per mile, to midshipmen entering the Naval Academy whi le proceding from th eir homes to the Nav al Academy for examination and appointment as midshipmen, and not more than $2,500 shall be available for transportation of midshipmen, including reimbursement of traveling expenses while traveling under orders after appointment as midshipmen ; for actual traveling expenses of female nurses ; for travel allowance or for transportation and su bsiste nce as autho rized by law of enl isted men up on dis charge ; transportation of enlisted men and apprentice seamen and applicants for enlistment at home and abroad, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof ; transportation to their homes, if resi- dents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentice seamen discharged on medical survey, with subsistence and transfers en rout e, or cas h i n l ieu th ere of ; transp ortation of sick o r insane enlisted men and apprentice seamen and insane supernumerary patients to hospitals, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof ; apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway guides and other expenses incident to transportation ; Recruiting. expenses of recruiting for the naval service ; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same ; advertising for and obtaining men a nd ap prent ice seame n ; actual and nece ssary exp enses in lieu of mile- Dependents . age to officers on duty with traveling recruiting parties ; transporta- tion of dependents of officers and enlisted men ; in all, $4,400 .240 ; Agg rega te a mount. In all, for pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel, $150,896,957, of which sum $500,000 shall be available immediately ; Accounting, etc. and the money herein specifically appropriated for "Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel," shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one Provisos. fund : Prov ided, That ad dition al commissioned, warranted, Additional medical, etc ., personnel for Vet- li .ppointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the medical department n aval B ureau pat ients at naval hospitals. of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the United States Veterans' Bureau in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to Res tric tion on a dmis- the numbers appropriated for in this Act : Provided further That sions to Naval Acade- my no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any midshipmen whose admission subsequent to March 21, 1928, would result in exceeding at any time an allowance of four midshipmen for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress ; of one midshipman for Porto Rico, a native of the island, appointed on nomination of the governor, and of four midshpmen from Porto Rico, appointed on nomination of the Resident Commissioner ; and

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 656. 1928 . 633 of two midshipmen for the District of Columbia : Provided further, large oo int m ents d That nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or modify in any men not affected. way existing laws relative to the appointment of midshipmen at large, from the enlisted personnel of the naval service or from the Naval Reserve. MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACC OU NTS For equipage, supplies, and services under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, including stationery for com- manding, executive, and navigating officers of ships, boards and courts on ships, and chaplains ; services of civilian employees under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts ; freight, express, and parcel-post charges pertaining to the Navy Department and Naval Establishment, $9,647,000 : Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for chemists and for clerical, inspection, and messenger service in the supply and accounting departments of the navy yards, naval stations, and disbursing offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $2,975,000 : Provided further, That here- after the cost of transporting material purchased free on board cars or on wharf or free alongside vessels at points specified in contracts to the activities to which initial delivery is to be made shall be charged to the naval supply account fund, and after June 30, 1929, the cost of such transportation shall be added to the cost of material. The clothing and small-stores fund shall be charged with the value of all issues of clothing and small stores made to enlisted men of the Naval Reserve and the uniform gratuity paid to officers of the Naval Reserve. The Paymaster General of the Navy is authorized to enter into agreements with the proprietors of the piecework shops carried on the rolls of the Naval Clothing Factory during the calendar year 1927 for the manufacture of clothing from materials furnished by the Government, at such prices as may be approved by the Secretary of the Navy. FUEL AND TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS For coal and other fuel for submarine bases and steamers' and ships' use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same and the removal of fuel refuse from shi s ; maintenance and general operation of machinery of naval fuel depots and fuel plants ; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, and ice for the cooling of water, including the expense of transportation and storage of both, $10,319,656 : Provided, That fuel acquired other than by purchase shall not be issued without charging the applicable appropriation with the cost of such fuel at the rate current at the time of issue for fuel purchased : Provided further, That the President may direct the use, wholly or in part, of fuel on hand, however acquired, to be charged at the last issue rate for fuel acquired by purchase, when, in his judgment, prices quoted for su pply ing fuel are exc essi ve. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT For surgeon's necessaries for vessels in commission, navy yards, naval stations, and Marine Corps ; and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy yards, naval medical supply depots, Naval Medical School and dispensary, Washington, and Naval Maintenance. Freight, etc., Depart- men t and Bur eaus. Provisos. Chemical, etc., serv- ices. Cost of transporting material purchased free on board cars, etc ., added to cost. Clothing and stores fund. Issues to Naval Re- serve. small- Clothing. Agreements for man- ufacture of, from Gov- ern ment mate rials. Fuel, transportation of, etc. Provisos. Issue o f, charged t o appropriation applica- ble. Prices for fu el on hand. Bu reau of M edic ine and Surgery. Surgeon s' necessarie s. Civil establishme nt.

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 634 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 656 . 1928 . Academy ; for tolls and ferriages ; purchase of books and stationery ; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration ; sanitary, hygienic, administrative, and special instruction, including the Vehicles, etc. issuing of n aval medical bulletins and supplements ; pu rc h as e a nd repairs of nonpassenger-carrying wagons, automobile ambulances, and harness ; purchase of and feed for horses and cows ; mainte- nance, repair, and operation of three passenger-carrying motor vehicles for naval dispensary, Washington, District of Columbia, and of one motor-propelled vehicle for official use only for the medi- cal officer on out-patient medical service at the Naval Academy ; trees, plants, care of grounds, garden tools, and seeds ; incidental articles for the Naval Medical School and naval dispensary, Washington, naval medical supply depots, sick quarters at Naval Academy and mar ine ba rra cks ; was hing for medi cal department at Naval Med ical Schoo l and naval dispe nsary, Washi ngton, nava l medi cal su pply depots, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dis- pensaries at navy yards and naval stations, and ships ; and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Medical School and naval medical supply depots ; rent of rooms for naval disp ensa ry, Wash ingt on, Dist rict of Colu mbia, no t to exc eed $1,2 00 Care of insane on for the care, maintenance, and treatment of the insane of the Navy Pacific coast. and Marine Corps on the Pacific coast, including supernumeraries held for transfer to the Government Hospital for the Insane ; for dental outfits and dental material ; and all other necessary contin- Proviso. gent expenses ; in all, $2,032,250 : Provided, That the sum to be paid Clerical, etc ., se re- out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of ices. the Navy, for clerical service in naval hospitals, dispensaries, medi- cal supply depots, and Naval Medical School, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, shall not exceed $150,000. Care of the dead. CARE OF THE DEAD Expenses of inter- ment of officers, etc ., For the care of the dead ; for funeral expenses and interment or dying in the service. transportation to their homes or to designated cemeteries of the rem ains of offic ers (includin g officers who die within t he United States) and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, of members Civilian employees of the Nurse Corps, reservists on active or training duty, and dying abroad. accepted applicants for enlistment, civilian employees of the Navy Department and Naval Establishment who die outside of the conti- nental limits of the United States, and former enlisted men who are discharged while in naval hospitals and are inmates of said hospitals on the date of their death ; for funeral expenses and interment of the r emains of pen sioners and de stitute patie nts who die i n naval hospitals ; for purchase and care of cemetery lots ; for removal of remains from abandoned cemeteries to naval or national cemeteries, or to their homes, including remains interred in isolated graves at home and abroad, and remains temporarily interred, $60,000 : Proviso. officers, etc ., Provided, That the above provision shall apply in the case of officers onactive duty, in- and e nlisted men o f the Navy and Marine Corps on the retir ed list who die while on active duty. Bureau of Yards and Docks. BUREAU OF YARD S AND DOCKS MAI NTE NAN CE, BU REAU OF YA RDS AND DO CKS General maintenance. For the labor, materials, and supplies necessary, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy, for the general maintenance of the activ- ities and properties now or hereafter under the cognizance of the Vehicles. Bureau of Yards and Docks, including the purchase, exchange (including parts), maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cu. 656 . 1928 . 635 carrying vehicles for the Navy Department (not to exceed nine in number) and the Naval Establishment not otherwise provided for, and including not to exceed $1,008,800 for clerical, inspection, draft-. Clerical, etc., serv- ing, messenger, and other classified work in the field, $7,500,000 : 1ceS. Provided, That during the fiscal year 19 29, the motor-propelled purchase of passen- passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not ger vehic les limited. exceed the following respective numbers and costs : Six at $2,000 each, six at $1,500 each, seventeen at $650 each, and twelve at $450 Sale or exchange of each : Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall sell, vehicles now in use for or exchange in part payment for such new vehicles to cost $1,200 or new ones. more, the following respective numbers of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles in use and of makes which now cost in excess of the following respective prices per vehicle to replace : Ten at $2,000 each and two at $1,200 each : Provided further, That expendi- etc imi t for ope ratio n, tures from approp riatio ns con tained in thi s Act for th e main tenanc e, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, incl udin g the comp ensa tion of op erato rs, shall not exce ed in the aggregate $100,000, exclusive of such vehicles owned and operated Mar ine Corp s, ou t- side continental limits, by the Marine Corps in connection with expeditionary duty without excluded. the continental limits of the United States, and on any one vehicle shall not exceed for maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, fuel and lubricants, one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case more than $500. CONTINGENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DO CKS For contingent expenses and minor extensions and improvements of public works at navy yards and stations, $125,000. PUBLIC WORK S, BU REAU OF YAR DS AND DOCK S Navy yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : Improvement of power plant, $75,000. Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts : Improvement of water front, $77,000 ; improvement of power plant, $90,000 ; improvement of electric system for Dry Dock Numbered 3, $30,000 ; in all, $197,000. Navy yard, New York, New York : Improvement of electric sys- tems, $75,000 ; dredging, to continue, $60,000 ; reconstruction of Dry Dock Numbered 3, $200,000 ; in all, $335,000. Navy yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Dredg ing, to co ntin ue, $10 0,000 . Engineering Experiment Station, Annapolis, Maryland : Replace- men t of boil er house, boiler a nd auxili aries, $157, 000. Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia : Improvement of electric system, $75,000 ; improvement of blocking, Dry Docks Numbered 3 and 4, $55,000 ; lean-to addition to building numbered 171, $15,000 ; toilet facilities, Dry Docks Numbered 6 and 7, $8,000 ; in all, $153,000 . Navy yard, Charleston, South Carolina : Dredging, to continue, $36,000 . Navy yard, Mare Island, Califo rnia : Dredging, to continue, $1 00,000 ; im prov ement of o ld b uildi ngs, $75,000 ; improvement of shipbuilding facilities, $75,000 ; improvement of power plant and distributing systems, $95,000 ; in all, $345,000. Navy yard, Puget Sound, Washington : Dredging, to continue, $1 00,000 ; i mprov emen t of washi ng a nd to ilet faci litie s, $20,000 ; improvement of electric system, $83,000 ; in all, $203,000 . Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia : Rebuilding pier numbered 7 and west breakwater, $210,000 ; dredging, to con- tinue, $130,000 ; in all, $340,000. 54835 °-29- PT 1- 44 Contingent. Public works. Portsmouth, N. H. Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Annapolis, Md. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Mare Island, Calif. Puget Sound, Wash. Hampton Roads, Va.

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 636 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 656. 1928. Guantanamo, Cuba. Naval Station, Guantanamo, Cuba : Dredging, $30,000. P ear' Harbor, Hawaii. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii : Improvements to channel . and harbor, to ontinue, $1,25,000 ; improvement of water front, Acquiring private $300,000 ; for additional necessary costs and expenses of condemna- fishery rights. Vol.42,p. 67. tion proceedings authorized by the Act approved June 28, 1921, entitl ed "An Act t o prov ide fo r the acquisi tion b y the United State s of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii ," to be ava ilable immed iately, $20 .0 00 ; in all, $1,5 70,000. Newport, R.I. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island : Rep lace ment of fresh-water mains, $12,000. Lake Denmark, N. J. Nava l Ammunition Depot, Lake Denmark, New Je rsey : R eplac e- ment of two magazine buildings, $66,000 ; improvement of fence, $9,500 ; in all, $75 .500. Fort Mifflin, Pa. Naval Ammunition Depot, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania : I mp r o v e- ment of lightning protection, $35,000 ; replacement of cables under Schuylkill River, $6,000 ; in all, $41,000. Saint Juliens Creek, Naval Ammunition Depot, Saint Juliens Creek, Virginia : Va. Improvement of lightning protection, $55,000. Mare island, Calif. Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, California : Improvement to lightning protection and electric system, $70,000. Dahlgren, Va. Nava l Proving Ground, Da hlgren, Virginia : Imp rov em ent of water system $23,500. Yorktown, Va. Navy Mi ne Depot, Yorktown, Virginia : Imp rove ment of lig ht- ning protection, $17,750. San Diego, Calif. Naval Training Station, San Diego, California : Improvement of mess hall unit, $65,000. Melville, x. I. Naval Fuel Depot, Melville, Rhode Island : Toward replacement of boiler plant (limit of cost $150,000), $65,000. C oco Solo, Canal Su bmar ine Base, Co co Solo , Ca nal Zone : Improve ment to water zo ne, front, $200,000. Pearl Harbor, Ha- Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii : Improvement of dis- wa ii, su bmarin e base. tributing system, 25,000 ; improvement of water front, $275,000 ; improvement of streets, grounds, and tracks, $50,000 ; in all, $350,000. stPr nscola, Fla ., Air Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida : Of the appropriation of y l Bridge at air station. $800,000 for repairs due' to hurricane damage, Naval Air Station, ama mount immediate- Pensacola, Florida, contained in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year Vol.44,p. 1253. 1927, an amount not exceeding $165,000 shall be available immedi- ately and remain available until June 30, 1929, for the erection of a concre te bri dge at such Naval Air St ation. Zon e, fir Solo, o, ana l Naval Air Station, Coco Solo, Canal Zone : Hangar, $185,000 ; barracks and mess hall, $400,000 ; water-front development, $15,000 ; distributing system, $20,000 ; in all, $620,000. Air cPo int, Wash ., Naval Air Station, Sand Point, Washington : Ba rr ac k s an d me ss hall, $227,000 ; distributing system, $18,000 ; flying-field development, $30,000 ; in all, $275,000. Bureau of Aeronau- tics. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AVI ATI ON, NA VY expenses. Designated aviation For aviation, as follows : For navigational, photographic, aero- logical, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1928, Aircraft factory, etc. $1,250,000 ; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft fac- tory, air stations, fleet, and all other aviation activities, testing lab- oratories, for overhauling of planes, and for the purchase for avia- tion purpo ses on ly of specia l clot hing, w earing appar el, an d spec ial equipment, $9,675,000, including $400,000 for the equipment of catapults, etc• vessels with catapults and including not to exceed $300,000 for the Helium. procurement of helium of which such amounts as may be required

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cu. 656 . 1928 . 637 may be transferred in advance to the Bureau of Mines ; f or c on ti nu - C1 No- types of air- ing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, including the payment of part time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discre- tion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed, $2,000,000 ; for drafting, clerical, inspection, and messenger service, $731,000 ; for new construction and procurement of aircraft Now construction, and equipment, $16,500,000, including not to exceed $635,000 for the etc' Naval Reserve, of which amount not to exceed $9,480,000 shall be Incurred obligations. available for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorization for these purposes carried in the Navy Appropriation Vol. 44, p.1291. Act for the fiscal year 1928, approved March 2, 1927 ; toward the Rigid airships. construction of the rigid airships authorized in Public Act Num- Vol.44,p.765. bered 422, Sixty-ninth Congress, approved June 24, 1926 (total limit of cost $8,000,000), ir respe ctiv e of the dat e fi xed in s aid Act for the beginning of the construction of one of such airships, $1, 800,000, Vol. 44, p. 1291. and the sum of $200,000 of the appropriation, "Aviation, Navy, 19 28," tow ard the cons truc tion of one of s uch airs hips is here by made available until June 30, 1929, toward the construction of two Provisos . such rigid airships : Prov ided, That the contract for such rigid Contract reserva- airshipsshall(a)reservetotheGovernmenttherightofcancella-Sonsn tion of the construction of the second airship if changed circum- stances, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, shall suggest that course as being in the best interests of the Government, such right of cancellation to continue until the first airship shall have been tested in flight and accepted, and (b) provide that in the event of such cancellation, the total cost of the first airship, and all pay- ments under, and expenses incident to the cancellation of, the con- tract for the second airship, shall not exceed $5,500,000 ; in all, $ 31 ,9 56, 00 0 ; and the money herein specifically appropriated for Accounting . "A viat ion " shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance Contracts authorized with existing law and shall constitute one fund : Provided, That in for new airplanes, etc. addition to the amount herein appropriated and specified for expen- diture for new construction and procurement of aircraft and equip- ment, the Secretary of the Navy may, prior to July 1, 1930, enter into contracts for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equi in t, spare parts and accessories, to an amount not in excess of 10,000,000 : Provided further, That no part of this appro- ii Sho a stations priation shall be expended for maintenance of more than six heavier- than-air stations on the coasts of the continental United States Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used Airplane factory con- str uctf on f orbi dden. for the construction of a factory for the manufacture of airplanes : Determination of Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby author- damages claims. ized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay out of this appropriation the amounts due on claims for damages which have occurred or may occur to private property growing out of the opera- tions of naval aircraft, where such claim does not exceed the sum of $250 : Provided further, That all claims adjusted under this Report to Congress. authority during the fiscal year shall be reported in detail to the Congress by the Secretary of the Navy. NAVAL ACADEMY Naval Academy. Pay, Naval Academy : Pay for professors and others, Naval Acad- etcay of professors, emy : Pay of professors and instructors, including one professor Proviso as librarian, $259,000 : Provided, That not more than $36,500 shall Payrestriction. be paid for masters and instructors in swordsmanship and physical training ;

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 638 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cx. 656 . 1928 . Employees. Current expenses. Lib rary. Board of Visitors. Superintendent. Commandant. General maintenance and r epairs. Hors e-drawn veh i- cles, etc. Boathouse construc- tion. Marine Corps . Pa y, etc . Officers, active list. Retired list. Enlisted men, active li st. For pay of employees at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy, $586,483. Current and miscellaneous expenses, Naval Academy : For text and reference books for use of instructors ; stationery, blank books and forms, models, maps, and periodicals ; apparatus and materials for instruction in physical training and athletics ; expenses of lec- tures and entertainments, not exceeding $1,000, including pay and expenses of lecturer ; chemicals, philosophical apparatus and instru- ments, stores, machinery, tools, fittings, apparatus, and materials for instruction purposes, $72,800 ; for purchase, binding, and repair of books for the library (to be purchased in the op en market on the written order of the superintendent), $5,000 ; for expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, $1,400 ; for contingen- cies for the Superintendent of the Academy, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $4,000 ; for contingencies for the com- mandant of midshipmen, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $1,800 ; in all, $85,000, to be accounted for as one fund. Ma inten ance and rep airs , N aval Academy : For necessary repairs of public building s, wharv es, and walls in closing the grou nds of t he Naval Academy, improvements, rep airs, and fixtures ; for books, periodicals, maps, models, and drawings ; purchase and repair of f ire eng ines ; fire appa ratus and p lants, mac hinery ; purchase and maintenance of all horses and horse-drawn vehicles for use at the academy, including the maintenance, operation, and repair of three hor se-drawn passeng er-carry ing vehi cles to be used only for officia l purposes ; seeds and plants ; tools and repairs of the same ; stationery ; furniture for Government buildings and offices at the academy, i ncludi ng fu rnitu re for mids hipme n's ro oms ; coal and oth er fuels ; candles, oil, and gas ; attendance on light and power plants ; cleaning and clearing up station and care of buildings ; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, fire apparatus, and plants, and telephone, tele- graph, and clock systems ; incidental labor ; advertising, water tax, postage, telephones, telegrams, tolls, and ferriage ; flags and awn- ings ; pa cking boxes ; fu el for h eati ng and l ight ing band smen 's quarters ; pay of inspectors and draftsmen ; music and astronomical instruments ; and for pay of employees on leave, $1,075,000. Construction of boathouse (limit of cost $250,000), $250,000. MARINE CORPS PAY, MARINE CO RPS Pay of officers, active list : For pay and all ow anc es prescribed by law for all officers on the active list-pay and allowances, $3,618,043 ; subs istence allowanc e, $486, 618 ; re nta l a llo wan ce, $6 58, 246 ; in all, 34 ,762 ,907 . For pay of officers prescribed by law on the retired list, $591,273. Pay of enlisted men, active list : For pay and allowances of non- commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as prescribed by law, and for the ex pense s of clerks of the United States Mari ne Cor ps trav eling under orde rs, a nd inc ludin g add itiona l com pensa tion f or enlisted men of the Marine Corps qualified as expert riflemen, sharp- shooters, marksmen, or regularly detailed as gun captains, gun pointe rs, cook s, messm en, incl uding in terest o n deposi ts by en listed men, post exchange debts of deserters and of men discharged or sentenced to terms of imprisonment while in d ebt to the United States under such rules as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, and the authorized travel allowance of discharged enlisted men, and for prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and target prac- ti ce, and for pay of enlisted men designated as Na vy ma il clerks

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 SEVENTIETH OONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 656. 1928 . 639 and assistant Navy mail clerks, both afloat and ashore, and for gratuities to enlisted men discharged not under honorable condi- tions-pay and allowances, $8 ,250 ,557 ; allowance for lodging and subsistence, $793,875 ; in all, $9,044,432. For pay an d allo wance s pres cribed by la w of enlist ed men on men etired enlisted the retired list, $451,177. Undrawn clothing : For payment to discharged enlisted men for Und rawn cl othing. cloth ing undrawn, $2 00 ,4 95. Mar ine Corp s Re- For pay and allowances of the Marine Corps Reserve (a) exclud- sere. ing t ransferred an d assigned men , $182,000 ; (b) transferred men, $243,532 ; (c) assigned men, $65,000 ; in all, $490,532. For mileage and actual and necessary expenses and per diem in lieu Mi leag e, etc. of subsistence as authorized by law to officers traveling under orders without troops, $125,000. Disbursing and ac- I n a ll, $15,665,816, and the mone y he rein spe cifi call y ap prop riat ed counting. for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund. PAY OF CIVIL EMPLOYEES, MARINE CORPS Pay of civil force : For personal services in the District of Colum- Civil ian p erson nel a t bia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as follows : h eadqua rters. Offices of the major general commandant and adjutant and inspector, $61,890 ; Office of the paymaster, $21,855 ; Of fice of the quar term aste r, $76,275 ; in all, $160 ,020 : P rovi ded, P-030- Num ber of en lis ted That the total number of enlisted men on duty at Marine Corps men at headquarters hea dquarters on the date of t he approval of this Act sha ll not be te r notmin to be incr eased, on ation of services, increased, and in lieu of enlisted men whose services at such head- civilians to all their quarters shall be terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1929, their p lace s' places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, either or both the appropriations " Pay, Marine Corps," and " General Expenses, Marine Corps," shall be available. General expenses. GENERA L EXPENSE S, MARIN E CORPS For every expenditure requisite for, and incident to, the authorized Authorized objects. work of the Marine Corps, other than as appropriated for under the headings of pay and salaries, as follows For provisions, subsistence, board and lodging of enlisted men, Provi sions, etc. recruits and recruiting parties, and applicants for enlistment, cash allowance for lodging and subsistence to enlisted men traveling on duty ; ice, ice machines and their maintenance, $3,300,000 ; For clothing for enlisted men, $800,000 ; Clothing. For fuel, heat, light, and power, including sales to officers, Fuel, etc. $500 ,000 ; For military supplies and equipment, ~ in clud ing thei r pu rcha se, Purchase, , rs, repair, preservation, and handling ; recreational, school, educational, etc. library, musical, amusement, field sport and gymnasium supplies, equipment, services, and incidental expenses ; purchase and marking Prizes, badges, med- of prizes for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct als, etc' badges, medals, and buttons awarded to officers and enlisted men by the Gove rnme nt f or c onsp icuo us, gall ant, and spe cial ser vice ; re ntal and maintenance of target ranges and entrance fees for competitions, $825 ,000 ; For transportation of troops and applicants for enlistment, includ- Tra nsp ort ati on and recruiting. ing cash in lieu of ferriage and transfers en route ; toilet kits for issue to recruits upon their first enlistment and other incidental expenses of the recruiting service ; and transportation for dependents of Dependents. officers a nd e nlis ted men, $5 70,0 00 ;

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 640 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. L* CH. 656. 1928. Repairs to barracks, For repairs and improvements to barracks, quarters, and ot her etc ' public buildings at posts and stations ; for the renting, leasing, and impr ovemen t of b uildi ngs in the D istric t of Columb ia with the app roval of the Publi c Bui ldings Commi ssion and a t such other places as the public exigencies require, and the erection of temporary buildings upon the approval of the Secretary of the Navy at a total cost of not to exceed $10,000 during the year, $375,000 ; Forage, etc. For forage and stabling of public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses, $40,000 ; Contingent. For miscellaneous supplies, material, equipm ent, p ersona l and other services, and for other incidental expenses for the Marine Corps not otherwise provided for ; purchase, repair, and exchange of type- writers and calculating machines ; purchase and repair of furniture vehicles. and fixtures ; purchase, exchange, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying and other vehicles, including parts ; veterinary services and medicines for public animals and the author- gorses, etc. ized number of officers' horses ; purchase of mounts and horse equip- ment for all officers below the grade of major required to be mounted ; shoeing for public animals and the authorized number of officers' hors es ; boo ks, newspaper s, and periodi cals ; printing and bi n di n g ; packi ng and cratin g of officers' allowance of baggage ; Funeral expenses. funeral expenses of officers and e nlisted men a nd accepted appli- cants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty and retired enlisted men of the Mar ine Corps, in cluding the t ransportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to Laundries. the homes of the deceased in the United States ; construction, opera- tion, and maintenance of laundries ; and for all emergencies and P Purchas rchass e of motor extraordinary expenses, $1,900,000 : P rovide d, That there may be pass enger veh icles. expended out of this appropriation not to exceed $17,650 for the purchase of thirteen motor-propelled passenger-carrying ve hicles subject at least to an equal number of such vehicles being sold or exchanged in part payment, the gross cost of any one vehicle not to be in excess of the respective amounts which follow : Three to cost not to exceed $2,000 each ; two to cost not to exceed $1,200 each ; eight to cost not to exceed $650 each ; also fifteen motor cycles, cost Clerical, etc., field not to exceed $270 each : Provided further, That the sum to be paid service. out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for clerical, drafting, inspection, watchman, interpreter, and messenger service in the classified field service of the Marine Corps, for the fiscal year ending June 30 1929, shall not exceed $80,000 ; Marine Corps Re- Marine Corps Reserve : For clothing, subsistence, heat, light, trans- serve. portation and miscellaneous expenses, $60,000 ; In all, 8,370,000, to be accounted for as one fund. Major alter ations to ALTERATIONS TO NAVAL VESSELS ships. "Okla homa" and Toward the alterations and repairs required for the purpose of "Nevada ." modernizing the United States ships Oklahoma and Nevada as Modernizing. g Vol. 44, p. ia4s. authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an increase in the limit of cost of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes," Pr ovi so' approved March 2 1927, $6,575,000 : ProProvided, That no art of any No other appropria- S 5 p y ti on to be used. other appropriation for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 shall be avail- able for altering, improving, or repairing such ships. Increase of the Navy. INCREASE OF THE NAVY Con struc tion an d Construction and machinery : On account of hulls and outfits of machinery of vess els vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, $31,500,000, heretofore authorized. to remain available until expended.

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 642 Naval records, war with Central Powers. Judge Advocate Gen- era l. Chief of Nava l Oper- ati ons. Board of Inspection and Survey. Dir ect or of Naval Communications. Naval Intelligence. Bur eau of Naviga- tion. Proviso. Adjusted Compensa- tion Act balances avail- able. Hydrographic Office. Additional employ- ees . Naval Observ atory. Nau tic al Al ma nac Office. Comp uter s on piec e work. Bureau of Engineer- ing. Bureau of Construc- tion and Repai r. Bureau of Or dnance. Bureau of Supplies and A ccou nts. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Bureau of Yards and Docks. Bureau of Aeronau- tics. Salaries limited to average rates unde r Classification Act. Vol.42,p.1488. If only one p osition In a grade. Allowance in unusu- ally meritorious cases. Proviso. Restriction not appli- cable to clerical-me- chanical services. No reduction in fixed salaries. Vol.42,p. 1490. Transfers to another posit ion w itho ut re duc- tion. Pay men ts under higher rates permitted. Depar tmen t co ntin- gent expenses. Library, etc. Naval records of he world war. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESs. I. Cii. 656 . 1928 . cation, of the naval records of the war with the Central Powers of Europe, $38,700. O ffic e of Judge Adv ocate Gene ral, $112 ,280. Office of Chief of Naval Operations, $67,460. Board of Inspection and Survey, $19,660. Office of Director of Naval Communications, $127,760. Office of Naval Intelligence, $38,180. Bureau of Navigation, $456,740 : Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $450,000 for administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, fiscal year 1924, approved Decemb er 5, 1924, shall remain avail able un til Ju ne 30, 1929. Hy drogra phic O ffice, inclu ding $ 23,000 for us e excl usivel y for the pay of additional employees, $353,460. N aval Obser vato ry, $ 112,6 80. Nautical Almanac Office, $33,280, including $2,500 for pay of computers on piece work in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and in improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars. Bureau of Engineering, including $10,000 for use exclusively for the pa y of a dditio nal em ployee s, $29 0,200. Bureau of Construction and Repair, $355,850. B ureau of O rdna nce, $144, 440. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $807,330. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $73,860. Bureau of Yards and Docks, $261,420. Bureau of Aeronautics, $233,560. In all, salaries, Navy Department, $3,739,500. I n exp endin g ap propr iatio ns or por tions of a ppro priat ions con- tained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate : Provided, That this restric- tion shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical- mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accord- ance with the rules of section 6 of such Act, (3) to require the reduc- tion in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a differen t bureau, office, or other appropri ation uni t, or (4) to preve nt the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923 and is specifically authorized by other law. CON TI NGE NT EXPENSES For professional and technical books and periodicals, law books, and necessary reference books, including city directories, railway guides, freight, passenger, and express tariff books and photostating, for d epart ment libr ary ; fo r pur chase of p hoto graph s, ma ps, docu- ments, and pictorial records of the Navy, photostating and other necessa ry inc identa l expe nses i n conn ection with t he pre parati on for

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 656. 1928 . 643 publication of the naval records of the war with the Central Powers of Europe ; fo r st atio nery, fu rnit ure, new spap ers for w hich pay- vehicles, etc. ment may be made in advance), plans, drawings, and drawing materials ; purchase and exchange of motor trucks or motor delivery wagons, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks or motor delivery wagons, and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes ; garage rent ; street-car fares not exceeding $500 ; freight, expressage, postage, typewriters, and computing machines and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various bureaus and offices, $81,500 ; it Naval service ap- used ri for Department n shall not be lawful to expend, unless otherwise specifically provided expenses. herein, for any of the offices or bureaus of the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, any sum out of appropriations made for the naval servic e for any of the purposes m entioned or a uthorized in this paragraph. PRINTING AND BI ND ING For printing and binding for the Navy Department and the Naval Printing and bind- E stab lish ment exe cute d at the Gov ernm ent Prin ting Off ice, $52 0,00 0, including not exceeding $85,000 for the Hydrographic Office and $2,800 for the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE For purchase and printing of nautical books, charts, and sailing Contingent and mis- directions copperplates, steel plates, chart paper, packing boxes cellaneous expenses. chart portfolios, electrotyping copperplates, cleaning copperplates ; tool s, i nstr umen ts, powe r, a nd m ater ial for draw ing, eng ravi ng, and printing ; materials for and mounting charts ; reduction of charts by photography ; photolithographing charts for immediate use ; transfer of p otolithographic and other charts to copper ; purchase of equipment for the storage of plates used in making charts and for the storage of Hydrographic Office charts and publications ; modernization, care and repairs to printing presses, furniture, instru- ments, and tools ; extra drawing and engraving ; translating from foreign langua ges ; telegrams on public bus iness ; p rep ara tio n o f Pilot charts. pilot charts and their supplements, and printing and mailing same purchase of data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications ; books of reference and works and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, surveying, ocean- ography, and terrestrial magnetism, and to other professional and technical subjects connected with the work of the Hydrographic Office, $70,000. BRANCH IYDROGRAPHIC OF FI CES Fo r co ntin gent exp ense s of bra nch hydr ogra phic off ices at Bost on, Branch New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore No rfolk, Sav annah, New of designated. Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago, Cleve land, Detroit, Buffalo, Du luth, Sault Sa inte Marie, Seattle, Panama, San Juan (Porto Rico), Los Angeles, and Galves- ton, including furniture, fuel, lights, works, and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine mete orology, navi gation, survey ing, ocean- ography, and terrestrial magnetism, stationery, miscellaneous articles, rent and care of offices, care of time balls, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight and express charges, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest informa- tion for pilot charts, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, $15,700. For services of necessary employees at branch offices, $40,500. Emplo yees. H ydrog raph ic Office.

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 644 Naval Observatory. Computations. Library, apparatus, repairs, miscellaneous supplies, etc. Grounds and roads. May 21,1929. CHAP. 657 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept a [H. R. 12192.1 deed to certain land and issue patent therefor to the city of Buhl, Twin Falls [Public, No. 455 .] County, Idaho. Public lands. Patent to Buh] , Idaho, of lands deeded by Governor of the State. May 21,1429 [A. R . 11405.] . CHAP. 658 .-An Act To acquire an area of State land situate in Lassen [Publi c, No. 456 .] Volcanic National Park, State of California, by exchange. Lessen Volcanic Na- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the tional Park. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Acceptance of desig- of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept on behalf f rnia land from cali • of the United States, title to the northeast quarter northeast quarter section 27, township 30 north, range 5 east, Mount Diablo base and m erid ian, sit uate wit hin the exte rior bou ndar ies of L asse n Vo lcan ic National Park, from the State of California, and in exchange therefor may patent an area of unreserved, vacant, nonmineral public land of equal value situate in the same State. The land which may be acquired by the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become a part of Lassen Volcanic National Park, Approved, May 21, 1928. Land change. given in ex- Acquired land added to the Park. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 656-658 . 1928 . CONTINGE NT AND MISCE LLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY Miscellaneous computations : For personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $9,760. For professional and scientific books, books of reference, peri- odicals, engravings, photographs, and fixtures for the library; for apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same; for repairs to buildings (including quarters), fixtures, and fences; for cleaning, repair, and upkeep of grounds and roads; furniture for offices and officers' quarters, gas, chemicals, paints, and stationery, including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, foreign postage, and all contingent expenses; plants, seeds, and fertilizers; for fuel, oil, grease, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water-supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor truck and passenger automobile, and of horse-drawn vehicles; material for boxing nautical instruments for tr ansp orta tion $21,700, of which sum not to exceed $3,058 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Approved, May 21, 1928. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept a deed from H. C. Baldridge, Governor of the State of Idaho, to the fol- lowing-described lands : The southeast quarter of the southeast quar- ter of section 23, township 9 south, range 14 east, Boise meridian, Idaho, containing forty acres, and to issue a patent for said lands to the city of Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho, for use as a public dumping ground. Approved, May 21, 1928.
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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928 . CHAP. 659 .-An Act Making appropriations for the government of the Distr ict of Columb ia and other a ctivit ies cha rgeable in wh ole or in part again st the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Am eri ca in Congress as sem bl ed, That in order to defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, any revenue (not including the proportionate share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior fiscal years) now required by law to be credited to the District of Columbia and the United States in the same proportion that each contributed to the activity or source from whence such revenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and, in ad ditio n, $ 9,00 0,00 0 is app ropr iate d, out of any m oney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced July 1, 1928, and all the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District of Colum bia and su ch advance s from the Federal Tr easury as are aut horiz ed in the D istric t of Colum bia A ppropr iatio n Act for the fiscal year 1923, namely GENERAL EXPENSES EXECUTIVE OFFICE For per sonal se rvices i n accord ance wit h the Cl assifica tion Act of 1923, $43,890, plus so much as may be necessary to make salary of engineer commissioner $7,500 : Pro vided , That in expending appro- priations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment for personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the aver age of the compen satio n rat es fo r the grade, exc ept th at in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be ma de to rates higher t han the av era ge of the compensation rate s of the grade, but not more oft en than once in a ny fisca l year, and then only to the next higher rate : Pr ovided, Tha t thi s re stric tion' shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service ; (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act ; (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another posi- tion in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, o r other appropr iation unit ; or (4) to pr eve nt the pa yme nt of a salary under any grade at a ra te higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classi- fication Act of 1923, and is specifically authorized by other law ; Purchasing division : For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $54,080. Bui ldi ng ins pec tio n d ivi sio n : For personal service s in acc ordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $113,160. Plumbing inspection division : For pers onal serv ices in accordan ce with the Classification Act of 1923, $30,950 ; for temp orary emplo y- ment of addi tional a ssistant inspect ors of p lumbing a nd labor ers for such time as their services may be required, $5,000 ; two members of plumbing boa rd at $ 150 e ach ; in all, $36,250. District of Columbia. App ropr iati ons f or expenses of, from Dis- trict revenues, and $9,000,0 00 from the Treasury. Revenu es from ac- tiv ities fro m all sour ces to be credited to the District. Advances. Vol.42,p.668. 645 May 21, 1928. iii. R. 11133.1 [Public, No. 457 .1 General expenses. Executive office. Off ice perso nnel. Provisos. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act. Vol. 42, p. 1488. If only one position in a grade. Advances in unusu- ally meritorious cases. Restriction not ap- plicable to clerical-me. chanical services. No redu ction in fixed salaries. Vol. 42, p. 1490. Transfe rs to anothe r position without reduc- tion. Payments under higher rates permitted . Purchasing division. Building inspection division. Plumbing inspection division.

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 646 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cx. 659 . 1928 . District Building. CARE O F DISTR ICT BU ILDING Operating force. Proviso. Assistant engineers or watchmen. Operating expenses. A sses sor's off ice. Fo r pers onal s ervice s in a ccorda nce wi th the Classi ficati on Act of 1923, $186,770 ; temporary clerk hire, $3,000 ; in all, $189,770. LICENS E BUREAU License bureau. Proviso . Phrenology license required. Vol. 32, p. 626. Collector's office. Auditor's office. O ther duties per - mitted disbursing of- ficers. corporation °°nn • Comporation counsel, including extra compensation as general counsel of the Public Utilities Commission, $7,500, and other per- sonal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 19 23, $50,840 ; in all, $58,340. CORONERS OFFICE For person al ser vices in acc ordanc e with the Cl assifi cation Act o f 1923, $9,190. For the main tenan ce of a n onpas senge r-ca rryin g mot or wa gon for the morgue, jurors' fees, witness fees, making autopsies, ice, disin- Reconstructing fectants, telephone service, and other necessary supplies, repairs to whar f. the morgue, including not to exceed $6,000 for reconstructing the morgue wharf, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony, and photo- graphing unidentified bodies, $10,000. set's office. Coroner's office. Expenses of morgue, inquests, etc. Office of superin- tendent of weights, etc. Fo r pers onal s ervice s in a ccorda nce wi th the Classi ficati on Act of 1. 923, $49 ,070 ; services of clean ers as ne cessary, not to e xceed 4 8 cents per hour, $1 4, 00 0, in a ll, $63,070 : Prov ided , That no other appro- priation made in this Act shall be available for the employment of additional assistant engineers or watchmen for the care of the District Building. Fo r fuel, ligh t, pow er, re pairs, laund ry, mec hanics , and labor not to exceed $5,000, and miscellaneous supplies, including not to exceed $1,800 for purchase and ins tallation of elevator hatchway door interlocks, $34,500. ASSESSORS OFFICE Fo r pers onal s ervice s in a ccorda nce wi th the Classi ficati on Act of 1923, $17,820 ; temporary clerk hire, $1,500 ; in all, $19,320 : Provided, That hereafter no person shall practice phrenology in the District of Co lumbi a wit hout payi ng th e li cense tax named in parag raph 32, section 7, of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved July 1, 1902, subject to the proviso contained in said paragraph. COLLECTORS OFFICE For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, including $1,000 for temporary clerk hire, $43,550 . AUDITORS OFFICE For perso nal se rvices in ac cordan ce wit h the C lassif icatio n Act of 1923, $104,210, and the compensation of the present incumbent of the position of disbursing officer of the District of Columbia shall be exclusi ve of his co mpensa tion a s Unit ed Stat es pro perty and di sburs- ing officer for the National Guard of the District of Columbia. OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SVEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MARKETS Per sonal serv ices. For person al ser vices in acc ordanc e with. the Classifi cation Ac t of 1 923, $42 ,545.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . For purchase of commodities, including personal services, in connec tion w ith in vestig ation and de tection of sa les of short weigh t and measu re, $ 500. For maintenance and repairs to markets, $7,500. For repairs, alterations, additions, and purchase and installment of equipment, Western Market, $35,000. For maintenance and repair of seven nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, $2,500. For the purch ase of one n onpass enger- carryin g moto r vehi cle, $ 4 7 5. HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT For per sonal servic es in accord ance W ith the Class ificat ion Ac t of m Highways depart. 1923, $197,850 . SEW ER DEPA RTME NT 647 Inspe ctio n, et c. Marke ts, et c. Wester n marke t. Motor vehicles. For per sonal servic es in accord ance w ith the Class ificat ion Ac t of Sewer depart ment. 1923, $178,360 . TRE ES AND PA RKI NG D EPA RTM ENT For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act Of departmentTrees an. d park ing 1923, $19,720 . OF FICE OF CHIEF CLE RK, ENGI NEER DEPA RTMENT For per sonal servic es in accord ance w ith the Class ificat ion Ac t of Engineering depart- 1923, $26,040 . went, office of chief clerk. CE NTR AL GARA GE For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of Central garage. 1923, $4,890 . MUN ICI PAL ARCHITECT'S OFFICE For per sonal servic es in accord ance w ith the Class ificat ion Ac t of o> Munlcipalarchitect's 1923, $53,740. All apportionments of appropriations for the use of the municipal dr Lim s t for services of archit ect in pa yment for the serv ices of d raftsmen, assistan t enginee rs, clerk s, cop yists, and i nspect ors, e mployed on co nstruc tion w ork pr o- vided for by said appropriations, shall be based on an amount not exceeding 3 per centum of a total of not more than $2,000,000 of appr opriat ions m ade fo r such const ruction proje cts an d not exceed ing 21/2 per c entum of a total of the app ropriati ons in ex cess of $2,0 00,0 00. Amount increased. Public Utilities Com- PUBLIC UTILITIES CO MMI SSI ON mission. Commissioners, peo- For two commissioners at $7,500 each; people's counsel, $7,500; pie's counsel, and per- and for other personal services in accordance with the Classification Sonnet - Act of 1923; in all, $72,230; and no part of this appropriation shall Time requir ements. be avail able for the c ompe nsati on of any pers on gi ving less than full time from nine o'clock antemeridian to four thirty o'clock post meridi an to his of ficial dutie s. For in cident al and all o ther g eneral necess ary ex penses autho rized by law, $4,200. Incidental expenses. Examiners, steam en- gineers. BOARD OF EXAMINERS, STEAM ENGINEERS Salaries : Three members, at $150 each, $450. DE PART MEN T OF INS URA NCE Ins urance de part- For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of meat. 1923, $18,090.

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 648 Surveyor's office. Revision of highway plans. Employees' compen- sation fund. Payment for injuries. Vol. 41, p. 104. Vol. 39, p. 742. Director of Traffic. Personal services. Necessary expenses. Proviso. Not available for street car loading plat- forms, etc. Public Library. For perso nal se rvices in ac cordan ce wit h the C lassif icatio n Act of 1923, $240,035. For substitutes and other special and temporary service, at the stations re discretion of the librarian, $6,000 : Pro ided, That no mo ney appro priat ed by thi s Act shal l be expe nded in co nduc ting libra ry Conduit Road School stations not now in operation, but this restriction shall not apply subbranch excepted, to the Conduit Road School subbranch. Sunday; etc ., open- ings. For extra services on Sundays, holidays, and Saturday half Miscellaneous. holidays, $3,000. Miscellaneous : For books, periodicals, and newspapers, including payme nt in adva nce for s ubscr ipti ons t o per iodic als, news paper s, subscription books, and society publications, $38,000 : Provided, That the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the librarian of the free Public Library, upon requisition previou sly ap proved by th e audi tor of the Di strict of Co lumbia, sums of money not exceeding $25 at the first of each month, to be expended for the purch ase of certa in boo ks, pa mphlets, numb ers of perio dicals or newspapers, and to be accounted for on itemized vouchers. For binding, including necessary personal services, $14,000. For maint enance, alte ration s, rep airs, fuel, l ightin g, fit ting u p buildings, lunch-room equipment, care of grounds, purchase, exchange, and m ainte nance of motor deli very vehi cles, and othe r con tinge nt expenses, $29,500. For rent of suitable quarters for branch library in Chevy Chase, $2,400. Personal services. Substitutes, etc. Proviso. Library stri ction . Proviso. Advances for book purchases, etc. Bin ding. Contingent expenses, Chevy Chase branch, rent. Register of Wills. Pe rsona l ser vices. Contingent expenses. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cia. 659. 1928 . SURVEYORS 01'1 ICE For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $79,050. For revision of the highway plan, including the surveying and permanent marking on the ground of the system of highways, $3,000. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FUND For carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved July 11, 1919, extending to the employees of the government of the District of Columbia the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September 7, 1916, $28,000. OFF ICE OF THE DIRECT OR OF TRAFF IC Fo r pers onal s ervice s in a ccorda nce wi th the Classi ficati on Act of 1923, $29,600. Fo r purc hase o f traf fic si gnals and ma rkers, painti ng whi te lin es, labor, and such other expenses as may be necessary in the judgment of the commissioners, $45,000 : Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act or that is now available shall be expended for building, installing, and maintaining street- car loading platforms and lights of any description employed to disti nguis h sam e. FR EE PUBLIC LIBRARY REGIST ER OF W ILLS For perso nal se rvices in ac cordan ce wit h the C lassif icatio n Act of 1923, $67,560. For miscel laneou s and contin gent e xpenses, tele phone bills, print - ing, typewriters, photostat paper and supplies, towels, towel service,

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ca. 659. 1928. 649 window washing, street-car tokens, furniture and equipment and repairs thereto, and purchase of books of reference, law books, and periodicals, and including $1,500 for the purchase of a cash register, in all, $10,000. R ECOR DER OF DRRDS Recorder of Deeds. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act Per sona l ser vice s. of 1923, $96,000. Conting ent expenses. For misce llane ous a nd c ontin gent expe nses, incl udin g tel ephon e service, printing, binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records ; typewriters, towels, towel service, furniture and equipment and repairs thereto ; books of reference, law books and periodicals, street-car tokens, postage, not exceeding $100 for rest room for sick and injured employees and the equipment of and medical supplies for said rest room, and all other necessary incidental expenses, $14,500. For rent of offices of the recorder of deeds, $14,000. Rent of offices. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES Conting ent expenses. For printing, checks, books, law books, books of reference, period- Objects specified. icals, stationery ; surveying instruments and implements ; drawing materials ; binding, rebinding,. repairing, and preservation of records ; purchase of laboratory apparatus and equipment and maintenance of laboratory in the office of the inspector of asphalt and cement ; damages ; livery, purchase, and care of horses and carriages or buggies and bicycles not otherwise provided for ; horseshoeing ; ice ; repairs to pound and vehicles ; use of bicycles by inspectors in the engineer department not to exceed $800 in the aggregate ; traveling expenses not to exceed $3,000, including payment of dues and traveling expenses in attending conventions when authorized by the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia ; expenses authorized by law in connection with the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings ; and other general necessary expenses of District offices, Proviso. $50,000 : Pr ovid ed, That no part of this or any other appropriation pl Printing schedules lis t for s up- b id- contained in this Act or of any appropriation which may now be den. available shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of su pplies and m ateria ls for the fu rnishi ng of which contra cts have been or may be awarded. Printing reports for For printing all annual and special reports of the government of fiscal y ear 1928. the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, for Proviso . submission to Congress, $4,800 : Provided, That authority is hereby Discretionarydiscon- given the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to discontinue tfn"ance' the printing of any annual or special reports of the government of the District of Columbia in order to keep the expenditures within this appropriation . In all cases where the printing of said reports Preservation of origi- is di scontinue d, the or iginal co py there of shall be kept o n file in the offices of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for public inspection. For maintenance, care, h re air 7 and operation of Automobiles . passenger-carrying Mai ntena nce, etc . automobiles owned by the District of Columbia, $76,670 ; for exchange of s uch passe nger- carr ying autom obile s no w own ed by the Dist rict of Columbia as, in the judgment of the commissioners of said Dis- trict, have or shall become unserviceable, $15,530 ; and for the pur- Pur chase s al lowed . chase of pa ssenge r-carr ying a utomob iles as follo ws
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 650 Use by official s stricted. Proviso. Cost restriction . Transfers forbidden . Use of other appro- priations for h orses , etc., forbidden. Fire insurance pro- hibited. T eleph ones all owed at residences of desig- nat ed officials. Connections permit- ted. Pos tage. Car fares, etc. Provisos. Limit. Firemen and police excepted. Judicial expenses. General advertising. Taxes in arrears. Vol. 30, p. 250. Provisos. Tax sale pamphl et disco ntinued . Ad vert ising del in- quen t tax in new spa- pers. re- SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659. 1928 . j All of said motor vehicles and all other motor vehicles provided for i n this Act and all horse-drawn carriages and buggies owned by the District of Columbia shall be used only for purposes directly per- taining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment' for use thereof or direct the oint or interchangeable use of any of the same by officials and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Act Provided, That with the exception of motor vehicles for the police and fire departments, no automobile shall be acquired under any provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange at a cost, including the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650, except as may be herein specifically authorized. No motor vehicles shall be trans- ferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. Appropriations in this Act shall not 'be used for the purchase, livery, or maintenance of horses, or for the purchase, maintenance, or repair of buggies or carriages and harness, except as provided for in the appropriation for contingent and miscellaneous expenses or unless the appropriation from which the same is proposed to be paid s hall spe cifi call y au thor ize such pur chas e, l iver y, m aint enan ce, and repair, and except also as hereinafter authorized. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of premiums or other cost of fire insurance. Telephones may be maintained in the residences of the superin- tendent of the water department, sanitary engineer, chief inspector of the street-cleaning division, assistant superintendent of the street- cleaning division, inspector of plumbing, Director of Public Welfare, health officer, assistant health officer, chief of the bureau of prevent- able diseases, chief engineer of the fire department, superintendent of police, electrical inspector in charge of the fire-alarm system, one fire-alarm operator, and two fire-alarm repair men, the superin- tendent of machinery, and the fire marshal, under appropriations contained in this Act. The commissioners may connect any or all of these telephones either to the system of the Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Company or the telephone system maintained by the District of Columbia or to both of such systems. For postage for strictly official mail matter, $21,000. Th e co mmis sion ers are auth oriz ed, in t heir dis cret ion, to furn ish necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street-car and bus fares from appropriations contained in this Act : Provided, That the expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned as not to exceed a total of $8,000 : Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not incli iide the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs in the Court of Appeals of the District of Colum- bia, witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, $4,500. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $8,000. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1928, as required to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reimbursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, $6,000 : Provided, That the printing of tax-sale pam- phlets shall be discontinued and in lieu thereof the notice of sale and the delinquent tax list shall hereafter be advertised once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one morning and one evening news-

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