SIXTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 378. 1910. 607 ` fumiture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers; all advertising for the Navy} Department and its bureaus (except advertising for recruits for the Bureau of Navigation); copying; care of library, including thezlpurchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, and periodic ; ferriagle; tolls; costs of suits· commissions, warrants, diplomas, and disc arges; relief of vessels in distress; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks ; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special instruction at home and abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches; information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof; all charges ertaining to the Navy Department and its bureaus for ice for the cooling of drink` water on shore (except at naval hospitals), telephone rentals and iiljs, telegrams, cablegrams, and postage, foreign and domestic, and post—o$ce box renta s; and other necessary and incidental ' expenses: Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation, mice fm, cm., under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for c1erical, inspection, cal, etc-. service. , and messenger service in navy-yards, naval stations, and purchasing pay offices for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall not exceed two hundred and fifty-four thousand six hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. CONTINGENT, NAVY: For all emergencies and extraordinary ex- Ccutinzeut penses, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or an of its subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, aris` at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, tldlie expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary of the Na , and for sugalibgurposes as he may deem proper, seventy-six thousaxidrdollars: Pr ed, That the accounting officers gglzgjgem ,0 as of the Treasury are hereb authorized and directed to allow, in the P W ' settlement of accounts of disbursing officers involved, payments made under the appropriation "Contingent, navy," to civilian employees appointed by the Navy Department for duty in and servingsat naval stations maintained in the island possessions during the cal year nineteen hundred and eleven: Prmndedfurther, That thirty thousand °°§l;:,•b';ggi:°gt·g; dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary of this appropriation, work egcs. _ shall be used for the hire of expert accountants for establishing accounting and cost of work offices at navy-yards and stations according to the plan and methods established at the Boston Navy-Yard: Prmnkled farther, That in fixing the cost of work under the various naval appropriations, the direct and indirect charges incident thereto shall be included in such cost: And pmmkled further, That the Bureau 0°Q,°°gQf'” '*° °"°" of Su plies and Accounts shall keep the money accounts of the naval ' establishment in such manner as to show such charges and shall report the same annually for the information of Congress, and for no ot er purposes. The Secreta of the Navy is hereby authorized to consider, ascer— wS*§§g{;’ with “*`*‘ tain, adjust anldrdetermine the amounts due on all claims for damages, Adj usfmenr of where the amount of the claim does not exceed the sum of five hun- °l°“”S f°td°'°““°”' dred dollars, hereafter occasioned by collision, for which collisions vessels of the navy shall be found to be res onsible, and report the _ amounts so ascertained and determined to fic due the claimants to Congress at each session thereof through the Treasury De artment for (payment as le al claims out of appropriations that maylbe made by ongress theregar. The psy and allowances of chiefs of bureaus of the Na _ Depart- ‘,§§§,°";;{”‘“°“““· ment s be the highest shore-duty ay and allowances df, the rear- rank. eg., um so admiral of the lower nine; and all officers of the navy who are now vm W °°' serving or shall hereafter serve as chief of bureau in the Navy De- ‘ partment and are eligible for retirement after thirty years’ service, shall have, while on the active list, the rank, title, and emoluments of
