SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 209. 1916. 279 Prevention of epidemics: To enable the President, in case only of k§_'f;°“*i°“ °‘ °P‘· threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, typhus fever, yellow fever, Awe; p. 84. ` small ox, bubonic plggue, Chinese plague or black death, or trachoma, to aid) State and loc boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of the same, and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may be then in p,,,,,,,,,_ orce, $400,000: Provided, That a detailed report of the expenditures m§°;P°'° °* °¤P•¤<¤· hereunder shall annually hereafter be submitted to Congress. riéiamvmsgaum. Field investigations: For investigations of diseases of man and V"' 37* *"3°°‘ conditions influencing the propagation and spread thereof, includin sanitation and sewage, an the dpollution of navigable streams and lakes of the United States, inclu in personal service, $250,000. Interstate quarantine service: §or cooperation with State and wfggjvtgcig ¤¤¤¤¤¤— municipal hea th authorities in the prevention of the spread of con- rm, p.440. t `ous and infectious diseases in interstate traffic, $15,000. agtudies of rural sanitation: For s ecial studies of, and demonstra- mijdgai S¤¤i°¤¤<>¤ tion work in, rural sanitation, including personal service, $25,000. ` Study of pellagra: For rental, equipment, and maintenance of a P¤¤¤>sr¤ ¤¢¤¤f¤¤· tempora field ho ital and laboratory, including pay of personnel, foiigsppcilal studiies di’p`ellagra, 2403000. t_ d Sah f _ Wm tc io o `c o ucts: 0 regula e e ro aga ion an 0 viruses, =•¤-.=*•¤¤¤$·• · serumsiloxlil-ns, and analogous produIets?i:ncluding personal service, or. g °s°l°’°t°" $10,000. . . DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. b,£‘“°"°‘ °' °°l““" Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asglum: For repair of nurses cot- ,,,§’$t‘},§§ H°°’“°' tages, $2,350; for purchase an insta ation of X-ray apparatus and otgwm. 1¤¤¤¤.¤s¤¢. necessary equipment therefor, $2,500 ; for expenses 0 heat, hght, and power require in and about the operation of the hospital, $11,494; in all, $16,344, to be expended under the direction o the Superintendent of the Ca itol, and paid, one-half out of the revenues of the m%¢;1£B;r¤¤¤ District District of Columllla, and one-half out of the Treasury of the United ` States. The unex ended balance of the ap roriation for s ecial e ui 1$9¤1r>¤w¤¢.¤w- ment and fuiinishing to comlplete Colmiibii; Hospital I0FpW0m6II18Il)(I i»3i.`§i;E”f,lf§`¤°§’t‘°" Lyin -in Asylum, including abor and material and the necessary incidentgl e enses connected therewith, made in the sundry civil appropriationlllpct for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby reappro riated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred ang seventeen. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. ,,,§,',§‘,ff"’°“*‘“ hs"' International exchanges: For the system of international exchanges c,,§};:,Pf“°¤°* °¤· between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, inc udinglsnecessary employees and purchase of necessary books and periodica , $32,000. American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among ·*¤¤*°•¤•°’·¤¤“>¤- the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, including the excavation and reservation of archaeologic remains, imder the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books andsperiodicals, $42,000. International Catalogue of Scienf c Literature: For the coppera— ,0gg6'=¤$¤S§:1¤‘}¤,fg_1E{_· tion of the United States in the work of the Internationa1_Cat o§ue mem. of Scientific Literature, including the preparation_of a classified m ex catalogue of American scientific publications for mcorporation in the ID.t8I'311 I18.l Clatallogue, clerk hirekpiirgilase of necesgpigm books and rio an other necessa inc en expenses, , . _ P8Astrophysical Observatory:r`l*`or maintenance of Astrophysical Ob- ,,,‘§,‘,mY""’“ °l" servatory, under the direction of the Smithsoman @t1tution, includio assistants, purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus,
