910 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 235. 1920. P¤¤Si°¤ Buses BUREAU or mansions. m_§1§P§g;¢¤ 0* *°°**‘°· To enable the Bureau of Pensions to perform the duties imposed am, pl616. upon it by the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employees gi thezclmigied iivéilnseilgvice, glnd for otlgar ppiposeisiy agprogied ay , mc u g erson services urc ase 0 oo , office equipment, stationery and other supplies, printing, traveling expenses, and expenses aplf medical and pt ere1xa)1gpm§tions& $50,000, of P*¤¤*·<>· . . which sum $4 000 sh be immediate y ava° a ez ravi ed That no my r°sm°"°°' person shall bt employed hereunder at a rate of compensatidn exceeding $1,740 per annum except one at $2,000 and four at $1,800 each. G°°'°"i"“‘S“"°" UNrrm> s·rA*rEs GnoLOG1cAL smavnr. e,§=·¤¤¤¤¤» Di¤¢¢*<>*· Office of Director: Director, $6,000; chief clerk, $2,500; librarian, ' $2,000; photo apher, $2,000; assistant photo aphers———one $900, one $720· cle5i-s—one of class two, three of ciirss one one $1 000 i ’ ii t ii 1 ’ li ’ our at $900 eac ; our copyists, at $720 eac ; our messenger oys, at $480 each; inall $28 520. S¢i¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤i¤*¤¤tS· Scientific assistahts: Ceologists-—two at $4,000 each, one $3,000, one $2,700; two paleontologists, at $2,000 each; chemist, $3,000; geolgraphel1is—one $2,700, one $2,500; two topographers, at $2,000 eac · ma $29,900. §°,§§f’;}_‘§;§§’F°S°‘· Geheral expenses: For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the authorized work of the Geological Surviy, including personal servicsssmotggogmtmtcg of Collpmbia apd inhthe eld, énclutdigig not tg excee , or e purc ase an exc ange an no o excee vm] $30,0%) ({0r 211; hire, maintenance, repair, and bplerittiop og1pCptor— ·e es. prope e an orse-drawn assenger-carrying ve ic es or e use only bg geologists, topographers, engineers, and land classifiers, to be expen e under the regulations from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of the interior, and under the following heads: _ Topographic s n r · _ For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, v°Fs‘ including lands in national forests, $330,000; G¤<>1¤=i¤ S¤¤‘¤?S- For geologic surveys in the various portions of the United States, $352,000; ,?h¤¤fi¤=g{¤¤<¤ r>¤>‘$i· For chemical and physical researches relating to the cology of the °° r°Sw° `°S` United Statcs,_ including researches with a view oig determining geplogical conditions favorable to the presence of deposits of potash sa ts $40,000; iiiuamumq. Fdr preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, $18,280; Méuemmsomees re Fordgreparagion of the reports of the mineral resources of the ""' · Unite tates, 125 000; “"¤¤¢¤S¤¤v¤‘· vllor gauging streams and_ determining the water suppliv of the L mted gatles, the mvestigaqion of underground currentisl ap sptesian wells, an the preparation 0 reports upon the best met oc s o uti izing the water resources, $180,000, of which $25,000 may be used to test the existenceof artesian and other underground water supplies B·g¤¤»: weua suitable for irrigation in the arid and semjarid regions lgmring wells;
- ·""””‘· For purchase of necessary books for the library, inclu g directories
and professional, and scientific periodicals needed for statistical pupposes, $2,000; _ _ Rhys. l 1 or engraving and printing geologic maps, $125,000; _ _ EEQQ;-;§{r1Egé·;g£;;§g{ For the exammation an classification of lands requisite to the etc. determination of their suitability for enlarged homesteads, stockraisirig homesteads, pugliéz wlate¤nt§1plac?,1 and stack drivgwayis, or other uses, asrequire y thepu `c an laws to eimme iatey aware: power pm- available, $300,000; _ , _ '§°,§§‘$,',§; and ,,,V,,s,,, For a survey of power production and distribution in the 1'mted €¤"¤¤°‘· States, including the stu y of methods for the further utilization
