1044 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 364. 1925. in any fiscal year; fuel and rent of quarters where necessary for S,,5§’°h"“°’ °°°" °f keepers of lighthouses; purchase of land sites for fog signals; rent of necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or to mark changeable channels and which in consequence can not be made permanent; rent of offices, depots, and wharves; traveling expenses; mileage; library books for light stations and vessels, and technical books and periodicals not exceeding $1,000; traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actually em- _ ployed by States or private ersons to instruct the children of C°°tmg°°°°‘°°°S°S' keepers of lighthouses; all other contingent expenses of district ollices and depots, and not exceeding $8,500 for contingent ex nses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses in the District of (liilum- Kwpgm bia, $4,039,500. _ _ _ Keepers if lghtgicipspls For sa?r%es of nop Exceeding (cine thou- . sand eight un re ouse an og-signa eepers an *persons iiiiiiirié to keepers, attendigg light exclusgre of post lights, $1,970,000: Provided, That ‘°'{,°,§§{°,f’5;,,_,63,v,]_,,,_ section 9 of the Act approved May 14, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes, ¤·6<>8- gage 163), and section 3 of the Act approved June 20, 1918 (Fortieth. Lighthouse vessels, tatutes, page 608), are hereby repealed. emws me erews. Lighthouse vessels: For salaries and wages of officers and crews of light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary em- Supumendamsl plogment when necessary, $2,220,000. · _ clerks, eme.,mme sem. uperintendents, clerks, and so forth. For salaries of seventeen superintendents of lighthouses, and of assistant superintendents, clerks, draftsmen, and other authorized permanent employees in the district offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive of those regularly employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses, Retired pay. Dgrict of Columbia, $548,600. _ etired pay . For retired pay of officers and enéployees engaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse ervice, except per- Pubuc ,,0,,,,, W, sons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $110,000, we- Public works: For constructing or purchasing and equipping lightléouse tegdeiis and lighg iéesstells gr thze Ligptgouse Service as . ma e s eci ca a rove e ecre ary o ommerce not to Mdsm mvigim°¤` excieled $418,5,000; aiid {fdr establighing and improving aids to navigation and other works as may be specifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce, $240,000; in all, $725,000. S,§§,’§f mi °°°d°"° COAST AND orzomrric srmvnr Au°m°°dm”°S` For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair, or operation of motor—propelled or horse—drawn vehicles for uw in field work, purchase of surveying instruments, rubber boots, canvas and rubber gloves, goggles, and caps, coats, and aprons for stewards’ departments on vessels, extra compensation at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of the Lighthouse Service and the `Weather Bureau while observing tides or currents, services of one tide observer in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day, and compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the field work, commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate not exceeding $3 per day each, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast D*$¤'ib¤*i°¤· and Geodeti<i1Surveyhpr;eiscribed by the Secretary of Commerce, and _ under the fo owing ea sz f3§;<;g;P°gSn°g· Gm, Field expenses, Atlantic Coast: For surveys and necessary resurcoasts- veys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including _ the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United P"""°· States: Provided, That not more than $45,000 of this amount shall
