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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS. III . Cii . 278 . 1931 . Provlao .
1931 : Provided That th e Secretary of Agriculture may incur obl i- contracts. gations and enter into contracts or the acquisition of additional areas approved for purchase or rental by the Migratory Bird Con- servation Commission provided for in section 2 of said Act to an amount which, inclusive of the amounts heretofore and herein appropriated, shall not exceed a total of $875,000, and such con- Deemed Federal ob- t racts shall be dee med c ontrac tual o bliga tions of the Feder al . Government . Cheyenne Bo tto ms Migratory Bird Ref-
CHEYENNE BOTTOMS MIGRATORY-BIRD REFUGE uge, Fans . Provisions governing .
For carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Ante, p . 579. Act authorizing the establishment of a migratory-bird refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas," approved June 12, 1930 (46 Stat ., p . 579), and for necessary expenses incident thereto, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Balance reappropri- Columbia and elsewhere, $200,000, being part of the sum of $250,000 ated .
authorized to be appropriated for this purpose by section 3 of said Ante, p.871. Act, together with the unexpended balance of the sum of $50,000 appropriated for this purpose by the Second Deficiency Act for the fiscal years 1930 and 1931 . Total, Burea u of Biologic al Survey, $2 ,229,170, of w hich amount trict .ces in the Dis not to exceed $321,480 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia . Public Ro ads Bu- reau . General expenses. BUR EAU OF PUBLIC RO ADS SAL ARI ES AND GE NERA L EXPENSES Salaries, supplies, etc . For the following expenses, including salaries and the employ- ment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, office fixtures, apparatus, traveling, and all other necessary expenses, for conducting investigations and experiments, and for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same, and for preparing, vol. 39, p. 355; Vol. publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports, in addition to 42, p. 217•
any money s avai lable from the fu nds pr ovide d unde r the Act of u.S.C.,p.662.
July 11, 1916 (U . S. C., title 23, sec . 21), as amended Chief of Bureau and For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, includ- office personnel .
ing the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $41,260 . Road management. For conducting, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments and other agencies, inquiries in regard to systems of road management, economic studies of highway con- st ruct ion, ope rati on, main tena nce, and val ue, inve stig atio ns o f th e Road building • best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials, and studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities ; for main- tenance and repairs of experimental highways, including the pur- chase of materials and equipment ; and for furnishing expert advice on the se subj ects, $138,68 0 . Services in the Dis- Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $179,940, of which amount not trict .
to exceed $99,340 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Agricultural En gi- neering Bureau . General expenses . Chief of bureau and office personnel . BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, includ- ing the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the Dist rict of Colu mbia , $3 0,00 0.
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