SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SESS . III. CH. 280. 1931 .
1349 Persons employed during the fiscal year 1932 in field work outside Tem por ary de tai ls from the field for serv- of the District of Columbia under the Bureau of Mines may he ice in the District . detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for pur- poses of preparing results of their field work ; all persons so detailed shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation only travel- ing expenses in going to and returning therefrom : P ro v id ed , T ha t Proviso. nothing herein shall prevent the payment to employees of the Bureau allowed nary expenses of Mines of their necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu of subsist- ence, while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia for pur- poses only of consultation or investigations on behalf of the United States . All details made hereinunder, and the purposes of each, Report to congress . during the preceding fiscal year shall be reported in the annual esti- mates of appropriations to Congress at the beginning of each regular se ssion thereo f ; The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of the II Det ail s from Public Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation wo rk with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropria- tions made herein for the Bureau of Mines ; Government fuel yards : For the purchase and transportation of yard's Government fue l fuel ; storing and handling of fuel in yards ; maintenance and opera- maintenance, c. fuel, tion of yards and equipment, including motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles for inspectors, purchase of equipment, rentals, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including per- sonal services in the District of Columbia, the unexpended balance atedalanoe reappropri- sonal the appropriations heretofore made for these purposes is reappro- Ante, p. 212. priated and made available for such purposes for the fiscal year 1932, and for payment of obligations for such purposes of prior years, and fo r such sum n ot exceedin g $500 shal l be availa ble to sett le claims f or d amages caus ed to priva te pr operty by m otor vehicl es us ed in deliv - Provisos . ering fuel : Provided, That all moneys received from the sales of fuel Sale s cred ited to ap- shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the pu - pro riat on to include poses of this paragraph : Provided further, That the term fuel fuel oil . wherever used in this appropriation shall be understood to include fuel oil : Provided further, That the requirements of sections 3711 and men specti not appli- 3713 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 40, sec . 109) relative to cable. R s .,secs . 37u,3 713, the weighing of coal and wood and the separate certificate as to the pp . 733, 734. weight, measurement, or quantity of coal and wood purchased shall v, s. C.,p. 1298. not apply to purchases by the Government fuel yards at free-on- b oard d estin ations outs ide o f the Distr ict o f Colu mbia
Hel ium pro duc tion an d in vest iga tion s : The sums made available et IIelium production, fo r the fiscal year 19 32 in the Acts making appropriations for the Adva nces f or, f rom Army and Navy a ppro- War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the priations . Bureau of Mines shall be advanced from time to time upon requisi- vel. 44, p. 1387. tion by the Secretary of Commerce in such amounts as may be deter- Ante, p. 1289 . mined by the President not in excess of the sums needed for the Post, p .1445 . economical and efficient operation and maintenance of the plants for the production of helium for military and/or naval purposes, includ- ing purchase, not to exceed $2,500, and exchange as part payment services in the DL- for, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passen- tries . g er-car rying vehic les, and i ncludi ng no t to exceed $13, 460 fo r per - sonal services in the District of Columbia ;
inve stigat ing s ources For investigations of resources of helium-bearing gas and the con- of helium bearing gas . s ervati on th ereof, and of pr ocesse s and meth ods of prod ucing, stor - ing, purifying, and utilizing helium and helium-bearing gas, includ- ing supplies and equipment, stationery, furniture, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles,
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