206 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. Cs. 184. 1930 . Coast Pilot .
Coast Pilot : For compi lati on of the Coas t Pil ot, i nclu ding the e mplo yment of s uch pilot s and nau tical expe rts, and steno grap hic help in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, $6,500 ; Magnetic and seis- Magnetic work : For continuing magnetic and seismological obser- cal
investiga- tions
vations and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith in ti ons, e tc. a ll parts of the United St ates ; makin g ma gneti c and sei smolo gical observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States ; purchase of additional magnetic and seismological instru- ments ; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic and seismological buildings ; and including the employment in the field and office of such magnetic and seismological observers and stenographic services as may be necessary, $58,780 . Federal, state, etc ., Federal, boundary, and State surveys : For continuing the lines of surveys. Determining lines of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts ; determin- exact levels . ing geographic positions by triangulation and traverse for the control of Federal, State, boundary, county, city, and other surveys and engineering works in all parts of the United States ; determining fi eld astr onomic po sitions and the variatio n of lat itude, including ukiah and Gaithers . the maintenance and operation of the latitude observatories at Ukiah, burg observatories . California, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, not exceeding $2,500 each ; establishing lines of exact levels, determining geographic positions Alaska o bservations . b y triangulation and traverse, and making astronomic observations i n Ala ska ; and c ontinuin g gravity observa tions in the Uni ted Stat es and for making such observations in regions under the jurisdiction of the United States and also on islands and coasts adjacent thereto, $316,624, of which amount not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Earthquake regions .
For executing precise triangulation and leveling in regions subject
to earthquakes, $10,000 ;
special surveys .
For special surveys that may be required by the Bureau of Light-
houses or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident
thereto, $3,000 ;
Mis cel lane ous .
For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent,
including the preparation or purchase of plans and specifications
of vessels and the employment of such hull draftsmen in the field
and office as may be necessary for the same ; the reimbursement, under
rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, of officers of
the
Coast and Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other
Re liev ing
sh ip-
supplies furnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in
wrecked persons, etc .
remote localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided
for by them, not to exceed a total of $550 ; actual necessary expenses
of officers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office in the
District of Columbia for consultation with the director,
and not
exceeding $1,000 for the expenses of the attendance of representatives
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who may be designated as dele-
gates from the United States at the meetings of the International
Research Council or of its branches and of the International Hydro-
graphic Bureau, $4,200 ;
In all, field expenses, $900,604 .
Vessels.
Vessels : For repairs of vessels, including traveling expenses of Repairs, etc .
persons inspecting the repairs, and exclusive of engineer's supplies and other s hip chand lery, $9 1,000 . Surveying vessel .
For completing the construction and equipment of one surveying Construct ion
and equipment . vessel, including purchase or preparation of plans and specifica- ti ons tions and traveling expenses of inspectors, to be immediately avail- able, $106,5 00 . Equip ment em- F or all n ecessary employee s to man and equ ip the v essels, i nclud- pioyees . ing professional seamen serving as mates on vessels of the survey, to e xecute th e work o f the su rvey her ein prov ided for and auth orized by law, $717,000.
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