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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1069. 1888. 52]. approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eightv—eight, thirty- five thousand dollars. V _ ENFORCEMENT OF ALIEN CONTRACT—LABOR LAWS: For the purpose Return of 1,,,],0,.,,3 of carrying Into effect the provisions of the alien contract-labor law gf*PQ“°d under °<>¤· approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, :;;,{_ 2, p_ 332 as amended by the act approved February twenty-third, eighteen Vol- Qi Il- 415- hundred and eighty-seven, and to defray the expenses which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to incur by the provisions of said last-named act, fiftgy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be pai out of the " immigrant fund " provided for in the act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, en- Vo1.22,p. 214. titled "An act to regulate immigration." EXPENSES OF COLLECTING REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS: To defray the Collecting customs expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being additional to r°V°°°°‘ the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, four hundred and nfty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. ALASKAN SEAL FISHERIES: For salaries and traveling expenses of giggles Sealllslmles agents at seal-fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three °S’°t°"&g°°°S' thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each; necessary traveling expenses of agents actuall incurred in going to and returning from Alaska, not to exceed six hundred dollars each per annum; in all, thirteen thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. UNITED STATES COMMISSION or FISH AND FISHERIES: For com- Fish Gemmissicnpensation of the Commissioner, five thousand dollars. C°mmm°”°r' PROPAGATION or FOOD-FISHES: For the introduction by the United mems- States Fish Commission into and the increase in the waters of the United States of food-fishes and other useful roducts of the waters, including lobsters, oysters, and other shell-fish, and for such general and miscellaneous expenditures as the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries may find necessary to the prosecution of his work, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the building known as 1j<>viS¢>- the Armory Building, Washington, District of Columbia shall be Bk13S,,? Armwy occupied as at present, jointly by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries and the National Museum. RENT or OFFICE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION: For rent of Rm? rooms in the city of Washin ton, two thousand five hundred dollars. DISTRIBUTION or FooD FISHES: For the distribution of the eggs Dismbuuon. and young of the whitedsh, salmon, Shad, carp, cod, lobster, and other useful inhabitants of the waters, including salaries, or compensation of all necessary employees, thirty-one thousand one hunt red and eighty dollars ESTABLISHMENT or STATIONS: For the construction of buildings, Mqggabpshgiz smiou ponds, and appliances for a station for fish culture at Neosho, Mis-°S °’ * °` souri, eight thousand dollars. For maintenance of same, five thousand dollars. MAINTENANCE or VESSELS: For the maintenance of the vessels and "<*=SS¢l¤- steam launches of the United States Fish Commission, and for boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, including salaries or compensation of all necessary civilian em aloyees, forty-three thousand nine hundred dollars. ‘ ENQUIRY RESPECTING FOOD FISHES: For continuing the enquiry ulggglgss wl l¤V*>¤· into the causes of the decrease of food fishes in the lakes, rivers, and g ` coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the Interior in the interests of fish culture; for the study of the methods and relations of the fisheries, with a view to their Improvement; for the exploration of the fishing grounds of the South Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with a view to the development of the