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 638 F1r·rY-rr111nn coneanss. smss. III. cu. 42.. 1895. rnncmmamcs. FISH COMMISSION. ¤iry r¤i»•¤t|¤s In uir res tin food-fishes: For field and contingent expenses of ’°°I'¤'°"°" the ihquiry inptgcthegcauses of the decrease of food-fishes in the lakes, rivers, and coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the interior in the interests of iish culture; for the investigation of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with the view of determining their food resources, in the development of the commercial fisheries, including the expenses of necessary travel - and preparation of reports, three thousand dollars. 1"i•¤1=•w1¤¤ry-I¤v¤· And the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby A""' "°°°‘ directed to proceed with the establishment of the dsh—cultnral station in the State of Iowa, authorized by the Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “A.n Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-fiv? ¥·¤····¤-¤°°·l•·°°- and for other purposes," the provisions of section three hundred an fifty-five, Revised Statutes United States, requiring the prior consent of the legislature of the State to the purchase of the necessary site, to the contrary notwithstanding. Wu pope-awa. WAR DEPARTMENT. TG•¤*¤¤¤•¤ ¤¤l••¤· For improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: For continuing improve- °° ment, under existing contracts, two hundred thousand dollars. nmmrnspumenc. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. rmau outs. Pmw ron OFFICE: For per diem, when absent from home and trav- °""’ i'" cling on duty outside the District of Columbia, for special examiner or other personas employed in the Bureau of Pensions, detailed for the ‘ purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, two hunnmn. dred and fifty-th0usand dollars: Provided, That two special examiners, ,,,E,?j}’,'}“,{*,,F,§,,V*?f"‘° or clerks, detailed and acting as chief and assistant chief of the division of special examiners, may be allowed, from this appropriation, in 1¤1»•¤•¤•· addition to their salaries and in lieu of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum sudicient to make their annual compensation two thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively; and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on oflicial business outside the District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissioner, he shall receive the same allowance in lieu of subsistence and for transportation as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service. g;:¤¤¢¤¤•1¤¤rv·y- GEoLoG1cAL Srmvmrz For the purchase of necessary books for the '“*"°‘ library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, one thousand dollars. S¤myi¤g. Snnvmrme 1*111: runmc LANDS: That the paragraph making an ""‘· "°°" appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for surveys of public lands in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended by inserting after the word " lines/’ where it last occurs in the proviso of said par- ,¤F,{;•,:*:;{•:l*¤**• agraph, the following words: “Provided jlwther, That in the States of ° Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon there may be allowed, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding twenty-five dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, twenty-three dollars for township, and twenty dollars for section lines."