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 108 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 140. 1896. hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for temporary employment of messengers and laborers as may be necessary in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and forty dollars. FUEL Lmnrs Ann REPAIRS WEATHER BUREAU: For ine], lights, Fuel. BIN!. Wi- 1 7 _. . · repairs, labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation ol the · public buildings and grounds on the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets Northwest, in the city of Washington, eight thousand dollars. ctmntgm sxpmm. CONTINGENT Exrnrtsns, WEATHER BUREAU: For stationery, blank books, furniture, and repairs to same, freight, express charges, subsistence care, and purchase of horses, repairs to harness, advertising, dry goods, twine, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Weather Bureau in the city of Washington, eight thousand dollars. emanupma. GENERAL Exrnnsns, WEATHER BUREAU: General expenses of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of Secretary of Agriculture, tor the beuelit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as rovided b law namely: Inspector. tmcw Salaries of hue ihspector, at a salary not to exceed two thousand °m°l “‘°°°‘ dollars, thirty local forecast officials, observers, operators, repair men, .messengers, laborers, and other necessary employees, outside of the city of Washington, three hundred and fifty-two thou sand one hundred and niuety-five dollars. mp•.l¤¤11•¤·¤s.¤¤=.· All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, and stationery for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia for printing the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, and monthly weather reviews (including the hire of print- Tm•pmm¤,¤w. ers, lithographers, and other necessary working force); for traveling nag-mana, me expenses; for freight and express charges; for instruments and shel- !"l’l““¥~ °"°· ters therefor; for telegraphing or telephoning reports and messages, the rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement iunttm. with the companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental expenses of offices maintained as stations of observation; for uggnségbggpn. rlnaintensgice an;1 riepaia) of seagoagt telegraph l_ines,tl;>r river obsgrva- _ ’ ‘ ions an repor s, or s rm an o er signa s, or co on-re 'on o ser- ,,§§§§°,’;,,,,§§,{“· ""‘ vations and reports, for corn and wheat observations and rgdports, for .I4i¢riq1r¤p<>r;t¤·m aerial observations and reports, for special observations and pay of ob- “"‘°'”‘° ’°servers of West India, Mexican, and Central American stations during Supplies. m. the hurricane season, for supplies for climate and crop services. and for investigations on climatology, including assistance and all necessary expenses, three hundred and sixty-five thousand and thirty-seven dollars. wgptpgmggnltofgr Any person who shall knowingly issue or publish any counterfeit mt., m, weather forecasts or warnings of weather conditions, falsely repre ent. ing such forecasts or warnings to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, for each olfcnse, be lined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed ninety days, or be both lined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. sag-nan oumailtrains. That the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Postmaster-General, may arrange a plan by which there shall be displayed on all cars and other couveyances used for transporting United States mail, suitable flags or other signals to indicate weather foreca ts, coldglam; xaawiiigss, fglest garnings, and so forth, to be furnished by the 18 o e ea er ureau. Received by the President, April 14, 1896. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]