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 FIFIY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3914. 1906. 727 each;_]an1tor, six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty-five thousand three hundred and forty dollars. ·SC'lENTIFIC ASBISTANTS or run GEOLOGICAL Sunvmr; For two geolo- S<=i¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤-¤- gists, at four thousand dollars each; , For one geologist, three thousand dollars; For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each; For one chemist,three thousand dollars; For one geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars; For one geographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty- nine thousan nine hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit scien- A¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤¢¤¤fr¤M tiiic and other employees of the United States Geological Survey, employed in the field, to make assignments of their pay, under such R¢8¤*¤**<>¤¤· regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in the employ of the Un1ted States Geological Survey, And the Sec- R¢i¤·*>¤¤¢¤¤¤¤t· retary of the Interior is further authorized, in his discretion, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to reimburse the scientific and other employees for expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties in the held and paid from their personal funds. F on onxmnn. nxrmvsns or mn Gmorooion. Sunvnr; For the Geo- ExP°“°°’~ logical Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geolo 'cal structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national ddmain, to continue the preparationof a. geological map of the United States, gauging streams, and determining the water supply, and for surveying forest reserves, including the pay of necessary clerical and scientific force and other employees in the Held and in the office at Washington, District of Columbia, and all other absolutely necessary expenses, including telegrams, furniture, stationery, telephones, and all other necessary articles required in the field to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, namely: For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, twenty S““°" ’“"°’°" thousand dollars;, _ For topographical surveys in various portions of the United States, vg,'gf’°g”P“‘°°l ““"‘ three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For geolo 'cal surveys in the various portions of the United States, G“’°'°€*°“‘ °“"’°"’· two hundrefthousand dollars, to be immediately available; For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United “f;Q,§°eQ_°°*°¤‘° ’°· States, ten thousand dollars; _ For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the Segpc$,¤éj$¤*· mc-- ¤•¤· United States, twenty thousand dollars; · _ _ For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, 1“““"“"°“"· eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; _ %?or the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the M‘“°““'°“°“'°“· United States, which report shal hereafter be published in one octavo volume and as a distinct publication, the number of copies, printing of separate chapters, and mode of distribution of which shall be the same as of the annual report, seventy-five thousand dollars; For the purchase of necessary books for the library, including direc- B<>°¤· cwtories and professional and scientific periodicals needed for statistical pu ses, two thousand dollars; _ H); engraving and printing the geological maps of the United MPS- States, one hundred thousand ollars; _ The Director of the Geological Survey shall, if the regular map F¤¤·*¤¤*¤z ¤<>1>¤<¤ work of the Survey is in no wise interfered with thereby, hereafter furnish to any person, concern, institution, State or foreign government, that shall pay in advance the whole cost thereof with ten per centum added, transfers or copies of any cartographic or other engraved 4