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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3914. 1906. 761 For the Court of Claims, fifteen thousand dollars. For the Library of Congress, including the copyright department and the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office, and binding, rebinding, and repairing of library books, two hundred and Eve thousand dollars. For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars. d E or the Interstate Commerce Commission, nfty-eight thousand o ars. For the Bureau of American Republics, twent thousand dollars. And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appro- R¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤· priated shall be expended in the iirst two quarters of the iiscal year, and no more than one—fourth thereof may be expended in either of the last two quarters of the fiscal year, except that, in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unexpended balances of allotments for preceding quarters may be expended. To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the A¤¤¤·¤¤¤•v¤¤- law granting thirtv days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Cfiice, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL. I¤¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤1- To continue the construction of the Isthmian Canal, to be expended $j’,'f°§§"jfl‘§§g_ under the direction of the President in accordance with an Act entitled 4*% 1*-611- "An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," approved June twenty- _ eighth, nineteen hundred and two: Provided, That no part of the sums {,°',‘§'{§‘§;,,,,_ herein a propriatul shall be used for the construction of a canal of the so—calledpsea evel type, as follows: For salaries of members, officers, and employees of the Isthmian UE,:;;;;;; *1* M Canal Commission, including inspectors of material, examiners, assistant purchasing and shipping agents, and all other employees in the United States, two hnndre and fifty-one thousand and sixty-three, dollars and thirty-three cents; · For incidental expenses, including rents, cable and telegraph serv- I¤<=i¤¢¤¤~¤¤¤1>¤¤¤¤¤· ice, supplies, stationery and printinlg, and actual necessary traveling expenses in the United States (inc uding rent of the Panama Cana Rem. building in the District of Columbia, twelve thousand dollars, and text-books and books of reference, one thousand dollars),_one hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-six cents; _ ~ _ · 1 For pay of officers and employees other than skilled and unskilled d,,°;,‘f,‘,l§‘f,‘Q‘,Q‘,‘§{_.‘?“* °°°‘· labor on the Isthmus, for the construction and engineerin and admin- 0nPgg8<gS8]§:§s¤. ew. istration departments, two million six hundred and fifty Eiousand five ` hundred and twelve dollars; For skilled and unskilled labor On the Isthmus, for the departments I·¤b<¤· of construction and engineering and administration, nine m1 lion fifty thousand six hundred and sixty-one dollars; For purchase and delivery of Dluteflal, Supplies., and equipment for  of m¤*°· the construction and engineering and administration departments on' the Isthmus of Panama, nine mil on thirty-two thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-four cents; To continue the reequipment of the Panama Railroad, to be disbursed P¤¤¤¤¤¤ F~¤¤¤>¤¤· directly under the Isthmian Canal Commission, one million dollars; no part of said sum shall have been so expended until the obligation of the Panama Railroad Company for the full amount thereof and drawing four r cent interest payable to the United States shall have been delivereftio the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and by him accepted. __ _ _ For miscellaneous expen¢11t\1l‘eS, Gable and telegraph service, station- 1¤=¢¤11¤-¤¤<>¤s-