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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 238. 1911. 1263 the use of irrigation waters, at home and abroad, with especial suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters 1n agriculture, and upon the use of different kinds of power and appliances for rrrrgation, and for the preparation and illustration of reports and bulletins on irri ation, including rent and the employment of labor m the city of gVVashington and elsewhere, and all necessary exppnses, one hundred thousand dollars. ‘ _ rrarrxaon INVESTIGATIONSZ .To enable the Secretary of Agriculture uf£‘“"¥° “"’°”"¢* to mvesttgate and report upon the drainage of swamp and other wet lands an to prepare plans for the removal of surplus waters b drainage and for the preparation and illustration of reports and bug letms on drainage, mcluding rent and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and all necessary expenses, one hundred thousand dollars. And the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a specral report to the next session of Congress giving the aggregate expenditures under this provision, and the areas in the several tates and Territories which have been investigated. r Total for Office of Experiment Stations, one million eight hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars. OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS. P“"“"R°°"“°m°°· Surasms, Ormcn or Pursue Rorms: One director, who shall be a S““""°‘ scientist and have charge of all scientific and technical work, four thousand dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, class three; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars each; three clerks, class one; one clerk or photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk or- photographer, one thousand dollars; two clerks, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk, one thousand and eighty dollars; one clerk, one thousand and twenty dollars; four clergks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one instrument maker, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messen er or laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger or laborer, six hundred and sixty dollars; four messeners or laborers, at six hundred dollars each; one messenger boy, four hundred and eighty dollars; one messenger boy, three undred and sixty dollars; two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, thirty-four thousand and twenty dollars. _ GENERAL Exrmnsns, Omrrcn or PUBLIC ltorwsz For salaries, and ¤·¤¤·>¤1¤¤v¢¤·¤~ the employment of labor, and rent in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, office fixtures, apparatus, traveling and all other necessary expenses for conducting investigations and experiments, and for collating, re orting, and illustrating the results of same, and for reparinv, publishing, and distributing bulletms and reports as _ ilollowsz ll’rmnkied, That no art of these alpproprratrons shall be {Q§'{‘,.‘{§;,,,,,_ expended for the rent or purclliase of road-ma mg machmery, except such as may be necessary for field experimental work as hereinafter provided for: ~ For inquiries in regard to systems of road management throughout R°°‘* '”"”“g°"‘°"‘· the United States and for giving expert advice on this subject, twenty thousand dollars; _ _ For investigations of the best methods of road making and the best m%,§“k“" ‘““* kinds of road—making materials, and for furnishing expert advice on road building and maintenance, sixt thousand dollars; _ For investigations of the chemical and physical character of road vgcggftlgli °‘°·- "" materials, twenty-tive thousanddollars ;