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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 284, 285. 1911. 1363 CHAP. 284.-An Act To authorize the Manhattan City and Interurban Railway M¤¥¤1¤ 4v 1911- Company to construct and operate an electric railway line on the Fort Riley Military lH·R-311*8-1 RBSBTVBUOH, and fol' other PUIPOSGS. [Public, N0. 524.] Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States ey America in Congress assembled, Hat the consent of the F¤¤ R11¤r·1€¤¤¤· United States IS hereby given to the Manhattan Cit and Interurban iuiieiiiidiiilu iiiihiviig Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State ‘,§,f,’,§’Q1’0‘Q",§',yg‘,§‘,§‘,§s‘§, of_ Kansas, to locate, construct, maintain, and o erate a line of elec- reeemrientr1c railway upon the military reservation of Flbrt Riley, in Geary _ County, State of Kansas, upon such location and under such re - *P1"°“*‘·°‘°· lations and conditions as shall be approved by the Secretary of Viliin Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment specially reserved. , Approved, March 4, 1911. CHAP. 285.-An Act Making appropriations for. sundry civil expenses of the March 4.1911. Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, [H· R· ”°°°·] and for other purposes. -Fub1lc,No. ms.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H ause of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the following sums be, ggggy :***1 gf and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter iions. ppm ` expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, mneteen hundred - and twelve, namely: EXECUTIVE. Executive. To enable the President to secure information to assist him in the President discharge of the duties im(posed upon him by section two of the Act radii) €.?°E§§Sl“f§"'§3I entitled "An Act to rovi e revenues, equalize duties, and encourage g{§“°°°"¤¤ °°*““°“'· the industries of the `Bnited States, and for other purposes," approved ink. v- 83. August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, and the officers of the Government in administerin(g the customs laws, including such investigations of the cost of ro uction of commodities, covering cost of material, fabrication ang every other element of such cost of production, as are authorized by said Act, and including the employment of such persons as may be required for those purposes; and to enable him to do an and all things in connection therewith authorized by law, or if a 'Iiiriff Board be established by law then for the purpose of meeting the expenditures authorized by the law, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, together with the balance unex ended July first next of the ap rqpriation made for these purposes [for the fiscal year nineteen hunilic and eleven. The Tariff Board, if established by law, shall make report to each wR§gg1r_g<;]¤_(r<p¤¤¤d House of the Congress on the wool and woolen schedule not later than (X `° ( U °' the first Monday in December, nineteen hundred and eleven. To enable the President to continue, by the employment of account- ef{£g§;¥ {,%;,:1;:5 ants and experts from official and éiirivate life, such officials to receive methods in departno compensation beyond their o cial salaries to more effectively m°“°“‘ "°°‘ inquire into the methods of transacting the public business of the Government in the several executive departments and other Government establishments, with the view of inaugurating new or changing old methods of transacting such public business so as to attain greater efficiency and economy therein, and to ascertain and recommend to Congress what changes in law may be necessary to carry into effect such results of his inquiry as can not be carried into effect by Executive action alone, and for each and every purpose necessary hereunder, including the employment of pe1s0na services at Washington, or Ante. p. vm. elsewhere, seventy-five thousand dollars, together with any unexpended balance of the appropriation made for this purpose for the