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 SIXTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 75. 1915. 871 mechanics at lighthouse de ots; rations and provisions or commuta· R¤°*°¤¤·°*°· tion thereof for keepers of) lighthouses officers and crews of light vessels and tenders, and officisils and other authorized persons of the Lighthouse Service on duty on board of such tenders or vessels, and money accruing from commutation for rations and provisions for the above—named persons on board of tenders and light vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the dperson having ch e of the mess of such vessels, reimbursement un er rules prescribée? by the Secretary of Commerce of keepers of light stations and masters of light vessels and of lighthouse ten ers for rations and provisions and clotelaing fumished shipwrecked persons who may be temporarily provided for by them, not exceeding in all $5,000 in any Hsca year, fuel and rent of quarters where necessary for keepers of lighthouses, the purchase of land sites e,§¤”’=“° °‘ '¤¤¤*=· for fog signals, the rent of necessary ground for all such lights and ` beacons as are for temporary use or to mark changeable channels and which in consequence can not be made permanent, the rent of offices, _ depots, and wharves, traveling expenses, including fper diem in lieu ,,,§;‘ ‘“°'“ ““*"”" of subsistence allowed pursuant to section thirteen o the sundry civil. Amp. 680. appropriation Act approved August first, nineteen hundred an fourteen mileage, library books for light stations and vessels, and technical books and periodicals not exceedindg $1,000, and for all other °,2,j§‘,*“,*}f§‘,§,_,°¥”P°*“°* contingent e?enses of district offices an depots and for contingent ' expenses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses in Washington, $2,7 75,000. Keepers of hthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thousand K°°P°”· eight hundred hthouse and fog-signal keepers and laborers attend- _ ` other lights exclusive oglpost lights, $940,000. méliighthouse vessels: For s aries and wages of officers and crews of L‘¤*’°"°“°° "°“°"* liglht vessels and lighthouse tenders, mcluding temporary employment w en necessary $1,010,000. 0,,, cmk, Inspectors, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of seventeen light- ¤¢i=-mwt S house inspectors, and of clerks and other authorized permanent em loyees in the district offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive of those regularly employed in the Bureau of Lighthouses, Washington, District of olumbia, $375,000. coasr Arm ononnrrc smzvnr. suwgi. md G°°d°n° For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of E"’°“’°° the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair, or operation of motor-propelled or horse—draw¤ vehicles for use in Held work, and including compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons em loyed in the Held work, and commutation to officers of the Held Force while on Held duty, at a rate not exceeding $2.50 per day each, to be ex ended in accordance with the regulations relatin to the Coast and Cveodetic Sl11'VBy from time to time prescriber? by the Secretary of Commerce, and under the following heads: Provided, That a vances of money under this appropriation {{,°g;'g;_,_ may be made to the Coast and Geodetic Survey and by authority of the superintendent thereof to chiefs of parties, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Commerce ma direct, and accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered, through and by the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Treasury Department as under advances heretofore made to chiefs of parties. _ _ Field expenses: For surveys and necess resurveys of the Atlantic *,;§‘§‘,‘},§*’°,,‘§§°‘b,," and Gulf coasts of the United States, inclfdgng the coasts of outlying me-_ islands under the jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, hat f;{,‘f”¤';,’g’;,,c_,,,S,,,°_ not more than $25 ,000 of this amount shall be expended on the coasts ¤i<>¤¤- of said outlying islands, and the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal, $65,000;