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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 86. 1919. 1259 $900, one helper $900; foreman of j anitors and laborers, $900· fourteen laborers; £lanitors——five at $720 each, three at $660 each, one $600; two fem e laborers, at $360 each; in all, $486,760. For apparatus, machmery; tools, and appliances used in connection j\,gg¤’°*&,°‘°· with buildings or work of the bureau, laboratory supplies, materials, ’p` ` and•supplies used in the construction of apparatus, machinery, or other appliances, including their exchange; piping, wiring, and construction incident to the installation .0 a paratus, machinery, or gppliances; furniture for laboratories and orlgces, cases for apparatus, 100,000. For re airs and necessary alterationsto buildings, $8,000.· Rf’*’°'”·°“* For fulel for heat, light, and power; office expenses, stationery ¥},§,f’°;l,}f"{g,;'°§** books and periodicals; traveling. expenses (including expenses oi attendance upon meetings of technical and professional societies when required in connection with standardization, testing, or other oihcial work of the bureau); street car fares not  $100; expenses of the visiting committee; expenses of attendance o American member at the meeting of the International Committee of Weights and Measures; supplies for operation, maintenance, and repair of. a passenger automobile and motor trucks for official use, including their exc ange; and contingencies of all kinds, $60,000.. ·   ., For grading, construction of roads and walks, piping grounds for- °°'°°'F°‘“"’“· water supply, lamps, wiring for lighting purposes, and other expenses incident to the improvement and care o unds, $7,500. · For continuation of the investigation o€l;zructural materials,—such. "'°°'*‘“ as stone, clays, cement, and so forth, including personal services in . th% District of Columbga and in thefiield, $125,000. 1 dm B or maintenance an o ration o tes machmes', inc u ° r- phwulcmmm sonal services in ccnnectioliietherewith intl:-hog District of Columbiin iiiid in the field, for the determination by the Bureau of Standards of the gnysical constants and the properties oi'! matenals as authorized by wv $30900- . . . . . . . rm-»¤m· buns For investigation of ’.¢ire-resisting properties of building materials mgmananiim ` and conditions under which they may be most eHiciently used, and for the standardization of types of appliances for fire prevention, imigiding personal services in the District of Columbia and in the ‘ iie , $25,000. For investigation of the standards of practice and methods of p.l{,‘frZ’.‘}§;}'{;'Z,'§' °‘ measurements of public utilities, such as gas, electric light, electric power, water, telephone, central station heating,  electric railway service, and the solution of the problem, which arise in connection with standards in such service, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $85,000. For investigation of materials used in the construction of rails, ,,,,Q“;¥f,,Z{‘{{°,§’g“‘*’“'°°‘ wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $15,000. _ _ _ i For testing miscellaneous materials, such as varnish materials, soap ,,,,§‘f‘§§’§}‘°°°°“’ ‘°'°‘ materials, inks, and chemicals, including supplies for the Government departments and independent establis ents including personal services in the District 0 Columbia and m the field, as author1zed by law, $30,000. _ For investigation and standardization of methods and instruments "£°3*:¤d&'g_9u**g_* employed in radio communication, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $30,000. To develop color standards and methods of manufacture and of  §;‘f"’ color measurement, with s ecial reference to their industrial use in ' standardization and specification of colorants such as dyestuifs, inks, and pigments, and other products, paint, paper, and textiles, in which color is a pertinent propert, inc uding personal services in the District of Columbia and m the field, $10,000.