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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 28. 1918. 495 not to exceed $5,000 for rent and pprsonal services in the District of mQ¤¤ ¤* ¢¤¤¤ ¢¤¤¤¤· Columbia,· $4,000,000, which may d used as a revolving fnmd until ` Jnme thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen. Foaasr smzvicm. F"’°“S°’"°°· For "General expenses, Forest Service/’ including the same objects G°“°“‘1 °‘p°'“°" specified under this head in the Agricultural appropriation Act for t e fiscal year nineteen hundred an eighteen, $775,000. naraarmnirr or coinmacn. ?iz.*’?““*°“*°‘°°m‘ corrrmemwr nxrmzsms. . For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the offices and bureaus °°“"”‘°“‘°“l’°”’°* of dzhe department, for which appropiimtions {lor cogltingent ind misceaneousex arenots 'c ymaeinudmgtesame obgcts spe 'der this head in the legislative, executive and ju `cial appro on Act for the iiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, $6, ._ M _ BUREAU or Fourier: AND DOMESTIC commacm. agcemmem 'wi1?§r°lZ"¤°$Z Commercial attachés: To enable the Secretary of Commerce, in aeamcmiiiey. his discretion and in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, to make sipecial allowances during the balance of the present iiscal year by way o additional compensation to omcers and emplgyees of the commercial attaché service in order to adjust their 0 cial income to the ascertained cost of  at the posts to which they may be assigned, $0,000. ,, . BUREAU or srazlznaans. °“‘°°"°“B“’“°“· lgower plafitz For repairs and alterations to the present lighting P°w°rp1°°f an power p ant $12,000. _ _ Military research: To enable the Bureau of Standards to cooperate aj-j§l.(l,“},”fiie§l”g my with the War and Navy Departments by providing the scientinc me P§°’°°§§my“§gf; assistance necessary in the development 0 instruments, devices, and New 1¤· ‘ materials, and the standardization and testing of supplies mcludmg personal services and rental of quarters in the District of, Columbia and elsewhere; the erection of temporary structures; books of reference and periodicals; and all other necessaiiy items not included in the foregoing&r$§50,000, to continue availab e during the fiscal year nineteen hun e and nineteen. Structural materials: For continuation of the investigiition of i¤§»g€f§t.$?.LsT°°t°da“ structural materials, such as stone, clays, cement, and so fort ,i.ncluding personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $50,000. _ Gauge standardization: To provide by cooperation of the Bureau g3§g§§'§§§§‘}§§e;§,€ of Standards, the War Department, the Navy Department, and the °*j;;_j,°'p“‘g;;¤"i°¤· qonmcil of §`ational Defensefuiordghe ssandazédizggion anddtesting of ’ ` tie stan ar gauges, screwt ea, an stan ar r uire in manufacturing throughout the United States, and to cgdbrate and test such standard gauges, screw threads, and standards, including necessary equipment, rental in Washington, and elsewhere, erection of terlxgporary sglructures, officgnexgenses, bezogslof rteference and periodica , person services in e istrict 0 0 um ia, and in the field, and all other necessary itemsnot included in the foregoinv, $7 5,000. mm sm", mq in. gllnne seialesc For mvestégiiting the conditgin and methocllsaloil use of v¤=¤¤¤¤°¤¤· sc_ es an mine cars use or weighing an measuring co ug y mmers, for the purpose of determining wages due, and of conditions