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 672 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 113. 1918. 1¤¤v¤>Yi¤¤ 8¤>¤¤d¤ For the filling`, adin , and general` rovement of the ounds at at mw m'°w` Pittsbur h, Penngylvania, on which tlielqiiew Bureau of Miiiles buildings arelocated, and for removal to and installation on grounds of the experiments.} mine at Bruceton Pennsylvania, of the machinery, a paratus, and so forth, used in the physical testinig of explosives, ,,J?£]°°°° r°°°p'°pd` tllie une ended balance of the a propriation made or this purpose am, p.146. for the goal ear nineteen hundlied and eighteen is reappropriated and made avagable for the iiscal year nineteen hundred and) nineteen; A°dm°°°l ’°"i°°°' For such additional personal services as may be necessary for the _ care and maintenance of the new buildings at Pittsburgh, $17,220; °P°“‘““g‘°’°“°°°"‘ For operation of mine rescue cars, jncludingdpersonal services, V ,38 959 traveling enses and subsistence, equipment an sup lies, author- ° ’p` ized by thfexgct approved March third, nineteen hundred and Efteen; to be available for expenditure on any preliminary work that may be found necewaiy in connection with such of the cars as are to be purchased prior to the time of their actual delivery, $136,667 ; Ml,§§° i“"’°°°°" For one mine inspector for duty in Alaska, $3,000; . For clerk to mine inspector of Alaska, $1,500; For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may rescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding $4 when absent on official business from his designated headquarters, and for actual necessary traveling and contmgent mm? expenses of said ector and clerk, $2,500; ' or technical drill) scientific books and publications and books of Hgmqmmmmm reference, $1,500; cuccczsczc. For purchase or lease of necessary land, where and under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, for the headquarters of mine rescue cars and construction of necessary railway Prom sidings and housing for the same, or as the site of an experimental Acceptance crimes, mine and a plant for studying explosives, $1,000: Promded, That °‘°· the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept any suitable land or lands, buildings, or improvements, that may be donated for said purppse and to enter into leases for periods not exceeding ten Tom dmus of years, su ject to a.1mual_ appropriations by Congress; acm eiiigliiyyees. Persons employed dunn the fiscal ear nineteen hundred and nineteen in field work, outsidi of the listrict of Columbia, under the Bureau of Mines, may be detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia, for (purposes of preparin results of their field work; all persons so detaile shall be paid in addition to their regular com- P. pensation only their actual traveling expenses or per diem in lieu rlxia ct mcs- of subsistence in going to and returning therefrom: Promkled, That ¤°'Y°‘P°“°=- nothing herein shall prevent the payment to emplo ees of the Bureau of Mines their necessary expenses or per diem, m lieu of subsistence while on temporary detail in the District of Columbia, for urposes only of consu tation or investigations on behalf of the United States. All details made hereunder, and the Bgurposes of each, during the preceding fiscal year, shall be report in the annual estimates of appropriations to Congrew at the beginning of each regular session ereo ; .u§§}§`§T“° °l ”“”°' The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procurement of services for the Bureau of Mines outsi e of the District of Columbia, hereafter may be made in open market in the manner common among busu(3s;5%ien when the aggregate amount of the purchase does not exce ; ,.,gd2Y;’§Y}’;l”"“° fw _ Government Fuel Yards: The Secretary of the Interior is authorthejggllfgmgggi ized and  to establish in the District of Columbia stor e and service and District ot distributing yards for the storage of fuel for the use of and dgivery °°”·"‘“’“‘· to all branches of the Federal service and the municipal government in the District of Columbia and such arts thereof as may be situated immediatgéy without the District of Columbia and economically can be supph therefrom, and to select, purchase, contract for, and dis-