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 214: SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 24. 1919. _ Held force while engaged on works of gleneral repair and maintenance, R“““'“·°°°· and laborers and mechanics at light ouse depots- rations and lpigivisions or commutation thereof for keepers of lighthouses, wor g parties in the Held, officers and crews of light vessels and tenders, an officials 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 or in working parties m the Held may be paid on proper vouchers to the person having charge of the mess of such vessel or party; reimbursement under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce of keepers of light stations and masters of light vessels and of lighthouse tenders for rations and provisions and clothing furnished shi wrecked persons who may be temporarily provided for b them, noli exceeding in all $5,000 in any Hscal year; fuel Pmhese °*$*°°¤»°*¢- and rent ofy uarters where necessary for keepers of ighthouses· purchase of lam? sites for fog signals; rent of necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are or temporary use or to mark changeable channels and which in consequence can not be made permanent- rent of offices, de ots, and wharves; traveling expenses; mileage- librar books for light stations and vessels, and technical books and period`]- icals not exceeding $1,000; traveling and subsistence expenses of _ teachers while actually employed b_y States or private persons to °°“”"g°°mP°°°°°‘ instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses; a l other contingent B expenses of district offices and depots; and not exceeding $8,500 for mu °“°°”‘°°S° contingent expenses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses in the K District of Columbia, $3,500,000. °°‘°°”‘ Keepers of lighthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thousand eight hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and laborers attend- Lg th I inglliglits exclusive of post lights, $1,300,000. ‘°h °““’“’“° S` ig thouse vessels: or sa aries and wages of officers and crews of liglht vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employment w en necessary, $1,400,000. ‘“SP°°*°”,°*°· Inspectors, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of seventeen superintendents of lighthouses, and for clerks and other authorized permanent employees in the district offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive of those regularly employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses, District of Columbia, $380,000. {’$gff"§,§’  For retired pay of officers and employees engaged in the Held ’ service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $45,000. Sf,2?f,E_“‘d G"°"°“° coasr Am) onomzrrc snnvnr. E“‘°”·"°°‘· For every ex enditure requisite for and incident to the work of the Coast and Geod)etic Survey, including maintenance, repair, or operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn vehicles for use in Held work, including extra compensation at not to exceed $1 er day for each station to employees of the Lighthouse Service whilld observing tides or currents, and including com ensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the dield work, and commutation to officers of the Held force while on Held duty, at a rate not exceedin $2.50 per day each, to be expended in accordance with the regiiations relatin to the Coast and Geodetic Survey rescribed by the Secretarv oig Commerce, and under the following llieadsz §‘f,§f,§§§}"°g‘,§ff‘ Gnu Field expenses: For surveys and necessary res1n·veys of the At,. ¢<¤¤¤#· lantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of g;;;i;g·m_ www outlyintélislands under the jurisdiction of the United States: Pm- ¤¤¤s. ’ ’ vided, at not more than $45,000 of this amount shall be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands, and the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal, $115,000;