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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 26. 1919. 237 forecasters, local forecasters, meteorologists, section directors, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instrument makers, foremen, assistant foremen, proof readers, compositors, pressmen, lithographers, folders and feeders, repairmen, station agents, messengers, messenger boys, laborers, special observers, displaymen, and other necessary employees ; for fuel, gas, electricity, freight and express charges, furniture, stationery, ice, dry goods, twine, mats, oil, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, and washing towels; for advertising; for purchase, subsistence, and care of horses and vehicles, the purchase and repair of hamess, for official purposes only; for instruments, shelters, apparatus, storm-waming towers and repairs thereto; for rent of offices; for repairs and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of (grounds, including the construction of necessary outbuildings an sidewalks on public streets abutting Weather Bureau grounds; and the erection ofp temporary buildings for living quarters o observers; for official traveling expenses; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, telephoning, an cablinlg reports and messages, rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agric ture by agreements with the comvpanies performing the service; for the maintenance and repair of eather Bureau te egraph, telephone, and cable lines; and for every other expenditure required for the establishment, ui ment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations aii(d ildr the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gauging and measuring of the flow of rivers and the issuing of river forecasts and warnings; for observations and reports relating to crops and for other 000 mm wma necessary observations and reports, including cooperation with other °aml’,°m.n.m,m. bureaus of the Government and societies an institutions of learning _ for the dissemination of meteorological information, as follows: E in wm For necessary expenses in the city of Washington mcident to ,,,g§,}’,_°"“ collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatologv, seismology, volcanology, evaporation, and aerolo%$109,250; _ For the mamtenance of a printing office in the cig o ashmgton P¤““”¤ °“°°· for the rinting of weather maps, bulletins, circ ars, forms, and other publications, including the pay of additional employees, when necessary, $12,800: Provide, That no prmtmglshall be done by the grggxmw mb Weather Bureau that, in the éudgment of the Secretary of _Agr1- culture, can be done at the overnment Printing Office without impairing the service of said bureau: And proqnded further, That the ngcmi: xp;-ttnimilx proviso contained in section 11 of the Act making approrérgations for ,,,,,_ PP the legislative, executive, and ]ud1c1al exgpnses of the vernment Val- 4¤.1»1¤?¤- for the fiscal year endinghJune 30, 1920, sh not prohibit the pplmting · in the prinf office of the Weather Bureau m the city of Was gtqn of the mapslflgulletins, circulars, forms, and other pu licatxons herem authorize • , For necessary ex enses outside of the city of 'Washingtonjncident w °"‘“°° °’ to collecting and disseminating meteorological, chmatological, and marine information, and for investigations m meteorology, clrmatology, seismology, volcanology, evaporation, and aerology, $1,304,230, including not to exceed $672,500 for salaries, $129,0¢t0 for special observations and reports, and $295,750 for telegraphing and telephoning; For official trave 0 HSGS, $26,000; mmm; I ' For the wgabmhlllyizitlggh maintenance by the Weather Bureau of $gQ",‘},§*i,"§',,_"°*"“’“· additional aerological stations, for observing, measuring and invest}- gating atmospheric phenomena 111 the ard of aeronautics, including salaries, travel, and other expenses m the city of Washington an elsewhere, $85,040; In all, for $neral expenses, $1,537,320. Total for eather Bureau, $1,880,210.