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 1220 sixrrmurn ooucsnss. sm. 11. cs. 189. 1927. P'°""°‘·. land, $1,063,000, to be immediatel available: Provided, That not to ewliummo M mms' exceed $563,000 of this amount siiall be available for the purchase, lege, construction, or modification of plants, pipe lines and acces- sories, compressor stations, camp buildings, and other facilities for Acquisition 0, Sm, the production, transportation, storage, and purification of helium em. and helium-bearing gas, includincg acquisition of sites and rights of waty by purchase,· lease, or con emnation,_ and including supplies an equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and all other necessary expenses including not to exceed $6,200 tor personal ,b§@_‘§§d*;;]¤;¤¤¤*¤¤¤ services in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That no part ' of the appiéopgiaglon gerein made may be expended except with the a rova o t e esi ent; §°°¤h d¤1>%¤;*¤amt_ pgor determining the location, extent, and mode of occurrence of mmiuxiomuou og, ae. potash deposits in the United States, and conducting the necessary ‘*”“·""°‘ aboratory tests incident thereto, as authorized under the Act PMP-138& approved June 25, 1926; and for every expense incident thereto, inc uding personal services in the District o Columbia not exceed- ing $6,000, and elsewhere, expenses of travel and subsistence, - purchase, exchange as part payment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appurte- PrT‘g•:q»ér to e di nances thereto, $100,000: Provided, That such part of the amount me by méairmlhé herein appropriated as may be mutually a reed upon by the ""““°°*· Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of: Commerce shall be transferred on the books of the Treasury for direct expenditure by the Department of the Interior for the purposes herein set forth; mgggggiw ¤1¤¤¤¤¤r¤¤ Economics of mineral industries: For inquiries and investigations, p iuvesuéamms, .118- and the dissemination of information concerning the economic prob- $,‘§"“"‘ "‘°”’°““· lems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries, with a view to assuring ample supplies and eilicient dis- tribution of the mineral products o the mines and quarries, including studies and re orts relating to uses, reserves, production, distribution, stoclgs, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral m§°m@¤’g,Qf °° mm commodities and primary products thereof; preparation of the reports of the mineral resources of the United States, including special statistical inquiries; statistical studies and repprts relating to mine accidents· and includingx personal services in t e District of Colum- bia and elsewhere; pure ase of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies; typewriting, adding, and computing machines, accessories and repairs; newspapers; traveling expenses; purchase, operation, maintenance, and re air of motor-propelled passenger- carrging vehicles; and for all other necessary expenses not included mgwiw i¤ the Dir in t e oregoing. $225,000, of which amount not to exceed $155,000 scientist investlga- msg be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; &f’b§",§,°§°,,‘Q.‘,‘§,‘§_“"‘· uring the fiscal year 1928 the head of any department or inde- ` pendent establishment of the Government having funds available or scxentific mvestigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Mines on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that bureau and which 1t is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations ma, with the approval of the Secre- tary of Gymmeroe, transfer to the gureau of Mines such sums as may gru¤d¤ w be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the ‘° “'°°`* Treasury s all transfer on the books or the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for the er- formance of work for the dgpartment or establishment from wliiich §,"x,'{§{,°,;,,,,,,°,,,,,,,,,,, the transfer is made: Proof d, That any sums transferred by any ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- department or independent establishment of the Government to the