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 1344 Subsistence expenses restricted. Fisheries Bureau. SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 280. 1931 . print er's ink, copp er, zinc, and chem icals for elec troty ping and photographing ; engraving, printing, photographing, rubber gloves, and electrotyping supplies ; photolithographing and printing charts for immediate use ; stationery for office and field parties ; transporta- t ion of i nstrumen ts and su pplies w hen not charged to party expenses ; heating, lighting, and power ; telephones, including operation of switchboard ; telegrams, ice, and washing ; office furniture, repairs, traveling expenses of officers and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office ; miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, not exceeding $90 for stre et-car fares, $67,180. Appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall not be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the director), except as now provided by law. BUREAU OF FISHERIES Commissioner, and office personnel. Commissioner's office : For the commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $20 1,660. Office expenses, ate. Administration : For expenses of the office of the commissioner, including stationery, scientific and reference books, periodicals and newspapers for library, furniture and equipment, telegraph and telephone service, street-car fares not exceeding $150, compensation of temporary employees, and all other necessary expenses connected therewith, $4,400. Propagation ex- Propagation of food fishes : For maintenance, repair, alteration, penses. improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, includ- ing movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars, purchase of equip- ment (including rubber boots and oilskins) and apparatus, con- ti ngent ex penses, p ay of pe rmanent employee s not to exceed $452,270, temporary labor, and not to exceed $10,000 for propagation and distribution of fresh-water mussels and the necessary expenses con- nec ted ther ewith, $1,02 2,760. Vessels. Maintenance. Maintenance of vessels : For maintenance and operation of vessels and launches, including purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, mac hinery, and other facilit ies requ ired for use with the sam e, hire of vessels, temporary employees, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith including not to exceed $1,000 for the pur- chase of plans and specifications for vessels or for contract personal services for the preparation thereof, and money accruing from com- mutation of rations and provisions on board vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the persons having charge of the mess of such vessels, $316,920, of which not to exceed $48,600 may be expended for pay of officers and employees of vessels of the Atlantic coast and not to exceed $98,820 for pay of officers and crews of vessels for the Alaska Service. Alaska Fisheries Service, and $10,000 shall be immediately available Immediate shipment for the procurement of supplies and equipment required for ship- to Pr ibiof Is lands. ment to the Pribilof Islands for the service of the fiscal year 1932. Commutation of ra- Commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 per day) may be paid tions. t o officers and crews of vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries during the fiscal year 19 32 under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. Food fishes inquiry. Inquiry respecting food fishes : For inquiry into the cause of the dec rease of food fis hes in t he water s of the United S tates, a nd for investigation and experiments in respect to the aquatic animals, plants, and waters, and screening of irrigation ditches in fishways, in the interests of fish culture and the fishery industries, including

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