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 210 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cg. 184. 1930 . missioner of Patents ; for expense attending defense of suits insti- tuted against the Commissioner of Patents, $800, and for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Patent Office when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce. Furniture, etc • For furniture and filing cases, $60,000. BUREAU OF MINES Mines Bureau. SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES Salaries and general expenses . Salaries and general expenses : For general expenses, including . Director, and office pay of the director and necessary assistants, clerks, and other and fie ld perso nnel. employees, in the office in the District of Columbia, and in the field, and every other expense requisite for and incident to the general work of the bureau in the District of Columbia, and in the field, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, $91,500, of which amount not to exceed $79,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Inv esti gat ing min Investigating mine accidents : For investigations as to the causes explosions, accidents e , etc • of mine explosions, causes of falls of roof and coal, methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners, the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of con- ditions under which mining operations are carried on, the use of Mining industry. explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries and technologic investigations pertinent to the mining indus- try, including all equipment, supplies, and expenses of travel and sub- sistence, purchase not exceeding $2,400, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber Services in the Dis- boots, and aprons, $438,640, of which amount not to exceed $50,000 trict. may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; and not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for replacement of build- Additional experi- ing and equipment destroyed by fire at the experimental mine ; mental, etc ., stations. Mining investigations in Alaska : For investigations and the dis- semin atio n of infor mati on wi th a view to i mprov ing condi tions in the mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries as provided in Vol. 38, p. 959. u. S. C., p. 953. the Act authorizing additional mining experiment stations, approved March 3, 1915 (LJ . S . C., title 30, sec. 8), and to provide for the Alaska mines' inspection of mines and the protection of the lives of miners in the Terr ito ry of Alas ka, in clud ing pe rson al ser vice s, equ ipm ent, su ppl ies, Mine rescue cars and and expenses of travel and subsistence, $11,160 ; stations. Ope ratin g mi ne re scue cars and stati ons : For the investigation Improvin g, etc • and improvement of mine rescue and first-aid methods and appli- ances and the teaching of mine safety, rescue, and first-aid methods, including the exchange in part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of mine rescue trucks, the construction of temporary struc- tures and the repair, maintenance, and operation of mine rescue cars and Government-owned mine rescue stations and appurtenances Attendance at meet- thereto, personal services, traveling expenses and subsistence, equip- ings. ment, and supplies ; travel and subsistence, and other incidental expenses of employees in attendance at meetings and conferences held for the purpose of promoting safety and health in the mining and allied industries ; the purchase and exchange in part payment therefor services in the Dis. of cooks' uniforms, goggles, gloves, and such other articles or equip- trict. ment as may be necessary in the operation of mine rescue cars and stations, including not to exceed $18,940 for personal services in the Mine Proviso. District of Columbia, $330,530 : Provided, That of this amount not rescue trophies, et c• to exceed $500 may be expended for the purchase and bestowal of trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid contests ;

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