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 1400 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 144. MARCH 1, 1933 . Pacific coast. Pacific coast : For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts on the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States and including the employment in the field and office of one physicist to develop survey methods based on transmission of sound through sea water, $141,220 ; p Phys ical hydr ogra - Tides, currents, and so forth : For continuing researches in phys- ical hydrography, relating to harbors and bars, and for tidal and current observations on the coasts of the United States, or other coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, $16,820 ; Coast Pilot. Co ast pilot : For co mpilat ion of the C oast P ilot, includi ng the employm ent of such pilots and n autica l exper ts, an d sten ograph ic help in the field and office as may be necessary for the same ; $5,200 ; Magnetic and seis. Magnetic work : For continuing magnetic and seismological obser- mological observations. ~ continuing b vations and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith in all part s of the United St ates ; mak ing ma gnetic and s eismol ogical observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States ; purchase of additional magnetic and seismological instru- ments ; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic and seismological buildings ; and including the employment in the field and office of such magnetic and seismological observers and stenographic services as may be necessary, $37,160 ; surveys . Federal, state, etc ., Federal, boundary, and State surveys : For continuing lines of exact Deter mining lines of levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts ; determining exact levels. geographic positions by triangulation and traverse for the control of Federal, State, boundary, county, city, and other surveys and engineering works in all parts of the United States ; including spe- cial geodetic surveys of first-order triangulation and leveling in regions subject to earthquakes, not exceeding $10,000 ; determining field astronomic positions and t he variation of latitude, includ ing the b rgobservatories h maintenance and operation of the latitude observatories at Ukiah, California, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, not exceeding $2,500 each establishing lines of exact levels, determining geographic positions Alaska observ ations. b y triangulation and traverse, and making astronomic observations in Al aska ; and c onti nuing grav ity o bser vatio ns in the Unit ed States an d for mak ing such observati ons in re gions und er the ju ris- diction of the United States and also on islands and coasts adjacent thereto, $150,000, of which amount not to exceed $41,250 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Miscellaneous. For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, including the preparation or purchase of plans and specifications of vessels and the employment of such hull draftsmen in the field and office as may be necessary for the same ; the reimbursement, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, of officers of the Relieving etc . Coast and Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided for by them, not to exceed a total of $550 ; actual necessary expenses of officers of the field force temporarily ordered to the office in the District of Columbia for consultation with the director, and not exceeding $1,000 for the expenses of the attendance of representatives Internationaii3ydro. of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who may be designated as dele- graphicBureau. gates from the United States at the meetings of the International Special surveys. Hvdrographic Bureau, and not exceeding $3,000 for special surveys that may be required by the Bureau of Lighthouses or other proper aut hority, $6,735 ; In all, field expenses, $459,135. Vessels, repairs etc Vessels : For repairs of vessels, including traveling expenses of persons inspecting the repairs, and exclusive of engineer's supplies and other ship cha ndlery, $ 63,000.