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 558 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104. APRIL 7, 1934 . vessels, extra compensation at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of the Lighthouse Service and the Weather Bureau while observing tides or currents, services of one tide observer in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day, and com- pen sation, not o therwise appr opriated for, of persons em ployed in Attendance at meet- the field work, and for expenses of attendance at meetings con- ings. cerned with the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey wh en incurred on the written authority of the Secretary of Commerce, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey subscribed by the Secretary of Com- merce, and under the following heads Field asperses . Atlan tic coast. Fi eld expe nses, At lant ic c oast : For surve ys and necessa ry resur- veys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands 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 isi a. through sea water, $105,000 : Provided, That not more than $35,000 of this amount shall be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands and the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal ; 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 develo p surv ey met hods based on tra nsmiss ion o f soun d thro ugh sea water, $144,520 ; Physical hydrogra- Tides, currents, and so forth : For continuing researches in physi- phy. cal hydrograph y, relating t o 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, $13,440 ; Coast Pilot . Coast Pilot : For compilation of the Coast Pilot, including the employment of such pilots and nautical experts, and stenographic help in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, $5,370 ; Magnetic and seis- Magnetic work : For cont inu ing magn eti c and se ism olo gic al mological observations. observations and to establish meridian lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States ; making magnetic and seismological observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United St a te s ; p urchase of ad ditional magn etic and seism ological 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 sten ogra phic ser vice s as may be nece ssar y, $35,079 ; an Federal, surveys . Federal, boundary, and State surveys : For continuing lines of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts ; deter- mining 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 special geodetic surveys of first-order triangulation and leveling in regions subject to earthquakes, not exceeding $10,000 ; determining Ukiah and Gaithers- field astronomic positions and the variation of latitude, including burg observatories. the 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. by triangulation and traverse, and making astronomic observations in Alaska ; and continuing gravity observations in the United States and for making such observations in regions under the jurisdiction of the United States and also on islands and coasts adjacent thereto, $131,970, of which amount not to exceed $29,300 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