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 564 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104. APRIL 7, 1934. not to exceed $15,750 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Mining experiment Mining experiment stations : For the employment of personal stations. services, purchase of laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots and aprons, the purchase not to exceed $3,000, exchange as part payment for, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carry- ing vehicles for official use in field work, and all other expenses in conne ction with the esta blish ment, mai ntena nce, and opera tion of Vol .38,p. 959. mi ning e xperim ent st ations, as p rovide d in th e Act author izing addi- u.s.c,p. spa. tional mining experiment stations, approved March 3, 1915 (U.S .C ., title 30, sec . 8), $127,036, of which amount not to exceed $11,800 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Pittsburgh, Pa., fit s• tiO II Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : For care and . maint enanc e of buil dings and grou nds a t Pit tsbur gh a nd Br uceto n, Pennsyl vania, inclu ding p ersona l serv ices, t he pur chase, excha nge as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles for official use, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including not to exceed $5,000 for additions and impro vemen ts, $ 61,9 08. T empo rary detail Persons employed during the fiscal year 1935 in field work out- from field service. side of the District of Columbia under t he Bureau of Mines may be detailed temporarily for service in the District of Columbia for purposes of preparing results of their field work ; all persons so detailed shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation only Protriso. traveling eexpenses in to and returning therefrom : Provided, Payment That nthing herein sgoing all revent the payment to employees of the Burea u of Mines of their nece ssar y exp enses, or per diem in li eu of subsistence, while on temporary detail in the District of Colum- bia for purpo ses on ly of consul tation or inv estiga tions on beh alf of the United States. All details made hereinunder, and the pur- Report to congress. poses of each, during the preceding fiscal year shall be reported in the annual estimates of appropriations to Congress at the begin- ning of each regular session thereof ; Details from Public The Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical officers of the Health Service. Public Health Service for cooperative health, safety, or sanitation work with the Bureau of Mines, and the compensation and expenses of the officers so detailed may be paid from the applicable appropria- tions made herein for the Bureau of Mines ; and Helium p roduc tion Helium production and investigations : The sums made available for the fiscal year 1935 in the Acts making appropriations for the War 'and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Min es, if their trans fer to such B ureau is not requi red by such Acts, shall be advanced from time to time upon requisition by the Secretary of Commerce in such amounts as may be determined by the President not in excess of the sums needed for the economi- cal and efficient operation and maintenance of the plants for the produ ction of h eliu m for mili tary and/ or na val p urpo ses, inclu d- ing purchase, not to exceed $2,500, and exchange as part payment for, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, and all other necessa ry exp enses, $10,1 00 for perso nal ser vices in the Distr ict of Columbia ; Purchase ie ics ot . Helium plants : For heli um pr oduct ion and c onser vatio n, i nclud - ing a cquis ition of heliu m-bea ring gas land or we lls by pu rchas e, exchang e, lea se, or conde mnatio n, or interes t in s uch la nd or wells, the purchase, lease, construction, or modification of plants. pipe lines and accessories, compressor stations, camp buildings, and other facilities for the production, transportation, storage, and purifica- tion of helium and helium-bearing gas, including acquisition of