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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104 . APRIL 7, 1934. 565 sites and rights-of-way therefor, by purchase, lease, or condemna- tion, and including supplies and equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, maintenance and operation of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, and all other necessary expenses, including not to exceed $6,560 for personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia, and including the payment of Balances alms ble obligations incurred under the contract authorization carried under Vol. 47, p. i4o7. this heading in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1932, not to exceed $50,000 of the unexpended balances in the appropriation " Helium Plants, Bureau of Mines, 1934 ", is hereby continued available for the fiscal year 1935 : Provided, That mt n iso l i of Presi- no part of the appropriation herein made may be expended except de nt required. with Leases, etc . the approval of the President : Pr ovided furt her, That the acquirement of leases, sites, and rights-of-way under terms custom- ary i n the oil an d gas indust ry, in cluding oblig ations to pa y rent al in ad vance and to pay d amages to la nds, cr ops, o r stru ctures arisi ng out of the Government's operations is authorized : Provided further, That should valuable products other than helium-bearing gas be dis- Disposal of valuable covered in wells acquired or drilled for helium-bearing gas under this products appr opri ation the Secr etary of C ommer ce i s aut horiz ed t o pro vide for the disposal of said wells or the products therefrom, by the contracts under which the property is acquired, or otherwise, in accordance with the interests of the Government therein and in the manner which, in his opinion, is most advantageous to the Government ; Economics of mineral industries : For inquiries and investigations, industriams ies of mineral and the dissemination of information concerning the economic Investigations, etc. problems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral indu stri es, w ith a vie w to assur ing a mple supp lies and effic ient distribution of the mineral products of the mines and quarries, including studies and reports relating to uses, reserves, production, Reports. distr ibutio n, sto cks, c onsump tion, prices, and m arketi ng of minera l commodities and primary products thereof ; preparation of the repo rts of th e min eral reso urces of t he U nited Stat es, inclu ding statistical inquiries. special statistical inquiries ; and including personal' services in the Dist ric t of Col umbi a an d el sew here ; purchase of furniture and equipment ; stationery and supplies ; typewriting, adding, and com- puting machines, accessories and repairs ; newspapers ; traveling expenses ; purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles for official use in field work ; and for all other necessary expenses not included in the foregoing ; of which amount not to exceed $162,210 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; $207,133. During the fiscal year 1935 the head of any department or inde- do scient ific i veIIra, pendent establishment of the Government having funds available etc. for scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Min es on scient ific i nvesti gations withi n the scope of the functions of that Bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, wi th the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Mines such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasu ry sha ll tra nsfer on the books of the Treas ury De part- ment any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit of the Bureau of Mines for the perform- ance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made : Provided, That any sums transferred by any E°peaditnrooftran s- depar tment or i ndep enden t est abli shmen t of the G over nment to t he fer red funds. Bureau of Min es for coope rative work in conn ection with this a ppro-