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 1318 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 405 . MAY 15, 1936. Low er Rio Grande Lower Rio Grande flood-control project : For construction, includ- eo Ant npt .6600roject. ing surveys and other preliminary expenses, of the United Sta tes portion of the pr oject fo r flood c ontrol on the Low er Rio Gr ande, as authorized by the Act approved August 19, 1935 (49 Stat . 660), $1,600,000, to be available immediately : Provided, That no part of ap this app ropriatio n for th e Lower R io Grande flood-c ontrol pr oject shall be expended for con struction on any l and, sit e, or eas ement until title thereto has been conveyed to the United States by donation and the same has been approved by the Attorney General of the Uni ted St ates. Es tablisbm entof For investigations relating to the establishment of a Federal zone Federal zone along in- ter national boundary. along the international boundary, United States and Mexico, as Aide, p. sso. authorized by Public Law Numbered 286, approved August 19, 1935 (49 Stat ., 660), including salaries and wages ; fees for professional services ; supplies and materials ; communication service ; travel expenses ; transportation of things ; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor -propelle d passen ger- and freight-c arrying vehicles ; hire with or without personal services of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment ; and such other expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary, $4,650, to be immediately available. Proviso. Acquisition and proval of title . International Bound- ar re Commission, United States and AND ALASKA AND CANA DA Canada and Alaska and Canada. Expenses , und er To enable the President to perform the obligations of the United treatre obligations. States under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain vol. 44, p. 2102. in respect of Canada, signed February z4' .1925 expenses, including the salary of the commissioner and salaries of the necessary engineers, clerks, and other employees for duty at the seat of government and in the field ; cost of office equipment and supplies ; necessary traveling expenses ; commutation of subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $4 per day each, but not to exceed $1 .75 per day each when a member of a field party and subsisting in camp ; for payment for timber necessarily cut in keep- ing the boundary line clear, not to exceed $500 ; and for all other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the United States in maintaining an effective demarcation of the international boundary line between the United States and Canada and Alaska and Canada under the term s of the treaty af oresaid, includin g the com pletion of such remaining work as may be required under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties between the United States and Great Britain, and including the hire of freight- and passenger-carrying vehicles from temporary field employees, to be dis bursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, $43,000. Boundary lines, United States and Canada and Alaska and Canada. International Joint Com mission, United States and Great Brit ain. Salaries, expenses, e tc. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA WA TER WAYS TR EAT Y, UNITED STATES AND GRE AT B RIT AIN : INTERN ATION AL JOINT COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND GRE AT BRI TAIN For salaries and expenses, including salaries of commissioners and salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the commis- sioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solely of the Secretary of State ; for necessary traveling expenses, and for expenses incident to holding hearings and conferences at such places in Canada and the United States as shall be determined by the Com- mission or by the American commissioners to be necessary, including travel expense and compensation of necessary witnesses, making necessary transcript of testimony and proceedings ; for cost of law books, books of reference and periodicals, office equipment and sup- p l i es ; and for one half o f all reasonable and neces sary joint expenses
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