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 74TH CONGR ESS. SESS. I. CH. 39. MARCH 22, 1935 . 97 party expenses ; telegrams ; washing ; office furniture, repairs ; travel- ing expenses of officers and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office ; miscellaneous expenses, con- tingencies of all kinds, not exceeding $90 for street-car fares, $55,000. Appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic Survey tiSnbs isten ce res tric- shall not be available for allowance to civilian or other off icer s for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the director), except as now provided by law. Appropriations herein made for the field expenses of the Coast Application of air- and Geodetic Survey shall be available for expenditures in the appli- plane to field work. cation of the airplane to the field work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and not to exceed a total of $25,000 of said appropriations shall be available for the purchase or construction of cameras and other photographic apparatus, for equipment, except air-planes, and for e mploym ent of perso nnel i n the field and of fice i n conn ection with such work. BUREAU OF FISHERIES Bureau of Fisheries. Commissioner's office : For the commissioner and other personal commissioner and services in the District of Columbia, $154,800. office personnel. Pr opagat ion of food fishes : For maintenance, repair, alteration, Propagation fish es food improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, gen- eral propag ation of foo d fish es and their distr ibutio n, inc luding mov ement, maint enance, and repair s of c ars, p urchas e of e quipme nt (including rubber boots and oilskins) and apparatus, contingent expenses, pay of permanent employees not to exceed $387 ,030, te mpo- rary labor, and not to exceed $10,000 for propagation and distribu. tion of fresh-water mussels and the necessary expenses connected therewith, and not to exceed $10,000 for the purchase, collection, and transportation of specimens and other expenses incidental to the m ainten ance a nd ope ration of aq uarium, of w hich n ot to exceed $5,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, $632,500. Maintenance of vessels : For maintenance and operation of vessels se1 Mainten ance of ves ƒ and launches, including purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, hire of ve ssels, tempo rary e mploye es, an d all other necess ary ex penses in connection therewith, including not to exceed $750 for the pur- chase of plans and spe cificati ons for vessels or for contract persona l services for the preparation thereof, and money accruing from com- mutation of rations and provisions on board vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the persons having charge of the mess of such vessels, $145,100, of which not to exceed $4,980 may be expended Allotment for Atlan- for pay of officers and employees of vessels of the Atlantic coast and tic c oast and Alaska. not to exceed $75 .000 for pay of officers and crews of vessels for the Alaska Fisheries Service. Commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 per day) may be paid ti commutation of ra- to officers and crews of vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries during the fiscal year 1936 under regul ations presc ribed by the Secre tary of Commerce. Inquiry respecting food fishes : For inquiry into the cause of the Food fishes inquiry. decrease of food fishes in the waters of the United States, and for investigation and experiments in respect to the aquatic animals, plants, and waters, and screening of irrigation ditches in fishways, in the interes ts of fi sh cultu re and t he fishe ry indu stries, includin g pay of permanent employees not to exceed $115,880, te mpora ry 104019°-36	7