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 204 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 101. MAY 9, 1935. gloves, goggles, rubber boots and aprons, $237,866, of which amount $40,000 shall be immediately available and not to exceed $17,500 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 connection with the establishment, maintenance, and operation of u sac PP.1332. mining experiment stations, as provided in the Act authorizing addi- tional mining experiment stations, approved March 3, 1915 (U . S . C., title 30, sec . 8), $195,450, of which amount not to exceed $13 ,14 0 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Pittsburgh, Pa ., sta- tian Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : For care and . maintenance of buildings and grounds at Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pennsy lvania, i ncluding personal services, the pu rchase, e xchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passen- ger automobiles for offici al use, and all other expe nses requisite for and incident thereto, including not to exceed $5,000 for additions and improvements, $87,690 ; industries . Economics fnameral Economics of mineral industries : For inquiries and investiga- es. Investigpations, etc. tions, and the dissemination of information concerning the economic A . 88; Post, P . 2061, problems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral indus trie s, wi th a view to a ssur ing a mple supp lies and effic ient dis- tribution of the mineral products of the mines and quarries 2 includ- Reports. lug studies and reports relating to uses, reserves, production, dis- tribution, stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral commodities and primary products thereof ; preparation of the repor ts o f the mine ral resou rces of t he Un ited Stat es, inclu ding spe- S tatisti cal in qui ries. cial statistical inquiries ; and including personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere ; purchase of furniture and equip- ment ; stationery and supplies ; typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs ; newspapers ; traveling expenses ; purchase, not exceeding $1,200, exchange as part payment for opera- tion, maintenan ce, and r epair of motor-pr opelled passenger -carry- ing vehicles for official use in field work ; and for all other necessary expenses not included in the foregoing, $262,855, of which amount not to exceed $210,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Helium production and in vestigations Helium production and investigations : The sums made available . A toP . 4 4. for the fiscal year 1936 in the Acts making ap propriat ions for the War and Navy Departments for the acquisition of helium from the Bureau of Mines shall be transferred to the Bureau of Mines on Ju ly 1, 1935, for opera tion and maintena nce of th e plants for the production of helium for military and naval purposes, including laboratory gloves, goggles, rubber boots and aprons, purchase, not to exceed $2,500, and exchange as part payment for maintenance, operat ion, and repair of motor-p ropelled passenge r-carryin g vehi- cles for offi cial use in fi eld work, and all other nec essar y ex pense s, and including $1 1,3 00 for personal services in the District of Columbia ; helium Punt ction for Gas pro duction for heliu m plants : For produ ction of natural gas for helium plants, including construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of wells, pipe lines, and other facilities therefor, and including purchase, not to exceed $750, and exchange as part pay- ment for, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work, $18,000 :