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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 591-DEC. 17, 1941 respectively, to be expended from the general fund of the Treasury in the same manner and for the same objects as specified for projects in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, under the cap- tion "Bureau of Reclamation", fiscal year 1942, to remain available until expended, and to be reimbursable under reclamation law: Central Valley project, California, $3,000,000; Boise project, Idaho (Anderson Ranch), $2,500,000. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gaging streams: The limitation of $140,000 on the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia from the appropriation "Gaging streams" contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1942 is hereby increased to $160,000. BUREAU OF MINES Manganese beneficiation pilot plants and research: For an addi- tional amount for manganese beneficiation pilot plants and research, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1942, $578,000. Investigations and research on processes for production of potas- sium carbonate and sodium carbonate from trona and wyomingite rock: For all necessary expenses for investigations, including all necessary preliminary and supplemental laboratory research and pro- curement of materials therefor, including maintenance and operation of subcommercial plants; construction and equipment of buildings to house testing and subcommercial plant units, including engage- ment by contract or otherwise, and at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, of the services of engi- neers, architects, or firms or corporations thereof, that are necessary to design and construct the buildings and plant units; purchase of supplies and equipment; expenses of travel and subsistence; personal services in the District of Columbia not to exceed $3,100; purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of furniture and equip- ment; stationery and supllies; typewriting, adding, and computing machines, professional and scientific books and publications; pur- chase of such wearing apparel (and equipment as may be required for the protection of employees while engiaged in their work; fiscal year 1942, to remain available until June 30, 1943, $77,400: Provided. That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines, is hereby authorized to accept buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources offering to cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro- vided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation. GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES TERRITORY OF ALASKA Construction of Palmer-Richardson Road, Alaska: For an addi- tional amount for the construction of a road and necessary bridges between Palmer and the Richardson Highway, Alaska, and all neces- sary expenses incident thereto, $500,000, to remain available until expended; and the limitation of $1,500,000 upon the total cost of such work is hereby increased to $1,800,000. 827 Ante, p. 336. Ante. p. 336. Ante, p. 336. Ante, p. 340 . Ante, p. 344. Potassium carbon- ate and sodium car- bonate. Personal services, i. C. Provisos. Acceptance of con- tributions. Ante. p. 69.

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