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 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 129 -MAY 21, 1945 motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (not to exceed six) and hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of same; purchase and hire of special wearing apparel and equipment for aviation purposes (including rubber boots, snowshoes, and skis); $1,675.000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available when specifically author- Attendance atmeet- ized by the Chairman of the Board, for expenses of attendance at ings. meetings of organizations concerned with aeronautics (not to exceed $4,000). Printing and binding: For printing and binding, $25,000. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Salaries and expenses, departmental: For all expenses necessary for the work of the Survey in the District of Columbia, including the compilation of field surveys and other data; the production, purchase, or printing of maps and nautical and aeronautical charts; maintenance of and equipment for an instrument shop and procure- ment or exchange of woodworking supplies and equipment; motion- picture equipment; chart paper, drafting, photographic, photolitho- graphic and printing supplies and equipment; newspapers not to exceed $25; instruments (except surveying instruments); stationery for field stations and parties; travel; and purchase of lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals; $2,400,000, of which not to exceed $1,806,000 shall be available for personal services. Salaries and expenses, field: For all expenses necessary to man, equip, repair, and supply vessels and other field units of the Survey engaged in surveys and other operations required for the production of maps, nautical charts, Coast Pilots, tide and current tables, and related publications of all coasts and islands under the jurisdiction of the United States; research in physical hydrography; geodetic surveying operations to provide control for national mapping and for other purposes, magnetic and seismological observations, and the establishment of meridian lines, in the United States and in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States; gravity surveys in United States territory and adjacent areas; operation of two latitude observatories; field surveys required for the production of aeronautical charts; purchase of plans and specifications of vessels; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic and seismological buildings; purchase of two motor-propelled station wagons and hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor ve- hicles; operation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane for photo- graphic surveys; special aviation clothing; packing, crating, and transporting personal household effects of commissioned officers when transferred from one official station to another, and of commissioned officers who die on active duty, and funeral expenses of commissioned officers, as authorized by law; extra compensation at not to exceed $15 per month to each member of the crew of a vessel when assigned duties as bomber or fathometer reader, and at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other Federal agencies while observing tides or currents or tending seismographs; and reimburs- ment, under rules prescribed by the Secretary, of officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided for by them (not to exceed a total of $500); $3,180,000, of which $10,000 shall be immediately available. Pay, commissioned officers: For pay and allowances prescribed by law for not to exceed one hundred and seventy-one commissioned officers on the active list and of officers retired in accordance with Salaries and ex- penses, departmental. Field units. Coast Pilots, etc. Aeronautical charts. Extra compensation for duties as bomber or fathometer reader. 191 59 STAT.]

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