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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 2. 1897. 19 resurveys, including the coast from Lynn to Cape Ann, the shores of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Sound, approaches to New Bedford, Buzzards Bay, Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, and Savannah River bar, thirty thousand dollars; To continue the primary triangulation from the vicinity of Montgomery toward Mobile; a11d for triangulation, topography, and hydrography of unfinished portions of the Gulf coast, including Lake Pontchartrain and Sabine Lake, and for the necessary resurveys, eight thousand dollars- For dtfshore soundings along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, nve thousand dollars; For triangulation, topography, and hydrography of the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, and for reconnoissance along the Pacino coast from Cape Mendocino to the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and for necessary resurveys, San Francisco Harbor, triangulation, topography, and liydrography, twenty-nve thousand six hundred dollars; For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska and making A1¤¤k¤ surveys. hydrographic surveys in the same, including survey of the Aleutian Islands and examination of the mouth of Yukon River, and for the establishment of latitude, longitude, and magnetic stations, nfteen thousand dollars; For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to harbors and bars, including computations and plottings, and for tidal and current observations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, nve thousand dollars; For the construction of a tidal indicator in the harbor of San Francisco, California, two thousand nve hundred dollars; For examination of reported dangers on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacino coasts, and to continue the compilation of the Coast Pilot, and to make special hydrographic examinations and including the employ- ment of such pilots and nautical experts in the iield and office as may be necessary for the same, three thousand three hundred dollars; To continue magnetic observations in all parts of the United States, two thousand dollars; For continuing the line of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacino, and Gulf coasts, three thousand nve hundred dollars, two thousand dollars of which sum shall be immediately available; For furnishing points to State surveys, to be applied as far as practi- w*’:*¤*¤ te 8**** ·¤*· cable in States where points have not been furnished, and for surveying y ' and distinctly marking with permanent monuments that portion of the eastern boundary of the State of California commencing at and running southeastward from the intersection of the thirtyninth degree of north latitude with the one hundred and twentieth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, and for primary triangulation along the Rio Grande, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; For determinations of geographical positions, and to continue gravity observations, two thousand nve hundred dollars; For traveling expenses of onicers and men of the Navy on duty, and for any special surveys that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority, and contingent expenses incident thereto, three thousand four hundred dollars; For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, including the actual necessary expenses of onicers of the field force temporarily ordered to the onice at Washington for consultation with the Superintendent, to be paid as directed by the Superintendent, in accordance with the Treasury regulations, four thousand dollars; To enable the Government of the United States to pay, through the d8f;’;j{'g:;£{;Q}0nG°* American embassy at Berlin, its quota as an adhering member of the ` International Geodetic Association for the Measurement of the Earth, one thousand nve hundred dollars; _ _ For expenses of the attendance of the American delegate at the c3§§{]j;’§;Q_[’* ’*'“°"‘ meetings of the International Geodetic Association, nve hundred and