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826 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 200. 1925. forecasters, meteorolo ists, section directors, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instrument makers, foremen, assistant foremen, proof readers, compositors, pressmen, hthographers, folders and feeders, repairmen, station agents, messengers, messenger boys, laborers, special observers, displaymen, and other necessary employees; for fuel, gas, electricity, freight andexpress charges furniture, stationery, ice, dry goods, twme, mats, pil, pamts, glass, lumber, hardware, and washing towels; for advertising; for purchase, subsistence, and care of horses and vehicles, the purchase and repair of harness, for official purposes only; for_ mstruments, s elters a paratus, storm-warning towers and repairs thereto; for rent of ogieesg for repair and improvements to exxsting buildings and care and preservation of grounds, mcludinglthe construction of necessary outbuildings and sidewalks on pub 'c streets abutting Weather Bureau grounds; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers; for official traveling expenses; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, teleéihonmg, an cabling repprts and messages, rates to be fixed by the ecretary of~Agr1culture y agreement with the companies performing the service; for the mamtenance and repair of Weather Bureau telegraph, telephone, and cable lines; and for every other expenditure required for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations and for the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gaugin and measuring of the ilow of rivers and the issuing of river Iorecasts and warnings; for observations and reports relating to crops, and for caopmmm with other necesary obmrvations and reports, including cooperation with °“'“·"""°'“*°“* other_ bureaus of the Goyernment and societies and institutions of lezgning for the dissemination of meteorological information, as o ows: E¤3L¢¤¤¤¤ i¤ Wash- For necessary expenses in the ci of Wash1ngto° n incident to mgm collecting and disseminating meteotgological, climatological, and marine information and for investigations in meteorology, clima- _ _ tology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, $142,000;

  • "*¤°*¤¤ °‘“°°· For the maintenance of a printing office m the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and

mm other publications, including the pay of additional employees when Limitation awa:. necessary, $11,000: Provide That no printin shall be done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Ilovernment Printing Oilice without impairing the service of said bureau; E‘°°“““ °“°‘"‘°'°· For necessary expenses outside of the city of Washington incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, $1,577,655; °,§°'°°"”"’ "°‘°“‘“’· For investigations, observations, and reports, forecasts warnings, and advices for the protection of horticultural interests, $23,960; I'°f“°;f:t¥’°§“°”· For official traveling ezépenses, $27 500; °'°°‘i ” °'”' For the maintenance o stations, for observing, measuring, and investigating atmospheric phenomena, including salaries and other expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $104,400; qmim in the my In all, General Expenses, $1,886,515. mh. Total, Weather Bureau, $2,343,192, of which amount not to exceed $402,025 may be expended for personal services in the District of _ Columbia. Animal Industry B“’°‘“* BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY sanaxms a>Eif§if’ md °m°° P"` For chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923 and for personal services in the field, $649,401.