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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 137. 1928 .

239' thereto, $48,000 : Prov ided , That specialists a nd experts for this Employment of spe- investigation may be employed at rates to be fixed by the Secretary cialists . of the Interior to correspond to those established by the Classifica- tion Act of 192 3, and without reference to the Civil Service Act of Ja nuary 16, 1883 . WORK IN ALASKA Alaska . Education in Alaska : To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in Education of natives . his discretion and under his direction, to provide for the education and support of the Eskimo s, Aleuts, In dians, and oth er natives of Alaska, including necessary traveling expenses of pupils to and from industrial boarding schools in Alaska ; erection, repair, and rental of school buildings ; textbooks and industrial apparatus ; pay and necessary traveling expenses of superintendents, teachers, physicians, and other employees ; repair, equipment, maintenance, and operation of United States ship Boxer ; and all other necessary miscellaneous Specified allotments . expenses which are not included under the above special heads, including $273,680 for salaries in the District of Columbia and else- where, $15,000 for traveling expenses, $124,620 for equipment, sup- plies, fuel, and li ght, $ 17 ,5 00 for repa irs of b uild ings , $4,000 for erection of buildings, $43,400 for freight, including operation of United States ship Boxer, $4,000 for equipment and repairs to United States ship Boxer $3,000 for rentals, and $1,300 for telephone and telegraph ; total, 486,500, to be immediately available : Provided, Interchangeable That not to exceed 10 per centum of the amounts appropriated for amou nts . the various items in this paragraph shall be available interchange- ably for expenditures on the objects included in this paragraph, but no more than 10 per centum shall be added to any one item of appro- priation except in cases of extraordinary emergency and then only upon the written order of the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That of said sum not exceeding $7,100 may be expended for trctr ces in the Dis- personal ser vices in the District of C olumbia : Pr ovid ed f urth er, That all expenditures of money appropriated herein for school pur- nepervis 1o ny of ex- poses in Alaska for schools other than those for the education of missioner of Education . white children under the jurisdiction of the governor thereof shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Edu- cation and in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to conduct and methods of instruction and expenditures of money as may from time to time be recommended by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That hereafter the dosofinas, QiC dona- Secretary of the Interior, in his administration of the Alaska school school service, the Alaska medical service, and the Alaska reindeer service, is authorized in his discretion to accept lands, buildings, or other property and moneys which may be donated for the purposes of those services . Medical relief in Alaska : To enable the Secretary of the Interior, Medical and sanitary in his discretion and under his direction, with the advice and coop- relief of natives . eration of the Public Health Service, to provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska ; erection, purchase, repair, rental, and equipment of hos- pital buildings ; books and surgical apparatus ; pay and necessary traveling expenses of physicians, nurses, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $160,000, to be available immediately . Reindeer for Alaska : For support of reindeer stations in Alaska Reindeer stations. and instruction of Alaskan natives in the care and management of reindeer, including salaries of necessary employees in Alaska, sub- sistence, clothing, and other necessary personal supplies for appren- tices with Govern ment herds, trave ling expenses of employees, purchase, erection, and repair of cabins for supervisors, herders, and