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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 853. 1901. 1 143 tary of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers` assistants, when employed, eight hundred and ninety-one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six <§ollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for {#*01*iSv- la printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination nrjuiiiiiiitiiin. vger d°· than those that may be canceled or retired, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements of the Act "To define and Hx the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes." approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred. For engravers’ and printers’ materials and other materials, except M‘"""'m*’· distinctive paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, two hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and ninety-three dollars. · For rent of office now occupied by agent of the Post-Oiiice Depart- Rmment to supervise the distribution of stamps of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, six hundred dollars. ‘ COAST AND (}EODE'II(7 SURVEY. m§°$Z‘? and G€°deu° For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the Sggzggseegtgurvey ef coasts of the United States and of coasts under the jurisdiction of the ’ ` United States, including the survey of rivers to the head of tide water or ship navigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coast and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream Howing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparation of the Coast Pilot; continuing researches and other work relating to physical hydrography and terrestrial magnetism and the ma netic maps of the U nited States and adjacent waters, and the tables og magnetic declination, dip, and intensity usually accompanying them, astronomical and gravity observations; and including compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the Held work, in conformity with the regulations for the government of the Coast and Geodetic Survey adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury; for special examinations that may be required by tne Light-House Board or other pro er authority, and including traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty; for commutation to officers of the field force while on field duty, at a rate to be Hxed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day each; outfit, equipment, and care of vessels used in the Sur- _ vey, and also the rqpairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels; to be expende in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the following heads: ‘ Provided, Prem)- That no advance of money to chiefs of Held parties under this appro- Advance or money. priation shall be made unless to a commissioned officer, or to a civilian officer, who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. _ Fon FIELD EXPENSESZ For surveys and necessary resurveys of the Fie1¤e¤re¤¤¤¤- Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United States, to be immediately available, and to continue available until expended: Pro- P*‘°*"%e°- vided, That not more than twenty-five thousand dollars of this amount 0¤*lYi“g iS1*md¤· shall be expended on the coasts of the before-mentioned outlying islands, seventy thousand dollars. A For surveys and necessary resurveys of the Pacific coast, including Aglggaigfj Islandethe Hawaiian Islands and Alaska and other coasts on the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, to be immediately available, and to continue available until expended, one hundred and seven thousand five hundred dollars.