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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS; Sess. I. Ch. 791. 1900. 607 rivers, and coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters: of the interior in the interest of fish culture; fo1‘ the investigation of the iishin grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with the view of determining their food resources, in the development of the commercial iisheries, expenses of necessary travel and preparation of reports, and for all other necessar ex enses in connection therewith, twenty-two thousand five hundreciydollars. _ . Statistical inquiry: For necessary traveling and contingent expenses S”°“”“°*l *¤¤“**Y· in the collection and compilation of the statistics of the fisheries and ghelgtudy of their methods and relations, seven thousand fivehundred o rs. · And ten er centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous pe{j’,§§{lf},';g¤¥°°bl°°¤· expenses of) the work of the commission shall be available interchange- ` ab y for expenditure on the objects named, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation. ‘ . For completion of the Saint J ohnsbury Station, Vermont, and for S'°~J°h”‘*’“’Y·V*- acquiring an additional supply of water at said station, including the gulrighase of the necessary land and water rights, twenty thousand o rs. , INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. mgctgfgggsmiwggm- - For salaries of Commissioners, as provided by the "Act to regulate S¤1¤¤¢¤· commerce,” thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; For salary of secretar , as provided by the "Act to regulate commerce," three thousand five hundred dollars; . For all other necessary expenditures, to enable the Commission to §,§{>g¥;¤¤¤§79 give effect to the provisions of the "Act to regulate commerce," and V0l:25;g:855: all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, two hundred and V°’·”·P·7"3· nine thousand dollars; of whic sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars mag be expended in the emlpgyment of counsel, and not " exceeding one thousand five hundred do s mag be expended for the purchase of necessary books, reports, and perio icals v and not exceeding one thousand Eve hundred ollars may be expended for printing other than that done at the Government Printing Office; In all, two hundred and iiftfy thousand dollars. The unexpended balance 0 the sum of ten thousand dollars appro-· Ungxpended balpriated for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine by the;li2$$·Xl$$g$%Z?$°Q "Act concerning carriers erzgaged in interstate commerce and their §.§,;';t':tB°“tg,°,§_fn?er;’; employees," approved June rst, eighteen hundred and ninetiy-eight, ¤¤dtheirgmp1oyee¤," which was reappropriated by the Act of March third, eighteen un red r°’{}§{f§5{'{,°{,l°,‘t3_ wm and ninety-nine, and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, is hereby reagpropriated and made available for expenses that may be incurred un er said Act during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one.· To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission 'to keep informed _,£gftgr¢g0¤1g1gt¤;¢tgg regarding compliance with the "Act to promote the safety o emploiyees safety ospemfioyeeh an t1'8.VBl61'S upon railroads," approved March second,· eighteen un- °’$,=;,fp2‘$f‘pf*§,’3ff’°°’· dred and ninety-three, and to render effective the requirements of the said Act, fifteen thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS THE TREASURY m1¤ce11s¤e¤u¤. D AR M . For salary of the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the gglrw Ry?-mmm United States, authorized by the Act temporarily to provide revenues aeueiiy and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nine- ·‘”‘”· P- 8** teen hundred, five thousand dollars, -· . OFFICE or mn Snonnmrzrz For additional amount for two assistant ch§&i¤g;i¤ém¤¤¤¤ engineers, office of chief clerk and superintendent, to make theirisal-' aries one thousand dollars each per annum, five hundred and srxty dollars. ‘