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SIXTY-SIXTH, CONGRESS. Srss. H. Ch. 235. 1920. 927 fog} signals, lighting of rivers heretofore authorized to be lighted, lrlg t vessels, other ards to navigation, and lighthouse tenders, inc udrng the establishment, repair, and improvement of beacons and dav marks and purchase of and for same; establishment of post lights, buoys, su marine signals, and fog signals; establishment of oz or carbide houses, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That any g¤¤'°id`°°Ki braiding; orl or carbide house erected hereunder shall not exceed $550 in cost; “’”“°°· construction of necessary outb at a cost not exceeding $500 at any one light station in any year; improvement of grounds _ and buildings connected with light stations and de ts; restoring R°°“’““g “‘°'°i°"’· light stations and depots and buildings connected £rewith: Pro- Limit wkied, That such restoration shall be limited to the original purpose ° of the structures; wages of persons attending post lights; temporary. emtpleyees, and Held orce while engaged on works of general repair an maintenance, and laborers and mechamcs at liiht ouse de ots; rations and provisions or commutation thereof for eepers of liight- R°“°“’·°°"~ houses, working dparties in the Held, 0E.0Gl`8_8.I1d crews o light vessels _ and tenders, an officials and other authorized persons of the Lighthouse Service on duty on board of such tenders or vessels, and money accruing from commutation for rations provisions for_the abovenamed persons on board of tenders and hg t vessels or in working arties m the Held may be paid on proper vouchers to the person having charge of the mess of such vessel or party; reimbursement under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce of keepers of light stations and masters of light vessels and of lrgllslthouse tenders for rations and provisions and clotlngg furnished s `pwrecked (plelrsons who may be temporarily pxrovrd for by them, not excee g in all $5,000 in any year; el and rent o éruarters where_neces· PWM 0, sim, sary for keepers o lighthouses;]-purchase of lan sites for fog signals; ewrent of necessary ground for such lights and beacons as are for . temporary use or to mark changeable els and which in consequence can not be made permanent; rent of offices, de ots, and wharves; traveling expenses; mileagg; hbrary books for light stations and vessels, and technical boo and periodicals not exceeding $1,000; traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actually employed b States or private persons to instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses; all othereontmgent expenses of district offices °°°“”*°"‘°'¥’°"’°’· and depots; and not exceeding! $8,500 for contingent e uses of Bmw Omco ob the office of the Bureau of Lig thouses m the District ofjglumbia, puma. $4,200,000. _ _ _ Hereafter post·lantern lights and other aids to navigation may be Af§,‘i§,‘f" R"’°'· °”°·· established and maintain , in the d1scretion of the Commissioner Bugggsmgg ¤¤¤z¤¤¤¤ of Lighthouses, on the Yukon River and its tributaries, Alaska. ` The cost thereof shall be paid out of the annual appropriations for the Lighthouse Service. _ _ K Keepers of l1 hthouscsi Fo? salaries of not excoeding one thousand °°P°”' eight hundred iighthpuse auiid lfog-signal keepers and persons attendinv lights exclusive o t ts, $1,300,000. _ ieigihthouse vessels: gi; Salaries and_wages of officers and crews of L"m‘°°“° "°°°'“‘ light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employ- ment when necessary, $1,800,000- S mmmdmu Superintendents, 9lo1‘kS, 8.Dd S0 forth: For salaries of seventeen ,wi1P ' superintendents of lighthouses, and of clerks and other authorized ermanent employees rn the district oflrices and depo·ts of the Lightliouse Service, exclusive of those regularl employed in the omce of the Bureau of Lighthouses, District of Columbia, $400,000. R md 8 For retired pay of officers and employees engaged rn the Held v§r.4¤,§.Z6s service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $70,000.