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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . II. CII. 102. 1929 . written authority of the Secretary of Commerce ; the purchase of supplies and equipment, including books of reference, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, punch cards and materials, and other contingent Contingent expenses . e xp en se s ; the maintenance, operation, an d repair of a passenger- carrying automobile to be used on official business ; the purchase, Typ ewrite rs, tabu. rental, repair, and exchange of typewriters, calculating machines, punching, tabulating, and sorting machines, and other office appli- ances ; the construction of punching, tabulating, and sorting machines, including technical, mechanical, and other services in con- nection therewith, whether in the District of Columbia or elsewhere

and printing and binding at the Government Printing Office, $19,000,000, to continue available until June 30, 1932, of which sum Purchase of supplies, $100,000 may be immediately available : Provided further, That exist- ing law shall not operate to prevent the use of such portion of this appropriation as may be necessary for the purchase of supplies, Discretionary suspen- printing and binding, and other contingent expenses : Provided fur- tion of other work dur- ing decennial pcrioa . ther, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to suspend during the decennial census period such work of the Bureau of the Census, other than the Fifteenth Census, as he may dee m advisable . Steamboat In sp ec- tion Service . lating, etc ., machines . Pri nting a nd ing . etc., authorized . bind - Sup ervisi ng In sp ec- tor General, and office personnel . Inspectors . Assistants at desig- nated ports. Clerk hire . Contingent expenses. U.S. Code, pp. 1488- 1496 . Navi gation Bureau . Commissioner, and Salaries : For the commissioner and other personal services in the of District of Columbia, $73,840 . Admeasurement of vessels : To enable the Commissioner of Navi- gation to secure uniformity in the admeasurement of vessels, includ- ing the employment of an adjuster of admeasurements, purchase and e xchang e of a dmeasu ring instru ments, trav eling and in cident al expenses, $5,600. Enforcement of navigation laws : To enable the Secretary of Com- merce to provide and operate such motor boats and employ thereon such persons as may be necessary for the enforcement, under his direction, of laws relating to navigation and inspection of vessels, office personnel . Admeasurement vessels. Motor boats to en- for ce na vigat ion laws . STE AMBOAT INSPEC TION SE RVICE Salaries : For the Supervising Inspector General and other per- sonal services in the District of Columbia, $32,560. Steamboat inspectors : For eleven supervising inspectors ; inspec- tors of hulls and inspectors of boilers ; assistant inspectors, as author- ized by law, for the following ports : New York, thirty-five ; Pitts- burgh, one ; New Orleans, six ; Baltimore, eight ; Providence, four ; Boston, six ; Philadelphia, twelve ; San Francisco, twelve ; Buffalo, six ; Cleveland, six ; Milwaukee, four ; Chicago, four ; Grand Haven, two ; Detroit, four ; Norfolk, eight ; Seattle, ten ; Portland (Oregon), four ; Albany, two ; Portland (Maine), two ; Los Angeles, four ; Gal- veston, two ; Mobile, two ; Savannah, two ; Toledo, two ; and six traveling nspectors ; in all, $842 ,100 . Clerk h i re, Steamboat Inspection Se rvice : Fo r co mp en sat io n of clerks to boards of steamboat inspectors, to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with the provisions of law, $159,560 . Contingent expenses : For the payment of fees to witnesses ; for traveling and other expenses when on official business of the Super- vising Inspector General, Deputy Supervising Inspector General, supervising inspectors, traveling inspectors, local and assistant inspec- tors, and clerks ; for instruments, furniture, stationery, street-car fares not to exceed $25, janitor service, and every other thing neces- sary to carry into effect the provisions of title 46, chapter 14, page 1 488, United State s Code, $1 53 ,0 00 . BUREAU OF NAVIGATION