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644 Naval Observatory . Computations . Library, apparatus, repairs, miscellaneous supplies, etc . Grounds and roads. May 21,1929 .

CHAP. 657 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept a [H . R. 12192.1 deed to certain land and issue patent therefor to the city of Buhl, Twin Falls [Public, No. 455 .]

County, Idaho . Public lands. Patent to Buh] , Idaho, of lands deeded by Governor of the State . May 21,1429 [A. R . 11405.] .

CHAP. 658 .-An Act To acquire an area of State land situate in Lassen [Publi c, No . 456 .]

Volcanic National Park, State of California, by exchange . Lessen Volcanic Na- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the tional Park .

United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Acceptance of desig- of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept on behalf f rnia land from cali • of the United States, title to the northeast quarter northeast quarter section 27, township 30 north, range 5 east, Mount Diablo base and m erid ian, sit uate wit hin the exte rior bou ndar ies of L asse n Vo lcan ic National Park, from the State of California, and in exchange therefor may patent an area of unreserved, vacant, nonmineral public land of equal value situate in the same State . The land which may be acquired by the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become a part of Lassen Volcanic National Park, Approved, May 21, 1928 . Land change. given in ex- Acquired land added to the Park . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CHs . 656-658 . 1928 . CONTINGE NT AND MISCE LLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY Miscellaneous computations : For personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $9,760. For professional and scientific books, books of reference, peri- odicals, engravings, photographs, and fixtures for the library; for apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same; for repairs to buildings (including quarters), fixtures, and fences; for cleaning, repair, and upkeep of grounds and roads; furniture for offices and officers' quarters, gas, chemicals, paints, and stationery, including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, foreign postage, and all contingent expenses; plants, seeds, and fertilizers; for fuel, oil, grease, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water-supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor truck and passenger automobile, and of horse-drawn vehicles; material for boxing nautical instruments for tr ansp orta tion

telegr aph and teleph one se rvice, and inc identa l labor ,

$21,700, of which sum not to exceed $3,058 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Approved, May 21, 1928 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept a deed from H . C . Baldridge, Governor of the State of Idaho, to the fol- lowing-described lands : The southeast quarter of the southeast quar- ter of section 23, township 9 south, range 14 east, Boise meridian, Idaho, containing forty acres, and to issue a patent for said lands to the city of Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho, for use as a public dumping ground . Approved, May 21, 1928 .