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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II . CHs. 463, 469. 1930.

579 other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest informa- tion for pilot charts, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, $16,840 . For services of necessary employees at branch offices, $43,200 .

Employees . CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, NAVAL OBSERVATORY

Naval Observatory . For pro fessional and scient ific books , books of reference, period- Library, apparatus, repairs, miscellaneous ical s, engravings, phot ographs, and fixtur es for the library ; for appa- supple,Pt . . 566. ratus 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 and furnish- Grounds, roads, etc . ings for offices and quarters, gas, chemicals, paints, and stationery, i ncludi ng tr ansmi ssion of p ublic docum ents throu gh the Smit h- sonian exchange, foreign postage ; plants, seeds, and fertilizers ; for fuel, oil, grease, pipe, wire s and other materials needed for the main- tenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power, and water supply ; purchase and maintenance Vehicles, "to . of teams ; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and passenger automobiles and of horse-drawn vehicles ; telegraph and telephone service ; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $33,700 . Appr oved, J une 11, 1930 . June 12, 1930 . CHAP . 4 6 9 .-A n Act Authorizing th e establishment of a migratory bird [S.3950 .1 refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas .

[Public, No. U6 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nited Stat es o f Ame rica in Co ngress ass embled, That the Secretary Migratory Cheyenne Bottoms ttRef- of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire by pur- U gAequ isitio n of d esig- chase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in nated lands in Kansas, w hat is known as the Cheyenn e Botto ms, in Barton County, Kansas , autho rized . or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage su stained by reason of submergenc e of his l ands .

Maintenance of, as SEC. 2 . That such lands, when acquired in accordance with the refug e, etc., for migra- pr ovisions o f this Act , shall con stitute th e Cheyenne Bottoms M igra- tory birds . tory Bird Refuge, and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention Vol-3 9,P-I70 2 . between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of mI~ ratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 .

Sum authorized for ,7Ec. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of acquiring . any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum of Post, pp . 871, 1268. $2 50,000, or so much t hereof as may be nece ssary, to purc hase or otherwise acquire the land described in section 1 of this Act .

Secr etary of Agr icut- SEC. 4. That the Secretary of Agriculture may do all things and ture to carry out pro- make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United vision . States to the areas which may be acquired under this Act, including purchase of options when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Ag ricultu re, an d expen ses inc ident t o the l ocation , exami nation, and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no Title. payment shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General . That the acquisition of such areas by the United States sh all in no case be de feated beca use of rights of way, easements, and reservations which from their nature Rights of way, etc ., wi ll in t he opi nion of the Se cretary of Agr icultur e in no manner not interf erred with . in terfere wi th the use of the are as so encu mbered for the purpo se of this Act. SEC . 5 . Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, and 15 of the Migratory Bird si,MatsnAc Bird Con- C onserv ation Act, appr oved Februa ry 18 , 192 9, ar e here by ma de Vol.45,p.1222.