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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 104. APRIL 7, 1934 . nydraulielaboratory H ydra ulic lab orat or y rese arch : For the determination of funda- researeh l mental data useful in hydraulic research and engineering, includin g laboratory research relating to the behavior and control of river and harbor waters, the study of hydraulic structures and water flow, and the development and testing of hydraulic instruments and accessories, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $26,171 . cooperative Work During the fiscal year 1935 the head of any department or inde- with departments, ete, on scientise mvestiga pendent establishment of the Government having funds available for tions ' scientific investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Standards on scientific investigations within the scope of the functions of that bureau, and which the Bureau of Standards is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau Transfe r of fu nds an- of Standards such sums as may be necessary to carry on such thorized . investigations . The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books of th e Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amou nts shal l be pla ced to the credit of the Bureau of Standards for performance of w ork for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made, including, where nece ssar y, c ompe nsat ion for pers onal ser vice s in the Dis tric t of Colu mbia and in the fiel d . me et- ings . Attendance at meat- Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Standards shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with standardization and research, or either, when incurred on the written auth orit y of the Secretary of Commerce, and for the comp ensa tion and expenses of medical officers of the Public Health Service detailed to the Bureau of Standards for the purpose of maintaining a first-aid stat ion and maki ng c lini cal obse rvat ions . Services in the Dis- To tal, Bur eau of Standards, $1,436,908, of which amount not to trict . exceed $1,256,395 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Bureau of Light- houses . Sala rie s . General expenses . Oil or carbide houses . Provisos . Limit on tion cost . Restoring light sta- tions. Limitation on use . Rations . construe- BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES Salaries : For the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $98,523 . General expenses : For supplies, incl uding replacement of and necessary additions to existing equipment, repairs, maintenance, and incidental expenses of lighthouses and other lights, beacons, buoyage, fog signals, lighting of rivers heretofore authorized to be lighted, light vessels, other aids to navigation, and lighthouse tenders, includ- ing the establishment, repair, and improvement of beacons and day marks, and purchase of land for same ; esta blis hment of post lig hts, buoys, submarine signals, and fog signals ; establishment of oil or car- bide houses, not to exceed $10,000 : Provided, That any oil or carbide house erected hereunder shall not exceed $1,000 in cost ; construction of necessary outbuildings at a cost not exceeding $1,000 at any one light station in an y fi scal yea r ; impr ovem ent of grounds and build- ings connected with light stations and depots ; restoring light stations and depots and buildings connected therewith : Provided further, That such rest orat ion shal l be lim ited to the orig inal pur pose of the stru c- tures ; wages of persons attending post lights ; temporary employees and field force while engaged on works of general repair and mainte- nance, and laborers and mechanics at lighthouse depots ; rations and provisions or commutation thereof for working parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels and tenders, and officials and other authorized persons of the Lighthouse Ser vice on duty on boar d of such ten ders or vess els, and mon ey a ccru ing from com muta tion for
