74 TH CONGRESS. SESS , I. CH. 131 . MAY 17, 1935 .
253 suitable therefor ", approved June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 16, sees. 564-570), i ncluding personal services in the District of Colum bia, $56,838 . In all, salaries and expenses, $902,754, of which amount not to tr 8ervices in the Dis- exceed $51'0,536 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Total, Extension Service, $4,974,754 . G rand total , off ice of the Secre tary o f Agr icult ure, $ 11,62 2,554 . WEATHER BUREAU SALARIES AND EXP ENS ES For carrying into effect in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in the Unit ed States, in the West Indies, in the Panama Canal, the Caribbean S ea, and on adjace nt coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands , in Bermuda, and in Alaska the provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890 (U. S . C ., title 15, sees . 311-313, 317), so far as they relate to the weather service transferred thereby to the Department of Agricult ure, and the ame ndment thereof co ntained in sectio n 5 (e) of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 15, sec. 313), for the employment of professors of meteorology, district fore- casters, local forecasters, meteorologists, section directors, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instrument makers, fore- men, ass istant foremen, proofreaders, com positors, pressme n, lith- ographers, folders and feeders, repair men, station agents, messen- gers, messenger boys, laborers, special observers, display men, and other necessary employees ; for fuel, gas, electricity, freight and express charges, furniture, stationery, ice, dry goods, twine, mats, oil, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, and washing towels ; for adver- t i s in g ; for purchase, subsistence, and care of horses and veh icles, the pur chase and repair of h arnes s, fo r offi cial purpo ses on ly ; fo r instr u- me nts, sh elte rs, app arat us, sto rm- warn ing tow ers and rep air s thereto ; for rent of offices ; for repair, alterations, and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of grounds, includ- ing the construction of necessary outbuildings and sidewalks on public streets, abutting Weather Bureau grounds ; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers
- for official
traveling expenses ; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, tele- phoning, and cabling reports and messages, rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the companies perform- ing the service ; for the maintenance and repair of Weather Bureau telegraph, telephone, and cable lines ; and for every other expendi- ture required for th e establishment, equipment, and ma intenance of mete orological offic es and stations a nd for the issuin g of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gaging and measuring of the flow of rivers and the issuing of river forecasts and warnings ; for observations and reports relat- in g t o c r o p s ; and for other necessary observations and reports, includ- ing cooperation with other bureaus of the Government a nd societies and institutions of learning for the dissemination of meteorological information, as follows Genera l administrative expenses : For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $124,840 . General weather service and research : For necessary expenses incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatolog- ical, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, sei smology, evaporat ion, and aerology in the District Weather Bureau. , Salaries and expenses . Vol.26,p.653 . U.S.C.,p.562. Air Service reports . Vol.44,p.571. U.S.C.,p.563. Personal services . Contingent expenses. Tele graph ing, etc . Issuing forecasts and warnings . Cooperation with o ther bure aus, etc . Ch ief of bureau, and office personnel . Gen eral weather ser vice and research .
