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292 75 TH CO NGRE SS, 1ST SESSION-CII . 359 JUNE 16, 1937 lighthouse keepers at isolated stations, and the appropriation reim- Vehicle s .

bursed ; purchase (not to exceed $5,000), exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles Paymentofrewards . for official use in field work ; payment of rewards for the appre- hension and conviction, or for information helpful to the apprehen - sion and conviction of persons found interfering with aids to navi- 162 . 33 3s ti. st ar S . . C .°761.

gation maintained b y the Lighthouse Service, in violation of section Special pr

6 of the Act of May 14, 1908 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 761) ; $4,137,000. oj ects , Vessels, and aids to

Special projects, vessels, and aids to navigation

For co nstruct ing

navigation . or purchasing and equipping lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Li ghthous e Serv ice as may be specif ically approve d by t he Secretary of Commerce, not to exceed $796,000 ; and for establishing and improving aids to navigation and other works as may be spe- cifically approved by the Secretary of Commerce, $500,000 ; in all, Xv aila bil ity . $1,296,000, which sums shall be available for all expenditures, directly relating to the respective projects which are approved by the Secre- tary of Commerce . Keepers of light-

Keepers of lighthouses : For salaries of not exceeding one thousand houses,

four hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and persons attend- ing lights, exclusive of post lights, $1,853,000 . Lighthouse vessels .

Lighthouse vessels : For sa laries and wa ges of office rs and crews of light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary employ- Inent when necessary, $2,226,000 . Supe rinten dents,

Superintendents, clerks, and so forth : For salaries of eighteen clerks ' et c' sup erinten dents o f ligh thouses , and o f assi stant s uperint endent s, clerks, draftsmen, and other authorized permanent employees in the district office s and depots of the Lighthouse Serv ice, exclusive of those regularly employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses, District of Co lumbia , $729, 900 . Retired nay . Retired pay : For retired pay of officers and employees engaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuousl y employed in district offices an d shops, $65 4,000 . Coast and Geodetic

COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Survey . Expe nses . For every expen diture requi site for an d incident to the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair, exchange, and o peration of motor-prope lled or hor se-drawn ve hicles for official use in field work, purchase of motorcycles with side cars, including their exchange, not to exceed $500, surveying instruments, including their exchange, rubber boots, canvas and rubber gloves, goggles, and caps, coats, and aprons for stewards' departments on vessels, extra compensation at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to em- ployees of the Lighthouse Service and the Weather Bureau while observing tides or currents or tending seismographs, services of one tide observer in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day, and compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons em- ployed in the field work, for operation, maintenance and repair of an airplan e for p hotogr aphic s urvey, and ex penses inciden t to t he execution of field work upon approval by the head of the Bureau, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey subscribed by the Secretary of Commerce, and under the fol lowing heads Field expenses .

Fiel d expen ses, At lantic and Gu lf coas t : For s urveys and ne ces- Atlantic andGulf coasts . sary resurveys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, 'including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United States, and including the employment in the field and office of one physicist to develop survey methods based on transmission of sound through sea water and one temporary engineer to develop