PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 119-MAY 10, 1939
Traveling expenses.
Attendance at meet-
ings.
Salaries.
Topographic sur-
veys.
Provisos.
Cooperation with
States.
Limitation on
amount.
Geologic surveys.
Mineral resources of
Alaska.
Gaging streams; in-
vestigations, etc.
Post, p. 1317.
Services in the Dis-
trict.
Provisos.
Cooperation with
States.
Limitation on
amount.
Classification of
lands as to mineral
character, etc.
Printing and bind-
ing, etc.
Survey is authorized to exchange unserviceable and worn out passen-
ger-carrying and freight-carrying vehicles as part payment for new
freight-carrying vehicles, and including not to exceed $3,000 for
necessary traveling expenses of the Director and members of the
Geological Survey acting under his direction, for attendance upon
meetings of technical, professional, and scientific societies when
required in connection with the authorized work of the Geological
Survey, to be expended under the regulations from time to time
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and under the following
heads:
Salaries: For the Director of the Geological Survey and other
personal services in the District of Columbia, $150,000;
Topographic surveys: For topographic surveys in various portions
of the United States, $725,000, of which amount not to exceed
$250,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of
Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be
expended in cooperation with States or municipalities except upon the
basis of the State or municipality bearing all of the expense incident
thereto in excess of such an amount as is necessary for the Geological
Survey to perform its share of standard topographic surveys, such
share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding 50 per centum
of the cost of the survey: Provided further, That $280,500 of this
amount shall be available only for such cooperation with States or
municipalities;
Geologic surveys: For geologic surveys in the various portions of
the United States and chemical and physical researches relative
thereto, $500,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 may be expended
for personal services in the District of Columbia;
Mineral resources of Alaska: For continuation of the investigation
of the mineral resources of Alaska, $60,000, to be available immedi-
ately, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for
personal services in the District of Columbia;
Gaging streams: For gaging streams and determining the water
supply of the United States, the investigation of underground cur-
rents and artesian wells, and the preparation of reports upon the
best methods of utilizing the water resources, $1,118,000, of which
amount not to exceed $140,000 may be expended for personal services
in the District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appro-
priation shall be expended in cooperation with States or municipal-
ities except upon the basis of the State or municipality bearing all of
the expense incident thereto in excess of such an amount as is neces-
sary for the Geological Survey to perform its share of general water
resource investigations, such share of the Geological Survey in no
case exceeding 50 per centum of the cost of the investigation: Pro-
vided further, That $900,000 of this amount shall be available only
for such cooperation with States or municipalities;
Classification of lands: For the examination and classification of
lands with respect to mineral character and water resources as
required by the public-land laws and for related administrative oper-
ations; for the preparation and publication of mineral-land classifi-
cation and water-resources maps and reports; for engineering
supervision of power permits and grants under the jurisdiction of
the Secretary of the Interior; and for performance of work of the
Federal Power Commission, $105,000, of which amount not to exceed
$60,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of
Columbia;
Printing and binding, and so forth: For printing and binding,
$125,000; for preparation of illustrations, $25,000; and for engravin
and printing geologic and topographic maps, $170,000; in all,
$320,000;
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