PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 473-JULY 2, 1942 $240,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of cProration with Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be States. 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 sur- veys, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding mount available. 50 per centum of the cost of the survey: Provided further, That $270,000 of this amount shall be available only for such cooperation with States or municipalities; Geologic surveys: For geologic surveys in the United States and chemical and physical researches relative thereto, $997,015, of which not to exceed $480,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Strategic and criti- Strategic and critical minerals (national defense): For scientific and economic investigations of strategic and critical minerals in the United States or its Territories or Insular possessions, $644,580, of which amount not to exceed $100,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mineral resources of Alaska: For continuation of the investiga- tion of the mineral resources of Alaska, $75,635, to be available immediately, 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, $1,298,800, of which amount not to exceed $170,000 may be expended for personal services in the oeration with District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of this appropriation States. 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 general water resource investigations, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceed- Amount available. ing 50 per centum of the cost of the investigation: Provided further, That $975,000 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 operations; for the pre)paration and publication of mineral-land classification 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, $105,115, of which amount not to exceed $55,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Printing and binding, and so forth: For printing and binding, $100,000; for preparation of illustrations, $25,570; and for engraving and printing geologic and topographic maps, $246,370; in all, $371,940; Mineral leasing: For the enforcement of the provisions of the 38Stat.742;40stat. Acts of October 20, 1914 (48 U. S. C. 435), October 2, 1917 (30
- 1Sta., 3. U. S . C. 141), February 25, 1920 (30 U. S. C. 181), as amended, and
March 4, 1921 (48 U. S . C. 444), and other Acts relating to the mining and recovery of minerals on Indian and public lands and naval petroleum reserves; and for every other expense incident thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel and sub- [56 STAT.
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