348 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 262-JULY 3, 1945 [59 STAT. Buildings and Buildings and grounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For care and rounds, Pittsburgh gnd Bruceton. Pa. maintenance of buildings and grounds at Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pennsylvania, including personal services, the purchase of one and operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger automobiles, and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including not to exceed $10,000 for additions and improvements, $143,450. Economics of mineral industries: For investigations, and the dis- seminatitn of information concerning the economic problems of the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries, with a view to assuring ample supplies and efficient distribution of the mineral products of the mines and quarries, including studies and reports relating to uses, reserves, production, distribution, stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral commodities and pri- mary products thereof; preparation of the reports of the mineral resources of the United States, including special statistical inquiries; purchase of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies; news- papers; traveling expenses; operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and for all other neces- sary expenses not included in the foregoing, $515,000, of which not to exceed $397,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. teel prodution. Investigation of raw-material resources for steel production material resources. (national defense) : For all expenses, without regard to section 3709, 41 U..S. C . 6 Revised Statutes, necessary to enable the Bureau of Mines to develop individual deposits of minerals useful in the steel industry the existence of which is known, and concerning which preliminary geological or other reports are available from State mineral agencies, previous investigations of the Bureau of Mines, or other sources; to conduct geophysical surveys, surface and subsurface exploration on such deposits; to conduct laboratory, pilotplant, and demonstration-plant tests to establish methods for utilizing more fully the products of such deposits; including the purchase or lease of land or buildings; mineralogical explorations for and development of sources of ferrous, nonferrous, or nonmetallic minerals useful in alloying or coating by plating or otherwise of iron and steel to reduce or eliminate corrosion, and the research and development of commercial processes therefor; construction of buildings to house laboratories, pilot plants, or demon- stration plants; procurement of necessary materials, ores, and equip- ment; travel expenses; operation, maintenance, and repair of pas- Temporaryemploy- senger-carrying automobiles; not to exceed $75,000 for temporary ment. employment of engineers, architects, or firms or corporations thereof, by contract or otherwise, without regard to civil-service and classifica- tion laws, necessary to carry out the provisions of this appropriation; printing and binding; purchase in the District of Columbia or else- where of furniture and equipment, and purchase of special wearing apparel or equipment for the protection of employees while engaged in their work- purchase in the district of Columbia and elsewhere of Ane, p. 319 . other items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation "Con- tingent expenses, Department of the Interior"- and not to exceed $40,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $1,250,000: Contributions Provided, That the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines, is hereby authorized to accept buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources and to carry out the projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private. Helium plants. Construction and equipment of helium plants: The unobligated equipment. balance of the funds appropriated under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1943, as supplemented in the Second a Stat.s4. 002 Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1943, is hereby
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