PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 541 -JULY 5, 1946 Field units. Salaries and expenses, field: For all expenses necessary to man, equip, repair, and supply vessels and other field units of the Survey engaged in surveys and other operations required for the production of maps, Coast Pilots. nautical charts, Coast Pilots, tide and current tables, and related pub- lications of all coasts and islands under the jurisdiction of the United States; research in physical hydrography; geodetic surveying oper- ations to provide control for national mapping and for other purposes, magnetic and seismological observations, and the establishment of meridian lines, in the United States and in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States; gravity surveys in United States territory and adjacent areas; operation of two latitude observatories, Aeronautichart, including replacement of dwelling at one observatory; field surveys required for the production of aeronautical charts; purchase of plans and specifications of vessels; lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic and seismological buildings; construc- tion of magnetic and seismological observatory and auxiliary buildings at Fairbanks, Alaska; purchase of two motor-propelled station wagons and hire, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor vehicles; oper- ation, maintenance, and repair of an airplane for photographic sur- veys; special aviation clothing; packing, crating, and transporting personal household effects of commissioned officers when transferred from one official station to another, and of commissioned officers who die on active duty, and funeral expenses of commissioned officers, as Extra comtpenatio authorized by law; extra compensation at not to exceed $15 per month for duties as bomber or fathometer reader. to each member of the crew of a vessel when assigned duties as bomber or fathometer reader, and at not to exceed $1 per day for each station to employees of other Federal agencies while observing tides or currents or tending seismographs; and reimbursement, under rules prescribed by the Secretary, of officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies furnished for the temporary relief of distressed persons in remote localities and to shipwrecked persons temporarily provided for by them (not to exceed a total of $500); $4,800,000. Pay, commissioned officers: For pay and allowances prescribed by law for not to exceed one hundred and seventy-one commissioned offi cers on the active list and of officers retired in accordance with exist- Death gratuity. ing law including payment of six months' death gratuity as author- ized by law, $1,000,000. Transfer of vessels. The Navy Department is authorized to transfer without charge to the Coast and Geodetic Survey two AGP seaplane tenders, two PCS submarine chasers, and three SC submarine chasers from the reserve or surplus to the needs of the Navy Department, each of the seven vessels equipped with the necessary launches and ship's outfit. Ag.ttendanceatmeet- Not to exceed $650 of the appropriations herein made for the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey when incurred on the written authority of the Secretary. The foregoing appropriations for the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be available for the pay of missing or captured civilian or com- 5 at. 143. missioned personnel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey under the Act 0U. S .C. . supp. of March 7, 1942, as amended (50 U. S . C. App . 1001), and for the V p. It0011017. six months' death gratuity, regardless of the fiscal year during which such obligations accrued; the purchase of special clothing for protec- tion of employees while engaged in their official duties; not to exceed $2,500 for the payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such architects, engineers, scientists, and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed; and not to exceed $10,000 for special geodetic surveys in regions subject to earthquakes. 470 [60 STAT.
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