61 STAT.]
80TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 337-JULY 25, 1947
Columbia, $440,300: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
may be expended for an investigation in behalf of any private party.
Investigation and development of domestic mineral deposits, except
fuels: For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau of Mines to
investigate, develop, and experimentally mine, on public lands and
with the consent of the owner on private lands, deposits of minerals
in the United States and its possessions, including surface and subsur-
face investigations, laboratory tests, the construction, maintenance,
and repair of necessary camp buildings, core storage facilities, mining
structures and appurtenances, the lease of lands or buildings; and
not to exceed $39,200 for personal services in the District of Columbia,
$1,060,000: Provided, That the Director of the Bureau of Mines, for
the purposes of this appropriation, is authorized to accept lands,
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies,
Federal, State, or private.
Coal investigations: For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau
of Mines to investigate known coal deposits in the United States
and its possessions; including purchase of not to exceed one passen-
ger motor vehicle; and items otherwise properly chargeable to the
appropriation, "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior";
and not to exceed $7,500 for personal services in the District of
Columbia; $75,000: Provided, That the Director of the Bureau of
Mines is authorized to carry on such investigations in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided further,
That the said Director is hereby authorized and directed to make
suitable arrangements with owners of private property upon which
exploration or development work is performed for payment by such
owners of a reasonable percentage, as determined by the Secretary
of the Interior, of the total value of the minerals thereafter produced
from such property.
Oil and gas investigations: For inquiries and investigations and
dissemination of information concerning the mining, preparation,
treatment, and utilization of petroleum and natural gas, and for
every expense incident thereto, including purchase of not to exceed
five passenger motor vehicles; purchase, in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere of other items otherwise properly chargeable to the
appropriation "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior";
$600,000, of which not to exceed $41,500 may be expended for per-
sonal services in the District of Columbia.
Mining experiment stations: For personal services, purchase of
not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles, and other expenses in
connection with the establishment, maintenance, and operation of
mining experiment stations, as provided in the Act of March 3, 1915
(30 U. S. C. 8), $1,060,000, of which not to exceed $38,500 may be
expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Metallurgical research and pilot plants: For expenses necessary
to enable the Bureau of Mines to conduct laboratory, pilot plant, and
demonstration plant tests to establish methods for more effectively
utilizing the mineral resources in the United States and its posses-
sions, including the lease of lands or buildings; research on and
development of processes for production and utilization of metals
and nonmetallic minerals; construction of buildings to house labora-
tories, pilot plants, and demonstration plants; and other items other-
wise properly chargeable to the appropriation "Contingent expenses,
Department of the Interior"; and not to exceed $29,000 for personal
services in the District of Columbia; $1,000,000: Provided, That the
Director of the Bureau of Mines, for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other
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Restriction.
Acceptance of lands,
etc.
Investigations.
Payment by owner
of private property.
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