PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 754-JUNE 29,1948 civil-service requirements, and not to exceed $16,000 for personal serv- Acceptanc of con- ices in the District of Columbia; $250,000: Provided,That the Director is authorized to accept money, lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Pro- Payment by private vided further, That the said Director is hereby authorized and property owners, directed to make suitable arrangements with owners of private prop- erty or with a State or its subdivision for payment of a sum equal to one-half the amount of expenditure to be made for control or extin- guishment from funds provided under the authorization of this Act except that expenditure of Federal funds for this purpose in any privately owned operating coal mine shall be limited to investigation and supervision. Coal-mine inspections and investigations: For expenses necessary to enable the Bureau of Mines to perform the duties imposed upon it 5 Sta pp. 177. by the Act of May 7, 1941 (30 U. S. C. 4f); including not to exceed 4f note. $150,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies; printing and binding of technical papers Vehicles and reports; operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled trucks and other motor vehicles for official use and in transporting employees between their homes and temporary locations where they may be employed and expenses of employees in attendance at meetings and conferences held for promoting safety and health in the coal- mining industry; $2,431,500. Testing fuel: For expenses necessary to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning the mining, prep- aration, treatment, and use of mineral fuels, and for investigation of mineral fuels belonging to or for the use of the United States, with tReommrnendations a view to their most efficient utilization; to recommend to various cies. departments such changes in selection and use of fuel as may result in greater economy, and, upon request of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to investigate the fuel-burning equipment in use by or proposed for any of the departments, establishments, or institu- tions of the United States in the District of Columbia, including printing and binding of technical papers and reports; and not to exceed $106,700 for personal services in the District of Columbia; $506,600. Anthracite mining investigations: For expenses necessary to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations cocerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and use of anthracite coals; the employment of personnel without regard to civil-service requirements; including items otherwise properly chargeable to the appropriation Ante, p. 1113 "Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior"; printing and binding of technical papers and reports; and not to exceed $25,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $396,100. Lignite research laboratory: For the construction and equipment of a lignite research laboratory at Grand Forks, North Dakota, as Ante p. S8 authorized by the Act of March 25, 1948 (Public Law 454), including necessary supplemental tracts of land; not to exceed $75,000 for employment, by contract or otherwise, at such rates of compensation as the Secretary may determine, of engineers, architects, or firms or corporations thereof necessary to design and supervise construction of said laboratory; and not to exceed $7,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia; $200,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition thereto the Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts for this purpose in an amount not exceeding $550,000. Synthetic liquid fuels: For expenses, without regard to section 3709, U. .. Revised Statutes, as amended, necessary to carry into effect the Act 1136 [62 STAT.
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