Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 27.djvu/604

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578 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 208. 1893. Sgt? *1*** G°°**°*i¤ Consr AND Gnomsrre SURVEY. fff§g¢¤z*g of gzwey For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the hating;] alia uniagih,. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States and the coast °°”'·“· ““°· of the Territory of Alaska, including the survey of rivers to the head of tide water or ship navigation; deep-sea soundings, temperature and current observations along the coast and throughout the Gulf Stream and Japan Stream flowing off the said coasts; tidal observations; the necessary resurveys; the preparations of the Coast Pilot; continuing researches and other work relating to terrestrial magnetism and the magnetic maps of the United States and adjacent waters, and the tables of magnetic declination, dip, and intensity usually accompanying them; and including compensation not otherwise appropriated for of persons employed on the field work, in conformity with the regulations for the government of the Coast and Geodetic Survey adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury; for special examinations that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority, and including traveling expenses of officers and men of the Navy on duty; for commutation to officers of the held force while on held duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day each; outfit, equipment, and care of vessels used in the Survey, and also the repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey from time to time prescribed P'”'*'°· by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the following heads: Pro- M*‘¤¤¤¤¤- vided, That no advance of money to chiefs of field parties under this appropriation shall be made unless to a commissioned officer or to a civilian officer who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the ’ Treasury may direct. P·r¢y<¤1>¤¤•¤¤· Fon PARTY Exrnnsnsz For survey of unfinished portions of the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, including the eastern boundary of Maine to the International Boundary Monument; coast of New Brunswick eastward to point Lepreau; Grand Manan Island, Ports mouth Harbor, and Piscataqua River; Newburyport Harbor and Merrimac River to Haverill; Connecticut River to Hartford; Hudson River to Troy; Delaware River from Philadelphia to Trenton; Bogue Inlet and interior waters along the coast of North Carolina, and Cooper and Ashley rivers, South Carolina, and necessary resurveys, including Boston Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound, Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, coast of New Jersey nom Sandy Hook to cape May, Saint Johns River to Jacksonville and Fort George Inlet, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. To continue the primary triangulation from the vicinity of Montgomery towards Mobile; and for triangulation, topography, and hydrography of unfinished portions of the Gulf coast, including Lakes Poutchartrain and Maurepass and the resurvey of Pensacola Bay, eight thousand four hundred dollars; 'I‘o make offshore soundings along the Atlantic coast and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, and for the maintenance of the steamer Blake at Chicago, during the continuance of the Columbian Exposition, and her transportation to New York, six thousand four hundred dollars; For continuing the survey of the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washingtori, including offshore hydrography, and the survey of the Columbia River to the Cascades, triangulation, topography, and hy- drography, eighteen thousand six hundred dollars; For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska, and making hydrographic surveys in the same, and for the establishment of astronomical, longitude, and magnetic stations, eight thousand four hundred dollars; For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to