SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I . C$. 137. 1928. expenses, expenses of medical and other examinations, and including not to exceed $2,20 0 for compen sation of one actua ry, to be fi xed by the Commissioner of Pensions with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and actual necessary travel and other expenses of three members of the Board of Actuaries, $78,000 . For beginning the financing of the liability of the United States, created by the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof, $19,950,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the " civil-service retirement and disability fund." BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Actuary, etc. Fir st Go ver nm ent contribution to retire- ment fund . Vol. 41, p. 619 ; Vol. 44, p. 912. Reclamation Bureau . 227 Payments from recla- The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund in the mation fund . Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, 1902, Vol.32,p.388. and therein designated " the reclamation fund," to be available immediately Commissione r, office Commissioner of Reclamation, $10,000 ; and other personal services personnel, and ex- in the District of Columbia in accordance with "the Classification penses . Act of 1923," $135,000 ; for office expenses in the District of Columbia, $23,000 ; in all, $168,000 ;
Attendance at meet- Fo r expe nses, except membe rship fees, of atte ndance upon meetin gs ings . of technical and professional societies required in connection with official work of the bureau, $2,000 ; For all expe ndit ures au thor ized by the Act of June 17, 190 2 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, known as the reclamation law, and all other Acts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, including not to exceed $165,000 for personal services and $30,000 for other expenses in the office of the Chief Engineer, $25,000 for telegraph, telephone, and other communication service, $8,000 for photographing and making photographic prints, $50,000 for personal services, and $13,000 for other expenses in the field legal offices ; examination of estimates for appropriations in the field ; refunds of overcollections and deposits for other purposes ; not to exceed $20,000 for lithographing, engraving, printing, and binding ; purchase of ice ; purchase of rubber boots for official use by employees ; maintenance and operation of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying Transport ing effects vehicles ; not to exceed $40,000 for purchase of horse-drawn and of employ ees . motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles ; packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon perman ent ch ange o f stat ion, u nder re gulati ons to be pr escrib ed Dam ages to prop - by the Secretary of the Interior ; payment of damages caused to the erty. owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the surv ey, co nstruc tion, operat ion, o r maint enance of ir rigati on wor ks, and which may be compromised by agreement between the claimant and the Secretary of the Interior, or such officers as he may designate ; payment for official telephone service in the field hereafter incurred in ca se of off icial tel ephones i nstalled in priva te houses when aut hor- ized under regul ations estab lished by the Secre tary o f the Interi or Provided, That no part of said appropriations may be used for main- Limit ~'
on outside tenance of headquarters for the Bureau of Reclamation outside the headquarters . District of Columbia except for an office for the chief engineer and staff an d for cer tain fiel d officer s of the division of reclam ation economics : Provided farther, That the Secretary of the Interior in his administration of the Bureau of Reclamation is authorized to contract for medical attention and service for employees and to make necessary pay-roll deductions agreed to by the employees therefor : All expenses . Vol.32,p.388. Ante, p . 201 . Purposes designated . Medical attendance, etc., for employees .
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