1336 FIFTY-NINTH ooxeiuass. sm. 11. cn. 2918. 1907. artesian wells and the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources, one hundred thousand dollars; Topvsmrhicai sur- For topographical surveys in various portions of the United States, vm' three hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; Geological surveys. For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, two hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; P¤1•w¤t<>¤<>si¤ re- For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the national S°°‘r°h°°‘ domain, ten thousand dollars; Allglrserslrssourcesof For continuation of the investigation of the mineral resources of °' Alaska, eighty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; mg‘c'§,";f’“’~ °*"·· ’°‘ For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the m _ national domain, twenty thousand dollars; . °m°°°°S' For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, M_ . eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. "“"°h°S°`"°°S‘ or the preparation of the re ort of the mineral resources of the United States, which report shallp hereafter be published in one octavo volume and as a distinct publication, the number of copies, printing of separate chapters, and mode of distribution of which shall be the same as of the annual report, seventy-five thousand dollars; B°°"*·°‘“· For the purchase of necessary books for the library, including directories and professional and scientific periodicals needed for statistical purposes,_two thousand dollars; ““*’“· Fcpfl e£·raving and printing the geological maps, one hundred thousan o rs; · ,.§§T°“‘ ’°°°"° ""' For continuation of the survey of the public l ds that have been_ or may hereafter be designated as forest reserves,@e hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; f . Rm"' For rent of basement of the addition to the main building of the Survey, required for additional storage of documents, maps, and so forth, and workroom, one thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of additional office accommodations for the Geological Survey in the main building of the Survey in the city of V\'ashing— ton, District of Columbia. being the quarters now occupied by the Reclamation Service, and paid for from that fund, three thousand dollars. ‘ In all, for the United States Geological Survey, one million four hundred and forty-five thousand and twenty dollars.
- `“'°h•¤°°"’°°'*¤— _ The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the purchase of such
law books, books of reference, periodicals, engineering and statistical publications as are needed in carrying out the surveys and examina- "`°*·°’·P·“““· tions authorized by the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act appropriating the recei ts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Tgrritories for the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands," and such expenditures shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. Mi¤cs11¤¤¤<>¤¤- Mrsonnmunous omncrs, n1~:1·A1::rma:1~rr or THE rxtmmon. §°“;0’g{,'é,!,fg°'{f,g; _ GENERAL Lxnn Omucn: For continuation to December thirty-first,
ray su; linn- nineteen hundred and seven, of the work of reproducing the otheial
‘ _,,,,§“,,_ 6E3"f“ °‘ records of the offices of the surveyor-general and register and receiver at San Francisco, California, which were destroyed by earth uake and tire on the eighteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and six, twenty—’1ive thousand two hundred dollars. Rent,etc. For the continuation of the rent from July first, nineteen hundred and seven, to December thirty-nrst, nineteen hundred and seven, for temporary offices for the General Land Office and for the purchase of typewriters, furniture, stationery, and other draftin supplies, and for the binding of plats and field notes, constitutin tie reproduced records of the omce of the surveyor-general of Califbrnia, authorized
