SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 75. 1915. 857 Umrnn STATES emonoeroar. sunvnr. °°°‘°¢*°°* s“"°Y· Omoo of Director: Director, $6,000; chief clerk, $2,500; chief dis- _,,Q°"“"“· D*'°“°‘· bursing clerk, $2,500; librarian, $2,000; pho r, $2 000; assist.- ant photographers—one $900, one $720; cler ne of class two, three of c ass one, one $1,000, four at $900 each; four copyists, at $720 each; watchmen—one $840, four at $720 each; janitor, $600; four messenger boys, at $480 each; in all, $35,340; Scientific assistants: Geologists—two at $4,000 each, one $3,000, s°*°”°*“° '*”"*‘““"· one $2,700; two paleontologists, at $2,000 each; chemist, $3,000; ' geo)graphers—one $2,700, one $2,500; two topographers, at $2,000 eac ; m all, $29,900; General expenses: For every expenditure requisite for and incident §$°’;‘fgf“’°“· to the authorized work of the Geological Surve , including personal ` services in the District of Columbia and in the iield, per»diem in lieu my diam Subsisr of subsistence for emplcimges engaged in Held work or travelinf on sku. p. sw. ofiicial business, when wed pursuant to section thirteen 0 the sundry civil appropriation Act approved August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen; purchase for eld use only of geologists, topographers, and engineers, of not exceeding four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles at a total cost not exceeding $2,800, and not V°"‘°*°'* exceeding twenty horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles at a total cost not exceedi§ $3,000, and maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propell and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles not exceeding $5,300; to be expended under the regulations from time to time prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and under the following heads: For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, ¤k#¤1•<11¤b<>¤¤=· $20,000; For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, v_;:p¤zr¤phi¤s¤r· $350,000; ' For geologic surveys in the various portions of the United States, G°°’°¤‘° S“"°YS· $350,000; For continuation of the investigation of the mineral resources of mi"°'“‘ '°‘ Alaska, $100,000, to be immediate y available; For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the ighemical and phys- United States, inclu ing researches with a view of determining geo- ’°‘°“'°”°* lo ical conditions favorable to the presence of deposits of potash salts, $40,000; _ For preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, Illustrations- $18,280; For preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the United p°’§¤°¤·' M°‘"°°"°· States, $75,000; ` For gauging streams and determining the water suppl of the W"' °"¥’¥""· United States, the investigation of underground cmrents ancfvartesian wells, and the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizin the water resources, $150 000; mb lor purchase of necessary books for the library, including direc- ""' tories and professional and scientific periodicals needed for statistical puiposes, $2,000; _ _ _ Ms S or engraving and prmting geologic maps, $110,000; Xi ' For continuation o topo a hic s1u·veys of the public lands that ,§;,‘;“°“°"°'°"’ ‘“" have been or may hereafter gis ated as national forests, $75,000; In all, United States Geologicallglurvey, $1,355,520. mmmxu or im·‘s. B“'°““ °‘“""’· For eneral expenses, including pa of the director and necessary Gj_§¤¤*¤¤P°¤¤•¤· assistagts, clerks, and other employegs in the office at Washington, s°ig»¤ii’plti'm-L District of Columbia, and in the Held, and every) other ezppense requisite for and incident to the general work of the ureau in ash-
