SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 130. 1918. . 807 For repairs and necessary alterations to buildings, $6,000. R¤v¤*¤=··¤= For fuel for heat, light, and power; office expenses, stationery, books §is*j°“¤*;£¤S· and periodicals; traveling expenses (including expenses of attend- °"'p` ` ance upon meetings of technical and professional societies when require in connection with standardization, testing, or other official work of the bureau); street car tickets not exceeding $100 ; expenses of the visiting committee; expenses of attendance of American member at the meeting of the International Committee of Weights and Measures; supplies for qperation, maintenance, purchase, and re air of a passenger automob` e and motor trucks for official use, including their exchange; and contingencies of all kinds, $50,000. For grading construction of roads and walks, piping grounds for C"’°°‘8'°“¤*’S· water supply, lamps, wiring for lighting purposes, and other expenses incident to the implrovement and care o gr·ounds, $7 ,500. _ _ To investigate the dangers to life and property due to the trans- em}-ileiihlxélzir °l°°m° mission of electric currents at hgh potentials, an the precautions to be taken and the best metho of construction, installation, and operation to be followed in the distribution and return of such currents, in order to reduce to a minimum such dangers; also to investigate the best means of protecting life and pro erty from lightning, knqlluding personal services in the District of Columbia an in the e , $15,000. _ For continuation of the investigption of structural materials, such ,,,$,Q,"'§‘§,“,,}",,,,,,""’“°'“"“ as stone, clays, cement, and so fort , including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $125,000. _ _ For maintenance and operation of testing machines, including ,,,,°;,°§§,,?‘€,_,2,?‘°,,,}‘}'§,g{“‘°' personal services in connection therewith in the District of Columbia and in the field, for the determination by the Bureau of Standards gf the physical constants and the properties of materials as authorized y aw, $30,000. For invest' ation of fire-resis pro erties of building' materials ‘ '“‘“' and conditiorii under which thetylnrgiay lilo most efiiciently used, and g for the standardization of types of appliances for tire prevention, iipciliuding personal services in the District of Columbia and in the e , $25,000. For investigation of the standards and methods of measurements ,,u’§§,°§,‘f,,§’,§{°"“ °’ of public utihties, such as gas, electric liglht, electric power, water, telephone, and electric railway service, an the solution of the problems which arise in connection with standards in such service, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $50,000. For investigation of materials used in the construction of rails, ;,,&‘§¥,`g§{[,,,§’,,$f‘*l"“‘°"° wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their faihgre, iigluding personal services in the District of Columbia and in the fie , $15,000. For testing miscellaneous materials, such as vamish materials, ,,g*“°°u““°°“"°"‘“g· soap materials, inks, and chemicals, includinlgs supplies for the Government departments and independent estab hments, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the Held, as authorized by law, $30,000. _ For investigation and standardization of methods and instrrunents t,@,d,,‘§°,,g"‘,’,§‘},*{,‘},‘$‘*’ employed in radio communication, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $20,000. _ To develop color standards and methods of manufacture and of sei.ril1iir`i1iziiliei¤iel°•i°° color measurement, with special reference to their industrial use in standardization and specification of colorants such as dyestuifs, inks, and pigments, and other products, paint, paper, and textiles, in which color rs a pertinent property, including personal services in the Distrrct of Co umbia and in the field, $10,000.
