SIXTY—SEV`ENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 24. 1923. 1121 expenses of the office of the Bureau of Lighthou es in the District of Columbia, $4,200,000. Keepers of lighthouses: For salaries of not exceeding one thousand K°°"°”‘ eight hundred lighthouse and fog-signal keepers and persons attendinv lights exclusive of post lights, $1,300,000. Lighthouse vessels: For salaries and wages of officers and crews °mLg€:t§$`}S° v°S°°1S' of light vessels and lighthouse tenders, including temporary emplméyment when necessary, $1,650,000. _ uperintendents, clerks, and so forth: For salaries of seventeen cig{§?:{@°t°°dm”’ superintendents of lighthouses, and of clerks, and other authorized permanent employees in the district offices and depots of the Lighthouse Service, exclusive of those regularl employed in the office of the Bureau of Lighthouses, District of Columbia, $400,000. Romdpa _ Retired pay: For retired pa of officers and employees engaged V¤1·4¢>.v-ak in the Held service or on vesseh. of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices and shops, $85,000. _ · Public Works: or constructing or purchasin and equipping P°bh°w°tks' lighthouse tenders and light vessels for the Lighgiouse Service as may be specifically approved b the Secretary of Commerce not to exceed $240,000, and or establishing and improving aids to navigation and other works as may be speciHcally approved by the Secretary of Commerce, $473,000; in all, $713,000. Coast and Geodetic coasr Arm ononrrrrc smavnr. “‘”"°’· For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the work of m°xp°°°°°' the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including maintenance, repair, or operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn vehicles for use in Held work, and for the purchase of surveying instruments, including extra compensation at not to exceed $1 r da for each station to employees of the Lighthouse Service andpthe Wzzather Bureau while observing tides or currents, and the services of one tide observer in the District of Columbia at not to exceed $1 per day, and includin compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons emplo ed in the Held work, and commutation to officers of the Held force wliile on Held duty, at a rate not exceeding $3 per day each, to be expended in accordance with the regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, and under Dm-n,¤¤m, the fcggowing head; :1 _ F d mm Fie expenses, t antic coast: or surve s an necessary resur· °‘¥’°°’°“· veys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including udstgilm md Gun the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the Unite States: Provided That not more than $45,000 of this amount shall £.Yi§‘§j.,t.,,,um_ be expended on the coasts of said outlying islands, and the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal, $138,000; Pm t PaciHc coast: For surveys and necessary resurveys of coasts on °°°°°' the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, $314,300; \ Puma, hyd, Tides, currents, and so forth: For continuing researches in phys- pay. °gt°' ical hydrography, relating to harbors and bars, and for tida and current observations on the coasts of the United States, or other coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, $29,000; Comma, Coast Pilot: For compilation of the Coast Pilot, including the ' employment of such pilogs and nauticgl 6e§)perts in the Held and office as ma be necessa or the same, 5, ; , For continuing magnrgtic observations and to establish meridian amuggiiim ° lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States: magnetic observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States; purchase of additional magnetic instruments; lease of sites where necessary and erection of temporary magnetic build- 42]50°—23--71
