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436 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 266. 1924. w¤·¢¤¤B¤r¤·¤· WEATHER BUREAU. . sarnnms. CM ·¤¤°*‘¤°·¤¤· For chief of bureau and other rsonal services in the District of sm"' Columbia in accordance with tliiae Classification Act of 1923 and for personal services in the field, $395,000. omnrexvanses. ommnn. nxrnnsns, wnarmm norman. ~ °‘°¤'¤¤*°*°¤· For carrying into effect in the District of Columbia. and elsewhere in the United States, in the West Indies, rn the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea, and on ad°acent coasts, in the Hawauan Islands, in V°l°°°’°’°m’ Bermuda., and in Alaska, tlre provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890, so far as they relate to the weather service transferred » thereby to the Department of Agriculture, for the employment of professors of meteorologlyl, district forecasters, local forecasters, meteorologists, section rs, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instrument makers, foremen, assistant oremen, proof readers, compositors, premen, lithographers, folders and feeders, repairmen station agents, messe?ers, messenger boys, laborers, special obmrvers, displaymen, an other necessary errrployees; for fuel, gas, electricity, freight and express charges, furniture, stationery, rce, dry goods, twine, mats, oil, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, and washing towels; for advertising; for purchase, sub— sistence, and care of horses and vehicles, the purchase and repair of harness, for official purposes only; for instruments, shelters, apparatus, storm-warning towers and repairs thereto· for rent of offices; for repair and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of unds, including the construction of necessary outbuildings andgrsiidewalks on public streets abutting Weather Bureau grounds; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers; for official traveling expenses; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, telegglgoning, an cabling re rts and · messages, rates to be fixed by the retary of Agriculturegcy agreement with the com anies performing the service; for the maintenance and repair ofll?Veather Bureau telegraph, telephone, and cable lines; and for every other expenditure required for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations and for the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gauging and measuring of the flow of rivers and the issuing of river forecasts and warnings; for observations and reports relating to crops, and for other neces- 0"fe<;g)$g¤gww*¢¤ sary observations and reports inclu ing cooperation with other bu- ' ° reaus of the Government and societies and institutions of learning for the dissemination of meteorological information, as follows: ,,,§,§,§f“*‘°S *° ‘““"‘ For necessary expenses in the city of Washington incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, $142,000; P¤¤¤¤z¤¤i¤¤· For the maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications, including the pay of additional employees, when ggeggéion mmk necessary, $11,500: Provided, That no printing shall be done by the ` Weatber Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office Expenses mgm of without impairing the service of said bureau; wasmngmn. For necessary expenses outside of the city of Washington incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climate]- ogy, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, $1,339,7 35;