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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. II: CH. 227. 1929. lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of U.S. Code,p.427. national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the co ntinuo us pro ductio n of t imber on lan ds chie fly su itable there for," approved June 7, 1924 (U. S. C ., pp . 427, 428, sees . 564-570), including Balance available . ersonal services in the District of Columbia, $60,000, together with Vol.44,p. 980.
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>$ 5,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 . Service s in the Dis - Total, Extension Service, $4,747,000, of which amount not to trict.
exceed $464,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Grand total, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $12,008,390 . Weather Bureau. Gen eral expe nses . Classification of. Vol . 26, p. 653. U.S. Code, p.381. Air Ser vice repo rts . Vol.44,p. 571. U.S. Code, p. 1929. Telegraph and tele- phone expenses . Issuing forecasts and warnings . Cooperation w ith other bureaus, etc . Chief of Bureau, and office personnel . Post, p . 1625. Expenses in Wash- ing ton . WEATHER BUREAU SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES For carryi ng int o effe ct in the Di strict of Col umbia and el sewher e in the United States, in the West Indies, in the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea, and on adjacent coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Bermuda, and in Alaska the provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890 (U. S . C ., p . 381, sees. 311-313, 317), so far as they relate to the weather service transferred thereby to the Department of Agri- culture, and the amendment thereof contained in section 5 (e) of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (U . S. C., p. 1929, sec. 313), for the employment of professors of meteorology, district forecasters, loc al foreca sters, me teorologi sts, sect ion direc tors, obs ervers, a ppren- ti ces, oper ators , ski lled mech anics , ins trum ent m akers , for emen , assistant foremen, proof readers, compositors, pressmen, lithog- raphers, folders and feeders, repair men, station agents, messengers, messenger boys, laborers, special observers, display men, and other necessary employees ; for fuel, gas, electricity, freight and express charges, furniture, stationery, ice, dry goods, twine, mats, oil, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, and washing towels ; for advertising ; for purc hase, subsis tence, and c are of horses and v ehicle s, the purch ase and repai r of h arness , for offici al pur poses o nly ; for i nstrum ents, shelters, apparatus, storm-warning towers and repairs thereto ; for rent of offices ; for repair, alterations, and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of grounds, including the con- struction of necessary outbuildings and sidewalks on public streets abutting Weather Bureau grounds ; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers ; for official traveling exp enses ; for teleph one re ntals, and f or tel egraphi ng, te lephon ing, and cabli ng rep orts a nd mes sages, rates to be fixed by the Secre tary of Agriculture by agreement with the companies performing the serv- ice ; for the maintenance and repair of Weather 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 warn- ings of st orms, cold w aves, frosts , and h eavy s nows, the ga uging 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 necessary observations and reports, including cooperation with other bureaus of the Government and societies and institu- tions of learning for the dissemination of meteorological informa- tion, as follows For nece ssar y ex pens es for gene ral admi nis trat ive purp oses , including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $136,000 . For necessary expenses in the city of Washington incident to col- lecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and mai ine
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