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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . II. CII. 707 . 1929 .

1643 P rovi ded, That no part of this appropriation, or of the appro- Proviso.

on. priation of $250,000 for the enlargement of the Avalon Reservoir Ante, p . 992. contained in the Act of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat., p . 90 2), shall be avai labl e un til the Dire ctor of the Unit ed S tate s Ge olog ical Sur vey sha ll have repor ted favorably on the founda tion of the A valon Dam and on the depth to which water may be stored in the proposed enlarged reservoir ; Shoshone project, Wyoming : For continuation of drainage sys- Shoshone, Wyo. tem, Deaver irrigation district, fiscal years 1929 and 1930, $20,000 ; Vale project, Oregon : For continuation of construction, fiscal vale ' ores ' years 1929 and 1930, $560,000 ; Secondary projects : For an additional amount for general and Secondary projects . cooperative investigations, fiscal years 1929 .and 1930, $150,000, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be used for personal serv- ices and not to exceed $10,000 for other expenses in the office of the chief engineer ; Total, from reclamation fund, $1,422,400 . UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Geological Survey . Topog,eaphic surveys : For topographic surveys in various portions Topographic surveys . of the United States, including the general objects of expenditure enumerated in the second paragraph under the caption " Geological Survey " in the In terior Depar tment Appro priati on Ac t for the fiscal year 1929, $20,000, to be expended in cooperation with States with pates .

work or municipalities on standard topographic surveys and on a basis on which the share of the Geological Survey shall in no case exceed 50 per cent.

Great Smoky Moun Great Smoky Mountains National Park : For completing the topo- tains National Park . graphic survey of the boundaries of the proposed Great Smoky eto o o pleti ng sur vey, Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, for vol.44, p. 616. expenditure by the Geological Survey under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; the computation and adjustment of control data ; the office drafting and publication of the resulting maps ; the purchase of equipment ; not to exceed $1,000 for the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles for field use ; and for the securing of such aerial photographs as are needed to make the field surveys, fiscal years 1929 and 1930 ; $60,000.

Vehicles . General expenses : The limitation of $40,000 in the Interior Limitation for field Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 upon the use, increased . hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for field use only by geolo- gists, topographers, engineers, and land classifiers, is hereby increased to $45,000. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

National Park Serv ice . Transfers to meet When specifically approved by the Secretary of the Interior, trans- increases in compensa- fers ma y be made bet ween the appro priations for the National Park tion authorized . Service in the Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1929, in order to meet increases in com pensat ion re sultin g fro m the reallo catio n by t he Per sonnel Classification Board of positions under said service. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget . Crater Lake National Park, Oregon : For insect-control work, not Crater Lake, o re s. t o exc eed $9,000 ma y be transfer red from funds available fo r such work in Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone National Parks for the fiscal year 1929 . 54835°-29-PT 1-107