74TH C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 691. JUNE 22, 1936.
178 7 1917 (U. S. C., title 30, sec. 141), February 25, 1920 (U . S. C., title 4 vol.38,p. 142; Vol . 30, sec . 181), as amended, and March 4, 1921 (U. S. C., title 48, 437 ,
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41' pp' sec . 444), and other Acts relating to the mining and recovery of 1342141 . ' pp . 2140, minerals on Indian and public lands and naval petroleum reserves ; and for every othe r exp ense incid ent t heret o, in cludi ng su pplie s, equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, the construction, maintenance, and repair of necessary camp buildings and appur- tenances thereto, $315,000, of which amount $30,000 shall be immediately available and not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; During the fiscal year 1937 the head of any department or inde- Cooperative work on pendent establishment of the Government havin funds avai lable soient iflo ' etov investt- j
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gations for government for scientific and technical investigations and requiring cooperative agencies . work by the Geological Survey on scientific and technical investiga- tions within the scope of the functions of that bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, transfer to the Geological Survey such sums as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer on the books of the Treasury Department any sums which may be authorized hereunder, and such amounts shall be placed to the credit Cre dit of funds . of the Geological Survey for the performance of work for the department or establishment from which the transfer is made Provided, That any sums transferred by any department or inde- Prorisos . Exp enditur e of t rans- pendent establishment of the Government to the Geological Survey ferred funds . for cooperative work in connection with this appropriation may be expended in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended : Pro vi ded further, That any fund s herein appropri ated availability . w ork
for the Geological Survey for cooperative work may be utilized prior to July 1, 1936, a s req uired to e nable the Geolo gical Surv ey to continue its coope rative w ork pending rei mbursement from cooperative agencies, the amount so utilized to be repaid to the appropriation from which advanced ; During the fiscal year 1937, upon the request of the Secretary of Aerial photographs the Interior, the Secretary of War, or the Secretary of the Navy for aviators, etc. is authorized to furnish aerial photographs required for mapping projects, insofar as the furnishing of such pho tographs will be economical to the Federal Government and does not conflict with military or naval operations or the other parts of the regular train- ing program of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps flying services, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reimburse the Reimbursement . War or Navy Department for the cost of making the photographs, such cost to be confined to the actual cost of gasoline, oil, film, paper, chemicals, and the labor performed in developing the photographic ne gativ es an d the prin ting of co pies of ph otogr aphs, and the p er- diem expenses of the personnel authorized by law, together with such incidental expenses as care and minor repairs to plan e and transportation of personnel to and from projects, and the War Department or the Navy Department, on request of the Department of the Interior, is authorized to furnish copies to anv State, county, or municipal agency cooperating with the Federal 'Government in the mapping project for which the photographs were taken . In is Contracts with civil- the event that the Director of the Geological Survey deems it advan- ta geous to t he Go vernm ent, the G eolog ical Surve y is autho rized to contract with civilian aerial photographic concerns for the furnish- ing of such photographs ; Appropriations herein made shall b e available for payment of the Transporting effects costs of packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of of employees . a
