74T H CONGRESS. SESS . I. CH. 101. MAY 9, 1935 .
197 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Recl amat ion Bure au . The followings 1 sums are appropriated out of the special fund in lanaion tsfrom the Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, Vol .32,p.388
U , . S . 1902 (U . S . C ., title 43, sees . 391, 411), and therein designated "the C .,pp .1862,1864 , reclamation fund", to be available immediately :
Ante, p.178 . S ala ries : Fo r the Commis sioner of Re clamation a nd other per - Commissioner, office per sonn el, and othe r sonal services in the District of Columbia, $96,500 ; for office expenses expenses. in the District of Columbia, $15,000 ; in all, $111,500 ;
Post, p . 597 . Adminis trative provisions and limitations : F or al l e xp end itu re s A Ad min ist ra tiv e pro . 1
visions and limitations . authorized by the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof vol . a2,p.388. or supplementary thereto, known as the " reclamation law ", an d all other Acts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, Expenses designated, including not to exceed $100,000 for personal services and $ 15,000 for other expenses in the office of the chief engineer, $20,000 for tele- graph, telephone, and other communication service . $5,000 for photo- graph ing and maki ng photogra phic prints, $41,250 for personal services, and $7,500 for other expenses in the field legal offices ; exam- ination of estimates for appropriations in the field ; refunds of overcollections and deposits for other purposes ; not to exceed $18,000 for litho graphi ng, e ngravi ng, p rintin g, an d bind ing ; purchase of ice ; purchase of rubber boots for official use by employees ; main- tenance and operation of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passen- vehicles . ger vehicles ; not to exceed $20,000 for purchase and exchange of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles ; p ac k- ing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regu- lations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior ; payment Propert y damages . of damages caused to the owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its offil- cers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or main- tenance of irrigatio n works, an d which may be compromis ed by agreement between the claimant and the Secretary of the Interior, or such officers as he may designate ; payment for official telephone service in the field hereafter incurred in case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations estab- lished by the Secretary of the Interior ; not to exceed $1,000 for Attendance at meet- ings, except membership fees, of attendance, when authorized by the Secretary, upon meetings of technical and professional societies required in connection with official work of the Bureau ; payment of rewards, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Inte- rior, for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons found guilty of the theft, damage, or destruction of public property : Provided, That no part of said appropriations may be Hevisa s tens offices . used for maintenance of headquarters for the Bureau of Reclamation outside the District of Columbia except for an office for the chief engineer and staff and for certain field officers of the division of pub- l ic re lation s : P rovid ed fur ther, That th e Secretary of the Interior em ployees . services for in his administration of the Bureau of Reclamation is authorized to contract for medical attention and service for employees and to make necessary pay-roll deductions agreed to by the employees therefor Provided further, That no part of any sum provided for in this Act Res tri cti on on use where district is in ar- for operation and maintenance of any project or division of a project rears . by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be used for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has con- tracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due the United States, and no part of any sum provided for iii this Act for 1 So in original .
