74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 101. MAY 9, 1935. and technologic investigations pertinent to the mining industry
the exchange in part payment for operation, maintenance, and repair of mine rescue trucks ; the construction of temporary structures and the repair, maintenance, and operation of mine rescue cars and the Government-owned mine rescue stations and appurtenances thereto
personal services, traveling expenses and subsistence, equipment, and supplies ; travel and subsistence, and other incidental expenses of employees in attendance at meetings and conferences held for the purpose of promoting safety and health in the mining and allied industries ; purchase not exceeding $5,000, exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles for official use in field work ; purchase and exchange in part payment therefor of cooks' uniforms, goggles, gloves, rubber boots, aprons, and such other articles or equipment as m ay be nece ssary in c onnection with the p urposes of this para - graph ; including not to exceed $80,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $632,000 : Prov ided , Th at of th is amount not to exceed $500 may be expended for the purchase and bestowal of trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid contests
Testing fuel : To conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic inve stigations concernin g the mini ng, prepar ation, tre atment, an d use of mineral fuels, and for investigation of mineral fuels belong- ing to or for the use of the United States, with a view to their most efficient utilization ; to recommend to various departments su ch changes in selection and use of fuel as may result in g reater economy, and upon request of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to investigate the fuel-burning equipment in use by or proposed for any of the departments, establishments, or institutions of the United States in the District of Columbia, $185,400, of which amount not to exceed $27,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia ; Mineral mining investigations : For inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treat- ment, and utilization of ores and mineral substances, other than fue ls, wit h a view to imp rov ing heal th cond itio ns and incr eas ing safety, efficiency, economic development ., and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metal- lurgical, and other mineral industries ; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting these industries ; and including all equipment, supplies, expenses of travel and subsistence, and the purchase, not to exceed $12,000, including exchange, operation, maintenance, and rep air of mo tor- prop elle d pa sseng er-c arry ing vehi cles for offi cial use in field work, including not to exceed $18,800 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $288,860 : Provided, That no part of this appr opriation may be exp ended for an investi gation in behalf of any private party ; Oil and gas investigations : For inquiries and investigations and diss emi nati on o f i nfor mati on conc erni ng the mini ng, pre para tio n, treatment, and utilization of petroleum and natural gas, including economic conditions affecting the industry, with a view to economic development and conserving resources through the prevention of wa ste
- for the purchase of newspapers relating to the oil, gas, and
allied industries : Provided, That section 192 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 102) shall not apply to such purchase of news- papers from this appropriation ; and for every other expense inci- dent thereto, including supplies, equipment, expenses of travel and subsistence, purchase, not to exceed $6,000, exchange as part pay- ment for, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles for official use in field work, purchase of laboratory Proviso . Rescue trop hie s . Testing fuel . 203 Attendance at meet- ings, etc. Mineral mining in- vestigations . Proviso . Pr iva te work pr ohi b- ited . Oil and gas investiga- tions . Proviso . Purchase of news- papers. R.S .,sec. 192, p. 30. U.S.C.,p.43.
