'294 Officers and men on vessels, pay . Commissioned o81 • cers, pay and allow- ances . Proviso . Assistant director . Office force . Office expenses . Aeronautical charts . Subsistence restric . tons. Attendance at meet- ings . Ante, p. 283. Bureau of Fisheries . Commissioner's ice. Propagation of food fishes. 75T H CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH . 359-JI?NE 16, 1937 Pay of officers and men on vessels : For all necessary employees to man and equip the vessels, including professional seamen serving as mates on vessels of the Survey, to execute the work of the Survey he rein p rovide d for and au thoriz ed by law, $5 80,000 ; Pay, commissioned officers : For pay and allowances prescribed by law for commissioned officers on sea duty and other duty, holding re lative rank with o fficer s of t he Nav y, incl uding one di rector , six hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of captain, ten hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of com- mander, seventeen hydrographic and geodetic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant commander, forty-seven hydrographic and geo- detic engineers with relative rank of lieutenant, sixty-one junior hy drogra phic a nd geo detic engine ers wi th rela tive r ank of lieut enant (junior grade), twenty-nine aides with relative rank of ensign, and including officers retired in accordance with existing law, $815,000 : Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce may designate one of the hydrographic and geodetic engineers to act as assistant director ; Office force : For personal services, $572,000 ; Office expenses : For purchase of new instruments (except survey- ing instruments), including their exchange, materials, equipment, replacement of one proving press, and supplies required in the instru- ment shop, carpenter shop, and chart division ; books, scientific and technical books, journals, books of reference, maps, charts, and sub- scriptions ; copper plates, chart paper, printer's ink, copper, zinc and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing ; engraving, printing, photographing, rubber gloves, and electrotyping supplies ; pho tolit hogr aphin g and pri nting char ts f or im media te us e ; station- ery for office and field parties ; transportation of instruments and supplies when not charged to party expenses ; telegrams ; washing ; office furniture, repairs ; miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds , not exc eeding $9 0 for str eet-car f ares, $5 9,600 ; Aeronautical charts : For compilation and printing of aeronautical charts, including personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $85,500), operation of an airplane for check flights, and aerial photographs, execution of ground surveys at air terminals, and the purchase of drafting, photographic, photolithographic, and printing supplies and equipment, $105,500 . Appropr iation s here in mad e for travel ing exp enses or for the C oast and G eodeti c Surv ey sha ll not be av ailable for a llowan ce to civili an or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the director), except as now provided by law . The appropriation under title III herein for traveling expenses shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $150, for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey when incurred on the written authority of the Sec- retary of Commerce . BUR EAU OF FISHER IES Commissioner's office : For the Commissioner and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $150,400 . Propagation of food fishes : For maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, equipment, acquisition, and operation of fish-cultural station s, gen eral p ropaga tion o f food fishes and t heir d istrib ution, including movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars and not to exceed $15,000 for purchase of trucks for fish distribution ; mainte- nance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying
