53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 253-JUNE 30, 1939 grounds, including the construction of necessary outbuildings and side- walks on public streets, abutting Weather Bureau grounds; for the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, telephoning, and cabling reports and messages, rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the companies performing the service; for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations and for the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gaging and measur- ing of the flow of rivers and the issuing of river forecasts and warn- ings; for observations and reports relating to crops; and for other necessary observations and reports, including cooperation with other bureaus of the Government and societies and institutions of learning as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $145,000. General weather service and research: For necessary expenses inci- dent to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, cli- matology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including $3,930 for investigations of the relationship of weather conditions to forest fires, under section 6 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S . C. 581e), $2,527,870, of which not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Meteorological Committee, and not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for the maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications: Provided, That no printing shall be done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office without impairing the service of said Bureau. Airways weather service and research: For promoting the safety and efficiency of aircraft as provided by section 803 of the Civil Aero- nautics Act of 1938, and for the maintenance of stations for observ- ing, measuring, and investigating atmospheric phenomena, including salaries and other expenses, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $3,500,000. Total, salaries and expenses, Weather Bureau, $6,172,870, of which amount not to exceed $722,719 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That Weather Bureau part- time employees, appointed by designation or otherwise, under regula- tions of the Civil Service Commission, for observational work, may perform odd jobs in the installation, repair, improvement, alteration, cleaning, or removal of Government property and receive compensa- tion therefor at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture. WEATHER BtJREAU BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUTMBIA Weather Bureau Building: For the construction and equipment, on the site of the Weather Bureau in the District of Columbia, of the first unit of an extensible building for the use of said Bureau, includ- ing necessary alterations in the existing Weather Bureau buildings, to remain available until expended. $250,000. Total, Weather Bureau, $6,172,870. 947 Living quarters of observers. Telegraphing, etc. Issuing forecasts and warnings. Cooperation with other bureaus, etc. Administrative ex- penses. General weather service and research. Weather relation- ship to forest fires. 45 Stat. 701. 16 U. 8. C. §581e. International Me- teorological Commit- tee. Printing office. Proviso. Restriction. Airways weather service and research. 52 Stlt. 1014. 49 U. . ('., Sulpp. IV, § 6(I3. IPersonal services. Proviso. Part-time employ- ees. Construction and equipment.
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