Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 1.djvu/378

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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.--CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 or without drivers at local rates approved by the Director, steno- graphic reporting service, traveling expenses and carfare, and leather and rubber articles for the protection of public property and employees, $430,000, of which $20,000 shall be available for the con- struction and equipment of a structure, West Potomac Park, to be used as a first-aid station, park police lodge, maintenance and comfort station. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE For the employment of persons and means in the city of Wash- ington and elsewhere, including the purchase of printed bags, tags, and labels, without regard to existing laws, applicable to public printing, furniture, carpets, typewriters, computing and adding machines, filing devices, and other office equipment and labor-saving devices, stationery, telephone and telegraph service, postage stamps for official use, express, freight, and drayage charges, traveling, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carry- ing out the work of the Service, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, as follows: SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of the Director, two assistant directors, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $165,930. Propagation of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, equipment, acquisition, and operation of fish-cultural stations, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures; general propagation of food fishes and their distribution; propagation and distribution of fresh-water mussels; purchase, col- lection, and transportation of specimens and other expenses (includ- ing not to exceed $5,320 for personal services), incidental to the maintenance and operation of aquarium; and all other necessary expenses, $1,069,555, including $15,000 for commencing the establish- ment of a fish-cultural station in the vicinity of Houston, Texas, including the purchase of land, the construction of buildings, ponds water supply, improvements to grounds, purchase of equipment, and other necessary expenses. The unobligated balance of the appropriation remaining under the limitation of $155,000 to establish or commence the establishment of stations authorized by the Act approved May 21, 1930 (46 Stat. 371), contained in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act. 1940, under the head "Propagation of food fishes' which was continued available during the fiscal year 1941. is continued available during the fiscal year 1942, and the unobligated balance of the appropriation remaining under the limitation of $120,000 for the establishment of stations in Arkansas and Mississippi, for the purchase of a fish- cultural station in Oklahoma, and for the further development of the stations at Lamar. Pennsylvania, and on Williams Creek, on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, contained in the Inte- rior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1941, under the head "Propagation of food fishes", is continued available during the fiscal year 1942. Construction of fish screens: For construction, operation, and maintenance, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or either, of fish screens and ladders on Federal irrigation projects, and for the conduct of investigations and surveys, the preparation of designs, and supervision of construc- 353 West Potomac Park, first-aid station, etc. Post, p. 833. Houston, Tex., fish- cultural station. Establishment of stations, etc. Reappropriatlon. 53 Stat. 917. 54 Stat. 455 . 54 Stat. 454 . 278941--42 -PT. I-23