PUBLIC LAWS--H . 219-JULY 12, 1943 National Capital parks. D. C. Code §§8-102 note, 8-106 note. 43 Stat. 174. D.C. Code § 4203, 4-204 . Police force, George Washington Memo- rial Parkway. Post, p. 624. Post, p. 624 . 48 Stat. 1213 . Salaries and expenses, National Capital parks: For administration, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, George Washington Memorial Parkway, monuments and memorials, Lee Mansion, Battleground National Cemetery, Chopa- wamsic Recreational Area, Federal parks in the District of Columbia, and other Federal lands authorized by the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), including the pay and allowances in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 27, 1924, as amended, of the police force for the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and the pur- chase, operation, maintenance, repair, and storage of automobiles, and motorcycles, revolvers, ammunition, purchase, cleaning, and repair of uniforms for police, guards, and elevator conductors, and equipment, per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Director not exceeding current rates for similar services in the Dis- trict of Columbia, stenographic reporting service, traveling expenses and carfare, and leather and rubber articles for the protection of public property and employees, $400,000. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE For salaries and expenses, including the purchase of printed bags, tags, and labels, without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, and traveling expenses, necessary in conducting investi- gations and carrying out the work of the Service, including cooper- ation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, as follows: SALARIES AND EXPENSES General administrative expenses: For general administrative pur- oses, including personal services in the District of Columbia, 170,000. Propagation of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures; propagation and distribution of food fishes and fresh-water mussels; purchase, collection, and transportation of specimens and other ex)penses incidental to the maintenance and operation of aquarium, $875,000. Operation and maintenance of fish screens: For 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 for determining the requirements for fishways and other fish protective devices at dams constructed under licenses issued by the Federal Power Commission, $11,350. Investigations respecting food fishes: For investigations and studies into the cause of the decrease of food fishes, and other aquatic and plant resources, in connection therewith, and of means of securing a maximum sustained yield from such resources: and maintenance, repair, improvement, equipment, and operation of fishery-experiment and biological stations, $440,000. Fishery industries: For collection and compilation of statistics of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, and the methods of preservation and utilization of fishery products, and enforcing the applicable provisions of the Act authorizing associa- tions of producers of aquatic products (15 U. S. C. 521), including contract stenographic reporting services, $293,540. 488 [57 STAT.
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