ment, and three dollars per day for each occasion of service at other REVENUE-CUTTER SERVICE. For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay and allowances of captains, lieutenants, engineer in chief, chief engineers, assistant engineers, and constructor, Revenue-Cutter Service, cadets, commissioned surgeon; two contract surgeons, two civilian instructors, and pilots employed, and rations for the same; for pay of warrant and petty officers, ships' writers, buglers, seamen, oilers, firemen, coal heavers, water tenders, stewards, cooks, and boys, and for rations for the same; for fuel for vessels, and repairs and outfits for the same; ship chandlery and engineers' stores for the same; actual traveling expenses or mileage, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for officers traveling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department; commutation of quarters; for maintenance of vessels in the protection of the seal fisheries in Bering Sea and the other waters of Alaska, and the enforcement of the provisions of law in Alaska; for maintenance of vessels in enforcing the provisions of the Acts relating to the anchorage of vessels in the ports of New York and Chicago, approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, February sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; and an Act relating to the anchorage and movement of vessels in Saint Marys River, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; and an Act relating to the anchorage of vessels in the Kennebec River at or near Bath, Maine, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred; for temporary leases and improvement of property for revenue-cutter purposes; not exceeding ten thousand dollars for the improvement of the depot for the service at Arundel Cove, Maryland, purchased under authority of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five; contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under special heads, one million six hundred thousand dollars. . . : . . . . For the completion of a steam revenue cutter of the first class for service in the waters of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and Neuse River, North Carolina, seventy-five thousand dollars. For special repairs to revenue cutters, two hundred thousand dollars $1,602. 850.00 1,600,000.00 75,000.00 200,000.00 The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to transfer the Bancroft with her outfits and armament, to the Treasury Department for the use of the Revenue-Cutter Service. Toward the construction for and under the supervision of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service of a first-class ocean-going tug for service in saving life and property in the vicinity of the North Pacific coast of the United States, and the equipment of the same with wirelesstelegraph apparatus, surfboats, and such other life and property saving appliances as may be deemed useful in assisting vessels and rescuing persons and property from the perils of the sea, as authorized by Act of Congress approved April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, said vessel to cooperate with the life-saving station at or near Neah Bay, the construction of which is also authorized by said Act, to be immediately available, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such construction, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, the limit fixed by said Act.. Toward the construction of a steam vessel specially fitted for and adapted to service at sea in bad weather, for the purpose of blowing up or otherwise destroying or towing into port wrecks, derelicts, and other floating dangers to navigation, said vessel to be operated and maintained by the Revenue-Cutter Service under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved May twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, to be immediately available, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such construction at a cost not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the limit fixed by said Act.... For a steam or naphtha launch suitable for use in the customs collection district of Norfolk, Virginia, but which, as occasion may require, may be used elsewhere in the customs service, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand dollars [Total amount for Revenue-Cutter Service, $2,080,000.] ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of all necessary employees, other than plate printers and plate printers' assistants, one million one hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and ninety-four dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements of the Act "To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes," approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers' assistants, when employed, one million five hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred and thirtyone dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements of the Act To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund S. Doc. 535, 59-1—19 $100,000. 00 100, 000. 00 5,000.00 1,177, 894.00. the public debt, and for other purposes," approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred For engravers' and printers' materials and other materials, except distinctive paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of necessary horses and vehicles, and of horse and vehicle for official use of the Director when, in writing, ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury, five hundred and sixty-five thousand four hundred and eight dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury [Total amount for Engraving and Printing, $3,296,433.] UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES: For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY: For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, forty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for rent of building INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE: For the cooperation of the United States in the work of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation of a classified index catalogue of American scientific publications for incorporation in the International Catalogue, the expense of clerk hire, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and other necessary incidental expenses, five thousand dollars, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution... ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY: For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, printing and publishing results of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, repairs and alterations of buildings and miscellaneous expenses, fourteen thousand dollars. BUILDING FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM: For continuing the construction of the building for the National Museum, and for each and every purpose connected with the same, five hundred thousand dollars NATIONAL MUSEUM: For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty thousand dollars. For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for the National Museum, eighteen thousand dollars For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and all other necessary expenses, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand five hundred dollars may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National Museum For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in the National Museum, two thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, including all necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars. For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the [Total amount for National Museum, $240,080.] NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK: For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals; including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, the printing and publishing of operations, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles required for official purposes, ninety-five thousand dollars; one half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. [Total amount under Smithsonian Institution, $922,880.] INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. For salaries of Commissioners, as provided by the "Act to regulate commerce," thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.. For salary of secretary, as provided by the "Act to regulate commerce," three thousand five hundred dollars. For all other necessary expenditures, to enable the Commission to give effect to the Act to regulate commerce, and all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, including the joint resolution "instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, and report on the same from time to time," approved March seventh, nineteen hundred and six, two hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars, together with the further sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which is hereby transferred to said Commission, and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, from the balance of the appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars for the enforcement of "An Act to regulate commerce" and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and other Acts mentioned in said appropriation, made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, and reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six by the sundry civil appropriation Act, under the Department of Justice; of which sums not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars may be expended in the employment of counsel, and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be expended for the purchase of necessary books, reports, and periodicals, and not excceding one thousand five hundred dollars may be expended for printing other than that done at the Government Printing Office: Provided, That no other part of the sums appropriated in this paragraph for the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be expended for printing [See also Joint Resolution, p. 482, for additional appropriation of $81.597.33.] The unexpended balance of the sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine by the "Act concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce and their employees," approved June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which was reappropriated by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenses that may be incurred under said Act during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven. $4, 580.00 500.00 95,000.00 37,500.00 3,500.00 249, 000 00 To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed regarding compliance with the "Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, including the employment of inspectors to execute and enforce the requirements of the said Act, eighty-five thousand dollars [Total amount for Interstate Commerce Commission, specific, $375,000.] MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT. PAPER FOR INTERNAL-REVENUE STAMPS: For paper for internalrevenue stamps, including freight, sixty-five thousand dollars. PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNAL-REVENUE LAWS: For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internal-revenue laws or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has expended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal Revenue for which appropriation is made in this Act: Provided, That necessary books of reference and periodicals for the chemical laboratory and law library, at a cost not to exceed five hundred dollars, may be purchased out of the appropriation made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, for salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, INDEPENDENT TREASURY: For contingent expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fiftythree of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, two hundred thousand dollars TRANSPORTATION OF SILVER COIN: For transportation of silver coin, including fractional silver coin by registered mail or otherwise, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation TRANSPORTATION OF MINOR COIN: For transportation of minor coin, twelve thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, minor coin when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation RECOINAGE OF GOLD COINS: For recoinage of light-weight gold coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, as required by section thirty-five hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes of the United States, seven thousand dollars... DISTINCTIVE PAPER FOR UNITED STATES SECURITIES: For distinctive paper for United States securities, including expenses of transportation, salaries of register, assistant register, four counters, five watchmen, one skilled laborer, and of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, three hundred and eight thousand nine hundred dollars $85,000.00 65,000.00 100,000.00 200, 000, 00 120,000.00 12,000.00 7,000.00 308, 900.00 |