GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Draft of a proposed PROVISION PERTAINING TO the approprIATION "GEOLOGIC SURGEYS, 1936" The purpose of this item is to provide for an increase of $15,000 in the amount which may be expended from this appropriation for personal services in the District of Columbia. This appropriation was increased from $325,000 for 1935 to $450,000 for 1936, with no increase in the amount of the District of Columbia limitation, and without this adjustment, operations during 1936 will be considerably handicapped. Draft of a PROPOSED PROVISION PERTAINING TO THE APPROPRIATION "MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1936" The purpose of this item is to provide for an increase of $5,000 in the amount which may be expended from this appropriation for personal services in the District of Columbia. This appropriation was increased from $40,000 for 1935 to $70,000 for 1936, with no increase in the amount of the District of Columbia limitation, and without this adjustment, maximum results cannot be obtained." NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., 1936–37--- $10,000 This estimate is necessary to equip the deep-water well in the park with an air-lifting device to replace the present mechanical pumping unit which has proved inadequate for present park needs. It is believed that the air-lifting device will also reduce operation and maintenance costs. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, National Park Service, 1936. $2,041, 890 The total amount included in this estimate may be divided as follows: Physical improvements, repairs, and installations in public buildings in the District of Columbia for the purpose of eliminating hazards to life and property - - . Additional unforeseen expenses for which no funds were provided in the 1936 appropriation under this head.. $1, 150, 150 891, 740 The estimate of $1,150,150 for physical improvements, repairs, and installations in public buildings in the District of Columbia is to provide the following: For changing from direct to alternating current and for the necessary rewiring in the Old Land Office, Patent Office, and Pension Office buildings, and at 1300 E Street NW. For the replacement, installation, and repair of elevators in the Old Land Office, Patent Office, Pension Office, and Interior Department buildings, and at 1300 E Street NW. $214, 500 For a standby electric circuit and for the rewiring of the present light- For replacement of old, worn-out wiring in the old Post Office Depart- For the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in the Arlington, Old Post Office Department, and various other buildings, and for the installation of new water pressure control units in connection with the present sprinkler-alarm system, Commerce Building.................. 158, 100 6, 500 12,500 30,000 83, 700 For the installation of watchman's telephone and fire-alarm systems For new fire hose and necessary changes in the water-supply systems to For the installation of fire escapes and fire doors in the Wilkins and other buildings... For changing from direct to alternating current, necessary rewiring For the installation of an additional rotary converter at the Navy- For a booster pump in the Commerce Building to provide adequate For urgent repairs and replacements at the central heating plant......... $42, 000 14, 850 18, 500 513, 000 35,000 7,500 14,000 The estimate of $891,740 for additional expenses for which no funds were provided for 1936 is divided as follows: For rental of 21 buildings leased at various times since July 1, 1935, For repairing the damage resulting from the recent fire in the new Post For an additional amount for operating the central heating plant due $391, 804 88, 861 96, 376 25,000 111, 709 150, 000 27, 990 OFFICE OF EDUCATION Promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry in $833 This item is to provide funds for cooperation with the Territory of Hawaii during the period May 1 to June 30, 1936, in the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry in Hawaii. It represents one-sixth of the amount included in the Budget for 1937 for the same purposes. GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES, TERRITORY OF ALASKA Construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, and trails, Alaska, 1936___. $36, 000 The purpose of this item is to provide funds for the replacement of equipment lost in the foundering of the Alaska Steamship Co.'s freighter Denale en route from Seattle to Alaska. TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Temporary government for the Virgin Islands, 1936.. $25,000 The purpose of this item is to provide an additional amount for defraying the deficit in the treasury of the municipal government of St. Croix. This deficit is due to the withdrawal from municipal taxation of property acquired by the Virgin Islands Co., a Federal agency that is not subject to local taxation. Temporary government for the Virgin Islands, 1936-37... ... $5,000 The purpose of this estimate is to provide for the replacement of equipment and furnishings lost in the recent fire that destroyed the Government House at St. Croix. HOWARD UNIVERSITY DRAFT OF A proposed PROVISION PERTAINING to the appROPRIATIONS "GENERAL 1937 The purpose of this item is to authorize the following transfers between appropriations: 1936: Not to exceed $52,000 from general expenses to salaries, Howard University. 1937: Not to exceed $65,000 from general expenses to salaries, Howard University. These transfers are necessary in order to make funds available to the appropriation for salaries, Howard University, for the payment of salaries of certain custodial personnel who were appropriated for under the head of general expenses. The foregoing estimates of appropriations and drafts of proposed provisions pertaining to existing appropriations are required to meet contingencies which have arisen since the transmission of Budgets for the fiscal years involved, and their approval is recommended. Very respectfully, D. W. BELL, Acting Director. Supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations required by the Department of the Interior SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1933 Detailed objects of expenditure Total amount Amount sppropriated for the fiscal year for which appropri ation is requested OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Furniture, furnishings, and equipment, Department of the Interior: The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to expend, directly or through the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department, for furniture, furnishings, and office equipment necessary to the occupancy of the new Interior Department Building and the reassignment of space in the present Interior Department Building, and for services, supplies, material and equipment, including the reconditioning of old furniture, and necessary travel and subsistence in connection with the inspection of commodities to be contracted for or purchased, not to exceed $225,000, of the amount made available for the construction of the new Interior Department building: Provided, That in the procurement of such furniture, furnishings, and equipment, the Secretary of the Interior or the said Procurement Division is hereby authorized to make contracts, after advertising and competitive bidding, without regard to sec. 4 of the act approved June 17, 1910 (36 Stat. 531): And provided further, That the cost of furniture, furnishings, and equipment, exclusive of duplicating and filing equipment in areas devoted exclusively to such purposes, shall be based on the square-foot areas of the rooms to be furnished and equipped, and shall not exceed the rates herein set forth, as follows: For suites of the Secretary and of the Undersecretary, $1.75 per square foot; for suites of the Assistant Secretaries and of executive officers of equivalent compensation grade, $1.50 per square foot; for all other space, $1 per square foot. Supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations required by the Department of the Interior Continued SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1936 Detailed objects of expenditure Total amount to be appropriated under each head of appropriation Amount appropriated for the fiscal year for which appropriation is requested DIVISION OF GRAZING CONTROL Salaries and expenses, Division of Grazing Control, Department of the Interior: The limitation of $5,000 on the amount that may be expended for the purchase, exchange, operation and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger carrying vehicles from the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the Division of Grazing Control contained in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1936 is hereby increased to $7,500 (acts June 28, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 1269; May 9, 1935, 49 Štat., p. 178). GENERAL LAND OFFICE Payments to certain counties in Oregon in lieu of taxes on Oregon and California grant lands (receipt limitation): For an additional amount for payment to the several counties in the State of Oregon, pursuant to the Act of July 13, 1926 (44 Stat., p. 915), amounts of money in lieu of the taxes that would have accrued against the revested Oregon and California Railroad Company grant lands if the lands had remained privately owned and taxable, fiscal year 1936, $66,010.25: Provided, That payments to the counties shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (acts June 26, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 1227; May 9, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 181).. DEFICIENCY, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1920, AND PRIOR YEARS BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Adjustment of claims of certain Sioux Indians: For additional amounts in the following appropriations to adjust errors in the disbursing accounts of James B. Kitch, former superintendent of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota: Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, fiscal year 1917, $5.35; education, Sioux Nation, fiscal year 1918, $646.50; industrial work and care of timber, fiscal year 1918, $130; suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians, fiscal year 1918, $20.69; Indian school and agency buildings, fiscal year 1918, $103.97; education, Sioux Nation, fiscal year 1919, $603.91; suppressing contagious diseases among livestock of Indians, fiscal year 1919, $4; increased compensation Indian Service, fiscal year 1920, $1,211.77; Indian school and agency buildings, fiscal year 1920, $234.28 (in all $2,960.47): Provided, That the foregoing amounts shall be placed to the credit of the superintendent of the Standing Rock Reservation to restore a depleted balance in the fund "Special deposits sale of reimbursable stock", due to the use of said fund for the benefit of the above-listed appropriations, and for the purpose of making available a sufficient amount to permit payment of claims of individual Sioux Indians of the Standing Rock Reservation against said fund.... $2,960. 47 SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1936, AND 1937 Supervising mining operations on leased Indian lands: For an additional amount for transfer to the Geological Survey for expenditures to be made in inspecting mines, examining mineral deposits on Indian lands and in supervising mineral operations on restricted tribal and alloted Indian lands, fiscal years 1936 and 1937 (U. S. C. title 25, sec. 396; title 43, sec. 31; acts Feb. 28, 1891, 26 Stat., p. 795; May 27, 1908, 35 Stat., p. 312; May 9, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 184).. DEFICIENCY, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1933 Maintenance and operation, irrigation systems, Crow Reservation, Montana, reimbursable: For an additional amount for maintenance and operation of irrigation systems on the Crow Reservation, Montana, fiscal year 1933, $8.08, reimbursable (acts June 30, 1919, 41 Stat., p. 16, sec. 10; May 26, 1926, 44 Stat., pp. 658-660). Supplemental and deficiency estimates of appropriations required by the Department of the Interior-Continued SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1936 Detailed objects of expenditure Total amount Amount sp propriated for the fiscal year for which appropri ation is requested Indian Schools, support: For an additional amount for the support of Indian schools not otherwise provided for, including tuition for Indian pupils attending public schools, fiscal year 1936, $74,000: Provided, That formal contracts shall not be required for compliance with section 3744 of the Revised Statutes, U. S. C., title 41, section 16, for payment of tuition of Indian children attending public schools (U. S. C., title 25, secs. 13, 292a; title 41, sec. 16; act May 9, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 189). Support of Indians and administration of Indian property: For an additional amount for general support of Indians and administration of Indian property, including pay of employees authorized by continuing or permanent treaty provisions, fiscal year 1936 (U. S. C., title 25, sec. 13; act May 9, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 194). SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, NO YEAR General object (title of appropriation), dates of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object Expenses of attorneys, Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians of Oklahoma (tribal funds): In addition to the $2,000 authorized to be used by the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929, approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1640), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend the further sum of $500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the tribal funds of the Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians of Oklahoma in the Treasury of the United States, upon proper vouchers to be approved by him, for costs and expenses already incurred and those to be incurred by their duly authorized attorneys in the prosecution of the claims of said Indians now pending in the Court of Claims, including expenses of not exceeding two delegates from said bands of Indians, to be designated by the business committee representing all said bands, who may be called to Washington from time to time, with the permission of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on business connected with said claims, the additional amount herein authorized to remain available until expended. SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1936-37 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Reclamation fund, special fund: North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming: Not to exceed $50.000 from the power revenues shall be available during the fiscal years 1936 and 1937 for the construction of an additional power circuit between the Guernsey and Lingle power plants. SUPPLEMENTAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1936 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geologic surveys: The limitation of $270,000 on the amount that may be expended for the personal services in the District of Columbia from the appropriation for geologic surveys contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1936 is hereby increased to $285,000 (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 31; act May 9, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 200). Geological Survey: Mineral resources of Alaska: The limitation of $20,000 on the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia from the appropriation for investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1935 is hereby increased to $25,000 (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 31; act May 9, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 201). |