ance for travel ex SEC. 9. That hereafter when the expenses of persons Per diem allowengaged in field work or traveling on official business out-penses away from side of the District of Columbia and away from their post. designated posts of duty are chargeable to appropriations of the Engineer Department, a per diem of not exceeding $4 may be allowed in lieu of subsistence when not otherwise fixed by law. Approved, July 18, 1918. CHAP. 164. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That one half of the following sums, respectively, is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the following expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, namely: August 31, 1918. [H. R. 11692.] Public, No. 208.] Vol. 40, p. 918. District of Co lumbia appropriations, Half from Dis trict revenues. Anacostia Park. Continuing recand flats above Anacostia Bidge. lamation of river Vol. 38, p. 549. Vol. 39, p. 1040. Up to Anacostia Bridge. For continuing the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the mouth of the river to the District line, to be expended, so far as concerns the section from the Anacostia Bridge to the District line, for the purposes and under the conditions specified in the item for this improvement contained in the "District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen" as amended by the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, $75,000, and so far as concerns the section from the mouth of the river to the Anacostia Bridge, in accordance with the approved project printed in House Document Numbered Eighty-seven, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, there is hereby appro- propriations. priated any available funds from appropriations heretofore made for said reclamation and development from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District line, which said funds are also hereby made available for the said reclamation work from the mouth of the river to the Anacostia Bridge: And provided further, That the entire area reclaimed and to be reclaimed from the mouth of the river to the District line be, and the same is hereby, made and Park. declared a part of the park system of the District of Columbia and designated Anacostia Park: And provided further, That the assessment for special benefits provided to lower river. for in said District of Columbia appropriation Act for Use of prior ap Provisos. Area designated Anacostia Assessment of benefits extended Vol. 38, p. 549. the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen, for the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District line, shall be extended to include the special benefits arising from the reclamation and development of said river and flats from the mouth of the river to the District line. CHAP. 201. An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes, namely: Miscellaneous. New York Har bor. Patrol fleet. New York Harbor, prevention of deposits: For pay of crews and maintenance of patrol fleet, six steam tugs. and one launch, $70,000. CHAP. 204.-An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dike on Depot Slough, Lincoln County, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Depot Slough Diking Association be, and hereby is, authorized to construct and maintain a dike across Depot Slough, in Lincoln County, Oregon, with a gate therein so constructed and maintained as to be readily opened and operated to permit the passage of logs, but arranged to automatically close for such times as may be necessary to prevent the overflowing by the tides of the lands above the said dike, all under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of War: Provided, however, That the work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been filed with and approved by the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers, United States Army: Provided further, That no dam or dike constructed under the consent hereby granted shall be used to develop water power nor to generate electricity. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, November 7, 1918. No power privileges. Amendment. CHAP. 10.-An Act To amend section three hundred and thirtysix of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation of the United States with foreign countries. January 25, 1919. Commerce and nual report of, to be for calendar Statistics in an Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Navigation. That section three hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word "fiscal" immediately preceding the word "year" at the end of the first sentence of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "calendar." Approved, January 25, 1919. CHAP. 61.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company to construct, maintain, and operate a combined bridge and dam across the Mahoning River, in the State of Ohio. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, operate, and maintain a combined bridge and dam and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the town of Struthers, county of Mahoning, State of Ohio, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six: Provided, That no dam constructed under the consent hereby granted shall be used to develop water power nor to generate electricity. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 27, 1919. year. R. S., sec. 336, p. 56, amended. February 28, 1919. Savannah River. Time extended for damming by Twin City Power CHAP. 83.-An Act To extend the time for the completion of the dams across the Savannah River by authority granted to Twin City Power Company by an Act approved February twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by Acts approved June third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and March first, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted for the extension to February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, of the time allowed to the Twin City Power Company to construct dams across the Savannah River authorized by an Act of February twenty-ninth, Vol. 39, p. 34, nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by Acts approved June third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and March first, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Vol. 35, p. 36: vol. 37, p. 120. amended. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 28, 1919. March 1, 1919. [H. R. 14078.] [Public, No. 314.] Vol. 40, p. 1213. Legislative, executive, and judi tions. CHAP. 86. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cial appropria- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, namely: Typewriting machines. Restriction on The serv OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS: ices of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1920 shall not exceed $50,400; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. SEC. 5. That no part of any money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be used during the fiscal year prices to be paid 1920 for the purchase of any typewriting machine at a price in excess of the lowest price paid by the Government of the United States for the same make and substantially the same model of machine during the fiscal for. Exceptions. year 1918; such price shall include the value of any type- Approved, March 1, 1919. Proviso. Determination of character of CHAP. 95.-An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. March 2, 1919. [H. R. 13462.] [Public, No. 323.] Vol. 40, p. 1275. River and har tions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, bor appropria appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: Tenants Harbor, Maine: Completing improvements in accordance with the report submitted in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 12, Sixty-second Congress, third session, $18,750. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: For maintenance, $40,000. Gloucester, Beverly, Salem, Lynn, Plymouth, and Provincetown Harbors, Mystic, Malden, Weymouth Fore, and Weymouth Back Rivers, and Dorchester Bay and Neponset River, Massachusetts: For maintenance, $2,000; completing improvement of Weymouth Fore River, $183,000; for improvement of Beverly Harbor in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 220, Sixty-third Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document as modified in the report printed in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 8, Sixty-third Congress, second session, $61,500; in all, $246,500. Tenants Harbor, Me. Boston, Mass. Gloucester, etc., Mass. Weymouth Fore River. Pollock Rip Shoals, etc.. Pollock Rip Shoals, harbor of refuge at Nantucket, New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbors, Fall River Harbor, Mass. and Taunton River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement and for maintenance of Pollock Rip Channel, $200,000. |