War Depart sources in accordance with the prices fixed in the pre- ment supply disceding paragraph. After the approval of this Act and posal only to Supuntil June 30, 1921, the War Department shall not dispose ply Committee. of any typewriting machines except to the General Supply Committee as authorized herein: Provided, That hereafter no typewriter that has been used less than three exchanges, etc. years shall be sold, exchanged, or given as part payment for another typewriter. Approved, May 29, 1920. CHAP. 217.-An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921. Proviso. May 31, 1920. on [H. R. 12272.] [Public, No. 234.] Vol. 41, p. 694. Agricultural Department ap Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, propriations. out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, for the purposes and objects. hereinafter expressed, namely· DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Conservation of Vol. 36, p. 961. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture more effectively to carry out the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1911 navigable waters. (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 961), entitled "An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers," $21,770 Washington, D.C. of the moneys appropriated therein, or for carrying out its purposes, shall be available for the employment of agents, title attorneys, clerks, assistants, and other labor, and for the purchase of supplies and equipment required for the purpose of said Act in the city of Washington. COOPERATIVE FIRE PROTECTION OF FORESTED WATERSHEDS OF NAVIGABLE STREAMS: For cooperation with any State or group of States in the protection from fire of the forested watersheds of navigable streams under the provisions of section 2 of the Act of March 1, 1911, entitled "An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable. rivers," $125,000. Approved, May 31, 1920. Expenses in June 4, 1920. [H. R. 11960.] [Public, No. 238.] Vol. 41, p. 739. consular appropri ations. CHAP. 223.-An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Diplomatic and That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: Canadian Waters Commis- sion. * * WATERWAYS TREATY, UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN: For salaries and expenses, including salaries of com missioners and salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the commissioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solely of the Secretary of State, including rental of offices at Washington, District of Columbia, expense of printing, and necessary traveling expenses, and for one-half of all reasonable and necessary joint expenses of the International Joint Commission incurred under the terms of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concerning the use of boundary waters between the United States and Canada and for other purposes, signed January 11, 1909, $40,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State: Provided, That no part of this approwhen absent from priation shall be expended for subsistence of the commission or secretary, except for actual and necessary expenses, not in excess of $8 per day each, when absent from Washington and from his regular place of residence on official business. Proviso. Washington. Preparation of cases. For payment of services rendered and expenses incurred under the direction of the Secretary of State in the examination and preparation of cases involving the obstruction, diversion, and use of all boundary waters and all other questions or matters of difference covered by the treaty of January 11, 1909, between the United States and Great Britain, and in appearing before and representing the interests of the United States in all matters or investigations before the International Joint Commission created by said treaty, $6,000. * Approved, June 4, 1920. CHAP. 234.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 40 per centum of the following sums, respectively, is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 60 per centum 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 30, 1921, only, namely: ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS For continuing the reclamation and development of Anacostia Park, to be expended in accordance with the plans specified in the item for the reclamation of the Anacostia River and Flats, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1919, $100,000. Approved, June 5, 1920. CHAP. 235.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civi expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30 1921, and for other purposes. Anacostia Park. Continuing development, etc. Vol. 40, p. 950. June 5, 1920. [H. R. 13870.] [Public, No. 246.] Vol. 41, p. 874. 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, for tions. the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, namely: Sundry civil expenses appropria War Department. Engineer Department. Harbors and rivers, contract work: Toward the construction of works on harbors and rivers, under contract and otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, including horse-drawn and motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles required and to be used only for official business, namely: For works authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1916, as follows: Delaware River, Pennsylvania and New Jersey: For continuing improvement from Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, to the sea, in completion of contract authorization, $300,000. Vol. 40, p. 906. Key West, Fla. Flood control. For works authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1918, as follows: Harbor at Key West, Florida: For continuing improvement, $82,700. FLOOD CONTROL: For prosecuting work of flood control Prosecuting in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, as follows: work. Vol. 39, p. 948. Mississippi River. Survey of northern and northwestern lakes, etc. Mississippi River, $6,670,000, to remain available until expended. Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: For survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of the Woods, and other boundary and connecting waters between said lake and Lake Superior, Lake Champlain, and the natural navigable waters embraced in the navigation New York ca- system of the New York canals, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, binding, and issuing charts and bulletins, and of investigating lake levels with a view to their regulation, $125,000. nals. California Débris Commission. Vol. 27, p. 507. New York Har bor. California Débris Commission: For defraying the expenses of the commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893, $15,000. Harbor of New York: For the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjaurious deposits. cent water, of New York City: Preventing in. Typewriting machines. For pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, and office forces and expenses of office, $14,260; For pay of crews and maintenance of patrol fleet, six steam tugs and one launch, $95,000; In all, $109,260. * SEC. 7. Hereafter no department or other Government Disposal of establishment shall dispose of any typewriting machines by sale, exchange, or as part payment for another typewriter, that has been used less than three years. used, restricted. Approved, June 5, 1920. June 5, 1920. [H. R. 10378.] [Public, No. 261.] Vol. 41, p. 988. Merchant Ma rine Act, 1920. mer velopment of an CHAP. 250.-An Act To provide for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine, to repeal certain emergency legislation, and provide for the disposition, regulations, and use of property acquired thereunder, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Policy for de- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States; and it is hereby de Shipping Board clared to be the policy of the United States to do whatever may be necessary to develop and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine, and, in so far as may not be inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act, the United States Shipping Board shall, in the disposition of vessels and shipping property as here- to execute proinafter provided, in the making of rules and regulations, thereto. and in the administration of the shipping laws keep always in view this purpose and object as the primary end to be attained. visions relating All Governacquired vessels, etc., transferred to Board. Enemy vessels. SEC. 4. That all vessels and other property or interests ment of whatsoever kind, including vessels or property in course of construction or contracted for, acquired by the President through any agencies whatsoever in pursuance of authority conferred by the Acts or parts of Acts repealed by section 2 of this Act, or in pursuance of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the President to take over for the United States the possession and title of any vessel within its jurisdiction, which at the time of coming therein was owned in whole or in part by any corporation, citizen, or subject of any nation with which the United States may be at war, or was under register of any such nation, and for other purposes," approved May 12, 1917, with the exception of vessels and property the use of which is in the opinion of the President required by any other branch of the Government service of the United States, are hereby transferred to the board: Provided, That all vessels in the military and naval service of the United States, including vessels assigned to river and harbor work, inland waterways, or empt herefrom. vessels for such needs in the course of construction or under contract by the War Department, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. In Government use excepted. Proviso. Investigation directed for de veloping water portation facili ties, etc. commerce trans Extent of, des SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty of the board, in cooperation with the Secretary of War, with the object of promoting, encouraging, and developing ports and transportation facilities in connection with water commerce over which it has jurisdiction, to investigate territorial ignated. regions and zones tributary to such ports taking into consideration the economies of transportation by rail, water and highway and the natural direction of the flow of commerce; to investigate the causes of the congestion of commerce at ports and the remedies applicable thereto; to investigate the subject of water terminals, including the necessary docks, warehouses, apparatus, equipment, and appliances in connection therewith, with a view to devising and suggesting the types most appropriate for different locations and for the most expeditious and economical transfer or interchange of passengers or property between carriers by water and carriers by rail; to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan |