Umatilla project, Oregon: For maintenance, operation, continua- Umatilla, Oreg. tion of construction, and incidental operations, $157,000; Klamath project, Oregon-California: For maintenance, operation, Klamath, Oreg.-Cal. continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $239,000; Belle Fourche, S. Strawberry Valley, Belle Fourche project, South Dakota: For maintenance, operation, Dak. continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $274,000; Strawberry Valley project, Utah: For maintenance, operation, con- Utah. tinuation of construction, and incidental operations, $170,000; Okanogan project, Washington: For maintenance, operation, con- Okanogan, Wash. tinuation of construction, and incidental operations, $32,000; Yakima project, Washington: For maintenance, operation, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $1,144,000; Yakima, Wash. Shoshone project, Wyoming: For maintenance, operation, contin- Shoshone, Wyo. uation of construction, and incidental operations, $252,000, together with the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated for this project for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen; For cooperative and other miscellaneous investigations (secondary projects), $50,000; Secondary projects. stricted to allotments, Under the provisions of this Act no greater sum shall be expended, Expenditures renor shall the United States be obligated to expend, during the fiscal etc. year nineteen hundred and eighteen, on any reclamation project appropriated for herein an amount in excess of the sum herein appropriated therefor, nor shall the whole expenditures or obligations incurred for all of such projects for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen exceed the whole amount in the "reclamation fund" for that fiscal year; amounts. Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available inter- Interchangeable changeably for expenditure on the reclamation projects named; but not more than ten per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said projects; Annual reimburse Vol. 36, p. 835, The Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty- ment to Treasury exsixth Statutes, page eight hundred and thirty-five), is amended to tended, etc. provide that reimbursement of the moneys advanced under the pro- amended. visions of that Act shall be made by transferring annually the sum of $1,000,000 from the reclamation fund to the general funds in the Treasury, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and twenty, and continuing until full reimbursement has been made; Moneys refunded to All moneys heretofore or hereafter refunded or received in connec- be credited to projects. tion with operations under the reclamation law, except repayments of construction and operation and maintenance charges, shall be a credit to the appropriation for the project or operation from or on account of which the collection is made and shall be available for expenditure in like manner as if said sum had been specifically appropriated for said project or operation. In all, for the Reclamation Service, $8,227,000. For reimbursement to the reclamation fund the proportionate expense of operation and maintenance of the reservoirs for furnishing stored water to the lands in Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-two of the Act of August first, nineteen hundred and fourteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes, page six hundred and four), there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal years that follow: Nineteen hundred and fifteen to nineteen hundred and seventeen, inclusive, $13,100; Nineteen hundred and eighteen, $8,110; ervation, Wash. to Yakima Indian ResReimbursement water to lands in. fund for furnishing Vol. 38, p. 604. Miscellaneous. Disbarment proceed ings. Alaska expenses. Alaska Engineering Commission. roads. Vol. 38, p. 305. TESTIMONY IN DISBARMENT PROCEEDINGS. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to take testimony, and prepare the same, in connection with disbarment proceedings instituted against persons charged with improper practices before the department, its bureaus and offices, $500, or so much thereof as may be necessary. ALASKA, EXPENSES IN. Alaska Engineering Commission: For carrying out the provisions Construction of rail- of the Act approved March twelfth, nineteen hundred and fourteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes, page three hundred and five), entitled "An Act to authorize the President of the United States to locate, construct, and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes," including expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations in Alaska, and including not to exceed $6,588.92 for claims for premiums on insurance incurred prior to October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, to continue available until expended, $7,500,000. Hearings, etc. Sale of supplies. Receipts from sales, etc., credited to construction account. Care of insane. Education. Supplies, etc. Authority is granted to purchase during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, from the appropriation made for the construction and operation of railroads in Alaska, articles and supplies for sale to employees and contractors, the appropriation to be reimbursed by the proceeds of such sales. During the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, there shall be covered into the appropriation established from time to time under the Act approved March twelfth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act to authorize the President of the United States to locate, construct, and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes," the proceeds of the sale of material utilized for temporary work and structures in connection with thẹ operations under said Act, as well as the sales of all other condemned property which has been purchased or constructed under the provisions thereof, also any moneys refunded in connection with the construction and operations under said Act, and a report hereunder shall be made to Congress at the beginning of its next session. Insane of Alaska: For care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in Alaska, including transportation and other expenses, $70,000. Education in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion and under his direction, to provide for the education and support of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska; erection, repair, and rental of school buildings; textbooks and industrial apparatus; pay and necessary traveling expenses of superintendents, teachers, physicians, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $200,000; not exceeding $25,000 of which sum for the purchase of supplies and payment of freight on same, and for payment of labor and material for building and freight on same, shall be immediately available: Provided, That no person employed hereunder as special agent or inspector, or to perform any special or unusual duty in connection herewith, shall receive as compensation exceeding $200 per month, in addition to actual traveling expenses and per diem not exceeding $4 in lieu of subsistence, when absent on duty from his designated and actual post of Services in District of duty: Provided further, That of said sum not exceeding $7,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Provisos. Columbia. Supervision of school expenditures. All expenditures of money appropriated herein for school purposes in Alaska for schools other than those for the education of white children under the jurisdiction of the governor thereof shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Education and in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may from time to time be recommended by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. relief of natives. Medical relief in Alaska: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, Medical and sanitary in his discretion and under his direction, with the advice and cooperation of the Public Health Service, to provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska; erection, purchase, repair, rental, and equipment of hospital buildings; books and surgical apparatus; pay and necessary traveling expenses of physicians, nurses, and other employees, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under the above special heads, $62,500. tients. Patients who are not indigent may be admitted to the hospitals Admission of pay pafor care and treatment on the payment of such reasonable charges therefor as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. Reindeer for Alaska: For support of reindeer stations in Alaska and Reindeer. instruction of Alaskan natives in the care and management of reindeer, $5,000. Vol. 35, p. 102. Protection of game in Alaska: For carrying out the Act approved Protection of game. May eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act for the protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes," including salaries, traveling expenses of game wardens, and all other necessary expenses, $20,000, to be expended under the direction of the governor of Alaska. Traffic in intoxicating liquors: For suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors among the natives of Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $15,000. NATIONAL PARKS. traffic. Suppressing liquor National parks. Director of National National Park Service: Director, $4,500; assistant director, $2,500; Park Service, etc. chief clerk, $2,000; draftsman, $1,800; clerks-one of class three, two of class two, two at $900 each; messenger, $600; in all, for park service in the District of Columbia, $17,600. Yellowstone. Proviso. Yellowstone National Park: For administration and protection, including not exceeding $600 for maintenance and repair of horsedrawn and motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for use of the superintendent in making inspections of the park, $5,500: Provided, That no part of this appropriation or the revenues of the Yellowstone troops. National Park shall be used for payment of salaries for the protection of the park, authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eight-three, to be performed by the detail of troops. Vol. 22, p. 620. For procuring feed for buffalo, salaries of buffalo keepers, seeding Care of buffalo. and fencing new meadowlands, irrigation, and so forth, $5,000, to be available immediately. Glacier National Park, Montana: For administration and improve- Glacier. ment, construction of roads, trails, bridges, and telephone lines and the repair thereof, including necessary repairs to the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park, including $1,970 for the purchase and the maintenance of horsedrawn and motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for the use of the supervisor and employees in connection with general park work, $115,000. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to occeptance of donaaccept buildings, moneys, or other property which may be useful in the betterment of the administration and affairs of the Glacier National Park under his supervision, and which may be donated for park purposes. 100768°-65-1-11 Yosemite. Yosemite National Park, California: For protection and improvement, construction and repair of bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads other than toll roads; including not exceeding $800 for maintenance and repair of horse-drawn and motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles for use of the supervisor and employees in connection with general park work, not exceeding $8,000 for a bridge at the old Sentinel Bridge site, and not exceeding $75,000 El Portal-Yosemite for grading in width not exceeding twenty feet El Portal-Yosemite Road; also not exceeding $60,000 for the completion of the installation of the hydroelectric power plant authorized by the sundry civil Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen; in all, $235,000: Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $150,000 for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen for the hydroelectric power plant is made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen. Road. Power plant. Proviso. Balance available. Sequoia. General Grant. Mount Rainier. Acceptance of donated lands, etc. Mesa Verde. Acceptance of donated lands, etc. Grandfather Moun tain, N. C. Sequoia National Park, California: For protection and improvement, construction and repair of bridges, fences, and trails, improvement of roads other than toll roads, $25,000. General Grant National Park, California: For protection and improvement, construction of fences and trails, and repairing and extension of roads, $2,000. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: For protection and improvement, construction of roads, bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads, including not exceeding $1,250 for the purchase of a motor-driven vehicle and the maintenance and repair thereof, $75,000. Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept patented lands or rights of way over patented lands in the Mount Ranier National Park that may be donated for park purposes. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado: For protection and improvement, including not exceeding $433 for maintenance and repair of horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for use of the superintendent and employees, $10,000. Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept patented lands or rights of way over patented lands in the Mesa Verde National Park that may be donated for park purposes. Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept for Acceptance of lands park purposes any lands and rights of way, including the Grandfather Mountain, near or adjacent to the Government forest reserve in western North Carolina. for park. Rocky Mountain. Acceptance of donated lands, etc. Crater Lake. Acceptance of donated lands, etc. Wind Cave. Platt. National monuments. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: For protection and improvement, $10,000. Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept patented lands or rights of way over patented lands in the Rocky Mountain National Park that may be donated for park purposes. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: For protection and improvement, and repairing and extension of roads, $15,000. Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept patented lands or rights of way over patented lands in the Crater Lake National Park that may be donated for park purposes. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota: For improvement and protection, $2,500. Platt National Park, Oklahoma: For improvement and protection, $7,180. Protection of national monuments: For the preservation, development, administration, and protection of the national monuments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $5,000. to be covered into the From and after July first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, all Revenues from parks revenues of the national parks, except Hot Springs Reservation, Treasury. Arkansas, shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts; and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to hereafter. submit, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen and annually thereafter, estimates of the amounts required for the care, maintenance, and development of the said parks. Estimates required Hot Springs, Ark. Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas: For the employment of a landscape engineer and such other expenses as may be required for to be prepared. the preparation of a practical and comprehensive plan, together with an accurate estimate of the cost thereof, for improving the Hot Springs Reservation, there is authorized to be expended from the revenues received from the said reservation the sum of $10,000. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL. Saint Elizabeths Hospital. For support, clothing, and treatment in Saint Elizabeths Hospital Maintenance, etc. of the insane from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval service of the United States who have been admitted to the hospital and who are indigent, including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying, vehicles, for the use of the superintendent, purchasing agent, and general hospital business, not exceeding $1,750; and not exceeding $8,200 for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of sixteen horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for the general hospital business and official use of the superintendent, $300,000; and not exceeding $1,500 of this sum may be expended in the removal of patients to their friends, not exceeding $1,000 in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and papers as may be required for the purposes of the hospital and for the medical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients. ment, etc. Authority is granted hereafter to exchange laundry machinery Exchange of equipand other equipment in purchasing new equipment of the same or like character. For the buildings and grounds, as follows: For general repairs and improvements, $55,000. The appropriation of $14,000 for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen for a new fence is made available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen. COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF. Buildings and grounds. Fence. Reappropriation. Columbia Institution for the Deaf. For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental Support, etc. expenses, books and illustrative apparatus, and general repairs and improvements, $71,500. For repairs to buildings of the institution, including plumbing and Repairs, etc. steam fitting, and for repairs to pavements within the grounds, $6,000. lation. For the purchase and installation of typesetting and type-casting, Printing office instalmachinery, cylinder press, job press, stitching machine, type metal, and other necessary office fixtures and machinery for the complete equipment of a modern printing office to be used for the instruction of students and pupils of the institution, $7,000. |