﻿APPENDIX 
  1 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  and 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1929 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  for 
  this 
  period 
  amounted 
  to 
  $748,024, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $97,064 
  

   over 
  the 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1928. 
  Of 
  this 
  increase 
  it 
  is 
  

   gratifying 
  to 
  record 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  was 
  provided 
  for 
  much-needed 
  

   adjustment 
  in 
  the 
  salaries 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  staff. 
  This 
  adjustment 
  

   came 
  parti}'- 
  through 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  Welch 
  Act 
  regulating 
  gov- 
  

   ernmental 
  salaries 
  in 
  general, 
  under 
  which 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  

   schedules 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  grades, 
  and 
  partly 
  through 
  allowance 
  by 
  the 
  

   Congress 
  of 
  additional 
  funds 
  to 
  permit 
  a 
  1-rate 
  increase 
  under 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  the 
  reclassification 
  act 
  for 
  those 
  employees 
  who 
  had 
  

   attained 
  the 
  proper 
  efficiency 
  ratings. 
  An 
  increase 
  of 
  $3,000 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  for 
  additional 
  storage 
  facilities 
  for 
  the 
  steadily 
  increasing 
  

   study 
  collections. 
  The 
  addition 
  of 
  three 
  employees, 
  namely, 
  an 
  

   engineer, 
  a 
  fireman, 
  and 
  an 
  elevator 
  conductor, 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  

   adequate 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  heating 
  and 
  lighting 
  plant 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   proper 
  maintenance 
  of 
  elevator 
  service, 
  necessitated 
  $3,840 
  more. 
  

   There 
  was 
  added 
  also 
  the 
  new 
  position 
  of 
  assistant 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  

   division 
  of 
  mammals, 
  where 
  assistance 
  was 
  urgently 
  required. 
  An 
  

   allowance 
  of 
  $1,200 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  uniforms 
  for 
  guards 
  

   and 
  elevator 
  conductors 
  on 
  day 
  duty 
  in 
  our 
  buildings. 
  An 
  increase 
  

   of 
  $4,610 
  under 
  the 
  item 
  for 
  building 
  repairs 
  covered 
  an 
  additional 
  

   painter, 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  further 
  paint 
  materials, 
  and 
  allotment 
  for 
  

   replacement 
  of 
  cement 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  private 
  roadways 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  

   east 
  service 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building. 
  The 
  sum 
  of 
  

   $500 
  was 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  books 
  for 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  libraries 
  and 
  $2,500 
  to 
  the 
  allotment 
  for 
  printing 
  and 
  

   binding 
  for 
  tlie 
  Museum. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  first 
  deficiency 
  act 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1928 
  there 
  was 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  of 
  $80,000 
  for 
  safeguarding 
  the 
  dome 
  of 
  the 
  rotunda 
  of 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  Building, 
  the 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  performed 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  and 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Supervising 
  Architect, 
  Treasury 
  

   Department, 
  and 
  the 
  money 
  to 
  be 
  available 
  until 
  June 
  30, 
  1929. 
  

  

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