10 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A paragr:ii)li. here omitted, providins: for the appointment and expense 

 of a eoumiissinii to investifrato and stud.v in Enropean i-ountries, co 

 operative Jand-iiiortpi^'e l)anl<s, rural credit unions, etc.. and niakin; 

 an appropriation therefor, are set forth on ]). .">. ante. 



Total carried by this bill for the Department of Agriculture 

 $17,980,945. 



Act March 4, 1!»13, c. l-t.j. 37 Stat. 853. 



WEATHER BUREAU. 



(See ■' Laws Ai>plicable lo tlie Uniteil Slates Department of Agriculture. 



r.»12. pp. 33-40.) 



ACT MARCH 4. 1913, c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.) 



Traveling expenses of officers and employees of the Weather Bureau transferre 

 from one station to another. 



Hereafter officials and employees of the Weather Bureau, -whe: 

 transferred from one station to another for official duty, shall b 

 allowed all traveling expenses authorized by existing laws applicabl 

 to said bureau, notwithstanding any changes in appointments tha 

 may be required by such transfers; * * *, 



Act March 4, 1913, c. 145, 37 Stat. 830. 



This is a provision of the agi'icultural appropriation act for tlie fisci 

 year 1914, cited above. 



A similar jtrovision for the allowance to othcers and employees of tl 

 Dei>artment of Agriculture, when transferred from one staticm to anothe 

 (»f actual traveling expenses, including charges for the transfer of the 

 effects and per.sonal property used in otficial work, under authority ar 

 regul.itious of the Secretary of Agriculture, contained in the agricultur 

 appropriation act for the tiscal year 1912, act March 4, 1911, c. 286, 

 set forth in " Laws Applicable to the United States Department • 

 Agriculture," 1912, i). 21. 



I'rovisions for the allow.-ince to otticials and employees of the Depai 

 ment of .\gricul(ure traveling on otlici.il business, of necessjiry railroj 

 .•Mid steamboat f:ires. sleeping berth, and stateroom on steamboats, live 

 hire and stage fare. etc.. and for a per diem allowance in a<ldition to the 

 regular .salaries, in lieu of snbsi.st«uce and all other traveling e.\i)eus« 

 to be tix(Ml by the Secretary- of Agriculture under such regulations as 1 

 may prescrii)e. contained in th(> agricultural approiu'iation :ict for tl- 

 tiscal ye:ir 19L'!. act August 1(». 1912. c. 2S4. are set forth in " \.n\ 

 .\pl)licable lo the I >ep.inuuMit of .Agriculture," 1912, p. 21. 



ACT MARCH 4. 1913, c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.) 



WEATHKK BUREAU. 



Salaries. Weather lU reai' : One chief of bureau. $(5,000; oil 

 assistant chief of bureau. ^li.iJ.^O: one chief ck'rU and c.xecutili 

 assistant, $3.0(X); one chief of printing division. $'2.r)()(); three chiel 

 of division, at $2,000 each: seven ck>rks. chiss four; nine clerks, clai 

 tliree; twenty-one ck'rks. class two: thirty clerks, class one; twent*? 

 two clerks, at $1.<X)0 each: nine clerks, at $1M)0 each: five cojn'ists t 

 typewriters, at $900 each: one telegraph opi'rator. $1,200: (wo assii- 

 ant forciuen of division, at i^il.OrM) each: one litliograjilier. $l.r)0; 

 three lith()grai)hers. at $1,200 cacli : si.x conii)o>itoi-s. at $1.2.")() eac: 

 fourteen printers, at $1,200 each: eleven i)rinters. at $1,000 eacj 

 four f()ld(M-s and feeders, at $720 each: one chief mechanic. $1.40; 

 live skilled iiu«clianic>. at >^l.200 each: m-voii skilled mechanics, t 



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