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JUNE. 19 
UNITED STATES DEPARTP4ENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASIliNQTON. D. C. 
No. Bi 
LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION. 
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Under authority conferred upon me by the Secretary of Agriculture 
(L. a. No. 8-Sec., dated July 1, 1919), you are hereby authorized to incur 
expenses as follo¥;s during the fiscal year 1920 in the performance of your 
official duties under the appropriation ’’General Expenses, Bureau of Biologi- 
cal Survey, 1920,” 
1. Actual and necessary traveling expenses of yourself and your 
assistants between official stations and points throughout the United States. 
2. Hire of temporary assistants, subject to civil- service rules. 
3. Station and miscellaneous expenses as defined in paragraphs 71 
and 72, Fiscal Regulations. 
4. Such other miscellaneous expenses as may be necessary to the 
proper conduct of the ¥/ork of the Bureau. 
5. Preparation and issueince of Government bills of lading for ship- 
ments of United States property by rail or ?/ater. 
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must be under instructions from the Chief of Bureau. You will be allowed 
actual and necessary traveling expenses, and subsistence expenses not to ex- 
ceed |5.00 per day, ?;hile absent from your offici?! headquarters on official 
business. 
Actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by 
ycur assistants under instructions from you will be paid to them upon pre- 
sentation of Form-4 accounts and charged against your allotment and letter 
of authorization. Accounts under this authorization will, be paid from the 
sums allotted to you for the fiscal year 1920. 
All expenditures hereunder must be made in strict conformity with law, 
the Fiscal Regulations of the Department of Agriculture, orders of the Sec- 
retary, and decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury. 
Your permanent headquarters will be 
Chief of Bureau 
