238 238 Indian Affairs Commission, advances. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Page. the Clerk of the House of Representatives to advance to the chairman of the Commission appointed under the Act approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, such sums of money as may be necessary for the carrying on of the Commission, and so forth. September 11, 1913... Mexican disturbances. Joint Resolution To provide for the relief and transportation of destitute American citizens in Mexico. September 16, 1913... National Corn Exposition, Dallas, Tex. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to make an exhibit at the Sixth National Corn Exposition, to be held at Dallas, Texas, during the month of February, nineteen hundred and fourteen. October 16, 1913.. World's Purity Federation Congress. Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the Seventh International Congress of the World's Purity Federation, to be held in the city of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, November seventh to twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. October 22, 1913...... Congress Hall Celebration. Joint Resolution For the appointment of a joint committee from House and Senate to attend Congress Hall celebration in Philadelphia in October, nineteen hundred and thirteen. October 22, 1913....... 239 239 239 240 House Office Building, furnishing. Joint Resolution To provide for furnishing the additional rooms in the House Office Building. October 24, 1913... Alaska storm sufferers. Joint Resolution To relieve destitution among the native people and residents of Alaska. November 15, 1913.... 240 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of April, 1913, and terminated Monday, the first day of December, 1913. WOODROW WILSON, President; THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Vice President; JAMES P. CLARKE, President of the Senate pro tempore; F. M. SIMMONS, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, September 15 and 18, 1913; JOHN RANDOLPH THORNTON, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, November 3 to 29, 1913; CHAMP CLARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 1.—An Act Making appropriations for certain expenses incident to the first session of the Sixty-third Congress, and for other purposes. May 1, 1913. [H. R. 2973.] [Public No. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United legislative, etc., States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are penses. appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: UNDER LEGISLATIVE. The appropriations for mileage of Senators, Members of the House, of Representatives, and Delegates from the Territories, and expenses of Resident Commissioners, made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, be, and the same are hereby, made immediately available and authorized to be paid to Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from the Territories, and Resident Commissioners, for attendance on the first session of the Sixty-third Congress. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. For stationery for Members and Delegates and Resident Commissioners, at $125 each, for the first session of the Sixty-third Congress, $55,000. For the following employees during the first session of the Sixtythird Congress, but not longer than until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, namely: Legislative. ex Mileage appropriaMembers made avail tions for Senators and able. Vol. 37, pp. 739, 743. House of Representatives. Stationery. operators. For forty-six pages, including two riding pages, four telephone Pages and telephone pages, one press gallery page, and ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $2.50 per day each; three telephone operators, at the rate of $75 per month each; in all, $10,535, or so much thereof as may be necessary. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Department of Labor. Salaries of Secretary, Vol. 37, p. 736. For the following in the Department of Labor, pursuant to the Assistant, clerks, etc. Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, creating a Department of Labor, from March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, or from the date of their appointment and qualification, 1 Appropriations for bureaus, etc., trans made available. 788. Post, p. 64. respectively, until the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, namely: Secretary of Labor, at the rate of $12,000 per annum; Assistant Secretary of Labor, at the rate of $5,000 per annum; Solicitor of the Department of Justice for the Department of Labor, at the rate of $5,000 per annum; chief clerk, at the rate of $3,000 per annum; disbursing clerk, at the rate of $3,000 per annum; private secretary to the Secretary, at the rate of $2,500 per annum; confidential clerk to the Secretary, at the rate of $1,800 per annum; and private secretary to the Assistant Secretary, at the rate of $2,100 per annum; in all, $42,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary. All appropriations made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ferred to Department, fourteen and balances, after March fourth, nineteen hundred and Vol. 37, pp. 783, 786, thirteen, of appropriations made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, together with all appropriations made or to be made in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, for the bureaus, offices, or other divisions of whatever designation or character, transferred from the Department of Commerce and Labor to the Department of Labor, under the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall be available for expenditure in and by the Department of Labor, and shall be treated the same as though said branches of the public service had been directly named in the laws making said appropriations as parts of the Department of Labor, under the direction of the Allotment of general Secretary of the department: Provided, That as to all general appropriations for printing and binding, and contingent or miscellaneous expenses, the amounts that shall be transferred hereunder, except where the same are specifically fixed by law, shall in the case of each bureau, office, or other division be not less than the average amount expended on account of or allotted for expenditure to each of the same during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and twelve and nineteen hundred and thirteen. Proviso. appropriations. Officers and employ ees transferred from merce and Labor. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed, as soon as Department of Com- may be practicable, to transfer to the Department of Labor all chiefs of division, assistant chiefs of division, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, watchmen, charwomen, laborers, or others now employed in the divisions of his office who were, up to March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, wholly engaged upon the work relating to the business of the bureaus and offices of the Department of Commerce and Labor transferred to the Department of Labor under the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and in proportion to the number of persons in the divisions of his office whose time and labor were partially devoted to the work of said bureaus and offices he shall transfer approximately an equivalent number of clerks and other employees to said Department of Labor, and the appropriations made for the compensation of all persons transferred hereunder shall be credited to and disbursed by the Department of Labor. Annual estimates to be submitted. Panama Canal. Moneys received dur ing the year for serv credited to appropriations. The Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen, and annually thereafter, estimates in detail for all personal services and for all general and miscellaneous expenses for the Department of Labor. THE PANAMA CANAL. SEC. 2. That during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, ices, supplies, etc., all moneys received by the Isthmian Canal Commission, or the governor of the Panama Canal, from any services rendered or materials and supplies furnished employees, the Panama Railroad Company, the Canal Zone government, the Panama Government, and other departments of the United States Government, from hotel and hospital Post, p. 71. Construction equip supplies and services; from rentals, wharfage, and so forth; from labor, materials, and supplies and other services furnished vessels and to those unable to obtain similar labor, materials, supplies, and services elsewhere, shall be credited to the appropriation from which payments for the materials, supplies, labor, or other services were originally made; except that moneys received from the sale of mate- ment, etc., to be cov rial and equipment purchased and used for construction purposes, and ered into the Treasury. as a reimbursement for the expenditures incurred in constructing waterworks, sewers, and pavements in the cities of Panama and Colon, including interest on such expenditures, excluding payments on account of the expenses for maintenance of such waterworks, sewers, and pavements incurred under agreement with the Panama Government, and otherwise herein disposed of, shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and except that after the canal is opened for use and operation the net profits accruing from the operations herein authorized shall annually be covered into the Treasury of the United States, as provided for the profits accruing from the business authorized in section six of the Panama Canal Act. That until the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, when any material, supplies, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal is no fonger needed, or is no longer serviceable, it may be sold in such manner as the President may direct, and without advertising in such classes of cases as may be authorized by him. RENTAL OF BUILDINGS. Canal profits. Vol. 37, p. 564. Unserviceable equipsold without advertis ment, etc., may be Rented buildings, District of Columbia. details of toor space, Statement include SEC. 3. Hereafter the statement of buildings rented within the District of Columbia for use of the Government, required by the Act etcol. 27, p. 199. of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (Statutes at Large, volume twenty-seven, page one hundred and ninety-nine), shall indicate as to each building rented the area thereof in square feet of available floor space for Government uses, the rate paid per square foot for such floor space, the assessed valuation of each building, and what proportion, if any, of the rental paid includes heat, light, elevator, or other service. Approved, May 1, 1913. CHAP. 2.-An Act Providing certain legislation for the Panama California Exposition to be held in San Diego, California, during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen. May 22, 1913. [(H. R. 4234.] [Public, No. 2.] Panama Exposition. California Deposit required of Exposition Company, awards, etc. to cover expenses of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to require the Panama California Exposition Company, of San Diego, California, to deposit with a depository, to be named by the Secretary of the Treasury, such sum or sums of money as in the discretion of the Secretary shall be necessary to cover awards, medals, certificates, prizes, and premiums, and all other obligations incurred by said corporation with exhibitors at the Panama California Exposition, which money shall be held by said depository as a pledge to the United States Government for a faithful fulfillment of the above obligations; or the Secretary of the Treasury may, in lieu of such cash pledge, in lieu. accept a good and sufficient bond from said exposition company, to be approved by him and conditioned for the faithful performance of every liability or obligation incurred by said exposition company in respect to exhibitors at said exposition, to be held in San Diego, California, during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen. Acceptance of bond Articles for exhibi SEC. 2. That all articles that shall be imported from foreign coun- tion may be admitted tries for the sole purpose of exhibition at the Panama California free. |