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APR.'17.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
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LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION No. [[/preprinted]] [[underline]] 212-Bi [[/underline]]
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[[preprinted]]Washington, D. C.,[[/preprinted]] December 11, 1917.
[[preprinted underline]] Alex Wetmore, [[/preprinted underline]]
[[preprinted underline]] Biological assistant [[/preprinted underline]]
   
[[preprinted]]Under authority contained in the Secretary's letter, No. 8 Sec., dated July 1, 1917, you are hereby authorized to incur such expenses as may be necessary, in strict accordance with law, the Fiscal Regulations of the Department, and the decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury, for the purpose stated and during the period named below, not to exceed $[[/preprinted]] 300.00 [[preprinted]], to be paid from the appropriation "General Expenses, Bureau of Biological Survey, 1918."[[/preprinted]] (Food Habits of Birds and Mammals.)

Proceed from Washington, D. C., on or about December 12, 1917, to Little Rock, Arkansas, and perform necessary travel within the States of Arkansas and Texas for the purpose of investigating the extent of damage done by birds to the rice crop.

You are further authorized to hire temporary assistants, subject to the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, hire special conveyance and purchase necessary field supplies. Upon completion of this work you should return to Washington, D. C., your official station.

[[preprinted]]No expense for freight charges to be incurred hereunder. Your permanent headquarters will be[[/preprinted]] Washington, D. C.

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A true copy:
[[signature, underlined]] W. Roy Dillon [[/signature]]
Chief Clerk and Executive Assistant.
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[[stamped]] [[signature]] W. C. Henderson [[/signature]] [[/stamped]]
Acting Chief, Biological Survey.