Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to be expended during the two fiscal years, beginning June first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, according to the provisions of an act, entitled "An act to establish a State Weather Service in this Commonwealth," approved the thirteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven: Provided, That in order to carry into effect more completely the purpose of said act, the necessary traveling expenses of the assistant in charge which may be designated and approved by the Franklin Institute shall be paid out of the sum hereby appropriated: And provided further, That the clerical expenses chargeable upon this appropriation shall be limited to the cost of such clerical work as may be necessary in keeping up the correspondence and compiling records and reports for publication. The amounts to be paid and work done under this appropriation shall be such as may be designated and approved by the Franklin Institute.
The said appropriation to be paid on the warrant of the Auditor General on a settlement made by him and the State Treasurer, but no warrant shall be drawn on settlement made until the directors or managers of said Franklin Institute shall have made, under oath to the Auditor General, a report containing a specifically itemized statement of the receipts from all sources and expenses of said State Weather Service during the previous quarter, with the cash balance on hand, and the same is approved by him and the State Treasurer, nor until the Treasurer shall have sufficient money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay the quarterly instalments due said institution; and unexpended balances of sums appropriated for specific purposes shall not be used for other purposes, whether specific or general, and shall revert to the State Treasury at the close of the two fiscal years.