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 1370 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2918. 1907. ceeds of the sale of bonds authorized in section eight of the said Act _ approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two. _ · ch£°§;§§‘{§§°"t mt"` 611 PGP GGHUIH1 of the foregoing amounts shall be available inter- ' changeably for expenditure on the objects named; but not more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of the appropriation. €n*?g*'“’“*i°¤ °f *°V· Sec. 2. All funds collected by the government of the Canal Zone from ` rentals of public lands and buildings in the Canal Zone and the cities of Panama and Colon, and from the Zone postal service, and from court fees and iines, and collected or raised by taxation in whatsoever form under the laws of the overnment of the Canal Zone, are hereby appropriated until and incIuding June thirtieth, nineteen hundred an eight, as follows: The revenues derived from the postal service to the maintenance of that service; the remaining revenues, after ‘ setting aside a miscellaneous and contingent fund of ten thousand dollars, to the maintenance of the public school system in the Zone, S¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¢ tv C<>¤- and to public improvements within the Zone. A detailed and classigms` fied statement of all receipts and expenditures without the duplication . of items under this paragraph shall be submitted to Congress after the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight. Upigpfndedbalance Sec. 3. Any unexpended balance of the aplpropriatiou for the cou- °`Q,,u, f'-m2_ struction of the Isthmian Canal contained in the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby reappropriated to meet deficiencies heretofore incurred, and to further remain available until expended. mf§'},_‘;§;’0’;d‘;‘;,”gng$*· Sec. 4. That one hundred thousand dollars of the said appropriation for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, "For skil ed and unskilled labor on the Isthmus for the departments of construction and engineering and administration," shall be transferred to the a propriation "F or skilled and unskilled labor engaged in the health and sanitation department on the Isthmus of Panama." of the same Act; that three hundred thousand dollars of the said appropriation “For skilled and unskilled labor on the Isthmus for the departments of construction and engineering and administration," shall be transferred to the appropriation “For miscellaneous expenditures " for the same departments, of the same Act; that fifty thousand dollars of the a(ppropriation "For pay of officers and employees other than skille and unskilled labor on the Isthmus, for the construction and engineering and administration departrnents,” shall be transferred to the apgropriation “For pay of officers and employees other than skilled an unskilled labor engaged in the health and sanitation de rtment on the Isthmus,” of the same Act; and that any unexpendecimbalance of the appro riation in the said bill “To continue the reequipment of the` Panama Railroad " may be paid to the Panama Railroad Company to reimburse that company for direct expenditures for equipment and §‘·’¤;j;¢;a, of Bx_ construction: Provided, That all expenses so reimbursed shall iirst be penfea approved by the Commission and then audited in all respects as if disbursed directly under the Commission. 8vS;¤g;¤;Ic¤r,g);¤%rgg¢¤q  5. All sums appropriated hereunder and under the Act of June mm, of C9mmjgg§i thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for the use upon the Isthmus of }j0‘},Q’,‘,;;j,3f";{‘g‘f’“°"°” the several departments shall be available for the payment of the .4me, p. mi. direct obligations of the Canal Commission, or of the Commission’s obligations under any contract or contracts that have been or may hereafter be entered into for the construction of the Isthmian Canal. corégpgmgtl cgguggr _ Size. 6._ l\ot.hing contained in section live of the Act of June twenty- 8d__ eighth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act to provide for the ‘°r 3* *’· *83- construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," shall prevent the President from entering into such contract or contracts as may be deemed expedient by him for the complegion of rihle construction of the Panama Canal. remvcrnry aeusi nc. . e appropriations for the y of officers and employees of °li°LK°§i'?¤ii°hm°S° the several departments on the lsthmusiiinder the Act of J und) thirtieth, nineteen hun red and six, shall apply to the pay of such officers and