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 944 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1915 of typewriters for ships; packing boxes and materials; interior fittings for dgeneral storehouses, pay offices, and accounting offices in navy yar ; coffee mills and repairs thereto; expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for the same; modernizing laboratory equipment and bringing the same up to date; purchase of articles of equipage at home and abroad under the cognizance of the Bureau of p,§f*§,Q"!‘°°‘ "‘P' Supplies and Accounts, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith, and the manufacture of such articles in the severa navy yards; musical instruments and music; mess outfits; soap on board naval vessels; athletic outfits; tolls, ferriages, yeomen’s stores, I"’°'· safes, newspapers, and other incidental expenses· abor in general storehouses, paymasters’ ofliees, and accounting offices in navy yards and naval stations, including naval stations maintained in island possessions under the control of the United States, and expenses in F  stores purchased and manufactured under "General ae- °°°i°°°°°°i°°‘ count o advances"; and reimbursement to appropriations of the Department of Agriculture of cost of inspection of meats and meat ,§’1f,"";n,;;_,_ clotim, food products for the Navy Department: Prmrided, That the sum to •¤¤·.¤¤rvi<=¤¤· be paid out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Nag, for chemists and for clerical, inspection, and messenger service in e general storehouses,8paymasters’ offices, and accounting offices of the navy yards and nav stations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall not excee F $643,000; in all, $l,,829,400.55. ,,,,{°§$§;,,1f,Y*’°'°‘”°““ linnrenr, Brmrrarr or Summa arm Accourrrs: All freight and express charges pertaining to the Navy Department and its ureaus, except the transportation of coal for- the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $625,000. F"“’°°°‘ FUEL AND TBANSPOBTATIONZ Coal and other fuel for steamers’ and ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same; maintenance and general operation of machinery of naval coaling depots and coaling p1ants· water for all purposes on board naval vessels; and ice for the cooling of water, including the §§';"*§§§·,,,,,,,,m 0, expense of transportation and stor e of both, $4,500,000: Provided, ¤¤v=¤¤¤=¤*¤¤¤¤· That hereafter, when the lowest dgtainable cost of transportation of fuel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States by merchant carriers is considered excessive, the appropriation ‘ ‘Fuel and tr·ansportation" may be charged with the expense of pay, transportation, shipping, an subsistence of civilian officers and crews, and such other incidental ex nses as can not be paid from other appr<$r·iations, of naval aux.i]i):ries engaged in the transfportation of crmamaa. fuel: rmnkied, That the appropriation ‘ Maintenance o naval auxiliaries" is insufficient therelfor. u¤1i·°arE?1°s‘$i»?»°£€°°m° mnmau or consraucrrorw mn rmmra. $i,§2$“ ‘“"’ CONSTRUCTION Ama rznrxm or vnssms: For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank and wind tunnel; deségning naval vessels; construction and re air of yard craft, lighters, an barges; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; incidental expenses for vessels and na yards, inspectors’ oflices, such as hotographing, books, rofessiongr ma azines, plans, . P. P g. stationery, and instruments for drafting room, and for pay of classrhed force un er the bureau; for hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; specifications for purchase thereof shall be so prepared as shall give