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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1-1. 417. 1916. 563 and all other contingent expenses, including the maintenance, repair, and operation of three horse—drawn passenger-carr vehicles, to P, I, from mv,] be used only for officialupurposes, $54,421; in all, fir>Li1l\Iaval Home, P°¤*£*b‘“¤°· $77,l17, which sum sha be paid out of the income from the naval ,,,,,,,,,0 pension fund: Prmnkled, That all moneys derived from the sale of Reeunfw me or material at the Naval Home, which was ori inally purchased from m°°°y"°°°iv°°’°°°‘ moneys appropriated from the income from tilie naval pension fimd, and all mone s derived from the rental of Naval Home property, shall be turned, into the naval pension fund. BUREAU or ommANcE. Bmmuolommm ORDNANCE AND onnzuxcn sroansz For procuring, producing, ¤a2i>2iii<ii·lg.md 0m` preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, material, and labor to be used m the general work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at naval magazines, torpedo stations, and proving grounds; for maintenance of the proving WM ground and powder factory and for target practice; for the mainte- a§°°°°°g°r °°’ nance, repair, or operation of horse-drawn passenger-carry)i;1g vehicles, . and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to used onl for official piixliposes at naval ma azines, the naval proving ground; lndianhead, aryland, and naval torpedo stations, and for pay of chemists, clerica, drafting, inspection, and messenlger service in P,,,,,,_,,,_ navy yards, naval stations, an naval magazines: rmn:ded,_That icgf¤¤¤*»!.•¢¤-. nrvthe sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary 3 the Navy for chemists, clerical, draftnfg, mspectioné watchmen, an messenger service in navy yar s, nava stations, an naval magazines for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall not exceed $505,000; in all, $6,402,485. Smmlws www Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, $1,800,000: ` Prmnkled, That no part of any money appropriated by this Act shall p.»,wa.,,__ be expended for the purchase of powder other than small arms pow- P"°°'“'“°°"· der at a price in excess of 53 cents a pound: Provided further, That in expenditures of this appropriation, or any part thereof, for powder, mcmmmb to no owder shall at any time be purchase unless the powder factory  cfolinidiat llndianhead, Maryland, shall be operated on a basis of not less ry' than its full maximum capacitv. Nam, Gun Fumy Fon NAVAL GUN FACTORY, `VASHINGTON, Drsrmcr or COLUMBIA: D;. hm ' New and improved machinery for existing shops, $150,000. P,,°;,,S°;rg,;d WML NAVAL MAcAz1NE, PUGET SoUNn, lVAsmNcrroN: For the piuchase ¤¤=s¤=i¤¤. ' of a light automobile for carrying passengers, to be used only for °Hlci°·l P“*`P°S°S» $600-, , Pmjectile plant. Pao.mc·r1Ln PLANT: Toward the erection and eqluipment of a plant maxim me equipfor the manufacture of projectiles, on a. site to be se ected by the resi- pm ,,_ mg dent, including the employment of all necessary expert, drafting, and clerical assistance (to cost when completed not exceeding $1,411,222), $705,611, to be available until expended. _ Anmypnm. Armor: rLAx*r: The Secretary 0 the Navy is hereby authorized and mmf"1*”°***°° directed to provide, either by the erection of a factory or by the pill'- chase of a factory, or both, for the manufacture of armor for the Vcsscls of the Navy; said factory or factories to have an annual mmm capacity of not less than 20,000 tons of armor; to be located at a place Or places approved by the General Board of the Navy, with especial Appmprmim reference to considerations of safety in time of war; and the sum of $11,000,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediate y available, for the pur- _`cqu,rmm0,m__ poses of this paragraph. · And if the United States owns no suitable site or sites, authority is hereby given to acquire by purchase, con- T mm [ damnation, or gift such site or sites as may be necessary: The mf ·° °‘·’°"' expenditures for drafting, technical, expert, and clerical assistance necessary shall be paid from the appropriation herein made.