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 SIXTX -FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 54. 1917. 913 UNDER ·rrm emma or coasr Anmnnar. lofyhisf M ¤<¤¤¢ M11- For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, includin F*"°°“"°“‘““°“" purchase of lands and rights of way, urchase and installation 0% necessary hues and means of electrics communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wir·in and all special instruments, apparatus and materials, coast sigma? apparatus, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and other necessary em loyees connected with the use of coast artillery; purchase, manuiiacture and Rmg°6°d°”' test of range finders and other instruments for fire control at the iorti- Hcations, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, $31,537. Boann or oxnmmon AND roirrrrroarion. ...%°;.*;°..t?2..t‘2:.€f"““°* For  needful and proper_ purchases, experiments, and tests to P'““"“°“·°°¤'$·°“‘~ ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured, under authority of the Secretary of War, such gums, carri es, armor plates, and other war material as may, in the juegnent oafgthe board, be necessary in the props; discharge of the duty volved upon it by the Act approved v°’· “5· *’· *89- Septem r twenty-second eig teen hundred and eighty-eight; salary °""‘"“"“°""’°'· of the civilian member of the board and for his necessary traveling - expenses when traveling on duty as provided by the Act of February N °]“°°"‘ 7°°‘ twenty-fourth, egghteen hundred an ninety-one; nemssa e nses of the board, inc uding rent of omces in the District of Clolunlihiaa, at _ not exceeding $900 per annum, and a per diem allowance to each P°'d"’"‘·°"· officer detailed to serve thereon, when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of $2.50; test of experimental guns, carriages, T°’“‘·°‘°· and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation of the board, $150 000, the ex&nditure of which shall be made by the several bureaus of the War gartment heretofore having vé,ur1sdic— tion of the same, or by the boar itself, as the Secretary of ar may direct: Promkied, That before any money shall be expended in the {{§{,"{,‘{°·,,, us, ,,,,,,,,_ construction or test of any gun, gun carnage, ammunition, or im le- ¤·>¤· ments under the supervision of the said board, the board shallpbe satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage ammunition, or implements,_or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convgy the same to the Grovermnent, M,,,,,m N, N 0, Sec. 2. That all material purchase under the provisions of this €~u¤:,¤¤¤¤ m¤¤¤¢¤¤- Act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the ' 'udgment of the Secretary of War, it is  the manifest interest of the limited States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty. _ Ommwmw Sec. 3. That not to exceed $15,000 of the ftmds apprqpriated by Rm of ,,,,,,.5 ,0,. this Act for the armament of fortihcationsmay be expen ed for the d*‘¤"~*‘¤°¤· rental of suitable space in Washirigton, District of Co umbia, or for the alteration or repair of any avai able building owned by the Government, for the use of the drafting force of the office of e Qhief of Ordnance engaged in the design o matériel appropriated for m_t1ns p,,,,;,,_ and other Acts: Provided, That the Chief of Ordnance rs authorized, Fl"•*Y°°'*°*S*- in his discretion, to enter into a contract for the lease of such suitable space for a period not to exceed five years, at an annual rental not to exceed $15,000. _ _, _,, · Sno, 4, That appropriations in this Act shall not be expended for ,,§f*°°'° p‘""1 lu"` powder other than small-arms powder at a price rn excess of 53 cents a pound. 91890°-—vor. 39-1*1* 1--58