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 sixrrrirrn ooxeiznss. sm. 111. ces. 98, 99. 1919. 1305 of Columbia, without regard to civil·service laws, rules, and regulations, and to pay from the sums hereby authorized and appropriated for construction purposes, at customary rates of compensation, such additional technical and clerical services as may be necessary, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the drawings and specifications for the above-named o jects and supervision of the execution thereof, for traveling expenses, and printing incident thereto, at a. total limit Li"‘i‘· of cost for such additional technical and clerical services and travelin expenses, and so forth, of not exceeding $210,000 of the above~name§ limit of cost. All of the above-mentioned work shall be under the S“P°"’*S‘°¤· direction and supervision of the S eon General of the Public Health Service, sub`ect to the approval olfutlie Secretary of the Treasury. _ Sec. 11. 'l‘here is hereby appropriated, out of any mone in the 1=·§iliig°1¤l)erri1°ttii°§e¤1i>`i»: Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for necessary rsonne`l,?includ· mming regular and reserve comrnissioned officers of th; Public Health Service and clerical help in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and maintenance, hospital supplies and equipment, leases, fuel, lights, and water, and freight, transportation, and travel, and reasonable burial expenses (not exceeding $100 for any patient dying in hospital), $785,333 for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen. Approved, March 3, 1919. CHAP. 99.-An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of mg? defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the iiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re eaentatives of the United state of America at etmgrm ammbzaz, Kat the rouowau sums ,,,}”.°.;*..,*§·“°¤==¤¤!·* are appropriated, out of any moneyin the Treasury not otgerwise appropriated, for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes, to be available immediately, namely: F ORTIFICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS OF DEFENSE. nuomnnn nnraamnnr. mg*g*¤•¤ D¤¤¤¤» For construction of gun and mortar batteries, $380,000. md "‘°"‘“` °‘“' For modernizing older emplacements, $37,250. E¤*P'¤°°¤•¤*=- The sum of $1,250,000 of the unexpended balance of the appro- §;;i§{,r§§,”}§‘f,’·,2,’,§’;,, priation "For the installation and rep acement of electric light and ¤**j¥¤*·¤¤V¤*¤<i)1¤- power plants at seacoast fortifications in the United States; the ”"* P‘“°· purchase and installation of searchlights for seacoast defenses in the 'nited States, including searchlights for antiaircraft defenses and accessories therefor; and the procurement and installation of soundranging equipment for use in the United States, the insular possessions, and the Panama Canal, and for salaries of electrical e rts, engineers, and other employees necessary to procure and instiirlethe same," shall be covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act. P U etc For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which ° °°’ ' there may be no special a propriation available, and of structures for the torpedo defense ofp the United States and for maintaining channels for access to torpedo wharves, $250,000. Pm- For preparation of plans for fortifications and other works of defense, $25,000. Summa ,0, wm, For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric light and plantspower equipment for seacoast fortifications, and for tools, ectrieal