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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 29. 1917. 207 For new batteries for ships of the Navy, $22,333,000 §°".{,?°*!°"°*¤d For batteries for auxiliaries and merchantmen, $29,672,000 cnailiiiiieiiw an mw For ammunition for auxiliaries and merchantmen, $19,988,800 ‘“'“““'““°°‘ $1For purchase and manufacture of torpedoes and appliances, T°r°°d°°S’ °°°’ 1,242,000. For reserve and miscellaneous ordnance supplies, $29,260,000 R°"°"° ‘“*"’““· BUREAU or YARDS AND DOGKS. n£`£°`° °tY“d°°”d MAINTENANCE, BUREAU or YAnDs AND Docxs: For general main- “‘““*°““°°°· tenance of yards and docks, namely: For books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire engines; tire apparatus and plants; machinery, operation or repair, purchase; maintenance of orses and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles, including motor-propelled and horse-drawn assenger·ca1‘1‘yil1g vehicles to be used only for omeial purposes, and) including motorpropelled vehicles for freight-carrying purposes only for use in the navy yard; tools and repair of the same; stationery; furniture for Government houses and offices in navy yards and naval stations; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; attendance on light and power plants; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on tires, lights, fire engines, and fire apparatus and plantsincidental labor at navy yards; water tax, tolls and ferria e; pay of watchmen in navy yards; awnings and packing (boxes; andlor pay of employees on leave, $2,060,000: Pr red, That the sum to be aid Clerical,. ear, smout of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the *°°’ Navy for clerical, inspection, drafting, messenger, and other classified work in the navy mds and naval stations shall not exceed $800,000: I I . Provided further, t not exceeding $100,000 of this amount may be Depmmeilli °°°" m expended for the services of draftsmen, and such other technical assistants as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary, in the Bureau of Yards and Docks. CONTINGENT, BUREAU or YARDS AND Docxs: For contingent °°°°”“°“*` expenses and minor extensions and improvements of public works at navy yards and stations, $750,000. rustic woaxs, BUREAU or YARDS AND DOGKS. P¤*>“°w°*¤· Quarters for marine guards: For temporary quarters for marine ,,,;‘§'g'{'§,‘§,,f,,§‘,‘f,‘Q§',,,f*“°" guards at naval magazines, $100,000. S hmm mmuu Submarine facilities: For submarine facilities, navy yards and ° ° ‘ stai§i0nS’ $1’500’000' · - - _ · Power, etc., plants. ower plants and distributing systems. For improvements, central power plants and distributing systems, navy yards and stations, $750,000. _ Depots for coal and other fuel: Toward fueroil storage, including F“°l°"“°'°"°‘ not to exceed $100,000 for the purchase of land, $1,500,000. Ommw mm Ordnance storage: For storage of ammumtion, mmes, torpedoes, g°‘ and other ordnance material, $3,000,000. _ _ _ _ _ Nm`, bm Hm Naval operatin base, Hampton Roads, V1Pg1H18Z The Rresident IS me aeeiavé. P- hereby authorizecl and empowered to takeover for the United States s,,f,‘j’mg‘,*;{jh‘g,,,,dP°“°§; the immediate possession and title, includmglall easements, rijggts of glptgigwwn Exposition way, ri arian and other rights appurtenantt ereto, and inclu g all p,,,{‘,,_ mi, the rights and properties of railway, electric light, power, telephone, telegraph, water, and sewer companies, of the tract of land known as the Jamestown Exposition site, on Hampton Roads, Virginia, and of such lands adjacent thereto as lie north of Ninety-ninth Street and Algonquin Street, the entire property being boimded on the north and west b Hampton Roads and Willoughby Bag, on the east by Boush Creeg, and on the south by Ninty-nintl1 and lgonquin Streets.