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 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crrs. 40-42. 1917. 247 materials and of fuel and all other things necessary for creating and extending the production of airplanes, aircraft, engines, and all a urtenances. _ _ _ pidnd also for creating, maintaining, and operating at technical m$§‘,?,E‘,§§ aJ‘§$l},'§{,€‘g{ schools and colleges courses of instruction for aviation students, °*°· including cost of instruction, equi ment, and supplies necessary for instruction and subsistence of studlents while receiving such instruction. . Provided, That, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, ,q`E{,2¥§§§?S '°' “°" motor-propelled vehicles, airplanes, engines, parts thereof, and appurtenances may be exchanged in art payment for new eqmpment of the same or similar character to be used for the same purpose as those prpposed to be exchanged. _ Tumi mmm of romded further, That during the present emergency, officers and ;.,,,,,g,,i,,,t,.,,,,t,,,,_,,,,_, enlisted men of foreign armies attached to the Aviation Section of the *¤ *h° U¤“°d S°*”·*°¤· Signal Corps as instructors or inspectors when traveling in the United States on official business pertaining to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps shall be authorized, from funds appropriated by this Act, the same mileage and transriprtation allowances as are authorized for officers or enlisted men of the Regular Army. _ _ Appmpmtiom Sec. 10. That for the purpose of carryrrzg this Act into effect the sum of $640,000,000 is hereby appropriate out of any funds in the _ Treasury not otherwise aippro mated, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundre andp eighteen. ° Approved, July 24, 1917. CHAP. 41.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Sebastian bridge  ‘ disériptt go cezplstruhctabridge acrossthe Arkansas River, at the foot of Garrison Avenue, at 0 nu,. Be it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives 0 the United States og’Ame1·£cbd.I in Congress assembled, That the consentbf Congress §1¥i¥.i;i·iri§é as is here y granted to the Sebastian bridge district, created by the §,l$E§"Y,Q"d‘°’ mt Legislature of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, to construct, PM P- 105*- maintain, and operate a bridge and a preaches thereto across the Arkansas River at a point suitable to &e interests of navigation, at the foot of Garrison venue, at Fort Smith, in the eonmty of Sebas- cmtmmm tian, in the State of Arkansas, in accordance with the {provisions of vo1.u,p. s4Z the Act entitled "An Act to rebgulate the construction o bridlges over nagigable waters," approved arch twenty-third, nineteen undred an six. Sec. 2. That tlae right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby “‘°“°""°"‘· expressly reserver . Approved, July 2’Z, 1917. CHAP. 42.-An Act Authorizing the President_to_take possesion, on behalf of riiiriiiiij the United States, for use as sites for permanent aviation stations for the Army and  Navy and for aviation school purposes, of the whole of North Island in the harbor ’ of San Diego, California, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives 0 the United States of America in Congress assembled? That the Presidgnt be, and Diifgtlliwldiradgéi-lim he is hereby, authorized to cause possession to be taken forthwith, ;,§§°“€,°€“‘}§', ,,‘I},*§eZ$ on behalf of the United States, for use for national defense and in P“'P°S°¤· connection therewith as sites for permanent aviation stations for the Armi and Navy and for aviation school pu oses, of the whole of vesting 0, ,,,,6 l\0rt Island, in the harbor of San Diego, Calriifornia, and the provi- wang- 355 60 sions of section three hundred and fifty-five, Revised Statutes, shall R' "s°°` ’p' ` not apply to the expenditure of any appropriations for improvements thereon or aviation purposes..