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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1917. 345 CHAP. 79.-An Act Makin` a ro tions to su 1 en Eciencies in Ombaf 6,1917- appropriations for the fiscal year gndllrllg Jpug: thirtieth, nirligtegedllrgmdreldieand eighteen, [H' R' mg'] and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes. [rubue, No. sa.] Be it emwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are p,£$n‘§“°,_’;’ WQQPQ; appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise alp- v¤2ses.¤¤=i82 ro riated, to su 1 urgent denciencies in a ropriations for the PZff’p’_455 594821 ESP _PPY __ _ PP, ,1>1>.,. cal year ending June thrrtieth, mneteen hundred and eighteen, 1°2°» 1161- and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes, namely; rnrensrivre commence commission. c.,*;*.;*;.E.?,*;_°°mm°*°¤ For compensation of the two additional commissioners, authorized ,,,,§,§`,,’{SsiY,{,,¤$,'l‘m’°”“] by the Act approved August ninth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, -*”*°· P· 2'°· from Septem er first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, inclusive, at the rate of $10,000 per annum each, $16,666.66. emeneencr SHIPPING FUND. stem. ‘°“°"""""‘““ The cost of purchasing, requisitioning, or otherwise acquiring ,h,I;,‘§'§,'§,‘§§;,,§{§,gj plants, material, charters, or ships now constructed or in the course •*°I;,m,t 0, mst m_ of construction and the expediting of construction of ships thus mma. under construction, authorized by the urgent deficiency appropria- "”“·*"m‘ tion Act a proved June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, is increased from $250,000,000 to $515,000,000, and there is appro- • priated for this purpose the sum of $200,000,000. _ The cost of construction of ships authorized by the urgent dehciency §%‘?‘,§’g‘,§*"‘ appropriation Act approved June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and P·>¤¢,1>-6·‘¤¤- seventeen, is increased from $500,000,000 to $1,234,000,000, and » there is appropriated for this purpose the sum of $250,000,000. · For the purchase of ships, other than those heretofore or herein ,,,,i,','§°l'°°° °‘ °“‘°' aulihorithdy $150,000,00O* bh hm f l bl f ln A “' m ‘° ‘ or e ac uisition or esta `s ent o ants suita e or s - eq ’ °“¤ ° °_ building, or dl materials essential thereto, End for the enlargemerlit Krlzlm for TIP hmm or extension of such plants as are now, or may be hereafter acquired M"' p"‘°°1’1°22‘ or established, $35,000,000. renenan BOARD Fon vocirromn enucarron. ·»Y.?°°"°“' ”““°" The appropgriation provided by section seven of the Act creating B.;;‘§R?"°°° °“°w°° the Federal oard for Vocational Education, approved Febma V°'-°°·P·°*‘3· twent —third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, is also made avail? able for grinting and binding, law books, books of reference and periodica, and lpostage on foreign mail. In any State the legislature of which met in nineteen hundred and tsi»°i°pi:siil;i.£laS°i>°$ seventeen and failed for any reason to accept the provisions of the g?,§§1';§’;c{' '°€iS‘°““° vocational education Act, as provided in section five of said Act, if v¤1.r>>, 1;-932- the governor of that State, so far as he is authorized to do so, shall accept the provisions of said Act and designate or create a State board of not less than three members to act in cooperation with the Federal Board for Vocational Education and shall des` ate the State treasurer as custodian for all monpfys allotted to mt State Common, www under said Act, the Federal board shall, such legislature took no ues. _ adverse action on the acceptance of said Act in nineteen hundred and seventeen, recognize such State board for the purposes of said Act until the legislature of that State meets in regular session in due course and has been in session sixty days.