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 366 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.· SEss. I. Ch. 79. 1917. mg]’j¤*¤°° ”°P“'°· onnmmcn DEPARTMENT. C“"°¤’°‘P°“°S· Om>NANcE SERVICE! For the current expenses of the Ordnance Department in connection with purchasing, receiving, storrnig, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising police an office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriters, adding machines, office furniture, tools, and instruments of service; incidental expenses of the Ordnance Service and those attend- ‘ ing practical trials and tests of ordnance, small arms, and other o nance stores; publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office; subscriptions to periodicals; mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance; and for (purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelle or _ horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $11,825,000 ,,,,‘°,;§‘,,',?;'§{'m°" £°' O1wNANcE sT0nEs, Amrm~:rTroN: For manufacture and purchase of ammunition for small arms and for hand use for reserve supply, $69,750,000. prgcwlulxls migu SMALL-ARMS TARGET PRACTICES For manufacture and purchase of ° g,,{§,f",;‘g‘},‘f“"‘°“· ‘°" ammunition, targets, and other accessories_for small-arms, hand, and M odmmml mp machme-gum target practice and instructions;_marksmen’s medals, euaoamzc. prize arms, and rnsrgma for all arms of the service ;_ and ammunition, targets, target materials, and other accessories which may be issued for small-arms target ractice and instruction at the educational institutions and State sold}i,ers’ and sailors’ orphans’ homes to which issues of small arms are lawfully made, under such regulations as the Sec- Mm _ t retary of War may prescribe, $$9,676,000. _ _ _ _ um. °m°mg’ ° °°’ MANUFAMURE, OF Arms: For manufacturing, rep}a1rrng, rocuring, · f{,°_{§{gm,mmmm and issuing arms, $16,690,000; Provided, That the hief of Drdnance, ° United States Army, is_ authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise to incur obligations for the plurposes above mentioned not to exceed $161000,000 m addition to the appropriations herein and heretofore ma e. m¤P”§§°"l”g’°t°"°'d` ORDNANCE STORES AND SUPPLIESZ For overhanling, cleanin, repairing, and (preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the Eands P“'°*'““·°*°· of troops an at the arsenals, posts, and depots; for purchase and E‘¥“*Pm°°"· manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requirements of troops; for Infant?, Cavalry, and Artillery equipments, including horse equip- A t ti hm ments or Cavalry and Artiller·y, $113,520,000. ¤¤§.°m° ° m° ° Automatic machine rifles: For the purchase, manufacture, test, repair and maintenance of automatic machine rifles, including their mm mounts, sights, and equipments, and the machinery necessary for Aaaiatuaimnmas. their manufacture, $220,277,000: Prmnkied, That the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, is authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise to incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to excped $118,020,000 in addition to the appropriations herein and hereto ore made. · Armirm m°t°r°°”‘ Armored motor cars: For the purchase, manufacture, test, repair, §g'g’;’gm,m¤,mm_ and maintenance of armored motor cars, $$6,750,000: Provided, That the Chief of'Ordnance, United States Army, is authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise to incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $75,550,000 in addition to the appro- Additional Om priations herein and here_tofore made. _ tiqng M .,,d,,,m £I The Secretary of War rs authorized, durmdg the present eme ency ““‘*'·°‘*- and in addition to the appropriations an obligations specigcally Promo authorized by law, to incurpbligations for ordnance and ordnance Au10u];;t]j1Dj[gd_ supiphes and materials: Provided, That the gggregate amount of such ob gations outstanding at any one time sh not exceed the sum of $100,000,000.