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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1917. 369 STATE, WAR, AND NAVY DEPARTMENT BUILDING. m§;g*gwggg;g_D¢Pm· For the installation_o{ an additional b0iler_ in the State, War, and Add**i¤¤¤* b¤i*¤*~ Navy Department Building for heating and lrghting the Mills Building, $15,000. NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT. Neva AVIATION. Aviation. {Far a§iatiop, to be expendeddunder the direction of the Secretary G°“°““°‘p°"S°s‘ o the avy or procurin pro ucm, constructing, o rat' , pre- · _ serving, storing, and handlin aircrazgs; maintenance oiwaircl·[§t sta- ‘°‘i"°'°'°“”‘""“"" tions; including not to exceed $315,000 for the acquisition of land gy · purchase or condemnation; and for experimental work in the dev - P _ e ment of aviation for naval purposes, $45,000,000: Provided, That _ T;c•hl;.lida1,etc.,sewtllie sum to be paid out of this alpfpropriation under the direction of *°°°· the Secretary o the Navy for dr ting, clerical, inspection, and messen er service for aircraft stations sh l not exceed $175,000. Admn comming, léational Advisory Committee for Aeronautim: Such portion of the ¤¤¤&\•r¤$;¢i¤¤h__b° appropriation “National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" car- WPP "° ”' rred in the Act making approplriations for the naval service for the °‘·°°·P·“"°· nscal year ending Jrme thrrtiet, nineteen hrmdred and eighteen, ap; proved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, as may necessary, not to exceed $40,000, is made available for the completion of the committee’s research_laboratory now under construction, and for the construction of additional buildings necessary in connection therewith. NAVAL nurmeancr mmn. · ,u§;{'°‘ °'“°'¤°“°Y _ To enable the President to secure the more economical and expe- P,·§,d‘},“,,§f°‘*°¥‘ °’ "“’ drtious delivery pi materrak, equipment, and munitions, and secure V¤¤·30.p-11¤2- the more expeditious construction of ships authorized, and for the purchase or construction of such additional torpedo boat destroyers submarine chasers, and such other naval small craft, and for each and every pu.§:>ose connected therewith, as the President may direct, to be expen ed at the direction and in the discretion of the President, $100,000,000. CIVILIAN NAvAr. c0NsUr.·rme :aoA1u>. B§gg{*·¤ °•¤=¤*°*¤¢ For actual expenses incurred by and in connection with the civilian E"*’°'”°°· Naval Consulting Board, $75,000. BUREAU or NAVIGATION. ,,,};'}’°°“ °' N“'¤* Recreation for enlisted men: For the recreation, amusement, com- ;s{]§°5“.§'§§{Y° ‘°' °°' fort, and contentment of enlisted men of the Navy afloat and under training ashore, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretar of _ the Navy, under such regulations as he may prescribe, $150,000: gra- iigmuriiiazmu. mded, That no person shall be employed hereimder at a rate of compensation exceedi.n§,$1,800 per annum. _ Transportation: or transcportation, Bureau of Navigation, includ- T¤¤$P°'*°“°¤· mg the same objects specific under this head in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, $700,000. BUBBAU or OBDNANCE. Bumu °'°'°¤*¤°°· ORDIQANCE Arm onnmmcn s·r0BBs: For procuring, producing, . md °rd` preservmg, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work 112460°—von 40—1>·r 1-——24