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 42 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12. 1917. For purchase and binding of professional books treating of military and scientific subjects for library, for use of school, and for temporary use in coast defenses, $2,500;1n all, $28,000. _ _ Pformégus Provided, That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised §lrsTiZe.sé4s,p.ns. Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. TYP°""“i¤¤ ¤”* Provided further, That purchase and exchange of typewriting ma- °m°s' chines, to be paid for from this approyil-ixition, may e made at the special price allowed to schools teac g stenography and typewriting without obligating tyfpewriter companies to supply these machines to all departments o the Government at the same price. S‘g"“'S°'“°°· orricr: or rms cimzr sxexru. orrrcnn. E‘*’°“’°°· SIGNAL Snnvrcn or mn Amir: For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, radio installations, signal eqhuipments and stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary mstruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; motorcycles and motor- riven vehicles used for technical and official purposes; professional and scientific books of refer- _ ence, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, and maps, for use in the Sh};§’,,,§f°u°°"“· °“" office of the Chief ignal Officer; war alloons_and airslnps and acces- ’ series, including their maintenance and repair; telephone apparatus El°°m°p1°°t°‘ (exclusive of exchange service) and maintenance 0 the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military uposts ; fire-control and direction apparatus and material for Field Arf ery; maintenance and repair of military lines and cables, including salaries of civilian employees, supplies, gleneral repairs, reserved supplies, and other expenses connected wit the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, $11,800,000 {_’{__·;;jg§!;secti0u Provided, hmvever, That not more than $10,800,000 of the foregoing imcnses, ¤m.,`u¤- appropriation shall be used for the lplurchase, manufacture, mainted“§:,,,_pp_,8;’2,5,3_,5_ nance, operation, and repair of airs s and other aerial machines, buildings for equipment and personnel: and other accessories neces- Mom V¤¤i¤l¤¤- sary in the Aviation Section; and for the purchase, maintenance, relpjair, and operation of motor—propelled passengencarrying vehicles w ch may be necessary for the Aviation Section: Przwidedfurther, qegggjjg R°¤°"°¤ in That of the_sum last above mentioned so much thereof as may be ` necessary will be available for paying and otherwise providing for such officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps and such enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps V c_ of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps as may be called into ‘ “° ‘°“ "‘°°°" active service; for the payment of all expenses in connection with the development of a suitable tx e of aviation motor, under such regulations as the Secretarv of lgir may prescribe; for the cost of investigations to be made by and technical instruction of commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the said section. sc§g;; egg m¤**°¤ Provided further, That the _Secretary of War is hereby authorized to r·¤a,’p. za. acquire, by purchase, donation, or by condemnation, such land sites throughout the United States as are immediately necessary for the permanent establishment of aviation schools, aviation posts, and gzpppnmental aviation stations and proving grounds for the United a es Army. Use °*b°*¤¤¤•=· Provided further, That in order to c this legislation into effect the Secretary of War is hereby authori;-gte use such portion as may _ be necessary_of the $13,281,666 appropriated for the Signal Service ‘ °l·3°· P·°¤- of the Army in the Act making appro riations for the support of the Limp Army for the fiscal year ending June fhirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen: Rrmzided, hmnever, That not more than $4,500,000 shall be made available for this purpose: Provided further, That the funds