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 SIXTY—FIFTH. CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12. 1917. 43 thus authorized for use in the purchase of land sites may also be used ,m§’P°¤d“*“°S SP°°i· for the improvement and preparation of land and waters contiguous ` thereto; for the construction, maintenance, and repair of permanent Construction etc barracks, quarters, stables, storehouses, magazines, administration ' buildings, hangars, sheds, shops, garages, and other permanent buildings necessary for the shelter of aviation troops, public animals, stores and equipment, and for administration purposes; for the pur- mf;j*§l:ti°¤· °=1¤iP· chase of all equipment and material necessary for the installation, ` operation, and repair of all water, sewer, electric-light and electricower systems; for the construction of roads, walks, and wharves; fbr the disposal of drainage; for the clearing, gradin, rolling, seeding, dredging, and otherwise improving and preparingdand and water sites; for rental and lease of grounds for aviation fields, cam sites, L°“°s‘ and other military aviation purposes; for rental and lease ofp buildings or portions of buildings for occupation by aviation troops, and for use as storehouses, offices, shops, garages, and for other military aviation purposes; for the purchase of office furniture and office s,,g§,‘f,1§§‘§c_ °i °m°° equipilment; or the purchase and installation of special equipment, supp `es, and accessories necessary for the establishment of experimental stations and proving grounds, aviation schools, and aviation posts; for the purchase of such textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, periodicals and magazines, and the purchase of modern instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction in all experimental stations and provin grounds and A mab! tu aviation schools and aviation posts: Prmrided further, 'liiat the funds peeled. ° lm H" thus authorized for these purposes shall be available until expended: And provided further, That not more than $600,000 of the foregoing itelfud p"‘°h“°S “‘“‘ sum shall be used for the purchase of land: Provided, That no part gfesw. if 1>¤=¤¤— of the for oing appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of °° °' aviation fieegds if it is found practicable to ease suitable sites for such purposes on more favorable terms. _ Provakled further, That hereafter motor-propelled vehicles, aero- chIf,,‘}gg;f*’m°“* °" planes, engines, and arts thereof may be exchanged in part payment for new equipmeniiloflthe same (pr sinbiailar cknaragtler, to be used for the same purpose as t ose propose to exc ang . Provided further, That hereafter nothing in section twenty-five of miiiiliiiimci>l(iluusll°' the National Defense Act of June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, V°l· “°· ¥’· *8* shall be held to prevent the detail of an officer in the aviation section of the Signal Corps. P I mu Provided further, That mileage to officers in the aviation section, °ym°°° ° °°g°' Signal Corps, traveling on duty in connection with aviation service · shall be paid from the appro mation for the work in connection with which the travel is performed)., For the establishment and maintenance by the Weather Bureau of "`°r°l°gl°°1 s“m°°S‘ additional aerological stations, for observing, measuring and investigating atmospheric phenomena in the aid of aeronautics, including salaries, travel and other expenses in the city of Washirgton and elsewhere, $100,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture. V _ Wasnnwcrox-Anasxa Mrnrraar CABLE AND Tnnncnarn Srsrmr: ,,,,§§?§§§F°°“°‘“°““ For def raying the cost of such extensions, betterments, operation, and E¤¤¤Si°¤¤·°*°— maintenance of the Washi ¤·ton-Alaska Military Cable and Telegra h System as may be approvgd by the Secretary of War, to be available imtil the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen, from the receipts of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Tel vraph System which have been covered into the Treasury of the lallnited States, the extent of such extensions and betterments and the cost thereof to be reported to Congress by the Secretary of War, $50,000. _ _}?r0*mZded, That hereafter the Signal Corps, in its operation of §,,'§‘,j"g,;,,,, mmm H}1l1tary telegraph lines, cables, or radio stations, is authorized, in the ¤“¤ ¤°¤¤¤¤*¤¤* mm discretion of the Secretary of War, to collect forwarding charges due