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 54 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12. 1917. FWF W °°¥*‘ *° Provided further That in ex ending the money appropriated by this mus mt bond medi Act a railroad ciompany wh§:h has not received aii;lin bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims a ainst the United States for transportation of troops and munitions 0% war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads,. shall be aid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision onily on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troo s and mimitions of war and military supplies and propertky as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the oregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such Government transportation as shall at that time e charged to and paid by private dparties to any such company for F H t M like and similar transportation; an the amount so fixed to be pa1d meh. my °°x°°p shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: And provided (1/`urther, That nothing in the precedinv provisos shall be construe to revent the accounting officers ol the Government from making fuH payment to land-grant railroads for transportation of property or persons where the courts of the United States have held that such property or persons do not come within the scorip of the Dm d k ML deductions provided for in_ the land-grant Acts; for the purc ase and malsaetcliu pu hire of draft and pack animals in such numbers as are actually required for the service, including reasonable provision for replacing unserviceable animals; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of such harness, wagons, carts, drays, other vehicles, and motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, as are required for the transportation of troops and supplies, and for official, military, and garrison pur oses; for drayage and cartage Sm S bmw ow at the several depots; for_the hire ofpteamsters and other employees; P ’ ’ for the purchase and repair of ships, boats, and other vessels re uired Tmmpom for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official, mihtary, and garrison purposes; for expenses o sailing public transports and other vessels on the various rivers, the Gulfp of Mexico, and the Em lovmommm Atlantip and Pacific Oceans, $16,000.000. bonts.p l Promdedfurther, That $75,000 of the appropriation hereby made shall be available for additional pay of employees on harbor boats, wm pom mmm quartermaster service, in lieu of subsistence. imager-atm. Provided further, That of the amount herein appropriated not exceeding $15,000 may be used for extraordina expenses of transportation of West Point cadets to Washington, gstrict of Columbia, to attend inaugural ceremonies, and return, which sum shall be WML sewers, em immediately available. WATER AND sr-swans AT irrirranr Posrsz For procuring and introducing water to buildings and premises at such military posts and stations as from their situations require it to be brought from a. distance; for the installation and extension of plumbing within buildings where the same is not specifically provided for in other appropriations ; for the purchase and repair of Ere apparatus, including firealarm systems; for the disposal of sewage, and expenses incident thereto, including the authorized issue of toilet aper; for repairs to water and sewer systems and plumbing within lliuildings; Cmmmv camp and for hire of employees, $2,000,000. garrison enuipage. CLQTHING AND CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE: For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the purchase and manufacture of clothing for the Army, including enlisted men of the Regular Army Reserve and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, for issue and for sale at cost price according to the Army Regulations; for payment