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 912 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Cns. 155, 156. 1918. mg*“‘°°‘*°‘}'y:”°°'*°°*· (b) Whether such water terminals are connected by a belt or wm" 9 spur line of railroad with all the railroads serving the same territory or municipalit, and whether such connecting railroad is owned bcy the public and? the conditions u_pon which the same may be use , and also whether there is an mterchaug; of traffic between the water carriers and the railroad or railioa as to such trailic which is carried partly by rail and artly by water to its destination, and also whether improved and acigquate highways have been constructed Necessity mr whm connecffing such water termlgnivll witlg the other hnzséifbhigalways. __ _ erea .’ no water termina ave een construe e _ y e municith N mm pal§y or other existing public agency tlgfrie shall bezoiuiluded inlgis re rt an ex ression 0 opmion in gene erms as e ne_cess1 y _ nupigber, andpappiopriate location of such a terminal or termmals. ’ ,,t,{Tf‘Q,?,},'g°,§‘e‘§,‘;*,,*}’§,§*,i _(d) An investigation of the general subject of water texmmals, i<>¤=· with descriptions and general plans of termmals of apprlolpriate types and construction for the harbors and waterways of e mted States suitable for yaripus aomdniiercizg PILYPOST  ad1z;ptedtto_ tthe varying _ _ conditions o ti es oo an other p ysic o arac ems ics. §§?,§§,§§{,’%‘ if Sec. 8. That if the  of War shall determine that any of the mmtlméwgmigg contracts for work of river  harbor improvements entered into mw. but not completed prior to April sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, the date of the entrance of the United States mto the yvar with Germany, have become inequitable and nmjust on account of increased costs of material; andllabcg and dogher Jlinforislgegigzonmtiom outof thewar eis ereyau riz in cretionan wi the consent ofithe contractors, to modify and readjust the terms Prom cg said conTt11;ac“ts in auch xénginnpr as he 1(pay dgemtgluizablg alpd jusltz Alilbl r ro·mAed` suc mo caionsan reajus enssa apy "°"g‘°? 3 to wm only to work under said colnetfructs reu1{ain§g to (pi donef hereaéer an shall not include any re or wor pe ormc ereto ore un er A _ _ { said contracts, and any such sum as may be necessary tielévrovide »ajJ§I€iii°gé°Zt€°° mm. for the increased cost of the contracts due to said mo_ cations and readjustments, not exceeding the sum of $2,000,000, is hereby Om appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approe;£"¤l$ be lZ84e.°°` priated: Provgkled further, That as a condition of any such contract cing so modified, the Secretary of War shall have the right at the end of any fiscal year, until the contract is completed, to malce such further modificatipns as in this judgment shall be advantageous to the . United States an just to e contractor. · fcrporrgfii °g>?;¤?•: Sec. 9. That hereafter when the expenses of persons engaged in "my "°"‘ °°S°’ field work or traveling on official_ business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their designated posts of duty arechargeable to appropriations of the Ecngrneer Department, a per diem of not exceegineg $4 may be allow in heu o subsistence when not otherwise Hx by law. Approved, July 18, 1918. ‘ §'§ly,{_l;(},§;]  156.-An Act To provide for the appointment of a commission to stand- ~--——————-— - `ze screw threads. {Public, No. ml.], _ Be it emzcted the Senate and House of Regweaentatcives of the United 3£i:iEiii¤iir°°d° mm States of Ame;/ca in Congress assembled, That a commission is ,U§"““¤“5i°“ °’°“‘°" hereby created, to be known as the Commission for the Standard- $;¤¤{D¤5i¤i¤¤· ization of Screw Threads, hereinafter referred to as the commission, ‘ ""‘ *”‘ I2"` which shall be complosed of mne comimssioners, one of whom shall be the Director of the Bureau of Standards, who shall be chairman of the commission; two commissioned officers of the Army, to be a pointed by the Secretary of War; two commissioned officers of tliie Navy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy; and four