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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 8. 1919. 107 For purchase of special apparatus and materials and for experimental purposes for the department of artillery and land defense, $1,500. For purchase of engines, generators, motors, machines, measurin instruments, special apparatus, and materials for the department ol ineeringland mine defense, $2,000. B,,,,kS,,,,c_ 6D%`or purc ase and binding) of professional books treating of military and scientific subjects for li rarv, for use of school, and for temporary Promo use in coast defenses, $2,500: Pro*vided, That section 3648, Revised Pcriodiirals. Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional R‘S"°°°‘3“8*p‘m' newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. Typewritlng ma- Prmcnasn or Trrmwnrrrxe Macrrnms. °h¤=°¤· That no part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used Restriction on Dum during the fiscal year 1920 for the purchase of any tlypewriting machine at a [price in excess of the lowest price paid by the Government of the nited States for the same make and substantially the same model of machine during the iiscal year 1918; such price shall include the value of any typewriting machine or machines given in exchange, but shall not apply to special prices granted on typewriting machines used in sc ools of the District of Columbia or of the Indian Serv ice, the lowest of which special prices piaid for typewriting machines shall not be exceeded in future pure ses for such PWM schools: Provided, That in construing this section the Commissioner Deterniinlng emof Patents shall advise the Comptroller of the Treasury as to whether °°’°' °""“°*“““* the changes in any typewriter are of such structural character as to constitute a new machine not within the limitation of this section. I S Omcer. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. Cm ism] Sreinr. Snnvxcm or rim Amar. S‘8“‘“"°"*°°· Telegraph and telephone systems: Purchase, ui ment o ration, pilltii$°¤liiimi.°d tm and repair of military, telegraph, telephone, radib, gable, hnldosignal-  °P°"‘ mg systems; signal equipments and stores, field glasses, telescopes, ' he iographs, signal lanterns, flags, and other necessary instruments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorolpigical instruments, photographic and cinematographic work Herforme for the Army by the Signal Co, motor cycles, motorriven and other vehicles for technical and dglzial purposes in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of communication or signalinfg systems, and supplies for their o eration and ma1ntenance;_pro essional and scientific books of reierence, pam- Blgliets, periodicals, newspapers, and maps for use in the office of the .1-,1,,,,,,,,M ef Signal Officer; telephone apparatus, including rental and pay- mentfor commercial, exc ange, message, trunkline, ongdistance, and leased line telephone service at or connecting any post, camp, cantonmont, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other Empmm omce or station of the Army, excepting local tele hone service for the various bureaus of the War Department in the District of Columbia and toH messages pertaining to the Olzlice of the Secretary of Warelectric time service; the rental of commercial telegraph lines wd equipment and their operation at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, dieipot, arsenal, head uarters, hospital aviation sta- UOIQ, 01: other 0 ce or station of thezrmy, but not including p:tY'I¤6¤t fo1‘ mghvidual telegraph megageg transmitted over commercl li116¤; electrical installations and maintenance at military posts, cantonments, camp? and stations of the Army; fire control and direction °PP&¤¤tus materiel for Held Artillery; salaries ai  employ-