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 132 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 9. 1919. the Navy; hire of larmches or other small boats in Asiatic waters ; for rent of buildings and offices not in navy yards, including the rental of offices in the District of Columbia; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, with clerks, and witnesses} fees, and traveling expenses and costs; expenses of naval defense districts; stationery and recording; religious books; newspapers and periodicals for the naval service; all advertising for the Navy Department and its bureaus (except advertising forrecruits for the Bureau of Navigation); copying; ferriage; tolls; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; recovery of valua les Spwm mm from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; (professional investi- Pr imi”¤°° gation; cost of special instruction at home an abroad, including spZZrer` errewaeeee maintenance of students and attachés: Promklcd, That this appro- ‘°'“’“““°‘°°“d“"°“S· priation and the sippropriation. "Pay, Marine Co s," shall be available for special a owances for maintenance to dgicers and enlisted information from men of the Navy and Marine Corps serving rmder unusual conditions; abrom, ere. information from abroad and at ome, an the collection and classification thereof; all charges pertaining to the Navy Department and its bureaus for ice for the cooling of rinking water on shore (except at naval hospitals), telephone rentals_ and tolls, telegrams, cablid- Cmm, M Hmm grams, and postage, foreign and domestic, and ppst-office box rentals; at yards seeréteueee. and other necessaréy and incidental expenses: rovided further, That the sum to be pai out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for c erical, inspection, and messenger mma, md service in nm yards, naval stations, for the fiscal year ending June pr-seeeeeefwee. 30, 1920, s not exceed $450,000, and for necessary expenses for the interned persons and prisoners of war under the jurisdiction of · the Navy Department, inc uding funeral expenses for such interned Payment M dmv persons or prisoners of war as may d1e while under such jurisdiction; ges to pr-mee prop- in all, $5,100,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy isauthor— ‘“"""· °°°· ized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay the amounts due in all claims for damages (other than such as are occasioned by vessels of the NaV,Y), to and loss of privately owned property, occurring subsequent to April 6, 1917, where the amount of the claim does not exceed $500, for which damage or loss men in the naval service or Marine Corps are found to be responsible, all payments in settlement of sard claims to be made out of the appropriation "Pay, °' ‘““"“°d miscellaneous": Provided gurther, That all claims adjusted under this authority during any scal year shall be reported in detail to the msbmm mem Congress by the Secretary of the Navy. _ · _ relieved from reesee, The accounting oflrcers of the Treasury shall relieve any drsbursmg °‘°·» “'“*‘°“‘ ‘°““· officer of the _Navy‘ charged with responsibility on account of loss or deficiency while rn the line of hrs duty, of Government funds, vouchers, ,»,,,,.,,,,,_ records, or papers, rn his charge, where such loss or deficiency occurred S8;>$;_¤r;_¤}¤¤¢i¤¤ by without fault or negligence on the lpart of said officer: Provided, That the Secretargio the N awby shall ave determined that the officer was rn the lme of s duty, an the loss or deiicienc occurred without mggmwef d¤·—*iSi<>¤ fault or negligence on hrs part: _PrmnZded further,;l`bat the determigatron py the Secrelflary of thetl\ avyih of thefaflciregaid questions shall e conc usrve u on e accoun mgo cers o e reasury: Provided P°°Y’°'* °'°‘*“" further, That all cases of relief granted under this authority during ggy fjscal yea; shall be reported in detail to the Congress by the nrc gon cre oteravy._ priegegiririfreati px Themiterchange without compensation therefor, of military Q2; ‘ "“" em °" stores, supplies, and equipment of every character, including real estate owned by the Government, is hereby authorized between the Army and the Navy upon the request of the head of one service and with the approval of the head of the other service.