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 SIXTY-SIXT H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 9, 10. 1919. 157 condition as reihuired in the agreements, charters, contracts, or leases applying to said boats, vessels, land, or other property, $15,000,000, to be available for obligations heretofore and hereafter incurred on this account. _ _ That excgpt for emergency requ1rements_ no part of the moneys q,;g'§‘§,l°l§”g{‘§Q’,§‘°,$f;,“,€,` appropriate in each or any section of this Act shall be used or §)'{Bb°pg,g}‘°ig* {,°§igg expended for the purchase or acigsuirement in any foreign country of sms. any article or articles or materi that, at the time of the proposed acquirement, can be manufactured or produced at reasonable prices in the United States unless the efficient operation of the Navy necessitates p1u·chase or acquirement elsewhere. N That no part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be avail- .,tc_f’u§§,§ able for the salary or pay of any omcer, manager, superintendent, §;'§;§p‘}g;“&’_m "°"‘ foreman, or other person aving chgilge of the work of any employee of the United States Government w e making or causing to be made with a stop watch or other time—measuring device a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereo, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such mh ds t work; nor shall any part of the appropriations ma e m this Act be umgeed, mm ’ ° °" available to pay any premiums or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, e,xcept_for suggestions resulting in improvements or economy in the operation of any Gov- _ ernment plant; and that no part of the moneys aippropriated in each ,,h§,_‘?,§,*,§‘°,€‘,§’,’Q1,,,““w{,‘f,',{ or any section of this Act shall be used or expen ed for the purchase 1g¤vybygm{;°°¤°¤° ¤* or acquirement of any article or articles that, at the time of the proposed acquirement, can be manufactured or reduced in each or any of the Government navy yards of the United) States, when time and facilities permit, for a sum less than it can be purchased or acquired otherwise. / Approved, July 11, 1919. cmu?. 10.-an aa are repeal me jean manson ensued ·=.r¤1¤e reseiuaoa to J"l°§.1ié¤li1°` authorize the President in time of war to supervise or take possession and 888111118 control of any telegraph, telephone, marine mble, or radio system or systems or any ' part thereof, and to pperate the same in such manner as may be needful or desimble for the duration of e war and to provide just compensation therefor}! approved July 16, 1918, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives 0 the United h d te States of America, in Congress assembled `lffhagrchapter 154`bf the Acts x>1=Eii%li~¤¤:__ O; of the second session of the Sixty-fifth Congress, bein the joint grmiiantco)i1trol0f,re; resolution entitled "Joint resolution to authorize the Piesident in P°$'§f·,·,, ,,_ ,0,, ,,,, time of war to supervise or take ossession and assume control of any mg?-M mz telegraph, telephone, marine cable, or radio system or systems, or ° ’° ' any dpart thereof and to operate the same in such manner as may be nee ul or desirable for the duration of the war and to uprovide just compensation therefor/’ approved on the 16th day of J y, 1918, bc, and the same is hereby, repealed to take effect at midnight on the Pmm last dag of the calendar month in which this Act is approved: Pro- Existtng mmm vided, owever, That the existing toll and exchange te ephone_ratcS §'§§"“"'°"°’ °°°' as established or a proved by the Postmaster General on or puerto June 6, 1919, shalfcontinue in force for a period not to exceed four months after this Act takes effect, unless sooner modiiied_or changed by the public authorities——State, munici al, or otherwise-having c<§1trol0rju1;1isdiction of tolLs, charges, ami, rates or by contract or by v untary rc uction. _ Mm of $110. 2. That the Preddent. be, and he is hereby, authorized ¤;nd.»¤·n¤¤. www directed, at midnight on the last day of tbn calendar  m which this Act is approved, to return, dehvcrrto the respective ownsm thereofallo tlmsysteans,lincs,andpr¤pertytak¤1posemnofor