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 SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 225. 1925. 907 chines, including instruments, gas plants, hangars, and repair shops, and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith; for the ,,,}§g’y§“},¤w”’*“°“’Y marking of military airways where the purchase of land is not in- ° volved; for the purchase, manufacture, and issue of special clothing, wearing appare, and similar equipment for aviation purposes; for eqgm gfc ““’¥’l“·’ all necessary expenses connected with the sale or disposal of surplus ` or obsolete aeronautical equi ment, and the rental of buildings, and other facilities for the handling or storage of such equipment; for °°""'“‘“'°”*‘*“°°”* the services of such consulting engineers at experimental stations of the Air Service as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, including necessary travelin expenses; purchase of special apparatus and appliances, repairs and replacements of same used in connection _ with special scientific medical research in the Air Service; for main- ,,,g,‘}1%{,,§"“‘““'· tenance and operation of such Air Service printing plants outside of the District of Columbia as may be authorized in accordance with law; for publications, station libraries, special furniture, supplies _ _ and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories; for special serv- S°°°{“l s°m°°“‘ ices, including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft, $14,700,000; Pro- man for desigmkled, That not to exceed $2,690,000 from this appropriation may be “”°°" P'“P°°°’· expended for pay and expenses of civilian employees other than those employed in experimental and research work; not exceeding $500,000 may be expended for experimentation, conservation, and roduction of helium; not exceeding $2,730,000 may be ex nded for experimental and research work with airplanes or liglfter-than-air craft and their equipment, including the pay of necessary civilian employees; not exceeding $400,000 may be expended for the production of lighter-than-air equipment; not exceeding $300,000 may be expended for improvement of stations, hangars, and gas plants for the Regular Army and for such other markings and fuel suppl stations New www M and temporary shelter as may be necessary; not less than $,4,400,000 ` shall be expended for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their e uipment, spare parts, and accessories; not more than $4,000 mayqbe expended for settlement of claims (not exceeding $250 each) for damages to persons and private proplerty resulting from the operation ot aircra t at home and abroad w en each claim is substantiated by a survey report of a board of officers appointed · by the commanding officer of the nearest aviation ppst and approved by the Chief of Air Service and the Secretary of ar; not less than M-‘g*¤¤¤• *>¤¤¤b*¤¤ $50,000 of this amount shall be used for the conduct of airplane ' bombing tests against obsolete vessels moving under their own ower: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy and the United ,,Q§’*}§$;"f,;,§"§§$; States Ship ing Board or the United States Sh1pp1ng Board ¤i¤s Fwd v¢S¤¤¤¤· Emergency £`leet Corporation are hereby directed to transfer to the lVar Department for this purpose not to exceed two obsolete naval craft and two obsolete Shipping Board or United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation vessels, respectively, of such types as may be designated by the President, for the purpose _ Set forth herein; and not exceeding $500,000 shall be available im- ,°gf°§,ggf F*°Id·D¤Y· mediately toward the transfer of the testing and experimental plant _Erpcn.ses eqmmrof the Air Service now located at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, and “°¤· ‘° “°" “‘°°· the reestablishment thereof on a permanent site in the same yicimty, including the preparation of gronmds, construction of buildings, installation of roadways and utilities, and all other expenses of whatever character connected with this project, provided that such a site, satisfactory to the Secretary of War and on terms approved by him, is provided for this purpose without cost to the Government: m’§°f,§g{,¤,g_,,,q'°{°*°“°¤° Provided further, That the limitations contained in sections 1136 R,;_,,,¤,_u;a, ma, and 3734 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the work con- °¤’·’°°·”"·