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 § 172 Tzamy title, providing that not public money shall be expended upoi such land until the written opinion of the Attorney Genera shall be had lu favor of thé validity of the title, nor until th. · consent of the legislature of the State in which the land 1: located has been given, shall be, and the same are hereby, sus handed duriug’ the period of the existing emergency. (July 2 1917, n. 35, 40-Stnt. 241; Apr. 11, 1918, b. 51, 40 Stat. 518.) . 172. Acquisition of property? for production of Iumber.——The provisions of thefpreceding section i11_al1 respects together wit} all its` privileges nnd benefits are hereby extended to the righ; of condemnation of standing or fallen tingber, sawmills, éanxps machinery, logging toads,. rights of way, equipment, materials supplies, and auy'·w0i·ks, property,. or appliances suitable fo: the emzctual production of such; lumber and timber products for the Army, Navy, 'Uuitnd States Shipping Board, or the United “States Shipping Bémrd Emergency. Fleet, Corporation Thé fight to institute such condemnation proceedings is ·hei·éb5 conferred upon the Secretary of \V:1r,‘tl1e Secretary of the Navy, and the chairman _0f the Unit Stn s-Shipping Board nmll the United States Shipping Bonr Emo gcncy Fleet Corporation, iudividtélly or cblloctively. tch ight of condemnation_shall be; exercised by 'such éfiiéinls only for the purposé of obtaining such_ property when needed for the- production, manufacture, or building aircraft, dxjy docks, or vciasels, their apparel or furniture, for housing of Government employees in connection with the Army, Navy, on the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, and fo1‘.tll€ D1‘0tflll‘€ll1€1lf.0f materials and equipment for aircraft, dry docks and vessels. The jurisdiction of such condemnation pfocééeliugs is here-by vestedijn the distrlct courts of the United States, where the propertyn which fs sought to be condemned or any ·part° thereof is located of situated, regnfdlessrof the value bf thehsame. . I _ ¤ ° And the President ié hereby authorized; through any department or the United States Shippitigi Board qr Said Fleet Corporation to sell and dispose of n`uy` lands °0r interests fh real estate acquired forithe production of lumbgr and. timber products, and to (sell nu5il0g», manufactured or partly manufactured cn; ptherwise procured for tlin Army., Navy, or* United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, or resulting from such manufacture or procuxjemeut, nithnr to ludivldunls, cdr- ,.poi·ntions or foreign States or governments, at such ·pt·ice ns hq I shall deteriniun'nl·ting‘thrqugll his above representatives selling or disposing of the same, and the proceeds of such 'snle shall ` be réturned to the appropriations which bnrn the- expense of such procurement. '(July 9, 1918, 0. 143, subchapter XV, S 8, 40 Stat. 888.) .   ·— .& ' 173. Lsndfnr quarters nnd_bnrrack• in addition in iitns for fcrtincntinnn.-——·-In acquiring sites for fortjnlcntlcusit shall bn the dntybf the Secretary ct \“\’nr, in every case ofsuch acquirement, in purchase or otherwise procure nt. the sa-métlme, imdeé appropriations for this purposé, su@cient land for necessary barracks nad quarters for the Artlllery troops rwulred lun connectlnn with ench of such fnrtidentiouq; but no part of the money apptoptlntad for military post; shall be used 101* the purchase nt nny land except. as bérclu specifically provided. (Apr. 28, 190-1, c. 1162, I '1, 33 sm.·4s1.> · l. · ` 174. Expenditures and ccntracts for payments in excess of spprnpriitintx.-;——N0thing contained in @1011171 of this tltln shall be gccnstrund to nutlmrlzn an nxpnnditurn,..or `td involve the Government ln nay gntrnct or contacts for the futurn payment of money, in excess of the num appropriated therefor.- (Aug. 18, 1890. ec. 797. S 1. 28 Stat._818.)  I. 175. Opinion of Attnmny Gcnénl in to vhliéity nf title.-- No public money shall be expended ui any nl or d purchased byathn United States fnxtth n 5 s - on any armory, armn1,’t0rt,_nr tortmnation, until the written opinRm ot the Attqrney General shall be had in- 'tavor at thm

50.-.w.uz  1700 n validity of the title, nor until the consent of the législattlnje or .1 the State in which the lgmd or site may bc, to such purcllam ce has been given. ~ The district attorneys of .tl1e Ux1itt.·d States, s uponthe application of the Attorney General, shall furnish any ,- assistance Or information in their power in relation to the titles
 * , bf the public property lying _,witliiu their respective distriem

· Abd the Sécretaries .0f the d0.part1uents, upon the appllcatiem z of the Attorney General, shzgll procure any additional evidence .1 of title which he may deem necessary, and which may not be t in the possession of the officers of, thé.GGvernmé11t, and the >, expense of procuring it Shall bé paid out of the approprixxtilms I ,, made fdr the contingencies of the Aepm·.tménts respectively. L? (R. s. § 355.; _ i ¤' . I ‘ . 176. Expenditures on docks, and so forth, on Httdsonkiver; a sect’i0n_175 not applicable.———Section· 175 of thié title shall not . apply to ··auy expenditures authorized in COBIlB§ti0ll` with the L. docks, piers; wzuchouses, wharves, and te‘rminal~equipment aud, 2 facilities oh the Hi1ds0n_Rivér formerly owned by thé North I Gérmau Lloyd Dock Company and“-the Hamburg—Axnerica¤.Lixne · Terminal und Naviga'tion_2LLompauy. ·us1m#..zs, 1918, c. 28, § 1, ·° 40 Stat,460.) —_, 4. . ·· · _ ‘, 1 >` 177. Construction of fortifications, and so fnrth, by com » ’ tract.——Ig shall be the duty of°‘tht>`Secreta1iy_bf War ·t0 apply { wlse, · as 1 may be most ‘ec0u0mical_ and advantageous to. the ' G_0ver_1iment. NVIIBYB said works are `dcme by contract, such · I xcdutract shall be‘m¥;d¢_a1'ter suiiiciem: public advértlseihéut for l proposals, m`suchQ.maui1er and form és the- Sgcretary of War · · shall prescribe; and such contracts shnllgbc mdde with tha ’ the Secretary of War. shall require,. conditioned for tlie faithful prosecution `and completion of the gvorlr according to spxch contract. (J ima 25,1908, c; 3540, 34 Stat. 483.) 2 `S. j _178. Erection of forts in emergencyr-In case ot emergency 3 when, ih the opinion 0: the Presldei1t,`thh immediate erection ht" any temporary tort or fortification. is deemed important and urgent, `such temporary tort or tortltlcation may be constructed ’u;io¤ the written consent of the owner ot thé ldnd upon which Such work is to bé placed; and the requiréments_-ot section 11*5 ·ot this title shall rmt,-be appllgbléiu .s1iéh_cases. A(Apr.` 11, 1898, N0. 21, 30 Stat. 737.) . . . _ ‘. · · _ _ 179. Appropriation chargeable ‘with_ tr pmrtatiem; cdst inéident ·to construction and maintéémce of asnccast fortlécs- ‘ tions.--g-The cost ot transportation of civilian etnmoyees and oi'} materlhis- in cqxmection with the construction 'dr maintenance otqseacoast tcrtlilcutions, or the acquisition of land theretor, by the Engineer Department, or with the mhxmfacturlngr and purchase activities of the Ordnance Department and the Chemical Warfare Service, s*ha,l1 be charged to the appropriations for the ' wdrk in ccnncctidn _ with which such trausporthtion éharges are incurred. (Uhné 80, 1921. c. 33, O 1, 42 Stat. 81.) — Chapter 12.--VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERSOF j U_NI‘f1‘ED STATES. , ” · · · ' 191. Secretary of Treasury and ·Goveruk·r ot Canal Zone wthorlged . td regulate nnchqrgge, movement, Bhd so forth, ot vessels. 192. Scirurq and toriclture ,91* xjcsscls for failure to obagrve regulations. 103. Destruction of, lxijury to; or improper use of vgnselsu _. 194. Emplcymgnt 0!_Ar:rr;;· and Navy to antqrcc provision; ot chapter. /, I , 'CRDSS REFERENCIQS i / ` Etthet of fznrtlal lnralldlty ht this chapter; see' sectl¤¤`42'ot this tf Juriadlctkm dt courtrmnrtlnl and mllltnry `cqmmlulonr; me section 88 otthln t|tl•. . · . . ., Jurlmction ot courts at Cmnt Zone and- .Pl1llipplm Islands of steam umlgr this chhpter ccmmlttgdd on the htgtf tens; we section _ 80 ct thlg tlt~1•. '
 * mohey approgyriated for. fortifications and other works of de-
 * lense, in carrying on the Yarioixg works, by contract or, other-
 * lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such éccuxitles as