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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Suse. I. Cu. 146. 19%. 269 for such services and expenses are hereby authorized and validated; wiggxf ¤•¤¤¤*¤*¤ purchase of special apparatus and apphances, repairs and replace- ments asf same med in connection mth special scientific medical research inthe Air Service; for maintenance and operation of auch sug,‘;§j,f°€§CP*i“"°¤· Air Service printing plants outside of the Didzriot of Columbia ae ' _ inlay be authoriieguin aeoordame with éawi; for ipnxlgicatigne, argtion  i QZ i rariea, spec1a` rniture, aupplaes` an equipment or o ces, ope epmuiamm. and laboratories; for special se `   salvaggngoi wrecked aircraft, $15,050,000: P =That not to exceed $2, ,000 m’,f§,{’;,“‘u°°.| ” ‘§' "”°**‘ from this appropriation may be erpended for pay and expenses of rggenmmmm civilian employees other than those employe:} m experimental and °°°' "°"‘· — A research work; not exceeding $250,000 ma; be expended for the i procurement of helium from the Bureau o Mines, which may be transferred in advance, in amounts as required, to that bureau; not exceeding $2,200,000 may be expended for experimental and research work with airplanes or lighter-than·air cra t and their equipment, including the ay of neoemmy civilian employees; not exceeding -. $200,000 may Ee expended for the production of lighter-than-air equipment; not exceeding $300,000 maybe expended for improve~ ment of stations, hangers, and gas {plants for the Regular Army and for such other markings and fue supply stations and temporary _ _ shelter as may be necessary; not 1e¤~.than $6,7%,000 shall be ’*°"°’”‘**°°‘·°“’· expended for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories, of which amount not to exceed $2,150,000 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the mntraot authorization for these purposes carried in the War Department appropriation act * for the fiscal year 1926, approved February 12, 1925; nobmore than $6,000 may be expended or settlement of Gaim (notuexceeding $250 each) for daxztges to persons andprivate  resulting from the operation o aircra t at home and abroa w eu each claim is substantiated by a survey report of • board·of·olIi¢ex·s“appoinbed Q by the commanding oilicer of the nearest aviation post and approved ( by the Chief of Air Service and the Secretary of War: o e ' warm, That section eels, umm emma, eau not a ply m sun. §f'§f"‘,,‘§f",g,,‘f°,;,,,,, ecriptions for foreign and professional  andp  i w be paid for from thixfpropriuiqn; Pg- ‘   fudge,, .,,,,,,1, uomhyymunibr of the funds appropria un er pthiatitleshall be used {ortho par- pose of giving exhi ition flights to the public 0thG!."tl1I!1?(il§’\I1l¢181‘ the control and direction of the War Department, and if auch are 'ven by Army personnel upon other than Government Eel .a bondglof indemnity, in such mm asthe   may enquire for damages to person or   shall ·be shed the G¤vern» Addmoml t ment by the parties desiring t e exhibition: Promhled further, That mzmsm my iigvmilfp in addition to the amount herein appropriated   for ’“P‘:,‘· gfjm expenditure for the production and purchase of new airpluxeswand ’ their equiplment, spare parts and aooemories, the Chief of the Air   _,  Service, w en authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into  contracts for the production and purchase of new airplanes and cojifgtggmg their equi ment., spare guts, and accessories to an amount not in <>¤¤¤¤¤¤- exoese of ¥3,000,000, au his action in ao doing shall be deemadaa contractual obligation of the Federal Governmentlfor the payment oftheoostthereof. 1 i. i ». _ _ The sum of $11,575 of the applropriation for the Air Service for §“gg“’V,,°j,*;?_'§},‘?“,,‘f{,Q”,‘} the fiscal year 1924 contained in t e. Act  ap repriations for   §>¤g; the military and nonmilitary activities of they ar Eepartment for mr paymg. ° ’ the fiscal yearending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes," ap~ ‘ _ ; proved March 2, 1923, shall remain available until June 30, 1927, for 1 V°L ”·°‘”’°‘L Gi the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior   ‘ to July 1, 1924. l e ’ y