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 342 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 232. 1928 . Military maps and surveys . Expenses of exeeut- For the execution of topographic and other surveys, the securing mg. of such extra topographic data as may be required, and the prepara- tion and printing of maps required for military purposes and for research and development of surveying by means of aerial pho- tography and in field reproduction methods, to be immediately avail- Proviso o. able and remain available until December 31 1929, $80,000 : Provided sance of other ) ) ) Ass i offices . That the Secretary of War is authorized to secure the assistance, wherever practicable, of the United States Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or other mapping agencies of the Gov- ernment in this work and to allot funds therefor to them from this appropriation . Ordnance Depart- ment . ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT Ordnance service. C urrent expen ses . Proviso . Consulting engineers authorized. Ammunition . Manufacture of air- plane bombs, ammuni- tion for small arms, etc. Manufacture of arms . At arsenals for issue . Ordnance stores and supplies . Pre servi ng, e tc. Purchase for troops . MILITARY SURVEYS AND MAPS ORDNANCE SERVICE For the current expenses of the Ordnance Department in connec- tion with purchasing, receiving, storing, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, and advertising, stationery, typewriting and add ing machines, including their exchange, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service ; for incidental expenses of the ordnance serv- ice and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance small arms, and other ordnance stores ; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Dep artment, incl uding the ordn ance office ; s ubs cr ip - tions to periodicals, which may be paid for in advance ; and pay men t for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance ; and for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse- drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $1 ,010 ,430 : Provid ed, That the Ordnan ce Dep artmen t is hereby autho rized to em ploy, under its various appropriations, not exceeding four consulting engineers as the Secretary of War may deem necessary at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $50 a day for not exceeding fifty days each and necessary traveling expenses. ORD NAN CE S TOR ES, AM MUN ITIO N For the development, manufacture, purchase, and maintenance of airplane bombs, pyrotechnics, grenades, ammunition for small arms, targets, and accessories for bomb, small arms, and machine-gun target practice ; and ammunition for military salutes at Government establishments and institutions to which the issues of arms for sal utes a re auth orized, $4,0 00,0 00. MANUFACTURE OF ARMS For developing, manufacturing, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms at the national armories, $312,848. ORD NAN CE STO RES AND SUP PLI ES For overhauling, cleaning, repairing, and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and at the arsenals, posts, and de pots, for pu rchase and manufa cture of or dnance stores to fill requisitions of troops, including materials for cleaning and pre- serving ordnance and ordnance stores, $675,310.

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