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 926 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cu. 853. 1928 . employees, rent in the District of Columbia and in foreign countries, the employment of personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations or to the Classification Act of 1923, printing, binding, photographing, stationery, office supplies and equipment, and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions of the Act herein referred to, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $160,000. Finance depa rtment . FINANCE DEPARTMENT Damages claims. Damage claims : To pay claims for damages to or losses of pri- vat ely owned property adjusted and determined by the War Vol.42,p. loss. Department under the provisions of the Act etitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one cas e," appr oved Dec embe r 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Sen ate Docu ment Numbered 124 and House Docu ment Num bere d 271, Seventieth Congress, $152 .25. Franklin Ice Cream Claim of the Franklin Ice Cream Company : For the sett leme nt Settlement of claim under the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1927, of the for losses sustained. claim of the Franklin Ice Cream Company for losses sustained in Vol. 44, p. 1809 . conducting a wholesale and retail dairy and ice cream business on the zone of camp activities and amusements at Camp Funston, Kansas, during the World War, $23,445 .95. Quarterm aster QUA RT ERM AS TER CORPS Corps. Construction at mili- Construction at military posts : For construction and installation taSc posts. Barracks, of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, at Schofield H was .p. 372. Barr acks, Ha waii , $65,000, as authorized by the Act approved March Fo rt Humphreys,Va. 27, 1928 ; Fort Humphreys, Virginia, $80,000, as authorized by the Frt'Benjamin Har- Act approved March 28, 1928 ; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, ri San Antonio, Tea. $375 ,000 ; and new primary flying school and flying field, San Fl ying school and Antonio, Texas, $587,975, as authorized by the Act approved Feb- field. Ante, p. 129, ruary 18, 1928 ; in all, $1 ,107 ,975, to remain available until confacts author- expended : Provided, That in addition to the amount herein appro- ize d s priated the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into contracts for the construction and installation at the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, as authorized by the Act approved February 18, 1928, to a n am ount not in exce ss o f $2,6 85,0 00 : Provided furt her, Use of former appro- That the sum of $1,011,000, appropriated for barracks at Brooks pr,, and K elly Fiel d. Field and Kelly Fiel, Txa, by the irst Deficiency Act, fiscal year Ante, p.35. 1928, and the sum of $780,000, appropriated for barracks and officers' quarters at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, by the War Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1929, are hereby made available for expenditure for the same purposes at the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, as authorized by the Act appr oved Feb ruar y 18, 1928, to re main ava ilab le u ntil Addit iona l. expe nded : P ro vi d ed f ur t he r, That the sum of $610,000, authorized by Ante, p. 129. the Act approved February 18, 1928, for the construction of hangars and other technical buildings at Brooks and Kelly Fields, Texas, and appr opri ated for in the War Depa rtme nt A ppro pria tion Act, fi scal year 1929, approved March 23, 1928, is hereby made available for expenditure for the same purposes at the new primary flying school and flying field, San Antonio, Texas, to remain available until Subject to acceptance expended : Provided further, That no funds shall be expended for of lands. building, utilities, and appurtenances at the new primary flying school and flying field in the vicinity of San Antonio, Texas, until the lands therefor have been accepted by the Secretary of WVar, as

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