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 S EVENT Y-FI RST C ONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 279. 1931 . 1289 Army, including payment for official individual telegraph messages tra nsmitted over com mercial lines ; electrical installati ons and main- Electric installations. tenance thereof at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire-control and direction apparatus and material for Field Artillery ; salaries of civilian employees, including those Ci vil ian employees. necessary as instructors at vocational schools ; supplie s, genera l repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the col- lecting and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise ; experimental investigation, research, purchase, and Experimental re- de vel opm ent development or improvements in apparatus, and maintenance of search, etc . signaling and accessories thereto, including patent rights and other rights thereto, including machines, instruments, and other equipment for laboratory and repair purposes ; lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings required for storing or guarding Sinal Corps S up- p105uildings for sup- Z-1 plies, equipment, and personnel when not otherwise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water, electric light and power sewerage, grading, roads and walks, and other equipment required, 3,087,640, of which amount $304,342 shall be available immediately and not to exceed $1,50,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1933, for the construction and rehabilitation of Signal Corps telephone systems. AIR CORPS AIR COR PS, ARMY For c reati ng, maint ainin g, a nd op erati ng a t est ablis hed flyin g Designated purposes. schools and balloon schools courses of instruction for officers, stu- dents, and enlisted men, including cost of equipment and supplies necessary for instruction, purchase of tools, equipment, materials, machines, textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional pa pers, ins trume nts, and mater ials for theor etica l an d pra ctica l instruction ; for maintenance, repair, storage, and operation of air- Aircraft operation, ships, war balloons, and other aerial machines, including instruments, COL and ingn'etc, ran. mat erials, gas plant s, hanga rs, and repair s hops, and applian ces of Ways • 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 and the establishment of landing and take-off runways ; for purchase of supplies for securing, develop- ing, printing, and reproducing photographs in connection with aerial p ho to g ra ph y ; imp rovem ent, equi pment, ma inten ance, and oper ation of plants for testing and experimental work, and procuring and introducing water, electric light and power, gas, and sewerage, including maintenance, operation, and repair of such utilities at such plants ; for the procurement of helium gas ; salaries and wages of Ael ium gas. civilian employees as may be necessary, and payment of their travel- Ci vil ian employees. ing and other necessary expenses as authorized by existing laws ; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Corps activities ; experimental investigation and purchase and Purchase, mcrafts li tore, etc., of aircraft development of new types of aircraft, accessories thereto, and avia- tion engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof, and the purchase of letters patent, application for letters patent, licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent ; for the purchase, manufacture, and construction of airships, balloons, Balloons, etc • and other aerial machines, including instruments, gas plants, and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary 1~Iarkingmaitarysir- spare parts and equipment connected therewith ; for the marking of Ways. mil itary ai rways whe re the p urchase of land is not in volved ; for the Air Corps.

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