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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. Cu. 326 . 1931 . all electrical appliances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except range finders, battle order and range transmitters and indi- cators, and motors and their controlling apparatus used to operate machinery belonging to other bureaus ; searchlights and fire-control equ ipments for antia ircraft defense at shore stations ; m a i n te n a n c e and operation of coast signal service ; equipage, supplies, and mate- rials under the cognizance of the bureau required for the maintenance and operatio n of naval vessels, yard craft, an d ships' boats ; purchase, installation, repair, and preservation of machinery, tools, and appli- ances in navy yards and stations, accident prevention, pay of classi- fied field force under the bureau ; incidental expenses for naval vessels, navy yards, and stations, inspectors' offices, the engineering experiment station, such as photographing, technical books and peri- odicals, stationery, and instruments ; services, instruments, machines and auxiliaries, apparatus, and supplies, and technical books and periodicals necessary to carry on experimental and research work ; maintenance and equipment of buildings and grounds at the engi- neering experiment station, Annapolis, Maryland ; payment of part time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or else- where of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed ; in all, $19,243,040, of which $750 1 000 shall be available exclusively for the procurement and installation of new tools and machinery for shops under the cognizance of the Bureaus of Engineering and Construction and Repair : Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appro- priation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for cler- ical, drafting, inspection, and messenger service in navy yards, naval stations, and offices of United States inspectors of machinery and naval material for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, shall not exceed $1,644,340 : Provided further, That in order to convert the United States ship Wyoming into a training ship and the United States ship Utah into a target ship and to permit the President to dispose of other vessels of the Navy in such manner as in his judg- ment may be advisable in accordance with the terms of the treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament, signed at Lon- don on April 22, 1930, there shall be available $779,000 of appropri- ations for the fiscal year 1931, as follows : Engineering, Bureau of Engineering, 1931, $210,000 ; Construction and Repair, Bureau of C onst ructi on an d Re pair, 1931, $535,000 ; and Ordnance and Ord- nance Stores, Bureau of Ordnance, 1931, $34,000. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary ; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds ; steam steerers, steam capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries ; labor in navy yards and on foreign stations ; accident prevention ; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops ; carrying on work of experimental model tank and wind tunnel ; designing naval ves- sels ; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters, and barges ; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat ; general care and protec- tion of the Navy in the line of construction and repair ; incidental expenses for vessels and navy yards, inspectors' offices, such as photo- graphing, books, professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, and for pay of classified field force under the bureau ; services, instruments and apparatus, supplies, and technical books and periodicals necessary to carry on experimen- tal and research work ; for payment of part time or intermittent 1437 Equipment supplies. Annapolis, Md ., en- gi neering experi ment station. New t ools and ma- chinery for shops, by tr ansfers from n aval supply account. Provisos. Clerical, etc ., serv- i ces . Disposition of cer- tain vessels in accord- ance wit h Lo ndon Naval Conference. Post, p. 2858. Appropriations available. Bureau of Construc- tion and Repair. Construction and re- pair of vessels.

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