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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 165. APR IL 26, 1934. 627 $22 ,3 96, 453 : Provi ded, That from the amount herein appropriated Designated all ot- and the amount herein authorized for obligation not to exceed meats. $3,150,206 may be expended for pay of civilian employees other Civilian employees . than those employed in experimental and research work ; not exceed- ing $10,000 may be expended for the procurement of helium from Procurement of heli- the Bureau of Mines, of which sum such amounts as may be required Ante, p.564. may be transferred in advance to that Bureau ; not exceeding $3,848,- 824 may be expended for experimental and research work with air- Experimental and re- planes or balloons and their equipment, including the pay of neces- search work. sary civilian employees ; not less than $8,486,600, which shall be avail- able immediately, shall be expended for the production or purchase New airplanes, etc. of new airplanes and their equipment, and accessories, of which $6,365,100 shall be available exclusively for combat airplanes, their equipment and accessories ; not less than $8,091,089 shall be expended, other than for pay of civilian employees, for aviation fuel and oil et Fuel and oil, repairs, and for t he re pair and maint enanc e of airp lanes and thei r equ ip- ment, spare parts, and accessories, and of such sum not exceeding $155,582, for exp enditure for like objects, shall be transfer red to th e Transfer of funds to National Guard. National Guard subappropriation contained in this Act, entitled "Arms, Uniforms, Equipment, and so forth, for Field Service, National Guard ", on account of seventy-six airplanes of the obser- vation type, which shall be transferred from the Regular Army to the National Guard during the fiscal year 1935 ; and not more than Settlement of claims. $6,000 may be expended for settlement of claims (not exceeding $250 each ) for dama ges to pe rsons and priv ate p rope rty r esult ing from the operation of aircraft at home and abroad when each claim is substantiated by a survey report of a board of officers appointed by the commanding officer of the nearest aviation post and approved by the Chief of Air Corps and the Secretary of War
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for o n n racts au th rlz` d ther, That in addition to the amounts herein provided for the pro- planes, etc. curement of new airplanes and for the procurement of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes, the Chief of the Air Corps when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into con- tracts prior to July 1, 1935, for the procurement of new. airplanes, and for the procurement of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes to an amount not in excess of $3,000,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal - Government for the payment of the cost thereof
 * Provided further,

Sums for incurred That the sum of $101,560 of the appropriation for Air Corps, Army, obligations. fiscal year 1932, shall remain available until June 30, 1935, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1932. For an additional amount for the improvement, development, and Additional sums for improvement, etc ., of augmentation of aviation materiel, and for the training of military military aviation ma- aviation personnel, to be immediately available, $5,000,000, of which t6riel, etc. not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for the procurement of airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories for the Regular Army and the National Guard ; not to exceed $1,000,000 Av iation fuel and shall be expended for aviation fuel and oil and for the repair and oil, repairs, etc. maint enanc e of airp lanes and thei r equ ipmen t and acc essor ies f or Other designated ex- penditures. the training of military aviation pilots ; and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for expenditure in the discretion and under the direction of the President, as follows : For airplane accessories for the Regular Army and National Guard ; for the i nvesti gation and development of a national aviation program, including the employ- Pe rsonal servi ces, ment of personal services without regard to the Classification Act without regard to Clas- pe rsonal sifiestion Act. of 1923, as amended, and all other necessary expenses incident vii, p34.p .65 Supp . t h e r e t o ; for the encouragement of development of types of air- planes, airplane engines, and aviation equipment, including the