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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 404. MAY 15, 1936. 1291 and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equip- ment of all typ es of airc raft, and all necess ary spare parts and equip- ment connected therewith and the establishment of landing and take- a anding, etc ., run. of f run wa ys ; for p urchase of supplies for securi ng, develo ping, prin t- ing, and reproducing photographs in connection with aerial photography ; improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation 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 ; for travel of officers of Hel ium gas. the Air Corps by air in con nection with the administration of this appropriation, including the transportation of new aircraft from factory to first destination ; salaries and wages of civilian employees Civilian employees . as may be necessary ; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Corps activities ; experimental investigations and purchase and development of new type s of airplanes, autogyros, and balloons, accessories thereto, and a viation engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof, and the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent ; for the purchase, Purc hase, eons truc manufacture, and construction of airplan es and balloons, including Lion, etc ., of aircraft. instruments and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction (airplanes and balloons), or equip- ment of all types of aircra ft, and al l necessar y spare pa rts and eq uip- ment c onnected therewit h ; for the m arking of militar y airways Marking militarre air- where the purchase of land is not involved ; for the purchase, manu- ways. facture, and issue of special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes ; for all necessary expenses con- nected with the sale or disposal of surplus or obsolete aeronautical equipment, and the rental of buildings, and other facilities for the handling or storage of such equipment ; for the services of not more Consultingengineers . than four cons ultin g eng ineer s at exper iment al st ation s of the A ir Corps 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 ; purchase of special apparatus and appliances, repairs, and r eplacements of same used in connection with special scientific medical research in the Air Corps ; for maintenance and operation of such Air Corps printing plants Prin ting pla nts, etc. outside of the District of Columbia as may be authorized in accord- ance with law ; for publications, station libraries, special furniture, supplies and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories ; for special services, including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft ; for settlement settlement of claims. of claim s (not ex ceeding $250 each ) for da mage to p ersons an d priva te pr opert y res ultin g fro m the oper ation of a ircra ft 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 Secre- tary of War, $59,397,714 : Provided, That $10,000 shall be trans- Provisos. ferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1936, Post, P.1190 for supplying helium ; and not less than $41,055,925 (including $7,686,753 for the payment of obligations incurred under the con- tract authorization for these purposes carried in the War Depart- ment Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1936), shal l be expended New aiirp 34 es for the production or purchase of new airplanes and their equipment and accessories, of which $29,322,602 shall be available exclusively for combat airplanes, their equipment and accessories : Provided further, That in addition to the amounts herein provided for the C ontr acts aut horiz ed.