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 452 Encouraging breed- ing of riding horses. Military posts. Construction, main- ten ance, etc. R.S.°°1136,3734. 10U.S.C.°1339; 40U.S.C.°267. R.S.°3709. 41U.S.C.°5. Technical, etc ., serv- ices. Public works. Fort Niagara, N .Y. Ante, p. 128 . Camp Stanley, Tex. Ant e, p. 166. Bolling Field, D. C ., etc. 49 Stat . 610 . Acquisition of land. Mitchel Field, N .Y. 49 Stat. 610. Proviso. Additional land. Kelly Field, Tex ., etc. Bombing and gun- n ery rang e. West Point, N. Y. Additional land. 46 Stat. 1491; 49 Stat. 1289 . 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 423-JULY 1, 1937 United States Military Academ y, and for such organizations and members of the military service as may be required to be mounted, and for all expenses incident to such purchases (including $72,150 for encouragement of the breeding of riding horses suitable for the Army, in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, including the purchase of animals for breeding purposes and their maintenance), $531,000. MILITAR Y POSTS For const ructio n and instal lation of bu ildings, flyi ng fie lds, a nd appurtenances thereto, including interior facilities, fixed equipment, necessary services, roads, connections to water, sewer, gas, and elec- tric mains, purchase and installation of telephone and radio equip- ment, and similar improvements, and procurement of transportation incident thereto, without reference to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 10, sec . 1339 ; title 40, sec . 267) ; general over- head expenses of transportation, engineering, supplies, inspection and sup ervisi on, an d such servi ces as may be neces sary i n the office of the Quartermaster General ; and the engagement by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5), and at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of War may determine, of the services of architects or firms or cor- porations thereof and other technical and professional personnel as may be necessary ; to remain available until expended and to be applied as follows : For work authorized by the Act approved May 6, 1937, at Fort Niagara, New York, $54,000 ; for work authorized by the Act approved May 14, 1937, at Camp Stanley, Texas, $578,050 ; for work authorized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat . 610-611) At Bolling Field, District of Columbia, $740,000 ; at Northwestern air base, Washington, $625,000 ; at Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone, $717,000 ; at Hickam Field, Hawaii, $3,250,000 ; at Air Corps depot, Sacramento, California, $3,000,000 ; at Langley Field, Vir- ginia, $338,000 ; and at Barksdale Field, Louisiana, $80,000 ; in all, $9 ,388,050 . ACQUISITION OF LAND For the acquisition of land, as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat . 610) : Vicinity of Mitchel Field, New York, three hundred and forty-two acres, more or less, to be used exclusively for runways, $500,000 : Provided, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated the Secretary of War may acquire by condemnation or may enter into contracts for the acquisition of the above land in the vicinity of Mitchel Field to an additional amount not in excess of $1,020,000, and his action in so doing in either case shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment thereof ; vicinity of Kelly Field, Texas, $2,000 ; vicinity of Tacoma, Washington, to be available immediately, $60,000 ; and for the acqui- sition of all privately owned land and rights within the boundaries of the area in San Bernardino and Kern Counties, California, reserved and set aside for the use of the War Department as a bomb- ing and gunnery range by Executive Order Numbered 6588, dated February 6, 1934, and, in addition, all privately owned land and rights within an area of approximately fifty-nine thousand one hun- dred and sixty-three acres of land adjacent to the tract described in such Executive order, located in San Bernardino, Kern, and Los Angeles Counties, California, $390,000 ; in all $952,000. For the acquisition of land in the vicinity of West Point, New York, as authorized by the Act approved March 3, 1931 (46 Stat . 149 1), $4 31,000, and such s um, in conju nction with t he app ropria tion