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 456 Purchase, construc- tion, etc ., of aircraft. Mar kin g military airways. Cons ult ing engi- neers . Printing plants, etc. Settlement of claims. New airplanes, equipment, etc. 49 Stat .1290. Provisos . H elium. Post, p. 602. New air pla nes. Contracts author- ized. Crissy Field, Calif. Use of, as air station. Sums available for incurred ohligations. 47 Stat .1583; 48 Stat. 626. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 423-JULY 1, 1937 patent and. applications for letters patent ; for the purchase, manu- facture, and construction of airplanes and balloons, including instru- ments and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction (airplanes and balloons), or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equip- ment connected therewith ; for the marking of military airways where the purchase of land is not involved ; for the purchase, manufacture, and issue of special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes ; for all necessary expenses connected with the sale or disposal of surplus or obsolete aeronautical equipment, and the rental o f buildings, and other fac ilities for th e handling or storage of such equipment ; for the services of not more than four consulting engineers at experimental stations of the Air Corps as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to e xceed $50 a d ay for not ex ceeding fifty days each and necessary tr aveling expen ses ; purc hase o f spec ial a pparat us and appliances, repairs, and replacements of same used in connection with special scientific medical research in the Air Corps ; for main- tenance and operation of such Air Corps printing plants outside of the District of Columbia as may be authorized in accordance with law ; for publications, station libraries, special furniture, supplies and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories ices, including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft ; for settlement of claims (not exceeding $250 each) for damage to persons and private property resulting from the operation of aircraft at home and abroad when each cl aim is substa ntiated by a survey report of a board of offi cers app oint ed b y th e co mman ding off icer of the near est avia tion post and approved by the Chief of Air Corps and the Secretary of War, $58,618,406, of which $10,669,786 shall be available under the appropriation "Air Corps, Army, 1937", for payments under con- tracts for the procurement of new airplanes and of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes, as authorized by said appropri- ation : Provided, That $10,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1937, for supplying helium : Provided further, That in addition to the amounts herein appropriated the Chief of the Air Corps, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may ent er into contr acts prior to July 1, 1938, 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 19, 126,894, and his action in so doing shal l be deemed a con tractual obli gation of the Federal Gover nment for the payment of the cost thereof : Provided further, That of the amount herein appro priated and t he amount her ein authorized for contrac- tual obligation not less than $33,756,561 (exclusive of $10,669,786 for payment of the obliga tions incurre d under the ab ove-mentioned contract authorization for the fiscal year 1937) shall be applied to the procurement of new airplanes and their equipment and acces- sories, of which amount of $33,756,561 not less than $26,262,760 shall be applied to the procurement of combat airplanes and their equip- ment and accessories : Provided further, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any expense incident to the use of Crissy Field, California, as an air station : Provided further, That the sum of $56,060 of the appropria- tion for Air Corps, Army, fiscal year 1934, and the sum of $236,310 of the appro priation for Air Corps, Ar my, fiscal yea r 1935, shall remain available until June 30, 1938, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1935.
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