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 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 511-JULY 19, 1 937 motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicl es and motorb oats, for official use, $814,500. Flood control, Lowell Creek, Alaska : For maintenance of flood- control works in accordance with the Act approved February 14, 1933 (47 Stat ., p . 802), $1,000. Flo od control, S almon River, Alaska : For mai ntenance repai rs to dikes in the flood-contro l works at th e town of Hyde r, Alaska, as authorized by the Act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat ., p. 991), $800. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Hom e, to be p aid fr om the Soldiers' H ome Permanent Fu nd, $804,456 : Provided, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the adm inis trat ion, con trol, pr ocur emen t, e xpen ditu re, acco unt- ing, audit, and methods thereof, of funds appropriated from the Sol- diers' Ho me Permanent F und (trust fu nd) shall be according to t he laws governinand in effect prior to July 1, 1935, relating specifically to the United - States Soldiers' Home, and in accordance with pro- cedure followed prior to such date. THE P ANAMA CANAL C For every expe nditure requi site for and incident to th e mainte- nance and o eration, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama anal and C anal Zone, including the following : Compensation of all officials and employees ; foreign and domestic newspapers and peri- odicals ; law books not exceeding $1000 ; textbooks and books of reference ; printing and binding, including printing of annual report ; rent and personal services in the District of Columbia ; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines ; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles ; claims for damages to vessels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act ; claims for losses of or damages to prop- erty arising from the conduct of authorized business operations ; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal ; acquisition of land and land under water, as authorized in the Pan- ama Canal Act ; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, rep airi ng, and sell ing mate rial, ma chin ery, and equ ipme nt h eret ofor e or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Pan- ama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sale ; expenses incident to conductin g hearings and examining es timates for a ppropriations on the Isthmus ; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein ; travelimg expenses, when prescribed by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business ; transportation, including insur- ance, of public funds and securities between the United States and the Canal Zone ; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil govern- ment of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Gover nor of the Pa nama Canal an d accounted fo r as follows For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal : Salary of the Governor, $10,000 ; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of materials, supplies, and equipment for issue to all depart- ments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches Lowell Creek, Alas- ka. 47 Stat. 802. Salmon River, Alas- ka. 48 Stat. 991. 33U.S.0.°705. United States Sol- diers' Home. Maintenance, etc. Proviso. Administration, etc., of funds. The Panama Canal . All expenses. Objects specified. 519 Printing and bind- ing. vehicles. Damage claims. Emergencies. Public funds and securi ties tr anspor ta- tion and Insurance. Maintenance and operation. Governor's salary. Supplies, equip- ment, etc.