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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 tion of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1939, and not exceeding $1,000,000 for the procurement of motor vehicles, shall be available immediately: Provided,That not to exceed $225,000 may be expended for the purchase of light and medium passenger-carrying automo- biles at a unit cost of not to exceed $750 for light automobiles and $1,200 for medium automobiles, including the value of any vehicle exchanged, and not to exceed $275,000 may be expended for the pur- chase or exchange of motor-propelled ambulances motorcycles, and trucks of station-wagon type: Providedfurther, That no appropria- tion contained in this Act shall be available for any expense of any character, other than as may be incident to salvaging or scrapping, on account of any motor-propelled vehicle procured prior to Jan- uary 1, 1920, except tanks, tractors, ambulances, fire trucks, search- light trucks, three hundred and ninety modernized Class B trucks, and vehicles in use by Reserve Officers' Training Corps units on February 19, 1935: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1939 the cost of transportation from point of origin to the first point of storage or consumption of supplies, equipment, and material in connection with the manufacturing and purchasing activities of the Quartermaster Corps may be charged to the appropriations from which such supplies, equipment, and material are procured. HORSES, DRAFT AND PACK ANIMALS For the purchase of draft and pack animals and horses within limits as to age, sex, and size to be prescribed by the Secretary of War for remounts for officers entitled to public mounts, for the United States Military Academy, 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 $81,750 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), $540,600. MILITARY POSTS For construction and installation of buildings, flying fields, and appurtenances thereto, including interior facilities, fixed equipment, necessary services, roads, connections to water, sewer, gas, and electric mains, purchase and installation of telephone and radio equipment, and similar improvements, and procurement of transportation inci- dent thereto, without reference to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes (10 U. S . C. 1339; 40 U. S . C. 267); general overhead expenses of transportation, engineering, supplies, inspection and supervision, and such services as may be necessary in the office of the Quartermaster General; and the engagement by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes (41 U. S . C . 5), and at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of War may determine, of the services of architects or firms or corporations thereof and other technical and professional personnel as may be necessary; to remain available until expended and to be applied as follows: For reconstructing at Fort Niagara, New York, the barracks buildings known as 50N and 50S which were destroyed by fire March 4, 1938, to be available immediately, $75,000; for work authorized by the Act approved May 14, 1937 (50 Stat. 166): At Savanna Ordnance Depot, Illinois, $341,137; at Camp Stanley, Texas, $218,118; for work author- ized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 610-611): At Hickam Field, Hawaii, $786,000; navigation aids at various stations, $270,025; runway at Hamilton Field, California, $350,000; and at Kelly Field, Texas, $1,747,000, and authority is hereby given to enter into contracts 651 ProVis. Motor vehicles, etc. Ambulances, motor- cycles, etc. Notavailablefordes- ignated vehicles except for salvaging. Exceptions. Transportation costs, supplies, equip- ment, etc. Horses, draft and pack animals. Purchase. Encouraging breed- ing of riding horses. Military posts. Construction, main- tenance, eto. R. 8. §§ 1136, 3734. o0U. 8 .. 1339; 40 U.S. 2.67. R. 8. §3709. 41U.S.C. 5. Technical,ete., serv- ices. Public works. Fort Niagara, N. Y. Ante, p. 354. Ammunition stor- age facilities. 50 Stat. 166. Air Corps stations. 49 Stat. 610 . Navigation aids at various stations. Contracts.

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