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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.--H. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 such plants, for the procurement of helium gas; for travel of officers of the Air Corps by air in connection with the administration of this appropriation, including the transportation of new aircraft from factory to first destination; salaries and wages of civilian employees as may be necessary; transportation of materials in con- nection with consolidation of Air Corps activities; experimental investigations and purchase and development of new types of air- planes, autogyros, and balloons, accessories thereto, and aviation engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof; for the purchase, manufacture, and construction of airplanes and balloons, including instruments 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 equipment 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 neces- sary expenses connected with the sale or disposal of surplus or obso- lete aeronautical equipment, and the rental of buildings, and other facilities for the 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 neces- sary, 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; pur- chase of special apparatus and appliances, repairs, and replacements of same used in connection with special scientific medical research in the Air Corps; for maintenance and operation of such Air Corps printing plants outside of the District of Columbia as may be author- ized in accordance with law; for publications, station libraries, spe- cial furniture, supplies and equipment for offices, shops, and labora- tories; for special services, including the salvaging of wrecked air- craft; 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 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 Secretary of War, $70,556,972, of which $16,126,894 shall be available under the appropriation "Air Corps, Army, 1938", for payments under contracts for the procurement of new air- planes and of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes, as authorized by said appropriation: Provided, That $10,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1938, 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 enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1939, for the procurement of new airplanes and for the pro- curement of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes to an amount not in excess of $19,126,894, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Provided further, That of the amount herein appropriated and the amount herein authorized for contractual obligation not less than $33,150,646 (exclusive of $16,126,894 for payment of obligations incurred under the above-men - tioned contract authorization for the fiscal year 1938) shall be applied to the procurement of new combat airplanes and their equip- ment and accessories, including not more than $1,691,044 for the pro- curement of spare engines and spare parts for airplanes procured pursuant to the provisions of the appropriation "Air Corps, Army, 1938": Provided further, That no part of this or any other appro- priation contained in this Act shall be available for any expense 655 Helium gas. Civilian employees. Development of new types. Purchase, construc- tion, etc., of aircraft. Marking of military airways. Consulting engi- neers. Special appliances. Printing plants, etc. Settlement of claims. 50 Stat. 466 . New airplanes, equipment, etc. Provisos. Helium. Ante, p. 329. New airplanes, etc. Contracts author- ized. 50 Stat. 455 . Crissy Field, Calif.

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