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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 87, 88-APR. 25, 26, 1939 Waiver of perform- ance, etc., bond. Acceptance of ma- terials. Damage to plant, etc.; investigation. Transmittal of find- ings, etc., to Congress. Annual report to Congress. 48 Stat. 957. Norfolk, Va., ac- quisitionof lands. Funds available. Ank, p. 590. promoting mutually beneficial relationships, and making decisions within the scope of his delegated authority and not in conflict with any provision of the contract. (c) In any project the contract for which is negotiated under authority of this section, the Secretary of the Navy may waive the requirement of a performance and a payment bond and may accept materials required for any such project at such place or places as he may deem necessary to minimize insurance costs. (d) Any contract negotiated under this section may, in the discre- tion of the Secretary of the Navy, contain provisions under which any loss of or major damage to the plant, materials, or supplies of any contractor, not due to his negligence or fault or to the negligence or fault of his agents or servants, while the same is necessarily in transit upon or lying in the open sea for the purposes of the contract, will be investigated by a board of naval officers appointed for the purpose and reported to the Secretary of the Navy, who will transmit to the Congress the findings of fact and his recommendations in the premises. (e) The Secretary of the Navy shall report annually to the Con- gress all contracts entered into under authority of this section, includ- ing the names of the contractors and copies of the contracts concerned, together with the amounts thereof. SEC. 5. The Act of June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 957), after the enacting clause is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, additional lands adjacent to the Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, such lands lying north of the Virginian Railway and west of Granby Street. The sum of $500,000 authorized by section 1 of the bill H. R . 4278 as enacted, for the acquisition of land at or in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia, shall be available for the purposes of this Act." Approved, April 25, 1939. [CHAPTER 88] April 26, 1939 [H. R. 4630] [Public, No. 44] Military Approprin- tion Act, 1940. Personal services. Office of Secretary of War. Promio. Use of field-service appropriations. Designated offices. World War person- nel records. AN ACT Making appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, namely: SALARIES, WAR DEPARTMENT For compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Office of Secretary of War: Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary of War, and other personal services, $315,660: Provided, That no field-service appropriation shall be available for personal services in the War Department except as may be expressly authorized herein. Office of Chief of Staff, $244,120. Adjutant General's office, $1,392,308. For personal services, to be employed exclusively in assembling, classifying, and indexing the military personnel records of the World War, and for the purchase of necessary supplies and materials used in such work, $74,960. Office of the Inspector General, $29,120. Office of the Judge Advocate General, $112,660; Office of the Chief of Finance, $396,100. 592 [53 STAT.

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