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 604 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 88-APR. 26, 1939 [53 STAT. curement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal Monroe, v., year 1940: Provided, That the amounts to be assessed and collected wharf, etc. by the Secretary of War for expenditure for maintenance purposes at Fort Monroe, Virginia, under the provisions of the Act of August 28 Stat. 212. 1, 1894 (28 Stat. 212), shall be $13,520 for wharf and $5,053 for roads Military attachs, and sewerage system: Provided further, That this appropriation rental ofoffice, etc. shall be available for the rental of offices, garages, and stables for onstruction, limi- military attaches: Provided further, That no part of the funds herein tation on cost. appropriated shall be available for construction of a permanent nature of an additional building or an extension or addition to an existing building, the cost of which in any case exceeds $20,000: Stablingrental. Provided further, That the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling any animal shall not exceed $15. Construction and repair of hospitals. Post, p. 994. Temporary hospi- tals, etc. Appropriations for procurement, etc., of munitions of technical design. Use of, for procure- ment of gages, dies, jigs, etc. 39 Stat. 213 ,215. 60U.S. O. § 80,78. Purchase, etc. , of letters patent. Telegraph and tele- phone systems. Post,p. 994 . Telephone appara- tus, etc. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF HOSPITALS For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary tem- porary quarters for hospital personnel, outbuildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $494,709. The appropriations contained in this Act which are available for the procurement or manufacture of munitions of war of special or technical design may be used for the development and procurement of gages, dies, jigs, and other special aids and appliances, production studies, factory plans, and other production data, including specifi- cations and detailed drawings, in accordance with the provisions of sections 120 and 123 of the National Defense Act, as amended. Such appropriations may also be used for the purchase of letters patent applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. SIGNAL CORPS SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY Telegraph and telephone systems: Purchase, equipment, operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signal- ing systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lan- terns, flags, and other necessary instruments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instruments; photographic and cinematographic work performed for the Army bythe Signal Corps; motorcycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and official purposes in connection with the construc- tion, operation, and maintenance of communication or signaling sys- tems, and supplies for their operation and maintenance; professional and scientific books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, and maps for use of the Signal Corps and in the office of the Chief Signal Officer; telephone apparatus, including rental and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long-distance, and

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