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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 149-MAY 25, 1939 Pearl Harbor, Ha- Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Purchase of land, $165,000; barracks and mess hall and accessories for enlisted men, $225,000; uantana Cb roads, walks, and services, $50,000; NavUalStatiUon. Naval Station, Guantanamo, Cuba: Improvement of piers, $190,000; anaRoliso taiMd. Naval Radio Station, Annapolis, Maryland: Facilities, including Pron m o. buildings, accessories, and submarine cable, $162,000: Provided, That Acquisition of land; condi.tions. the appropriation contained in the Second Deficiency Appropria- Ane, p. 638. tion Act, fiscal year 1939, for the acquisition of land for such station shall not be available for the acquisition, free from all encumbrances, of less than three hundred and two and twenty-five one-hundredths acres; oe Londnane Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut: Replacement, repair, Base. and improvement of facilities and electric system on or adjacent to piers, $225,000; S arisoles c. Z. Submarine Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Barracks, mess hall, laundry, and boiler plant buildings and accessories, $975,000; Nareland,Caitn Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, California: Additional Depot. ammunition storage facilities for ships under construction, $275,000; NavalTorpedo ta Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: Extension of tion. assembly building and accessories for torpedoes for ships under construction, $670,000; extension of automatic machine shop for construction of torpedoes for new ships, $275,000; improvement of electric-distribution system, Gould Island, $25,000; NaPviladielpia Pa. Naval Aircraft Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Aeronau- tory. tical engine and materials laboratory buildings and equipment, $2,000,000; FtCoco Solo, Z. Fleet Air Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Quarters and accessories for officers, $200,000; roads, walks, and services, $57,000; Nala edsa, Cal, Naval Air Station, Alameda, California: To continue the develop- Naval Air Station. 49 Stat. 1901. ment authorized by the Act approved June 24, 1936 (49 Stat., pp. 1901, 1902), as amended, $4,318,000; antico, Vas. Ma- Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia: Replace buildings, $750,000. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS Designated aviation expenses. Helium. Ante, p. 724. Experimentsandde. velopment work. AVIATION, NAVY For aviation, as follows: For navigational, photographic, aero- logical, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1939, $1,500,000; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air stations, fleet air bases, fleet and all other aviation activities, accident prevention, testing laboratories, overhauling of planes, technical periodicals, and the purchase for aviation pur- poses only of special clothing, wearing apparel, and special equip- ment, $24,900,000, including not to exceed $50,000 for the procure- ment of helium, which sum of $50,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1939, in addition to which sum the Bureau of Mines may use for helium-plant opera- tion in the fiscal year 1940 the unexpended balance of funds trans- ferred to it for such operation in the fiscal year 1939, and the Bureau may lease, after competition, surplus metal cylinders acquired for use as helium containers; for continuing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, including the pay- ment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $9,500,000; 774 [53 STAT.

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