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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 313 -JUNE 11, 1940 one fund: Provided, That additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the United States Veterans' Administration in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to the numbers appropriated for m this Act: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any midshipmen whose admission subsequent to January 30, 1940, would result in exceeding at any time an allowance of four midshipmen for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Con- gress; of one midshipman for Puerto Rico, a native of the island, appointed on nomination of the Governor, and of four midshipmen from Puerto Rico appointed on nomination of the Resident Com- missioner; and of four midshipmen from the District of Columbia: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or modify in any way existing laws relative to the appointment of midshipmen at large, from the enlisted personnel of the naval service, from the Naval Reserve, from honor graduates of military schools or Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any midshipman appointed from enlisted men of the Navy who has not served aboard a vessel of the Navy in full commission for at least nine months prior to admission to the Naval Academy. MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND AOCOUNTS For equipage, supplies, and services under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, including stationery for command- ing, executive, communication, and navigating officers of ships, boards and courts on ships, and chaplains; commissions, interest, and exchange; ferriage and bridge tolls, including streetcar fares; rent of buildings and offices not in navy yards except for use of naval attaches and recruiting officers; accident prevention; services of civilian employ- ees under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts; freight, express, and parcel-post charges, including transportation of funds and cost of insurance on shipments of money when necessary; for transportation on Government-owned vessels, notwithstanding the provisions of other law, of privately owned automobiles of Regular Navy and Marine Corps personnel upon change of station, and ice for cooling drinking water on shore (except at naval hospitals and shops at industrial navy yards), pertaining to the Navy Department and Naval Establishment, $13,870,000 (composed of "A" item $11,170,000, and "B" item, $2,700,000) of which amount $500,00o shall be available immediately: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the residences or quarters of officers on shore, except for messes temporarily set up on shore for officers attached to seagoing vessels, to aviation units based on seagoing vessels, to the fleet air bases, or to landing forces and expeditions: Provided further, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules In the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $7,200.000 (composed of "A" item, $5,500,000, and "B" item, $1,700.000): Provided further, That, without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States and withdrawal on money requisitions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Navy and 277 Provisos. Additional medical detail for Veterans' Administration pa- tients. Admissions to Naval Academy after Jan. 30, 1940. Appointments at large, from enlisted men, etc. Sea service require- ment. Post, pp. 295, 605 , 876, 972. Maintenance. Fr eight, etc., charges. Proisos. Supply of tableware, etc. , for officers; re- striction. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Use of receipts for expenditures; account- ing.

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