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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 313-JUNE 11, 1940 stations, and ships; and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the Naval Medical School and naval medical supply depots; for dental outfits and dental material; and all other necessary contingent expenses; in all, $3,327,000 (composed of "A" item, $3,027,000, and "B" item, $300,000): Provided, 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 $150,000. CARE OF THE DEAD For the care of the dead; for funeral expenses and interment or transportation to their homes or to designated cemeteries of the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, of members of the Nurse Corps, reservists on active or training duty, and accepted applicants for enlistment, civilian employees of the Navy Department and Naval Establishment who die outside of the continental limits of the United States, and former enlisted men who are discharged while in hospitals and are inmates of said hospitals on the date of their death; for funeral expenses and interment of the remains of pensioners and destitute patients who die in naval hospi- tals; for purchase and care of cemetery lots; for care of graves out- side of the continental limits of the United States, including those in sites not owned by the United States; for removal of remains from abandoned cemeteries to naval or national cemeteries, or to their homes, including remains interred in isolated graves at home and abroad, and remains temporarily interred, $81,261 (composed of "A" item, $70,000, and "B" item, $11,261): Provided, That the above pro- vision shall apply in the case of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps on the retired list who die while on active duty. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For the labor, materials, and supplies necessary, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy, for the general maintenance of the activi- ties and properties now or hereafter under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, including accident prevention, and including such sum as may be necessary incident to the utilization of the Naval Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, for vessels to be placed and maintained in a decommissioned status; the purchase, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles for the Navy Department (not to exceed ten in number) and the Naval Establishment not otherwise provided for; not to exceed $1,630,000 (composed of "A" item, $1,600,000, and "B" item, $30,000), 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 Depart- ment, and part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such engineers and architects as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be mem- bers of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $10,052,800 (com- posed of "A" item, $9,784,600, and "B" item, $268,200): Provided, That during the fiscal year 1941 the motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the 279 Proviso. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Post, p. 296. Interment and transportation. Ante, p. 145. Proviso. Retired officers, etc., on active duty. Post, pp. 293, 296, 606, 876, 972. Post, pp. 606, 876. General main- tenance, etc. New Orleans, La., Naval Station, utiliza- tlon. Vehicles. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Engineers, etc. Proisos. Limitation on vehi- cle purchases.

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