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 [54 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 313-JUNE 11, 1940 Maintenance, opera- tion, etc. following respective numbers and costs: Nineteen ("A" item) and two ("B" item) at $600 each, one at $1,600, ten motorbusses at $4,500 each, two passenger-carrying semi-trailers at $3,000 each, and motor- truck chasis with station-wagon-type bodies as required: Provided further, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles, including the compensation of civilian chauf- feurs and the compensation of any greater number than ninety enlisted men detailed to such duty, shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, exclusive of such vehicles owned and operated by the Marine Corps in connection with expeditionary duty without the continental limits of the United States, motorbusses, station-wagon motortrucks, and motorcycles, and on any one vehicle, except busses and ambulances shall not exceed for maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants, one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case not more than $400. CONTINGENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Con t ing ent ex- For contingent expenses and minor extensions and improvements penses . of public works at navy yards and stations, $140,000 ("A" item). Post, pp. 293, 296, 606, 876, 972. PUBLIO WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Public works, etc. For public works and public utilities, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $49,888,475 (composed of "A" item, $49,038,475, and "B" item, Use of unexpended $850,000), which, together with the unexpended balances of appro- balances. priations heretofore made under this head, shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund, which fund shall be available for the payment of obli- gations incurred under the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Act 34 St.t:lsupp. , approved April 25, 1939 (Public, Numbered 43, Seventy-sixth Con- 665f. gress), insofar as they relate to naval public works and utilities projects and for part-time and intermittent employment by contract scientists, etc. of scientists, technicists, and other personnel and payment of travel expenses of members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty: or svics. Provided, That not to exceed 21/2 per centum of the aggregate amount available on July 1, 1940, shall be available for the employ- ment of classified personal services in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and in the field service to be engaged upon such work and Construction, etc., to be in addition to employees otherwise provided for: Provided of authorized projects. Post, pp. 293, 296, further, That the Secretary of the Navy is only authorized to com- 401, 60,876,972. mence, continue, or complete the construction of, or make provision for, by contract or otherwise, projects heretofore authorized and appropriated for under this head, and, in addition, only the follow- ing-named public works and public utilities projects at a limit of cost not to exceed the amount stated for each project enumerated, respectively: Midway Island. Naval Air Station, Midway Island: Fuel-oil storage, nonaviation, $250,000; Diesel-oil storage, nonaviation, $50,000; defense facilities including buildings and accessories, $1,250,000; Tutuila, Samoa. Naval Station, Tutuila, Samoa: Fuel-oil storage and pipe lines, . $200,000; Diesel-oil storage, $50,000; gasoline storage, $50,000; PortmouthN.H. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Submarine barracks and mess hall, $270,000; roads, walks, and services, $25,000; extension of inside machine shop, $185,000; extension of industrial office building, $100,000; conversion of building numbered 96 to foundry, $77,000; extension of alternating current electric service, $75,000; 280

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