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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 313-JUNE 11, 1940 Care, etc., ofschools. Proviso. Purchase of vehicles. Marine Corps Re- serve. Total; accounting. Proviso. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Post, pp. 295, 609, 882. applicants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty, including the transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to the homes of the deceased in the United States; con- struction, operation, and maintenance of laundries; care and operation of schools at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, and Parris Island, South Carolina; and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, $2,972,000 (composed of "A" item, $2,428,000, and "B" item, $544,000): Provided, That the motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective num- bers and costs: Twenty at $750 each, fifteen motorcycles at $425 each, and motortruck chassis with station wagon type bodies as required; Marine Corps Reserve: For clothing, including clothing for avia- tion cadets, subsistence, heat, light, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, $359,822 ("A" item); In all, $12,110,528 (composed of "A" item, $9,193,528, and "B" item, $2,917,000), to be accounted for as one fund: 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 $200,000. ALTERATION TO NAVAL VESSELS Certain vessels, al- On account of the alterations and repairs of vessels heretofore atio ad re. authorized (and appropriated for in part) and toward the alterations and repairs for the purpose of modernizing the United States ships Argonaut, Narwhal, and Nautilus, authorized by the Act approved 63 tat.582,1045. April 20, 1939 (Public, Numbered 37, Seventy-sixth Congress), as amended by the Act approved July 15,1939 (Public Resolution Num- bered 28, Seventy-sixth Congress), and for the purpose of effecting major overhauls of the United States ships Tennessee, California, Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia, as authorized by the Act 53 Stat. 107. approved July 25, 1939 (Public, Numbered 212, Seventy-sixth Con- gress), $10,552,000 ("A" item), to remain available until expended roiso. and of which $400,000 shall be available immediately: Provided, That ployees the sum to be paid out of the amount available for expenditure under this head for the fiscal year 1941 for employees in the field service 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 5 per centum of the aggregate amount available under this heading on July 1, 1940. Post, pp. 295, 609, 882. Construction and machinery. 34U.S. C ., Supp.V, § 498-498k. 48 Stat. 503. 34 U. S. C. §§494- 497; Supp. V, 496. Provios. Group IV (b) em- ployees. REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized (and appropri- ated for in part), and for the commencement of the following vessels authorized by the Act approved May 17, 1938 (52 Stat. 401-403), one battleship, one aircraft carrier, two cruisers, eight destroyers, two submarines, one submarine tender, one seaplane tender, two small seaplane tenders and one minesweeper, and for the following vessels authorized by the Act of March 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 501), one battle- ship and four submarines, $259,071,979, to remain available until expended, of which sum $50,000,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That the sum to be paid out of the amount available for expenditure under the head of "Construction and machinery" for the fiscal year 1941 for employees in the field service assigned to group [54 STAT.

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