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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 430 -JUNE 26, 1940 of the Act making appropriations for the Navy Department and the Naval Service, fiscal year 1941, are hereby repealed. BUREAU OF ENGINEERING Engineering, including the necessary tools, equipment, and facili- ties in naval establishments or private plants for expediting construc- tion and delivery of engineering material, $25,200,000, of which not to exceed 7 per centum shall be available for the pay of 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. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR Construction and repair, including the necessary tools, equipment, and facilities in naval establishments or private plants for expediting the construction and delivery of hull and other material, $21,400,000, of which not to exceed 7 per centum shall be available for the pay of 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. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE Ordnance and ordnance stores, Navy, including increased facili- ties at Indianhead, Maryland, for the manufacture and storage of powder, additional equipment, tools, and facilities at ordnance sta- tions or private plants for production, handling, and storage of ordnance material and ammunition, acquisition or construction of one ferry boat for the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, and not to exceed $25,000 for the acquisition of land, $72,528,370; and in addition, the Secretary of the Navy may, prior to July 1, 1941, enter into contracts for ordnance and ordnance materials, including ammunition, to an amount not in excess of $28,560,000: Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appro- priation for employees assigned to group IV (b) and those per- forming 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 per centum. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS Maintenance, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $3,831,600, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the pay of 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. Clothing and small stores fund, $6,000,000. Naval supply account fund, $6,000,000; and the capital of the naval supply account fund is hereby further increased by $9,265,160 by transfer, hereby authorized and directed to be made, of unobli- gated balances aggregating such sum of naval appropriations for the fiscal year 1939 and prior fiscal years remaining to the credit of such appropriations on the date of the approval of this Act. Fuel and transportation, $5,000,000. Reserve material, Navy, for the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1940, and including storage facilities, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. Ante, p. 272. Ante, p. 272. Ante, p. 273. Ferry boat for Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I. Contracts author- ized. Proviso. Group IV (b), etc., employees. Ante, p. 274. Pot, p .972. 53 Stat. 770.

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