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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 430-JUNE 26, 1940 To enable the Secretary of the Navy to expedite the construction or provision of the public works and public utilities projects men- tioned in this Act and in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941, the limit of cost indicated for each of such projects may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, be varied upward or downward by an amount not to exceed 10 per centum, but the aggre- gate of all such limits of cost shall not be exceeded. No part of the appropriation under this heading nor any other amount in this title for temporary housing shall be available for erecting, including utilities, upon any site however acquired subse- quent to the calendar year 1938, married officers' quarters at a unit cost of more than $8,500, nor bachelor officers' quarters at a unit cost of more than $1,750, nor student flyers' quarters at a unit cost of more than $550; nor barracks for enlisted men at a unit cost of more than $350: Providedfurther,That no part of the appropriation under this heading, nor of any other amount in this title for temporary housing, shall be available for erecting buildings upon any site acquired sub- sequent to the calendar year 1938, except of a distinctly temporary character, unless structures (such as hospitals, hangars, and storage facilities for inflammable or explosive materials) of a more substan- tial type are essential to the purpose. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS Aviation, Navy: For maintenance, repair, and operation of air- craft factory, air stations, and so forth, $1,170,400; and for new con- struction and procurement of aircraft and equipment, spare parts and accessories, $21,714,600; in all, $22,885,000: 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 $120,000. MARINE CORPS General expenses, Marine Corps, $2,000,000. ALTERATIONS TO NAVAL VESSELS Alterations to naval vessels, including the provision of antiaircraft defense and the construction or acquisition and conversion of vessels for naval auxiliaries of all kinds, $24,360,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for the employment of classified personal services in the Navy Department and in the field service to be engaged upon such work shall not exceed 7 per centum. REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized (and appro- priated for in part) and for additional small craft and auxiliaries, including boom tenders, including the necessary machine tools and other equipment in naval establishments and Government equipment in private plants required for prosecuting shipbuilding, and for the commencement of six cruisers, twenty-two destroyers, and eight sub- marines, authorized by the Act approved March 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 501) and for the commencement of two cruisers and eight destroyers authorized by the Act of May 17, 1938 (52 Stat. 401-403); and for the commencement of three aircraft carriers, five cruisers, and four- teen submarines, authorized by H. R. 8026 (Public, Numbered 629, 193470 0 -- 1-PT. I -39 609 Limitation on vari- ation of limit of cost. Ante, p. 265. Construction ofoffi- cers', etc., quarters, limitation. Restriction on use of funds. Ante, p. 282. Ante, p. 283. Ante, p. 286. Ante, p. 286. Construction and machinery. 48 Stat. 503 . 34U. S.C.§§494- 497; Supp. V, § 496. 34 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 498-498k. Ante, p. 394.

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