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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 430 -JUNE 26, 1940 Proviso. Group IV (b), etc. , employees. Armor, armament, and ammunition. Proviso. Group IV (b), etc. , employees. Ante, pp. 288, 289. Seventy-sixth Congress), $144,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropria- tion 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 7 per centum. Armor, armament, and ammunition: Toward the armor, arma- ment, and ammunition for vessels hereinbefore described under the head of "Construction and Machinery", and including the necessary tools, equipment, and facilities at naval establishments or private plants required for expediting shipbuilding, $78,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation 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 7 per centum. NAVY DEPARTMENT SALARIES AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES For compensation for personal services in the District of Colum- bia, as follows: Office of the Secretary of the Navy, including salary of the Under Secretary at $10,000 per annum, $10,000. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, $20,000. Bureau of Navigation, $35,000. Hydrographic Office, $25,000. Naval Observatory, $3,000. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $16,200. Contingent expenses, $20,000. EMERGENCY FUND Naval auxiliaries To enable the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the d trsl crat. President, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, POt, p. 1109. to rent and convert, or construct or acquire and convert vessels to naval auxiliaries and patrol craft of all kinds, $25,000,000. Repirs, etc., to SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, where necessary, to exceed the statutory limit on repairs and alterations to vessels during the fiscal year 1941. Ante, p.29. SEC. 302. The second proviso under the heading "Naval Personnel" contained in title II of the Act making appropriations for the Navy Department and the Naval Service for the fiscal year 1941 is hereby Reediting of en- amended to read as follows: ": Provided further, That to the extent that naval reservists are not available the Secretary of the Navy may recruit regular enlisted men in the Navy". Detailing ofenlsted SEC. 303. Enlisted men of the Navy may be detailed to the Office of men. Naval Intelligence during the fiscal year 1941. Citation of title. SEc. 304. This title may be cited as "Title III of the Naval Appro- priation Act for the Fiscal Year 1941". TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS Short title. SEC. 401. This Act may be cited as the "First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941". Approved, June 26, 1940. [54 STAT.

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