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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 130-MAY 23, 1941 16U.S C. 833- tana, as authorized by the Act approved May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403), $1,845,000. Power plant, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon: For con- tinuing the construction of the hydroelectric power plant at Bonne- ville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon, as authorized by the Acts 183l S. c. §i 832- approved August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1038), and August 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 731), $7,170,000. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, to be paid from the Soldiers' Home Permanent Fund, $806,067. THE PANAMA CANAL Maintenance, etc. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, and construction of additional facilities, including the following: Compensation of all officials and employees; foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals; lawbooks; textbooks and books of reference; printing and binding, including printing of annual report; personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and Damage claims. horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages to vessels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act; claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construction of addi- tional facilities; acquisition of land and land under water, as author- ized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the con- struction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sale; expenses inci- dent to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropria- Emergencies. tions on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not fore- seen or otherwise provided for herein; travel expenses when prescribed by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business; not to exceed $2,000 for travel and subsistence expenses of members of the police and fire forces of the Panama Canal incident to their special training in the United States; transportation, including insurance, of public funds and securities buPhgse, etc. of between the United States and the Canal Zone; purchase, construction, repair, replacement, alteration, or enlargement of buildings, structures, equipment, and other improvements; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construction of addi- tional facilities, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows: Maintenance and For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal: Salary of the opertion. Governor, $10,000; contingencies of the Governor, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $3,000; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of materials, supplies, and equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales; 194 [55 STAT.

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