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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 262-JUNE 30, 1941 Proviso. Laundry charges. Incidental expenses of the Army. Post, p. 811. 46 Stat. 818. Recruiting. Tests, research, etc. Army transporta- tion. Post, pp. 670, 811. Privately owned automobiles. Purchase, lease, etc., of vessels. Vehicles. Payments under contracts. 54 Stat. 872. Provisos. Passenger automo- biles, unit cost. Transportation costs, supplies, etc. Post, p. 670. to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April 22, 1898, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, $286,309,000: Provided, That laundry charges, other than for service now rendered without charge, shall be so adjusted that earnings in conjunction with the value placed upon service rendered without charge shall aggregate an amount not less than $50,000 below the cost of maintaining and operating laun- dries and dry-cleaning plants. Incidental expenses of the Army: Postage; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster Corps, including the care of officers' mounts when the same are furnished by the Government; compensation of clerks and other employees of the Quartermaster Corps, including not to exceed $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U. S . C. 118a), and clerks, foremen, watchmen, and organist for the United States Disciplinary Barracks; incidental expenses of recruiting; not to exceed $53,600 for activities of chap- lains (excluding ritual garments and personal services); for the operation of coffee-roasting plants; for tests and experimental and development work and scientific research to be performed by the Bureau of Standards for the Quartermaster Corps; for inspection service and instruction furnished by the Department of Agriculture which may be transferred in advance; for such additional expendi- tures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movements and operation of the Army and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other departments, $67,811,439. Army transportation: For transportation of Army supplies; of authorized baggage of military and civilian personnel, including packing, crating and unpacking; of horse equipment; and of funds for the Army; for transportation on Army vessels, notwithstanding the provisions of other law, of privately owned automobiles of Regular Army personnel upon change of station; for the purchase or construction, alteration, operation, and repair, and for the lease from the Maritime Commission or others, of boats and other vessels; for wharfage, tolls, and ferriage; for drayage and cartage; for the purchase, manufacture (including both material and labor), maintenance, hire, and repair of pack saddles and harness; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of wagons, carts, drays, other vehicles, and horse-drawn and motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official military and garrison purposes; for hire of draft and pack animals; in all, $231,201,383, of which not to exceed $15,041,454 shall be for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorization in the appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1941: Provided, That the unit cost of light and medium passenger-carrying automobiles shall not exceed $750 for light auto- mobiles and $1,200 for medium automobiles, including the value of any vehicle exchanged: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1942 the cost of transportation from point of origin to the first point of storage or consumption of supplies, equipment, and material in connection with the manufacturing and purchasing activities of the Quartermaster Corps may be charged to the appropriations from which such supplies, equipment, and material are procured. HORSES, DRPAT AND PACK ANIMALS For the purchase of draft and pack animals and horses within limits as to age, sex, and size to be prescribed by the Secretary of War for remounts for officers entitled to public mounts, for the United 374 [55 STAT.

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