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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS. -CH. 262-JUNE 30, 1941 piers, roads, railroads, and communication, water, sewerage, and elec- tric systems, and other utilities connected therewith, and also includ- ing the acquisition of leasehold and other interests in land, and tem- porary use thereof, without regard to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended (10 U. S. C. 1339; 40 U. S. C. 267), and the land, and interests therein, including the temporary use thereof, may be acquired and construction may be prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of the title by the Attorney General as required by section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; the purchase, hire, opera- tion, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles; the employment of persons and the procurement of supplies and services, printing and binding, and communication service, at the seat of gov- ernment and elsewhere, $51,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943: Provided, That under this appropriation the Secretary of War is authorized to effect appointments of employees in the United States, or to effect the transfer of employees in the Federal service in the United States, for duty at any point outside the con- tinental limits of the United States at which it may be found necessary to assign such civilian employees, and to pay the costs of transporta- tion of such employees from place of engagement in the United States, or from present post of duty in the United States, in the case of those employees already in the service of the United States, to the post of duty outside the United States, and return upon completion of assignment or after such period of service as may be prescribed by the head of the Department; to provide for the shipment of house- hold goods and personal effects of persons so appointed or trans- ferred from place of engagement or from present post of duty in the United States to the post of duty outside the continental United States; and to provide for the transportation of the dependents of such appointees or employees, either by commercial or Government-oper- ated vessels, as may be found expedient. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT ORDNANCE SERVICE AND SUPPLIES, ARMY 381 Leasehold, etc., in. terests. 60U.S.C.6175. Supplies and serv- ices. Proviso. Employment out- side United States. Payment of trans- portation costs. Shipment of house- hold, etc., effects. Post, pp. 670, 812. For manufacture, procurement, storage, and issue, including etManfhcu"'rtt issue. research, planning, design, development, inspection, test, alteration, maintenance, repair, and handling of ordnance material, together with the machinery, supplies, and services necessary thereto; for sup- pCntingent ex- plies and services in connection with the general work of the Ordnance Department, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and computing machines, including their exchange, and furniture, tools, and instru- ments of service; to provide for training and other incidental expenses of the ordnance service; for instruction purposes, other than tuition; for the purchase, completely equipped, of plant vehicles, including Vehicles. trucks, ambulances, and station wagons, and for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn freight and pas- senger-carrying vehicles; for ammunition for military salutes at Gov- minitmhrynul.'tfor ernment establishments and institutions to which the issues of arms for salutes are authorized; for services, material, tools, and appliances for operation of the testing machines and chemical laboratory in con- nection therewith; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Libaries of Ord- Department, including the Ordnance Office, including subscriptions tnt. to periodicals; not to exceed $150,000 for services of such consultants Constants as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $50 per day and for their necessary travel- ing expenses; in all, $1,339,390,595, of which $76,085,595 shall be

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