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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 273-JULY 3, 1941 Permanent type of construction, restric- tion. PrloerO. Exceptions. Maximum allow- ance, designated units. Ante, p. IdB. Contracts. Ante, p. 262; post, pp. 680, 814. Ante. p. 42. under the authority of this provision shall not exceed 6 per cen- tur of the estimated cost of the contract, exclusive of the fee, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. No part of the appropriations in this Act under the Navy Depart- ment shall be expended for a permanent type of construction at any shore establishment of any character acquired subsequently to the calendar year 1938 unless such establishment shall be desig- nated by the Secretary of the Navy as a permanent establishment, and, in that event, a permanent type of construction shall be used only to meet such permanent requirements as the Secretary of the Navy may approve: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent construction of a type sufficiently substantial for the use intended nor apply to construction projects now under contract or in progress: Provided further, That no part of such appropriation may be obli- gated for the construction of quarters, including heating and plumb- ing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, for greater amounts per unit than follow: Permanent construction: For commissioned officer, $10,000; for commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $7,500; for enlisted man, $6,000. Temporary construction: For commissioned officer, $7,500; for commissioned warrant or warrant officer, $5,000; for enlisted man, $3,500. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS For an additional amount for aviation, Navy, fiscal year 1942, including the objects and subject to the conditions specified under this head in the Navy Appropriation Act, 1942, $482,046,600; and in addition, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1942, for plant facilities to an amount not in excess of $10,000,000. NAVAL EMERGENCY FUND For the naval emergency fund, fiscal year 1942, including the objects and subject to the conditions specified under this head in title VI, Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941, $5,000,000. MARINE CORPS Expenses, Marine Band, diamond anniversary convention of the Grand Army of the Republic, Columbus, Ohio: For expenses of the United States Marine Band in attending the diamond anniversary convention of the Grand Army of the Republic at Columbus, Ohio, on September 14 to 19, inclusive, 1941, as authorized by the Act Ante, p. 23. approved June 3 1941, fiscal year 1942, $5,500, to be paid from the Ante, p. 170. appropriation "General Expenses, Marine Corps", which is hereby made available for that purpose. Ante, p. 171. Auxiliary vessels. Ante, p. 197. Conversion of mer- chant vessels for use as transports. INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS Construction and machinery: On account of objects heretofore authorized (and appropriated for in part), for the acquisition, con- version, or construction of five hundred and fifty thousand tons of auxiliary vessels authorized by the Act approved May 24, 1941 (Public Law 72, Seventy-seventh Congress), and for the acquisition and the conversion of merchant vessels for use by the War Department as transports to replace vessels transferred by the War Department to the Navy Department, $100,000,000, to be available for the foregoing purposes (including obligations heretofore incurred) and for obliga- tions heretofore incurred under the head "Replacement of Naval Vessels, Construction and Machinery", and to remain available until expended. [55 STAT.

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