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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 246-APR. 28, 1942 223 amended (54 Stat. 387) ; claims for losses of or damages to property 48 U. . c. 1319. arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitatiol. and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construc- tion of additional facilities; acquisition of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assem- bling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sale; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emer- Emergencies. gency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen 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 spe- cial training in the United States; transportation, including insurance, of public funds and securities between the United States and the Canal Zone; purchase, construction, repair, replacement, alteration, or Buildings and im- enlargement of buildings, structures, equipment, and other improve- provements ments; 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 additional facilities, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows: For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal: Salary of Maintenance and the Governor, $10,000; contingencies of the Governor, to be expended p 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; payment in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the Injury Compensation Act approved September 7, 1916 (5 U. S . C . 30Stap. 7:. 793), to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal; and relief payments authorized by the Act approved July 8, 1937 (50 Stat. 478), $16,206,637, of which $1,332,200 48 U.s-. 01372- shall be immediately available; for continuing the construction of worS.ial protective special protective works, $30,828,000, of which $5,550,000 shall be immediately available; in all, $47,034,637, together with all moneys arising from the conduct of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal Act. Construction of additional facilities-Panama Canal: For construc- Additionalfacilties. tion of additional facilities for the improvement and enlargement of the capacity of the Panama Canal, in accordance with the Act approved August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1409), including reimbursement no8e .- s 5-O 130T to the appropriations "Maintenance and Operation, Panama Canal", "Sanitation, Panama Canal", and "Civil Government, Panama Canal", in such amounts as the Governor of the Panama Canal shall from time to time determine to be additional costs incurred for the objects specified in said appropriations on account of the prosecution of the work; in all, $56,826,800. Satat For sanitation, quarantine, hospitals, and medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable, the purchase of artificial limbs or other appliances for persons who were injured in the service of the Isthmian Canal

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