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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 477-JULY 2, 1942 40 U.s. a. 255. 10U. .C. 1339;31 U.S.C.§529;40 U. S.. §§ 259, 267. Barracks and quar- ters. Provisos. Fort Monroe, Va. Military attaches, rental of offices, etc. Construction, limi- tation on cost. Stabling, rental rate. Hospitals. Temporary hospi- tals. Manufacture, issue, etc. rights pertaining thereto, leasehold, and other interests therein and temporary use thereof, 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, Revised Statutes, as amended, and without regard to sections 1136, 3648, and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, $2,089,168,000. Barracks and quarters, Army: For the maintenance, installation, repair, operation, protection and rental of buildings, structures, grounds, utilities, flying fields, fortifications, and appurtenances thereto, or other facilities required for military use; and for each and every object of expense connected therewith, including (a) the pro- curement of supplies, equipment, fuel, printing, binding, communica- tion services, newspapers, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, at the seat of government and elsewhere, (b) the purchase, maintenance, repair, operation, and exchange of passenger-carrying vehicles, (c) the manufacture, procurement, purchase, storage, issue, and trans- portation (including research, planning, design, development, inspec- tion, tests, and the handling) of water, gas, electricity, tools, machin- ery and equipment, (d) and such construction at Army posts of addi- tions, extensions, alterations, and rehabilitations, necessary to a proper discharge of maintenance, repair, and operations work, $341,042,000: Provided, That the amounts to be assessed and collected by the Secre- tary of War for expenditure for maintenance purposes at Fort Mon- roe, Virginia, under the provisions of the Act of August 1, 1894 (28 Stat. 212), shall be $13,520 for wharf and $5,053 for roads and sewer- age system: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be avail- able for the rental of offices, garages, and stables for military attaches: Providedfurther, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for construction of a permanent nature of an additional building or an extension or addition to an existing building, the cost of which in any case exceeds $20,000: Provided further, That the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling a nimal shall not exceed $15. Construction and repair of hospitals: For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, includ- ing all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospital, con- struction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary temporary quarters for hospital personnel, out- buildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $8,203,000. In all: Engineer Service, Army, $3,312,545,192, to be accounted for as one fund. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT ORDNANCE SERVICE AND SUPPLIES, ARMY For manufacture, procurement, storage, and issue, including research, planning, design, development, inspection, test, alteration, maintenance, repair, and handling of ordnance material, together [56 STAT.

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