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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 269-JUNE 22, 1944 provided for; payment on a strictly part-time or intermittent employ- ment basis in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, solely under the Bureau of Yards and Docks, of such engineers, architects, and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not to exceed $25 per diem for any person so employed; $128,000,000; for expenses of operation and maintenance of housing projects maintained and operated as such by the Navy Department and developed under the provisions of the Acts of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676); September 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 872); October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1125); March 1, 1941 (55 Stat. 14); May 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 197); and December 17, 1941 (55 Stat. 810), including utilities, roads, walks, and accessories, and expenses found necessary in the disposition of any such property or the removal of temporary housing, $2,000,000; in all, $130,000,000. PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For public works and public utilities, Bureau of Yards and Docks, including the acquisition of necessary land, $281,060,000, which, together with the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made under this head, shall be finally accounted for as one fund, which fund shall be available for continuing or completing the construction of any project heretofore authorized or undertaken thereunder, for acquisition or construction of temporary or emergency buildings and facilities at localities within or without the United States, need by the Navy and specifically approved by the Secretary, including col- lateral public works items, projects for personal services (including group IV (b) personnel), and other expenses, and payment on a strictly part-time or intermittent employment basis in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, solely under the Bureau of Yards and Docks, of scientists, technicists, and other personnel, at not to exceed $25 per diem. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved April 4, 1944 (Public Law 289), to enter into contracts for public-works equipment, materials, and construction, including collateral public-works items and the acquisi- tion of land, in the amount of not to exceed $1,474,931,400 and without regard to the provisions of section 3709, Revised Statutes: Provided, That $1,000,000,000 of such amount shall apply exclusively to advance base construction, material, and equipment. No part of the appropriations or contract authorization in this Act under the Navy Department shall be used for a permanent type of construction at any shore establishment of any character acquired subsequent to the calendar year 1938, unless such establishment shall be designated by the Secretary 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 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 appropriations or contract authorization may be used for the construction of quarters, including heating and plumbing 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. 311 Housing projects. 42 U.. S. §. 1501- 1505, note prec. 1501; Supp. III, I 1501- 1505, 1521-1624. Pod, p. 720. Ante, p. 8. Temporary build- ings and facilities. Contract authoriza- tions. Ante, p. 189; post, p.867. 41u.S. .. . Advance base con- struction, eto. Permanent type of eonstruction, restric- tion. Exceptions. Maximum obliga- tions, designated units.

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