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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 304-JUNE 28, 1944 in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1944, and including expenses for carrying out the provisions of Private Law 166, approved January 28, 1944, $750. The number of officers above the rank of captain who may receive flight pay during the fiscal years 1944 and 1945 is hereby increased from sixty to eighty-five. BUREAU OF SHIPS Maintenance, Bureau of Ships: The appropriation "Maintenance, Bureau of Ships, 1942", shall remain available until June 30, 1945, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed on or before June 30, 1942, and for liquidating obligations incurred by agreements with the United States Maritime Commission or the War Shipping Administration for the requisitioning of small craft acquired on or before June 30, 1942. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE The appropriation "Ordnance and ordnance stores, Navy", for the fiscal year 1942 shall remain available until June 30, 1945, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed on or before June 30, 1942. BUREAU OF ]MEDICINE AND SURGERY Medical Department: The appropriation "Medical Department", for the fiscal year 1945 shall be available for the manufacture or production of products by patients in naval hospitals and other naval medical facilities incident to their convalescence and rehabili- tation, and ownership thereof shall be vested in the patients manu- facturing or producing such products, except that the ownership of such items manufactured or produced specifically for the use of a naval hospital or other naval medical facility shall be vested in the Government and such items shall be accounted for and disposed of accordingly. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS The appropriation "Aviation, Navy", for the fiscal year 1945 shall be available for expenses incident to the care and operation of schools at one naval station under the Bureau of Aeronautics for the children of commissioned, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Navy. INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS The appropriations "Construction and machinery" and "Armor, armament, and ammunition" shall be available for the acquisition and conversion or construction of not exceeding one million tons of additional landing craft and district craft, as authorized by Public Law 322, approved May 31, 1944. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in addition to appro- priations hitherto made or authorizations provided for such pur- pose, to enter into contracts for tools, equipment, and facilities in, and land for, public and private plants for the manufacture or production of ordnance materials, munitions, and equipment, in an amount not exceeding $55,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 311, approved May 26, 1944. COAST GUARD For an additional amount for retired pay, Lighthouse Service, fiscal year 1937, for payment of claim of Thomas Garraty, as repre- 93650°-45- -Pr. I-- --39 609 57 Stat. 200. Post,p. 935. Flight pay. 57 Stat. 626 . 55 Stat. 156. 55 Stat. 157. Production of prod- ucts by patients. Ante, p. 310. Ante, p. 312. Ante, pp. 314, 315. Ante, p. 265. Contract authoriza- tions. Post, p. 867. Ante, p. 229. Estate of Anne T. Oarraty.

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