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 [59 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 45-MAR. 31, 1945 33U. a. 7o02-1. Sacramento River, Calif. 39 Stat. 949; 46 Stat. 539. Federal watermata outside D. 0. Hospitalization rate in Army hospitals. to exceed fifty used motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $30 000,000 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River: For rescue work and for repair or maintenance of any flood- control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 9 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 15,1936 (49 Stat. 1508), $500,000. Flood control, Sacramento River, California: For prosecuting work of flood control, Sacramento River, California, in accordance with the provisions of Acts approved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, and August 26, 1937 as modified by the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U. S. C. 703, 704; 50 Stat. 849; 55 Stat. 638-651), $2,050,000. MISCELLANEOTS CIVIL WORKS Maintenance and Operation, Certain Federal Water Mains Outside the District of Columbia: For the maintenance, operation, improve- ment, extension, and protection of Federal water lines located outside the District of Columbia required to serve nearby Government estab- lishments and facilities with water from the water supply system of the District of Columbia, including interconnections with other water systems for emergency use wherever located, to be immediately avail- able and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, $12,000. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $1,213,600: Pro- vided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment of hospitalization of members of the home in United States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of the home and the Surgeon General of the Army. THE PANAMA CANAL Maintenance, etc. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, and construction of additional facilities, including the following: Compensation of all officials and employees; foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals; lawbooks; textbooks and books of reference; printing and binding, including printing of annual report; personal services in the District of Columbia, purchase (not to exceed twelve used), maintenance, repair, and operation of motor- Damageclaims. propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages to vessels, cargo, crew, or passengers, as authorized by section 48U.s .c. 1319. 10 of title 2, Canal Zone Code, as amended (54 Stat. 387); claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construction of additional facilities; acquisition 37 Stat.0. . 1301 of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; t seq.: supp. iv, expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and 1 306 t d wv 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 Emrgences. and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, 42

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