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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 755, 756-AUG. 2, 1946 minutes east fifty feet to a point in the northerly line of the right-of- way of said railroad company; thence north eighty degrees twenty- three minutes west along said northerly line of right-of-way a distance of two hundred and sixty feet; thence south nine degrees thirty-seven minutes west a distance of fifty feet to point of beginning, containing an area of two hundred and ninety-eight one-thousandths of an acre, more or less: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other minerals in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Approved August 2, 1946. [CHAPTER 756] AN ACT 853 Mineral rights. August 2, 1946 To enact certain provisions now included in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946, I. 1917] and for other purposes. [Public Law 604] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled,That when authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, and when in his opinion it will be of benefit to the conduct of the work of the Navy Department, personnel of the Naval Establishment may attend meetings of technical, pro- fessional, scientific, and other similar organizations and may be reim- bursed for their expenses at the rates authorized by law. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy may provide for the physical examination by civilians of employees engaged in hazardous occupa- tions where the professional services of the Medical Department are not available, and may compensate such civilians on a contract or fee basis for such professional services at the rates customary in the locality. SEC. 3. In addition to all other allowances authorized by law, the following amounts may be paid annually, out of the naval appro- priations available for pay, to the officers serving in the following capacities, such amounts to be expended in their respective discretions for the contingencies of such offices: Director of Naval Intelligence, $5,200; President of Naval War College, $1,000, Superintendent of Naval Academy, $5,200; Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy, $800; Head of the Postgraduate School at the Naval Academy, $400. SEC. 4. Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, there may be allowed and paid out of naval appropriations the cost of installation and use (other than for personal long distance calls) of extension telephones connecting public quarters occupied by naval personnel with the switchboards of their official stations. SEC. 5. The third paragraph under the head "Navy Department" in the Act of March 18, 1904 (33 Stat. 117; 5 U. S. C. 415), is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. Within the limits of appropriations made therefor, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to provide for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Naval Establishment, but impos- sible to be anticipated or classified, and when so specified in an appropriation such funds may be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government, and he may make a certificate of the amount of such expenditures as he may think it advisable not to specify and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended. Navy. Attendance at meet- ings. Physical examina- tions by civilians. Additional allow- ances for contin- gencies. Extension tele- phones. Repeal. Emergencies and ex- traordinary expenses.

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