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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 754--JUNE 29, 1948 Availability of ap- propriations. Telephone service in the field. Vehicles. Transfer of surplus property. Veterans' priority. 58 Stat. 765. 50U.S.C.app. §§ 1611-1646; Sulp. I, §1612 et seq. Itde, pp. 360, 1103. buildings and utilities not otherwise provided for, of which not exceeding $50,000 shall be available for use in connection with the installation of two elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Appropriations herein made for the national parks, national monu- ments, and other reservations under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, shall be available for the giving of educational lectures therein and vicinity; for the services of field employees in cooperation with such nonprofit scientific and historical societies engaged in educa- tional work in the various parks and monuments as the Secretary may designate; for travel expenses of employees attending Government camps for training in forest-fire prevention and suppression and the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Police Academy, and attending Federal, State, or municipal schools for training in building fire prevention and suppression; for necessary local transportation and subsistence in kind of persons selected for employment or as cooperators, serving without other compensation while attending fire- protection training camps; and for official telephone service in the field in the case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations established by the Secretary. Appropriations available to the National Park Service shall be available for the purchase (not to exceed forty, of which twenty-eight shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. The National Park Service is hereby authorized to acquire by transfer without exchange of funds, for three years beginning July 1, 1948, from the Departments of the Air Force, Army, and Navy, or the War Assets Administration equipment, materials, and supplies of all kinds, with an appraised value of not to exceed $3,000,000, from the surplus stores of those agencies, for use in the areas administered by the National Park Service or by any office of that Service in the United States, Alaska, and Hawaii: Provided,That the authorization in this paragraph shall not be construed to deny veterans the priority accorded to them in obtaining surplus property under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended. FISH ANI WILDLIFE SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carrying out the work of the Service, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, as follows: General administrative expenses: For general administrative pur- poses, including personal services in the District of Columbia, $270,000, of which sum $31,000 shall be available for printing and binding, including the purchase of reprints of scientific and technical articles published in periodicals and journals and the publication of bulletins which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of the bulletins to be delivered to or sent out under addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress as they may direct. Propagation of food fishes: For maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, equipment, and operation of fish-cultural stations, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures; propagation and distribution of food fishes and fresh-water mussels; development, recommendation, and application of means, including the construction of devices, to assure natural propagation and maxi- mum survival of hatchery and other fishes; purchase, collection, and 1142 [62 STAT.

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