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operating-differential subsidies on a long-term basis, and (2) to obligate the United States to make future payments in accordance with the terms of such operating differential subsidy contracts: Provided Restriction. further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for obligation, nor any obligation made, for the payment of an operating-differential subsidy for any number of voyages, during the current fiscal year, in excess of fifteen hundred and twenty-two, of which three hundred and seven voyages shall be for vessels owned by companies or individuals who, on July 1, 1951, had no operating-differential subsidy contract with the Federal Maritime Board, and which number shall include the number of voyages under contracts hereafter awarded. Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary for carrying into effect the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and other laws administered te ^u'^^s^^cf' § noi by the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration, et seg. $15,651,400, of which not more than $12,687,000 shall be available for personal services, within limitations as follows: Administrative expenses, including not to exceed $2,000 for newspapers and periodicals; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $1,125 for entertaineo Stat. sio ment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Maritime Administrator; and $75,000 to be available exclusively for ship structure research, testing and models; $8,029,400: Provided, That the Maritime Administration is authorized to dispense with the administrative audit of agents' accounts covering voyages beginning prior to April 1, 1949: Provided further, That the administrative expenses of ship construction shall not exceed 5 per centum of the total cost of such construction; Maintenance of shipyard facilities, operation of warehouses, and maintenance and operation of terminals, $2,097,000; Reserve fleet expenses, $5,525,000. Maritime training: For training personnel for the manning of the merchant marine (including operation of training stations at Kings Point, New York; Sheepshead Bay, New York; Alameda, California, and the United States Maritime Service Institute), including not to exceed $2,236,500 for personal services (exclusive of pay of cadet midshipmen) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere which may be used to provide pay and allowances for personnel of the United States Maritime Service comparable to those of the Coast Guard as authorized by law (46 U.S.C. 1126, 14 F. R. 7707); purchase of two 52 Stat. 965. passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; and not to exceed $69,300 for transfer to applicable appropriations of the Public Health Service for services rendered the Maritime Administration; $3,724,500 including the pay of cadet midshipmen and other trainees. State marine schools: To reimburse the State of California, $47.500; the State of Maine, $47,500; the State of Massachusetts, $47,500; and the State of New York, $47,500; for expenses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in the Act authorizing the establishment of marine schools, and so forth, approved March 4, 1911, as amended (34 U.S.C. 1121-1123); $153,000 ^^ ^*^*- ^^ ^ ^=for the maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States to the said States for use in connection with such State marine schools; and $340,000 for uniforms, textbooks, and subsistence of cadets on an average yearly cost of not to exceed $475 per cadet; $683,000. Construction fund: For an additional amount for payment of obligations (exclusive of obligations for ship construction, reconditioning.

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