Chapter 44.
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CHAP. 44.— Joint Resolution To allow the payment of bills lawfully incurred for construction work actually performed or construction material actually purchased and delivered prior to the approval of an Act approved July 11, 1919 (Public Numbered 7, Sixty-sixth Congress, H. R. 5227). August 12, 1919. [[H. J. Res. 165](/us/bill/66/hjres/165).] [[Pub. Res., No. 8](/us/bill/66/pubres/8).] Army construction work.Preamble.*Ante,* p. 128.Whereas by an Act approved July 11, 1919 (Public Numbered 7, Sixty-sixth Congress, H.
R. 5227), it is provided as follows: " “That no part of any of the appropriations made herein nor any of the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the support and maintenance of the Army or the Military Establishment shall be expended for the purchase of real estate for the construction of Army camps or cantonments except in such cases at National Army or National Guard camps or cantonments which were in use prior to November 11, 1918, where it has been or may be found more economical to the Government for the purpose of salvaging such camps or cantonments to buy real estate than to continue to pay rentals or claims for damages thereon, and except where industrial plants have been constructed or taken over by the Government for war purposes and the purchase of land is necessary in order to protect the interest of the Government”; and " Whereas doubt exists as to the proper interpretation of said provision and as to the intention of Congress in enacting the same:
Therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the foregoing provision Obligations for, incurred prior to prohibition in Army appropriation Act, to be paid.of said Act shall not be construed to prevent the payment from the unexpended balances of said appropriations of bills lawfully incurred for construction work actually performed or construction material actually purchased and actually produced under the terms of the contract prior to the approval of said Act.
Approved, August 12, 1919.