Chapter 193. To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 193.— An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes.February 25, 1927.[[H. R. 16547](/us/bill/69/hr/16547).][[Public, No. 641](/us/pl/69/641).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army.Buildings etc., authorized from Military Post Construction Fund. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3,680,000 from the net proceeds derived from the sale of surplus War Department real property, including the sale of surplus buildings, deposited in the Treasury, as authorized by the Act approved March 12, 1926*Ante*, p. 206.
(Public, Numbered 45, Sixty-ninth Congress), and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury ofAmount from the Treasury. the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,400,000, the total of said sums to be expended for the construction and installation at military posts of such buildings and utilities andPosts designated. appurtenances thereto as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, as follows: Schofield Barracks, hospital, $260,000;
Camp Lewis, Washington, hospital, $128,000. officers’ quarters, $72,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters, $30,000; Camp Devens, Massachusetts, hospital, $300,000; Fort Benning. Georgia, barracks, $465,000, hospital, $180,000: Fort Sam Houston, Texas, barracks, $300,000: Fort Bragg, North Carolina, barracks, $310,000, officers’ quarters. $72,000; noncommissioned officers’ quarters. $45,000; Camp Meade, Maryland, barracks, $300,000; Selfridge Field, Michigan, officers’ quarters, $72,000;
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, officers’ quarters. $72,000, noncommissioned officers’ quarters. $15,000; Fort Sill, Oklahoma, officers’ quarters, $72,000; Fort Riley, Kansas, officers’ quarters, $72,000; March Field, California, barracks, $550,000, officers’ quarters, $750,000; Kelly Field, Texas, barracks, $490,000: Brooks Field, Texas, barracks. $521,000: *Provided*, That any*Proviso*.Interchangeable unexpended balances. unexpended balances, or combined unexpended balances of any of the above amounts shall be available interchangeably for appropriation on any of the hospitals, barracks, or noncommissioned officers’ quarters herein authorized: *And provided further*, That hereafterCost of officers’ quarters limited. no part of this appropriation or any appropriation hereafter made shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the 1236 Array in the United States or its possessions, the total cost of which, including heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed in the case of an officer above the rank of captain, $14,500, and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, $12,500.
Sec. 2. Fort Jay, N. Y.The Secretary of War is authorized to construct barracks Barracks at, authorized.at Fort Jay, Governors Island. New York, for a regiment of Infantry, less one battalion, at a cost not exceeding $1,086,000. Sec. 3. Retransfer for fund, real property heretofore transferred to other activities and no longer needed.That in order to make further provision for the military post construction fund established by the Act approved March 12, 1926, the Secretary of War is authorized to cause to be retransferred to the War Department, subject to the approval of the President, all real property heretofore transferred, or any part thereof, since January 1, 1919, from the War Department to other departments, bureaus, branches, or activities of the Government and no longer actually and necessarily required for their use, respectively, and upon the retransfer to the War Department of any such property the Secretary of War shall report the same to the Congress with recommendations as to its sale and the deposit of the proceeds to the credit of the military post construction fund.
Approved, February 25, 1927.