Public Law 91.
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(/us/pl/76/90)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the followingNavy Department and naval service appropriations for fiscal year 1940. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Navy Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, namely: NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT Office of the Secretary miscellaneous expenses For traveling expenses of civilian employees, including not toTraveling expenses. exceed $2,500 for the expenses of attendance, at home and abroad, upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar organizations when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the 53 Stat. 758 Experts.Navy Department; not to exceed $2,000 for the part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such experts and at such rates of compensation as may be contracted for Courts martial, etc.by and in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy; expenses of courts martial, purchase of law and reference books, expenses of prisoners and prisons, courts of inquiry, boards of investigations, examining boards, clerical assistance; witnesses’ fees and traveling Accident prevention, shore stations.expenses; not to exceed $15,000 for promoting accident prevention and safety in shore establishments of the Navy, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy; newspapers and periodicals Advertising.for the naval service; all advertising of the Navy Department and its bureaus (except advertising for recruits for the Bureau of Navigation); costs of suits; relief of vessels in distress; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; maintenance of attachés abroad, including Living quarters, etc.office rental and pay of employees, and not to exceed $12,000 in the aggregate or $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act [46 Stat. 818](/us/stat/46/818).[5 U. S. C. § 118a](/us/usc/t5/s118a).approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a); for contingencies for the Director of Naval Intelligence, to be expended in his discretion, not to exceed $1,000; the collection and classification of information; not to exceed $215,000 for telephone, telegraph, and teletype rentals and Telegrams, radiograms, cablegrams, etc.tolls, telegrams, radiograms, and cablegrams; postage, foreign and domestic, and post-office box rentals; necessary expenses for interned persons and prisoners of war under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, including funeral expenses for such interned persons or Damage claims.prisoners of war as may die while under such jurisdiction; payment of claims for damages as provided in the Act making appropriations [41 Stat. 132](/us/stat/41/132).[34 U. S. C. § 600](/us/usc/t34/s600).for the naval service for the fiscal year 1920, approved July 11, 1919 (34 U. S. C. 600) ; and other necessary and incidental expenses; in all, *Provisos*.Restriction on use in certain naval districts.$1,345,990: *Provided*, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the expense of any naval district in which there may be an active navy yard, naval training station, or naval operating base, unless the commandant of the naval district shall be also the commandant of one of such establishments: *Provided Group IV
(b)employees.further*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $515,000. contingent, navy Contingent, Navy.For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, exclusive of personal services, in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, to be expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and for examination of estimates for appropriations and of naval activities in the field for any branch of the naval service, $30,000, of which $2,500 shall be available immediately. care of lepers, and so forth, island of guam Care of lepers, etc., Guam and Culion, P.I.Naval station, Island of Guam: For maintenance and care of lepers, special patients, and for other purposes, including cost of transfer of lepers from Guam to the island of Culion, in the Philippines, and their maintenance, $22,000; for educational purposes, $15,000; in all, $37,000. 53 Stat. 759 naval research laboratory For laboratory and research work and other necessary work of theLaboratory and research work. Naval Research Laboratory for the benefit of the naval service, including operation and maintenance of a laboratory, additions to equipment necessary properly to carry on work in hand, maintenance of buildings and grounds, temporary employment of such scientific and technical civilian assistants as may become necessary, and subscriptions to technical periodicals, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, $370,000: *Provided*, That $60,000 of*Provisos*.Temporary employment of scientists, etc. this appropriation shall be available for the temporary employment of civilian scientists and technicists required on special problems: *Provided further*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriationGroup IV
(b)employees. for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $135,000, in addition to the amount authorized by the preceding proviso. operation and conservation of naval petroleum reserves To enable the Secretary of the Navy to carry out the provisionsConservation, operation, etc.[41 Stat. 813](/us/stat/41/813).[34 U. S. C. § 524](/us/usc/t34/s524). contained in the Act approved June 4, 1920 ( 34 U. S. C. 524), requiring him to conserve, develop, use, and operate the naval petroleum reserves, $70,000, of which amount not to exceed $20,000 shall beGroup IV
(b)employees. available for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department: *Provided*, That out of any sums appropriated for*Provisos*.Protective work on Reserve No. 1. naval purposes by this Act any portion thereof, not to exceed $10,000,000, shall be available to enable the Secretary of the Navy to protect Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, established by Executive order of September 2, 1912, pursuant to the Act of June 25, 1910 (43[36 Stat. 847](/us/stat/36/847).[43 U. S. C. §§ 141–143](/us/usc/t43/s141–143).Group IV
(b)employees. U. S. C. 141–143), by drilling wells and performing any work incident thereto, of which amount not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department: *Provided further*, That no part of the sum madeAgreement with adjoining landowners not to drill offset wells. available for the protection of this property shall be expended if a satisfactory agreement can be made with adjoining landowners not to drill offset wells for the purpose of producing oil. naval prison farms and prison personnel For the operation, maintenance, and improvement of naval prisonOperation, etc. farms and for the welfare, recreation, and education of prison personnel, to be expended under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, $12,000: *Provided*, That expenditures hereunder*Proviso*.Limitation on expenditures.[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c). shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION training, education, and welfare, navy Naval War College: For maintenance and operation, includingNaval War College, maintenance, etc. repairs, improvements, and care of grounds; services of a professor of international law, $2,000; services of lecturers, $2,000; and other 53 Stat. 760civilian services; library expenses, including the purchase, binding, and repair of books and periodicals and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; and including contingencies of the president of the Naval War College, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $1,000; and for other necessary expenses, $124,500; Naval training stations.Naval training stations: For maintenance, operation, and other necessary expenses, including repairs, improvements, and care of grounds of the naval training stations which follow: San Diego, California, $161,000; Newport, Rhode Island, $152,000; Great Lakes, Illinois, $244,000; Norfolk, Virginia, $465,000; Fleet training, gunnery, etc., prizes.Fleet training: For trophies and badges for excellence in gunnery, target practice, communication, engineering exercises, and for economy in fuel consumption, to be awarded under such rules as the Secretary of the Navy may formulate; for the purpose of recording, classifying, compiling, and publishing the rules and results; for the establishment and maintenance of shooting galleries, target houses, targets, and ranges; for hiring established ranges, and for transporting equipment to and from ranges; entrance fees in matches for the rifle team, and special equipment therefor, $55,690; Instruction.Instruction: For postgraduate instruction of officers in other than civil government and literature, including such amounts as may be Retirement annuities.[49 Stat. 1092](/us/stat/49/1092).[34 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1073–1073e](/us/usc/t34/s1073–1073e).necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act approved January 16, 1936 (34 U. S. C. 1073), and for special instruction, education, and individual training of officers and enlisted men at home and abroad, including maintenance of students abroad, except aviation training and submarine training otherwise appropriated for, $222,290: *Proviso*.Restriction on special educational courses, etc. *Provided*, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for or on account of any expense incident to giving special educational courses or post-graduate instruction to officers with view to qualifying them or better qualifying them for the performance of duties required to be performed by or in pursuance of law by officers of the Supply Corps, Construction Corps, or Exception.Corps of Civil Engineers, except present students and except such officers who are commissioned in such corps or who have not been commissioned in the line of the Navy more than three years and four months prior to the commencement of such educational courses or postgraduate instruction; Libraries.Libraries: For libraries, professional books, textbooks, religious books, periodicals, and newspaper subscriptions for ships and shore stations not otherwise appropriated for, $60,000; Welfare and recreation.Welfare and recreation: For welfare and recreation of the Navy, including periodicals and newspaper subscriptions, and not exceeding $4,000 for care and operation of schools at naval stations at Guantanamo Bay, Guam, and Tutuila, for the children of Naval and Marine Corps commissioned, enlisted, and civilian personnel, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, under such regulations as he may prescribe, $280,000; Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: For all expenses incident to the conduct of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps under such regulations as the President has prescribed or hereafter may [43 Stat. 1276](/us/stat/43/1276); [50 Stat. 563](/us/stat/50/563).[34 U. S. C. § 821; Supp. IV, § 821](/us/usc/t34/s821). prescribe under the provisions of section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925, as amended by the Act of August 6, 1937 (34 U. S. C. *Proviso*.Uniforms, equipment, etc.821), $142,000: *Provided*d, That uniforms and other equipment or material issued to the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in accordance with law may be furnished from surplus or reserve stocks of 53 Stat. 761the Navy without payment under this appropriation, except for actual expenses incurred in the manufacture or issue; In all, training, education, and welfare, Navy, $1,906,480: *Provided*,Total.*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, exclusive of temporary services, shall not exceed the following amounts, respectively: Naval War College, $77,000; Naval Training Station, San Diego, $3,050; Naval Training Station, Newport, $7,800; Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, $12,350; Naval Training Station, Norfolk, $2,100; Instruction, $22,300; Libraries, $19,115; Welfare and Recreation, $4,000. state marine schools, act of march 4, 1911 To reimburse the State of California, $25,000; the State of Massachusetts,Reimbursement of designated States for expenses. $25,000; the State of New York, $25,000; and the State of Pennsylvania, $25,000, 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 (34 U. S. C. 1121), and for the maintenance[36 Stat. 1353](/us/stat/36/1353).[34 U. S. C. § 1121; Supp. IV, § 1121](/us/usc/t34/s1121).Maintenance, etc., of vessels loaned. and repair of the particular vessels loaned by the United States to the said States on the date of the approval of this Act for use in connection with such State marine schools, $90,000, and no other vessels shall be furnished by or through the Navy Department; in all, $190,000. instruments and supplies, navy For supplies for seamen’s quarters; and for the purchase of allInstruments and supplies. other articles of equipage at home and abroad; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards; all pilotage and towage of ships of war; canal tolls, wharfage, dock and port charges, and other necessary incidental expenses of a similar nature; hire of launches or other small boats in Asiatic waters; quarantine expenses; services and materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments and repairs to same; compasses; compass fittings including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ship’s compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way and leads and other appliances for sounding; photographs? photographic instruments and materials, printing outfit and materials; music and musical instruments; commissions, warrants, diplomas, discharges, good-conduct badges, and medals for men and boys; transportation of effects of deceased officers, nurses, and enlisted men of the Navy, and of officers and men of the Naval Reserve who die while on duty; not to exceed $5,000 for contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify; and for the necessary civilian electricians for gyrocompass testing and inspection, $700,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $38,000. 53 Stat. 762 ocean and lake surveys, navy Hydrographic surveys.For hydrographic surveys, including the pay of the necessary hydrographic surveyors, cartographic draftsmen, and recorders, and for the purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, *Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees.$80,000: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $34,000. naval reserve Organizing, recruiting, etc.[52 Stat. 1175](/us/stat/52/1175); [49 Stat. 156](/us/stat/49/156).[34 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 852–853i, 842–848](/us/usc/t34/s852–853i/842–848).For all expenses not otherwise provided for, authorized by the “Naval Reserve Act of 1938”, and the Act approved April 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 156), in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, training, and drilling the Naval Reserve, including the designing, purchasing, and engraving of medals and trophies; medical supplies and equipment; purchase, maintenance, and operation Naval and Marine Corps Reserve, aviation activities.of ambulances; aviation materiel, equipment, and fuel in connection with the aviation activities of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve; maintenance and operation of floating equipment; and rental, maintenance, and operation of such shore stations as may be required in connection with Naval Reserve activities, $9,937,205, of which amount not more than $7,222,615 shall be available, in addition to other appropriations, for and on account of Naval and Marine Corps Reserve aviation; not more than $2,714,590 shall be available, in addition to other appropriations, for all other Naval Reserve Group IV
(b)employees.activities; and not more than $81,000 shall be available for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department: *Provided*, *Provisos*.Drills, limitation.That no part of any of the foregoing amounts shall be available for the performance of more than forty-eight drills per annum or other equivalent instruction or duty or appropriate duties: *Provided Reserve officers performing active duty.further*, That, except in time of war or during the existence of a national emergency declared by the President, no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to pay more than twenty officers of the Naval Reserve and four officers of the Marine Corps Reserve above the grade of lieutenant or captain, respectively, the pay and allowances of their grade for the performance of active duty other than the performance of drills or other equivalent instruction or duty, or appropriate duties and the performance of fifteen days’ active training duty, and other officers above such grades employed on such class of active duty (not to exceed four months in any calendar year) shall not be entitled to be paid a greater rate of pay and allowances than authorized by law for a lieutenant of the Navy or a captain of the Marine Corps entitled to not exceeding ten years’ Pay, allowances, etc., restriction.longevity pay: *Provided further*, That no appropriation made in this Act shall be available for pay, allowances, travel, or other expenses of any officer or enlisted men of the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve who may be drawing a pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay from the Government of the United States, and “retired pay” as here used shall not include the pay of members of the Fleet Reserve, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, or members on the honorary retired list of such Reserve forces. naval academy Pay of professors, etc.Pay, Naval Academy: For pay of professors and instructors, including one professor as librarian, and such amounts as may be 53 Stat. 763necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act approved JanuaryAnnuities.[49 Stat. 1092](/us/stat/49/1092).[34 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1073–1073e](/us/usc/t34/s1073–1073e).*Proviso*.Swordsmanship, etc., instruction. 16, 1936 (34 U. S. C. 1073), $294,938: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for the employment of more than nine masters and instructors in swordsmanship and physical training. For pay of other employees, $619,735: *Provided*, That the sumOther employees.*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules, in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, shall not exceed $263,539. Current and miscellaneous expenses, Naval Academy: For textCurrent, etc., expenses. and reference books for use of instructors; stationery, blank books and forms, models, maps, newspapers, and periodicals; apparatus and materials for instruction in physical training and athletics; expenses of lecturers and entertainments, not exceeding $3,000, includingLectures, etc. pay and expenses of lecturers and visiting clergymen; chemicals, philosophical apparatus and instruments, stores, machinery, tools, fittings, apparatus, materials for instruction purposes, and purchase of and engraving of trophies and badges, $50,600; for purchase,Books, purchase, repair, etc. binding, and repair of books for the library (to be purchased in the open market on the written order of the superintendent), $5,500; for purchase of the Culver collection of ship and ship modelPurchase of Culver collection. manuscripts, documents, books, photographs, prints, and so forth, $3,000; for expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy,Board of Visitors. $1,200; for contingencies for the Superintendent of the Academy, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $4,000; for contingencies for the commandant of midshipmen, to be expended in his discretion, not exceeding $1,200; in all, $65,500, to be accounted for as one fund. Maintenance and repairs, Naval Academy: For necessary repairsMaintenance and repairs. of public buildings, wharves, and walls enclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, accident prevention, improvements, repairs, and fixtures; for books, periodicals, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire engines; fire apparatus and plants, machinery; purchase and maintenance of all horses and horse-drawnHorses, vehicles, etc. vehicles for use at the academy, including the maintenance, operation, and repair of three horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles to be used only for official purposes; seeds and plants; tools and repairs of the same; stationery; furniture for Government-buildingsFurniture. and offices at the academy, including furniture for midshipmen’s rooms; coal and other fuels; candles, oil, and gas; attendance on light and power plants; cleaning and clearing up station and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, fire apparatus, and plants, and telephone, telegraph, and clock systems; incidental labor, advertising, water tax, postage, telephones, telegrams, tolls, and ferriage; flags and awnings; packing boxes; pay of inspectors and draftsmen; and music and astronomical instruments, $1,107,566, of which $2,000 shall be available exclusively on account of the collectionShip models bequeathed by Henry H. Rogers.*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. of ship models bequeathed by the late Henry H. Rogers: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $27,606. naval home, philadelphia, pennsylvania For pay of employees, $100,120: *Provided*, That the sum to be paidEmployees.*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien 53 Stat. 764schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $13,800; Maintenance.Maintenance: For water rent, heating, and lighting; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones; general care and improvements of grounds, buildings, walls, and fences; repairs to power-plant equipment, implements, tools, and furniture, and purchase of the same; music in chapel and entertainment for beneficiaries; stationery, books, and periodicals; transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, and of sick and insane beneficiaries, their attendants and necessary subsistence for both, to and from other Government Employment of beneficiaries.hospitals; employment of such beneficiaries in and about the Naval Home as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, on the recommendation of the governor; support of beneficiaries and all other contingent expenses, including the maintenance, repair, and operation of two motor-propelled vehicles, and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle to be used only for official purposes, $99,880; In all, Naval Home, $200,000. BUREAU OF ENGINEERING engineering Repairs, preservation of machinery, etc.For repairs, preservation, and renewal of machinery, auxiliary machinery, and boilers of naval vessels, yard craft, and ships’ boats, distilling and refrigerating apparatus; repairs, preservation, and renewals of electric interior and exterior signal communications and all Exceptions.electrical appliances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except range finders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and motors and their controlling apparatus used to operate machinery belonging to other bureaus; searchlights and fire-control equipments for antiaircraft defense at shore stations; maintenance and operation Equipage, supplies, etc.of coast signal service; equipage, supplies, and materials under the cognizance of the Bureau required for the maintenance and operation of naval vessels, yard craft, and ships’ boats; purchase, installation, repair, and preservation of machinery, tools, and appliances in navy Field force.yards and stations, accident prevention, pay of classified field force under the Bureau; incidental expenses for naval vessels, navy yards, and stations, inspectors’ offices, the engineering experiment station, such as photographing? technical books and periodicals, stationery, and instruments; services, instruments, machines and auxiliaries, apparatus and supplies, and technical books and periodicals necessary Annapolis, Md., engineering experiment station.to carry on experimental and research work; maintenance and equipment of buildings and grounds at the engineering experiment station, Annapolis, Maryland; payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any persons so employed, and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty; Contracts.in all, $26,317,500, and, in addition, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1940, for the procurement of tools to an amount not in excess of $1,035,800, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government *Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees.for the payment of the cost thereof: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $2,000,000. 53 Stat. 765 BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR construction and repair For designing naval vessels, including services, instruments, apparatus,Designing of naval vessels, etc. and materials necessary for experimental and research work; payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed, and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty; maintenance,Maintenance, etc., of vessels. repairs, and alterations of vessels; care and preservation of vessels out of commission; docking of vessels; salvage and salvage services for naval floating property; construction and repair of district and yard craft; purchase and manufacture of equipage, appliances, supplies,Equipage, supplies, etc. and materials at home and abroad as required for the maintenance, repair, alteration, and operation of naval vessels and district and yard craft; carrying on work of the experimental model basin and wind tunnel; tools and appliances for all purposes in navy yards and naval stations; labor in navy yards and naval stations and elsewhere at home and abroad; accident prevention; pay of classified field force,Field force. including employees in material inspection and superintending constructors’ offices; incidental expenses at navy yards and naval stations and in material inspection and superintending constructors’ offices such as photographing, technical and professional books and magazines, plans, stationery, drafting instruments, and other materials, $24,422,500, and, in addition, the Secretary of the Navy may enter intoContracts. contracts prior to July 1, 1940, for the procurement of tools to an amount not in excess of $1,035,800, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $1,655,000. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE ordnance and ordnance stores, navy For procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnanceProcuring, preserving, etc. material for the armament of ships; for the purchase and manufacture of torpedoes and appliances; for the purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder; for fuel, material, and labor to be used in theFuel, material, and labor. general work under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ordnance; for furniture at naval ammunition depots, torpedo stations, naval ordnance plants, and proving grounds; for technical books; plant appliances as now defined by the “Navy Classification of Accounts”; for machineryExperimental work. and machine tools; for accident prevention; for experimental work in connection with the development of ordnance material for the Navy; for maintenance of proving grounds, powder factory, torpedo stations, gun factory, ammunition depots, and naval ordnance plants, and for target practice; not to exceed $20,000 for minor improvements to buildings, grounds, and appurtenances of a character which can be performed by regular station labor; for payment of part-timeScientists, etc. or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed, and payment of the travel 53 Stat. 766expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve Vehicles.ordered to active duty; for the maintenance, repair, and operation of horse-drawn and motor-propelled freight and passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes at naval ammunition depots, naval proving grounds, naval ordnance plants, and naval torpedo stations; for the pay of chemists, clerical, drafting, inspection, and messenger service in navy yards, naval stations, naval ordnance Schools at designated stations.plants, and naval ammunition depots, and for care and operation of schools at ordnance stations at Indianhead, Maryland; Dahlgren, Virginia; and South Charleston, West Virginia, $32,548,000: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees.That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $1,460,000. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel Pay of naval personnel.*Post*, p. 1321.Aerial flights, increased pay; restrictions.Pay of naval personnel: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty and other duty, and officers on waiting orders, pay $37,037,664, including not to exceed $1,887,045 for increased pay for making aerial flights, no part of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by more than five officers above the rank of captain, nor by nonflying officers or observers at rates in excess of those prescribed by law for the Army, which shall be the legal maximum rates as to such nonflying officers or observers; Rent and subsistence.Retired officers.Hire of quarters.rental allowance, $7,698,476; subsistence allowance, $4,657,071; in all, $49,393,211; officers on the retired list, $9,801,590; for hire of quarters for officers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to accommodate them, and hire of quarters for officers and enlisted men on sea duty at such times as they may be deprived of their quarters on board ship due to repairs or other conditions which may render them uninhabitable, Enlisted men on retired list.$7,865; pay of enlisted men on the retired list, $9,452,619; interest on deposits by men, $8,400; pay of petty officers (not to exceed an average of nine thousand and forty-four chief petty officers, of which number those with a permanent appointment as chief petty officer shall not exceed an average of seven thousand nine hundred), seamen, landsmen, and apprentice seamen, including men in the engineer’s force and men detailed for duty with the Bureau of Fisheries, enlisted men, men in trade schools, pay of enlisted men of the Hospital Prizes, etc.Corps, extra pay for men as authorized by law, and cash prizes (not to exceed $113,050) for men for excellence in gunnery, target practice, communication, and engineering competitions, $96,252,950; Outfits, clothing, etc.outfits for all enlisted men and apprentice seamen of the Navy on first enlistment, civilian clothing not to exceed $15 per man to men given discharges for bad conduct or undesirability or inaptitude, Reimbursement for certain losses.reimbursement in kind of clothing to persons in the Navy for losses in cases of marine or aircraft disasters or in the operation of water-or Nurse Corps.air-borne craft, and the authorized issue of clothing and equipment to the members of the Nurse Corps, $2,195,222; pay of enlisted men undergoing sentence of court martial, $35,445, and as many machinists as the President may from time to time deem necessary to appoint; pay and allowances of the Nurse Corps, including assistant superintendents, directors, and assistant directors—pay, $545,740; rental allowance, $38,400; subsistence allowance, $24,156; pay retired 53 Stat. 767list, $315,333; in all, $923,629; rent of quarters for members of the Nurse Corps; pay and allowances of transferred and assigned men ofFleet Naval Reserve.Property losses.[40 Stat. 389](/us/stat/40/389); [44 Stat. 1368](/us/stat/44/1368).34 U.S.C. §§ 981–983. the Fleet Naval Reserve, $15,144,575; reimbursement for losses of property as provided in the Act approved October 6, 1917 (34 U. S. C. 981, 982), as amended by the Act of March 3, 1927 (34 U. S. C. 983), $10,000; payment of six months’ death gratuity, $230,039; in all, $183,455,545; and, except during war or nationalActive duty pay, etc., to retired officers; restriction. emergency declared by the President to exist, no part of such sum shall be available to pay active-duty pay and allowances to officers on the retired list, except seven for assignments filled on SeptemberExceptions. 30, 1937, exclusive of the assignments at the Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia, and in the Treasury Department, three for duty exclusively with the Maritime Commission, two for duty exclusively in connection with the naval petroleum reserves, one for duty as curator of the Naval Academy Museum, and one for duty at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, District of Columbia, and except retired officers temporarily ordered to active duty as members of retiring and selection boards as authorized by law: *Provided*, That, except for*Proviso*.Enlisted men as household servants. the public quarters occupied by the Chief of Office of Naval Operations, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and messes temporarily set up on shore for officers attached to seagoing vessels, to aviation units based on seagoing vessels including officers’ messes at the fleet air bases, and to landing forces and expeditions, and in addition not to exceed forty in number at such places as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Navy, no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the pay, allowances, or other expenses of any enlisted man or civil employee performing service in the residence or quarters of an officer or officers on shore as a cook, waiter, or other work of a character performed by a household servant, but nothing herein shall beVoluntary, etc., services. construed as preventing the voluntary employment in any such capacity of a retired enlisted man or a transferred member of the Fleet Naval Reserve without additional expense to the Government, nor theSale of meals to officers. sale of meals to officers by general messes on shore as regulated by detailed instructions from the Navy Department; Subsistence of naval personnel: For provisions and commutedSubsistence of naval personnel. rations for enlisted men of the Navy, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes in case of death or desertion, upon orders of the commanding officers, at 50 cents per diem, and midshipmen at 75 cents per diem, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited at the rate of 70 cents per ration to the naval hospital fund; subsistence of men unavoidablyUnavoidable absences. detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); quarters and subsistenceDetached duty. of men on detached duty; subsistence of members of theNaval Reserve, active duty. Naval Reserve during period of active service; subsistence in kind at hospitals and on board ship in lieu of subsistence allowance of female nurses and Navy and Marine Corps general courts-martial prisoners undergoing imprisonment with sentences of dishonorable discharge from the service at the expiration of such confinement; in all, $21,421,261: *Provided*, That no part of this or any other*Proviso*.Procurement of food articles not produced in United States, restriction. appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any article of food not grown or produced in the United States or its possessions, except articles of food not so grown or produced or which cannot be procured in sufficient quantities as and when needed, and except procurements by vessels or establishments in foreign waters or countries for the personnel attached thereto; 53 Stat. 768 Transportation and recruiting.Transportation and recruiting of naval personnel: For mileage and actual and necessary expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law to officers of the Navy while traveling under orders, including the cost of a compartment or such other accommodations, as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, for security when secret documents are transported by officer messenger, Attendance at meetings.and including not to exceed $5,000 for the expenses of attendance, at home and abroad, upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such attendance would be of benefit Midshipmen, etc.in the conduct of the work of the Navy Department; for mileage, at 5 cents per mile, to midshipmen entering the Naval Academy while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as midshipmen, and not more than $2,500 shall be available for transportation of midshipmen, including reimbursement of traveling expenses while traveling under orders, after appointment as midshipmen; for actual traveling expenses of female Enlisted men, etc.nurses; for travel allowance or for transportation and subsistence as authorized by law of enlisted men upon discharge; transportation of enlisted men and apprentice seamen and applicants for enlistment at home and abroad, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; transportation to their home, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentice seamen discharged on medical survey, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; transportation of sick or insane enlisted men and apprentice seamen and insane supernumerary patients to hospitals, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; Apprehension of deserters, etc.apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway, steamship, and airway guides and other expenses incident to Recruiting.transportation; expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for and obtaining men and apprentice seamen; actual and necessary expenses in lieu of mileage to officers on duty with traveling recruiting Transportation of dependents.Funeral escorts.parties; transportation of dependents of officers and enlisted men, $1,045,592; expenses of funeral escorts of naval personnel; actual expenses of officers and midshipmen while on shore-patrol duty, including the hire of automobiles when necessary for the use of shore-patrol detachment; in all, $5,642,411; Total.In all, for pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval personnel, including members of the Naval Reserve when called to active duty in time of war or during the existence of a national emergency Amount immediately available.declared by the President, $210,519,217, and $1,000,000 of such amount shall be available immediately, and the money herein specifically appropriated for “Pay, subsistence, and transportation of naval Accounting.personnel” shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with *Provisos*.Additional medical detail, Veterans’ Administration patients in naval hospitals.existing law and shall constitute one fund: *Provided*, That additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the United States Veterans’ Administration in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to the numbers appropriated Restrictions on admissions to Naval Academy after January 30, 1939.for in this Act: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the pay of any midshipmen whose admission subsequent to January 30, 1939, would result in exceeding at any time an allowance of four midshipmen for each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; of one midshipman for Puerto Rico, a native of the island, appointed on nomination of the Governor, and of four midshipmen from Puerto Rico appointed on nomination of the Resident Commissioner; and of four midshipmen from the Appointments at large, from enlisted men, etc.District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or modify in any way existing laws relative 53 Stat. 769to the appointment of midshipmen at large, from the enlisted personnel of the naval service, from the Naval Reserve, from honor graduates of military schools or Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shallSea service requirements of appointees from enlisted men. be available for the pay of any midshipman appointed from enlisted men of the Navy who has not served aboard a vessel of the Navy in full commission for at least nine months prior to admission to the Naval Academy. maintenance, bureau of supplies and accounts For equipage, supplies, and services under the cognizance of theMaintenance. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, including stationery for commanding, executive, communication, and navigating officers of ships, boards and courts on ships, and chaplains; commissions, interest, and exchange; ferriage and bridge tolls, including streetcar fares; rent of buildings and offices not in navy yards except for use of naval attachés and recruiting officers; accident prevention; services of civilian employees under the cognizance of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts; freight, express, and parcel-post charges, includingFreight, etc., charges. transportation of funds and cost of insurance on shipments of money when necessary; for transportation on Government-owned vessels, notwithstanding the provisions of other law, of privately owned automobiles of Regular Navy and Marine Corps personnel upon change of station, and ice for cooling drinking water on shore (except at naval hospitals and shops at industrial navy yards), pertaining to the Navy Department and Naval Establishment, $10,524,000, of which amount $500,000 shall be available immediately: *Provided*, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained*Provisos*.Supply or replacement of kitchen, etc., ware for officers’ quarters ashore forbidden. in this Act shall be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the residences or quarters of officers on shore, except for messes temporarily set up on shore for officers attached to seagoing vessels, to aviation units based on seagoing vessels, to the fleet air bases, or to landing forces and expeditions: *Provided further*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation forGroup IV
(b)employees. employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $4,900,000: *Provided further*, That,Use of certain receipts for current expenditures; accounting. without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States and withdrawal on money requisitions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Navy and Marine Corps on disbursing duty and charged in their official accounts may be used by them as required for current expenditures, all necessary bookkeeping adjustments of appropriations, funds, and accounts to be made in the settlement of their disbursing accounts. clothing, naval reserve The clothing and small-stores fund shall be charged with theClothing and small-stores, Naval Reserve. value of all issues of clothing and small stores made to aviation cadets and enlisted men of the Naval Reserve and the uniform gratuity paid to officers and aviation cadets of the Naval Reserve. naval supply account fund To increase the Naval Supply Account Fund established by theNaval Supply Account Fund.[41 Stat. 1169](/us/stat/41/1169).[31 U. S. C. § 644](/us/usc/t31/s644). Act approved March 1, 1921 (31 U. S. C. 644), an amount not to exceed such sum or sums as may be deposited from time to time in the Treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, to the credit of “Miscellaneous receipts”, realized from the sale of old material, condemned 53 Stat. 770stores, supplies, or other surplus public property of any kind belonging to the Navy Department and not otherwise reappropriated. strategic and critical materials Procurement and transportation.*Provisos*.Use restricted.For the procurement and transportation of strategic and critical materials, $500,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That materials acquired hereunder shall not be issued for current use in time of peace without the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, except that materials acquired under this title may be issued for current use when replaced by materials purchased from current Determination of.appropriations: *Provided further*, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary of the Navy shall determine what materials are strategic and critical. reserve material, navy Procurement and maintenance of stores as reserve.For procuring and maintaining stores of materials (except ordnance materials) as a reserve for use in the national defense in time of war or when, in the opinion of the President, a national emergency exists, to be immediately available and to continue available until *Proviso*.Use of; reimbursement.expended, $750,374: *Provided, however*, That materials purchased with funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be used for current naval purposes whenever a demand exists therefor in order to avoid deterioration or obsolescence, and when so used the cost thereof shall be reimbursed to this appropriation from applicable naval appropriations. fuel and transportation, navy Fuel and transportation.For coal and other fuel for submarine bases and steamers’ and ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same and the removal of fuel refuse from ships; maintenance and general operation of machinery of naval fuel depots and fuel plants; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, and ice for the cooling of water, including the expense of transportation and storage of both, $8,401,075, of which $1,000,000 shall be immediately *Provisos*.Issue to be charged to applicable appropriation.available: *Provided*, That fuel acquired other than by purchase shall not be issued without charging the applicable appropriation with the cost of such fuel at the rate current at the time of issue for Use of fuel on hand.fuel purchased: *Provided further*, That the President may direct the use, wholly or in part, of fuel on hand, however acquired, to be charged at the last issue rate for fuel acquired by purchase, when, in his judgment, prices quoted for supplying fuel are excessive. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY medical department Surgeons’ necessaries.Civil establishment.For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in commission, navy yards, naval stations, and Marine Corps; and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy yards, naval medical supply depots, Naval Medical Center, Naval Medical School, and Naval Dispensary, Washington, and Naval Academy; for tolls and ferriages; purchase of books and stationery; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; sanitary, hygienic, administrative, and special instruction, including the issuing of naval medical bulletins and supplements; Vehicles, etc.purchase and repairs of non-passenger-carrying wagons, automobile ambulances, and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; maintenance, repair, and operation of three passenger-carrying motor vehicles for Naval Dispensary, Washington, District 53 Stat. 771of Columbia, and of one motor-propelled vehicle for official use only for the medical officer on out-patient medical service at the Naval Academy; trees, plants, care of grounds, garden tools, and seeds; incidental articles for the Naval Medical Center, Naval MedicalNaval Medical Center, etc. School, and Naval Dispensary, Washington, naval medical supply depots, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks; washing for medical department at Naval Medical Center, Naval Medical School, and Naval Dispensary, Washington, naval medical supply depots, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy yards and naval stations, and ships; and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the Naval Medical School and naval medical supply depots; for dental outfits and dental material; and all other necessary contingent expenses; in all, $2,600,000: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $135,000. care of the dead For the care of the dead; for funeral expenses and interment orInterment and transportation. transportation to their homes or to designated cemeteries of the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, of members of the Nurse Corps, reservists on active or training duty, and accepted applicants for enlistment, civilian employees of theCivilian employees dying abroad. Navy Department and Naval Establishment who die outside of the continental limits of the United States, and former enlisted men who are discharged while in hospitals and are inmates of said hospitals on the date of their death; for funeral expenses and interment of the remains of pensioners and destitute patients who die in naval hospitals; for purchase and care of cemetery lots; for care of graves outside of the continental limits of the United States, including those in sites not owned by the United States; for removal of remains from abandoned cemeteries to naval or national cemeteries, or to their homes, including remains interred in isolated graves at home and abroad, and remains temporarily interred, $70,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Retired officers, etc., on active duty. That the above provision shall apply in the case of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps on the retired list who die while on active duty. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS maintenance, bureau of yards and docks For the labor, materials, and supplies necessary, as determinedGeneral maintenance, etc. by the Secretary of the Navy, for the general maintenance of the activities and properties now or hereafter under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, including accident prevention, and including such sum as may be necessary incident to the utilizationNew Orleans, La., Naval Station, utilization.Vehicles. of the Naval Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, for vessels to be placed and maintained in a decommissioned status; the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles for the Navy Department (not to exceed ten in number) and the Naval Establishment not otherwise provided for; not to exceed $1,550,000Group IV
(b)employees. for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, and part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such engineers and architects as may be 53 Stat. 772contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members *Provisos*.Limitation on vehicle purchases.of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $8,530,000: *Provided*, That during the fiscal year 1940 the motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective numbers and costs: One at $1,800 for the use of the Secretary of the Navy, four at $1,600 each, ten at $600 each, six motorbusses at $4,500 each, and motortruck chasses with station-wagon-type Maintenance, operation, repair, etc.bodies as required: *Provided further*, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including the compensation of civilian chauffeurs and the compensation of any greater number than ninety enlisted men detailed to such duty, shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, exclusive of such vehicles owned and operated by the Marine Corps in connection with expeditionary duty without the continental limits of the United States, motorbusses, station-wagon motortrucks, and motorcycles, and on any one vehicle, except busses and ambulances, shall not exceed for maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants, one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case not more than $400. contingent, bureau of yards and docks Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses and minor extensions and improvements of public works at navy yards and stations, $140,000. public works, bureau of yards and docks Public works, etc.For public works and public utilities, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Use of unexpended balances.$55,328,550, which, together with the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made under this head, shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund, which fund shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Act *Ante*, p. 591.approved April 25, 1939 (Public, Numbered 43, Seventy-sixth Congress), insofar as they relate to naval public works and utilities projects and for part-time and intermittent employment by contract of scientists, technicists, and other personnel and payment of travel expenses of members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty:*Provisos*.Amount immediately available. Personal services. *Provided*, That of the amount herein appropriated under this head $10,000,000 shall be immediately available: *Provided further*, That not to exceed 2½ per centum of the aggregate amount available on July 1, 19392 shall be available for the employment of classified personal services in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and in the field service to be engaged upon such work and to be in addition to Construction, etc., of authorized projects.employees otherwise provided for: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to commence, continue, or complete the construction of, or make provision for, by contract or otherwise, projects heretofore authorized and appropriated for under this head, and, in addition, the folio wing-named public works and public utilities projects at a limit of cost not to exceed the amount stated for each project enumerated, respectively: Additional base facilities.*Ante*, p. 590.Base facilities, Navy: Additional facilities as authorized by the Act approved April 25, 1939 (Public, Numbered 43, Seventy-sixth Congress), including the acquisition of land and the construction of buildings and accessories, at or in the vicinity of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Midway Island; Johnston Island; Palmyra Island; Kodiak, 53 Stat. 773Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Pensacola, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; Banana River, Florida; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Tongue Point, Oregon; and the acquisition of land at Norfolk, Virginia, and Quonset Point, Rhode Island, $63,000,000; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Outside machine andPortsmouth, N. H., Navy Yard. pipe shop and accessories for new ship construction, $225,000; additional power generation and distribution, $555,000; accessory construction for new shipbuilding ways, $106,000; special high-speed weight-handling equipment for new ship construction, $100,000; Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Extension of machine shopBoston, Mass., Navy Yard. and accessories and incidental work for ship construction, $735,000; two shipway cranes for ship construction, $125,000; special high-speed weight-handling equipment for new ship construction, $185,000; Navy Yard, New York, New York: Completion of shipways numberedNew York, N. Y., Navy Yard. 2 for forty-five thousand-ton battleship, $1,400,000; additional power generation for new ship construction, $200,000; special high-speed weight-handling equipment for ship construction, $110,000; improvement of berths 11 and 12 and pier “G” to facilitate berthing ships under three hundred and fifty-ton crane, $750,000; turret and erection shop buildings and accessories and facilities, including purchase of land, $3,300,000; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Material assembly shopPhiladelphia, Pa., Navy Yard. and accessories for new ship construction and power-service lines, $460,000; improvement of pier numbered 2 and fitting-out pier numbered 5 to facilitate new ship construction, $510,000; improvement of shipways numbered 2 for the construction of a forty-five-thousand-ton battleship, $560,000; Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: Improvement of powerNaval Academy, Annapolis, Md. plant, $350,000; Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: Centralized officesWashington, D. C., Navy Yard. and drafting rooms, $825,000; extension of power distribution for naval ordnance construction, $200,000; foundry storage facilities, $30,000; Navy Yard, Washington (Bellevue), District of Columbia: Fuse loading plant building and accessories for new ship ammunition, $200,000; extension of storehouses numbered 2 and 4 for storage of ordnance material and equipment, $200,000; railroad brow and extension of railroad tracks for car handling, $40,000; weight handling and transportation equipment, $60,000; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Storehouse and accessories forNorfolk, Va., Navy Yard. battleship materials and equipment, $225,000; subassembly building and accessories for new ship construction, $600,000; additional power generation and distribution for new ship construction, $1,025,000; railroad cars for handling shipbuilding materials, $80,000; Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia: Improvement of heatingNaval Operating Base. plant, $100,000; Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina: Plate storage yard andCharleston, S. C., Navy Yard. pickling plant for new ship construction materials, $105,000; completion of shipbuilding facilities, $262,000; drydock crane, $135,000; improvement and rearrangement of existing shops, $123,000; labor-board building, $50,000; riggers and laborers shop building (to replace structure destroyed by fire on May 2, 1939), $150,000; two fifteen-ton shipbuilding cranes, $150,000; Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Provision of additionalPuget Sound, Wash., Navy Yard. office space for new ship design drafting rooms, $60,000; Navy Yard, Mare Island, California: Accessory construction forMare Island, Calif., Navy Yard. dry dock numbered 3, $500,000; Fourteenth Naval District: Mooring facilities, $125,000; improvementFourteenth Naval District. of channels and harbors, $1,000,000; 53 Stat. 774 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Navy Yard.Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Purchase of land, $165,000; barracks and mess hall and accessories for enlisted men, $225,000; roads, walks, and services, $50,000; Guantanamo, Cuba, Naval Station.Naval Station, Guantanamo, Cuba: Improvement of piers, $190,000; Annapolis, Md., Naval Radio Station.*Proviso*.Acquisition of land; conditions.*Ante*, p. 638.Naval Radio Station, Annapolis, Maryland: Facilities, including buildings, accessories, and submarine cable, $162,000: *Provided*, That the appropriation contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, for the acquisition of land for such station shall not be available for the acquisition, free from all encumbrances, of less than three hundred and two and twenty-five one-hundredths acres; New London, Conn., Submarine Base.Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut: Replacement, repair, and improvement of facilities and electric system on or adjacent to piers, $225,000; Coco Solo, C. Z., Submarine Base.Submarine Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Barracks, mess hall, laundry, and boiler plant buildings and accessories, $975,000; Mare Island, Calif., Naval Ammunition Depot.Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island, California: Additional ammunition storage facilities for ships under construction, $275,000; Newport, R. I., Naval Torpedo Station.Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: Extension of assembly building and accessories for torpedoes for ships under construction, $670,000; extension of automatic machine shop for construction of torpedoes for new ships, $275,000; improvement of electric-distribution system, Gould Island, $25,000; Philadelphia, Pa., Naval Aircraft Factory.Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Aeronautical engine and materials laboratory buildings and equipment, $2,000,000; Coco Solo, C. Z., Fleet Air Base.Fleet Air Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Quarters and accessories for officers, $200,000; roads, walks, and services, $57,000; Alameda, Calif., Naval Air Station. [49 Stat. 1901](/us/stat/49/1901).Naval Air Station, Alameda, California: To continue the development authorized by the Act approved June 24, 1936 (49 Stat., pp. 1901, 1902), as amended, $4,318,000; Quantico, Va., Marine Barracks.Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia: Replace buildings, $750,000. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AVIATION, NAVY Designated aviation expenses.For aviation, as follows: For navigational, photographic, aerological, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1939, $1,500,000; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air stations, fleet air bases, fleet and all other aviation activities, accident prevention, testing laboratories, overhauling of planes, technical periodicals, and the purchase for aviation purposes only of special clothing, wearing apparel, and special equipment, Helium.*Ante*, p. 724.$24,900,000, including not to exceed $50,000 for the procurement of helium, which sum of $50,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1939, in addition to which sum the Bureau of Mines may use for helium-plant operation in the fiscal year 1940 the unexpended balance of funds transferred to it for such operation in the fiscal year 1939, and the Bureau may lease, after competition, surplus metal cylinders Experiments and development work.acquired for use as helium containers; for continuing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, including the payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $9,500,000; 53 Stat. 775for new construction and procurement of aircraft and equipment,New construction, etc. spare parts and accessories, $46,898,000, of which amount not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be available for the payment of obligationsIncurred obligations. incurred under the contract authorization carried in the Navy Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939; in all, $82,798,000, andAggregate; accounting. the money herein specifically appropriated for “Aviation” shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out*Provisos*.Group IV
(b)employees. of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $1,966,500: *Provided further*, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated,Contracts for new airplanes, etc. the Secretary of the Navy may, prior to July 1, 1941, enter into contracts for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts and accessories, to an amount not in excess of $20,000,000: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of theTransfer of sums for traveling expenses. Treasury is authorized and directed, upon the request of the Secretary of the Navy, to transfer not to exceed in the aggregate $50,000 from this appropriation to the appropriations “Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy” and “Pay, Marine Corps” to cover authorized traveling expenses of officers and enlisted men in connection with flying new airplanes from contractor’s works to assigned station or ship, including travel to contractor’s works and return of personnel to stations of duty, and the amount so transferred shall be in addition to any limitations contained in the appropriations “Pay, subsistence, and transportation, Navy” and “Pay, Marine Corps”: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriationAirplane factory construction forbidden.Adjustment of damage claims. shall be used for the construction of a factory for the manufacture of airplanes: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, and pay out of this appropriation the amounts due on claims for damages which have occurred or may occur to private property growing out of the operations of naval aircraft where such claim does not exceed the sum of $500. MARINE CORPS pay, marine corps Pay of officers, active list: For pay and allowances prescribed byPay, etc., officers on active list.*Post*, p. 1322.Aerial flights, limitation on increased pay for. law for all officers on the active list—pay and allowance, $4,488,083, including not to exceed $263,994 for increased pay for making aerial flights, none of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by nonflying officers at a rate in excess of $1,440 per annum, which shall be the legal maximum rate as to such nonflying officers; subsistence allowance, $637,728; rental allowance, $799,735;Allowances. in all, $5,925,546; and no part of such sum shall be available to pay active-duty pay and allowances to officers on the retired list; For pay of officers prescribed by law on the retired list, $1,739,000;Retired officers. Pay of enlisted men, active list: For pay and allowances of non-commissionedEnlisted men, active list. officers, musicians, and privates, as prescribed by law, and for the expenses of clerks of the United State Marine Corps traveling under orders, including not to exceed $250 for the expenses ofAttendance at meetings. attendance upon meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the work of the Marine Corps, and including additional compensation for enlisted men of the Marine Corps qualified as expert riflemen, sharpshooters, marksmen, or regularly detailed as gun captains, gun pointers, cooks, messmen, including interest on deposits by enlisted 53 Stat. 776men, post-exchange debts of deserters, and of men discharged or sentenced to terms of imprisonment while in debt to the United States, under such rules as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, and the authorized travel allowance of discharged enlisted men, and for prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and target practices, and communication competitions, and for pay of enlisted men designated as Navy mail clerks and assistant Navy mail clerks both afloat and ashore, and for gratuities to enlisted men discharged not under Pay and allowances.honorable conditions—pay and allowances, $9,192,143; allowance for lodging and subsistence, $735,848; in all, $9,927,991; Retired enlisted men.For pay and allowances prescribed by law of enlisted men on the retired list, $877,481; Undrawn clothing.Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged enlisted men for clothing undrawn, $208,850; Marine Corps Reserve.For pay and allowances of the Marine Corps Reserve
(a)excluding transferred and assigned men, $1,000,913;
(b)transferred and assigned men, $534,219; in all, $1,535,132; Mileage, etc.For mileage and actual and necessary expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law to officers traveling under orders without troops, $175,000; Aggregate; accounting.In all, $20,389,000, and the money herein specifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund. pay of civil employees, marine corps Civil force.Pay of civil force: For personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Offices of the Major General Commandant and adjutant inspector, $136,200; Office of the paymaster, $48,700; *Proviso*.Number of enlisted men at headquarters.Office of the quartermaster, $152,920; in all, $337,820: *Provided*, That the total number of enlisted men on duty at Marine Corps Headquarters on May 7, 1930, shall not be increased, and in lieu of enlisted men whose services at such headquarters shall be terminated for any Filling of vacancies by civilians; pay rates.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).cause prior to July 1, 1940, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, either or both the appropriations “Pay, Marine Corps” and “General expenses, Marine Corps” shall be available. general expenses, marine corps General expenses.For every expenditure requisite for, and incident to, the authorized work of the Marine Corps, other than as appropriated for under the headings of pay and salaries, as follows: Provisions, etc.For provisions, subsistence, board, and lodging of enlisted men, recruits and recruiting parties, and applicants for enlistment; cash allowance for lodging and subsistence to enlisted men traveling on duty; ice, ice machines and their maintenance, $2,961,255; Clothing.For clothing for enlisted men, $1,125,000; Fuel, etc.For fuel, heat, light, and power, including sales to officers, $635,000; Military supplies, etc.For military supplies and equipment, including their purchase, repair, preservation, and handling; recreational, school, educational, library, musical, amusement, field sport and gymnasium supplies, equipment, services, and incidental expenses; purchase and marking of prizes for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges, medals, and buttons awarded to officers and enlisted men by the Government for conspicuous, gallant, and special service; rental and maintenance of target ranges and entrance fees for competitions, $940,000; Transportation, etc.For transportation of troops and applicants for enlistment, including cash in lieu of ferriage and transfers en route; toilet kits for issue 53 Stat. 777to recruits upon their first enlistment and other incidental expenses of the recruiting service; and for transportation for dependents ofDependents. officers and enlisted men, $340,000; For repairs and improvements to barracks, quarters, and other publicRepairs, etc., to barracks, quarters, etc. buildings at posts and stations; for the renting, leasing, and improvement of buildings in the District of Columbia, and at such other places as the public exigencies require, and the erection of temporary buildings upon the approval of the Secretary of the Navy at a total cost of not to exceed $10,000 during the year, $690,000; For forage and stabling of public animals and the authorizedForage, etc. number of officers’ horses, $16,000; For miscellaneous supplies, material, equipment, personal and otherMiscellaneous supplies, etc. services, and for other incidental expenses for the Marine Corps not otherwise provided for; purchase, repair, and exchange of typewriters and calculating machines; purchase and repair of furniture and fixtures; repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; andVehicles, etc. purchase, exchange, and repair of horse-drawn passenger-carrying and other vehicles, including parts; veterinary services and medicinesHorses, etc. for public animals and the authorized number of officers’ horses; purchase of mounts and horse equipment for all officers below the grade of major required to be mounted; shoeing for public animals and the authorized number of officers’ horses; books, newspapers, and periodicals; printing and binding; packing and crating of officers’Printing and binding.Funeral expenses. allowance of baggage; funeral expenses of officers and enlisted men and accepted applicants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty, including the transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to the homes of the deceased in the United States; construction, operation, and maintenance of laundries;Laundries. care and operation of schools at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, and Parris Island, South Carolina; and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, $2,212,000: *Provided*, That there may be*Proviso*.Purchase of vehicles. expended out of this appropriation (including the exchange value of any vehicle that may be used as part payment) for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, the gross cost of any one vehicle not to be in excess of the respective amounts as follows: Eight at $750 each; and five motorcycles at $425 each; Marine Corps Reserve: For clothing, including clothing for aviationMarine Corps Reserve. cadets, subsistence, heat, light, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, $300,000; Expenses, Marine Band, United Confederate Veterans’ Reunion,Marine Band, expenses in attending designated meetings. Trinidad, Colorado, and National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For expenses of the United States Marine Band in attending the United Confederate Veterans’ 1939 Reunion at Trinidad, Colorado, August 22 to 25, 1939, and in attending the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 27 to September 1, 1939, as authorized by the Acts approved April 20, 1939, and April 24,*Ante*, pp. 582, 590. 1939, $13,000; In all, $9,232,255, to be accounted for as one fund: *Provided*, ThatAccounting.*Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees. the sum to be paid out of this appropriation for employees assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed $115,000. alteration to naval vessels Toward the alterations and repairs required for the purpose ofU. S. S. “Lexington” and “Saratoga”, alterations and repairs.*Post*, p. 1322. modernizing the United States ships Lexington and Saratoga, authorized by the Act entitled “An Act to authorize alterations and repairs to certain naval vessels, and for other purposes”, approved 53 Stat. 778 [52 Stat. 688](/us/stat/52/688).June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. 688), $4,000,000, to remain available until *Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees.expended: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of the amount available for expenditure under this head for the fiscal year 1940 for employees in the field service assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed 5 per centum of the aggregate amount available under this heading on July 1, 1939. replacement of naval vessels Construction and machinery.Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized (and appropriated Commencement of designated vessels.[52 Stat. 401](/us/stat/52/401).for in part), and for the commencement of the following vessels authorized by the Act approved May 17, 1938 (52 Stat. 401–403), two battleships, two cruisers of subcategory (b), eight destroyers, eight submarines, two small seaplane tenders, and one repair ship, $207,593,712, to remain available until expended: *Provisos*.Group IV
(b)employees. *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of the amount available for expenditure under the head of “Construction and machinery” for the fiscal year 1940 for employees in the field service assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed 5 per centum of the aggregate amount available under this heading on Technical services, etc.July 1, 1939: *Provided further*, That, of the appropriations made available by this Act under the head of “Replacement of naval vessels”, there shall be available such sums as the Secretary of the Navy may from time to time determine to be necessary for the engagement of technical services, and the employment of personnel in the Navy Department and in the field, the purchase of plans, drafting and other supplies, telephone and telegraph expenses, and the expenses of printing and travel, in addition to those otherwise provided for, owing to the construction of vessels which have been or may hereafter be authorized. Armor, armament, and ammunition.*Post*, p. 1322.Armor, armament, and ammunition: Toward the armor, armament, and ammunition for vessels hereinbefore described under the head of “Construction and machinery”, $46,011,000, to remain *Proviso*.Group IV
(b)employees.available until expended: *Provided*, That the sum to be paid out of the amount available for expenditure under this head for the fiscal year 1940 for employees in the field service assigned to group IV
(b)and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department shall not exceed 5 per centum of the aggregate amount available under this heading on July 1, 1939. Designated appropriations not available for ships commissioned prior to July 1, 1938.Neither the appropriation “Replacement of naval vessels, construction and machinery”, nor the appropriation “Replacement of naval vessels, armor, armament, and ammunition”, shall be available for obligation for any purpose as to ships commissioned prior to July 1, 1938, nor as to any ship commissioned subsequent to such date after twelve months shall have elapsed from commissioning date. general provisions Purchase of letters patent, etc.The appropriations made in this Act for the purchase or manufacture of equipment or material or of a particular class of equipment or material shall be available for the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, licenses under letters patent, and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. 53 Stat. 779 No part of any appropriation made for the Navy shall be expendedDepartment use limited. for any of the purposes herein provided for on account of the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, including personal services of civilians and of enlisted men of the Navy, except as herein expressly authorized: *Provided*, That there may be detailed*Provisos*.Details to Bureau of Navigation.Designated details not regarded as details to Department. to the Bureau of Navigation not to exceed at any one time seven enlisted men of the Navy: *Provided further*, That enlisted men detailed to the Naval Dispensary and the Radio Communication Service shall not be regarded as detailed to the Navy Department in the District of Columbia. No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be availableNo pay to officer, etc., using time-measuring device on work of employee. for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, foreman, or other person or persons having charge of the work of any employee of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch or other time-measuring device a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of theCash rewards prohibited; exception. appropriations made in this Act be available to pay any premiums or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except for suggestions resulting in improvements or economy in the operation of any Government plant; and no part of theRepairs, etc., other than at navy yards, etc., restriction. moneys herein appropriated for the Naval Establishment or herein made available therefor shall be used or expended under contracts hereafter made for the repair, purchase, or acquirement, by or from any private contractor, of any naval vessel, machinery, article, or articles that at the time of the proposed repair, purchase, or acquirement can be repaired, manufactured, or produced in each or any of the Government navy yards or arsenals of the United States, when time and facilities permit, and when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such repair, purchase, acquirement, or production would not involve an appreciable increase in cost to the Government, except when the repair, purchase, or acquirement, by or from anyException. private contractor, would, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, be advantageous to the national defense: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Construction, first and alternate vessels at Government yards, etc.[45 Stat. 1165](/us/stat/45/1165); [48 Stat. 503](/us/stat/48/503).[34 U. S. C. § 495](/us/usc/t34/s495). nothing herein shall be construed as altering or repealing the provisos contained in the Acts to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels, approved February 13, 1929, and March 27, 1934, which provide that the first and succeeding alternate vessels in each category, except the fifteen-thousand-ton aircraft carrier, upon which work is undertaken, together with the main engines, armor, and armament, shall be constructed or manufactured in the Government navy yards, naval gun factories, naval ordnance plants, or arsenals of the United States, except such material or parts as are not customarily manufactured in such Government plants. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available toEstimates to accompany bids. pay a contractor upon any contract for a naval vessel entered into under authority of this Act unless, at the time of filing his bid, he shall also file the estimates upon which such bid was based. NAVY DEPARTMENT salaries For compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia,Salaries. as follows: Office of the Secretary of the Navy: Secretary of the Navy, AssistantOffice of Secretary, and other designated offices, etc. Secretary of the Navy, and other personal services, $202,570. General Board, $12,220. Naval examining and retiring boards, $12,360. 53 Stat. 780 Compensation board, $7,040. Office of Naval Records and Library, $34,360. Office of Judge Advocate General, $126,620. Office of Chief of Naval Operations, $76,500. Board of Inspection and Survey, $20,560. Office of Director of Naval Communications, $142,000. Office of Naval Intelligence, $80,000. Bureau of Navigation, $494,000. Hydrographic Office, $417,000. American Ephemeris, etc.Naval Observatory, including $2,500 for pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and in improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars, $178,120. Bureau of Engineering, $310,480. Bureau of Construction and Repair, $347,479. Bureau of Ordnance, $150,000. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $812,680. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $102,270. Bureau of Yards and Docks, $276,000. Bureau of Aeronautics.*Provisos*.Aircraft design and construction work.Bureau of Aeronautics, $360,400: *Provided*, That the services of technical and clerical personnel may be employed only in the Bureau of Aeronautics in connection with the design and construction of aircraft, to be paid from the appropriation “Aviation, Navy, 1940”:Limitation on expenditure. *Provided further*, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1940 shall not exceed $89,400. In all, salaries, Navy Department, $4,162,659. Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act.[5 U.S.C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).Exception.In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then *Proviso*.Restriction not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No reduction in fixed salaries.5 U. S. C. § 666.Transfer without reduction.only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1,2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the. same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or Payment under higher rate.other appropriation unit,
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, If only one position in a grade.as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law, or
(5)to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. contingent expenses Contingent expenses.For professional and technical books and periodicals, lawbooks, and necessary reference books, including city directories, railway guides, freight, passenger, and express tariff books and photostating, for 53 Stat. 781Department library; for purchase of photographs, maps, documents,Naval records of World War. and pictorial records of the Navy, photostating and other necessary incidental expenses in connection with the preparation for publication of the naval records of the war with the Central Powers of Europe; for stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, and drawing materials; purchase and exchange of motortrucks or motor-delivery wagons, maintenance, repair, and operation of motortrucks or motor-delivery wagons; garage rent; streetcar fares; freight, expressage, postage, typewriters, and computing machines, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various bureaus and offices, $148,000: *Provided*, That it shall not be lawful to expend,*Proviso*.Naval service appropriations not to be used for Department expenses; exception. unless otherwise specifically provided herein, for any of the offices or bureaus of the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, any sum out of appropriations made for the naval service for any of the purposes mentioned or authorized in this paragraph. printing and binding For printing and binding for the Navy Department and the NavalPrinting and binding. Establishment (including the Hydrographic Office and the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) executed at the Government Printing Office, $600,000. printing historical and naval documents For continuing the printing of historical and naval documents,Historical and naval documents. including composition, clerical copying in the Navy Department, and other preparatory work, in accordance with the provisions of the appropriation made for the commencement of this work as contained in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1935, $12,000,[48 Stat. 414](/us/stat/48/414). together with the unexpended balance for this purpose for the fiscalUnexpended balance reappropriated.*Proviso*.Copies to Library of Congress. year 1939: *Provided*, That nothing in such Act shall preclude the Public Printer from furnishing one hundred and fifty copies of each volume published to the Library of Congress. contingent and miscellaneous expenses, hydrographic office For purchase and printing of nautical books, charts, and sailingContingent and miscellaneous expenses. directions, copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, packing boxes, chart portfolios, electrotyping copper plates, cleaning copper plates; tools, instruments, power, and material for drawing, engraving, and printing; materials for and mounting charts; reduction of charts byCharts, etc. photography; photolithographing charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; purchase of equipment for the storage of plates used in making charts and for the storage of Hydrographic Office charts and publications; modernization, care, and repair to printing presses, furniture, instruments, and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages; telegrams on public business; preparation of pilot charts and their supplements, and printing and mailing same; purchase of data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications; books of reference and works and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, surveying, oceanography, and terrestrial magnetism, and to other professional and technical subjects connected with the work of the Hydrographic Office, $62,000. For contingent expenses of branch hydrographic offices at Boston,Branch offices. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, Duluth, Sault Sainte Marie, Seattle, Panama, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Gal-53 Stat. 782veston, including furniture, fuel, lights, works and periodicals, relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, surveying, oceanography and terrestrial magnetism, stationery, miscellaneous articles, rent, and care of offices, care of time balls, carfare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight and express charges, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for pilot charts, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, $11,380. For services of necessary employees at branch offices, $48,210. contingent and miscellaneous expenses, naval observatory Contingent and miscellaneous expenses.For professional and scientific books, books of reference, periodicals, engravings, photographs, and fixtures for the library; for apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same; for repairs to buildings (including quarters), fixtures, and fences; for cleaning, repair, and upkeep of grounds and roads; furniture and furnishings for offices and quarters, gas, chemicals, paints, and stationery, including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, foreign postage; plants, seeds, and fertilizers; for fuel, oil, grease, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power, and water supply; purchase and maintenance of teams; maintenance, repair, and operation of motortrucks and passenger automobiles, and of horse-drawn vehicles; telegraph and telephone service; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $25,485. Sec. 2. Government-owned automobiles.Use restricted to official business. No part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used for maintaining, driving, or operating any Government-owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle not used exclusively for Transportation between domicile and place of employment.official purposes; and “official purposes” shall not include the transportation of officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employment except in cases of medical officers on out-patient medical service and except in cases of officers and employees engaged in field work the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then only as to such latter cases when the same is Exceptions.approved by the head of the Department. This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle for official use of the Secretary of the Navy, and no other persons connected with the Navy Department or the naval service, except the commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, Marine Corps officers serving with expeditionary forces in foreign countries, and medical officers on out-patient medical service, shall have a Government-owned motor vehicle assigned for their exclusive use. Approved, May 25, 1939. To extend the time during which orders and marketing agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, may be applicable to hops. Chapter 150 53 Stat. 782 1939-05-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 150] AN ACT To extend the time during which orders and marketing agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, may be applicable to hops. May 26, 1939[[S. 1579](/us/bill/76/s/1579)][[Public, No. 91](/us/pl/76/91)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Agricultural Adjustment Act, amendment. That section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, by including hops as a commodity to which orders [52 Stat. 215](/us/stat/52/215).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 608c–1](/us/usc/t7/s608c–1).under such Act are applicable”, approved April 13, 1938, is amended to read as follows:" “Sec. 3. Time extended in which orders, etc., under, may be applicable to hops. No orders issued pursuant to section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, shall be applicable to hops after September 1, 1942.” " Approved, May 26, 1939. To amend the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1492), entitled “An Act to establish load lines for American vessels, and for other purposes.” Chapter 151 53 Stat. 783 1939-05-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 76 1 public 53 Stat. 783 [CHAPTER 151] AN ACT To amend the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1492), entitled “An Act to establish load lines for American vessels, and for other purposes.” May 26, 1939[[S. 1583](/us/bill/76/s/1583)][
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