60 STAT.] 79THI CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 529-JULY 1, 1946 purposes hereof and without charge therefor the buildings and equip- ment now in use by the Alaska Road Commission for the maintenance of the Alaska Highway. Richardson Highway: For continuation of construction of Rich- ardson Highway, Alaska, $750,000, to be immediately available. The Alaska Railroad: All amounts received by the Alaska Railroad during the fiscal year 1947 shall be available, and continue available until expended, for all expenses necessary for the authorized work of the Alaska Railroad, including maintenance, operation, and improve- ments of railroads in Alaska; maintenance and operation of river steamers and other boats on the Yukon River and its tributaries in Alaska; operation and maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the purpose of providing additional facilities for the transportation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary, for the benefit and development of industries and travel affecting territory tributary to the Alaska Railroad; construction (not to exceed $200,000), maintenance and operation of lodges, camps, and transportation facilities for the accommodation of visitors to Mount McKinley National Park, including the purchase (not to exceed two busses and one station wagon), maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles as authorized by the Act of March 29, 1940 (16 U. S . C . 353a); stores for resale; payment of claims for losses and damages arising from operations, including claims of employees of the railroad for loss and damage resulting from wreck or accident on the railroad, not due to negligence of the claim- ant, limited to clothing and other necessary personal effects used in connection with his duties and not exceeding $100 in value; payment of amounts due connecting lines; payment of compensation and expenses as authorized by section 42 of the Act of September 7, 1916 (5 U. S. C . 793), to be reimbursed as therein provided: Provided, That not to exceed $6,200 of this fund shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1947, and no one other than the general manager of said railroad, and one assistant general manager at not to exceed $9,000 per annum, shall be paid an annual salary out of this fund of more than $7,500: Providedfurther, That not to exceed $12,500 of such fund shall be available for printing and binding: Provided further, That there are hereby transferred to the Alaska Railroad from the War Department, or any other agency of the United States Government having title thereto, twenty of any Diesel locomotives purchased and delivered to the United States Gov- ernment for use on any American or foreign railroad in connection with the war, such locomotives to be selected regardless of present location by a representative of the Alaska Railroad and transferred without exchange of funds except for the cost of transportation from the point of shipment to the Territory of Alaska: Provided further, That in the operation of the facilities of the Alaska Railroad, the War Department or any other agency of the United States Government having title thereto is authorized to transfer regardless of present location and without charge to the Alaska Railroad, materials, road- way and bridge maintenance, and other necessary equipment, loco- motives and spare parts, shop facilities and machinery, supplies, rolling stock, buildings, and docks, surplus to its needs and which may be certified by the Department of the Interior as necessary for the improvement, maintenance, or operation of the Alaska Railroad: Providedfurther, That the authorization in this paragraph for transfer of surplus property to the Alaska Railroad shall not be construed to deny to veterans the priority accorded to them in obtaining surplus property under Public Law 375, approved May 3, 1946. 383 Mount McKinley National Park. 54 Stat. 80. Damage claims. 39 Stat. 750. 5U.S.C., Supp.V, §793. Personal services. Printing and bind- ing. Transfer of Diesel locomotives. Transfer of surplus property. Ante, p. 168.
�
