182 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-. Sess. I. Ch. 29. 1917. i?¤¤¥‘$i$ i:·9th:é}llil1i ?1£,rldlmE;it:tli1°imshmwei1ut.i)Ie:?1i’a§iii1t1?>idzi;$c;;s i’i.3§’§Z; [Public, Nc. 2%.1 the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, anclxior other . B it enacted the Senate and House Representatives of the United
wgmixo: Stateis of Amerigzl in Congress assembled?rThat the following sums are
1*% fm . appropriated, out of any money in the_Treasury not_otherwise appro- ' priated, to sup l ur ent dehciencies 111 appropriations for the Mihtary and Naval)}§sta§1ishments on account of war expenses for the QL G iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes, namely: I ¤¤E ¤¤¤¤ °* N“*°¤** COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. mK=¤j_g: °' "°*’k· For expenses of experimental work and investigations undertaken vines, by the Council of National Defense, employment of experts, and at °§'_°§f",§c_ icy, ,_¤_ rates of compensation authorized by section one hundred and sixty- seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States of clerical and other assistance, supplies, including books of reference and periodicals, and for necessary expenses o members of the council, of the advisory commission, or subordinate bodies Qing to and attending {gf*¤,; Dum U, meeting; of the commission_0r subordinate odies, $500,000: Pro- Columbia. vided, at of the a ro nations herein and heretofore made for the Council of Nationaiubeiianse there may be expended for rental of quarters in the District of Columbia not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate for the Escal {ear mneteen hundred and seventeen and not Pawn, Bm m_ to exceed $50,000 for the fiscal year nmeteenhundred and eighteen: annfu. Promdedfurther, That in the expenditure of said moneys the existence V° ‘”·**°°°‘ of a state of war shall not be construed as enlarging the powers or hu pm duties of the Council of National Defense, but that such powers and ' duties shall remain as prescribed by the Act creating said conmcil, approved August twenty-ninth, mneteen hundred and sixteen. ¤¤¤¢¤•¤¤Y°***PP*¤¢ EMERGENCY SHIPPING FUND Fund. •
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,f {"·,,,§f°·* (a) To place an order with any person for such shi s or material as the necessities of the Government, to be determine<i)bK the President, may require durmg_the period of the war and whic are of the natgreéeérilpd anal quantity usually produced or capable of being pro u y suc person. ,,,,’§;’,‘P,;,,,,§,*f”· °"°' (b) To modifiy, suspend, cancel, or requisition any existing or r¤n,pp-¤¤5.¤¤. futitirecpntract or the building, production, or purchwe of ships or ma erm . .
- ,£p°b‘,fuf,“,§8"°‘{,°,f*,,';f (c) To_require the owner or occupier of any plant in which ships
- or materials are built or produced to place at the disposal of the United States the whole or ang part of the output of such lant, to ziiegveigsucl; optput oz plart tzhereofi in such quantities andp at such es m y e s 1 e in e o . A§‘:f;f°}¤mgf ¤*¤¤*·°· (d) To requisitgiic and take oiiegrfor use or operation by tho United States any plant, or any partvthereof without taking possession of the entire plant, whether the Dmted States has or has not any Mmm mm mn coxEga'1ct)or e;1;· wrtltthe owqerl; or occupser og such plaplt. comtructic etc. _ , UISI 1011, 0I' 3 t ` n' session of? for use or (dperation by th; (`UT1$i1ted‘Stii:t§stghy)rshi; iiiisw constructed or in the process of construction or hereafter constructed, com M or ¤¤yg>1;¤;t¤;;nn%’,a<;1r crlaarter origin Sapa Sh perm;. WI 0 ers 1ssu_ ereun er all be ob ato on any person to whom such order is (given, and such orderhgiallrliake precedence over all other orders an contracts placed with such per-
