370 SIXTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1917. of the Ordnance Department; for necessary irlnlprovements at the naval proving groun , naval torpedo stations, aval Gun Factory, and naval ammunition depots, $12,446,480 _ _ shfi)smm¤¤“*°° ‘°’ Ammunition for vessels: For procuring, producing, preserving, and prépap. handling ammunition for vessels, $40,146,120; Provided, That the A°°‘°‘°°°1 °°“m°ts' Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter mto contracts or otherwise to incur obligations for_the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $15,143,120 in addition to the appropriations herem and heretofore ma e. B**“°"*°° °¤d °““¥”· Batteries and outiits for vessels: For batteries and outfits for naval vessels, auxiliaries, patrols, aircraft, naval stations, and merchant- ,';{,°({,*ggm,°°¤tmc,s_ men, $50,059,523.50_: Promded, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter mto contracts or otherwise to incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $28,059,523.50 in R esuppms addition to the appropriations herein and heretofore made. ` Reserve ordnance suyipliesz For reserve and miscellaneous ordnance §Q‘}’,‘{,‘,f;,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,c,S_ supplies, $47 ,500,000: romded, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter mto contracts or otherwise to incur obligations for the plurposes above mentioned not to exceed $17,500,000 in addition to the apprcipriations herein and heretofore made. D}`l@"“ Gm F“°“""* Washington, istrict of Columbia, Naval Gun Factory: For tools N and machinery plant, $2,500,000. _ _ _ ·Y¤¤¤<¤ ·‘·¤d P¤’<>i¤=¤¤¤ Fuel lands or armor and projectile lants: For the investigation pla5nt,_W.Va. d . . . f . . slp . h b t t - . pmnmrmeinaas. an acquisition 0 options to m1ner_ ng ts on a ou wentysix thousand acres of gas and oil lands m the State of West V a, located within reasonable distance of the Government armor §ant, $25 000. ,,§,';§““ °‘Y"“*“°° I BUREAU or Yanns Ann nooxs. “"*“‘°““·“°°· Maintenance: For general mlzgpdtenanlce fig yilar? am; docks, includin the same ob`ects spec' un er thea in the naval ` approprgztion Act for tlie fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, $1 500 000. Contingent- Contingent: For contingent expenses and minonextensions and improvements of public_ works at navy yards and stations, $1,000,000.
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8,Q°“‘¥’°""V**°“Pi°“"· Hospital construction: For temporary hospital_ construction and repairs, as may be necessary, at dE¥1)l.l1l»S not provided with suitable hospital facihties, and for bml gs for naval medical supplies, $2,000 000. mfg; ,,f,g,‘}‘*°° ‘“** New; London, Connecticut, submarine base: For the acquisition, by A<1d¤i<>¤-al lands wr- purchase or condemnation, of the tract of land, comprising approxrmately twenty-six and eighty-eight one-hundredths acres, owned by the C. M. Shay Fertilizer Company, in the immediate vicinity of the property now owned and occupied by_ the United States as a submarine base at New London, onnectrcut, mcludmglall easements, rights of way, rigasrian and other rights appurtenant thereto,_$90,000. ‘,Ya“f,§‘§{‘u¤;‘}§;,_f’,,,,‘Q;,S_ trict of Columbia, Navy Yard: For yard improvemen s 5 , . "°‘"’°"‘“‘”· Lgaxidlirig appliances: For three fifty-ton cranes for use at navy , r C yar s_$450 000. _ _ _ _ mmm “`mpS' Training, camps: For construction and equipment of training _ _ camps, including the rental of land, $6,000,000. “""“° ““""’°’S· Manne railways: For marine railways at navy yards and stations, . $375 000. °'d““°°”°°°""“‘ Ordnance stations: For improvements at stations under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Ordnance, $2,250,000.
