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908 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 225. 1925. F°° ·**¤P*° '°¤'*“’°d· nected with this project: And provided further, That no part of said sum of $500,000 shall be ex ended for buildings or improvements on

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That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions _ for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid b,§§ff‘g,‘;,‘§‘g{ °" °"‘*‘ for from this appropriation: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used for the purpose of giving exhibition {lights to the public other than those under the control and direction o the War Department, and if such flights are given by Army personnel upon other than Government fields a bond of indemnity, in such sum as the Secretaizlof War may require for Addmoml mm, damages to person or property, shall be rnished the Government auznm-mare: new an- by the parties desiring the exhibition: Provided further, That in "‘°“°“·°“°· addition to the amount herein appropriated and specified for expenditure for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equiliiment, spare parts and accessories, the Chief of the Air Service, w en authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their _ uipment, spare plarts, and accessories to an amount not in excess ¤,§§i;§§,§{ §§"‘j,,,.,,‘?"§,,‘{ of $2,150,000 and `s action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual iicztggommon M obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost nexxumgaspmamueu, thereof. Authorization as herein granted for the acquisition of land °"ja;,f,f‘{,f"}{,°°E°N°"· or interest in land by purchase, lease, or condemnation where necessary to explore for, procure, or reserve helium gas, and also for the purchase, manufacture, construction, maintenance, and operation of plants for the production thereof and experiments therewith is likeimumd Obugmm wise hereby granted to the Navy Department. O I 8p%r,;,p%,,:g°,,; ,,,%,3;; f Tix; sign qi $203,23;:392 oft the gpprqpriatgq for lghle Air Service . . ‘ or e sca ear on aine in e c ma appropriaiiiisuid mm Im w' tions for the m}ilitary and nonmilitary activities of the %Vai·)§)egart- "°‘-*2-P·7"6· ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other urpeses," approved June 30, 1922, shall remain available until fune 30, 1926, or the ayment of obligations incurred under contracts ` executed prior to diuly 1, 1923. Segglx °'Ch'°' MA"` ’ orrrcn or run CHIEF or AIR srznvxcn C‘“"?" "°“‘°““°" Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in Lam mmm gem accordance with ‘ The Classification Act of 1923," $211,191. pwmsxsuanmééieze., The services of legal assistant, aeronautical engineers skilled “‘ D"*’°’““°‘"° °°‘ draftsmen, and such technical and other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be emfployed only in the office of the Chief of Air Service to carry into e act the various appropriations for aeronautical purposes, to be paid from such appropria- ,,m,”_ tions, in addition to the foregoing employees appro riated for in r.:maau¤¤,e¤·. the office of the Chief of Air Service: Provided, Tliat the entire expenditure for this purpose for the fiscal year 1926 shall not exceed $80,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year in the Budget report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. mgiddmal D°°°"` Mnoxciu, Dnmxmuzxr maznrcxr. AND HOSPITAL nnrxsmmivr Medical and hospital . , gapping. I•`or_the manufacture and purchase of medical and hos 1tal su · plies, including dismfectants, for military posts, camps, gms italls. hospital ships and transports, for laundry work for enlisted) men and Army_nurses while patients in a hospital, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal