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SIXTY-NINTH oomnsss. sm. II. cu. 269. 1927. 1291 Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: Oil storage for central ""‘°€· P- L power plant, $15,000; reconstruction of marine railway Numbered One, $30,000; in all, $45,000. Naval training station, Great Lakes, Illinois, buildings: Improve- G’°°‘ L“k°°· HL ments to heating system, $8,000; improvements to electric system, $32,000; in all, $70,000. _ Naval base, San Diego, California: Construction of complete sec- Sw Dl°g°· (’““· tion of extensible pier, to complete, $150,000. Submarine base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Improvements toward ,,,§,‘§§2b,T§§'b°'· me general development, $365,000. BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS ,,§}"°"“ °' A°’°“’*“` AVIATION, Navy For aviation, as follows: For navigational, hotographic, aero- ,,},?,°,$,,i§§‘f’°°d °““"°“ logical, radio, and miscellaneous equipment, including repairs thereto, for use with aircraft built or building on June 30, 1927, $914,000; for maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft factory, air A“’°’¤“ '8°*°¤'· ¤*°· stations, fleet, and all other aviation activities, testing laboratories, and for overhauling of planes, $8,050,400, including $300,000 for the C“*“p““S· °‘°· equipment of vessels with catapults and including not to exceed §g}§“;,’§~,38,_ $300,000 for the procurement of helium from the Bureau of Mines, ' which ma be transferred in advance, in amonmts as required, to that bureau; fbr continuing experiments and development work on all types of aircraft, $1,728,600; for drafting, clerical, inspection, and messenger service, $685,000; for new construction and procurement m·;¤rg¤l{¢· m¤¤w ·>¤¤- of aircraft and equipment, including not to exceed $345,000 for the ° ° '° ' Naval Reserve $8,522,000, of which amount not to exceed $4,100,000 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the mmm ¤¤¤¤¤**¤¤¤- contract authorization for these purposes carried in the Navy Appro- *"“"· P- °°°· priation Act for the fiscal year 1927, approved May 21, 1926; toward { i hi the construction of one o the rgid airships authorized in Public 1.i»ilg$iriwl°' Act Numbered 422 (Sixty-ninth ongress} a proved June 24, 1926 promo. (limit of cost $4,500,000), $200,000: Provided? That in any contract mmz, ogg; ¤“b¤“· made for the construction of such airship, the Government is to be ` allowed credit for any savings resulting from the installation of substitute gas cells for gold-beaters’ skin; in all, $20,100,000; and A°°°“¤“¤¤· the money herein specifically appropriated for “ Aviation " shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and Add, al I shall constitute one fund: Provided; That in addition to the amount nmimklfn °’ mw herein appropriated and specified for expenditure for new construc- tion and procurement of aircraft and equipment, the Secretary of the °°“"°°“· Navy may, prior to July 1, 1929, enter into contracts for the produc- tion and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts _ _ and accessories, to an amount not in excess of $9,480,000: Provided ,,§}f°’° “““°’“ hm' further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for maintenance of more than six heavier—than—air stations on the coasts of the continental United States: Provided further, That no ,,,‘$}§§§{,‘§,“}’,,,'f{,‘§§’,§,§',,f’°”‘ part of this appropriation shall be used for the construction of a actory for the manufacture of airplanes: Provided further, That d,£,§f,§,§’,§§,'$_*°“ °' 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 wing out of the operations of naval aircraft, where such claim Idevs not exceed the sum of $250: Promkled further, R°°°'°°° C°°m°°' That all claims adjusted under this authorit durin the fiscal ear ixhall be reported in detail to the Congress gy the Secretary ofy the avyf