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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. Cri. 5. 1927 . Bu reau of Navi ga- tion . Expenses .

Office. Expenses . Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, Hydrographic Office : For purchase and printing of nautical books, charts, and sailing direc- tions, copperplates, and so forth, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $14,000 . Bureau of Engineer- ing. Engineering repairs, etc . Engineering : For repairs, preservation, and renewal of machinery and auxiliary machinery, including the same objects specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 192 8, $4 35,0 00. Bureau of Construc- tion and R epair .

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR Construction and re- pair, of vessels . Construction and repair of vessels : For preservation and com- pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary, including the same objec ts specified under this hea d in the Nava l Appropriati on Act for the fiscal year 1928, $565,000 . Bureau of Supplies and A ccounts . Reimbursement A.T.1u For the reimbursement of A . T . Marix, colonel, United States of. Marine Corps, retired, for the loss by fire of personal property in Christiania, Norway, fiscal year 1928, $1,500. Rei mbu rse men t of of.

For reimbursement of Emanuel Xuiereb, chief mechanic, at the ment United States naval hospital, Canacao, Philippine Islands, for the loss of private funds in the form of Liberty bonds, fiscal year 1928, $1,750 . R T119mas; 1. efmbursementof . For reimbursement of Thomas J . Ryan, lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy, for the loss of uniforms, equipment, clothing, and perso nal eff ects, a s a re sult of the ea rthqua ke and fire di saster in Navy pension fund . Japan on September 1, 1923, fiscal year 1928, $1,221 . 65 . Payment of allowed The Navy pension fund is hereby made available for the payment claims from .

of the claims, amounting to $127 .22, allowed by the General Account- ing Office in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 29, vol. 40,p.499.

1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 499), as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 221, Sixty-ninth Congress . The Navy pension fund is hereby made available for the payment of the claim, amounting to $175.43, allowed by the General Account- ing Office in Certificate of Settlement 0162113, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 29, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes, page 499) . Bureau of Yards and Docks. Clerical, etc., sere- ices limit increased.

The limit upon expenditures for clerical inspection, drafting, mes- senger, and other cl assified work in the field from appropria ting Vol.44,p.i2s9.

a Maint enance, Burea u of Yards and Docks, 1928," is he reby inc reas ed from $975,000 to $1,000,000 . Public works . BUREAU OF NAVIGATION BUREAU OF ENGINEERING BUR EAU OF SU PPLIES AND ACCOUN TS BURE AU OF YAR DS AND DOC KS PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Puget Sound, Wash. Navy yard, Puget Sound, Washington : For rebuilding railroad, $75,000 . Bosto n, Mass .

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts : For improvements of central power plant, $7,870.90 . New London, Conn . Submarine base, New London, Connecticut : For replacement and repair of piers, $150,000 .