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1600 Au thorize d travel, etc ., expenses pay ab le fro m appropr iate funds . Panama Canal . 72d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 281 . MARCH 4, 1933 . Mileage, traveling expenses, or per diem in lieu thereof, transpor- tation of dependents, including packing and crating, and transporta- tion of baggage, as authorized by law, for officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army and civilian employees, traveling on duty pertaining to or on detail to or relief from nonmilitary activities provided for in this Act under appropriations for the Quartermaster Department, Signal Corps, and Engineer Depart- ment, shall be paid from the appropriation in connection with which such travel is performed . THE PANAMA CANA L Limitations not ap . The limitations on the expenditure of appropriations hereinbefore tion sfore appr„pr`a . made in this Act shall not ap ply to the appropriations for the Panama Canal . All expenses .

For every exp endi ture requ isite for and inci dent to t he m ainte - O bjec ts speciaed . nance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including the following : Compensation of all officials and employees ; foreign and domestic newspapers and period- icals ; law books not exceeding $1,000 ; textbooks and books of refer- ence ; printing and binding, including printing of annual report ; rent and personal services in the District of Columbia ; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines ; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor propelled and Claims for damages. horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, claims for damages to vessels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act ; claims for losses of or damages to prop- erty arising from the conduct of authorized business operations ; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal ; Acquisition of land_ acquistion of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act ; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, stor- ing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment here- tofore or hereafter pure ased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales ; expenses incident to c onduc ting hea rings and exam inin g est imat es f or ap prop riati ons Emergencies, on the Isthmus ; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein ; traveling expenses, when pre- scribed by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business ; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor o f the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and - accounted for as follows : Opera tion, etc .

For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal : Salary of Governor's salary Purchase of supplies, the governor, $10,000 ; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and etc .

storing of materials, su plies, and equipment for issue to all depart- ments of the Panama C anal, the Panama Railroad [ other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales ; pay- Payment to alien inent in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized b the cripples . Vol.39,p. 750.

I njury Compensa tion Act appro ved September 7 , 1916 (U .

C., u.S.C.,p.81. title 5, sec. 793), to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal ; for continuing the construc- vl.45 P~

tion of the Madden Dam across the Chagres River at Alhajuela for the storage of water for use in the maintenance and operation of