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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 3. FEBRUARY 2, 1935. than $3,053,645 of this appropriation may be used to repair, alter, improve, or provide facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and the purchase of materials . Printin g and bindin g . For printing and binding for the Veterans' Administration, includ- ing all its bureaus and fu nctions located in Washington, District Proms

of Columbia, and elsewhere, $125,000 : Provided, That the Adminis- Use of branch equip- trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to utilize the printing and wen t. binding equipment which the various hospitals and homes of the Veterans ' Administratio n use for occu pational-therap y purposes for the purpose of doing such printing and binding as may, in his Vol 28 p . 622 eVol . judgment , be found advi sable for the use of the Vete rans' Adminis- 40, p. 1270.

tration, notwithstandin g the provisio ns of section 87 of the Act u. S. C.,p. 1935. entitled "An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents", approved January 12, 1895, and section 11 of the Act making appropriations for the legis- lative, executive, and judicial expen ses of the Gove rnment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes, approved March 1, 1919 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 111). Pensions. Pensions : For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allowances, now authorized under any Act of Congress, or regulation of the President based thereon, or which may hereafter be authorized, including emergency officers' retirement pay and annuities, the administration of which is now or may hereafter be placed in the Veterans' Administration, $400,760,000, to be immedi- atel y avai lable . Mi lit ary and na val For military and naval insurance accruing during the fiscal year insurance. Proviso .

1936 or in prior fiscal years, $116,910,000 : Provided, That the appro- Annie M. Eopolucel . Payments for, to be priation made in Private Act Numbered 244, approved March 2, nd IISrom "5uT lita y 1933 (47 Stat ., pt. 2, p . 1740), is repealed after June 30, 1935, and hereafter .

the payments authorized b such Act shall thereafter be made from Vol. 47, p. 1740. Post, p .1182 .

the appropriation for " Military and naval insurance ." Ho spi tal and do mi- Hospital and domiciliary facilities : There is hereby appropriated cIIiary facilities . App rop ri ati on for . under th e authorization acts specifie d, the remainin g balances not Vol. 45, pp . 447, 1248, 1308 . heretofore appropriated, as follows : $ 850,000 (Act of April 23, 1928, 45 Stat ., p . 447) ; $25,000 (Act of February 20, 1929, 45 Stat., p 1248) ; $50,000 (Act of February 26, 1929, 45 Stat ., p . 1308) ; in all, $925,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until Extending E

expended : Provided, That this amount, together with the unex- Sum

facilities . sum available .

pended balance of the appropriations totaling $2,000,000 made pur- suant to the authorization contained in the Act approved July 3, Vol.45,p.852. 1930 (46 Stat . 852), is authorized to be used by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval of the President, for extend- ing the facilities designated in the Acts herein mentioned or any other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administra- vol .4s, p . 1550.

tion , or for any of the purposes s et forth in se ction 1 of the Act approved March 4, 1931 (46 Stat . 1550) . Adju sted-s ervice cer- Adjusted-service certificate fund : For an amount necessary under tificate fund . Vol.43,p.121.

the World War Adjusted Compensation Act (U . S . C ., title 38, sees . U.S.C.,p.1680. 591-683 ; U. S . C ., Supp . VII, title 38, sees . 612-682), to provide for the payment of the face value of e ach adjusted-s ervice certific ate in twenty years from its date or on the prior death of the veteran, and to make loans to veterans and repayments to banks in accordance Vol.47,p. 724 . with section 507 of the Act, as amended (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 38, sees. 642, 647, 650 ; Act July 21, 1932, 47 Stat ., pp . 724-725), $100,000,000, to become available July 1, 1935, and remain available un til expe nded .