52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 175-APR. 26, 1938 CARE OF THE DEAD For the care of the dead; for funeral expenses and interment or transportation to their homes or to designated cemeteries of the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, of members of the Nurse Corps, reservists on active or training duty, and accepted applicants for enlistment, civilian employees of the Navy Department and Naval Establishment who die outside of the continental limits of the United States, and former enlisted men who are discharged while in naval hospitals and are inmates of said hospitals on the date of their death; for funeral expenses and inter- ment of the remains of pensioners and destitute patients who die in naval hospitals; for purchase and care of cemetery lots; for care of graves outside of the continental limits of the United States, including those in sites not owned by the United States; for removal of remains from abandoned cemeteries to naval or national ceme- teries, or to their homes, including remains interred in isolated graves at home and abroad, and remains temporarily interred, $70,000: Provided,That the above provision shall apply in the case of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps on the retired list who die while on active duty. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For the labor, materials, and supplies necessary, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy, for the general maintenance of the activi- ties and properties now or hereafter under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, including accident prevention, and including such sum as may be necessary incident to the utilization of the Naval Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, for vessels to be placed and maintained in a decommissioned status; the purchase, mainte- nance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles for the Navy Department (not to exceed ten in number) and the Naval Establishment not otherwise provided for; not to exceed $1,550,000 for employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing simi- lar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, and part-time or intermittent employment in the Dis- trict of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such engineers and architects as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discre- tion at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed, $8,230,000: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1939 the motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased here- under shall not exceed the following respective numbers and costs: Eleven at $1,600 each, thirty-six at $600 each, one motorbus at $4,500, and motortruck chasses with station-wagon-type bodies as required: Provided further, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including the compen- sation of civilian chauffeurs and the compensation of any greater number than ninety enlisted men detailed to such duty, shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, exclusive of such vehicles owned and operated by the Marine Corps in connection with expeditionary duty without the continental limits of the United States, motor- busses, station-wagon motortrucks, and motorcycles, and on any one vehicle, except busses and ambulances, shall not exceed for mainte- nance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of opera- 237 Care of the dead. Interment and trans- portation expenses. Civilian employees dying abroad. Proviso. Retired officers, etc. , on active duty. Bureau of Yards and Docks. General mainte- nance, etc. New Orleans, La., naval station, utiliza- tion. Vehicles. Group IV (b) em- ployees. Provisos. Limitation on ve- bicle purchases. Maintenance, eper- ation, repair, etc.
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