53 STAT.]
76TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 633 -AUG. 9, 1939
nance of storage space in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
payment of part-time or intermittent employment in the District of
Columbia, or elsewhere, of such scientists and technicists as may be
contracted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, at
a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed;
printing and binding; and traveling expenses; fiscal year 1940, to
continue available until expended, $10,000,000: Provided, That when,
in order to prevent deterioration, materials purchased with funds
from this appropriation are issued to other departments and agencies
of the Government, or sold, reimbursement therefor or the proceeds
of such sale shall be credited to this appropriation.
WAR DEPARTMENT
MILITARY ACrivmas
SALARIES, WAR DEPARTMENT
Salaries, Office of Inspector General: For an additional amount
for salaries, Ofice of the Inspector General, fiscal year 1940, $6,000.
QUARTERMASTBR CORPS
Military posts: For an additional amount for construction and
installation of buildings, flying fields, and appurtenances thereto,
including the same objects specified under this head in the Supple-
mental Military Appropriation Act, 1940, $8,431,300, to remain
available until June 30, 1941, and, in addition, the Quartermaster
General, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into
contracts prior to July 1, 1940, for the same purposes, to an amount
not in excess of $8,500,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed
a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment
of the cost thereof.
Military posts: Not to exceed $300,000 of the amount of $689,500
appropriated in the Military Appropriation Act, 1940, for construc-
tion of barracks and telephone construction at Fort Clayton, Pan-
ama Canal Zone, is hereby made available for such construction at
the Corozal General Depot, Panama Canal Zone, instead of at Fort
Clayton as authorized by the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 861).
Acquisition of land for radiobeacons, Army: Not to exceed $3 000
of the unexpended balance of the appropriation under this head in
the Military Appropriation Act, 1939, is hereby made available until
expended for the acquisition of an addition to the site for the radio-
beacon in the vicinity of Langley Field, Virginia, as authorized by
the Act of August 12 1935 (49 Stat. 610).
Acquisition of land, Republic of Panama: So much of the appro-
priation for the acquisition of land in the Republic of Panama con-
tained in the Supplemental Military Appropriation Act, 1940, and
so much of the appropriation for Seacoast Defenses, Panama Canal,
contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year
1939, as may be required therefor, are hereby made available, in
addition to the acquisition of fee simple title to lands, for leasehold
or other interests therein, the temporary use thereof, or right per-
taining thereto, without reference to section 3648, Revised Statutes
(31 U. S. C., 529): Provided, That the Secretary of War is author-
ized to accept donations of such land, temporary use thereof, or other
interest therein, or right pertaining thereto.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Chorrera and Rio Hato Road, Republic of Panama: To enable the
United States to cooperate with the Republic of Panama in connec-
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Proviso.
Sale of materials, re-
imbursement, etc.
Office of Inspector
General.
Military posts, con-
struction, etc.
Ante, p. 994.
Contracts.
Corozal General De-
pot, Canal Zone, con-
struction, etc.
Ante, p. 602.
50 Stat. 861.
Acquilsltlon of land
for radloheacons.
Army.
Langley Field, Va.
62 Stat. 652 .
49 Stat. 610 .
10 U. S. C., Sllpp.
IV, §§ 1343a-1343d.
Acquisition of land.
Panama.
Ante, p. 994.
Ante, p. 644 .
R. S. I 3648.
31U.S.C. 529.
Proviso.
Acceptance of dona-
tions, etc.
Chorrera and Rio
Hato Road, Panama
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