PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 313-JUNE 11, 1940 Repairs, etc., by private contractors, restriction. Exception. Proviso. Construction of cer- tain vessels in Govern- ment yards, etc. 45 Stat. 1165; 48 Stat. 503 . 34U. S. C.§ 495. Estimates to accom- pany bids. tions resulting in improvements or economy in the operation of any Government plant; and no part of the moneys herein appropriated for the Naval Establishment or herein made available therefor shall be used or expended under contracts hereafter made for the repair, purchase, or acquirement, by or from any private contractor, of any naval vessel, machinery, article, or articles that at the time of the proposed repair, purchase, or acquirement can be repaired, manufac- tured, or produced in each or any of the Government navy yards or arsensals of the United States, when time and facilities permit, and when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, such repair, purchase, acquirement, or production would not involve an appreciable increase in cost to the Government, except when the repair, purchase, or acquirement, by or from any private contractor, would, in the opin- ion of the Secretary of the Navy, be advantageous to the national defense: Provided,That nothing herein shall be construed as altering or repealing the provisos contained in the Acts to authorize the con- struction of certain naval vessels, approved February 13, 1929, and March 27, 1934, which provide that the first and succeeding alternate vessels in each category, except the fifteen-thousand-ton aircraft car- rier, upon which work is undertaken, together with the main engines, armor, and armament, shall be constructed or manufactured in the Government navy yards, naval gun factories, naval ordnance plants, or arsenals of the United States, except such material or parts as are not customarily manufactured in such Government plants. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available to pay a contractor upon any contract for a naval vessel entered into under authority of this Act unless, at the time of filing his bid, he shall also file the estimates upon which such bid was based. NAVY DEPARTMENT Post, pp. 295, 296, 610, 883, 973. Salaries. Office of Secretary and other designated offices, etc. American Ephem- eris, etc. SALARIES For compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Office of the Secretary of the Navy: Secretary of the Navy, Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy, and other personal services, $211,230 (composed of "A" item, $207,810, and "B" item, $3,420). General Board, $12,220 ("A" item). Naval examining and retiring boards, $13,980 ("A" item). Compensation board, $7,700 ("A" item). Office of Naval Records and Library, $34,360 ("A" item). Office of Judge Advocate General, $132,520 (composed of "A" item, $126,620, and "B" item, $5,900). Office of Chief of Naval Operations, $87,600 (composed of "A" item, $77,200, and "B" item, $10,400). Board of Inspection and Survey, $21,360 ("A" item). Office of Director of Naval Communications, $169,540 (composed of "A" item, $142,000, and "B" item, $27,540). Office of Naval Intelligence, $111,300 (composed of "A" item, $79,500, and "B" item, $31,800). Bureau of Navigation, $567,920 (composed of "A" item, $494,000, and "B" item, $73,920). Hydrographic Office, $463,420 (composed of "A" item, $422,920 and "B" item, $40,500). Naval Observatory, including $2,500 for pay of computers on piece work in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and in improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars, $186,920 (composed of "A" item, $178,120, and "B" item, 288 [54 STAT.
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