54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 430-JUNE 26, 1940 section 3709, Revised Statutes, to expedite the production of equip- ment and supplies for the Army for emergency national defense purposes, including all of the objects and purposes specified under each of the appropriations available to the War Department during the fiscal year 1941, for procurement or production of equipment or supplies, for erection of structures, or for acquisition of land; the furnishing of Government-owned facilities at privately owned plants; the procurement and training of civilian personnel in connection with the production of equipment and material and the use and operation thereof; and for any other purposes which in the discre- tion of the Secretary of War are desirable in expediting production for military purposes and are recommended by the Council of National Defense and the Advisory Commission thereof, and approved by the President, $150,000,000, to be immediately available, of which $2,000,000 may be made available to the Bureau of Mines, Depart- ment of the Interior, for the erection, equipment, and operation of a pilot plant or plants for the beneficiation of manganese ores and the production of metallic manganese therefrom by the electrolytic or other process, including personal services and other expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for the preparation of plans and specifications, advertising, and supervision of construction; and for all expenditures requisite for and incident to the exploration of manganiferous deposits in accordance with Public Act Numbered 117, approved June 7, 1939; and, in addition, the Secretary of War, upon the recommendation of the Council of National Defense and the Advisory Commission thereof, and with the approval of the President, is authorized to enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1941, for the same purposes to an amount not exceeding $50,000,000: Provided, That an account shall be kept of all expenditures made or authorized hereunder and a report thereon shall be submitted to Congress on or before July 1, 1941. SALARIES, WAR DEPARTMENT Office of Secretary of War, $23,120. Office of Chief of Staff, $14,400. Adjutant General's Office, $280,520. Office of the Judge Advocate General, $13,920. Office of the Chief of Finance, $155,040. Office of the Quartermaster General, $82,740. Office of the Chief Signal Officer, $52,340. Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, $126,000. Office of the Surgeon General, $91,620. In all, salaries, War Department, $839,700. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contingent Expenses, War Department, $98,300. Printing and Binding, War Department, $228,868. SEC. 201. From the appropriations for "Regular Supplies of the Army", "Clothing and Equipage", "Army Transportation", "Signal Service of the Army", "Air Corps, Army", "Medical and Hospital Department", "Engineer Service, Army", "Ordnance Service and Supplies", "Chemical Warfare Service", and "Seacoast Defenses", for the fiscal year 1941, not to exceed a total of $2,658,967 may be applied to the employment of persons and the procurement of supplies and services and printing and binding at the seat of Government, and to pay of employees of the Finance Department in the field, under the following heads and within the respective limitations specified, as follows: 603 41U. S.C .§6. Erection, etc., of manganese plants. 53 Stat. 811 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 98-98f. Contracts author- ized. Proviso. Accounting; report to Congress. Ante, p. 350 . Ante, p. 352. Use of funds from designated appropria- tions. Ante, pp. 358, 359, 363, 364, 366, 367, 368 , 369.
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