PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 86-MAY 6, 1941 per annum, either on a per diem or per annum basis, except in pursu- ance of specific authorization herein or hereafter granted: Provided fMaimums num1ber further, That no part of this or any other appropriation for the Navy Pos.,pp.559,753. Department or the Naval Establishment for the fiscal years 1941 and 1942, or of funds allotted to the Navy Department, shall be available for the employment of a greater number than eight thousand seven hundred and fifty civilian officers and employees in the Navy Depart- ment proper, at Washington, except in pursuance of specific appro- priations as to numbers hereafter provided. Post, p. 557i CONTINGENT, NAVY For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, exclusive of per- sonal services, in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, to be expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government, and for examination of estimates for appropria- tions and of naval activities in the field for any branch of the naval service, $50,000, of which $2,500 shall be available immediately. CARE OF LEPERS, AND SO FORTH, ISLAND OF GUAM Naval station, Island of Guam: For maintenance and care of lepers, special patients, and for other purposes, including cost of transfer of lepers from Guam to the island of Culion, in the Philippines, and their maintenance, $24,450; for educational purposes, $15,000; in all, $39,450. Post, p. 671. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY For laboratory and research work and other necessary work of the Naval Research Laboratory for the benefit of the naval service, including services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, operation and maintenance of a laboratory, additions to equipment necessary properly to carry on work in hand, maintenance of buildings and grounds, temporary employment of such scientific and technical civilian assistants as may become necessary, and subscriptions to technical periodicals, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, $900,000. OPERATION AND CONSERVATION OF NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES To enable the Secretary of the Navy to carry out the provisions contained in the Act approved June 4, 1920, as amended (34 U. S. C., 41 Stat. 813 . conserve, 34 u. S. .5. Supp. IV, 524), requiring him to conserve, develop, use, and operate the naval petroleum reserves, $266,500, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employees assigned to group IV (b) and those performing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Protection of Re. Service of the Navy Department: Provided, That out of any sums serve No. 1. appropriated for naval purposes by this Act, any portion thereof, not to exceed $10,000,000, shall be available to enable the Secretary of the Navy to protect Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, established by Executive order of September 2, 1912 pursuant to the Act of June 368sts.47. 25, 1910 (43 U. S . C. 141-143), by drilling wells and performing any work incident thereto, of which amount not to exceed $100,000 shall [55 STAT.
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