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77TH CONG. , 1S T SESS.-CH. 86-MAY 6, 1941 For miscellaneous supplies, material, equipment, personal and other services, and for other incidental expenses for the Marine Corps not otherwise provided for; purchase, repair, and exchange of type- writers and calculating machines; purchase and repair of furniture and fixtures; and purchase, exchange, and repair of passenger-carry- ing and other vehicles, including parts; veterinary services and medi- cines for public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses; purchase of mounts and horse equipment for all officers below the grade of major required to be mounted; shoeing for public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses; books, newspapers, and periodicals; printing and binding; packing and crating of officers' allowance of baggage; funeral expenses of officers and enlisted men and accepted applicants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty, including the transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to the homes of the deceased in the United States; construction, operation, and maintenance of laun- dries; care and operation of schools at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, and Parris Island, South Carolina; and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, $5,990,000: Provided, That the motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective numbers and costs: Ten at $750 each, and motorcycles and motortruck chassis with station-wagon type bodies as required; Marine Corps Reserve: For clothing, including clothing for aviation cadets, subsistence, heat, light, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, $92,835; In all, $23,920,212, to be accounted for as one fund. INCREASE AND REPLACEMiENT OF NAVAL VESSELS Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized (and appro- priated for in part); on account of the acquisition, conversion, altera- tion, and repair of vessels heretofore authorized (and appropriated for in part), including in connection therewith not to exceed $50,000,000 for defense installations on Government or privately owned merchant vessels; for necessary tools, equipment, and facilities in naval establishments or private plants for shipbuilding, and for services of employees assigned to group IV (b) and those perform- ing similar services carried under native and alien schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, $1,215,000,000, and, in addition, the unexpended balance on June 30, 1941, of the appropriation "Replacement of naval vessels, construction and machinery" is hereby reappropriated and made available for the purposes of this paragraph, all to remain avail- able until expended: Provided, That, of the appropriations made available by this Act under the head of "Increase and replacement of naval vessels", there shall be available such sums as the Secretary of the Navy may from time to time determine to be necessary for the engagement of technical services, and the employment of personnel in the Navy Department and in the field, the purchase of plans, drafting and other supplies, telephone and telegraph expenses, and the expenses of printing and travel, in addition to those otherwise pro- vided for, owing to the construction of vessels which have been or hereafter may be authorized. Armor, armament, and ammunition: Toward the armor, armament and ammunition for vessels hereinbefore described under the head of "Construction and machinery", including the necessary machine tools, equipment, land, and facilities for existing or additional naval estab- lishments or private plants for the production of armor, armament, Miscellaneous sup- plies, etc. Vehicles. Care, etc., of schools. Proviso. Purchase ofvehicles. Marine Corps Re- serve. Post, pp. 558, 680, 814, 816. l)efelnsc( intllations on iiercllnilt lvessels. /'ost, p. 814. Trools, et. Reappropriation. 54 Stat. 286 . Proviso. Sums for additional expenses. Machine tools, et 171 55 STAT.]