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[56 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 46 -FEB. 7, 1942 Proviso. Purchase of vehicles. Ante, p. 61. Provisos. Contracts. 41U.S.(C.5. Distribution and re- port of expenditures. Contract authoriza- tions. Permanent type of construction, restrio- tion. Proisor. Exceptions. schedules in the Schedule of Wages for Civil Employees in the Field Service of the Navy Department, and part-time or intermittent employ- ment in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, of such engineers, architects, and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $39,930,225: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1943 the motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective num- bers and costs: One hundred at $750 each, and motortruck chassis with station-wagon-type bodies, and motorbusses as required. CONTINGENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For contingent expenses and minor extensions and improvements of public works at navy yards and stations, $140,000. PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For public works and public utilities, Bureau of Yards and Docks, including the acquisition of necessary land, to be available imme- diately, $528,705,021, which, together with the unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made under this head, shall be finally accounted for as one fund, which fund shall be available for continu- ing or completing the construction of any project heretofore au- thorized or undertaken thereunder, for acquisition or construction of temporary or emergency buildings and facilities at localities within or without the United States, needed by the Navy and specifically approved by the Secretary of the Navy, including collateral public works items and other expenses, and for part-time and intermittent employment in the District of Columbia and elsewhere by contract of scientists, technicists, and other personnel, at not to exceed $25 per diem, and the employment in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and in the field service 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: Provided, That contracts for work under this appropriation may be entered into without regard to the pro- visions of section 3709, Revised Statutes: Provided further, That expenditures on all projects under this appropriation heretofore and hereafter authorized, as well as for temporary and emergency construction, and projects for personal services, including group IV (b) personnel, shall be distributed and reported against projects by the Secretary of the Navy to the Congress on or before January 10, 1943: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for Public Works equipment, materials, and construction in an amount not to exceed $500,000,000, which amount shall be in addition to all other amounts herein or heretofore appropriated under this title. No part of the appropriations in this Act under the Navy Depart- ment shall be expended for a permanent type of construction at any shore establishment of any character acquired subsequently to the calendar year 1938, unless such establishment shall be designated by the Secretary of the Navy as a permanent establishment, and, in that event, a permanent type of construction shall be used only to meet such permanent requirements as the Secretary of the Navy may approve: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent construction of a type sufficiently substantial for the use intended nor apply to 66