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57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1BT SESS.-CH. 147-JUNE 26, 1943 For miscellaneous supplies, material, equipment, personal and other services, and other incidental expenses for the Marine Corps not otherwise provided for; purchase and repair of furniture and fixtures; and purchase (not to exceed thirty in addition to motor- truck chassis with station-wagon type bodies, motorbusses and motorcycles) and repair of passenger-carrying and other vehicles, including parts; veterinary services, shoeing, and medicines 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; books, newspapers, and periodicals; print- ing and binding; packing and crating of officers' allowance of baggage; funeral expenses of officers, enlisted personnel, accepted applicants for enlistment, and retired officers on active duty, including transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to their homes in the United States; construction, operation, and maintenance of laundries; and care and operation of schools at Marine Corps posts, $51,776,000; In all, $499,208,004, to be accounted for as one fund. INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT 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); on account of the acquisition, conversion, or construc- tion of not to exceed one million tons of auxiliary vessels, subject to authorization thereof by other law; on account of the acquisition, conversion, or construction of not to exceed one million tons of landing craft and district craft subject to authorization thereof by other law and subject to specific appropriations therefor except such as the Secretary may determine to be necessary for the conduct of the war; and for the replacement of combatant vessels as authorized by the Act of July 9, 1942; for necessary tools, equipment, and facilities in public or private plants for shipbuilding; $6,324,120,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Pro- vided, 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 may from time to time deter- mine 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, 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 public or private plants for the production of armor, armament, and ammu- nition, $1,594,000,000, to remain available until expended. Emergency construction: On account of the one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine additional vessels appropriated for in part by title VI, Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, including hulls, machin- ery, outfits, armor, armament, ammunition, and essential tools, equip- ment, and facilities in public or private plants for the building or equipping of such vessels or portions thereof, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, $1,200,000,000: Pro- vided, That no obligations shall be incurred under this appropriation 81077--44 - -P. -I 14 209 Miscellaneous sup- plies, etc. Vehicles. Schools. Pot, p. 627. Auxiliary vessels. Ante, p. 156 . Landing craft and district craft. Ante, p. 92. Replacement of combatant vessels. 56 Stat. 656 . 34 U. S. C., Supp. 11, J 498a-5 . Pout, p. 627. 56 Stat. 53, 81. Limitation on in- curring obligations.