57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 185-JULY 1, 1943 amended, (f) the settlement of claims (not exceeding $500 each) for damages to or loss of private property resulting from the use and occupancy of real estate by the Army, that have accrued or may hereafter accrue, when payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages, and each claim is substantiated in such manner as the Secretary of War may prescribe by regulations and is approved by the Secretary of War, or y such officer or officers as he may designate, whose action thereon shall be conclusive, (g) the payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of condemnation proceedings heretofore instituted pursuant to specific Acts authorizing particular projects, notwithstanding limitations of amounts contained in such Acts, $100: Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail- able for the acquisition of land without the specific approval of the Secretary of War; Barracks and quarters, Army: For the maintenance, installation, repair, operation, protection and rental of buildings, structures, grounds, utilities, flying fields, fortifications, and appurtenances thereto, or other facilities required for military use; and for each and every object of expense connected therewith, including (a) the procurement of supplies, equipment, fuel, printing, binding, com- munication services, newspapers, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, at the seat of government and elsewhere, (b) the pur- chase, rental, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carry- ing vehicles, (c) the manufacture, procurement, purchase, storage, issue and transportation (including research, planning, design, development, inspection, tests, and the handling) of water, gas, electricity, fuel, tools, machinery and equipment, (d) construction of additions and extensions to and alterations, improvements, and rehabilitations of existing facilities, (e) and the furnishing of heat and light for buildings erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902 (10 U. S . C . 1346), and buildings on military reservations, authorized by War Department regulations to be used for a similar purpose, $580,152,400: Provided, That the amounts to be assessed and collected from nonmilitary interests on the Fort Monroe Military Reservation, Virginia, for expenditure in the maintenance, repair, and operation of wharves, roads, sewerage systems, and other utilities at said reservation shall be fixed by the Secretary of War during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, in proportion to the service rendered to such nonmilitary interests: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental of offices, garages, and stables for military attaches: Provided further That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for construction of a permanent nature of an additional building or an extension or addition to an existing building the cost of which in any case exceeds $20,000: Provided further, That the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling any animal shall not exceed $15; In all: Engineer Service, Army, $2,472,401,500, to be accounted for as one fund. ORDNANCE DEPAuTMENT ORDNANCE SERVICE AND SPPLIES, ARMY For manufacture, procurement, storage, and issue, including research, planning, design, development, inspection, test, alteration, maintenance, repair, and handling of ordnance material, together with the machinery, supplies, and services necessary thereto; for sup- plies and services in connection with the general work of the Ordnance 359 Claims for damages to private property. Payment of defi- ciency judgments, etc. Acquisition of land, approval. Barracks and quar- ters. 32 Stat. 282 . Fort Monroe Mlli- tary Reservation, Va. Military attachbe rental of offices, etc. Construction, limi tation on cost. Stabling,rental rate. Mannhlture, i , etc. Contingent *x- penas.
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