PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 269-JUNE 22, 1944 in distress; hire of lighters, tugs, and small craft; pay, subsistence, and incidental expenses of civilian crews temporarily employed on naval vessels; equipage, appliances, supplies, materials, and services, at home and abroad, under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ships; Antiairft defense searchlights and fire-control equipment for antiaircraft defense at shore stations; maintenance and operation of the Naval Communica- tion Service (including teletype), the experimental model basin, Carderock, Maryland, and the engineering experiment station, Annapolis, Maryland, including maintenance and equipment of Machine tools buildings and grounds and appurtenances; purchase, installation, repair, and preservation of machine tools, plant appliances, and equip- ment (including furniture in industrial activities) in naval establish- ments or private plants; accident prevention; incidental expenses for naval vessels, navy yards and stations, and other activities under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ships, such as photographing, plans, stationery drafting instruments and other materials; and technical ofBltew te n books and publications for said Bureau; $1,860,000,000: Proided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the residences or quarters of officers on shore, except for messes tem- porarily set up on shore for bachelor officers and officers attached to seagoing or district defense vessels, to aviation units based on sea- going vessels, to the fleet air bases, to the submarine bases, or to land- ing forces and expeditions. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES, NAVY For developing, procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnance supplies, material, and equipment for naval purposes; for essential equipment, facilities, machine tools, including replacements, tbpeOdiu pmdc- and services at naval or private establishments to expedite the pro- duction of ordnance material; minor improvements (not to exceed $20,000 upon any building project of a permanent character), mainte- nance, operation, and other necessary expenses of naval ordnance shore activities; technical books and periodicals; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and other freight and passenger- carrying vehicles at such activities; target practice; payment on a strictly part-time or intermittent employment basis in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, solely under the Bureau of Ordnance, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the re and Secretary in his discretion at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per ofschooldp diem for any person so employed, and for care and operation of schools at four ordnance stations; $2,600,000,000. BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS PAY, SUBSISTENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION OFNAVAL PERSONNEL For pay and allowances, subsistence, and transportation prescribed by law for naval personnel, including reserves on active duty- Pandaoanoe.a Pay and allowances: Officers, active duty, no part of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights, by more than sixty officers above the rank of captain nor by nonflying officers or observers at rates in excess of those prescribed by law for the Amy, which shall be the legal maximum rates as to such nonflying oficers or observers; midshipmen; officers retired inactive; enlisted per- sonnel, active, including cash prizes for men lor excellence in gunnery, [58 STAT.
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