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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 130-MAY 29, 1945 naval activities in the field for any branch of the naval service, $145,000. NAVAL EMERGENCY FUND For any naval object and purpose, whether or not provided for under other naval appropriations, which the Secretary may deem essential to the war effort, $4,000,000. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY For research and other necessary work of the Naval Research Labo- ratory for the benefit of the naval service, operation and maintenance of a laboratory, additions to equipment, maintenance of buildings and grounds, temporary employment of such scientific and technical civilian assistants as may become necessary at rates of pay not exceed- ing $25 per diem for any person so employed; reference books and subscriptions to technical periodicals, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Secretary, $4,390,000. OPERATION AND CONSERVATION OF NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions contained in the Act approved June 4, 1920, as amended (34 U. S. C . 524), requiring him to explore, prospect, conserve, develop, use, and operate the naval petroleum reserves, and to drill and equip exploratory wells in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4, $1,185,000: Provided, That out of any sums appropriated for naval purposes by this Act, any portion thereof, not to exceed $10,000,000, shall be available to enable the Secretary to protect Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, by drilling wells and performing any work incident thereto: Provided further, That no part of the sum made available in the foregoing provision for the protection of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 shall be expended if satisfactory agreement or agreements can be made with owners of land within or adjoining said Reserve Numbered 1 not to drill wells for the purpose of producing oil or gas. OCEAN AND LAKE SURVEYS, NAVY For hydrographic surveys, including pay of hydrographic sur- veyors, cartographic draftsmen, and recorders, and for purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, $125,000. BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, NAVY Naval War College: For maintenance, operation, and other neces- sary expenses of the Naval War College; services of a professor of international law, $2,000; services of lecturers, $2,000; library expenses, including purchase, binding, and repair of books and peri- odicals and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; and not exceeding $1,000 for contingencies of the president of the Naval War College to be expended in his discretion, $175,000; Naval training stations: For maintenance, operation, and other necessary expenses, including repairs, improvements, and care of grounds of the naval training stations which follow: San Diego, California, $2,170,000; Newport, Rhode Island, $1,152,000; Great Lakes, Illinois, $5,700,000; Norfolk, Virginia, $630,000; Lake Seneca, New York, $1,000,000; Port Deposit, Maryland, $4,038,000; 203 41 Stat. 813 . 34 U. S. C., Snpp. IV, 1 524. Post, pp . 465, 466. Post, pp . 426, 465, 466. Agreements with landowners. Naval training stations.