PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 Printing and bind- ing. Contract authority. Transfer of surplus property. Veterans' priority. 58 Stat. 765. 50U.S.C. app. § 1611-1646; Supp. I, 1612 et seq. Ante, pp. 350,1103. 46 Stat. 824. 48U.S.C.§ 599. 39 Stat. 1132 . 49 Stat. 1813 . Agriculturalstation. shall be paid an annual salary out of this fund of more than $8,500: Provided further, That not to exceed $22,500 of such fund shall be available for printing and binding: Provided further, That in addi- tion to the amount herein appropriated the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to incur obligations and enter into contracts for additional work, materials, and equipment not exceeding a total of $12,000,000: Providedfurther, That in the operation of the facilities of The Alaska Railroad, the Department of the Army or any other agency of the United States Government having title thereto is authorized to transfer regardless of present location and without charge to The Alaska Railroad, materials, roadway and bridge maintenance, and other necessary equipment, locomotives and spare parts, shop facilities and machinery, supplies, rolling stock, buildings, and docks, surplus to its needs and which may be certified by the Department of the Interior as necessary for the improvement, mainte- nance, or operation of The Alaska Railroad: Providedfurther, That the authorization in this paragraph for transfer of surplus property to The Alaska Railroad shall not be construed to deny to veterans the priority accorded to them in obtaining surplus property under the urplus Property Act of 1944, as amended. The following appropriations herein made shall be available for the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft: "Salaries and expenses, Governor and Secretary, Territory of Alaska"; "Construc- tion and maintenance of roads, bridges, and trails, Alaska"; and "Alaska Railroad appropriated fund". TERRITORY OF HAWAII For expenses of the offices of the Governor and the Secretary, includ- ing salaries of the Governor, the Secretary $7,342, and the private secretary to the Governor, $4,996; for printing and binding; travel expenses of the Governor; and $935 for temporary clerk hire; $25,900, to be expended by the Governor. Legislative expenses, Territory of Hawaii: For compensation and mileage of members of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii as provided by the Act of June 27, 1930, $47,200. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIGIN ISLANDS For salaries of the Governor and employees incident to the execu- tion of the Acts of March 3, 1917 (48 U. S. C. 1391), and June 22, 1936 (48 U. S. C. 1405v), printing and binding; repair, preservation and care of Federal buildings and furniture, purchase of water, and other necessary miscellaneous expenses, purchase of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed $6,000 for personal services, household equipment and furnishings, fuel, ice, and electricity necessary in the operation of Government House at Saint Thomas and Government House at Saint Croix, $213,000, to be expended by and under the direction of the Governor. For necessary expenses of the agricultural station in the Virgin Islands, $46,300, to be expended by and under the direction of the Governor. Municipal governments: For expenses of the government of the Virgin Islands in excess of current local revenues for the fiscal year 1949, municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John, $194,400, and municipality of Saint Croix, $325,800; in all, $520,200, to be paid to the respective municipal treasuries in monthly installments; and the said municipal governments are hereby authorized to make purchases for their hospitals, schools, and other public institutions, through the Bureau of Federal Supply of the Treasury Department. 1148 [62 STAT.
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