PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 787-OCT. 29, 1949
60 Stat. 858 .
60 Stat. 853.
41 Stat. 813.
Naval Petroleum
Reserve Numbered 1.
Agreements with
landowners.
Use of naval service
funds.
periodicals for the naval service; all advertising of the Department
of the Navy and its bureaus (except advertising for recruits for the
Bureau of Naval Personnel); costs of suits; expenses authorized by
section 38 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C. 421f), for Latin-
American cooperation; postage, foreign and domestic and post-office
box rentals; microphotographic services; and other necessary and
incidental expenses, $4,300,000.
CONTINGENCIES OF THE NAVY
For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, authorized by
section 6 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 419c), to be expended
on the approval and authority of the Secretary, and his determination
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Govern-
ment, and for examination of estimates for appropriations and of
naval activities in the field for any branch of the naval service,
$17,500,000.
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, $9,500,000: Provided, That out of any sums
appropriated for naval purposes by this title, any portion thereof, not
to exceed $5,000,000, 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.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
For technical reference and lawbooks periodicals, and photostating
for Department library; purchase of photographs, maps, documents,
and pictorial records of the Navy; stationery, furniture, newspapers,
plans, drawings, and drawing materials; purchase, maintenance
repair, and operation of motortrucks and other necessary expenses of
the Department of the Navy and its various bureaus and offices,
$1,635,000: Provided, That it shall not be lawful to expend, unless
otherwise specifically provided by law, for any of the offices or bureaus
of the Department of the Navy in the District of Columbia, any sum
out of appropriations made for the naval service for any of the pur-
poses mentioned or authorized in this paragraph.
SALARIES
For personal services at the seat of government for the Office of
the Secretary of the Navy, $4,400,000.
OFFICE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
ISLAND GOVERNMENTS
Expenses incident to the administration of island governments,
including liberated and occupied areas and the Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands, $1,300,000.
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