63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1S T SESS.-CH. 688 -OCT. 13 , 1949 control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 9 of the Flood Con- trol Act, approved June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1508), $500,000. Flood control, Sacramento River, California: For prosecuting work of flood control, Sacramento River, California, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1917, as amended (33 U. S . C . 703, 704; 50 Stat. 849; 55 Stat. 638-651), $3,600,000. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS Maintenance and operation, Certain Federal Water Mains Outside the District of Columbia: For the maintenance, operation, improve- ment, extension, and protection of Federal water lines located outside the District of Columbia required to serve nearby Government estab- lishments and facilities with water from the water supply system of the District of Columbia, including interconnections with other water systems for emergency use wherever located, to be immediately avail- able and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, $12,000. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $2,428,000: Provided That this appropriation shall not be available for the pay- ment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, upon the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army. THE PANAMA CANAL For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, and construction of additional facilities, including printing and binding; personal services in the District of Columbia, purchase (not to exceed twenty-four in the current fiscal year for replacement only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; claims for damages to vessels, cargo, crew, or passengers, as authorized by section 10 of title 2, Canal Zone Code, as amended (54 Stat. 387); claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation? and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construction of additional facilities; pay- ment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. . 2672); acquisition of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assem- bling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sale; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses of attendance (not to exceed $10,000), when authorized by the Governor, at meetings of organiza- tions concerned with activities pertaining to the Panama Canal; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise pro- vided for herein; not to exceed $2,000 for travel and subsistence expenses of members of the police and fire forces of the Panama 81939° -50- -PT . -- 54 849 49 Stat. 1611. 33U. .. 1702g-1. 39 Stat. 949. Federal water mains outside D. C . Hospitalization of members. Damage claims. 48 U. S. C. 11319. 6o Stat. 843; 2 Stat. 1008. 28 U. 8. O, Supp. 1 126§72. Ante, pp. 62,106. 37 Stat. 560. 48U.S.C.if1301- 1387; Supp. In, 1301 Ante, p. W7. Emergencies. Travel expenses.
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