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P U B L I C LAW 5 0 4 - J U L Y 11, 1952

[66 S T A T.

NIAGARA REDEVELOPMENT REMEDIAL WORKS INVESTIGATION

For engineering and economic investigations and surveys, pending authorization for construction, of projects for development and utilization of the waters of the Niagara River, $100,000. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, including construction of quarters, $3,452,000, to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment 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.

CANAL ZONE G O V E R N M E N T For expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, including net losses from operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; construction of additional facilities; purchase (not to exceed four in the current fiscal year, for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of land and land under water, as author48 us^c Izo'i. ^2®^ i'^ the Panama Canal Act; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; not to exceed $10,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings, when authorized by the Governor, of organizations concerned with activities Travel expenses, pertaining to the Canal Zone Government; not to exceed $2,000 for travel and subsistence expenses of employees of the Canal Zone Government incident to their special training as authorized by law (63 Stat. 600); contingencies of the Governor, including not to exceed $3,000 for entertainment, to be expended in his discretion; medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable; and payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood for transfusions; $18,000,000, of which $4,900,000 for construction and major equipment shall remain available until expended: Provided, That all expenses of the Canal Zone Government shall be reimbursable to the United States Treasury, pursuant to law (48 U.S.C. 1361 b (e)): Provided further, That the appro65 Stat. 620. priation made available under this head in the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1952, shall not be available for obligation after June 30, ft 1952, except as specified thereunder with respect to (a) the amount provided for construction, and (b) any remaining balances of amounts transferred thereto from appropriations for "Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal", "Sanitation", and "Civil government". P A N A M A CANAL C O M P A N Y

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The following corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to it and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1953 for such corporation, except as hereinafter provided: