1468 Repairs to ba rracks, etc . Forage, etc. Contingent. Vehicles. Horses, etc. Funeral expenses. Laundries . Provisos. Purc hase of m otor ve- hicles. Clerical, etc ., field service . Marine Corps Re- serve . Major alterations to ships. "Oklahoma" and "Nevada." Modernizing. Vol. 44, p. 1343. Ante, pp . 641, 1085 . Increase of the Navy . Construct ion and machinery of vessels here tofor e au thori zed . Ante, p. 1165. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. II. CH. 483. 1929. For repairs and improvements to barracks, quarters, and other public buildings at posts and stations ; for the renting, leasing, and improvement of buildings in the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, and at such other places as the public exigencies require, and the erection of temporary buildings upon the approval of the Secretary of the Navy at a total cost of not to exceed $10,000 during the year, $375,000 ; For forage and stabling of public animals and the authorized number of offic ers' hors es, $40,0 00 ; For miscellaneous supplies, material, equipment, personal and other services, and for other incidental expenses for the Marine Corps not otherwise provided for ; purchase, repair, and exchange of type- writers and calculating machines ; purchase and repair of furniture and fixtures ; purchase, exchange, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying and other vehicles, including parts ; veter inary servic es and medic ines f or publ ic ani mals a nd the autho r- ized number of officers' horses ; purchase of mounts and horse equip- ment for all officers below the grade of major required to be mounted ; shoeing for public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses ; books, newspapers, and periodicals ; printing and binding ; packing and crating of officers' allowance of baggage ; f u ne r al expenses of officers and enlisted men and accepted applicants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty and retired enlisted men of the Marine Corps, including the transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to the homes of the deceased in the United States ; construction, operation, and main tenan ce of lau ndrie s ; and for a ll eme rgenci es and extra or- dinary expenses, $2,028,159 : Provided, That there may be expended out of this appropriation not to exceed $23,100 (including the exchange value of any vehicles which may be used as part payment) for the purch ase o f se vente en mo tor-p rope lled passe nger -carr ying vehicles, the gross cost of any one vehicle not to be in excess; of the respective amounts which follow : Three, $2,000 each ; four, $1,300 each ; ten, $650 each ; also twenty motor cycles, cost not to exceed $270 each : Provided f urt7wr, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for cleri cal, d raftin g, ins pectio n, wat chman, interp reter, and m esseng er service in the classified field slervice of the Marine Corps, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, shall not exceed $90,000 ; Marine Corps Reserve : For clothing, subsistence, heat, light, trans- porta tion a nd mis cellan eous e xpense s, $108 ,173 ; In all, 8,605,332, to be accounted for as one fund . ALT ERATI ONS TO NAVA L VES SELS Towar d the alte rati ons a nd re pair s req uired for the purpo se of modernizing th e United States ship s Oklahoma and Nevad a, as authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an increase in the l imit o f cost of ce rtain naval vessels , and for ot her pu rposes ," approved March 2, 1927 (44 Stat ., p . 1343), as amended by the Act approved January 19, 1929 (Public, No . 671, Seventieth Congress), $450, 000 . INCR EASE OF THE NAVY Construction and machinery : On account of hulls and outfits of vesse ls and machi nery o f vess els he retofor e auth orized , $28, 550,00 0, of which $200,000 shall be available toward the construction of the second five light cruisers, the construction of which is authorized by the Act approved February 13, 1929, to be undertaken during the fisca l year 1930, and, in add ition, the Se cretar y of t he Tre asury is
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