1664 War Department . Secretary's Office . Damage claims . Vol.42,p.1066. U.S. Code, p.989. Quartermaster Corps . Fort Thomas, Ky . Repairs to road . Ante, p . 1015 . Fo rt Leavenworth, Kans . Road improvements . Mil tart' Pos ts. Construction, etc ., of building at . Ante, p. 1301. Posts designated . Provisos . Ca mp Devens, Mass . Forme r appropria- tion available. Vol.44, pp . 1235, 1391 . Ante, p.35. Restrictions waived on contracts, etc . R.S.,sees. 1136, 3734, pp . 206, 737. SEVEN TIETH C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 707. 1929 . WAR DEP ARTMENT-MILIT ARY ACTIVITIES OFFI CE OF THE SECRE TARY Damage claims : To pay claims for damages to or losses of pri- vately owned property adjusted and determined by the War Depart- ment under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922 (U . S . C ., p . 989, sees . 215-217), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 236 and House Docu- ments N umbered 521 a nd 596, Sevent ieth Congress , $1,834 . 87 . QUARTERMASTER COR PS Repairs to road, Fort Thomas, Kentucky : For repairs to Fort Thomas Avenue at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved December 5, 1928, fiscal years 1929 and 1930, $11,000 . Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) road : Fo r pa vin g th e roa d on t he Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) Military Reservation, from Grant Avenue to the west approach of the Government-owned bridge across the Missouri River, fiscal years 1929 and 1930, $26,000 . Construction of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances at military posts : For construction and installation of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto at military posts as authorized by an Act entitled "An Act to authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes," approved February 25, 1929, as follows : Porto Rico : Barracks, $80,000 ; noncommissioned officers' quarters, $72,000 ; officers' quarters, $180,000 ; Henry Bar- racks, Porto Rico-barracks, $160,000 ; noncommissioned officers' quarters, $33,000 ; officers' quarters, $123,000 ; hospital, $35,000 ; Walter Reed General Hospital, District of Columbia-nurses' quar- ters, $300,000 ; observation, tuberculosis, and infectious disease wards and a laboratory and morgue, and the reconstruction of the third floor of the main building into an operating room, and for the necessary corridors, roads, walks, grading, utilities, and appurte- nances thereto, $90,000 ; and for radio and communication center at Bolling Field, District of Columbia, or at a point on a military reservation in the vicinity of the District of Columbia to be selected by the Secretary of War, $30,000 ; in all, $1,103,000 : Provided, That the sum of $300,000, authorized for construction of a hospital at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, by the Act approved February 25, 1927, and appropriated for in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, approved December 22, 1927, is hereby made available for expenditure at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, for the construction and installation of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto as follows : Hospital, toward completion, $35,000 ; for officers' quarters, $180,600 ; for noncommissioned officers' quarters, $14,400 ; for bakery, $15,000 ; for fire house, $10,000 ; and for stables, $45,000 ; as authorized in the Act entitled "An Act to authorize appropriations for construc- tion at military posts, and for other purposes," approved February 25, 1929 : Provided further, That the expenditure of the funds herein provided for may be made without reference to sections 1136 and 3734, Revi sed Statutes, including al so the engagem ent by con- tract o r other wise, o f the service s of ar chitec ts, or firms, or par tner- ships thereof, and other technical and professional personnel as may be deemed necessary without regard to civil-service requirements and restrictio ns of law gov erning the em ployment and c ompensation of employees of the United States .
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