SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 203. 1924. 195 officers; coffee mills and repair thereto; expenses of naval clothing factory and_machinery for the same; laboratory equipment; purchase of articles of equipage at home and abroad under the cogni- E*¤“‘Pm°¤‘S°¤P“°* zance of the Bureau o Supplies and Accounts, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith, and the manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards; musical instruments and ‘ music; mess outfits; soap on board naval vessels; tolls, ferria e, , yeomen’s stores, safes, and other incidental expenses; all freiéit mIIir%`&’¥gA£?Wm°°t and express charges pertaining to the Navy Department and its bureaus; labor in general storehouses, paymasters’ offices, and ac- ' counting offices in navy yards and naval stations, including naval stations maintained in island possessions under the control of the United States, and expenses in andling stores urchased and manufactured under " the naval supply account fundp"; in all, $9,800,000: ,, . Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation, under _ Chemical. e¢<=.¤¤rvthe direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for chemists and for ‘°'“' clerical, inspection, and messenger service in the supply and accounting degirtments of the navy yards and naval stations and disbursing offices for the iiscal year ending June 30, 1925, shall not exceed $2,850,000. The clothing and small·stores fund shall be char d with the mCri,s°t;l{.l°S_°°d mm value of all issues of clothing and small stores mag to enlisted mg,‘}_§¤¥“,‘;{,’,,*}¥**,§_°"li§ men and apprentice seamen required as outiits on first enlistment, ¤¤i¢y.' ew, mused not to excee $100 each, and for uniform gratuity to enrolled men °m°t°` of the Naval Reserve Force, and for civilian clothing not to exceed $15 per man to men given discharge for bad con act for undesirabilit , or inaptitudc, the uniform gratuity paid to officers of the NMNM com- Naval geserve orce, and the authorized issues of clothing and equipment to the members of the Naval Nurse Corps. rum. Aim TRANSPORTATION. For coal and other fuel for steamers’ and ships’ use, including m{"’°'· "'“¤’°'*•“°'*· ` expenses of transportation, storage, and_handling the same; maintenance and general operation o machmery of naval fuel depots and fuel plants; water for all puréposes on board naval vessels; and ice for the cooling of water, inclu mg the elziplense of transportation F and storage of both, $14,500,000; Provgkled, at fuel acquired other iauemimea to IE than by purchase shall not be issued without charging the applicable "°*’“•“°° °*’ - appropriation with the cost of such fuel at the rate current at the time of issue for fuel purchased: Provided further, That the Presi- ,,_§{,‘j’° ‘°' '°°’ °" dent ma direct the use wholly or in part, of fuel on hand, however acquiredg to be charged at the last-issue rate for fuel acquired by purchase, when, in his judgment, prices quoted for supplying fuel are excessive. _ _ _ Pmmm, mum The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to trans- workinuma fer from the naval supply account fund an amount not exceeding ,,,,,,,,,,,“"“““, ,,,,"":,,"§ $100,000 for the establishment of a permanent special working fund, ¤=¤¤¤¤*· which shall be charged with the net proceeds of all sales of surplus F¤¤¤“°m ·v•¤**•°· and condemned stores; with refunds to bidders at sales and to special depositors; and with all labor, overhead, material, and services incident to work done not chargeable to naval appropriations; and which shall be credited with all funds received as pagment or advances for surplus stares, fog condfimned stoiies, an fop all ex nses incident to wor not c ar e to nava appro ria ions. J, ,,,,1,,,,,m I’fche Paymaster General of the Iggy is hereby authorlized and “ ¤¤$&f directed to d from the naval supply) account, without reim- aeuuemmhnppny bursement to the naval supply account d, issues made by order ‘°°°““‘· of the Secreta of the Navy, pursuant to the directions of the President, for the relief of sufferers in Japan following the earthquake which occurred September 1, 1923.
