SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. I. Cii. 88. 1928.
129 CHAP. 68 .-An Act To authorize appropriations for construction at military February 18, 1928 . posts, and for other purposes .
[H. R.7009.] [Public, No. 61 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Army United
of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby o tructionof authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $6,695,691, to be expended buildings, e tc ., author . i for the construction and installation at military posts of such tech- zed at military posts . nical buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary, as follows :
Des ig nat ed posts, Bolling Field, District of Columbia, supply warehouse, $38,000 ; etc . administration building, $42,000 ; Chanute Field, Illinois, heating system in hangars, $5,629 ; Fort Crockett, Texas, machine shop and Post, pp . 334, 1304 . aero repair building, $19,869 ; dope and paint house and lean-to for boiler room, $10,775 ; Fort Sam Houston, Texas, macadamizing hang ar li ne an d con stru ction of s torm sewe r and sur face drain age for hangars, $3,858 ; Hawaiian Department (for the'Air Corps), steel hangar, $39,500 ; addition to radio but $6,979 ; New Primary Flying ing Field, Tex . Fl ying Post,
926 . Fiel, an ntnio, Texas, hangars, $40,00
- field shop $81000 ;
field warehouse, $45,000 ; headquarters and operations buildings, $40,000 ; radio, parachute, and photographic buildings, and armament building, $61,000 ; school building, $40,000 ; gasoline and oil storage, $16,900 ; paint, oil, and dope storage, $5,000 ; night flying lighting sys- tem, $15,000 ; improvement of landing field, $81,000 ; New Primary s Primary Flying Flying School, San Antonio, Texas, barracks, $700,000 ; noncommis- sioned officers' quarters, $540,000 ; officers' quarters, $1,020,000 ; hos- pital, $150,000 ; magazine (for explosive), $15,000 ; quartermaster warehouse, $90,000 ; garage, $80,000 ; quartermaster maintenance building, $20,000 ; fire house, $15,000 ; guard house, $30,000 ; post exchange, $45,000 ; theater and gymnasium, $60,000 ; incinerator, $5,000 ; railroad spur tracks, $39,700 ; telephone and telegraph lines in conduit, $68,375 ; bakery, $10,000 ; chapel and school, $50,000 ; enlisted men's club, $60,000 ; officers' mess, $60,000 : Provided, That the Secre- Provisos. tary of War i s here by aut horize d, whe n direc ted by the P reside nt, to near San Anto nio site accept on behalf of the United States, free from encumbrances and without c ost to th e United States, t he title in fee si mple to s uch lands as he may deem necessary or desirable, in the vicinity of San Antonio, Texas, approximately two thousand four hundred acres, as a site for Brooks Field and an Army primary flying school and flying field : Provided further, Kelly Field, Tex t ., upon the acceptance of the lands as herein provided there is ferred. hereby authorized to be made available or a ppropriated for the construction thereon of barracks and officers' quarters and utilities and appurtenances thereto such amounts as m ay have been appro- priated or authorized for appropriation for barracks and officers' quarter s and utilit ies an d appu rtenan ces the reto a t Broo ks Fie ld and Kelly Field, Texas, pursuant to the authority contained in the Acts vet. 44, p. 1235. approved February 25, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page vol.44, p. 1391. 1235), and March 3, 1927 (Forty-fourth Stat utes at Large, page 1390) : Provided further, That, upon the acceptance of the lands as Transfer of build- ings, etc ., to primary herein provided, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to pre- flying school and field . pare the grounds and construct the necessary roadways and utilities at said primary flying school and flying field and to transfer thereto and ree stabli sh the reon s uch bu ilding s, util ities and eq uipmen t then located at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, as he may determine to be necessary and desirable : And prov ided furth er, That the Sale of Brooks Field Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to sell, or cause to th and
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Field, an be sold, under the provisions of the Act of March 12, 1926, the tracts Post, p , . Vol. 44 9264 ' or parce ls of real p ropert y comp rising Brooks Field and K elly F ield, Texas, or any portion thereof, upon determination by him that said tracts or parcels are no longer needed for military purposes, and to execute and deliver in the name of the United States and in its
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