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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . CH . 853. 1928 . Jersey," approved March 9, 1928, $1,000, to rema in a vail able unt il June 30, 1929 . Air Corps.

AIR CORPS Wright Field, Day- ton, Ohio . Transferring plant, etc . Ante, p. 299 . Incurred obligations . Sum available for . Vol.43,p.906. Engineer Corps . For continuing the transfer of the experimental and testing plant of the Air Corps to a permanent site at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and the construction and installation thereon of the technical build- ings and utilities and appurtenances as authorized by the Act approved March 10, 1928, $300,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929 . The sum of $18,555 of the appropriation for Air Service, Army, contained in the Act making appropriations for the War Depart- ment for the fiscal year 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 19 29, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1926 . CORPS OF ENGINEERS Skilled dra ftsmen , In addition to the sum authorized under this head in the War et A ddition al amou nt Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 19 29, approved for .

March 23, 1928, further expenditure of not to exceed $29,200 from Ante, p. 341. appropriations heretofore made is authorized for employment only in the office of the Chief of Engineers of the services of skilled drafts- men, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations . Military surveys and Military surveys and maps : For the execution of topographic and maps .

other surveys, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $45,000, to remain available until December 31, 1929 . San J uan, Porto For the protection, preservation, and repair of the historical Rico . Pre serva tion, etc ., o f fortifications at San Juan, Porto Rico, $4,400, to remain available fortifications .

until expended . Ordnance Depart-

ORD NANC E DE PAR TMEN T ment. Ammunition storage Ammunition storage facilities, Army : Toward providing ammuni- facilities. r Post, p. 1464 .

tion storage facilities (limit of cost $3,316,05), in acco rdan ce w ith the primary recommendations contained in House Document Num- Raritan, N. J ., and bered 199, Seventieth Congress, except as to Raritan, New Jersey, Curtis Ba y, Md . and Curtis Bay, Maryland, as to which, such primary recommenda- tions are modified to call for a total expenditure on account of each of such places of $593 ,015 and $257,280, respectively, $1,914,161, including $204,000 for the acquisition of land, and such sum shall remain available until June 30, 1929 . Joint board of Army The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, through a and Navy officers, to advise on storage of joint board of officers appointed by them, shall keep advised of ammunition supplies. storage supplies of ammunition and components thereof for use of the Army and Navy, with special reference to keeping such supplies properly dispersed and stored and to preventing hazardous condi- tions from arising to endanger life and property within and without storage reservations . Such board shall advise and confer with such Secretaries in the execution of the recommendations contained in House Document Numbered 1 99 , Seventieth Congress . Military Academy .

MILITARY ACADEMY Pay . Pay : For an additional amount for pay of the United States Military Academy, including the same objects specified under this head in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1928, $34,051 .72 .