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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 326. 1931.
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Forage, etc. For forage and stabling of public animals and the authorized number of officers' horses, $40,000;

Contingent. 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 typewriters and calculating machines; purchase and repair of furniture Vehicles. and fixtures; purchase, exchange, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying and other vehicles, including parts; veterinary services and medicines for public animals and the authorized Horses. number of officers' horses; purchase of mounts and horse equipment 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; Funeral expenses. packing and crating of officers' allowance of baggage; funeral expenses of officers and enlisted men and accepted applicants for enlistment and retired officers on active duty and retired enlisted Transporting remains, etc. men of the Marine Corps, including the transportation of their bodies, arms, and wearing apparel from the place of demise to the Laundries homes of the deceased in the United States; construction, operation, and maintenance of laundries; and for all emergencies and extraordinary Provisos. Motor vehicles. expenses, $2,061,209: Provided, That there may be expended out of this appropriation not to exceed $32,800 (including the exchange value of any vehicles which may be used as part payment) for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, the gross cost of any one vehicle not to be in excess of the respective amounts as follows: One, $1,800; twenty-five, $600 each; twenty motor cycles, $290 each; twenty side cars for motor cycles, $110 each; Clerical, etc., field service. and two motor busses, $4,000 each: Provided further, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for clerical, drafting, inspection, watchman, interpreter, and messenger service in the classified field service of the Marine Corps, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, shall not exceed $90,000.

Marine Corps Reserve. Marine Corps Reserve: For clothing, subsistence, heat, light, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, $108,173;

Yorktown, Va., celebration. For participation by the band of the United States Marine Corps in the celebration to be held at Yorktown, Virginia, October 16, 17, 18, and 19, 1931, permission for said participation being hereby Band attendance. authorized, and for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the band, the sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.

In all, $8,598,435, to be accounted for as one fund.

Increase of the Navy.

INCREASE OF THE NAVY

Construction and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized. Proviso. Construction and machinery: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, $31,100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the appropriations contained in this Act under the head of "Increase of the Navy," there shall be available such sums as the Secretary of the Navy may from time to time determine to be necessary for the Technical services, purchase of plans, etc., for new cursers, etc. engagement of technical services, including the purchase of plans, and the employment of additional clerks, draftsmen, technical employees, and store-laborers (not to exceed $20,000), in the Navy Department and in the field, owing to the construction authorized by the Act of February 13, 1929. Vol. 45, p. 1165.

Armor, etc., for vessels under construction. Armor, armament, and ammunition: Toward the armor, armament, and ammunition for vessels heretofore authorized, $7,200,000, to remain available until expended.