PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 149-MAY 25, 1939 Provisos. Limitation on vehi- cle purchases. Maintenance, oper- ation, repair, etc. Contingent ex- penses. Public works, etc. Use of unexpended balances. Ante, p. 591. Provisos. Amount immedi- ately available. Personal services. Construction, etc., of authorized projects. Additional base fa- cilities. Ante, p. 590. contracted for by the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed and payment of the travel expenses of such persons if they be mem- bers of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty, $8,530,000: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1940 the motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles to be purchased hereunder shall not exceed the following respective numbers and costs: One at $1,800 for the use of the Secretary of the Navy, four at $1,600 each, ten at $600 each, six motorbusses at $4,500 each, and motortruck chasses with station- wagon-type bodies as required: Provided further, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, including the compensation of civilian chauffeurs and the compensa- tion of any greater number than ninety enlisted men detailed to such duty, shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, exclusive of such vehicles owned and operated by the Marine Corps in connection with expeditionary duty without the continental limits of the United States, motorbusses, station-wagon motortrucks, and motorcycles and on any one vehicle, except busses and ambulances, shall not exceed for maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operators, tires, fuel, and lubricants, one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case not more than $400. CONTINGENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For contingent expenses and minor extensions and improvements of public works at navy yards and stations, $140,000. PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS For public works and public utilities, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $55,328,550, which, together with the unexpended balances of appro- priations heretofore made under this head, shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law and shall constitute one fund, which fund shall be available for the payment of obliga- tions incurred under the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Act approved April 2;5, 1939 (Public, Numbered 43, Seventy-sixth Con- gress), insofar as they relate to naval public works and utilities projects and for part-time and intermittent employment by contract of scientists, technicists, and other personnel and payment of travel expenses of members of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty: Provided, That of the amount herein appropriated under this head $10,000,000 shall be immediately available: Provided further, That not to exceed 21/2 per centum of the aggregate amount available on July 1, 19392 shall be available for the employment of classified personal services in the Bureau of Yards and Docks and in the field service to be engaged upon such work and to be in addition to employees otherwise provided for: Provided further, That the Secre- tary of the Navy is authorized to commence, continue, or complete the construction of, or make provision for, by contract or otherwise, projects heretofore authorized and appropriated for under this head, and, in addition, the following-named public works and public util- ities projects at a limit of cost not to exceed the amount stated for each project enumerated, respectively: Base facilities, Navy: Additional facilities as authorized by the Act approved April 25, 1939 (Public, Numbered 43, Seventy-sixth Congress), including the acquisition of land and the construction of buildings and accessories, at or in the vicinity of Kaneohe Bay Hawaii; Midway Island; Johnston Island; Palmyra Island; Kodiak, 772 [53 STAT.
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