53 STAT. 76TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 169-JUNE 2, 1939 (b) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to proceed with the construction of fleet supply facilities, including buildings and accessories, on the land of which title has been accepted and acquired under authority of section 3 (a) of this Act, at a cost of not more than $6,500,000. (c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- priated, such sums not to exceed $6,500,000 as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of section 3 (a) of this Act. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase the two graving drydocks situated on San Francisco Bay and known as the Hunters Point drydocks and approximately forty-eight acres of adjoining land and improvements thereon and to construct on said land an assembly building, storehouse, latrine, and galley, and accessories to each and to provide a quay wall and weight- handling facilities, all to constitute an annex of the Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, and to be operated under the direction of the commandant of said navy yard, and to cost not to exceed $6,000,000: Provided, That no part of any appropriation made to effectuate the purposes of this Act shall be used to needlessly duplicate at said annex any manufacturing, construction, or repair facilities available at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, except as herein specifi- cally authorized, and no such duplicate facilities shall be provided hereafter at said annex unless specifically authorized by law: Pro- vided further, That should the Secretary of the Navy, after ninety days negotiations with the owners of said drydocks, land, and improvements, be unable to agree with said owners upon a purchase price not to exceed for such properties $4,000,000, then, and in that event, the said Secretary is authorized to acquire a suitable tract of land on San Francisco Bay and to construct thereon, by contract or otherwise, a graving drydock capable of docking the largest vessel built, building, or projected, together with buildings, accessories, and incidental facilities, all at a cost not to exceed $6,000,000 and to be used and operated as hereinbefore provided, but not more than 10 per centum of $6,000,000 shall be expended for the acquisition of the site of the said dock. SE(. 5. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to proceed with the construction of such public works and utilities, including buildings and accessories, as are needed to equip South Boston drydock for use as an annex of the Boston Navy Yard in the repair of naval vessels. (b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropri- ated, such sums not to exceed $2,545,000 as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of section 5 (a) of this Act. SEC. 6 . The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to continue the employment, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, of such employees now carried on the rolls as will be required for the prepa- ration of plans and specifications and administrative work in connec- tion with the public works and public utilities projects authorized by this Act, or heretofore otherwise authorized. Approved, June 2, 1939. 801 Fleet supply facili- ties, construction. Appropriation au- thorized. Hunters Point grav- ing drydocks, San Francisco Bay, Calif., acquisition. Constructionofproj- ects on adjoining land. Proeisos. Duplication of exist- ing facilities, restric- tion. Alternative site, plans, etc. Maximum expendi- ture. South Ilolstln dry- dock, equillillpmllnt, is annex to loston Navy Yard. Appropriation au- thorized. Personal services.
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