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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 328-330 -JULY 29, 30 , 1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 3281 AN ACT July 29, 194.1 [H. . 52561 Authorizing appropriations for the United States Navy, additional shipbuilding, [Public Law 1921 ship repair, and ordnance manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes. Navy. Appropriation au- thorized for shipbuild- ing, etc. Post, p . 680. Acquisition oflands, construction of build- ings, etc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for essential equipment and facilities at either private or naval establishments for building or equipping any complete naval vessel or portion thereof heretofore or hereafter authorized; $160,000,000 for essential equipment and facili- ties at either private or naval establishments for repairing, altering, or converting any vessel operated by the Navy or being prepared for naval use; and $125,000,000 for essential equipment and facilities for the manufacture or production of ordnance material, munitions, and armor at either private or naval establishments. SEC. 2. The authority herein granted shall include the authority to acquire lands at such locations as the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the President, may deem best suited to the purpose, erect or extend buildings, and acquire the necessary machinery and equip- ment, and shall be in addition to all authority heretofore granted for these purposes. Approved, July 29, 1941. [CHAPTER 329] de AN Ari July 30, 1941 [H R. R. 5] To provide for payment of pension to certain dependent parents notwithstanding [Public Law 193] remarriage, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Veterans. tocern United States of America in Congress assembled, That pension or Payments to certain ependent parents. compensation payable to a dependent mother or father under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration shall continue during dependency whether dependency arises prior or subsequent to the death of the veteran on whose account the benefit is payable. The fact of remarriage of the mother or father shall not operate to terminate such pension, provided that dependency exists notwith- standing such remarriage. Repeals SEC. 2 . Paragraph IV (b) part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 2-Series (U. S . C., title 38, ch. 12, appendix), is hereby repealed and any provision of law inconsistent with this Act is also repealed. Approved, July 30, 1941. [CHAPTER 330] AM ACT' July 30,1941 [H. R. 3933] To grant the city of Vancouver, Washington, road rights-of-way and a retro- [Public Law 194] cession of jurisdiction thereover. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Granctoueradwts- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of-way. of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant to the city of Vancouver, Washington, easements for rights-of-way for street or public-highway purposes over such roads on the Vancouver Barracks Military Reservation, Washington, as the Secretary of War may designate, and subject to such conditions, restrictions, and reserva- tions as the Secretary of War may impose for the protection of the reservation, with the right of the city of Vancouver to surface, pave, illuminate, lay mains, conduits, and culverts, and to make other improvements necessary for public purposes on said rights-of-way: 608