Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 1.djvu/841

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PUBLIC LAWS-- H. 591-DEC. 17, 1941 Ante, p. 755 . Ante, p. 221 . Ice breaking, Illi- nois River. Ante, p. 223. Ante, p. 223. Act, 1942, on the amount which may be expended for recreation, amusement, comfort, contentment, and health of enlisted men is hereby increased to $76,746. General expenses, Coast Guard: For an additional amount for general expenses, Coast Guard, fiscal year 1942, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, $4,785,000, of which $35,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby allocated for the breaking of ice on the Illinois River. Construction of vessels and shore facilities, Coast Guard: For an additional amount for additional and replacement vessels and their equipment, and the construction, rebuilding, or extension of shore facilities, including the objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, $8,717,300, to remain available until expended, of which amount not to exceed four per centum shall be available for administrative expense in connection therewith, including personal services in the District of Columbia. Establishing and improving aids to navigation: For an additional amount for establishing and improving aids to navigation and other works, including the acquisition of sites therefor, $869,135, which sum shall be available for all expenditures directly relating thereto. INCREASE AND REPLACEMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS pai cra"ft and Construction and machinery: In addition to the objects specified Ante, p. 171. under this heading in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, this appro- priation shall be available for the construction or acquisition and conversion of not to exceed eight hundred small vessels as mine craft Ante, p. 782. and patrol craft, as authorized in Public Law 323, Seventy-seventh Pxiary vsses. Congress, as amended by this Act: Provided, That Public Law Ante, p.197. Numbered 72, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved May 24, 1941, is hereby amended by deleting the words "five hundred and fifty thousand tons" and inserting the words "one million three hundred and fifty thousand tons" in lieu thereof: Provided further, That Public Law Numbered 323, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved Ante, p.782. November 21, 1941, is hereby amended by deleting the words "four hundred" and inserting "eight hundred" in lieu thereof, and also by deleting the following: ", not to exceed $300,000,000". GENERAL PROVISION Selectees, naval SEC. 202. The appropriations for the Navy Department and the service and Marine Corps. naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, shall be avail- 54 Stat. 8ae. 50 U.S. , app. able for the pay and other expenses of not to exceed fifty thousand At31-318 . 621men inducted into the naval service and not to exceed ten thousand Ante, pp. 211, 621, 626;post, p . 844. men inducted into the Marine Corps under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. citation of title. SEC. 203. This title may be cited as "Title V, Naval Appropriation Act, 1942". TITLE III-GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATIVE SENATE Senate Library, as- sistant. Ante, p. 446. For payment to Elizabeth M. Adams, widow of Alva B. Adams, late a Senator from the State of Colorado, $10,000. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to employ an assistant in the Senate Library from January 1, to June 30, 1942, at the rate of $1,440 per annum, to be paid from the appropriation for Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate for the fiscal year 1942. [55 STAT.