PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 247-APR. 28, 1942 55 Stat. 151. 55 Stat. 172 . 55 Stat. 151; ante, p. 78. Maximum number of employees, D. C. 55 Stat. 152; ante, pp. 55, 79. Additional em- ployee. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.S.C., §§661- 674; Supp. I, eh. 13. Post, p. 733. Proviso. 55 Stat. 576. Payments to Phil- ippine citizens. 55 Stat. 152. 55 Stat. 153 . 55 Stat. 153; ante, p . 79; post, p. 276 . Rehabilitation, etc., of naval personnel. tion Act for the fiscal year 1942, including the objects and subject to the limitations and conditions specified under the respective headings and subject to the provisions under the heading "General Provisions" contained in said Act, except as otherwise provided herein, as follows: NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES The provisions under this heading in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended, and in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1943, limiting the number of civilian officers and employees who may be employed in the Navy Department proper, at Washington, are hereby amended, respectively, by increasing such number to twenty thousand, and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to employ one additional employee at a per annum salary rate in excess of $5,000, but not in excess of the appropriate rate established in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided, That section 304 of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941, shall not apply to citizens of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from and including the date of approval of such Act, and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to make payments for services rendered by such citizens during the fiscal year 1942 out of the applicable appropriations. CONTINGENT, NAVY Contingent, Navy, $130,000. NAVAL PRISON FARMS AND PRISON PERSONNEL Naval Prison Farms and Prison Personnel, without regard to the existing expenditure limitation, $8,000. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, NAVY Funds appropriated under the heading "Welfare and recreation" shall be available for the hire and use of buildings, grounds, services, facilities, and subsistence for rehabilitation and recuperation of naval personnel returned from war service at sea or on shore beyond the continental limits of the United States, including Alaska, the Canal Zone, and insular possessions. 55 Stat. 156; ante, p. 79. Nonnaval vessels operated for naval re- quirements. Salvage facilities. 55 Stat. 745; ante, p . 86. 55 Stat. 157; ante, p. 79. BUREAU OF SHIPS MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF SHIPS Maintenance, Bureau of Ships: The appropriations under this head for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943 shall be available for repairs, con- versions, and restorations on nonnaval vessels operated for naval requirements; and for the accomplishment of the purposes authorized by Public Law 280, approved October 24, 1941, amended by Public Law 446, approved February 10, 1942. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES, NAVY Ordnance and ordnance stores, Navy, $183,692,000. 230 [56 STAT.
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