56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2n SESS.-CHS. 477, 478-JULY 2, 1942 SEC. 14. The Secretary of War is authorized to utilize any appro- etPrisoners priation available for the Military Establishment, under such regu- Use or fu lations as he may prescribe, for all expenses incident to the mainte- mainte nance nance, pay, and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army custody whose status is determined by the Secretary of War to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in Army custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation. SEC. 15. The appropriations contained in this Act which are avail- Gagesdies, able for the procurement or manufacture of munitions of war of special or technical design may be used for the development and procurement of gages, dies, jigs, and other special aids and appli- ances, production studies, factory plans, and other production data. including specifications and detailed drawings, in accordance with the provisions of sections 120 and 123 of the National Defense Act, 35Ut.S . 23 as amended. Such appropriations may also be used for the pur- chase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. SEC. 16. Any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available Auxiliry C to carry into effect the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Women's Ante, p. 278 Army Auxiliary Corps for service with the Army of the United 8 States", approved May 14, 1942: Provided, That obligations hereto- Pr""s" fore incurred for such purposes are hereby authorized and validated. SEC. 17. None of the moneys appropriated by this or any other Servieeme Act shall be available to the War Department or the Military Estab- Ae t of 1942 lishment for audit work for the purpose of reconciling family allow- 747. ance pay-roll deductions made by disbursing officers in the field with family allowance payments to dependents of military personnel under the provisions of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942. SEC. 18. The appropriations made by this Act or otherwise made Mergeroff available to the Military Establishment shall be merged with and become a part of appropriations under the respective heads in the Military Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended by Acts supplemental p.53 t. thereto, or otherwise available, and shall include the objects and be subject to the limitations and conditions under said heads, respec- tively, in those Acts, except as otherwise provided herein. SEC. 19. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- prprti, priations contained herein shall be available from and including July 1, 1942, for the purposes respectively provided in such appro- priations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1942, and the date of the enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. SEC. 20. This Act may be cited as the "Military Appropriation Act, hort tite. 1943". Approved, July 2, 1942. 633 of war inds for , etc. jigs,eto. ,215. §§ 80, 78. Army rps. I;post, p. n's De- llowance
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mnds. 66; ante, yofap. etc. [CIAPTER 478] JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations to provide war housing and war public works in and near the District of Columbia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of the Act entitled July 2, 1942 [H. J . Res. 308] [Public Law 650] District of Colum- bia. War housing and war public works, ap- propriations.
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