57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., IST SESS.-CH. 147-JUNE 26, 1943 employment and support of such beneficiaries; and maintenance, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle; $360,660. BUREAU OF SHIPS MAINTENANCE, BUREAU OF SHIPS For designing hulls, machinery, and equipment of naval vessels, except armament; experimental, developmental, and research work; payment on a strictly part-time or intermittent employment basis in the District of Columbia, or elsewhere, solely under the Bureau of Ships, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed; maintenance, repairs, renewal, and alterations of hulls, machinery, and equipment of naval vessels, nonnaval vessels operated for naval requirements, and yard and dis- trict craft except machinery and equipment under the cognizance of other bureaus; docking of vessels; maritime salvage services and other purposes in connection therewith authorized by law; relief of vessels in distress; hire of lighters, tugs, and small craft; pay, subsistence, and incidental expenses of civilian crews temporarily employed on naval vessels; equipage, appliances, supplies, materials, and services, at home and abroad, under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ships; searchlights and fire-control equipment for antiaircraft defense at shore stations; maintenance and operation of the Naval Communica- tion Service (including teletype), the experimental model basin, Carderock, Maryland, and the engineering experiment station, Annapolis, Maryland, including maintenance and equipment of build- ings and grounds and appurtenances; purchase, installation, repair, and preservation of machine tools, plant appliances, and equipment (including furniture in industrial activities) in naval establishments or private plants; accident prevention; incidental expenses for naval vessels, navy yards and stations, and other activities under the cog- nizance of the Bureau of Ships, such as photographing, plans, sta- tionery, drafting instruments and other material; and technical books and publications for said Bureau; $1,735,880,000: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for or on account of the supply or replacement of table linen, dishes, glassware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the residences or quarters of officers on shore, except for messes tempo- rarily set up on shore for bachelor officers and officers attached to seagoing or district defense vessels, to aviation units based on sea- going vessels, to the fleet air bases, to the submarine bases, or to landing forces and expeditions. Defense installations on merchant vessels, to remain available until expended, $57,000,000. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES, NAVY For developing, procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnance supplies, material and equipment for naval purposes; for essential equipment, facilities, machine tools, including replacements, and services at naval or private establishments to expedite the pro- duction of ordnance material; minor improvements (not to exceed $20,000 upon any building project of a permanent character), mainte- nance, operation, and other necessary expenses of naval ordnance shore activities; technical books and periodicals; maintenance, repair Antiaircraft defense at shore stations. Machine tools, plant appliances, etc. Tableware, etc., in officers' quarters. Defense installa- tions on merchant ves- sels. Post, p. 626. Expediting produc- tion.
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