Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/602

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 303-JUNE 28, 1944 t Courses of Intro- tion. Aircraft operation, etc. AIR CORPS, ARMY For creating maintaining, and operating at established aviation and related schools courses of instruction for military personnel, including payment of tuition, cost of equipment and supplies neces- sary for instruction, purchase of tools, equipment, materials, machines, textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and materials for theoretical and practical instruction; for maintenance, repair, storage, and operation of airships, war bal- loons and other aerial machines, including $2,000,000 on account of activities of the Civil Air Patrol, and including instruments, mate- rials, gas plants, hangars, and repair shops, and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith and the establishment of landing and [58 STAT. Dments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instruments; photographic and cinematographic Vehicl. work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps; motorcycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and official purposes in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of communication or signaling systems, and supplies for their operation and maintenance; professional and scientific books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals newspapers, and maps for use of the Signal Telephone ppr- Corps and in the ofice of the Chief Signal Officer- telephone apparatus, including rental and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long-distance, and leased-line telephone service at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, head- quarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting the local telephone service for the various bureaus of the War Department in the District of Columbia, and toll messages pertaining to the office of the Secretary of War; electric time service; Telegraph ine the rental of commercial teh lines lines and equipment, and their operation at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, including payment for official individual telegraph mes- Electrical installa- sages transmitted over commercial lines; electrical installations and ions. maintenance thereof at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire control and direction apparatus, and Salaries of civllian matriel for Field Artillery; salaries of civilian employees, including mployees. those necessary as instructors at vocational schools; supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the collecting and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph Eerlmentalwork. or otherwise; experimental investigation, research, purchase, and development, or >improvements in apparatus, and maintenance of signaling and accessories thereto, including machines, instruments, and other equipment for laboratory and repair purposes; lease, alter- ation, and repair of such buildings required for storing or guarding Signal Corps supplies, equipment, and personnel when not other- wise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water, electric light and power, sewerage, grading, roads and walks, Aircraft warning and other equipment required; for all expenses incident to the preparation of plans, and construction, purchase, installation, equip- ment, maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft warning service systems, and their accessories, including purchase of lands and rights- of-way, acquisition of leaseholds and other interests therein, and temporary use thereof; $100. Am CORPs 1 4 l