78TH CONG., 2D SESS.--CH. 303-JUNE 28,1944 books, books of reference, periodicals, at the seat of government and elsewhere, (d) the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, (e) the acquisition of land, rights per- taining thereto, leasehold, and other interests therein and temporary use thereof, and the land and interests therein, including the temporary use thereof, may be acquired and construction may be prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of the title by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended, and without regard to sections 1136, 3648, and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, (f) the settlement of claims resulting from the use and occupancy of real estate under the provisions of the Act approved July 3, 1943 (31 U. S. C . 223b), (g) the payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of condemnation proceedings heretofore instituted pursuant to specific Acts authorizing particular projects notwithstanding limitations of amounts contained in such Acts, and (h) the salvage and conversion of military facilities, $81,995,500: Provided,That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail- able for the acquisition of land without the specific approval of the Secretary of War, and then only when it would be more economical to purchase than lease, if leasing be possible, in cases where doubt prevails as to the land desired being permanently needed for military purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other pro- vision of law, the Secretary of War shall not be authorized to sell any military post, or reservation, nor part thereof, acquired or owned by the United States prior to July 2, 1940, nor shall he declare any such military post, or reservation, nor any part thereof, surplus for disposition by any other officer, board or commission: Provided further, That this prohibition shall not apply to nor prevent the transfer of real estate or other property to the Veterans' Administra- tion for the care and treatment of veterans or to the Navy Department; Barracks and quarters, Army: For the maintenance, installation, repair operation, protection, and rental of buildings, structures, grounAs, utilities, flying fields, fortifications, and appurtenances thereto, or other facilities required for military use; and for each and every object of expense connected therewith, including (a) the pro- curement of supplies, equipment, fuel, printing, binding, communica- tion services, newspapers, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, at the seat of government and elsewhere, (b) the purchase, rental, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, (c) the manufacture, procurement, purchase, storage, issue, and trans- portation (including research, planning, design, development, inspec- tion, tests, and the handling) of water, gas, electricity, fuel, tools, machinery, and equipment, (d) construction of additions and exten- sions to and alterations, improvements, and rehabilitations of existing facilities, (e) the furnishing of heat and light for buildings erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902 (10 U. S. C. 1346), and buildings on military reservations, authorized by War Department regulations to be used for a similar purpose, and (f) expenses, including relocation costs and rental of buildings and offices, for other Government agencies, not otherwise provided for, necessitated by their vacation of Government-owned or other property for Army use: Provided, That obligations heretofore incurred for such purposes are hereby authorized and validated, $315,000,000: Provided, That the amounts to be assessed and collected from non- military interests on the Fort Monroe Military Reservation, Virginia, for expenditure in the maintenance, repair, and operation of wharves, roads, sewerage systems, and other utilities at said reservation shall be fixed by the Secretary of War during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, in proportion to the service rendered to such nonmilitary inter- 58 STAT.] 585 Acquisition of land. 40U. . 0. 1 255. 10 U.s . S .i1339; 31 U. S. 0. 5629;40 U. . S. 1. 259, 267. 57 Stat. 372. 31 U. S. a., Supp. III, 223b. Payment of de- ficiency judgments, etc. Salvage and con- version. Acquisition of land, approval. Sale, etc., of mili- tary posts or remerva- tions. Barracks and quar- ters. 32 Stat. 282 . Validation of in- curred obligations. Fort Monroe Mili- tary Reservation, Va.
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