PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 130-MAY 29, 1945 Antiaircraft defense at shore stations. Machine tools, plant appliances, etc. Tableware, etc., in officers' quarters. Expediting produc- tion. Care and operation of schools. Ante, p . 87. 68 Stat. 306. 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 district craft except machinery and equipment under the cognizance of other bureaus; docking of vessels; maritime salvage services and other pur- poses 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 Communication Service (including teletype), the experimental model basin, Carderock, Mary- land, and the engineering experiment station, Annapolis, Maryland, including maintenance and equipment of buildings 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 cognizance of the Bureau of Ships, such as photographing, plans, stationery drafting instru- ments and other materials; and technical books and publications for said Bureau; $2,790,000,000: 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, glass- ware, silver, and kitchen utensils for use in the residences or quarters of officers on shore, except for messes temporarily set up on shore for bachelor officers and officers attached to seagoing or district defense vessels, to aviation units based on seagoing vessels, to the fleet air bases, to the submarine bases, or to landing forces and expeditions. 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), main- tenance, operation, and other necessary expenses of naval ordnance shore activities; technical books and periodicals; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and other freight and passenger- carrying vehicles at such activities; target practice; payment on a strictly part-time or intermittent employment basis in the District of Coumbia, or elsewhere, solely under the Bureau of Ordnance, of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secre- tary in his discretion at a rate of pay not exceeding $25 per diem for any person so employed, and for care and operation of schools at four ordnance stations; $3,000,000,000. For an additional amount for "Ordnance and ordnance stores, Navy", fiscal year 1945, including the objects and subject to the conitions applicable to the appropriations under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act, 1945, $180,000,000. 206 [59 STAT.
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