62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 655-JUNE 25, 1948 systems for emergency use wherever located, to be immediately avail- able and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, $12,000. PENALTY MAIL Penalty mail: For deposit in the Treasury for penalty mail per- taining to civil functions administered by the Department of the Army (39 U. S . C . 321d), $225,000. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME Trust account: For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, including not to exceed $300 for deposit in the Treas- ury for penalty mail (39 U. S . C . 321d), to be paid from the Soldiers' Home permanent fund, $2,435,000, of which $446,579 shall be imme- diately and continuously available until expended for the moderni- zation of existing utilities of the United States Soldiers' Home: Pro- vided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, upon the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of the Home and the Surgeon General of the Army: Providedfurther, That any owning or disposal agency is authorized to transfer surplus property, other than real estate, to the United States Soldiers' Home without reimbursement or transfer of funds. THE PANAMA CANAL For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, and construction of additional facilities, including printing and binding; personal services in the District of Columbia, purchase (not to exceed twenty-four in the fiscal year 1949), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; claims for damages to vessels, cargo, crew, or passengers, as authorized by section 10 of title 2, Canal Zone Code, as amended (54 Stat. 387); claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, and construction of additional facilities; payment of claims pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S . C. 921); acqui- sition of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repair- ing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sale; expenses incident to conducting hear- ings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses of attendance (not to exceed $10,000), when authorized by the Governor, at meetings of organizations concerned with activities pertaining to the Panama Canal; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein; not to exceed $2,000 for travel and subsistence expenses of members of the police and fire forces of the Panama Canal incident to their special training in the United States; purchase, construction, repair, replacement, alteration, or enlargement of buildings, structures, equipment, and other improvements, as follows: Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal: For salary of the 1023 68 Stat. 394. Post, p. 1049. 58 Stat. 394. Post, p . 1049. Restriction. Transfer of surplus property. Maintenance, etc. Damage claims. 48 U. S.C. 1319. 60 Stat. 843 . Ante, p. 1008 . 37 Stat. 560 . 48U. .C.§.1301- 1387; Supp. I, i 1336e et seq. Ante, p. 991. Emergencies. Travel expenses. Buildings and im- provements.
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