PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 450 -JUNE 12, 1948 "Net floor area." Oivilian quarters. Family quarters. Repeals. Air Force shall be expended for the construction of family quarters for personnel of the Army or the Air Force of greater net floor area in square feet per unit than the following: For enlisted men, one thousand and eighty. For warrant officers, flight officers, and commissioned officers of and below the rank of captain, one thousand two hundred and fifty. For majors and lieutenant colonels, one thousand four hundred. For colonels, one thousand six hundred and seventy. For general officers, two thousand one hundred. For the purposes of this Act, net floor area is defined as the space inside the exterior walls, excluding basement (or service space in lieu of basement), attic, garage, and porches: Provided, That these areas may be increased not to exceed 10 per centum at activities outside the continental United States, and not to exceed 10 per centum for quarters of commanding officers of stations, bases, or installations based on the normal rank of such officers: Providedfurther, That quarters for civilians shall be limited to conform to the allowances for officers or men of comparable status according to responsibility, rating, and pay as determined by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force to be appropriate: Providedfurther,That no family quarters for personnel of the Army or the Air Force shall be constructed with the funds authorized for appropriation herein in excess of a net floor area of one thousand and eighty square feet per unit: Provided further, That in any case in which the construction at any station of family quarters having a net floor area in excess of one thousand and eighty square feet is prohibited by the provisions of the foregoing proviso, an equal number of family quarters having a net floor area not in excess of one thousand and eighty square feet may be constructed at such station and any funds saved as a result of the construction of such smaller family quarters or as a result of the succeeding proviso may be utilized to construct family quarters having a net floor area not in excess of one thousand and eighty square feet at any Army or Air Force station scheduled for retention in the permanent Military Establishment: Provided further, That family quarters constructed with the funds authorized for appropriation herein shall be of the multiple type (generally eight families to a unit) or apartment type (generally six families to a unit) except where tropical or desert climates render the use of multiple type dwellings deleterious to health and welfare and except where one, two or three two-family units are necessary to provide the exact number of family quarters authorized herein for construction at a station. SEC. 4 . The following laws and parts of laws are hereby repealed: That part of the Act ofMarch 2, 1905 (33 Stat. 836; 10 U. S . C . 1331) reading as follows: "No military post within the United States shall be established without the express authority of Congress"; that part of the Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 74; 10 U.S. C. 1333) reading as follows: "Provided further, That hereafter no expenditure exceeding $5,000 shall be made upon any building or military post or grounds about the same without the approval of the Secretary of War, upon detailed estimates submitted to him"; that part of the Act of Feb- ruary 27, 1893 (27 Stat. 484; 10 U. S . C . 1336) reading as follows: "The erection, construction, and repair of all buildings and other public structures in the Quartermaster Corps shall, as far as may be practicable, be made by contract, after due legal advertisement"; and that part of the Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat. 58; 24 U. S. C. 21) reading as follows: "Provided, That no building or structure of a permanent nature, the cost of which shall hereafter exceed $30,000, shall be erected for use as an Army hospital unless by special authority 380 [62 STAT.
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