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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 450 , 451 -JUNE 12, 1948 of Congress". Revised Statutes, 1136, as amended by section 1 of the Act of February 27, 1877 (19 Stat. 242; 10 U. S. C . 1339), is hereby further amended by deleting the figure "$20,000" and inserting the figure "$100,000". The following parts of Acts are hereby repealed, and shall not be applicable to contracts or expenditures under the appropriations "Engineer Service, Army", contained in the Military Appropriation Acts 1946 and 1947: That part of section 1 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 721), which reads as follows: "Pro- vided, That hereafter no money appropriated for military posts shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Army, or for barracks and quarters for the artillery the total cost of which, including heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed, in the case of quarters of a general officer, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, of a colonel or an officer above the rank of captain, twelve thousand dollars, and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, nine thousand dollars", as modified by section 1 of the Act of February 25, 1927 (44 Stat. 1235), which reads as follows: "And provided further, That hereafter no part of this appropriation or any appropriation hereafter made shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Army in the United States or its posses- sions, the total cost of which, including heating and plumbing appa- ratus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed in the case of an officer above the rank of captain, $14,500, and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, $12,500." Approved June 12, 1948. [CHAPTER 451] AN ACT To authorize the payment of a lump sum, in the amount of $85,000, to the village of Highland Falls, New York, as a contribution toward the cost of construction of a water-filtration plant, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the village of Highland Falls (sometimes referred to as "Highlands"), in the county of Orange and State of New York, the sum of $85,000 as a contribution to the cost of construction of a water-filtration plant: Provided,That said village, as a condition of the payment of said sum, shall undertake to construct a water-filtration plant capable of fur- nishing potable filtered water to the inhabitants of said village, and to such other users as may now or hereafter be served by the village water system, at a rate of one million five hundred thousand gallons per day, and the acceptance by the village of the sum herein authorized to be appropriated shall constitute a binding agreement on the part of the village to construct a water-filtration plant which shall meet the requirements prescribed in this proviso: And provided further, That said village, upon receipt of payment of said sum, shall give a complete release to the United States for any damage to the village, through increased turbidity of Highlands Brook (otherwise known as Buttermilk Falls Brook), resulting from construction activities here- tofore or hereafter undertaken by the Department of the Army in connection with the construction of a moving target range and golf course on the military reservation at West Point. Approved June 12, 1948. 381 Acts repealed in part. 59 Stat. 395; 60 Stat. 552. 10 U. S. C. 1337. June 12, 1948 [H. R. 2359] [Public Law 627] Highland Falls. N.Y . Water-filtration plant. Release of U. S. from damages.