PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 632-JUNE 24, 1948 56 Stat. 214. 46U.S. C. , Snpp. I , i§ 1128-1128e. Charges against other appropriations. Transfer of vessels. In all, Quartermaster Service, Army, $931,250,000, to be disbursed and accounted for as one fund. TRANSPORTATION CORPS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, ARMY For expenses necessary for the transportation of Army supplies, equipment, funds of the Army, including packing, crating, and un- packing; maintenance and operation of transportation facilities and installations, including the purchase, construction, alteration, opera- tion, lease, repair, development, and maintenance of and research in transportation equipment, including boats, vessels, and railroad equip- ment; personal services in the District of Columbia; procurement of supplies and equipment; printing and binding; communication serv- ice; maps, wharfage, tolls, ferriage, drayage, and cartage; premiums and indemnification for risks insured pursuant to the Act of April 11, 1942 (46 U. S . C. 11 2 8-11 2 8g); conducting instruction in Army transportation activities; transportation on Government vessels of privately owned automobiles of Army personnel upon change of sta- tion; $412,000,000: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1949 the cost of transportation from point of origin to the first point of storage or consumption of supplies, equipment, and material in connection with the manufacturing and purchasing activities of the Quarter- master Corps may be charged to the appropriations from which such supplies, equipment, and material are procured: Provided further, That vessels under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Commission, the Department of the Army, or the Department of the Navy, may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to any of such agencies upon the request of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned. SIGNAL CORPS SIGNAL SERVICE OF TIE ARMY Telegraph,et., sys- Purchase, equipment, operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signaling systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns, flags, and other necessary instru- ments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instruments; photographic and cinematographic Vehicles. work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps- motorcycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and oficial purposes in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of communication or signaling systems, and supplies for their operation and maintenance; maps for use of the Signal Corps and in the office of Telephone appara- the Chief Signal Officer; telephone apparatus, including rental and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long-distance, and leased-line telephone service at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting the local telephone service for the various bureaus in the District of Columbia, and toll messages pertaining to the office of the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary Telegraph lines. of the Air Force; electric time service; the rental of commercial tele- graph lines and equipment, and their operation at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, including payment for official individual telegraph messages transmitted over commercial Electrical itstaa- lines; electrical installations and maintenance thereof at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire control and direc- empl f cvlan tion apparatus, and mat6riel for Field Artillery; salaries of civilian employees, including those necessary as instructors at vocational 656 [62 STAT.
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