62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 632-JUNE 24, 1948 schools; supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the collection and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise; experimental investigation, research, purchase, and development, or improvements in apparatus, and main- tenance of signaling and accessories thereto, including machines, instruments, and other equipment for laboratory and repair purposes: lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings required for storing or guarding Signal Corps supplies, equipment, and personnel when not otherwise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water, electric light and power, sewerage, grading, roads and walks, and other equipment required; for all expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the preparation of plans, and construction, purchase, installation, equipment, maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft warning service systems, and their accessories, including purchase of lands and rights-of-way, acquisition of leaseholds and other interests therein, and temporary use thereof; and in addition to this appropria- tion the Secretary may, prior to July 1, 1949, enter into contracts in an amount not in excess of $50,000,000; $153,000,000, of which $5,000,- 000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority granted under this head in the Military Appropriation Act, 1948: Provided, That the sum of $8,900,000 of the appropriation "Signal Service of the Army", 1942-1946, shall remain available until June 30, 1949, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts exe- cuted thereunder prior to July 1, 1946. MEDIcAL DEPARTIENT MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital supplies for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships and transports, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; operation of the Army Medical Library and Museum under the direct supervision of the Surgeon General; pur- chase of veterinary supplies and hire of veterinary surgeons; expenses of medical supply depots and maintenance of branch depots; medical care and treatment of patients when entitled thereto by law, regulation, or contract, including their care, treatment, and subsistence in private hospitals, whether on duty or on furlough or on leave of absence except when elective medical treatment has been obtained by such personnel in civilian hospitals or from civilian physicians or dentists; medical care and treatment of authorized personnel of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States when such care and treatment cannot be obtained from medical units of their own country; care and treatment of epidemic and contagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including meas- ures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages, not otherwise provided for, for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed in such prevention; pay of male and female nurses, not including the Army Nurse Corps, and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of patients, under such regulations fixing their number, qualifications, assignments, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army; pay of internes; pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other profes- sional services from time to time under proper authority; pay of other employees of the Medical Department; payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders' samples and water for analysis; supply of Army and Navy Hospital 68706-49 - -pt. 1 -- -42 657 Experimentalinves- tigation. Aircraft warning service systems. Liquidation of obli- gations. 61 Stat. 559. Supplies. Care and treatment of patients. Epidemic and con- tagious diseases. Nurses, cooks, and other civilians. Internes. Civilian physicians. Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.
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