& MILITARY PURPOSES.

ings.-Hereafter the Secretary of to be instituted in the name of the it having jurisdiction of such proceedings condemnation of any land, temporary use herein, or right pertaining thereto, needed struction, or prosecution of works for fortiand military training camps, such proceed...n accordance with the laws relating to suits a of property of the States wherein the proceed...Act of July 2, 1917 (40 Stat. 241). 1274K-1274p, post.)

se of at an agreed price.-When the owner of or rights pertaining thereto shall fix a price for ... the opinion of the Secretary of War, shall be ey purchase or enter into a contract for the use of act price without further delay. Id.

Leptance of donation of lands.-The Secretary of wey a dhorized to accept on behalf of the United States and and the interest and rights pertaining thereto ce the above-mentioned purposes. Id.

&omination of title, etc., prior to possession waived

When such property is acquired in time of war or ...... nence. Thereof upon the filing of the petition for the con...on of any land, temporary use thereof or other interest te or right pertaining thereto to be acquired for any of the

resad, immediate possession thereof may be taken to the Ace or the interest to be acquired and the lands may be occupied code od og mituary purposes, and the provision of section three Yundred and say five of the Revised Statutes, providing that no one tachov sba't be expended upon such land until the written 303, oa or do Attorney General shall be had in favor of the validity se, nor unul the consent of the legislature of the State in d is located has been given, shall be, and the same are ded during the period of the existing emergency. Id.

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176 acquirement by condemnation of any land, temporary interest therein, or right pertaining thereto, needed for Cerchiction, or prosecution of works for fortifications, coast ay training camps," is found in the act of July 2, 1917 (40) nd is to be acquired for purposes other than those above their acquisition must be sought elsewhere, e. g., the July 24, 1917 (40 Stat. 243); the act of October 6, 1917 act of August 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 357). (Dig. Opin.

808a. Per diem rate of $4 per day in lieu of subsistence for persons traveling outside District of Columbia, etc., whose expenses are chargeable to Army appropriation Act.-Where the expenses of persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their designated posts of duty are chargeable to appropriations of the Engineer Department contained in the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, a per diem rate of $4 may be allowed in lieu of subsistence. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 642). 808b. Military surveys and maps, assistance of United States Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, etc., in making.-The Secretary of War is authorized to secure the assistance, wherever practicable, of the United States Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or other mapping agencies of the Government in this work and to allot funds therefor to them from this appropriation. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 365).

1The execution of topographic or other surveys, the securing of such extra topographic data as may be required, and the preparation and printing of maps required for military purposes.

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CHAPTER XXI.

THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT-ARMORIES AND ARSENALS BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND FORTIFICATION.

and at the educational institutions and State soldiers' and sailors' orphans' homes to which issues of small arms are lawfully made, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, provided the total value of the stores so issued to the educational institutions and homes does not exceed $30,000, $3,000,000.

Provided, That not more than $1,500,000 of this appropriation may be used for the purchase of articles not manufactured by the Government and necessary for small-arms target practice. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 643).

832a. Officers of Ordnance Department accountable for public moneys may designate other officers to disburse same, accountability for.-During the present emergency, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, officers of the Ordnance Department accountable for public moneys may intrust moneys to other officers for the purpose of having them make disbursements as their agents, and the officers to whom the money is intrusted, as well as the officers who intrust it to them, shall be held pecuniarily responsi ble therefor to the United States. Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 367).

844a. Sale of ordnance and ordnance stores to Government of Cuba. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to sell, at the prices fixed and published by the Chief of Ordnance, to the Government of Cuba such articles and quantities of ordnance and ordnance stores as may be desired by that Government for the equipment of its troops and as may be approved by the President of the United States. Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat, 643).

849a. Condemned cannon, etc., donated to patriotic organizations, etc., Government not to transport, and to remain subject to orders of Secretary of War.-No expense shall be incurred by the United States through the delivery of any of the foregoing condemned military equipment: And provided further, That each and every article of condemned military equipment covered by this Act shall be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War. Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1212).

8496. Same. No expense shall be incurred by the United States through the delivery of any of the foregoing condemned military equipment: Provided further, That each and every article of condemned military equipment covered by this Act shall be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War. Act of Sept. 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 843).

854a. Additional compensation for master armorer at Springfield Armory. In addition to the compensation now allowed and paid to the master armorer at the national armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, there shall be paid to him, from and after the passage of this Act, further compensation at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum during such time as he shall perform the duties of