21 machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein; per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence when prescribed by the Governor of the Panama Canal, to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business, pursuant to section 13 of the sundry civil appropriation act approved August 1, 1914; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows: For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, salary of governor, $10,000; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of material, supplies, and equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales, payment in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the injury compensation act approved September 7, 1916, to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal, $7,547,939, together with all moneys arising from the conduct of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal act; For sanitation, quarantine, hospitals, and medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers, and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable, and including additional compensation to any officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed with the Panama Canal as chief quarantine officer, $850,000; For civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, district judge at the rate of $7,500 per annum from March 1, 1919, district attorney $5,000, marshal $5,000, and for gratuities and necessary clothing for indigent discharged prisoners, $702,000; For completing in every detail two sea-going coal barges now under construction by contract entered into by the United States 22 Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation acting for the Panama Canal, to the extent that it was acting within the limits of the authority of the Panama Canal under the act approved June 12, 1917 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 177), $364,949 each, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in addition to $800,000 each appropriated for two sea-going barges in said act: Provided, That the limitation contained in said act that the total cost of each barge shall not exceed $800,000 each is hereby removed, $729,898. In all, $9,829,837, to continue available until expended. Except in cases of emergency, or conditions arising subsequent to and unforeseen at the time of submitting the annual estimates to Congress, and except for those employed in connection with the construction of permanent quarters, offices, and other necessary buildings, dry docks, repair shops, yards, docks, wharves, warehouses, storehouses, and other necessary facilities and appurtenances for the purpose of providing coal and other materials, labor, repairs, and supplies, and except for the permanent operating organization under which the compensation of the various positions is limited by section 4 of the Panama Canal act, there shall not be employed at any time during the fiscal year 1920 under any of the foregoing appropriations for the Panama Canal any greater number of persons than are specified in the notes submitted, respectively, in connection with the estimates for each of said appropriations in the annual Book of Estimates for said year, nor shall there be paid to any such person during that fiscal year any greater rate of compensation than was authorized to be paid to persons occupying the same or like positions on July 1, 1918; and all employments made or compensation increased because of emergencies or conditions so arising shall be specifically set forth, with the reasons therefor, by the governor in his report for the fiscal year 1920. In addition to the foregoing sums there is appropriated, for the fiscal year 1920 for expenditures and reinvestment under the several heads of appropriation aforesaid without being covered into the Treasury of the United States, all moneys received by the Panama Canal from services rendered or materials and sup plies furnished to the United States, the Panama Railroad Company, the Canal Zone government, or to their employees, respectively, or to the Panama Government, from hotel and hospital supplies and services; from rentals, wharfage, and like service; from labor, materials, and supplies and other services 23. furnished to vessels other than those passing through the canal, and to others unable to obtain the same elsewhere; from the sale of scrap and other by-products of manufacturing and shop operations; from the sale of obsolete and unserviceable materials, supplies, and equipment purchased or acquired for the operation, maintenance, protection, sanitation, and government of the canal and Canal Zone; and any net profits accruing from such business to the Panama Canal shall annually be covered into the Treasury of the United States. In addition there is appropriated for the operation, maintenance, and extension of waterworks, sewers, and pavements in the cities of Panama and Colon, during the fiscal year 1920, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses. SEC. 2. That all sums appropriated by this act for salaries of officers and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year 1920, and all laws or parts of laws to the extent they are in conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed. SEC. 3. That the heads of the several executive departments and other responsible officials, in expending appropriations contained in this act, so far as possible shall purchase material, supplies, and equipment, when needed and funds are available, from other services of the Government possessing material, supplies, and equipment no longer required because of the cessation of war activities. It shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments and other officials, before purchasing any of the articles described herein, to ascertain from the other services of the Government whether they have articles of the character described that are serviceable. And articles purchased by one service from another, if the same have not been used, shall be paid for at a reasonable price not to exceed actual cost, and if the same have been used, at a reasonable price based upon length of usage. The various services of the Government are authorized to sell such articles under the conditions specified, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to amend, alter, or repeal the Executive order of December 3, 1918, concerning the transfer of office material, supplies, and equipment in the District of Columbia falling into disuse because of the cessation of war activities: Provided further, That any officer of the Government having machinery, ma 24 terial, equipment, or supplies for printing, binding, and blank book work, including lithography, photolithography, and other processes of reproduction, which are no longer required or authorized for his service, shall submit a detailed report of the same to the Public Printer, and the Public Printer is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, to requisition such articles of the character herein described as are serviceable in the Government Printing Office, and the same shall be promptly delivered to that office. SEC. 4. That except as otherwise provided by law the President is authorized to transfer to the custody and care of such of the departments or independent establishments as he may determine the files and records of the agencies created for the period of the war upon the discontinuance of such activities. SEC. 5. The Secretary of War is authorized to transfer any unused and surplus motor-propelled vehicles and motor equipment of any kind, the payment for same to be made as provided herein, to any branch of the Government service having appropriations available for the purchase of said vehicles and equipment: Provided, That in case of the transfers herein authorized a reasonable price not to exceed actual cost, and if the same have been used, at a reasonable price based upon length of usage, shall be determined upon and an equivalent amount of each appropriation available for said purchase shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, and the appropriation in each case reduced accordingly: Provided further, That it shall be the duty of each official of the Government having such purchases in charge to procure the same from any such unused or surplus stock if possible: Provided further, That hereafter no transfer of motor-propelled vehicles and motor equipment, unless specifically authorized by law, shall be made free of charge to any branch of the Government service. Approved, July 19, 1919. [112.1, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: PEYTON C. MARCH, OFFICIAL: P. C. HARRIS, The Adjutant General. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1919 Honorary membership in the United States Infantry Association............................. I..Average prices of public animals, fiscal year 1919.--The following average prices of the different classes of public animals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919, are published to the Army for the information and guidance of all concerned: П..Honorary membership in the United States Infantry Association. The United States Infantry Association will elect to honorary membership for life all those officers and soldiers, without distinction, who have been awarded either the medal of honor or the distinguished-service cross. The Infantry Journal will be mailed to the holders of the medal of honor for life and to the recipients of the distinguished-service cross for a period of five years at the expense of the United States Infantry Association. In order that this may be done it will be necessary for the recipient of such decoration to send his name, rank, and address to the Secretary, United States Infantry Association, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. (081, A. G. O.] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: |