aerial ma Authority for chase, manu Ante, p. 43. [245] SEC. 9. That during the existing emergency au- Airships. thority is hereby given to the President, through the War chines, etc. Department, for the purchase, manufacture, mainte-emergency purnance, repair, and operation of airships and other aerial facture, etc. machines, including instruments and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, including guns, armament, ammunition, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith; and all necessary buildings for equipment and personnel in the Avia-etc. tion Section and for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation, through the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, of all motor-propelled passenger and equipment carrying vehicles which may be necessary for the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. Buildings, motor vehicles, Aviation sta build Use of pub of sites. structures, etc. And during the existing emergency authority is hereby tions. further given for the establishment, equipment, maintenance, and operation of aviation stations, including (a) the acquisition of land, or any interest in land, with intetc. any buildings and improvements thereon, by purchase, lease, donation, condemnation, or otherwise: Provided, Proviso. That by order of the President any unappropriated or lie lands. reserved public lands may be reserved from entry, designated, and used for such aviation stations; (b) the im- Improvement provement of such land by clearing, grading, draining, seeding, and otherwise making the same suitable for the purpose intended; (c) the construction, maintenance, Buildings. and repair of permanent or temporary barracks, quarters, hospitals, mess houses, administration, instructional and recreational buildings, hangars, magazines, storehouses, sheds, shops, garages, boathouses, docks, radio stations, laboratories, observation stations, and all other buildings and structures necessary or advisable; (d) procuring and introducing water, electric light and power, telephones, telegraph, and sewerage to aviation stations and buildings and structures thereon by the extension of existing systems or the creation of new systems and their maintenance, operation and repair, installation of plumbing, electric fixtures and telephones, fire apparatus and fire alarm systems and the maintenance, operation and repair of all such systems, fixtures and apparatus; (e) construction and repair of roads, wharves, etc. walks, sea walls, breakwaters, bridges, and wharves, Water, light. plumbing, etc. Roads, dredging, filling and otherwise improving land and Subsistence water sites; (f) purchase of stoves and other cooking equipments. and heating apparatus, kitchen and tableware, and furniture and equipment for kitchens, mess halls, offices, quarters, barracks, hospitals, and other buildings, screens, lockers, refrigerators, and all other necessary equipment; Fuel supplies. (g) purchase of gasoline, oil, fuel, and all supplies of every kind and character necessary or advis[246]able for machinery, maintenance and operation of aviation stations, including electric light and power, telephones, water supply Construction and sewerage service; (h) purchase and manufacture tools, etc. and installation of all kinds of machinery, tools, material, supplies, and equipment for construction, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, buildings, and improvements at aviation stations, or property or appliances used in connection with aviation. Special clothing.etc. Travel ex penses at home and abroad. Vocational training. Vol. 186. And also for the purchase or manufacture and issue of special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes. And also for the actual and necessary expenses of officers, enlisted men. and civilian employees of the Army and authorized agents sent on special duty at home and abroad for aviation purposes, including observation and investigation of foreign military operations and organization, manufacture of aircraft, and engines, also special coes in foreign aviation schools and manufacturing establishments, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War certifying that the expenditures were necessary for military purposes. And also for vocational training, including employment of necessary civilian instructors in important trades related to aviation, purchase of tools, equipment, materials, and machines required for such training, purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, periodicals and magazines, and instruments 39, P and material for theoretical and practical instruction at aviation schools and stations, and all other means to carry out the provisions of section twenty-seven of the Act approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, authorizing, in addition to the military training of soldiers while in active service, means for securing educational and vocational training of a character to increase their military efficiency and enable them to return to civil life better equipped for industrial, commercial, and general business occupations. Aviation Sec tion. And also to pay and otherwise provide for such officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Aviation Sec re serve officers, etc., called into Ante, p. 77. tion of the Signal Corps and such enlisted men of the Pay of Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Aviation Section of the enlisted men. Signal Corps as may be called into active service and service. such enlisted men as may be enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps under the provisions of section two of the Act o increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States, approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or any subsequent Act temporarily increasing the commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps and such civilian employees as may be necessary, for the payment of their traveling and other necessary expenses when not traveling with troops: Provided, That hereafter all reserve officers and enlisted men of counts." the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps shall be paid by Quartermaster Corps disbursing officers from funds transferred to their credit from Signal Corps appropriations. Proviso. ас of engines, air And also for the payment of all expenses in connec- Development tion with the development of suitable types of aviation planes, etc. engines, airplanes, and other aircraft appurtenances, including the cost of sample engines, airplanes, and appurtenances, cost of any patents and other rights therein, and costs of investigation, experimentation, and research in respect thereto. Maintenance And also for the payment of all expenses in connec- of manufacturtion with the creation, expansion, acquisition, and devel- ing plants, etc. opment of plants, factories, and establishments for the manufacture of airplanes, aircraft, engines, and appurtenances, including provision for the purchase or lease of land with the buildings thereon, construction of permanent or temporary buildings for all purposes, purchase of machinery, tools, and employment of operatives, together with all administrative expense necessary, the purchase and supply of raw and semifinished [247] materials and of fuel and all other things necessary for creating and extending the production of airplanes, aircraft, engii.es, and all appurtenances. technical in schools, etc. And also for creating, maintaining, an operating at Aviation technical schools and colleges courses of instruction forstruction at aviation students, including cost of instruction, equipment, and supplies necessary for instruction and subsistence of students while receiving such instruction. Exchanges for new equipment. Travel ex penses of for tors,etc.. in the Provided, That, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, motor-propelled vehicles, airplanes, engines, parts thereof, and appurtenances may be exchanged in part payment for new equipment of the same or similar character to be used for the same purpose as those proposed to be exchanged. Provided further, That during the present emergency, eign instruc- officers and enlisted men of foreign armies attached to United States. the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps as instructors or inspectors when traveling in the United States on official business pertaining to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps shall be authorized, from funds appropriated by this Act, the same mileage and transportation allowances as are authorized for officers or enlisted men of the Regular Army. Appropria tion. July 27, 1917. [H. R. 4892.] [Public. No. 31.] North Island, San Diego Harbor, Cal. Possession SEC. 10. That for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect the sum of $640,000,000 is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen. "SPECIAL AVIATION ACT:" [247] Chap. 42.-An Act Authorizing the President to take possession, on behalf of the United States, for use as sites for permanent aviation stations for the Army and Navy and for aviation school purposes, of the whole of North Island in the harbor of San Diego, California, and for other purposes. [APproved, July 27, 1917. 40 Stats. 247]. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asauthorized of, sembled, That the President be, and he is hereby, aufor aviation purposes. thorized to cause possession to be taken forthwith, on behalf of the United States, for use for national defense and in connection therewith as sites for permanent aviaVesting of tion stations for the Army and Navy and for aviation S., sec. school purposes, of the whole of North Island, in the harbor of San Diego, California, and the provisions of section three hundred and fifty-five, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to the expenditure of any appropriations for improvements thereon for aviation purposes. title waived. R. 355, p. 60. [248] The Attorney General or the claimants to the said North Island are authorized to make application Condemnation for the determination and appraisement of any rights private parties may have in the said island over and beyond any rights thereto in the United States to the Dis proceedings. determined court. trict Court of the United States for the Southern Dis- Appeal. trict of California; the proceedings to be prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the State of California relating to the condemnation of property for public use. Either party may take an appeal from the judgment of such court direct to the Supreme Court of the United States within ninety days after such judgment is ren- Payment of dered. Upon the final ascertainment of the value of value into any right, title, or interest adjudged to be in any private claimants to the said island there shall be paid into court the value of the same as so determined, together with interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum from date possession thereof was taken as herein authorized; and thereupon the United States shall be vested with title to said lands. The amount so paid shall be distributed by order of the court to the owner or owners of such right, title, or interest in said island as their respective interests may be determined by the court. The amount necessary to pay the awards in favor of private claimants is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise specifi- Appropriation. cally appropriated, to be disbursed under orders of the Secretary of War. "RIVER AND HARBOR ACT." Distribution to owners. [H. R. 4285.] [Public, No. [250] CHAP. 49.-An Act Making appropriations for the construc- August 8, 1917. tion, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. [Approved, August 8, 1917. 40 Stats. 250.] 37.] harbor appro Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- River and tives of the United States of America in Congress as- priations. sembled, * harbors, etc. 362. [266] SEC. 7. That section four of the river and harbor, Regulation of Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-Vol. 28, p. four, as amended by section eleven of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: “SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Use of navi War to prescribe such regulations for the use, adminis- to be regulated gable waters by Secretary of tration, and navigation of the navigable waters of the war. Vol. 32. p. United States as in his judgment the public necessity 374, amended. may require for the protection of life and property, or of operations of the United States in channel improvement, covering all matters not specifically delegated by |