SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . III . Cus. 278, 279. 1931 .
1277 Provided, That a first lien on all crops growing, or to be planted and Proviso . first lien on grown, during the year 1931 shall in the discretion of the Secretary crops. of Agriculture be deemed sufficient security for such advance or loan, to be immed iatel y ava ilable, $2 ,000, 000 . Total, Department of Agriculture, $215,579,082 . Appr oved, Feb ruary 23, 193 1 . CHAP . 279.-An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmil- itary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes, namely T ITLE I-MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER EX- PENSES OF THE WAR DEPA RTMENT INC IDE NT THE RETO SALARI ES, WAR DEPARTMEN T February 23, 1931 . [II . R.15593.] [Pu blic, No . 718.1 War Department ap- propriations, fiscal year 1932. Military activities . Department sal aries . Secretary of War, $15, 000; Assistant Secretary of War, $10 > 000 . Civiviiiaay, rs personnel n i For compensation for other personal services in the District of offices designated . Columbia, as follows Of fice of Sec ret ary of War, $271,907 : Provided, That no field- Secretary y of War . service appropriation shall be available for personal services in the No field service un- less expressly author- War Department except as may be expressly authorized herein .
ized . Office of Chief of Staff, $232,034 .
Chief of Staff. Adjutant General's office, $1,46 1,402 .
Adjutant General . For assembling, classifying, and indexing the military personnel World War records . records of the World War, including personal services in the District of Columbia and the purchase of necessary supplies and materials, $250 .000 . Office of the Inspector General, $28,345 .
Inspector General . Office of the Judge Advocate Geeral, $114,149 : Provided, That not er a] dge Adv ocat eGe n • Proviso. to exceed $31,529 may be used for the employment of such experts, Experts, etc., for pat- at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and other en, infringements. em ployees as may be r equired by the Judg e Advocate General of the Army for the preparation of evidence for use in behalf of the Government in claims or suits filed in Federal courts on account of alleged patent infringements and other causes and for like services in connection with other patent matters and other causes and for necessary per diem and traveling expenses in connection therewith, as authorized by law . Office of the Chief of Finance, $37 9,867 .
Chief of Finance . Quar termas ter G en- Offi ce of the Q uarte rmast er Gen eral, $832,275 .
eras . Office of the Chief Signal Officer, $107,709 .
Chief Signal Officer . Office of the Chief of Air Corps, $236,105 .
Chief of Air Corps . Offi ce of the S urgeo n Gen eral, $28 2,594 . Surg eon Ge neral . Office of Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs, $85,413 .
reausular Affairs Bu. Office of Chief of Engineers, $124,526 : Provided, That the services Chief of Engineers . Provisos. of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as Services of drafts . the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only men, etc . in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and prepa- ration for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and
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