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 1284 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cs. 314 . 1929 . f House furniture and For house, furni ture, and fur nishings for a n engine comp any, to be located in the vicinity of Connecticut and Nebraska Avenues northwest, including the cost of necessary instruments for receiving alarms and connecting said house with f ire- alar m he adqu arte rs, $63,750. Health Department. Personal services. Prevention of con- tagious diseases. Enfor cemen t ex- pe nses. Vol. 29, p. 635. Vol. 34, p. 889. Tuberculosis registra- tion. Vol. 35, p. 126. Infantile paralysis. Venereal diseases. Vol. 43, p. 1001. Smallpox hospital. Proviso. Bac teriol ogical exam- ination of milk, etc. Isolating wards, Providence and Gar- field Hospitals. Tuberculosis and ve- nereal dispensaries. Provisos. Volunteer services. No pay au thori zed therefor. Disinfecting service. HEAL TH D EPA RTME NT SALA RIES For personal services, $181,690. PREVENTION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES For contingent expenses incident to the enforcement of the pro- visions of an Act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1897 (29 Stat ., pp. 635-641), and an Act for the prevention of scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, ch icken pox, e pidemi c cer ebrosp inal meningitis, and typhoid fever in the District of Columbia, approved February 9, 1907 (34 Stat ., pp . 889-890), and an Act to provide for registration of all cases of tuberculosis in the District of Columbia, for free examination of sputum in suspected cases, and for prevent- ing the spread of tuberculosis in said District of Columbia, approved May 13, 1908 (35 Stat ., pp . 126-127), under the direction of the health officer of said District, manufacture of serums, includ- ing their use in indigent cases, and for the prevention of infantile paralysis and other communicable diseases, and of an Act for the prevention of venereal diseases in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved February 26, 1925 (43 Stat., pp . 1001- 1003), including salaries or compensation for personal services, when ordered in writing by the commissioners and necessary for the enforcement an d execution o f said Acts, and for the pr evention of such other communicable diseases as hereinbefore provided, pu r- chase and maintenance of necessary horses, wagons, and har ness, pur chase of refe rence books a nd medical jou rnals, and ma intenance of quarantine station and smallpox hospital, $45,000 : P rovid ed, That any bacteriologist employed under this appropriation may be assigned by the health officer to the bacteriological examination of milk and other dairy products and of the water supplies of dairy farms, and to such other sanitary work as in the judgment of the health officer will promote the public health, whether such examina- tions be or be not directly related to contagious diseases. For isolating wards for minor contagious diseases at Gar fiel d Memorial and Providence Hospitals, maintenance, $15,500 and $8,500, respectively, or so much thereof as in the opinion of the coin- missioners may be necessary ; in all, $24,000. For the m ainten ance o f a d ispens ary or disp ensari es for the tre atment of ind igent persons suffering fro m tuberculosi s and of indigent persons suffering from venereal diseases, including payment for personal services, rent, supplies, and contingent expenses, $24,200 : Provided, That the commissioners may accept such volun- teers services as they deem expedient in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the dispensaries herein author- ized : Provided further, That this shall not be construed to authorize the expenditure or the payment of any money on account of any such volunteer service. For maintenance of disinfecting service, including salaries or compe nsation for p ersonal servic es when order ed in writing by the com missioners an d necessary f or maintenance of said serv ice, and fo r purc hase a nd mai ntena nce of neces sary horses, wago ns, an d harne ss, and conti ngent expenses , $3,700.

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 SEVE NTIE TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 314. 1929 . 1285 For enforcement of the provi sions of an Act to pr ovide for the Drainage of lots. Vol. zs, p .126. drainage of lots in the District of Columbia, approved May 19, 1896 Abatin g nuis ances . (29 Stat . pp . 125-126), and an Act to provide for the abatement of Vol.34, p. 114 . nuisances in the District of Columbia by the commissioners, and for other purposes, approved April 14, 1906, $2,500. H YGIE NE AND S ANIT ATIO N, PUBLIC SC HOOL S schools. etc ., public Salaries : For personal servi ces in the conduct of hygie ne and Person al serv ices. sanitation work in the public schools, including the necessary Free dental clinics . expenses of maintaining free dental clinics, $78,600 : Provided, That no sign of inspec- of the persons employed as medical inspectors one shall be a woman, torn and nurses. four shall be dentists, and four shall be of the colored race, and that of the graduate nurses employed as public-school nurses three shall be of the colored race. F or mai ntena nce o f labo rator ies, includ ing r efere nce bo oks a nd Maintenance of lab. oratories. periodicals, apparatus, equipment, and necessary contingent and miscella neous ex penses, $3,000. For contingent expenses incident to the enforcement of an Act Preventing food, can- relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of d Vol 30 adulterations . a ions Colu mbia app rove d Fe brua ry 17, 1 898 (30 Stat ., pp . 246-248), an Act to prevent the adulteration of candy in the District of Columbia, Pure food law. approved May 5, 1898 (30 Stat ., p . 398), an Act for preventing the Vol .34,p. iss. manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for r egula ting t raffi c the rein, and f or ot her pu rpose s, ap proved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat ., pp . 768-772), and an Act to regulate, within Milk regulation 5. Vol. 43, the District of Columbia, the sale of milk, cream, and ice cream, and for other purposes, approved February 27, 1925 (43 Stat ., pp . 1004- 1008), including traveling and other necessary expenses of dairy- farm inspectors ; and including not to exceed $100 for special services in detecting adulteration of drugs and foods, including candy and P'o ,iFe _ milk, $8,100 : Provided, That inspectors of dairy farms may receive Dairy farm inspec an allowance for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in the t0A ' llowanc e for motor perform ance of official duties at the r ate of n ot to ex ceed $48 0 per vehicles. ann um for each inspector. Fo r mainte nance, i ncluding persona l servic es, of t he publi c crema- Crematorium. torium, $3,900 : Pr ovided , That the health officer is authorized to Containers to be fur. provide and furn ish prop er conta iners fo r the rec eption, burial, and nished n identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indigent persons th at are cremated at the public crematorium, which ashes remain unclaimed after twelve months from date of such cremation. Marriage records. The health officer of the District of Columbia is hereby author- Transfer of, to clerk ized an d direct ed to tr ansfer a ll the m arriage records in the h ealth o Cfou rtistrict supreme department, within fifteen days after the passage of this Act, to the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who shall thereafter have the same control and custody of such records as .he has now of the marriage records in the said clerk's office. For m aint enan ce and o pera tion of moto r am bula nces and mot or Motor vehicles. vehicles, including not to exceed $1,750 for the purchase of one mot or am bu lan ce, $3,500. Welfare stations for For maintaining a child hygiene service, including the establish- child welfare service. me nt and maintenance of child-welfare stations for the clinical examinations, advice, care, and maintenance of children under six years of age, payment for personal services, rent, fuel, periodicals, and supplies, $54,000 : Provided Tha t the commissioners may accept Volu nte er 7 y ersservices ac- suc h volunteer services as t hey may de em expedient in connection cepted. with the establi shment a nd maint enance o f the ser vice her ein auth or- ized : Provided further, That this shall not be construed to authorize No pay therefor. the expenditure or the payment of any money on account of any such volunteer service.

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 1286 Courts and prisons. Juvenile Court. Perso nal s ervic es. Jurors. Contingent expenses. Salaries : For personal services, $59,490. Miscellaneous : For compensation of jurors, $2,000. For fuel, ice, gas, laundry work, stationery, books of reference, periodicals, typewriters and repairs thereto, preservation of records, mops, brooms, and buckets, removal of ashes and refuse, tele- phone service, traveling expenses, meals of jurors and prisoners, repairs to courthouse and grounds, furniture, fixtures, and equip- ment, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, for returning, etc. , ab - The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized sconding probationers. to advance to the chief probation officer of the juvenile court upon requisition previously approved by the judge of the juvenile court. and the auditor of the District of Columbia, sums of money not. to exceed $50 at any one time, to be expended for transportation and trave ling expen ses to se cure the retur n of absc ondin g pro ba- tioners, and to be accounted for monthly on itemized vouchers to the accounting officer of the District of Columbia. Police court. P erson al se rvice s. Salaries : For personal services, including $300 additional for pre Proviso. Time restriction for siding judge, $100,920 : Provided, That no part of the appropriations traf fic violation cases. made herein for the Police Court shall be expended for the holding of court on any day after six o'clock postmeridian for the trial of cases involving violations of traffic laws and regulations. Contingent expenses . For law books, books of reference, directories, periodicals, sta- tionery, preservation of records, typewriters and repairs thereto, fuel, ice, gas, electric lights and power, telephone service, laundry work, removal of ashes and rubbish, mops, brooms, buckets, dusters, sponges, painter's and plumber's supplies, toilet articles, medicines, soap and disinfectants, lodging and meals for jurors and bailiffs when ordered by the court, United States flags and halyards, and al l othe r nece ssary and in cident al exp enses o f ever y kind not o ther- wise provided for, $7.700. For witness fees, $1,500. For compensation of jurors, $30,000. For repairs and alterations to building, $2,500. Witness fees. Jurors. Repairs to building. Municipal court. Per sonal serv ices . Jurors. Pr ovi so. Deposits for j ury tr ials earned unless new date set by court. Vol.41,p. 1312. Rent. Contingent expenses. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 314 . 1929 . COURTS AND PRIS ONS JUV ENI LE COURT POLICE COURT MUNICIPAL COURT Advances authorized $4,250 . S alaries : For personal services, including $300 additional for presiding judge, 68,470. For compensation of jurors, $6,000 : Provided, That deposits made on demands for jury trials in accordance with rules prescribed by the court under authority granted in section 11 of the Act approved March 3, 1921 (Forty-first Statutes, page 1312), shall be earned unles s, prior to three days befo re the ti me set f or such t rials, in clud- ing Sundays and legal holidays, a new date for trial be set by the court, cases be discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials be waived. For rent of building, $4,800. For contingent expenses, including books, law books, books of refe rence, fuel, light, tele phone, lodgin g and meals for ju rors, and for deputy United States marshals while in attendance upon jurors, when ordered by the court ; fixtures, repairs to furniture, building, and building equipment, and all other necessary miscellaneous items and supplies, $4,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cu. 314. 1929 . SUPRE ME CO URT, DISTR ICT O F COL UMBIA Salaries : C hi ef jus ti ce, $1 0, 500 ; six associate justices, at $10, 000 each ; seven stenographers, one for the chief justice and one for each associate justice, $18,200 ; in all, $88,700. FEES or WITNESSES : For mileage and per diem of witnesses and for per diem in lieu of subsistence, and payment of the actual expenses of witnesses in said court as provided by section 850, Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., p . 927, sec . 604), $32,000. FEE S OF JURORS : For mileage and per diems of jurors, $79,000. PAY OF BAILIFFS : For not exceeding one crier in each court, of office deputy marshals who act as bailiffs or criers, and for expenses of meals and lodging for jurors in United States cases and of bailiffs in attendance upon same when ordered by the court, clerk of jury commissioners, and per diems of jury commissioners, $44,620 : Pro- vided, That the compensation of each jury co mmissioner for the fiscal year 1930 shall not exceed $250. PROBA TION SYSTEM : For personal services, $9,560 ; contingent expenses, $440 ; in all, $10,000. COURTHOUSE : For personal services for care and protection of the courthouse, under the direction of the United States marshal of the Distr ict of Colum bia, $ 35,000, to b e expen ded un der th e dire ction of the Atto rney Gener al. For repairs and improvements to the courthouse, including repair and maintenance of the mechanical equipment, and for labor and mat erial and ever y ite m in ciden t the reto, $5, 800, to be exp ended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol. COURT OF APPEALS 1287 District Su pr eme Court. Salaries. Witnesses. R.S.,sec.550, p. 160. Vol.44,p.323. U.S. Code, p.927. Jurors. Bailiffs, etc. Proviso. Jury commissioners. Probation system. Courthouse. Care, etc ., of. Repairs, etc. Court of Appeals. Salaries : Chief justice and two associate justices, at $12,500 each ; Salaries. all other officers and employees of the court, including reporting service, $27,700 ; necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk's office, $950 ; in all, $66,150 : Provided, That the reports of the court Sale of reports. shall not be sold for a price exceeding that approved by the court and for not more than $6 .50 per volume. Building : For personal services for care and protection of the insare, etc ., of build- Court of Appeals Building, including one mechanician, under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $8,340 : Provided, That the Custodian. clerk of the court of appeals shall be the custodian of said building, under the direction and supervision of the justices of said court. For mops, brooms, buckets, disinfectants, removal of refuse, elec- In ciden tal e xpens es. tri cal suppl ies, book s, and al l other n ecessary and incid ental exp enses not otherwise provided for, $780. MIS CE LLA NE OUS Support of convicts : For support, maintenance, and transporta- support of convicts out of the District. tion of convicts transferred from District of Columbia ; expenses of shipping remains of deceased convicts to their homes in the United States, and expenses of interment of unclaimed remains of deceased convicts ; expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped con- victs and rewards for their recapture ; and discharge gratuities pro- vided by law ; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney Ge neral, $110, 000. Writs of lunacy : For expenses attending the execution of writs do Lunacy waits. lu natico inqui rendo and co mmitme nts th ereunde r in a ll cas es of indi- ing Expenses of eaeent- gent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to Saint Vol. 33, p. 740. Elizabe ths Ho spital by or der of the e xecutiv e auth ority of the Dis- tr ict of Colum bia un der th e prov isions of exi sting law, a nd exp enses

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 1288 Miscellaneous ex- pense s authorized by Attorney General. Printing and binding for the courts. Public welfare. Board of Public Wel- fare. Perso nal servi ces. Living expenses of of- ficials at institutions. Child welfare divi- sion. Administrative ex- penses. Limitation on visit- ing wards outside the District, etc. Board, etc ., of chil- dren. Home care of depend- ent children. Vol.44,p. 758. Place for detention of children under seven- teen, apart from House of Detention. Maintenance ex- penses, etc. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cu. 314. 1929 . of commitments to the District Training School, including personal services, $8,720. Miscellaneous court expenses : For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and including such expenses other than for personal services as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, $60,000. Printing and binding : For printing and binding for the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, except records and. briefs in cases in which the United States in a party, $4,200. PUBLIC WEL FAR E BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE For personal services, $107,900. The practice of allowing quarters, heat, light, household equipment, subsistence, and laundry service to officers and employees of the Gov- ernment of the District of Columbia who are required to live at the several institutions of such District may be continued at the rates or values in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act pending review and determination of rates or values by the Personnel Classi- fication Board as provided by law. DIVISION OF CHILD WELFARE Ad mi n is tr a ti o n : For admin istrative expe nses, includi ng placing and visiting children, city directory, purchase of books of reference and periodicals not exceeding $50, and all office and sundry expenses, $4,000 ; and no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Public Welfare placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland, and a ward placed outside said District and the States of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of said board, and that said board shall have power, upon proper showing, in its discretion, to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care. For board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary care of childr en pending inv estigation or while being transferred fr om place to place, with authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, $230,000. To carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide home care f or dep enden t chil dren i n the Distr ict of Colum bia," approved June 22, 1926 (44 Stat ., pp . 758-760), including not to exceed $13,2 80 for person al services i n the District of Columbia, $133 ,200 . For the maintenance, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart from t he House of D etention for the reception and detention of children under seventeen years of age arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Colum- bia, or committed to the guardianship of the board, or held as wit- nesses, or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, includ- ing transportation, purchase of one passenger-carrying motor vehi- cle at a cost not to exceed $750, operation and maintenance of motor vehicles, food, clothing, medicine and medical supplies, rental and repair and upkeep of buildings, fuel, gas, electricity, ice, supplies

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cu. 314. 1929 . an d equipm ent, and other n ecessary expense s, inclu ding not to exce ed $15,440 for personal services, $40,000. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the director of public welfare, upon requisitions previ- ously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as may be required of sa id director by the commis- sioners, su ms of money not to exceed $ 400 at any one tim e, to be used for expenses in placing and visiting children, traveling on offi- cial business of the board, and for office and sundry expenses, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the D istrict of Columbia within one month on itemized vouc hers properly approved. JAIL Salaries : For personal services, $72,670. Personal services. Main tenance and For maintenance and support of prisoners of the District of support of prisoners. Columbia at the jail, expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing es cape d pr ison ers and rewa rds for thei r re capt ure, rep air and improvements to buildings, cells, and locking devices, maintenance o f nonp assen ger-c arryin g mot or ve hicle and e xpens e of e lectr ocu- tions, $68,500. For pur ch ase and equipment of one dum p truck, $875. Truck. 1289 Advances to director. Limit. Jail. WO RKH OUSE AND RE FOR MATO RY Workhouse and re- formatory. Salaries : For personal services, $17,000. Personal services. Advances authorized The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized for returning escaped to advance to the g eneral s uperinte ndent of penal i nstituti ons, upo n prisoners, requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of Co lumbia, and upon such secur ity a s the commi ssion ers ma y req uire of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $100 at one time, to be used only for expenses in returning escaped prisoners, payable fr om the maintenance appropriations for the workhouse and reformatory, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers properly approved. WORKHOUSE For personal services, $113,560 ; For maintenance, clothing, and support of prisoners fugitives ; provisions, subsistence, medicine, and hospital instruments, fu rniture, and quarter s, for gua rds and ot her employ ees and i nmates ; purchase of tools and equipment ; purchase and mainte- nance of farm implements, livestock, tools, equipment, and miscel- la neous items ; transportation ; maintenance and operation of non- passenger-carrying motor vehicles ; supplies and all other necessary items, $109,000 ; For fuel for maintenance and manufacturing, $47,500 ; For continuing construction of permanent buildings, including sewers, water mains, and roads ; for equipment for new buildings ; fo r materi al for r epairs t o buildi ngs, roa ds, and walks, $ 85,000 ; In all, $355,060, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the commissioners. REFO RMAT ORY Limit. Workhouse. Personal services. Maintenance. Fuel. Construction of buildings, etc. Reformatory. Salaries : For personal services, $88,380 ; Personal services. For continuing construction of permanent buildings, including C onstr uctio n buildings, etc. sewers, water mains, roads, and necessary equipment of industrial railroad ; for equipment for new buildings ; for material for repairs
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 1290 SEVENTI ETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 314. 1929 . Reap p rop riati on to buildings, roads, and walks, there is hereby reappropriated and from sum for police sta- tion. made available for the purposes of this paragraph the sum of $50,000 Ante, pp . 666, 1276. contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 for the erection of a building to be known as t he fift eenth p olice precinc t stati on hou se ; Maintenance, etc. For maintenance, clothing, and support of inmates ; rewards for fugitives ; discharge gratuities provided by law ; provisions, sub- sistence, medicine and hospital instruments, furniture, and quarters for guards and other employees and inmates ; purchase of tools and equ ipment ; purc hase and mai nten ance of farm imp leme nts, liv esto ck, tools, equipment ; transportation ; purchase of material for the manu- facture of metal tag s, signs and m arkers, and c ast-iron produ cts ; maintenance and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles ; suppl ies and all o ther ne cessary items, $87,000 ; Fuel. For fuel, $18,000 ; In all, $193,380, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the commissioners. Worki ng cap ital. Working capital : To provide working capital for industrial enter- Transfers to, fr om workhouse and reform- prises at the workhouse and the reformatory, the commissioner shall atory appropriations. transfer to a fund, to be known as t he working-ca pital fund, su ch amounts appropriated herein for the workhouse and reformatory, not to exceed $50,000 as are available for industrial work at these Purchase of products in s ti tu t io ns. T he various de partments and institutions of the Dis- by departments, etc. trict of Columbia and the Federal Government may purchase, at fair market prices, as determined by the commissioners, such industrial Receipts deposited as or farm products as meet their requirements. Receipts from the sale a revolving fund. of such products shall be deposited to the credit of said working- capital fund, and the said fund, including all receipts credited thereto, Availability of funds. may be used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1930. This fund shall be available for the purchase and repair of machinery and equipment, for the purchase of raw materials and manufacturing supplies, for personal services and for the payment to the inmates or their dependents of such pecuniary earnings as the commissioners Report to Co ngress. may deem roper. The commissioners shall include in their annual report to Congress a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures on account of said working-capital fund. National Tra ini ng School for Boys. Care, etc., of boys committed thereto. National Tra ini ng School for Girls. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Personal services. Contingent expenses. Motor truck. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS For care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Train- ing School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia under a contract to be made by the Board of Public Welfare with the authorities of said National Training School for Boys, $40,000. Salaries : For personal services, $38,700. For groceries, provisions, light, fuel, soap, oil, lamps, candles, clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicines, medical attendance, transportation, labor, sewing machines, fixtures, books, magazines, and other supplies which represent greater. educational advantages, stationery, horses, vehicles, harness, cows, pgs, fowls, sheds, fences, repairs, typewriting, stenography, and other necessary items, includ- ing compensation not exceeding $1,500 for additional labor or services, for identifying and pursuing escaped inmates and for rewards for their capture, for transportation and other necessary expenses inci- dent to securing suitable homes for paroled or discharged girls, and for maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, $37,900. For purchase, exchange, and equipment of one one-ton motor truck, $500.

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 1292 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 314. 1929 . District Training Sc hool. For personal service s, $74,00 0. For maintenance and other necessary expenses, including the main- tenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, the purchase and mai nte na nce of horses and wa gon s, including not to exceed $1,000 for topographical survey and landscape study, $78,000 . For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including purchase of machinery and tools for same, $10,000. For purchase and equipment of one two-ton mo tor dump truck, $1,750. For constru ction of employe es' buil ding, in cluding necessar y heat- ing, sewer, water, and electric-light equipment, $100,000. Silos. For erection of two silos, such work to be performed by day labor or otherwise as, in the judgment of the commissioners, may be most advantag eous to the Dist rict of C olumbia, $1,500. For acquisition, by purchase or condemnation, of approximately thirty-five acres, more or less, of land adjoining the site of the District Training School. If the land proposed to be acquired can not be purchase d at a s atisfact ory price the Att orney Ge neral of the Uni ted States, at the request of the Commissioners of the District of Colum- j bia, shall institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such land, the title of said land to be taken directly to and in the name of the United States, but the land so acquired shall be held under the urisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as agents of the United States, and the expenses of procuring evidence of title or of condemnation, or both, shall be paid out of the appro- priation herein made for the purchase of said land, $2,500. residence. For erection of a residence for the superintendent, such work to be per forme d by day la bor o r oth erwise as, in th e judg ment of the commis sione rs, m ay be most advan tageou s to the D istric t of Colum - bia, $20,000. Pe rsona l ser vices. Maintenance. Repairs, etc. Motor truck. Employees' building, etc. Acquisition of adjoin- ing lands. Co ndemnatio n pro- ceedings . Industrial Home S chool for colored children. Personal services. Maintenance. Repairs. Rebuil ding b arn. Deposit of receipts from products . Industrial Home School. Perso nal s ervic es. Maintenance. Repairs. Home for Aged and Infirm. Personal services. DI STR ICT TR AIN ING SCHOOL INDUSTRIAL HOME SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN Salaries : For personal services, $33,460 ; temporary labor, $500 ; in all, $33,960. For maintenance, including horses, wagons, and harness, and main- tenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,250 for manual-training equipment and materials, $24,000. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, $2,500 . For r ebuilding of barn, such wor k to be done by day labor or otherwise as, in the judgment of the commissioners, may be most advanta geous to the Dis trict of Columbi a, $2,50 0. Al l moneys receive d at sai d school as inco me from sale of products and from payment of board or of instruction or otherwise shall be pai d int o the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. INDUSTRIA L HOME S CHOOL Salaries : For p ersonal services, $25,50 0 ; temporary labor, $500 ; in all, $26,000. For maintenance, including care of horses, purchase and care of wagon and harness $25,500. For repairs and improvement to buildings and grounds, $4,000 . HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM Salaries : For personal services, $53,900 ; temporary labor, $2,000 ; in all, $55,900.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 314 . 1929 . 1293 For provisions, fuel, forage, harness, and vehicles and repairs to Contingent expenses, same, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, and other neces- sary i tems, and ma intena nce of nonpa ssenger -carry ing mo tor ve hicles , $57,000. For repa irs and impr ove ment s to bui ldin gs and grou nds, suc h Repairs, etc. work to be performed by day labor or otherwise in the discretion of the commissioners, $12,000. For extension of three ward buildings and dining room, such work Extension of build- to be performed by day labor or otherwise as, in the judgment of ings, etc. the commissioners, may be most advantageous to the District of Columbia, $47,000. MUN ICIPAL LO DGING HO USE AND W OOD YARD For personal services, $3,660 ; maintenance, $3,000 ; in all, $6,660. hoMunici pal lodgi ng TEMPORARY HOME FOR UNION E X-SOLDIE RS AND SA ILORS (DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC, G.A.R.) For personal services, $4,740 ; maintenance, $9,060 ; and repairs to building, $2,000 ; in all, $15,800, to be expended under the direction of the commissioners ; and Union ex-soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Civil War, ex-soldiers, sailors, or marines of the, Spanish War, Philip pine insu rrection, or China relief e xpedition and sold iers, sai l- ors, or marines of the World War or who served prior to July 2, 1921, shall be admitted to the home, all under the supervision of a board of management. FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME Grand Army sol- diers, etc ., temporary home. For care and maintenance of women and children under a contract Hope and Help Mis- o to be made with the Florence Crittenton Home by the Board of si on Public Welfare, maintenance, $5,000. SOUTHERN RELIEF SOCIETY For care and maintenance of needy and infirm Confederate veter- Southern Relief So- ciety for needy Con- ans, their widows and dependents, residents in the District of Colum- federate Veterans. bia, under a contract to be made with the Southern Relief Society by the Board of Public Welfare, $10,000. NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND For aid and support of the National Library for the Blind, located National Library for at 1800 D Street northwest, to be expended under the direction of the the Blind. Commissioners of the District of Columbia,. $5,000 . COLUMBIA POL Y ILCHNIC INSIII u IL To aid the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, located nic Institute . Polyteeh- at 1808 H Street northwest, to be expended under the direction of the Commis sioner s of t he Dis trict of Colu mbia, $3,000. Saint Elizabeths Hos- SAINT ET,TZABETHS HOSPIT AL pital. For support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia in Saint insnap Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by law, $1,572,000. of District NONRESIDE NT INSAN E For deportation of nonresident insane persons in accordance with d D eporting nonresi- the Act of Congress « to change the proceedings for admission to Vol.30,p. 811 . the Government Hospital for the Insane in certain cases, and for other purposes," approved January 31, 1899, $5,000.

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 1294 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ca. 314. 1929. Advances authorized In expending the foregoing sum the disbursing officer of the Dis- to Director of Public foreg oing b Welfare. trict of Co lumbia is au thoriz ed to advance to th e Dire ctor o f Publ ic Welfa re, up on req uisiti ons pr evious ly appr oved b y the audito r of t he District of Columbia, and upon such security as the commissioners Limit. may require of said directors, sums of money not exceeding $300 at one time, to be used only for deportation of nonresident insane persons, and to be accounted for monthly on itemized vouchers to the accounting officer of the District of Columbia. RELIEF OF THE POOR Relief o. the poor. For relief of the poor, including, medical and surgical supplies, artificial limbs, and for pay of physicians to the poor, to be expended under the di rectio n of t he Boa rd of Public Welfar e, $7, 500. Payment to aban- For payment to beneficiaries named in section 3 of "An Act making doned families, etc . Vol. 34, p . 87. it a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia to abandon or willfully Vol. 44, p . 758 . neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or his or her minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances," approved March 23, 1906, to be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia on itemized vouchers duly audited and approved by the auditor of said District, $3,500. Ex-service men. Burial of indigent, in Arlington Cemetery, etc. BURIAL OF EX-SERVICE MEN For expenses of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent Union ex-sol- diers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines, of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honor ably discharged or retired, and who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War at a cost not exceeding $45 for such burial expenses in each c ase, excl usive of cost of g rave, $22 5. TRANSPORTATION OF INDIGENT PERSONS Transporting indi- gent persons. For transportation of indigent persons, including indigent vet- erans of the World War and their families, $3,500. Militia. MILITIA Expenses authorized under the commanding For the following, to be expended under the authority and direc- general. tion of the commanding general, who is hereby authorized and empowered to make necessary contracts and leases, namely Per sonal serv ices. For personal services, $18,950 ; temporary labor, $7,000 ; in all, $25,950 . Expenses of camps, drills, etc. For expenses of camps, including hire of horses for officers required to be mounted, and for the payment of commutation of subsistence for enlisted men who may be detailed to guard or move the United States property at home stations on days immediately preceding and im media tely foll owing the annu al en campm ents, dam ages to pr ivat e property incident to encampment, instruction, purchase, and main- ten ance o f athl etic, gymnas tic, a nd rec reation al equ ipment at ar mory or field encampments, not to exceed $500 ; practice marches, drills, and parades ; rent of armories, drill halls, and storehouses ; fuel, light, heat, care and repair of armories, offices, and storehouses, machinery and dock, dredging alongside of dock, construction of buildings for storage and other purposes at target range, telephone se rvice, ho rses and m ules for mount ed or gani zatio ns, m ainte nanc e and operation of passenger and nonpassenger motor vehicles, street car fares (not to exceed $200) necessarily used in the transaction of official business, not exceeding $400 for traveling expenses, including attendance at meetings or conventions of associations pertaining to the National Guard, and for general incidental expenses of the service, $13,500.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cx. 314. 1929 . 1295 For printing, stationery, and postage, $750. Printing, etc. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, contingent expenses, $1,200. Target practice For expenses of target practice matches, including matches held matche s. outside of the Di strict of Columbia and tra vel incid ent there to, $2,50 0. Pay of troops. For pay of troops other than Government employees, to be dis- bursed under the authority and direction of the commanding general, $9,000. ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS For continuing the reclamation and development of Anacostia Co ntinu ng develop- Park, in accordance with the revised plan as set forth in Senate Docu- meat. ment N umbere d 37, Sixty- eighth Congr ess, fi rst se ssion, $180, 000. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS Public Buildings and Public Parks. SALARIES, PUBLIC PARKS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA For personal services, $405,000. GENERAL EXPENSES, PUBLIC PARKS Perso nal servi ces. Public parks. Maintenance, serv- General expenses : For general expenses in connection with the ices, and general ex- mainten ance, care, improv ement, furni shing o f heat, ligh t, and power pelf of public parks, grounds, fountains, and reservations, propagating gardens and greenhouses under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public Buildin gs and Publi c Park s of t he Nat ional C apital, incl uding $5,000 potomaotPark .p' East for the maintenance of the tourists' camp on its present site in East Potomac Park, and including personal services of seasonal or inter- mittent employees at per diem rates of pay approved by the director, not exceeding current rates of pay for similar employment in the District of Columbia ; the hire of draft animals with or without drivers at local rates approved by the director ; the purchase and maintenance of draft animals, harness, and wagons ; contingent expenses ; city directories ; communication service ; car fare ; traveling expenses ; professional, scientific, technical, and law books ; periodi- cals and reference books ; blank books and forms ; photographs ; dic- tionaries and maps ; leather and rubber articles for the protection of employees and property ; the maintenance, repair, exchange, and operation of not to exceed four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and all necessary bicycles, motor cycles, and self-propelled machinery ; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of equipment and fixtures, and so forth, $570,000 : Provided, That not exceeding $35,000 Outdoor sports, band of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for placing and concerts, etc g maintaining portions of the parks in condition for outdoor sports and for expenses incident to the conducting of band concerts in the Anacostia Park. parks ; not exceeding $25 .000 for the improvement and maintenance Rock Creek and Po- as recreation parks of Sections C and D, Anacostia Park ; not exceed- tomacparkway. ing $122,000 for the improvement of the Roc k Creek and Potomac connect ing pa rkway and th e cont inuati on of c onstru ction of sea wall ; not exceeding $100,000 for the improvement of Meridian Hill Park Meridian Hill Park. no t exce eding $14,00 0 for instal lation of lig hting and se wer sy stems for the Sylvan Theater ; not exceeding $40,000 for beginning the sea East Poto mac tc . Pa rk constru ction of a s idewal k and protec tive ra iling along the se a wall of East Potomac Park ; and not exceeding $10,000 for the erection of Proviso. minor auxiliary structures : Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 may Arc hi tec tu ral ser v- be expen ded by contr act or other wise f or arch itectu ral or other pro- 'cps. fessional services without reference to the Classification Act of 1923 as amended or civil-service rules, as approved by the director.

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 1296 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 314. 1929. Park police. PARK POLICE Pay, etc. Salaries : For pay and allowances of the United States park police 44`p. 834, p . 175; Vol. force, in accordance with the Act approved May 27, 1924, as amended, $152,000 . uniforms, equip- ment, etc. For uniforming and equipping the United States park police force, including the purchase, issue, operation, maintenance, repair, exchange, and storage of revolvers, bicycles, and motor cycles, u niform s and ammuni tion and in cludin g the opera tion a nd mai n- tenance of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle, $12,400. Park and Planning NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING commission. C OMMI SSIO N Incidental, etc ., ex- pe nses. For each and every purpose requisite for and incident to the 44, pl374 .. p . 463; Vol. work of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission as aut horized by th e Act entitle d "An Act prov iding for a c omprehen- sive development of the park and playground system of the National Ante, p.1070 . Capital," approved June 6, 1924 (43 Stat ., pp . 463-464), as amended, and the Act approved December 22, 1928 (Public Numbered 646, Seventieth Congress), including not to exceed $100 for technical books and periodicals, not to exceed $50,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $3,500 for printing and binding, $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain Provisos. available until expended : Provided, That not more than $300,000 of sit esurchase price for this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of sites with- out limitation as to price based on assessed value and that the purchase price to be paid for any site out of the remainder of the appropriation shall not exceed the full value assessment of such No acquisitions out. property last made before purcha se thereof pl us 25 per centum of side the District. such assessed value : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the acquisition of land outside of the District of Columbia. Balneeaa parkway, ilabeas' The unexpended balance of the appropriation contained in the Vol. 44, p. 849. " Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926," for continuing the acquisi- tion of lands for a connecting parkway between Potomac Park, Zoologi cal Park, and Rock Creek Pa rk shall rema in available u ntil June 30, 1930. National Zoological Park. Expenses. Exhibition building. Water service. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK For roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage ; grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds. erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures ; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals ; necessary employees ; traveling and incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, including main- tenance and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle required for official purposes ; not exceeding $2,500 for pur- chasing and supplying uniforms to park police, keepers, and assistant keepers ; not exceeding $100 for the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $203,000, no part of which sum shall be available for architect's fees or compensation. For the construction of a public exhibition building for reptiles, amphibians, insects, and miscellaneous invertebrates, $220,000 . WATER SER VICE From water reve- nues. The following sums are appropriated wholly out of the revenues nues. of the water department for expenses of the Washington Aqueduct and its appurtenances and for expenses of water department, namely :

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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 314. 1929. 1297 WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT Washington Aque° duct. For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, main- Maintenance, etc ., of, tenance and repair of Washington Aqueducts and their accessories, and accessories' including Dalecarlia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, First, Second, and Third High Service Reservoirs, Washington Aqueduct tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants, and the plant for the pre- liminary treatment of the water supply, ordinary repairs, grading, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road, purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services, purchase, care, repair, and operation of vehicles, including the pur-. chase and exchange of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $1,200 ; purchase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel, purchase of parcel of land containing six thousand eight hundred and thirteen and seven-tenths square feet, more or less, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $441,000. Nothi ng her ein sh all be const rued a s affec ting t he sup erinte ndence control of Secretary and control of the Secretary of War over the Washington Aqueduct, ofW arnotaf fected. its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. For revenue and inspection and distribution branches : For per- Revenue, inspection, sonal services, $154,800. branches. For maintenance of the water department distribution system, Operation expenses. including pumping stations and machinery, water mains, valves, fire and public hydrants, water meters, and all buildings and acces- sories, and the purchase and maintenance of motor trucks, purchase of fuel, oils, waste, and other materi als, an d the employ ment o f all labor necessary for the proper execution of this work ; and for con- tingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, printing and binding not to exceed $2,000, postage, damages, purchase of technical reference books, and periodicals, not to exceed $75, and other neces- sary items, $7,500 ; in all for maintenance, $365,000. For extension of the water department distribution system, laying pe Distribution ex- of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment system, $250,000. For instal ling w ater m eters on ser vices t o priv ate re sidenc es and M eters in r eside nces, business places as may not be required to install meters under existing e t•' regulations, as may be directed by the commissioners ; said meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $30,000 . For insta lling fire a nd pub lic hy drants, $50,0 00. Hydrants. For replacement of old mains in various locations, on account of Replacing old mains. inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains in advance of pavement, $50,000. For three thous and fo ur hun dred a nd fif ty feet of th irty-s ix inc h thoriLed. mains au° main in M Street northwest, from Eleventh S treet to New Jersey Avenue, $105,000. For one thousand four hundred and fifty feet of twenty-inch main in East Capitol Street between Fiftieth Street and Fifty-third Place, $9,570 . For two thousand four hundred feet of sixteen-inch main in North Dakota Avenue between North Capitol and Third Streets, northwest, $11,640. For two thousand one hundre d feet of sixteen-in ch main in Sixteenth Street from Alaska Avenue to Holly Street, northwest, $10,500. For two thousand seven hundred feet of twenty-inch main in proposed Fiftieth Street from Upton Street to proposed Lough- boro Road, northwest, $17,820.

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 1298 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Ca. 314. 1929 . Construction work, SEC. 2. Th at the services of draftsmen assistant engineers, etc ., under Commis- sioners. levelers, transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, over- Draftsmen, in spe c- tors, see rs, and inspecto rs tempo rarily r equired in conne ction wi th sewer , tors, etc., temporarily , employed. str eet, str eet-clea ning, or road wo rk, or c onstruct ion and repair o f bui ldings a nd bridg es, or a ny gener al or sp ecial en gineerin g or con - stru ction work authorize d by appro priations may be emp loyed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of sai d wor k sha ll be p aid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work ; and the commissioners in their Budget estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation Provisos. Pr ovid ed, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $30,000 Em plo ym ent period during the fiscal year 1930 : Pro vided furthe r, That, excluding five limited ° inspectors in the sewer department no per son shall be employed in pursuance of the authority contained in this paragraph for a lon ger p eriod than nine months in the aggregate during the fiscal year. mech anics , Temporary laborers, The commissioners are further aut ho riz ed to employ temporarily such laborer s, skill ed labore rs, driv ers, hos tlers, a nd mecha nics as may be r equire d exc lusiv ely in conn ectio n with sewe r, st reet, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipments, and any general or spec ial engi neering or constr uction o r repair work, a nd to in cur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal serv- ices, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such serv- ic es and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. Horses, vehicles, etc. SEC. 3. That all horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary for use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer, street, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, including main- tena nce o f said hors es an d harn ess, and m ainten ance and r epair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies in co nne ct ion therewith, or on construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and maintained and motor trucks may be hired exclusively to carry into Spe cia l authority effect said ap propriat ions, wh en speci fically and in w riting o rdered from Commissioners for u sing. by the commissioners ; and all such expenditures necessary for the proper executio n of sai d work, exclusiv e of per sonal se rvices, shall be pa id fr om and equitably charged aga in st the sums appropriated for said work ; and the commissioners in the Budget estimates shall repor t the numbe r of horse s, veh icles, and harne ss pu rchas ed, an d horse s and vehic les h ired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation ; and all hor ses owne d or mai ntai ned by the District shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables Tem po T. owned or operated by said District : Pro vide d, That such horses mporary work for > exc ava tio ns ° horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section 2ofthisActin relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. Temporary laborers, etc., water department. SEC. 4 . The commissioners are further authorized to employ tem- porarily such laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics as may be required in connection with water-department work, and to incur

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 314 . 1929 . 1299 all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, and mechan- ics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by existing law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriation under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. Miscellaneous trust SEC. 5 . That the commissioners are authorized to employ in the funds. execution of work, the cost of which is payable from the appropria- fro Expenses payable tion account created in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, Vol. 33, p. 368. approved April 27, 1904, and known as the Miscellaneous trust-fund depos its, D istric t of C olumbi a, all necess ary in specto rs, ov erseer s, foremen, sewer tappers, skilled laborers, mechanics, laborers, special policemen stationed at street-railway crossings, one inspector of gas fittings, two janitors for laboratories of the Washington and George- town Gas Light Companies, market master, assistant market master, watchman, two bookkeepers in the auditor's office, clerk in the office of the collector of taxes, horses, carts, and wagons, and to hire therefor motor trucks when specifically and in writing authorized by th e comm ission ers, a nd to incur all nec essary expen ses in cident al to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, including the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and opera- tion of motor vehicles for inspection and transportation purposes, such services and expenses to be paid from said appropriation account. Leaves of absence, if Any person employed under any of the provisions of this Act consecutively. vte mont hs who has been employed for ten consecutive months or more shall not be denied the leave of absence with pay for which the law provides. Materials, supplies, SEC. 6. That the commissioners and other responsible officials, in vehicles, etc. Purchase directed expending appropriations contained in this Act, so far as possible from stock of Govern- shall purchase material, supplies, including food supplies and equip- mmtactivitiesno lo ng- er needed. ment, when needed and funds are available, in accordance with the regulations and schedules of the General Supply Committee or from the v arious servi ces of the G overnm ent of the Un ited S tates posses s- ing ma terial, supp lies, passen ger-ca rrying and ot her mo tor ve hicles , and equipment no longer required because of the cessation of war activities. Surplus articles purchased from the Government, if the price stipulation . 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 Sales authorized. price based upon length of usage. The various services of the Gov- ernment of the United States are authorized to sell such surplus artic les to the m unicip al gov ernmen t under the c onditi ons sp ecifie d, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury Proviso. as mi scella neous receip ts : Provi ded, That this section shall not be Transfers under Ex- ecutive order not af- construed to amend, alter, or repeal the Executive order of December footed. 3, 19 18, concerning the transfer of office materials, supplies, and equipment in the District of Columbia falling into disuse because of the cessation of war activities. SEC. 7. Of the appropriations for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, v '.`41, p. sisavol. respectively, toward financing the liability of the United States 44Aho t fr om D is- created by the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employees trict revenues charged in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved to. Ma y 2 2, 19 20, and Acts amendatory thereof, the sum of $150,000 for each of such fiscal years shall be charged to the revenues of the District of Columbia and such sums shall be transferred from the revenues of the District to the credit of the United States on account of th e reti rement of Di strict of Co lumbia person nel un der su ch Act s. Approved, February 25, 1929.

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 1300 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 315 . 1929 . February 25, 1929. CHAP. 315 .-An Act Creat ing th e Mou nt Rus hmore Natio nal M emoria l	[S. 3848 .]	Commission and defining its purpos es and powers. [P ubli c, No . 805.] Mou nt Rushm ore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the National Me morial United States of America in Congress assembled, That a commission Commission. is hereby created and established, to be known as the Mount Rush- Creation and com° position of. more National Memorial Commission (hereafter referred to as the commission), to consist of twelve members, who shall be appointed by the President. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the President, who shall fill all vacancies that from time to time occur. exp me nooss es. Allowance only for The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that their actual expenses in connection with the work of the commission may be paid from any funds appropriated for the pur- poses of this Act or acquired by other means hereafter authorized Sec etary, etc. Provided, That the secretary may be paid such salary for his services as may be determined by the commission. The commission is also authorized to pay such actual and necessary expenses as the secretary may incur in the performance of his duties. Such salary and ex- penses shall be paid by the treasurer of the commission upon the order of the secretary thereof and then only when approved and countersigned by the chairman of the executive committee. Organization. SEC. 2 . The commission when appointed shall organize by electing Proviso. a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer : Provided, Tre asu rer. That a treasurer may be selected outside of the commission and may be a bank or trust company. Such treasurer shall execute a bond so conditioned and in such amount as shall insure the protection of funds coming into his possession. Executive committee. The commission may a lso create from its o wn membership an executive committee of five, which shall exercise such powers and functions within the purview of this Act as may be authorized by the commi ssion. mCompletion of Me ° SEC. 3. The purpose of the commission is to complete the carving of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial to consist of heroic figures of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt, together with an entablature upon which there shall be cut a suitable inscrip- tion to be indited by Calvin Coolidge, and to landscape the contiguous grounds and construct the entrances thereto. Such memorial is to be constructed according to designs and models by Gutzon Borglum, now owned or contracted for by the Mount Harney Memorial Asso- ciatio n of S outh D akota . . No charge shall ever be made for admission to the memorial grounds or for viewing the memorial. Authority. SEC. 4. The commission is authorized- Receive all property (a) To receiv e and take o ver al l prop erty, c ontrac ts, ri ghts, and etc ., of Mount Harney Memorial Association, moneys now in the hands of and possessed by the Mount Harney Memo rial Ass ocia tion, i nclu ding mem oran da, rec ords , sk etch es, models, and the incompleted figures on Mount Rushmore. Receive aaddsburse funds. (b) To receive funds and pledges to cover the expense of finish- g ing such memorial, and to pay out the same upon properly receipted vouchers to persons entitled. Employ artists, sculptors, etc (c) To employ the services of such artists, sculptors, landscape . archite cts, a nd oth ers as it sh all de termine to be neces sary t o com- plete said memorial, including the landscaping of the grounds and construction of the entrances thereto. Other powers. (d) To exercise such powers and functions as are necessary and Federal contribution proper to carry out the purposes of this Act. limited . SEC. 5 . That not more than one-half of the cost of such memorial Pest, p .1627. and landscaping shall be borne by the United States, and not to exceed $250,0 00 is hereby autho rized to be a ppropr iated for th e pur- pose. Upon requisition of the executive committee herein provided

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 315, 316 . 1929 . 1301 T for, the proportionate share of the United States shall be advanced Advance t o treasurer from 'ands appropri- to the treasurer of said commission from time to time by the Secre- aced ° tary of the Treasury out of any available appropriation, and in sufficient amounts to match the funds advanced from other sources to said commission, whether such funds are in the hands of its treasurer or have already been expended upon such memorial by the commission or by its predecessor, the Mount Harney Memorial Asso- Proviso. ciation : Provi ded, That th e Secr etary of the Treas ury sh all fir st be Condition. satisfied that the funds received from sources other than the United States are actually available in the hands of the treasurer of the commission or have been properly expended in carrying out the pur- poses of this Act. SEC. 6 . That such commission, on or before the 1st day of December Report to congress. of ea ch year, shall tra nsmit to Congress a report of its a ctivities and proceedings for the preceding year, including a full and complete statement of its receipts and expenditures. Approved, February 25, 1929. February 25, 1929. CHAP. 3 1 6 .-An Act T o authorize appropri ations for construct ion at mili- [H. R. 13825.] tary po sts, and for other purpo ses. [Publ ic, No. 8 06 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby Army. au tho r- authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $17,185,610, to be ex- zed of buildings, etc ., pended for the construction and installation at military posts of such at military posts. buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary, as follows : Albrook Field, Canal Albrook Field, Canal Zone : Dispensary, $30,000. Zone. Corundu, Canal Zone : Barracks, $357,500. zo ernnan, canal France Field, Canal Zone : Barracks, $360,000 ; noncommissioned zo a nce F ield, Canal officers' quarters, $324,000 ; officers' quarters, $427,200 ; dispensary, $30,000. Schofield Barracks, Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Department : Noncomm issioned H a wa ii. officers' quarters, $100,000 ; officers' quarters, $300,000. T , W heele r Fi eld, Ha- Wheeler Field, Hawaiian Department : Noncommissioned officers waii. quarters, $111,600 ; officers' quarters, $150,000 ; dispensary, $40,000. P orto Rico, bar racks , Porto Rico : Barracks, $144 .000 ; noncommissioned officers' quarters, quarters, etc ° $119,000 ; officers' quarters, $396,250 ; nurses' quarters, $36.000 ; head- quarters building, $20,000 ; chapel, $20,000 ; recreation hall, $10,000 ; storehouse, $15,000 ; garage and repair shop, $40,000 ; stables, $40,000 ; hay and forage shed, $3,000 ; wagon shed, $6,000 ; incinerator, $5,000 ; flagstaf, $500 ; hospital, $10,000. Hen ry Ba rrac ks, P orto Rico : Barrac ks, $352, 000 ; no ncomm issio ned P Hl enry Barracks, officers' quarters, $39,600 ; officers' quarters, $192,500 ; hospital, $35,000 ; stables, $24,000 ; hay and forage shed, $3,000 ; wagon shed, $4,000 ; guardhouse, $10,000 ; post exchange, $10,000 ; chapel, $20,000 ; head- quarters building, $15,000 ; recreation hall, $10,000 ; storehouse, $15,000 ; maintenance building, $7,500 ; fire house, $7,500 ; bakery, $12,000 . Philippines, ware- Philippine Department : Signal depot warehouse, $49,000. ho use. Ca mp Devens, Mass. Camp Devens, Massachusetts : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, Former Act amend- $36,000 ; officers' quarters, $164 .000 : Provided, That so much of the ed. 44, p. 1235, Act entitled "An Act to authorize appropriations for construction at amended . . military posts, and for other purposes," approved February 25, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 1235), as authorizes an appropriation of $300,000 for hospital, Camp Devens, Massachusetts, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize at Camp Devens, Massa- chusetts, the construction and installation of buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as follows

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 1302 New authorizations. a Hospital, toward completion, $35,000 ; for officers' quarters, $180,600 ; for noncommissioned officers' quarters, $14,400 ; for bakery, $15,000 ; for fire house, $10,000 ; and for stables, $45,000 ; in all, Proviso. $300,000 : Provided, That there is hereby authorized to be made avail- Forme r appropria- tion available. able for the purposes of this Act $300,000 of the amount contained in Ante, P. th e Firs t Defi ciency Act, fiscal year 192 8, approved December 22, 1927, for military posts ." Fort Jay, N. Y. Fort Jay, New York : Hospital, $400,000 : Provided, That no new Proviso. construction shall be built on that part of Governors Island west of a ti Construction restric- line running in a northwest and southeasterly direction across the island and paralleling the eastern face of the regimental barracks building at a distance of three hundred feet . Mitchel Field, N . Y . Mitchel Field, New York : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $216,000 ; officers' quarters, $660,000 ; hospital, $150,000 . Fort Monmouth, Fo rt Monm out h, New Je rse y : Nonco mmissi oned o fficer s' qua rters, N.J. $100,000 ; officers' quarters, $25 0,00 0. Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg Barracks, New York : Barracks, $45,000 ; addition to N. Y. hospital, $55,000. Raritan Arsenal . Raritan Arsenal, New Jersey : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, N.J. $42,000 ; hospital, $50, 000 . Fort Slocum, N. Y. Fort Slocu m, New York : Bar racks, $1 80,0 00. Fort Wa dsworth, Fort Wadsworth, New York : Barracks, $50,000 ; noncommissioned N. Y. officers' quarters, $30,000. Aberd een, Md. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland : Hospital, $60,000 . Carlisle Barracks,Pa. Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania : Mess hall and kitchen, $110,000. Fort Humpbreys,Va. Fort Humphreys, Virginia : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $274,000. La ngley Field, Va. Langley Field, Virginia : Barracks, $764 ,160 ; noncommissioned off icers' quarters, $216,000 ; officers' quarters, $480,000 ; hospital, $175,000 ; construction of a sea wall and for necessary fill, $200,000 . Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, which shall hereafter be known as Fort George MName changed to G. Meade, Maryland : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $50,000 ; Fort George G. Meade. nurses' quarters, $40,000 ; officers' Y arters, $210,000. Fort Monroe, Virginia : Officers quarters, $200,000. Fort Benning, Georgia : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $526,000 ; officers' quarters, $114 ,000 ; dispensary, $60,000. For t Br agg, No rth Caro lina : Noncom missio ned of ficers ' quar ters, $144,000 ; nurses' quart ers, $60,000 ; officers' quarters, $496 ,000 ; hospital, $100,000. Maxwell Field, Alabama : Officer's quarters, $300,000 ; barracks, $178,000 ; noncommissioned officers' quarters, $188,150 ; quartermaster wa rehou se, $45, 000 ; quartermaster maintenance building, $15,000 ; garage, $40,000 ; fire station, $15,000 ; guardhouse, $20,000 ; post ex- change, $25,000 ; ordnance magazine, $15,000 ; hospital, $75,000 ; stables, $20,000 ; railroad spur, $5,000 ; telephone and telegraph system, $31,250. Camp McClellan, Alabama : Hospital, $100,000. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana : Noncommissioned officers quar- ters, $54,000 ; service club, $50,000. Erie Ordnance Depot, Ohio : Hospital, $75,000. Selfridge Field, Michigan : Officers quarters, $465,000 ; construction of a sea wall, and for necessary fill, $230,400. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : H os pit al w ard, $75,000. Marshall Field, Kansas : Barracks, $125,000 ; noncommissioned officers' quarters, $144,000 ; officers' quarters, $300 ,000 . Fort Riley, Kansas : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $150,000 ; nurses' quarters, $50,000. Fort Snelling, Minnesota : Officers' quarters, $54,500. Camp Normoyle, Texas : Barracks, $180,000. Fort Monroe, Va. Fort Benning, Ga. Fort Bragg, N. C. Maxwell Field, Ala. Camp McCle llan, Ala. Fort Benjamin Har- rison, I nd. Erie Ordnance De- pot, Ohio. Selfridge Field, Mich. Fo rt Leavenw orth, Kans. Marshall Field, Kans. Fort Riley, Kans. Fort Snelling, Minn. Camp Normoyle, Tax. SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 316 . 1929.

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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 316 . 1929 . 1303 Fort Sam Houston Texas : Noncommissioned officers' quarters Fort Sam Houst on, Tex. $150, 000 ; officers' quar ters, $250,000. RandolphField,Tez. Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $61,200 ; officers' quarters, $600,000 ; completion of hospital, $50,000 . Fort D. A. Russell, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming : Officers' quarters, $56,000 ; noncom- w yo. missioned officers' quarters, $56,000 ; barracks, $40,000. Letterman Hospital, Letterman General Hospital, California : Hospital ward, $150,000. Calif. Camp Lewis, Washington : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, camp Lewis, wash. $ 9 3 ,0 0 0 ; officers' quar ters, $215,000. March Field, Calif. March Field, California : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, $100, 800 ; hospita l, $150,0 00. Rockwell Field, California : Noncommissioned officers' quarters, Califckwen Field, $108, 000 ; officers' quar ters, $150,000. Army medic al ce nter, Dis trict of Colum bia : Completion of Army ta r, A rm y Medical 4e aical cen- Medical School, $840,000 ; addition to power plant, $50,000. , Walter Reed Hcspi- Walter Reed General Hospital, District of Columbia : Nurses tal, D.C. quarters, $300,000 ; chapel, $12,000, to be erected as supplementary to Chapel, etc, or in conne ction with t he non sectar ian cha pel, t he ere ction of whi ch Ante, p.156. was authorized by the Act approved February 2, 1928 ; observation, tuberculosis, and infectious disease wards and a laboratory and morgue, and the reconstruction of the third floor of the main building into an operating room, and for the necessary corridors, roads, walks, grading, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, $90,000. Bolling Field, District of Columbia, or at a point on a military ao Field, D. C. gd reservation in the vicinity of the District of Columbia to be selected by the Secretary of War : Radio and communication center, $30,000. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and em- s9 Adjacent c et land for powered to acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate adjacent to Bolling Field, Washington, District of Columbia, for extension and development of said flying field ; and there is authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, a sum not to exceed $666,000 for that purpose. SEC. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to etTechnical c id ing s, exce ed $5, 552,84 2, to be exp ended for the const ructio n and instal la- tion at military posts and at airports and landing fields of such technical buildings and utilities and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary, as follows Panama Canal Department, Albrook Field : Paved runways, AlbrookField. $51,000. France Field : Gas and oil storage system, $10,000 ; paint, oil, and France Field. dope warehouse and appurtenances to hangar, $13,016 ; paved run- way from hangars, $52,000 ; six-inch gasoline pipe line from Coco Solo, $20,000 ; bombing range, $3,555. Hawaiian Department, new site : Improvement to landing field, Hawaii landing field. $623 '000 . Hawaii air bases. Hawaiian Department, air bases, $22,000. Wheeler Field : Hangars and field shop, $79,000. Wheeler Field. Boston Airport, Boston Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts, moving and reerecting mass. technical buildings, $15,000. Mitchel Field, N. Y. Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York : Hangars, field shops, field war ehous e, $1 41,000 ; atma ment and par achu te buil ding s, $ 5,00 0 ; central heating plants, $75,000. Middletown Air Depot, Pennsylvania : Replacing roofs upon ware- Middletown Air De- houses, $6,600 ; tiling walls and replacing floors and platforms in pot, Pa. warehouses, $16,015 ; hard surfaced apron in front of hangars, $17,376 ; supply office and stock room, $5,607 : ceiling four bays in engi neerin g shop build ing, $ 4,402 : Pro vided, Tha t the $38,50 0 here - pe ~O.

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 1304 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cu. 316. 1929 . Former authority tofore appropriated for concrete floors in warehouse at Middletown canceled . Ante, pp. 130, 334 . Air Depot (Public, Numbered 181, Seventieth C ongress) is h ereby canc eled. Boiling Field, D. o: Bolling Field, District of Columbia : Hangars, $90,000 ; field shop, $60,000 ; central heating plants, $50,000 ; pa rach ute and arm ame nt building, $15,000 ; photographic building, $36,000 ; radio building, $10,000 ; paved runways and aprons, $53,700. p Langley Field, va. Lan gley F ield, Virgin ia : H angars , $524 ,590 ; field warehouse, $100,000 ; headquarters and operations building, $80,000 ; photo, radio, arachute, and armament buildings, $76,000 ; central heating plants, 100,000 ; gas and oil storage system, $10,000 ; paint, oil, and dope warehouse, $5,000 ; improvement of landing field, $85,000 ; paved run- ways, $122,098. Maxw ell Fi eld School, Ala. Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama : H angars , $210,500 ; field shop, $19,000 ; field warehouse, $60,000 ; armament and parachute building, $5,000 ; paved runways, $50,000 ; gas and oil storage system, $5,000 ; school building, $100,000. Shreveport, La. Shreveport, Louisiana (attack wing) : Hangars , $200,000 ; field shop, $50,000 ; field warehouse, $45,000 ; headquarters and operations bui ldings , $85,000 ; radio, parachute, and armament buildings, Provisio . $25,000 ; gas and oil storage system, $10,000 ; improvement to landing Additional land for field, $135,000 : Provided, That the Secretary of War is hereby avia tion So ld may be authorized, when directed by the President, to accept in behalf of the U nited States, free from enc umbrances and without cost to the United States, the title in fee simple to such land as he may deem necessa ry or desirab le, in the vic inity of Shre veport, Louisi ana, approximately 25,000 acres, more or less, as a site for an aviation field. Bowman Field, Ky. Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky : Hangar, $50,000 ; radio, photographic, and shops, $20,000 ; operations and administration building, $20,000 ; gas and oil storage system, $5,000 ; paved runways, $13,000. Fairf ield, Ohi o. Fairfield Ai r Depot, Fair field, Ohio ; Ha nga rs, $120,000 ; head- quarters building, $40,000 ; central heating plant, $20,000 ; paint, oil, and dope warehouses, $20,000. Chicago Airport, Ill. Chicago Municipal Airport, Chicago, Illinois : Completion of Army Air Corps hangar, $20,986. selfridgeField,Mich. Selfridge Field, Michigan : Hangars and field shop, $122,000 ; central heating plants, $60,000 ; paved runways, $51,000 ; improv e- ment of landing field, $125,000. Bans Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Completion of hangar, field shop, he adqu arte rs b uild ing, $35,000 ; central heating plants, $20,000. Fort Riley. Kans. Marshall Field, Fort Riley, Kansas : Completion of hangars, shops, and technical buildings, $55,000 ; central heating plant, $30,000. Fort Crockett, Tex. Fort Crockett, Texas : Night flying lighting system, $3,775 ; run- Fomo. authorit y ways, $10,775 : Provided, That the $10,775 heretofore appropriated canceled, for dope and paint house and lean-to for boiler room at Fort Crockett Ante, pp. 129,334. (Public, No . 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled. Drydea, Tex. Dryden, Texas : Gasoline and oil storage system, $2,821 ; oper a- tions buildi ng, $5 ,0 00. Duncan Field, Tex. Duncan Field, San Antonio, Texas : Hangars and depot shop Provise. building, $220,000 ; oil reclamation house, $13,000 : Provided, That Former auth ority canceled. the $5,497 heretofore appropriated for instrument, engine repair and Ante, pp. 130, 334 . cleaning building at the San Antonio Air Depot (Public, No . 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled. Lordsbu rg, N. Mex. Lordsburg, New Mexico : Operations building, $5,000 ; gas and oil storage system, $2,821. Randolph Field, Tex. Randolph Field, Texas : Hangars, $220,000 ; field shops, $38,000 ; paved runways, $232,500.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 316, 317. 1929 . Tucs on, Ariz ona : Operations building, $5,000 ; paved floor in hangar, $1,705. Yuma, Arizona : Operations building, $5,000. March Field, Riverside, California : Hangars, field shops, field warehouse, $75,000 ; gasoline and oil storage system, $10,000 ; paved runways, $104,000 : Provided, That the $50 .000 heretofore appropri- ated for radio and school building at March Field (Public, No . 181, Seventieth Congress) is hereby canceled. Rockwell Field, California : Hangars and field warehouse, $45,000 ; field shop, $100,000 ; construction of paved runways, $50,000. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to tr ansfer to th e Pete rsburg Natio nal Mil itary Park s uch po rtion of the Camp Lee Military Reservation, Virginia, as in his discretion may be required in connection with the establishment of the Peters- burg National Military Park, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved July 3, 19 2 6. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell, upon such terms and conditions as he con- sider s advi sable, to th e Fish ers Is land Co rporat ion, o r its nomine e, a tract of land containing one and one-fifth acres, more or less, said tract now fo rming the ex treme northe asterly corne r of t he For t H .G. Wright Milit ary Re servat ion, s ituate on Fis hers I sland, in th e Stat e of New York, which said tract is no longer needed for military pur- poses, and to execute and deliver in the name of the United States and in its beha lf, with and to th e said th e Fishers Island C orporatio n, or its nomin ee, an y and all co ntract s, conv eyance s, or other instru - ments ne cessary t o effectu ate such sale, th e proceed s of the sale of t he prop erty herei nbefo re d esign ated to b e dep osite d in the Treas ury to the credit of the fund known as the military post construction fund : Provided, That the Secretary of War shall have the said tract survey ed and appra ised a t the expens e of th e Fish ers Is land C orpora - tion : And provided further, That the Secretary of War shall not sell said t ract f or a l ess co nsider ation than th e appr aised value herein - before referred to. SEc. 6 . That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, two tracts of land on the Atlantic seaboard with n ecessa ry rig hts of way a s may, in his discr etion, be ne cessar y in the proper defense of the Atlantic coast, and the sum of $20,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated from any funds in the Treasury not othe rwise appropriated, which sum shall rema in availa ble un til ex pended. SEC. 7 . That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $125,000 for the construction of a cannon powd er bl endin g uni t at Pica tinny Ars enal, Dove r, N ew Je rsey, to replace the one destroyed by fire on July 31, 1928. Approved, February 25, 1929. Yuma, Ariz. March Field, Calif. Proviso. Former authority canceled. Ante, pp. 130, 334. Rockwell Field, Calif. Petersburg Military Park, Va. Portion of Camp Lee, may be transferred to. Vol.44,p .822. 1305 Tucson, A riz. Fort H. G. Wright Reservation, N .Y. Tract of, may be sold to Fishers Island Cor- poration. Proceeds to military post construction fund . Provisos. Survey and appraisal. Sal e at app rai sed valu e. Atlantic seaboard . Purchase of two tracts of land on, for defense of coast authorized. Picatinny Arsenal, N .J. Construction of pow- der blending unit at. CHAP. 317 .-An Act To provide for the February23,1929 . paving of the Government road, [S .3881.1 known as the Dry Valley Road, commencing where said road leaves the La [Public, No. 807.] Fayette Road, in the city of Rossville, Georgia, and extending to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, constituting an approach road to said park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary RGv i e(me toco ad, of War is authorized to improve and pave the Government road, amauga, etc .,' Park . known as the Dry Valley Road, commencing where said road leaves for Amount auth orized the La Fayette Road, in the city of Rossville, Georgia, and extending Pest, p . 1666.

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 1306 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 317, 318. 1929. Provisos. Ass ent to change in position of road. Allowance if ro ad changed from present right of way. Acceptance of title to road and maintenance, by Georgia req uired, after completion . Vol. 43, p. 1104. February 25, 1929. [S .J. Res. 182 .1 [Pub. Res., No. 92.] to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in the length of appr oximately fou r miles, for which an appro priation of not to exceed $60,000 is hereby authorized out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, That should the State of Georgia or any county or municipality or legal subdivision thereof, or any State or county or municipal highway commission, or equivalent public authority desire that the position of said road be in such manner as would involve an expenditure of more than $60,000, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend such sum as may be contributed by said local interests concurrently with the appro- priation herein authorized in the improvement and pavement of said ro ad : Pro vided further , That should the State of Georgia or any county or municipality or legal subdivision thereof, or any State or county or municipal highway commission, or equivalent public authority desi re that the p osition of sa id road be cha nged in any particular from the present Government-owned right of way, and should such local interests acquire title to the land necessary to effect such changes, the Secretary of War may expend the funds herein authorized for the improvement and pavement of such road as changed : And provided further, That no part of the appropriation herein authorized shall be expended until the State of Georgia, or the counties or municipalities thereof concerned, have accepted title to the present Government-owned road known as the Dry Valley Road and have obligated themselves in writing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that they will maintain said road as built under the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page .1104), immediately upon the completion of such improveme nts as may be made under t his appropriat ion. Approved, February 25, 1929. CHAP. 318.-Joint Resolution For the relief of farmers in the storm and flood stricken areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Flood-stricken areas States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the Secret ary of of southeastern states. Agriculture is hereby authorized, for the crop of 1929, to make Lo ans h farmers in,, for purchasing seeds, advances or loans to farmers and fruit growers in the storm and flood etc. stricken areas of Virinia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama' where he shall find that an emergency for such assistance exists for the purchase of seed of cotton, tobacco, corn, legumes, nursery stock, and vegetable crops, feed for work stock, and fertilizer, and, when necessary, to procure such seed, feed, and Terms, regulations, fertilizers and sell the same to such farmers. Such advances, loans, etc. or sales shall be made upon such terms a nd conditions and subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe, including an agreement by each farmer to use the seed and fertilizer Lien on crop deemed thus obtained by him for crop production. A first lien on the crop security, to be produced from seed and fertilizer obtained through a loan, advance, or sale made under this section shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be deemed sufficient security therefor. Maximum of loans. In the case of land planted or to be planted in cotton or tobacco, no loan or advance for or sale of seed and fertilizer shall exceed $8 per acre, and in the case of land planted or to be planted in other crops, no loan or advance for or sale of seed and fertilizer shall exceed $3 per acre. No loan, advance, or sale under this resolution Agencies to be desig- shall, in any event, exceed $2,000 to any one person. All such nated. advances, loans, and sales shall be made through such agencies as the

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 318, 322-324 . 1929 . 1307 Secretary of Agriculture may designate. For carrying out the pur- egSunes auth orize d for poses of this resolution, including all expenses and charges incurred Post, p .1435. in so doing, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury hereby otherwise appropriated, the sum of $6,000,000, to be immediately available : Provided, That any person Proviso. Punishment for false who shall knowingly make any material false representation for the statements to obtain purpose of obtaining an advance, loan, or sale under this resolution, loans, etc° shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Approved, February 25, 1929. CHAP. 322 .-An Act To provide for the sale of the old post-office propert 26, 1929 . y [H. R. February 14466 .1 at Birmingham, Alabama. [Public, No. 808 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Birmingham, si l ae of the Treas ury is hereb y auth orized to sel l the Govern ment p ropert y property a t, author- situated in the city of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 'Ze d. known as the old post-office property and described as being all of lots 11, 12, 13, 14, and west twenty feet of lot 15, in block 87, accord- ing to the Elyton Land Company's survey of property in Birming- ham, Alabama, and more particularly as beginning at the north- easterly intersection of Second Avenue and Eighteenth Street, run- ning thence with the line of Second Avenue one hundred and seventy feet, thence in a northwardly direction one hundred and forty feet to an alley, thence with the line of said alley one hundred and seventy feet t o Eigh teenth Stree t, the nce wi th the line o f Eigh teenth Stree t one hundred and forty feet to beginning. Said property to be sold in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, at such time and upon such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United State s, and to co nvey s uch pr operty to the purch asers thereo f by the usual quitclaim deed. The proceeds of said sale shall be paid t Proceeds covered into into the general fund of the Treasury. Approved, February 26, 1929. CHAP. 323 .-An Act To repeal that portion of the Act of August 24, 1912, imposing a li mit on agenc y salaries o f the Indian Service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the provision in the Act of August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 521 ; United States Code, title 25, page 692, section 58), imposing a limitation of $15,000 on the amount which may be paid for salaries at any one Indian agency and $20,000 at a consolidated agency, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, February 26, 1929. February 26, 1929. [11. R. 16568.] [Public, No. 809 .] Indian agencies. Salary limitations at, repealed. Vol. 37, p. 521, re- pealed. U.S. Code, p.692. February 26, 1929. CH 1P. 324.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to erect headstones .[H. R. 10304 .] [Public, No. 810 .] over the graves of s oldiers who served i n the Confederate Ar my and to direct him to preserve in t he records of the Wa r Department the nam es and places of burial of all soldie rs for whom such hea dstones shall have b een erected, and for other purpo ses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That the Secretar Hea dst on es ev er f f y graves of Confederate of War is authorized to erect headstones over the graves of soldiers seier s, auth orize d who served in the Confederate Army and who have been buried in in national cemeteries, national, city, town, or village cemeteries or in any other places, each etc ' grave to be marked with a small headstone or block which shall be 54835•-29---rT 1-86

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 1308 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 324-327 . 1929 . Detailed rec ord s to be kept. February 26, 1929 . [H . R. 7452.] CHAP. 325 .-An Act For the erection of a tablet or marker to be placed at [Public, No. 811.1 some suitable point between Hartwell, Georgia, and Alfords Bridge in the county of Hart, State of Georgia, on the national highway between the States of Georgia and South Caro lina, to commemo rate the memory of Nancy Hart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the Nancy Hart. United States of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary Tablet to commemo- rate, of War is hereb y author ized to furnish for erec tion at some sui table to be erected Hart County, Ga. point between Hartwell, Georgia, and Alfords Bridge, which crosses Sav ann ah Riv er in the cou nty of Har t, Sta te of Geor gia , on the national highway between the States of Georgia and South Carolina, a tablet or marker to commemorate the memory of Nancy Hart who during the American Revolution when a party of British Tories came to her home, which was located on what was then known as Fish Dam Ford on Broad River, single-handed and alone, cap- tured these Tories, killing one, wounding another, the others surren- dering, and the living ones thereafter hanged by Nancy Hart and a few of her neighbors. Sum authorized. SEC. 2 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Tre asury no t otherwi se appro priated, the sum of $1,0 00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions Erection, etc ., by of this Act : Provided, That the stone for such marker or tablet shall Daughters of American be furnished by the Hartwell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Revolution, of the town of Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia, and bear all expenses of erection of such marker or tablet. Approved, February 26, 1929 . February 26,19-99. [H. R. 14153.] CHAP. 326 .-An Act To authorize an additional appropriation of $150,000 [Public, No. 812.1 for construction of a hospital annex at Marion Branch. Be it ena ct ed by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Ma rion , Ad diti onal Additional sum for United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby hospital eal at, Volun teer authorized to be appropriated out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $150,000, in addition to the Vol.44,p. 1422. $100,000 authorized to be appropriated by section 3 of the Act approved March 4, 1927 (Public, Numbered 798, Sixty-ninth Congress), for the construction of a fire-proof hospital annex at the Marion Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Approved, February 26, 1929 . February 26, 1929. [H. R. 17024.1 [Public, No. 813 .1 of durable stone and of such design and weight as shall keep it in place when set and shall bear the name of the soldier and the name of his State inscribed thereon when the same are known. The Secre- tary of War shall cause to be preserved in the records of the War Department the name, rank, company, regiment, and date of death of the soldier and his State ; if these are unknown it shall be so recorded. Approved, February 26, 1929 . CHAP. 327 .-An Act To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Carondelet, Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mississippi se xte River Time extended . for Uni ted States o f Ame ri ca in Congress as sem bl ed, That the times bridging, at Caronde- for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across let, Mo. the Mississippi River, at or near Carondelet, Missouri, authorized

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