[CHAPTER 635-3D SESSION] (H. R. 7233) AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the disposition, control, and use of surplus real property acquired by Federal agencies, and for other purposes", approved August 27, 1935 (Public, Numbered 351, Seventy-fourth Congress), and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the disposition, control, and use of surplus real property acquired by Federal agencies, and for other purposes", approved August 27, 1935 (Public, Numbered 351, Seventy-fourth Congress; 49 Stat. 885; U. S. C., Supp. II, title 40, sec. 304 (a) to (e)), be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting, before the period at the end thereof, a colon and the following: "Provided, That if no bids which are satisfactory as to price and responsibility of bidder are received as a result of such public advertisement, the Commissioner of Public Buildings, with the approval of the Federal Works Administrator, is authorized to sell such property by negotiation, upon such terms as may be deemed to be to the best interest of the Government, but at a price not less than that bid by the highest responsible bidder". SEC. 2. Such Act of August 27, 1935, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following sections: "SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to cover the costs incident to the sale or lease of real property, or demolition of buildings thereon as hereinafter authorized, which have been or may hereafter be declared surplus to the needs of any Federal agency in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the care, maintenance, and protection thereof, including, but not limited to pay of employees, travel of Government employees, brokers' fees not in excess of rates paid for similar services in the community where the property is situated, appraisals, photographs, surveys, evidence of title and perfecting of defective titles, advertising, and telephone and telegraph charges: Provided, however, That a Federal agency shall remain responsible for the proper care, maintenance, and protection of the aforesaid property, notwithstanding any declaration that the same is in excess of its needs until such time as custody is assumed by the Federal Works Agency or other disposition is made thereof. "SEC. 7. The Commissioner of Public Buildings, with the approval of the Federal Works Administrator, is authorized, upon their determination that such action will be to the best interest of the Government, to demolish any building declared surplus to the needs of the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided, That before proceeding with the demolition of any building, the Commissioner of Public Buildings shall inform the Secretary of the Interior in writing of his intention to demolish it, and shall not proceed with the demolition until he shall have received written notice from the Secretary of the Interior that said building is not an historic building of national significance within the meaning of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes', approved August 21, 1935 (Public, Numbered 292, Seventy-fourth Congress; 49 Stat. 666): Provided, however, That if the Secretary of the Interior shall fail to notify the Commissioner of Public Buildings of his determination as to whether such building is an historic building of national significance within ninety days of the receipt of the notice of intention to demolish the Commissioner of Public Buildings may proceed to demolish said building." SEC. 3. Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of such Act of August 27, 1935, are amended (a) by striking out the words "Secretary of the Treasury" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Federal Works Administrator"; (b) by striking out the words "Director of Procurement" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Commissioner of Public Buildings"; (c) by striking out the words "Procurement Division" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Public Buildings Administration". Approved, July 18, 1940. [CHAPTER 61-1ST SESSION] [H. J. Res. 225] JOINT RESOLUTION Amending the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art", approved March 24, 1937. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of section (a) of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art", approved March 24, 1937, is hereby amended to read as follows: "For these purposes, and to provide, prior to the completion of the National Gallery of Art, for the protection and care of the works of art in said Gallery and for administrative and operating expenses and equipment preparatory to the opening of the Gallery to the public, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary." Approved, April 13, 1939. (283) [CHAPTER 572-1ST SESSION] [H. J. Res. 341] JOINT RESOLUTION To dissolve the United States Supreme Court Building Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Supreme Court Building Commission, having fully executed all the duties imposed upon it by law, accomplished the purposes for which it was created, settled all accounts, and submitted its final report to Congress, is hereby dissolved and the members of such Commission discharged from any further duties in connection with the matters heretofore committed by law to such Commission. SEC. 2. All the books, papers, documents, and other records of such Commission shall be transferred to such permanent agencies of the United States, including the Supreme Court of the United States, as the Chief Justice of the United States shall deem appropriate. Approved, August 7, 1939. (284) [CHAPTER 908-3D SESSION] [S. J. Res. 258] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the use and disposition of the bequest of the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes to the United States, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the committee selected. pursuant to section 3 of Public Resolution Numbered 124, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved June 22, 1938, to make recommendations to the Congress concerning the use of the bequest and devise made to the United States by Oliver Wendell Holmes, late an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is authorized to execute the functions vested in it by this joint resolution. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of such committee (hereinafter referred to as the "committee") shall be filled by the selection of a person selected in the same manner as his predecessor was selected. In carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution, the committee is authorized to utilize voluntary and uncompensated services and, with the consent of any Federal agency, to utilize the facilities and personnel of such agency. The committee is authorized to make any additional recommendations to the Congress which it deems desirable. Upon the completion of its work, the committee shall transmit a final report to the Congress and shall thereupon cease to exist. SEC. 2. The committee shall prepare for publication a memorial volume designed to perpetuate the memory of Justice Holmes and to make readily available to the public the best expressions of his thought. Such volume shall contain such of the writings of Justice Holmes as are selected by the committee, and shall contain such additional matter and such illustrations as the committee may determine. The Librarian of Congress shall make available to the committee the facilities of, and the services of the personnel of, the Library of Congress to assist the committee in the preparation of such volume. SEC. 3. The Public Printer is authorized and directed to cause to be printed and bound in the Government Printing Office, in a manner and form approved by the committee, such number of copies of the memorial volume prepared by the committee as the committee shall determine. The Superintendent of Documents shall distribute free of cost copies of such volume to such libraries, institutions, and other organizations and persons as the committee may designate. Copies of such volume which are not distributed free of cost shall be made available by the Superintendent of Documents for sale to the public at a price, notwithstanding any other provision of law, determined by the Public Printer to represent the actual cost of printing, binding, and distribution. The cost of printing and binding all of the copies of such volume shall be paid from money appropriated from the money in the Treasury to the credit of the account "Donations to the United States, Bequest of Oliver Wen |