[S. J. Res. 5]

Joint Resolution Amending the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the erection for the sole use of the Pan American Union of an office building on the square of land lying between Eighteenth_Street, C Street, and Virginia Avenue northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia," approved May 16, 1928.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the erection for the sole use of the Pan American Union of an office building on the square of land lying between Eighteenth Street, C Street, and Virginia Avenue northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia," approved May 18, 1928, is hereby amended by striking out in section 1 the words "bounded on the north by C Street northwest, on the east by Eighteenth Street northwest, and on the south by Virginia Avenue northwest and inserting in lieu thereof the words "bounded on the north by Virginia Avenue northwest, on the south by B Street northwest, and on the west by Nineteenth Street northwest."

Approved, December 23, 1929.

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[8. J. Res. 98]

Joint Resolution To grant authority for the erection of a permanent building at the headquarters of the American National Red Cross, Washington, District of Columbia.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That authority be, and is hereby, given to the American National Red Cross to erect upon square 172, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in replacement of the temporary building or buildings erected on such lot under Public Resolution Numbered 3, Sixty-fifth Congress (S. J. Res. 61), a permanent building for the use of the American National Red Cross in connection with its work in cooperation with the Government of the United States.

SEC. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $350,000 as a part contribution to the erection of said building, which sum shall not be available until a like sum has been provided out of the funds of the American National Red Cross.

SEC. 3. That the money hereby authorized to be appropriated shall not be paid until the plan of the proposed building shall have been approved by a commission consisting of the chairman of the central committee of the American National Red Cross, the Secretary of War, the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library, and the chairman of the House Committee on the Library. The plans of said building shall likewise be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and erection thereof shall be under the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital.

SEC. 4. That the cost of the removal of the temporary building or buildings shall be borne by the American National Red Cross without expense to the United States.

SEO. 5. That said permanent building shall remain the property of the United States but under the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and the American National Red Cross shall at all times be charged with the responsibility, the care, keeping, and maintenance of said building without expense to the United States.

Approved, February 7, 1930.

(109)

36-928 O-79-9

[H. J. Res. 388]

Joint Resolution Making provision for continuation of construction of the United States Supreme Court Building.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the United States Supreme Court Building Commission, is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for carrying out the provisions of the Act titled "An Act to provide for the construction of a building for e Supreme Court of the United States," approved December 20, 1929, for a total amount not exceeding $8,240,000 in addition to the appropriations heretofore made for such purposes.

Approved, July 3, 1930.

[PUBLIC-No. 58-72D CONGRESS]

(H. R. 375]

AN ACT

Amending the Public Building Act approved March 4, 1931, authorizing acquisition of building sites and construction of public buildings at Hibbing, Minnesota, and other places.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision of the Public Building Act approved March 4, 1931, which authorized the acquisition of a suitable site for the post office at Hibbing, Minnesota, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows:

"Hibbing, Minnesota, post office and so forth: For acquisition of site and construction of a building, under an estimated total cost of $135,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, accept a title which reserves or excepts all ores or minerals on the lands, with the right of mining the same."

Approved, March 16, 1932.

(H. R. 7899]

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate and to enter into an agreement regarding the south boundary of the post-office site at Plattsburg, New York.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate with the owners of the property south of and adjoining the Federal building site at Plattsburg, New York, and to enter into such agreement or agreements with the owners as in his discretion may be deemed necessary definitely to establish the south boundary line of said Federal building site.

Approved, March 16, 1932.

[PUBLIC-No. 64-72D CONGRESS]

[H. R. 6739]

AN ACT

To amend the authorization contained in the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1929, for the acquisition of site and construction of building in Jackson, Mississippi.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the authorization contained in the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1929, for the acquisition of site and construction of a building in Jackson, Mississippi, under an estimated total cost of $825,000, be, and the same is hereby, amended to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into contracts for the demolition of the present building in Jackson, Mississippi, and for the construction of a new post office, courthouse, and so forth, building on the present site as enlarged by the land acquired under the authorization in said Act of March 4, 1929, and the unexpended balance of the amounts appropriated under the authority of such Act is hereby made available for the purposes herein.

Approved, March 19, 1932.

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[H. R. 8779]

AN ACT

Granting certain lands to the board of commissioners of the Orleans levee district in the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, for levee and street purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingdescribed land, to wit: A strip of land two hundred and ten and two one-hundredths feet in length and thirty feet in depth, fronting on North Peters Street, between Barracks Street and Esplanade Avenue, being a part of the Old Mint Site, transferred to the control and custody of the Department of Justice by the Secretary of the Treasury on May 15, 1931, and shown on a plan made by the chief engineer of the Board of Levee Commissioners, dated January 2, 1932, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the board of commissioners of the Orleans levee district, of New Orleans, Louisiana, for levee and street purposes; and the Attorney General is, upon the passage of this Act, authorized to execute a proper quit-claim deed upon due proof of the organization and legal existence of the board of commissioners of the Orleans levee district.

SEC. 2. That the said lands are granted solely for levee and street purposes, and shall revert to and become the property of the United States of America, if used for any purpose whatsoever other than or foreign to those for which this donation is made.

SEC. 3. The transfer of this property and its use for the purposes mentioned shall be without expense to the United States of America. Approved, April 22, 1932.

[PUBLIC-No. 106-72D CONGRESS]

[S. 3086]

AN ACT

Relating to the construction of a Federal building at Ponca City, Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the construction of the Federal building at Ponca City, Oklahoma, authorized by an Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations (Public, Numbered 519, Seventy-first Congress), the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to provide facilities for the holding of terms of the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, provided that the total cost of said building, including the site, shall not exceed the sum of $250,000 heretofore appropriated and now available for such construction.

Approved, April 25, 1932.