torical adviser of the Department of State; the chief of the historical section of the War Department, General Staff; the superintendent of naval records in the Navy Department; the Chief of the Division of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress; and two members of the American Historical Association appointed by the president thereof from among those persons who are or have been members of the executive council of the said association: Provided, That the preparation and publication of annual and special reports on the archives and records of the Government, guides, inventory lists, catalogs, and other instruments facilitating the use of the collections shall have precedence over detailed calendars and textual reproductions. This Commission shall meet at least once a year, and the members shall serve without compensation except repayment of expenses actually incurred in attending meetings of the Commission. SEC. 6. That there is hereby further created a National Archives Council composed of the Secretaries of each of the executive departments of the Government (or an alternate from each department to be named by the Secretary thereof), the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library, the Chairman of the House Committee on the Library, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Archivist of the United States. The said Council shall define the classes of material which shall be transferred to the National Archives Building and establish regulations governing such transfer; and shall have power to advise the Archivist in respect to regulations governing the disposition and use of the archives and records transferred to his custody.

SEC. 7. The National Archives may also accept, store, and preserve motion-picture films and sound recordings pertaining to and illustrative of historical activities of the United States, and in connection therewith maintain a projecting room for showing such films and reproducing such sound recordings for historical purposes and study.

SEC. 8. That the National Archives shall have an official seal which will be judicially noticed.

SEC. 9. That the Archivist shall make to Congress, at the beginning of each regular session, a report for the preceding fiscal year as to the National Archives, the said report including a detailed statement of all accessions and of all receipts and expenditures on account of the said establishment. He shall also transmit to Congress the recommendations of the Commission on National Historical Publications, and, on January 1 of each year, with the approval of the Council, a list or description of the papers, documents, and so forth (among the archives and records of the Government), which appear to have no permanent value or historical interest, and which, with the concurrence of the Government agency concerned, and subject to the approval of Congress, shall be destroyed or otherwise effectively disposed of.

SEC. 10. That there are hereby authorized such appropriations as may be necessary for the maintenance of the National Archives Building and the administration of the collections, the expenses, and work of the Commission on National Historical Publications, the supply of necessary equipment and expenses incidental to the operations aforesaid, including transfer of records to the Archives Build

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ing; printing and binding; personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel and subsistence and per diem in lieu of subsistence, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Acts; stenographic services by contract or otherwise as may be deemed necessary; purchases and exchange of books and maps; purchase, exchange, and operation of motor vehicles; and all absolutely neces sary contingent expenses, all to be expended under the direction of the Archivist, who shall annually submit to Congress estimates therefor in the manner prescribed by law.

SEC. 11. All Acts or parts of Acts relating to the charge and superintendency, custody, preservation, and disposition of official papers and documents of executive departments and other governmental agencies inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved, June 19, 1934.

(H.R. 7428]

AN ACT

Providing for the transfer of certain lands from the United States to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, and from the city of Wilmington, Delaware, to the United States.

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 be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, for street purposes only, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to the following-described parcels of land which form a part of the new post-office site at Wilmington, Delaware:

Tract 1. Beginning at the intersection of the southeasterly side of Market Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide and the northeasterly side of Eleventh Street at sixty-nine feet wide; thence northeasterly along the said side of Market Street two hundred and sixty-five feet three inches to the southwesterly side of Twelfth Street at eighty-five feet wide; thence southeasterly along the said side of Twelfth Street ten feet six inches to a point; thence southwesterly parallel to Market Street two hundred and sixty-five feet three inches to the firstmentioned northeasterly side of Eleventh Street; thence thereby northwesterly ten feet six inches to the place of beginning, containing therein approximately two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two square feet.

Tract 2. Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side of Eleventh Street at sixty-nine feet wide distant ten feet six inches southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide; thence southeasterly along the said side of Eleventh Street two hundred feet to the northwesterly side of King Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide; thence northeasterly along the lastmentioned side of King Street eighteen feet to a point; thence northwesterly parallel to Eleventh Street two hundred feet to a point distant ten feet six inches southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street at sixty-five feet six inches wide; thence southwesterly parallel to Market Street eighteen feet to the place of beginning, containing therein approximately three thousand six hundred square feet, in consideration of the conveyance by The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, to the United States of a valid title in and to the following-described parcel of land as an addition to the aforesaid post-office site:

Beginning at intersection of the northwesterly side of King Street (at sixty-five feet six inches wide) and the southwesterly side of Twelfth Street (as the same is at present established at eighty-five feet in width); thence northwesterly along the last-mentioned side of Twelfth Street two hundred feet to a point distant ten feet six inches southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street as

the same is at present established at sixty-five feet six inches in width; thence northeasterly parallel to Market Street thirty-two feet to a point; thence southeasterly parallel to the first-mentioned side of Twelfth Street two hundred feet to the northwesterly side of King Street extended; thence thereby southwesterly thirty-two feet to the place of beginning.

Provided, however, That there shall be reserved to the United States an easement in perpetuity to construct and maintain a coal pit approximately twelve feet wide extending under the sidewalk in the eighteen-foot strip of land under Eleventh Street to be conveyed to The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, from a point approximately sixteen and one half feet southeasterly from the southeasterly side of Market Street in a southeasterly direction a distance of approximately fifty feet. Approved, June 22, 1934.

[PUBLIC NO. 457-73D CONGRESS]

[H.R. 8909]

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to amend the contract for sale of post-office building and site at Findlay, Ohio.

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 be, and he is hereby, authorized to agree to an amendment to the existing contract between the city of Findlay, Ohio, and the United States of America for the sale of the old post-office site and building at Findlay, Ohio, for the sum of $50,000, negotiated on the basis of one fourth cash and the balance in equal installments payable in three, six, nine, and twelve months with interest on deferred payments payable quarterly at 5 per centum per annum; the amended contract to provide that payment may be made in five annual installments of $10,000 each, with interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum on the unpaid balance: Provided, That such extension of time for payment shall be effective upon date of execution of amended contract between the city of Findlay and the United States of America: Provided further, That the provisions of the original contract between the city of Findlay, Ohio, and the United States of America shall not be modified, except as herein specified. Approved, June 22, 1934.

[S. 3404]

AN ACT

Authorizing loans from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works for the construction of certain municipal buildings in the District of Columbia, 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 Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to borrow for the District of Columbia from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, created by the National Industrial Recovery Act, and said Administration is authorized to lend to said Commissioners, the sum of $10,750,000, or any part thereof, out of funds authorized by law for said Administration, for the acquisition, purchase, construction, establishment, and development of a tuberculosis hospital, a sewage-disposal plant, an extension of or addition to Gallinger Municipal Hospital, a jail or other enclosure for prisoners at Lorton, Virginia, or any one or more of said projects as the said Commissioners may determine.

SEC. 2. The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part thereof shall, when borrowed, be available to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the acquisition by dedication, purchase, or condemnation of the fee simple title to land, or rights or easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act, and for the preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and contracts, for architectural and other necessary professional services, without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, for the construction of buildings, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators, plumbing, landscaping, and all other appurtenances, and the purchase and installation of machinery, apparatus, and any and all other expenditures necessary for or incident to the complete construction of the aforesaid buildings and plants. All contracts, agreements, and proceedings in court for condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to this Act shall be had and made in accordance with existing provisions of law, except as otherwise herein provided.

SEC. 3. That 70 per centum of so much of said sum authorized by section 1 of this Act as may be expended as therein provided shall be reimbursed to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, as follows, to wit: Not less than $1,000,000 on the 30th day of June each year after such sum shall have been advanced to said District until the full amount expended hereunder is reimbursed, without interest for the first three years after any such advances and with interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per year thereafter on annual balances as of each June 30: Provided, That whenever the District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventy-first Congress,