[H. R. 4688] AN ACT To authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and stimulating the blind to greater efforts in striving to make themselves selfsupporting blind persons licensed under the provisions of this Act shall be authorized to operate vending stands in any Federal building where, in the discretion of the head of the department or agency in charge of the maintenance of the building, such vending stands may be properly and satisfactorily operated by blind persons. SEC. 2. (a) The Office of Education in the Department of the Interior, subject to the direction of the Commissioner of Education and such rules and regulations as he may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, prescribe, shall— (1) Make surveys of concession-stand opportunities for blind persons in Federal and other buildings in the United States; (2) Make surveys throughout the United States of industries with a view to obtaining information that will assist blind persons to obtain employment; (3) Make available to the public, and especially to persons and organizations engaged in work for the blind, information obtained as a result of such surveys; (4) Designate as provided in section 3 of this Act the State commission for the blind in each State, or, in any State in which there is no such commission some other public agency to issue licenses to blind persons who are citizens of the United States and at least twenty-one years of age for the operating of vending stands in Federal and other buildings in such State for the vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, and such other articles as may be approved for each building by the custodian thereof and the State licensing agency; and (5) Take such other steps as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act. (b) The State licensing agency shall, in issuing each such license for the operation of a vending stand, give preference to blind persons who are in need of employment and have resided for at least one year in the State in which such stand is to be located. Each such license shall be issued for an indefinite period but may be terminated by the State licensing agency if it is satisfied that the stand is not being operated in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by such licensing agency. Each such license for the operation of a vending stand in a Federal building shall be subject to the approval of the Federal agency having charge of the building in which the stand is located. Such licenses shall be issued only to applicants who are blind within the meaning of this Act but are able, in spite of such infirmity, to operate such stands. (c) The State licensing agency designated by the Office of Education is authorized, with the approval of the custodian having charge of the building in which the vending stand is to be located, to select a location for such stand and the type of stand to be provided. SEC. 3. (a) A State commission for the blind or other State agency desiring to be designated as the agency for licensing blind persons for the operation of vending stands as provided in this Act shall, with the approval of the governor of the State, make application to the Commissioner of Education and agree (1) To cooperate with the Commissioner of Education and with the division of vocational rehabilitation of such State in training, placing, and supervising blind persons; (2) To provide through loan, gift, or otherwise, for each blind person licensed to operate a stand, an adequate initial stock of suitable articles to be vended therefrom; SEC. 4. The Commissioner is authorized to cooperate with the State boards for rehabilitation of handicapped persons, established by the several States pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment", approved June 2, 1920, as amended and supplemented, in carrying out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 5. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make such expenditures out of any money appropriated therefor (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, books of reference and periodicals, for printing and binding, and for traveling expenses) as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (b) The Commissioner shall, in employing such additional personnel as may be necessary, give preference to blind persons who are capable of discharging the required duties, and at least 50 per centum of such additional personnel shall be blind persons. SEC. 6. As used in this Act (a) The term "United States" includes the several States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia. (b) The term "blind person" means a person having not more than 10 per centum visual acuity in the better eye with correction. Such blindness shall be certified by a duly licensed ophthalmologist. (c) The term "State" means a State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia. SEC. 7. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 20, 1936. [H. R. 12410] AN ACT To amend section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Archives of the United States Government, and for other purposes", approved June 19, 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Archives of the United States Government, and for other purposes", approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1123; Ú. S. C., title 40, ch. 2A, sec. 238) be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "The National Archives shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. "The Archivist of the United States may make or reproduce and furnish authenticated or unauthenticated copies of any of the documentary, photographic or other archives or records in his custody that are not exempt from examination as confidential or protected by subsisting copyright, and may charge therefor a fee sufficient to cover the cost or expenses thereof. There shall be no charge for the making or authentication of such copies or reproductions furnished to any department or other agency of the Government for official use. When any such copy or reproduction furnished under the terms hereof is authenticated by the official seal of The National Archives and certified by the Archivist of the United States, or in his name attested by the head of any office or the chief of any division of The National Archives designated by the Archivist with such authority, it shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original from which it was made.” Approved, June 22, 1936. (230) [S. 4105] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission, of Maryland, for park, parkway, and playground purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey, by a good and sufficient deed to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a public agency created by the General Assembly of Maryland, chapter 448 of laws of the 1927 session of said Assembly, all of that piece or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in Montgomery County, in the State of Maryland, being a part of the area comprising the Bethesda Experimental Station of the Bureau of Animal Industry, designated and described as the east eighteen acres. This land is to be used exclusively for public park, parkway, or playground purposes; and if the said Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission fails to use such lands for the purposes herein provided, or at any time discontinue the use of such lands for the purposes herein provided, or attempts to alienate such lands, title thereto shall revert to the United States of America. The control and supervision of this land shall remain in the Secretary of Agriculture until such time, after approval of this Act, as will enable the Department of Agriculture to complete the transfer of the animal experimental station now located on the lands heretofore described to the new site at Beltsville, and to complete the emergency research studies now being conducted. The Secretary of Agriculture is further authorized, in his discretion to issue to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission a revocable permit for the remaining thirty-two acres of the Bethesda Experimental Station of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The plans for development of these lands for park, parkway, or playground purposes shall be approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Approved, June 25, 1936. (231) [CHAPTER 13-18T SESSION] [8. 974] AN ACT To create the Capital Auditorium Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created a Commission to consist of the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House of Representatives, the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Senate, and the Secretary of the Interior, said Commission to be known as the Capital Auditorium Commission. Said Commission shall be authorized to investigate as to desirable sites for an auditorium to be constructed in the city of Washington with sufficient capacity, in the opinion of the Commission, to meet the requirements of public convenience and necessity. The Commission is authorized to ascertain the approximate cost of a suitable site and of the erection of an auditorium thereon and to formulate plans, and to recommend how that cost shall be borne and how the auditorium, when constructed, shall be controlled and supervised. The Commission shall report to the Congress its plans and recommendations for legislation to carry out the same at any time during the present session of the Congress. Approved, February 20, 1937. [PUBLIC NO. 53-75тH CONGRESS] AN ACT To authorize the furnishing of steam from the Central Heating Plant to the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, be, and he is hereby, authorized to furnish steam from the Central Heating Plant to such buildings as may be erected by the District of Columbia on the property bounded by Fourth and Fifth Streets, and D and G Streets, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, and known as Judiciary Square: Provided, That the District of Columbia agrees to pay for the steam furnished at reasonable rates, not less than cost, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That the District of Columbia agrees to provide all necessary connections with the Government mains at its own expense, and in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, April 27, 1937. |