[CHAPTER 93-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 3066] AN ACT To amend an Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station 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 so much of section 10 of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved February 28, 1903 (Public, Numbered 122, Fifty-seventh Congress, 32 Stat. 909), which reads "Any and all streets or highways within the District of Columbia now or hereafter planned or projected to cross any line of steam railroad in the District of Columbia, which may be hereafter opened to public use shall be located, constructed, and maintained either beneath such railroad by a suitable subway, or above the same by a suitable viaduct bridge at such altitude as will not interfere with the free and safe operation thereof.", be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "Any and all streets or highways within the District of Columbia now or hereafter planned or projected to cross any line of railroad, other than a street railway, in the District of Columbia, which may be hereafter opened to public use, shall be located, constructed, and maintained either beneath such railroad by a suitable subway, or above the same by a suitable viaduct bridge at such altitude as will not interfere with the free and safe operation thereof: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall require the location, construction, or maintenance of any such street or highway under or above any spur, industrial, switching or side track, or branch line of any railroad unless the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall find the same is necessary in the public safety." SEC. 2. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. SEC. 3. If this amendatory Act, or any part thereof, shall be declared invalid, the Act of February 28, 1903, as originally enacted shall remain in full force and effect and unimpaired by this amendatory Act. Approved, May 9, 1941. (288) [CHAPTER 101-18T SESSION] [H. J. Res. 145] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Federal Security Administrator to permit the American Red Cross to construct needed recreational buildings on the Saint Elizabeths Hospital reservation. Whereas the work of the American Red Cross among the patients of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia during the past twenty-two years and the cooperation of the American Red Cross with the superintendent of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital has been of substantial therapeutic value and has promoted the humane care and enlightened curative treatment of the insane of the Army and Navy of the United States, the District of Columbia, and other patients of the institution; and Whereas on the 4th day of February 1941 the building occupied by the American Red Cross on the hospital reservation was completely destroyed by fire; and Whereas it is considered essential to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital that the work among its patients heretofore carried on by the American Red Cross be continued in facilities suitable for such activities: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit the American Red Cross to construct or have constructed upon the Saint Elizabeths Hospital reservation in the District of Columbia such building or buildings as he may deem advisable to be used by the American Red Cross in cooperation with the superintendent of such hospital in providing recreational facilities and activities for the patients and personnel of such hospital. Any amounts hereafter appropriated and any other moneys made available for the operation and maintenance of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital may be used for the provision of necessary heat, light, water, telephone, and other facilities incidental to the work of the American Red Cross among the patients of the institution. Approved, May 9, 1941. (289) [CHAPTER 106-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 4057) AN ACT To authorize the Federal Security Administrator to accept gifts for the Freedmen's Hospital and to provide for the administration of such gifts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Security Administrator is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for the improvement, maintenance, or operation of the Freedmen's Hospital in the District of Columbia. Conditional gifts may be so accepted if recommended by the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, and the principal of and income from any such conditional gift shall be held, invested, reinvested, and used in accordance with its conditions, but no gift shall be accepted which is conditioned upon any expenditure not to be met therefrom or from the income thereof unless such expenditure has been approved by Act of Congress. SEC. 2. Any unconditional gift of money accepted pursuant to the authority granted in section 1 of this Act, the net proceeds from the liquidation (pursuant to section 3 or section 4 of this Act) of any other property so accepted, and the proceeds of insurance on any such gift property not used for its restoration shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and are hereby appropriated and shall be held in trust by the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefit of the Freedmen's Hospital, and he may invest and reinvest such funds in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. The income from such investments shall be available for expenditure in the improvement, maintenance, or operation of the Freedmen's Hospital, subject to the same examination and audit as provided for appropriations made for the Freedmen's Hospital by Congress. SEC. 3. The evidences of any unconditional gift of intangible personal property, other than money, accepted pursuant to the authority granted in section 1 of this Act shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury and he, in his discretion, may hold them or may liquidate them whenever in his judgment the purposes of the gifts will be served thereby. The income from any such property held by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be available for expenditure as is provided in section 2 of this Act. SEC. 4. The Federal Security Administrator shall hold any real property or any tangible personal property accepted unconditionally pursuant to the authority granted in section 1 of this Act and he shal permit such property to be used for the improvement, maintenance, or operation of the Freedmen's Hospital or he may lease or hire such property, and may insure such property, and deposit the income thereof with the Secretary of the Treasury to be available for expendi ture as provided in section 2 of this Act: Provided, That the income from any such real property or tangible personal property shall be available for expenditure in the discretion of the Federal Security Administrator for the maintenance, preservation, or repair and insurance of such property and that any proceeds from insurance may be used to restore the property insured. Any such property, when not required for the improvement or operation of the Freedmen's Hospital, may be liquidated by the Federal Security Administrator whenever in his judgment the purposes of the gifts will be served thereby. Approved, May 12, 1941. [CHAPTER 284-18T SESSION] [H. R. 4841] AN ACT To establish a National Archives Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes. 3 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Archives Trust Fund Board Act". SEC. 2. The board is hereby created and established, to be known as the National Archives Trust Fund Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Board"), which shall consist of the Archivist_of_the United States, as Chairman, and the chairman of the House Library Committee and the chairman of the Senate Library Committee. Membership on the Board shall not be deemed to be an office within the meaning of the statutes of the United States. SEC. 3. The Board is hereby authorized to accept, receive, hold, and administer such gifts or bequests of money, securities, or other personal property, for the benefit of or in connection with The National Archives, its collections, or its services, as may be approved by the Board. SEC. 4. Any moneys or securities composing trust funds given or bequeathed to the Board shall be receipted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall invest, reinvest, and retain such moneys or securities as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board shall not engage in any business or exercise any voting privilege which may be incidental to securities in such trust funds, nor shall the Secretary of the Treasury make any investments for the account of the Board which could not lawfully be made by a trust company in the District of Columbia, except that he may make any investment directly authorized by the instrument of gift or bequest under which the funds to be invested are derived, and may retain any investments accepted by the Board. SEC. 5. The income from any trust funds held by the Board, and the money received and proceeds from the sale of securities and other personal property, as and when collected, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States in a trust fund account to be known as the National Archives Trust Fund, subject to disbursement by the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department, on the basis of certified vouchers of the Archivist or his duly authorized agent, except where otherwise restricted by the instrument of gift or bequest, for and in the in est of The National Archives, its collections, or its services, including but not restricted to the preparation and publication of special works and collections of sources and the preparation, duplication, editing, and release of historical photographic materials and sound recordings. The Archivist may make sales of any such publications and releases authorized by this section and paid for out of the income derived from trust funds at a price which will cover their cost and 10 per |