For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Slater-Langston School for playground purposes.

For the construction of an eight-room addition to the Burrville School, including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall and the necessary remodeling of the present building.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Deanwood School for the construction of an addition and for playground purposes.

TWELFTH DIVISION

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Banneker School for playground purposes.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Douglass-Simmons School for playground purposes.

For the construction of a combination gymnasium and assembly hall at Douglass-Simmons School.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Jones School for playground purposes.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Harrison School to provide for the construction of an addition to said school and for playground purposes.

For the construction of an addition to the Harrison School to provide for a rest room, a dining room, and a kitchen.

THIRTEENTH DIVISION

For the purchase of land adjoining the Giddings School to provide for the erection of a new sixteen-room building to replace the present Lincoln School building.

For the erection of a sixteen-room building, including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall to replace the present Lincoln School building.

For the erection of a twelve-room building to replace the present Randall School building.

For the purchase of land adjoining the Birney School to provide for the construction of an addition to said school.

For the construction of an eight-room addition to the Birney School, including the necessary remodeling of the present building. For the construction of a combination gymnasium and assembly hall at the Lovejoy School in accordance with the original plans for the construction of said building.

For the purchase of land adjoining the new Bell School to provide for the construction of an addition to said school.

For the construction of a sixteen-room addition to the new Bell School, including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall and the necessary remodeling of the present building.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of Lovejoy School to provide for the erection of a new building.

For the erection of an eight-room building in the vicinity of the Lovejoy School.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Payne School for playground purposes.

For the construction of a four-room addition to the Syphax School.

VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the O Street Vocational School to provide for the construction of an addition to said school. For the construction of an eight-room addition to the O Street Vocational School, including the necessary remodeling of the present building.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

SEC. 3. The following items for the purchase of land for school sites and school playgrounds and for the construction of junior high school buildings are authorized in the:

FIRST DIVISION

For the purchase of a site on which to locate a new junior high school building in Georgetown.

For the erection of a junior high school building on a site to be purchased for that purpose in Georgetown, in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School.

For the purchase of a site on which to locate a new junior high school building in the Reno section.

For the erection of a junior high school building on a site to be purchased for that purpose in the Reno section, in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School.

THIRD DIVISION

For the construction of two wings, additional shops, and a combination gymnasium and assembly hall at the Macfarland Junior High School, including the necessary remodeling of the present building, in accordance with the original plans for the construction of said building.

For the purchase of a site on which to locate a new junior highschool building in Brightwood.

For the erection of a junior high school building on a site to be purchased for that purpose in Brightwood in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School.

FIFTH DIVISION

For the construction of two wings, additional shops, and a combination gymnasium and assembly hall at the Langley Junior High School, including the necessary remodeling of the present building, in accordance with the original plans for the construction of said building.

For the purchase of a site on which to locate a new junior highschool building in the vicinity of Brookland and Woodridge.

For the erection of a junior high-school building on a site to be purchased for that purpose in the vicinity of Brookland and Woodridge in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School,

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SIXTH DIVISION

For the construction of two wings, additional shops, and a combination gymnasium and assembly hall at the Stuart Junior High School in the northeast, including the necessary remodeling of the present building, in accordance with the original plans for the construction of said building.

For the purchase of a site on which to locate a new junior high school building in the vicinity of the Kingsman School.

For the erection of a junior high school building on a site to be purchased for that purpose in the vicinity of the Kingsman School in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School.

SEVENTH DIVISION

For the construction of an eight-room addition to the Hine Junior High School.

EIGHTH DIVISION

For the purchase of a site on which to locate a new building to replace the present Jefferson Junior High School building.

For the erection of a new building for the Jefferson Junior High School on the site to be purchased for that purpose.

TENTH DIVISION

For the erection of the Francis Junior High School on a site now owned by the District of Columbia at Twenty-fourth and N Streets northwest in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School.

ELEVENTH DIVISION

For the purchase of land adjoining the Garnet-Patterson School to provide for the erection of a new twenty-four-room school building to replace the present buildings.

For the erection of a twenty-four-room building to replace the present Garnet-Patterson School building in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School.

THIRTEENTH DIVISION

For the construction of an eight-room addition to the Cardozo School, on land already owned by the District of Columbia, including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall, for the Randall Junior High School.

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

SEC. 4. The following items for the construction of high-school buildings, for the transfer of schools from one building to another, and the establishment of a business high school for colored pupils are authorized.

For the construction of a new school building for the McKinley Manual Training School on a site now owned by the District of Columbia adjoining the Langley Junior High School.

For the construction of a new school building for the Business High School on a site now owned by the District of Columbia adjoining the Macfarland Junior High School.

For the transfer of the Shaw Junior High School to the building now occupied by the McKinley Manual Training School.

For the transfer of the business department from the Dunbar High School and the organization of a business high school for colored pupils in the building now occupied by the Shaw Junior High School.

For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Armstrong Technical High School to complete the original plan for an extension of the building.

For the purchase of additional land adjoining the Dunbar High School to complete the original plan for an athletic field.

For proper grading, for seating, and for fitting up for athletic purposes in general the ground adjoining the Dunbar High School for the use of pupils at Dunbar and Armstrong High Schools and the pupils of others schools in the immediate vicinity.

For proper grading, for seating, and for fitting up for athletic purposes in general, the ground for which an appropriation has already been made, for an athletic field for the Western High School.

For proper grading, for seating, and for fitting up for athletic purposes in general the ground purchased as a site for the McKinley Manual Training School, including the purchase of additional ground if necessary.

SEC. 5. The Board of Education is hereby authorized to use the remaining four classrooms and accessory facilities of the Franklin School building for office purposes as it may be found possible to transfer the classes now occupying said four rooms to adjoining schools.

SEC. 6. The phrase used in this Act "for the purchase of land adjoining" a given school shall be construed as making possible the purchase of land "in the immediate vicinity of" said school, provided the land now available adjoining a given school shall not be equally available at the time the estimates are made for such purchase.

SEC. 7. Whenever at the time of appropriation it appears more economical to construct a combined gymnasium and assembly hall with the first unit of an extensible elementary-school building, the provisions of this Act shall be construed as authorizing such construction.

SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as precluding the possibility of the Board of Education submitting, the Commissioners and the Bureau of the Budget approving and forwarding, or of Congress appropriating money for, an item or items for the purchase of land or for the construction of buildings thereon made necessary in the future by the development of conditions which were not foreseen when this Act was passed.

SEO. 9. This Act shall become effective on the 1st day of July, 1925, and that estimates of expenditures for buildings and grounds for the public schools of the District of Columbia shall hereafter be prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Approved, February 26, 1925.

[H. J. Res. 257]

Joint Resolution Providing for the procurement of a design for the use of grounds in the vicinity of the Mall by the United States Botanic Garden. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Joint Committee on the Library is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and report to Congress, with estimate of cost as to a new location for the conservatories of the United States Botanic Garden, south of the Mall in the vicinity of the present location, and also as to a suitable landscape plan in connection therewith: Provided, That in the preparation of such a report the committee is hereby authorized to procure advice and assistance from any existing governmental agency, including the services of engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, landscape architects, and other technical personnel in the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of this Act the sum of $5,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated from any available money or money that may become available in the Treasury of the United States. Approved, January 7, 1925.

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