refrigeration from the Capitol Power Plant for the First Street wing of the Senate Office Building, the United States Supreme Court Building, the Library of Congress Annex, and the additional office building authorized by Public Law 785, Eightieth Congress, with provision for future service lines to the main Library of Congress building. (6) Increase the capacity of the refrigeration plant at the Capitol Power Plant from four thousand eight hundred tons to approximately eight thousand eight hundred tons of refrigeration by the installation of two or more centrifugal compressor units, complete with pumps and necessary auxiliary equipment and connected to the chilled water-distribution system; install a cooling tower at the Capitol Power Plant site in replacement of the existing river pumphouse to supply cooling water for the refrigeration plant; and install piping, valves, transformer substation and electrical equipment, and all other necessary incidental items. SEC. 2. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, is hereby authorized and directed to make arrangements for such public-utility installations as may be necessary. for the supplying of the electrical energy to be purchased under the authority of this Act. The appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, for expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation of the Capitol Power Plant shall be available for purchasing such electrical energy. SEC. 3. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such contracts and to make such expenditures for labor, materials, equipment, personal and other services, structural and other changes, and other items and purposes, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. In employing the engineering services for the project herein authorized, competition shall be restricted to not less than three competent firms of engineers. SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a total amount not to exceed $16,446,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act, and the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, is authorized to obligate such total amount, prior to the actual appropriation of the full amount thereof, after an appropriation of any part of such total amount shall have been made. Approved October 26, 1949. [CHAPTER 777—1ST SESSION] [S. 2382] AN ACT To authorize the construction of a research laboratory for the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, at a location to be selected by the Secretary of Defense. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $11,000,000 for the acquísition of land and for the construction thereon of a research laboratory for the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, at a location to be selected by the Secretary of Defense, and for such utilities and appurtenances thereto as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Army, may be necessary in connection therewith. The site shall be chosen on the basis of recommendations of an impartial ad hoc committee of experts to be appointed by the Research and Development Board. Approved October 28, 1949. [PUBLIC LAW 465-81ST CONGRESS] [S. 2205] AN ACT To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide for the removal of sludge. 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 provide for the removal of sludge, a byproduct of the District of Columbia sewage-treatment plant, deposited or proposed to be deposited at the District of Columbia Reformatory, Lorton, Virginia, by contract or otherwise, and to enter into contract or contracts for such removal, for periods not exceeding five years. Approved March 24, 1950. [CHAPTER 139-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6539] AN ACT To amend Public Law 626, Eightieth Congress, relating to the Army Institute of Pathology Building. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of June 12, 1948 (Public Law 626, Eightieth Congress), is hereby amended by deleting that part which reads as follows: "Forest Glen, Maryland: Complete plans and specifications for construction of an Army Institute of Pathology Building, including all necessary auxiliary facilities; $600,000", and substituting the following: "Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia: Complete plans and specifications for construction of an Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Building, including all necessary auxiliary facilities; $350,000." Approved April 29, 1950. (423) [CHAPTER 984-2D SESSION] [H. R. 7670] AN ACT To regulate the height, exterior design, and construction of private and semipublic buildings in the Georgetown area of the National Capital. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created in the District of Columbia a district known as "Old Georgetown" which is bounded on the east by Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway from the Potomac River to the north boundary of Dumbarton Oaks Park, on the north by the north boundary of Dumbarton Oaks Park, Whitehaven Street and Whitehaven Parkway to Thirtyfifth Street, south along the middle of Thirty-fifth Street to Reservoir Road, west along the middle of Reservoir Road to Archbold Parkway, on the west by Archbold Parkway from Reservoir Road to the Potomac River, on the south by the Potomac River to the Rock Creek Parkway. SEC. 2. In order to promote the general welfare and to preserve and protect the places and areas of historic interest, exterior architectural features and examples of the type of architecture used in the National Capital in its initial years, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, before issuing any permit for the construction, alteration, reconstruction, or razing of any building within said Georgetown district described in section 1 shall refer the plans to the National Commission of Fine Arts for a report as to the exterior architectural features, height, appearance, color, and texture of the materials of exterior construction which is subject to public iew from a public highway. The National Commission of Fine Arts shall report promptly to said Commissioners of the District of Columbia its recommendations, including such changes, if any, as in the judgment of the Commission are necessary and desirable to preserve the historic value of said Georgetown district. The said Commissioners shall take such actions as in their judgment are right and proper in the circumstances: Provided, That, if the said Commission of Fine Arts fails to submit a report on such plans within forty-five days, its approval thereof shall be assumed and a permit may be issued. SEC. 3. In carrying out the purpose of this Act, the Commission of Fine Arts is hereby authorized to appoint a committee of three architects, who shall serve as a board of review without expense to the United States and who shall advise the Commission of Fine Arts, in writing, regarding designs and plans referred to it. SEC. 4. Said Commissioners of the District of Columbia, with the aid of the National Park Service and of the National Park and Planning Commission, shall make a survey of the "Old Georgetown" area for the use of the Commission of Fine Arts and of the building permit office of the District of Columbia, such survey to be made at a cost not exceeding $8,000, which amount is hereby authorized. |