[S. 2042]

An Act Relating to the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force, the United States park police, and the fire department of the District of Columbia," approved May 27, 1924 (United States Statutes at Large, volume 43, page 175), is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end of said section and adding the following words: "and such others as the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital deems necessary and are appropriated for by Congress.

SEC. 2. That section 7 of the said Act is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: "Hereafter each of the members of the United States park police force may be granted leave of absence with pay for such time, not exceeding twenty days in any one calendar year, as the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital shall determine: Provided further, That upon the recommendation of the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons of the District of Columbia, acting as such board, or members thereof in their individual capacity, and with the approval of the director, members of the United States park police force may be granted additional leave with pay on account of sickness, not to exceed thirty days in any one calendar year; except that in case of sickness or injury incurred in actual performance of duty, the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital may grant such additional sick leave, with full pay, as may be recommended by the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons, acting as such, or members thereof in their individual capacity.

SEC. 3. That paragraph (b) of section 16 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for regulation of motor-vehicle traffic in the District of Columbia, increase the number of judges of the police court, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1925 (Statutes at Large, volume 43, page 1126), is hereby amended by striking out the words "chief of engineers and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital."

Approved, July 3, 1926.

[8. 4153]

An Act To provide for enlarging and relocating the United States Botanic Garden, 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 enlarging and relocating the United States Botanic Garden, the Joint Committee on the Library is authorized and directed

(1) To acquire on behalf of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, and for other purposes," approved August 30, 1890, as amended, all of the privately owned land, buildings, and other structures, in square numbered 576 and square numbered 578, in the District of Columbia, as such squares appear on the records in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia as of the date of the passage of this Act. Upon the acquisition of such land, buildings, and structures, all of the land contained in square numbered 576 and square numbered 578 shall become a part of the United States Botanic Garden and shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Joint Committee on the Library.

(2) To provide for the removal of such buildings and other structures now located upon the squares specified in paragraph (1) as it deems necessary.

(3) To provide for the removal of the Bartholdi Fountain and its basin and equipment from its present site and the reerection of the same upon a suitable location upon one of the squares specified in paragraph (1).

(4) To investigate the cost of the construction of new conservatories and other necessary buildings for the United States Botanic Garden, to procure preliminary plans and estimates by contract or otherwise for such conservatories and buildings, and to report thereon to Congress before the end of the second regular session of the Seventieth Congress. In making such investigation and report the Joint Committee on the Library is hereby authorized to procure advice and assistance from any existing governmental agency, including the services of engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, architects, and other technical personnel in the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government. For the purpose of this paragraph the unexpended balance of the appropriations made pursuant to the authority contained in Public Resolution Numbered 42, approved January 7, 1925, is hereby made available.

SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $820,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Joint Committee on the Library to carry out the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 1 of this Act.

Approved, January 5, 1927.

(S. 4393]

An Act To authorize the construction of a nurses' home for the

Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a modern, fireproof nurses' home is hereby authorized for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum to replace the existing cottages and to cost not exceeding $400,000, including heating and ventilating apparatus, equipment, accessories, roadways, and approaches and other facilities leading thereto. All of such work shall be performed under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol and in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by him and approved by the board of directors of the hospital, such plans to provide separate room accommodations for each nurse or student. The plans and specifications may provide for such future extensions and modifications as may be deemed advisable.

SEC. 2. The Architect of the Capitol, for the purposes and subject to the limit of cost fixed by section 1 hereof, is authorized to enter into contracts, to purchase material, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the open market, to employ the necessary personnel including professional services without reference to section 35 of the Act approved June 25, 1910, and to incur such other expenditures, including advertising and travel, as may be necessary and incidental to the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 3. All expenditures incurred under this Act shall be charged against the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed in the appropriation Act in which the appropriations there for are contained."

Approved, January 13, 1927.

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[S. 5722]

An Act To authorize the construction of new conservatories and other necessary buildings for the United States Botanic Garden.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction and supervision of the Joint Committee on the Library, is authorized and directed to provide for the construction of new conservatories and other necessary buildings for the United States Botanic Garden, in accordance with the report submitted to Congress pursuant to paragraph (4) of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for enlarging and relocating the United States Botanic Garden, and for other purposes, approved January 5, 1927. The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to enter into such contracts in the open market, to make such expenditures (including expenditures for material, supplies, equipment, accessories, advertising, travel, and subsistence), and to employ such professional and other assistants, without regard to the provisions of section 35 of the Public Buildings Omnibus Act, approved June 25, 1910, as amended, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $876,398, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Appropriations made under authority of this Act or under authority of section 2 of such Act of January 5, 1927, shall be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the Library of Congress.

Approved, March 1, 1927.

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[S. 2729]

An Act To authorize the refund of $25,000 to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum.

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 authorized and directed to pay to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum the sum of $25,000 as a contribution to the maintenance of that hospital. SEC. 2. That there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act the sum of $25,000, payable from the revenues of the District of Columbia and in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 4, 1927.

[PUBLIC-No. 776-69TH CONGRESS]
[H. R. 15668]

An Act Authorizing negotiations for the acquisition of a site for the farmers' produce market, 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 be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to negotiate for the acquirement but shall not contract to acquire a site for the farmers' produce market, at a cost not to exceed $600,000, and to report to Congress with their recommendations not later than December 15, 1927.

Approved, March 3, 1927.

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