71 Stat. 621.

(9) to carry public-liability insurance protecting the Board, and the members, officers, and employees thereof engaged in operating and maintaining the stadium; and to require tenants or lessees of the stadium to carry public-liability insurance protecting the interests of such tenants or lessees;

(10) to accept the gratuitous services of such persons as may volunteer to aid in the conduct of its activities.

SEC. 6. (a) The Board shall place into a fund all receipts derived Fund. from the exercise by the Board of the powers granted by this Act. This fund shall be used for operating, maintaining, and repairing the stadium and to pay the principal and interest of bonds issued under authority of section 4 of this Act as they fall due and the redemption or repurchase price of all or any thereof redeemed or repurchased before maturity as provided in section 4 of this Act. All revenues and receipts from the rental or lease of the stadium are hereby pledged to such uses and to the application thereof as hereinafter in this section required. After payment or provision for payment there from of all cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and the reservation of an amount of money estimated to be sufficient for the same purpose during the ensuing period of not more than six months, the remainder of receipts received from.rental or lease of the stadium shall be placed in a fund to be used to pay the principal and interest of the bonds. An accurate record of the cost of the stadium, the expenditure for maintaining and operating it, and of rentals and lease receipts shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all interested persons.

(b) Within a reasonable time after the construction of the stadium, Statement the Board shall file with Congress and the Board of Commissioners of cost. of the District of Columbia a sworn itemized statement showing the cost of constructing the stadium, and the amount of bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in connection with the construction of such stadium.

SEC. 7. After payment of the bonds and interest or after a sinking Operation fund sufficient for such purpose shall have been provided and shall and mainbe held solely for that purpose, but in any event not later than fifty tenance. years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall deliver deeds or other suitable instruments of conveyance of the interest of the Board in and to the stadium to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for the District of Columbia and the stadium shall thereafter be properly operated, maintained, and repaired by the District of Columbia.

SEC. 8. (a) The Board is authorized to employ and fix compensa- Personnel. tion of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes

of this Act, without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws 63 Stat. 954. and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.

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(b). Under the direction of the Board and with the written authori- note. zation signed by the members thereof, an employee of the Board may exercise such of the powers vested in the Board by section 5 of this Act as the Board shall determine.

ness.

SEC. 9. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to author- Limitation ize or permit the Board or any member thereof to create any obligation on indebtedor incur any liability other than such obligations and liabilities as are dischargeable solely from funds contemplated to be provided by this Act. No obligation created or liability incurred pursuant to this Act shall be a personal obligation or liability of any member or members of the Board but shall be chargeable solely to the funds contemplated to be provided by this Act. No indebtedness created pursuant to this Act shall be an indebtedness of the District of Columbia or the United States.

Reports to
Congress.

71 Stat. 622.

SEC. 10. The Board shall file with the Congress in January of each year a financial statement certified as to the accuracy by the auditor of the District of Columbia, a report of the activities and business at the stadium during the preceding fiscal year and recommendations to Congress as to future control and use of the stadium.

Approved September 7, 1957.

85th Congress, S. 1908
February 15, 1958

AN ACT

72 Stat. 15.

To amend the District of Columbia Hospital Center Act in order to extend the time and increase the authorization for appropriations for the purposes of such Act, and to provide that grants under such Act may be made to certain organizations organized to construct and operate hospital facilities in 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 last sentence D. C. Hospital of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the estab- Center. lishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, to authorize the making of grants for hospital facilities to private agencies in the District of Columbia, to provide a basis for repayment to the Government by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 7,

1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, is amended by inserting after 65 Stat. 657. "operating" a comma and "or organized to construct and operate,". 60 Stat. 897. SEC. 2. Section 5 of such Act of August 7, 1946, is amended to read 65 stat. 657. as follows:

and rentals,

"SEC. 5. Thirty per centum of the net amount expended by the Expenditures Administrator of General Services under this Act shall be charged charged against against the District of Columbia and shall be repaid to the Government by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at the annual rate, without interest, of 3 per centum of such 30 per centum. The Percentages District of Columbia shall be entitled to 30 per centum of the sale of sale price price of any of the properties sold by the Administrator of General Services under section 2 of this Act, other than properties the value of which is deducted from the gross amount expended to determine the net amount upon which the 30 per centum to be charged against the District of Columbia is computed, and the District of Columbia shall also be entitled to receive 30 per centum of any rentals received from the leasing of any of the hospital facilities acquired or constructed by the Administrator of General Services under this Act. The amounts which may be due the District hereunder shall be credited on the amount owed the Government by the District of Columbia until such obligation of the District is discharged in full."

SEC. 3. Section 6 of such Act of August 7, 1946, is amended (1) by Appropriation. striking out "1958" and inserting in lieu thereof "1959", and (2) by 71 Stat. 243. striking out "$36,710,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$39,710,000".

SEC. 4. The amendment made by this Act to section 5 of such Act Applicability. of August 7, 1946, shall apply only with respect to grants from funds

authorized by amendments made by this Act.

Approved February 15, 1958.

85th Congress, S. 1984

March 28, 1958

AN ACT

72 Stat. 68.

To provide for the transfer of the Civil Service Commission Building in the District of Columbia to the Smithsonian Institution to house certain art collections of the Smithsonian Institution.

ing.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Admin- Civil Service. istrator of General Services shall transfer the Civil Service Commis- Commission Buildsion Building (formerly known as the Patent Office Building), and the site thereof located between Seventh and Ninth Streets and F and G Streets Northwest in the District of Columbia, to the Smithsonian Institution without reimbursement, for the use of certain art galleries of the Smithsonian Institution.

(b) The transfer provided for by subsection (a) shall be made at such time as the Administrator of General Services determines that the use of the building by the Federal Government for office purposes is no longer essential.

(c) The Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Smithsonian Institution, is authorized to enter into such contracts and take such other action as may be necessary to make it suitable to house certain art galleries of the Smithsonian Institution upon transfer of funds available to the Smithsonian Institution for such purposes.

Approved March 28, 1958.

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Transfer.

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To provide that whenever public lands have been heretofore granted to a State for the purpose of erecting certain public buildings at the capital of such State, such purpose shall be deemed to include construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, and other permanent improvements of such public buildings, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in any case State land in which public lands of the United States have been granted to a grants. State, before the date of enactment of this Act, for the purpose of Purposes. erecting public buildings at the capital of such State for legislative, executive, and judicial purposes, the purpose of such grant shall be deemed to include construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, and other permanent improvements of such public buildings, the acquisition of necessary land for such buildings, furnishings and equipment for such buildings, and the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for any such purpose.

Approved May 16, 1958.

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