[H. R. 8372) An Act To provide for the construction and equipment of an annex to the Library of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commission created by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes," approved May 21, 1928, is authorized and directed to provide for the construction and equipment of a fireproof annex to the Library of Congress (including approaches, connections with the Capitol power plant, and architectural landscape treatment of the grounds). Such building shall be constructed on the site acquired under the provisions of such Act of May 21, 1928. It shall contain suitable space for book, newspaper, and file stacks; for storage, reference, and other rooms; offices for the Copyright Office, card service, and the branch printing office and bindery. It shall be connected by a suitable tunnel with the Library of Congress, for which purpose the necessary structural changes in the Library of Congress building and additions to the said building are authorized. Such annex shall be equipped with such furnishings and mechanical and other equipment and apparatus as may be necessary, including equipment and apparatus required for transportation and communication between the Library of Congress and the annex. SEC. 2. All plans for the construction or alteration of buildings under authority of this Act shall be approved by the commission. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the commission, is authorized, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, to enter into contracts to purchase materials, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the open market, to employ necessary personnel, including architectural, engineering, and other professional services, without reference to section 35 of the Act approved June 25, 1910 (United States Code, title 40, section 265), section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (United States Code, title 41, section 5), or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (United States Code, title 5, chapter 13; United States Code, Supplement III, chapter 13), and to make such expenditures as may be necessary, including expenditures for advertising and travel and for the purchase of technical and reference books. SEC. 3. The commission created under the Act of May 21, 1928, shall continue in existence until six months after the completion of the building. SEC. 4. There is authorized, to be appropriated the sum of $6,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the commission to carry out the provisions of this Act. Appropriations made under authority of this Act shall be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the Department of the Interior. Approved, June 13, 1930. 36-928 - 79-8 [8. 3970) An Act Authorizing the Smithsonian Institution to extend the Natural History Building and authorizing an appropriation therefor, 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 Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized to extend the Natural History Building of the United States National Museum by additions on the east and west ends thereof, in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, and to engage, if necessary, architectural and inspection services, without regard to the restrictions of existing law governing such services. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum not exceeding $6,500,000 for this purpose. Approved, June 19, 1930. [PUBLIC-No. 414-718T CONGRESS] (H. R. 7997) An Act Authorizing the purchase by the Secretary of Commerce of additional land for the Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, not to exceed seventeen acres of land, including improvements thereon, adjacent to the present site of the Bureau of Standards to enlarge its present site, at a cost not to exceed $400,000. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, if he shall deem advisable, to acquire the fee title to any parts of said land herein authorized to be acquired subject to limited rights, but not for business purposes, reserved to the grantor: Provided, That such reservation of rights shall not continue beyond the life or lives of the grantor or grantors of the fee: Provided further, That in the opinion of said Secretary of Commerce such contract for acquisition of land subject to such limited rights will satisfactorily serve the interest of the Government therein. SEC. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to close and vacate such portions of streets and alleys as lie within, or break the continuity of the enlarged site, as in the judgment of the Secretary of Commerce may be necessary, and the portions of such streets and alleys so closed and vacated shall thereupon become parts of said site: Provided, That no portion: of Van Ness Street, Tilden Street, or Reno Road shall be closed under the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 23, 1930. [H. R. 11432] An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds," approved March 4, 1929, relating to the condemnation of land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of subdivision (1) of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds," approved March 4, 1929, is amended to read as follows: "Any condemnation proceedings instituted under authority of this Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia for the use of the United States,' approved March 1, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 40, ch. 7)." Approved, June 23, 1930. [PUBLIC-No. 440-718T CONGRESS] An Act To provide better facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to provide better facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws along the Canadian and Mexican borders at points where no Federal buildings are available or buildings adapted or suitably located for the purpose are available for rental, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor are hereby authorized to expend from the funds appropriated for the general maintenance and operation of the Customs and Immigration Services, respectively, the necessary amounts for the acquisition of land and the erection of buildings, sheds, and office quarters, including living quarters for officers where none are otherwise available: Provided, That the total amount which may be expended for any one project, for the use of one department, including the cost of the site, shall not exceed $3,000, and that where quarters are erected or facilities provided for the joint use of the Customs and Immigration Services the combined cost charged to the two appropriations concerned shall not exceed $6,000 for any one project, including the site. Approved, June 26, 1930. [H. R. 12343] * An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept donations of sites for public buildings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, accept on behalf of the United States the donation of sites for public buildings, in cases when allocation of funds have been or may hereafter be reported to Congress under the provisions of the Public Buildings Act, approved May 25, 1926, and Acts amendatory thereof, notwithstanding that specific authorization for the acquisition of sites in such cases may not yet have been made by Congress. Approved, June 27, 1930. (96) [S. 3068] An Act To amend section 355 of the Revised Statutes to permit the Attorney General to accept certificates of title in the purchase of land by the United States in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 355 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (United States Code, title 33, section 733; title 34, section 520; title 40, section 255; and title 50, section 175) be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 355. No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purposes of erecting thereon any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, or other public building of any kind whatever, until the written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, nor until the consent of the legislature of the State in which the land or site may be, to such purchase, has been given. The district attorneys of the United States, upon the application of the Attorney General, shall furnish any assistance or information in their power in relation to the titles of the public property lying within their respective districts. And the secretaries of the departments, upon the application of the Attorney General, shall procure any additional evidence of title which he may deem necessary, and which may not be in the possession of the officers of the Government, and the expense of procuring it shall be paid out of the appropriations made for the contingencies of the departments, respectively: Provided, however, That in all cases of the acquisition of land or any interest therein by the United States for the purposes herein specified or for other purposes, wherein the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title of such land is or may be required or authorized by law, the Attorney General may, in his discretion, base such opinion upon a certificate of title of a title company. Approved, June 28, 1930. (97) |