CONTENTS 1. Public Res. No. 56, 67th Cong., Approved, May 11, 1922_ 2. Public Res. No. 42, 68th Cong., Approved, Jan. 7, 1925. 3. Public No. 535, 69th Cong., Approved, Jan. 5, 1927- (262) Page [S. J. Res. 186.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the transfer to the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library certain reservations in the District of Columbia for use in connection with the Botanic Garden. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library the following United States reservations for use in connection with the Botanic Garden: Numbered 6-A, 6-B, 6-C, 6-D, 6-E, 6-F, 6-G, 6-H, 6-I, 6-K, 6-L, 6-M, 6-N, 6-0, 6-P, 6-Q, 6-R, 292, and 293, all of which lie along the site of the old James Creek Canal, from Maryland Avenue to P Street southwest, Washington, in the District of Columbia. Approved, May 11, 1922. [PUBLIC RESOLUTION-NO. 42-68TH CONGRESS] 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. (263) [S. 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. 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. PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 5-71ST CONGRESS [H. J. Res. 84] Joint Resolution Extending until June 30, 1930, the availability of the appropriation for enlarging and relocating the Botanic Garden. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriation" Enlarging and relocating Botanic Garden, 1928 and 1929," contained in the Deficiency Appropriation Act approved December 22, 1927, is hereby continued and made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930. Approved, June 5, 1929. |