[CHAPTER 728-1ST SESSION] [S. 2316] AN ACT To authorize the construction and equipment of a guided-missile research laboratory building for the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce. 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 constructed and equipped for the National Bureau of Standards a research laboratory building, suitable for use as a guided-missile laboratory, together with necessary utilities and appurtenances thereto, under a limit of cost of $1,900,000: Provided, That such limit of cost may be exceeded or shall be reduced by an amount equal to the percentage increase or decrease, if any, in construction costs generally dating from June 1, 1948, as determined by the Federal Works Administrator: Provided further, That such limit of cost shall not be exceeded by more than 10 per centum. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise (including transfer with or without compensation from Federal agencies), such lands, estates in lands, and appurtenances thereto as may in his opinion be necessary or desirable for the construction of a building to house activities of such laboratory for the National Bureau of Standards: Provided, That the site therefor shall be selected after consultation with the Director of the National Bureau of Standards. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That such sums so appropriated, except such part thereof as may be necessary for the incidental expenses of the Department of Commerce, shall be transferred to the Public Buildings Administration in the Federal Works Agency. Approved October 25, 1949. CONTENTS Public No. 856, 70th Cong., Approved, Feb. 28, 1929. Public Res. No. 15, 71st Cong., Approved, June 15, 1929_ Public No. 746, 75th Cong., Approved, June 25, 1938.. Public No. 560, 76th Cong., Approved, June 6, 1940.. Public No. 401, 77th Cong., Approved, Jan. 15, 1942 Public No. 454, 77th Cong., Approved, Feb. 16, 1942. Public No. 490, 78th Cong., Approved, Dec. 16, 1944- Page [H. R. 16274] An Act To provide for the establishment of a municipal center 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 Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all of squares numbered 490, 491, 533, and reservation 10, in the District of Columbia, including buildings and other structures thereon, as a site for a municipal center, and to construct thereon necessary buildings to house municipal activities: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to close and vacate such portions of streets and alleys as lie between or within such squares, as in the judgment of said commissioners may be necessary, and the portions of such streets and alleys soclosed and vacated shall thereupon become parts of such sites: Provided further, That if this property or any part thereof shall be condemned, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be entitled to enter immediately into the possession of any such property for which an award shall have been made by paying the amount. of such award into the registry of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, payable in like manner as other appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for the employment, by contract or otherwise, of architectural and other professional services, as approved by the commissioners and without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Approved, February 28, 1929. (275) [H. J. Res. 97] Joint Resolution Making appropriations toward carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a municipal center in the District of Columbia," approved February 28, 1929. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,000,000, to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed for defraying the expenses of the District of Columbia by the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years during which payments hereunder may be made, toward the acquisition of squares numbered 490, 491, and 533, and reservation 10, in the District of Columbia, including buildings and other structures thereon as a site for a municipal center, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a municipal center in the District of Columbia," approved February 28, 1929, to be available until expended. Of such amount not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for the employment by contract or otherwise for architectural and other professional services as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Approved, June 15, 1929. |