[H.R. 8889] To provide for the custody and maintenance of the United States Supreme Court Building and the equipment and grounds thereof. 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 shall have charge of the structural and mechanical care of the United States Supreme Court Building, including the care and maintenance of the grounds, and the supplying of all mechanical furnishings and mechanical equipment for the building. The operation and maintenance of the mechanical equipment and repair of the building shall be performed under his direction and he is authorized to enter into all necessary contracts. SEC. 2. Employees required for the performance of the foregoing shall be (a) appointed by the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the Chief Justice of the United States; (b) compensated in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U.S.C., Supp. VI, title 5, ch. 13); and (c) be subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes", approved May 22, 1920, as amended (U.S.C., Supp. VI, title 5, ch. 14). SEC. 3. All other duties and work required for the operation, domestic care, and custody of the building shall be performed under the direction of the Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, who shall be superintendent of the United States Supreme Court Building, and employees (including elevator operators) required for the performance of such duties shall be appointed by the Marshal with the approval of the Chief Justice. SEC. 4. Appropriations for the work under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol shall be disbursed by the Marshal upon certified vouchers submitted by the Architect of the Capitol. Approved, May 7, 1934. [H. R. 12897] An Act To provide for the acquisition of a site and the construction thereon of a fireproof office building or buildings for the House of Representatives. 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 appropriated the sum of $900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the acquisition of a site embracing one or more of the squares bounded by B Street southeast and B Street southwest, C Street southeast and C Street southwest, New Jersey Avenue southeast, and Delaware Avenue southwest, as the commission in control of the House Office Building shall determine. Upon the acquisition of such land, buildings, and structures, all of the land, buildings, and structures contained in square numbered 689 and square numbered 636 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, shall become a part of the New House of Representatives Office Building site and be under the control of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the direction and supervision of the House Office Building Commission. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $7,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the construction, on the site selected, of a fireproof office building or buildings for the House of Representatives, to include necessary office rooms for Members, including committee rooms, folding rooms, and such other rooms as may be necessary and proper. Such building or buildings shall be constructed substantially in accordance with plans prepared under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress approved March 4, 1925, with such modifications as may be necessary or advantageous. For any part or all of the sum authorized to be appropriated by this section, contracts are authorized to be entered into. The construction of such building or buildings and the letting of contracts, including the necessary traveling expenses, advertising, purchase of material, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the open market, and the employment of all necessary skilled architectural and engineering personnel and other services, without reference to section 35 of the Act approved June 25, 1910, and purchase of necessary technical and other books, shall be under the control of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the direction and supervision of the commission in control of the House Office Building. SEC. 3. The commission in control of the House Office Building shall, within thirty days after the date of the enactment of this Act, determine which part or parts of the area described in section 1 shall be acquired and used for a site for the building or buildings 99812-38- -11 |