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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II.· Cns. 329,339. 1925. 983 · of said lands as required by law within the time limited therefor: And hprofvided further, That the entryman, his heirs, or his duly Clfiféguauwwithlaw quali ed assignee, has in good faith complied with the requirements mq ` of law as to yearly expenditures and proof thereof, and shall show, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, that there is a reasonable pros act that if the extension is granted he will be able to make the tihal proof of reclamation, irrigation, and cultivation required by law. Approved, February 25, 1925. • F b , . CHAP. 339.-——An Act To consolidate the office of Public Buildings and Grounds imder the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and the office of [P“b1‘°·N°·*78-l superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ _ _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the office of P,§§}}§,“°§’,E“§,d‘{§S‘}‘g‘§ Public Buildings and Grounds under the Chief of Engineers, United N¤¤¤¤¤* Germ; States Army, and the office of superintendent of the State, War, ,,,£,{H°°S °°““°1‘°“‘°" and Navy Department Buildings are hereby consolidated into a single office and shall hereafter be designated as the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. The super- P;;SSf§;{”;*}°EbY, “*° intendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings and ummm; Dimmu. the officer in charge of Public Buildings and Grounds shall hereafter be designated as the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and shall be assigned by the President from the officers of the Corps of Engneers for duty in this position as D“““"“°’*°"°‘“°· now (provided by law for the officer in charge of Public Buildings and rounds and the superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings. Sec. 2. The commission in charge of the State, War, and Navy ,,,§§‘§°°3;,‘§{,‘§;;,,,§°"{j,j’f,§§ Department Building, established by the Act approved March 3 ¤>iSSi¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤d- 1883, is hereby abolished and all powers and duties conferred and v°Lm·l’·“°*· imposed b law upon such commission and the superintendent of the State, %Var, and Navy Department Buildings shall hereafter be ,0P1‘3,§',§c”,0,_"““"°"°d exercised and performed by such director, under the general direction of the President of the United States. Om { Pu H Sec. 3. The office of Public Buildings and Grounds, under the nunciiigugaormliiicg direction and control of the Chief of Engineers of the United States “°§’*";‘;_;’· I Army, is hereby abolished and all authority, powers and duties ol wu dis om.; of conferred and imposed by law ugon the Secretary of War or upon §,';§"°“{Sf:,{’Q,‘{fgj the Chief of Engineers of the nited States Army in relation to 2=gve<£§c·; Director of the construction, maintenance, care, custody, policing, upkeep, or ‘ repair of public buildings, grounds, parks, monuments, or memorials in the District of Co umbia, together with the authority, powers, and all duties and powers conferred and imposed by law upon the officer in charge of public buildings and groimds, shall be held, exercised. and performed by the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, under the general direction of the President of the United States. _ P Src. 4. The officeis and employees in the offices hereby consoh- ,,,,,,,‘*',,,,’°“Q_ dated shall become officers and employees of the office of Public ;·;·r*jg_=;*ggn*;§*'¤g*}¤;*;¤* Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital without reappointment, and all official records, papers, files,_furmture, supplies, and other property in use in or in the possession of the offices so consolidated are hereby transferred to the office hereby created. mmimsuauva The director is authorized to appoint, in accordance with existing pdwm or Director. law, such officers and employees, and to incur such expenses, as may be necessary for the proper administration of his office within the limits of the appropriations from time to time granted therefor.