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r . » W r x 2QQ] _ TITLE 49.;-·PUBLIC', B,UII{DLNGS wad e;i paw: buildings wma me centre! efthe 'E pepertmem; ned te purchase found to be adequate, ug mgawgwe, eud`suimh1_g_;qr the purposes of this Act ‘ tegether W `wim the ami tv Rw0d&i. wlereeg er extend Sueh T buixuieg and prjevide ¤per¤e@e¤ we ether lxiecessery ¤ mmvmrme e‘mé` §ire¤ tween when ¤ buuaing is rum. er fe ee eeristrrieted eg a site heretofore héqeired and Such site his d femad by the—`Se€:retm;y of we be ueeuitiiblei for ite ir émeeded Pw’9¤3€» he/Q}s· hereby 'furtherw Jmithorizedg ‘ and `emq tg e pmrered te eequirefa new site‘iu_1ieu_theQreef by purchase, cen-F cl slemnetieu, exéheuge, or otherwise, land except Mir; ease of ex- el change te dispose of the prwt site._by‘-puhliesele arid to h execute the neeeesery qeitclaim Heed of c0:1veyance:‘Prqvided,“ C i;geer·vl:er,._'.fhat the Secretery of the Treasury is also authorized ” ew te eaqeire `h_ site for n building for the Supreme Court. of the V ituired States:4 Prew{1& further, _'1‘hat . aside from lend; that—" s· may be acquired fer esiue £e1·_a building for the- Supreme Cqurt 0 ef the United States, an~d_‘fer_ eialarging the site of the Govern; I meet Printing Cmee, er erecting e. storage warehouse .0r ware? a heeses, the sew of $$0,980,090, hereinafter authorized for_—proj·- ix pegs in the District. of Gehtmbia, "shall muééqr e;e1§¤$1ve1y· for t? she pgreeee of acquiring by pu1·<:hase,-ceudemmtien., efother- _¤ wise, seeth of Pennsylvania Avenue. and west of Maryland `a .&veu;ée, prejeeted in estreight to ‘1`evi:riug.Leke,. siieh sites c · or edditieae te sites as ? thewecretery ofgthe _'1Tregsury_ jmay S deem eeceemry te previee such suitable 0Ece aceommedaticus e {a" me District et L‘mumbiu_'ae arelhereitzbefere mentieued, of D ¤rse:1structing‘-adequate and suitable buildings `for the férxiishing .9 ef sr1ela*e§ee eecemmedatiens on said s=ites`0r additions to sites, `S yer-ep siteealrehdy errued by the GOY€,l°DI!1€11t_ south of Penney}- _· mule Avenue and west of Maryland. Avenue, as above men-- tiened, and of providing suitable approaches to said · pdildingel ij zmd beeutifying and embellishing their surroundings as gxearly a { in lmrmeny with me plan et Pemr Cltarlw L°EI1f&Xl!L.'£LS· may be E praei§cable._‘ Said buildings ehall be so constructed es' te- com- t pine high etandrarde et- zarchitectural beauty am} practical il utility: Brevieeé, That in carrying -into_ eI!ect the previstorls of A this Actfin ec far es relates te to be (used in whole S "er in part fm- pest·p§ce·;§¤rpoees; the Secretary of the Txwsurye, D , ueder reguletiens te be prescribedtby him, shall act jointly with ( a the Pestmester General le the mlection ot towns or cities in B rw»hieh.bui1di¤gs arete be constructed and the selection of -sites· lb ethereiu: Prrivided farther, That all sketches, plans, end esti; il mares, fer buildings shall be approved by the Secretary of the v 'frmeery and heads et the egecutive departments which are A to be leeeted. ineueh building. · _ ” · V The iieeretnry of the Treasury- is authorized to carry cum the J eenetmrztiee werk herein euthexflzed by·co11tmct, or otherwise; ( es he deems meetedvgatageeee to the United Smtes; · H _ In all mea whereithe ctmstructiern et buildingé in the District E ef Gelumeiax wider the ·previ,s§ens let this Act} requires the S miiimtiee, in theeplixlen er the Secretary of the Trmsury, of I veutigueue eqearee es elm thereet, authority is hereby given 9 fer eleeieg and yeeetipg such portions et streets as lie between g sm;h·eq1mree am eeehelleys as intersect eueh squares, ·eud they 0 yertiees-ei such etreets and alleys eo closed andracated-g=sball P zplsereupen became parts efsuelfx .sites.*· (Méy 25, 1926, cl 380; § 1,, H A4 Stes; mc,) ‘ » · [ ‘ rl H ~§ew sect1en.' ’ H t 342. Dzities of 0§ce of Supervising Architect; employment 0 en? aseietmm; eempcnsaticng expesawsw-(a) The work of pre; cz paring designs and other ,drewiug~s, eeetiemetes, epeemeations, a em] awarding of ecmtmets, ee 'well ee the supervision of the t· work authorised under the provisions of this Act} shall be s jaertgrmed by the Omee efthe Supervleixag Architect, _TreesWm*y{* “s =··T1S¥¤ ,Aet"" eheum be tremlated " eectime 341 to 348 ot tmq une in the zlpp»cndi;." l tr ‘ ’ ‘ K i1

, 1·R01>121zTy, Aim wcmms §343 lepmitmezit, imdev the directién ci! the Secretary of the Treasry, aicept as otherwise pfcvided in this-Act} _· - A —· l (b) Wheudeemed by hiiu advaiitageous the Secretary of the `

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tact the. Home plans and designs ict buildings, developed Sixfciently to Y serie as guides for the preparation ·0f· working mwfiiigs and speeidémicms, or to employ advisory assistaime xvolving desigzr or engineering features, am} (2) to employ, J the extent deemed neceissaryiby him in connection with the cinstrhction- of buildings for the Departments of Commerce rid Labor, the architect; who, were gucéessful in eempetiticn l eretofore héld for ax building fox; the meme Department _ ef fommercé and Labot, and to pay reaslcneble cempensatimi for uch S€_l?\'i€€S.— _ ” _ - _ (c) The Secfctary of the Treasury is aqthoriied to empley uch add~itikma1 techxiical; scientific, and ‘cIerical` assistance in r undeij the Ofiiceht the {Supervising Ai·ehitcct,` b0{h in the Hstrict of Columbia and in the, Held, hs he deems necessary, md to fix such- gates of compeniéattion ·therefm· as he {deems · {roger, ndt, hQW€Y€l°, excess bf the maximum rates paid for he same or sizhilariservicelin other depattuieixts, such employ l cient to hemade inlaccordance with the civil service laws; rules, hd '1‘Bgl1l§1tiOI1§,: and to sjubmit to congress through customary hdiinels, estimates for appropriations `fof compensation for inch personal services,_gud for travel, `subsistexicé, and other xpenses involved iii making any i11vestigat_i0ii‘ or surxéey of yqilding conditibhs 0; in-the examination gif sites: which he may Bud jtp be necessary. (May 25g 1926, c. .280,} 2, 44 ltii,t.h631.) ‘ V ° · . — . T

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’ 343. Aaquigition of sites and construction of public hagildiiags n numerous cities;-The Secretary of the {Treasury is hereby .uth0rized‘ to carry into eEecfthe provisions of existing law .iIu1.O1°iZiI1g.V the acquisition of. land for sites or enlargements , hereof, gud the erection, enlargement, extension, and nemodé-· ng of public buildings theyecq in the following citiesf Jtmeau, tlaska ; Globe, Arizpna; Prescott, Arkansas; Red"B1ti§ and lan Pedro, California; Durango, Colorado ;' Branford and Pub N lam, Connecticut; M1uriann&,.Fldrida; West Point, Georgia; ` loam: dfAlene and Sandpoint, _Id£1h0 :` Batavia, Metmpolis, t donut. Caxrmel, hud Paxton, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Shel- »yvi1le, Kentucky; Caribou m‘id‘Fort_Fairtield,. Maine; LenmllSt&1’,._ Malden, INQWBUPYIJQPI, Semthbridge, Waltham, and Vinchester, Massachusetts; Wyandotte, Micl£igan;,Mo:1tevi<lmy, [imiesqta; Central City, Ncbraskai Fallon aml.Ge1d¤eld. Ne— ada; Bayonne, East? Ormige, Millville, and Montclair, New »H,§X;_EaSt Las Vegas, yew Mgxgcg; Fg;·1;» Plalini Long Islam! Sify, Syracuse. and Yonkers, New Y0i·k;` Wilson. North Camlna;·JBmeSt0\vn, No1¥th`.Dz1kot&_;` Akron, Fl;9Il}0Htg* and Wilniugtcm, Ohio;-Domiqga, Lev»·is·t‘0w{n, ‘McKees Rocks, Olyplmm, layrc, Tamaquu; Tiirentum, antl_\\'z1yneShur;:. Pennsylvania: _ iaucaster, South Camliiné; Chambei·lain,=.S5ux·h Ilaketa`: Axle ’ ns, Tenneséee; Seattle,`washington;e\Yill“ia1ns¢§n. West Vir-

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ming; Saint ·LgmiS,L`Miss0uri·; Nexvzirk, New Jerrseyg Utica; iéw York: Missoula, Montana.; mlditiomtl buildim: for_‘the naerine hospital at Clnicago, e1;11¤¤m`; medical oflieers` qm1rtex:<: it the Murine honspitiil `ut Suvannéih, Gecirgisi; ·e0nstr‘uctien ef murine hospital faysilities at.Detr§iit, Micehigziu. The Seezretury. ·f,the ~T1'€8.Sl.l1')’ is hereby authorized to diSI`€g8i'd:—tht) limit uf ost msec] by` Gungress for each of saidfpmjeeyts, to pimrhase tlditioitiél land for enlzzrgcment of sites, and fm such purposes oexpeud in additibn to the vanwmzts hei~etefore -appmpriiued uch additional stims of xuemeyl for esch of gaid projects as he hull deem advisable, not i·xc·eeding §n`·the·‘ea;rgreg{zr<—.$}5.fn•m)•=0:

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