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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 290, 292-MAY 14, 1948 [CHAPTER 290] AN ACT To authorize the construction of a courthouse to accommodate the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Works Administrator is hereby authorized to construct, equip, and furnish the building for the use of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, the planning and site acquisition of which were authorized by the Act of May 29, 1947 (Public Law 80, Eightieth Congress), under a total limit of cost for the entire project of $18,665,000, including architectural, engineering, and ad- ministrative expenses (which limit of cost also includes the credit of $2,420,000 granted the District of Columbia as compensation for the site of the project by said Act of May 29, 1947, and the $370,000 for plans and specifications heretofore appropriated under Public Law 271, Eightieth Congress, approved July 30, 1947) : Provided,That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall repay to the United States, over a period of twenty-five years, 50 per centum of the cost of the entire project upon completion, less the credit of $2,420,000 granted the District of Columbia as compensation for the site of the project by said Act of May 29, 1947, in equal annual installments, beginning with the July 1 next following the date of completion of the project: Providedfurther, That the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the completed project shall be divided equally between the United States of America and the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. The operation, maintenance, and repair of the completed building shall be under the control of the Public Buildings Admin- istration, in the Federal Works Agency, and the allocation of space therein shall be vested in the chief justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the chief justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved May 14, 1948. [CHAPTER 292] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act", approved July 19, 1940. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 19, 1940, entitled "Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act" (54 Stat. 774), is amended by adding the following new paragraph to section 2: "SEC. 2. (e) Annual appropriation for the fiscal years 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1951 for payment to the Boulder City School District, as reimbursement for the actual cost of instruction, during each school year, in the schools operated by said district, of pupils who are depend- ents of any employee or employees of the United States living in or in the immediate vicinity of Boulder City, such reimbursement not to exceed the sum of $65 per semester per pupil and to be payable semi- annually, after the term of instruction in each semester has been completed, under regulation to be prescribed by the Secretary." Approved May 14, 1948. May 14, 1948 [H. R . 5963] [Public Law 627] D. C . courthouse. Construction au- thorized. 61 Stat. 120. Cost limitation. 61 Stat. 612 . Repayment to U. S. 61 Stat. 121 . Maintenance, etc. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 1033. May 14, 1948 [S. 19S5 [Public Law 5281 Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, amendment. 43 U. S. C. §§618- 618o; Supp.I , §618 etseq. Past, p . 284. Ante, p. 221; pod, p. 1130 . 235