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200 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 90, 91. 1921. hmm served in the Great War, said easement to continue as_long as such mm, gg, mmm,. building shall be devoted to the origmal purpose: Provided, however “°“· That said easement shall cease and determme, and the custody and control of said arcel of land shall revert to the United States if said memorial building is not erected thereon within five years from the Awww 0m¤gu_ date of this Act: And provided further That the design and construction of the said memorial building shall be approved y the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, August 24, 1921. · 24 mi. ls.21si. CHAP. 91.—An Act To extend for the 'od of seven months the revisions of

 Title II of the Food Control and the District iiflgoliunbia Rents Act, apprriired October

22, 1919, and for other purposes. District of Columbia Be it enacted hy the Senate and House efllepreserttatives of the United mms. States <{_f_Amen,ca ’t1`t Congress assembled, That Trtle II of the Food "‘;§§“°°"“”*“"'Y Contro and the District of Columbia Rents Act, lapproved October zzvel- i1.1>v·¤¤8-3<>4- 22, 1919, shall remain in full force and effect until ay 22, 1922. P°'°"'w’ Sec. 2. That the second paragraph of section 101 of such Act is T t Bd amended to read as follows: uy§$?3?iesr?mk¤a- I ii The term ‘ rent? property]; mI¢;lans anyibgildingmr part tlherrigf pg A H an ap urtenant thereto in the `strict 0 o um ia rente or `r B§lQ;?§pr;§nQ_ and thepservice agreed or required by law or by determination of the cluded- ’ ’ commission to be furnished in connection therewith; but does not P°'°’p° m' include (a) any portion of a hotel or apartment building, (b) a garage or warehouse, or (c) any other building] or part thereof or land appurtenant thereto, used by the tenant exc usively for a business purpose Ether than the (publeasing or otherwise subcontracting for use for VOl_,1,p_299,mmd_ ving accommo ations. _ ea. Sec. 3. That section 103 of such Act IS amended to read as follows:

§ '§§;§Q¤dSegf "SE(;, Eacl; h(§0m1nI`ii1sione1‘ shall I‘eciV]<;31 8, Salqfz of $5,0100 8

· year a a e mon . e commission s a appom a secre ary, Ammey add°d` who slhall receive a sagrry of $3,000 a year, and an attorney, who shall receive a salary of $5,000 a ear, payable in like manner; and subject E I d to the provisions of the civilrservice laws, it may appoint and remove pe¤sr'il)¤i1sii.°¤i¤a`?a. °x` such officers, employees, and agents, and ma e such exlpenditures for rent, printing, telegrams, telephone, law books, books o reference, periodica s, fumrture, stationery, office equipment, and other supplies D . and expenses as may be necessary to the a ministration of this title. “"°*‘°“‘"°‘“°’· Thcattome · r 4 b th ‘ · h 11 r (1 » y appom e y e commission s a appear or an re present the commission in all judicial proceedings an generally erform such professional duties and services as attorney and counsel) to the Am _ commission as may reasonably be reguircd of him by the commission. °°““”g' All of the expenditures of the commission shall upon the presentation ofiitemiied vpluplzlers gheregor approved by the c aigpan of thepomm ssron eau 1 ·e an pai in esame manner as o er ex en 1 ures A pdmmms from for the District of Columbia. P civil) se-me eugniia. “With the exception of the secretary and the attorney, all employees of the commission shall be appointed from lists of eligibles supplied by the 1(Hvil Service Commission and in accordance with the civil service aw. iii>iYu,p.anr§•m¤¤a. Sec. 4. That Title II of such Act is amended by adding at the end °d6w¤m , thereof two new sections to read as follows: (K ummm miami Sec. 123. In all cases where the owner of an rental property, "°“‘ P°““"Y· apartment, or hotel has, rior to April 18, 1921, collected or received any rent or charge therefgar in excess of the amount fixed in a determmation of the commission made and in full force and effect in accordance with the &rovisions of the title, he may within thirty days after this section thes effect return such excess rental or charge to the