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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 469, 470. 1925. 1213 structures, mechanical equipment, approach work, roads and trackage facilities leading thereto; vehicles, live stock, furniture, equipment, and accessories, and also to provide accommodations for officers, p_,§·S0°°g,§;§¤°,°;g;;gQf°£g§ nurses, and attending personnel; and also to provide proper and c¤¤wrs.¤ic. suitable recreational centers, and the Director of the United States ,,,§,,_°°°¥’*°”°° °‘ d°”“‘ Veterans’ Bureau is authorized to accept gifts or donations for any I _ _ of the pur oses named herein. Such hospital plants to be constructed m$¤°§?t£Z?t°°°mm° shall be ofpfireproof construction and existing plants purchased shall be remodeled to be fireproof, and the location and nature thereof, whether for the treatment of tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric, or general medical and surgical cases, shall be in the discretion of the Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, subject to the P,,,,,_,,,_ approval of the President: Provided, however, That the director, ogfbggg with the approval of the President, may utilize such suitable wu ` buildings, structures, and grounds, now owned by the United States, as may be available for the purposes aforesaid, and the President is hereby authorized by Executive order to transfer any such buildin , structures, and groimds to the control and jurisdiction of the gUnited States Veterans’ Bureau upon the request of the director thereof. _ Sec. 2. The construction of new hospitals or dispensaries, or the ic;°°ii»'i1%¤Zi‘ié·iiii>vi§ replacement, extension, alteration, remodeling, or repair of all P‘“’*’°‘°S °““‘°"'*°°· hospitals or dispensaries heretofore or hereafter constructed shall be done in such manner as the President may determine, and he is authorized to require the architectural, engineering constructing, or other forces of any of the departments of the Government to do or assist in such work, and to employ individuals and agencies not now connected with the Government, if in his opinion desirable, at such compensation as he may consider reasonable. Amount authorized Sec. 3. For carrying into effect the preceding paragraphs relating mimppmpmtee. to additional hospitals and out-patient dispensary facilities there is *‘·""·F’·”"· hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000,000, to be Auowmo M mk immediately available and to remain available until expended. That man warm, my uot to exceed 3 per centum of this sum shall be available for the ""“·°'°‘ employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary tec nical and clerical assistants at the customary rates of compensation, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the lans and specifications for the projects authorized herein anti) for the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, field·ofiice equipment and supplies in connection therewith. Upon compmm 0, Sec. 4. Upon completion of the hospital program provided for pmmm no mic: mm in this Act no contract or other hospital or institution other than i,2°,‘i,‘2§‘? °°“"‘“°S ‘° those hospitals and institutions under the jurisdiction and control —*”“» P-61°— of the United States Veterans’ Bureau or those governmental hospitals or institutions specified in section 10 of the `World War Exmptiomma Veterans’ Act, 1924, shall be used, except where due to the nature of a claimantfs disease or disability it would endanger his life to remove him from such hospital to a Veterans’ Bureau hospital, or in the event of extreme emergency in the discretion of the director. Approved, March 3, 1925. U`; March 3,1925. CHAP. 470.-—·An Act Granting certain public lands to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal park and other purposes. Be it enacted b the Senate and House o Re eaentatvvea of the . United States of iimerioa in Congress d88677{bZ€£/In That lots 1 and 2, Algfilriigziiaudsrbqepix. D0l’theast quarter northwest uarter, and northwest quarter north- ps.-k`,’€;Q°r mummm east quarter, section 7, townghip 1 south, range 4 east, Gila and D°‘°"¥‘*‘°“·