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SIXTYJEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 559-561. 1925. 1355 Whereas said additional facilities aiiorded by the said hospital are now needed and in the immediate future will be needed in the iiropgr car; of veterans assigned to said Federal hospital: Now, t iere ore, e it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the purchase of said gef“§}‘;“°hg§p§ff,“; city hospital by the Director of the Veterans’ Bureau at a sum of not ¤ddi¤¤¤» ¤¤¢¤¤ri¤·¤<1· exceeding $150,000, and the appropriation of $150,000 for that purpose is hereby authorized; the price to be paid therefor to be agreed upon by and between said Director of the Veterans’ Bureau and the city of Muskogee: Provided, That this money shall be taken §,,°"§",§,,,,,b,& out of any lump sum appropriated after March 1, 1925, for hospital purposes. Approved, March 4, 1925. ‘ CHAP. 560.—Joint Resolution To provide for the expenses of delegates of liiigichneiédgl the United States to the Pan American Congress of Highways [Pub. Res., No. 72.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pm American com States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the gms srniguways. United States is hereby authorized to agpoint delegates to enable the g,‘§,§‘§‘,§f',§E§§‘§f,‘f,‘§§gf‘l°' United States to participate in the an American Congress of Highways to meet at Buenos Aires in 1925, and for the expenses of the United States in participating in such conference, includin the compensation of employees, travel, and subsistence expenses lnotwithstanding the provisions of any other Act}, and such miscel- Summumm laneous and other expenses as the President shal deem proper, there ` is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $15,000. Approved, March 4. 1925. CHAP. 561.—Joint Resolution For the relief of special disbursing agents of [I!§i8lFil¥i¤i¤}92gg:] the Alaskan Engineering Commission, authorizing the payment of certain claims, lP¤b- R¢$-» N0- 73-l and for other purposes, affecting the management of the Alaska Railroad. Resolved by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the General Account- $$‘i¢°lRiiiK•`Z°¤g¤i in ing Office is hereby authorized and directed to credit in the accounts §,,°§‘;‘,§,§j§’0,°‘ "‘°@,';,§ of special disbursing agents of the Alaskan Engineering_Comm1ssion ¤<>¤¤¤¤=¤fxi¤ilY¤i.ii¤¤.¤¢¢· the several payments made bwhem to the Swedish Hoséutal $Seattle, VVashington), Doctor H. V. urdemann, A. B. Funk, aint oseph’s Hospita , Fairbanks, Alaska, and Doctor J. R. Bowen, amounting to $1,433.60, heretofore disallowed by the General Account1ng_Oilice, covering medical, surgical, and hospital services and subsistence furnished under the ospital regulations of said commission to contractors who were injured or taken sick while engaged in the performance of their work in the construction of the railroads in Alaska, and said payments are hereby validated. R D Chase Sec. 2. That the General Accounting Office is hereby authorized oieuii emma in and directed to credit in the accounts of R. D. Chase, special disburs- "°°°“”“°" ing agent of the Alaskan Engmeer1n% Commission, the sum of $1,197.10, covering payments made to . F. Clasen, F. H. Coney, YV. A. McDonald, Lief Strand, Tom Tellefsen, Walter Wright, and Soter Chamis, employees of said commission, on account of the destruction of their personal effects by tire October 2, 1920, and March 10, 1922, respectively said payments having been disallowed by the General Accounting Office, and the said payments are hereby validated.