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§344 !“ITLE,·40.-—-PUBLIC BUILDING Pmeilled, That in eoustructing the huildingsi embraced herein -2 the Secreta»x·y’ of the Treasury is authorized, in his diS(§1'8ti0B, ; te previde space in such buildings for ethet activities l or i jlmuehes of the public service not spectheally emlmerated in Yt the Act or Bets 8`{!th0l'i@Bg` the eequisition of the sites, of the l r construction of, the buildings, 0: both: Provided further, '1‘ha‘t‘ 1 — in cerryiegl inte e§ect the provisions of this `section, the Sec- ··z retary of the Trwuryi is authorized endl empowered to ehter e imo eommcts for all o1·Qeo many ot said_.bulld.i¤gs as may be .; mssible within the total additiohalflimit not $15,000.000 here- 1 iqliefure authorized. (May‘25, 1926, c. 380, § 3, 44 Stat. 632.)_ _`\§ t Key · ~ _ . , ·` .’ £ — 344. Submission of estimates to_ Bureau of Budget; basis of allocation; availability of moneys essential to letting. eau- _¥ tncts; report to Congress.-—The" Secretary. oi, the “Treiisul‘y t shell submit, annually. and from time to time as ·`may be, re- G quired estimates to- the Bureau` of the Budget, in accordance ‘ with the provisions of the Budget had Xecouutlng Act, »1921,° I shmviug in complete detail the various amounts `it · is proposed I to expend under the authority of this Act? during the fiscal yezir I {or which said estimates are submitted, which shall iuclude E a statement oi the location of the_,buildiug$ proposed to be erected,. together with a limit of cost for the same :_ Provided, Y That in submitting such estimates the Secretary of the Treils- S ury ehall allocate `lueameuuts proposed t0·be expended to- the $ diE€IOH£iSf3t€‘S.W#1l9f9 buildings are found by him t6·be I sary, in such a manner as to distribute the same fairly on “ the ·S basis ·of ·area,I population, and postal receiptsi "_Pi·o·vided fur-. eq Jther, That {unless Specihcally provided for in the Act making, Y appropriations for public buildings, which `provision is hereby ‘€ authorized, he contract for the constructloxxf exxlurgiug, remodi I eliug,-'or extension of any building or for the purchase of land ~i authorized hy this Act‘ shall he entered into uutiltmouies ln the -f »{{'*x·easl;:·y shall he made availeblefor the peyment of all obli- E ‘ gations erieing out of such contract,.·and" unless ·the said Act v making appropriations for' public buildings 'shell otherwise D

 specifically provide; as ‘hereim1fte;· authorized, appropriations

shell he made. and expended. by the Secretary of the Treasui·y,Z p iu aucorliunce with the estimates submitted‘by the Bureau of E the Budget: Provided furlhcr, That the Act making- said t fi{}[?f(?[lfiil,l?li011S may provide for any other buildings contained ._s ih the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury hereih- 1: after preéided for :_Prm·ided further, That the Secretary of a the Treamry shall also, in 'addition to; submitting estimates to t ,t,he §Bu_ree;.1 of the Budget as herein provided, mahe an annual a repllrt, toijongreegs C0l1Yi·li!}iIlg' a statement of the location of all , u puhlie huildiugs which he and fthe, Postmaster General (·wl{ere‘ __ his deglsxrtmeaat isinvolved) deem necessary te be_,constructed —o tmder the prmfieiozxs of this·Act° togc-thef with é limit of cost p for the same: I’:·ol:ided· further, Thatthe foregoiuglprovlsos· sz shall zglot apply? to buildings or théi1·"modiHc·atlou he`retofol·e a prmsidod fo1·°l_»y Aet _0f“Cougress: _Pr¢>v¤•*d6·d furlkef, ,Tl1at at ll least two bl1ildll1gS_S1'\8u: he estimated fo1·.dmfi¤g_·the period e geovered bylthise Act‘ in each {State for p0et,0Qces with receipts ll of more than $16,000 during the lest pr£·cediug`ye&1·, for which rl poet offices no publi<· buildings have HBP!} providéd. » (May 25, Il 1926, c. 3S0,4§§ 4, 44 Stat; 632;) · ” - · a · Kew section,. a` · _ W 345. ·A§B¥0§l*i8ti0l\S and expenditures; method cf. wquiei- § tion and disposition of sites aind buildinge.=—~—Fur the pur~peee_ 0 of car1·;vi1:g out the p:·o€·ieiouss,0f this Act' the Sum oft $150.v _U 000,000, in Aacldltion to the amount authorized ein section 3 it-T . hereof, ie hereby autlaocized tobe appropriated, but under this. $“This Aet" should he traueleted {sections to 348 of this title 8 in the a.ppe¤dix." _ , t- °'l‘he Budget mul Accounting Act of June 10, 1921, constitutes Echs. 1 aud 2 of Title 31 of the Code. R - i1

s, BROPERTY, mvp WORKS , . 2092v authorization, aud. from appropriations~ (exclusive ot appma xriations made for " remodeling and jealargixig _'public" buildi Il§8,”)’, heretofore made for- the acquisition of sites for, or 1he construction, enlarging. remodeling, or extension ot, public yuildings _ under the c·0ntrol‘ of the~'1‘reasory Department, not acre than $25300,000, in the aggregate shall be expended mzmaily: Provided, That such amount as is uecemary, not to'; zxeeedi $50,000,000 of'. the. total amount authorized to, be. ex- ·· yended under the provisions ot this Act? shall be available For projects in the District ot ‘Col1;mbia, · and not more than v_ 510,000,000 thereot shall be expended. atmualiy; Provided, That Q it least one-third of the expenditures outside of the District if Columbia daring the fiseal year 1927 shall be for the buildngs heretofore authorized and at least oneathird of, the expenditures for the fiscal year 1928, "aud at least one-third of the expenditures for_tl1e_ fiscal year 1929,. shall be for a like pgarpo&° unless a less amount shall be rseeemry to complete all of saeh mildii U : Provided. further, That expenditaresli outside the )istri<t§of Columbia under the provisions of this section shall l not exceed the stun of annually ia, any one of the · itates, Tei·ritbries,- or possessioa~s;<f(,the:Ur1ited States. , . ‘ In eaeh ot the cities- in which a site is to be acquired anderahe prowiisions ofthis Aet,’ the Secretary of the Treasury shall

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dial! beiiniblished for anperiod of twenty, days in oaenot the newspapers ini said city having 'thé largest circulation, for the _ sale of lands suitable forefthe purpose. The Secretary of the -. Dreastiry shall cause the sites odered, arid: such others as may _ >e found to,_be suitable or desirable for the-purwse, to he examined in person by an agent employed or detailedforthe mrpose, who- shall make written report to said Secretary ot he results ;of said esamiaation and Tot his recominehdation hereon and the reasons therefor, which shall he accompanied ny-the original proposals and all maps; plats. and statements vhichl shall have come into his possession relating to the saidvmposed sites.- ’ · ~ t »‘ ' That in casea ·site· or additimasto a site acquired trader the nrovisiohs of. this Act°` contains a building or buildings, the iecretary of the Treasury is lterebjanttliorized, `inohis diserej § ion, to rent until theirremoval becomes necessary sash of aid Ybuildings as may be purchased the"Goeernmeat. or the and -011 which the same may be located where the? buildings ire reserved by the vendors; at_ a fair rental value, the proceeds hereof to be depos·¤ited‘ in the Treasury of the United States, md. an report of the proceedings to`be submitted to Congress muually. , ~ t a _ — ‘ n ‘ , Q That, so far as pt7a<·tleable—._all buildings constructed. eniargedr »r Iextended ,ug1der `the provisions; of this Alot " shall be uaex· ‘ »osed* to danger of tire from adjaeent buildings be an apes biice of at least forty feet on ea-ch side, ineludihg streets and alleys: Provided, That, the·Set·retary of the Treasury may, hi its discretion", aequire sites out which ah open space of the stent hereiubetore ‘.specltied_ eau not be reserved, `aad he is ikewise authorized; whenever itrhis Judgment meh action is , necessary and warranted, to reduce the open spade about any Federal bitilding heretofore constructed and under the custody, rnd control of said department, _ Z · · _ In cEarrying inte effect the provisions of this Actfiif the ieeretary of the Treast1r;j`tieem`s it to be to the bestciuterests ·f the Government to eoustruct_ Federal; buildings to take; the date of existing Federal Ehuildihgs, he- is hereby, authorized j 0 cause the present buildings to be demolished, in order that ` he sites may he utilized in whole or in part for sueh btiilditigs. »r where in his judgment it is more advantageous toeonstmct t Federal building on a' different site ia the same city, to sell 5 ‘• This Act " should betranslated " seettoaé,341 to 348 of this title n the appeadlx." o ·