SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . II. Cs. 270. 1929.
1241 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS OF THE P b1blicB u iil ldinogsan hd NA TIONAL CAPI TAL
National Capital . For personal services in the District of Columbia, $2,025,611, Personal services . including not to exceed $25,000 for intermittent and seasonal employees at per diem rates of compensation to be fixed by the director . F or ge neral exp enses in c onnec tion with the main tenan ce, c are, Maintenance, care, >
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of des ignat ed improvement, protection, operation, repair, cleaning, heating, and buildings, g rounds, etc . lighting of the W ashington Monument a nd grounds ; t he Li n co l n Memorial and reflecting pool ; the house where Abraham Lincoln died ; grounds surrounding executive departments ; and public build- ings in the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, including per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the direc- tor, not exceeding current rates for similar employment in the Dis- trict of Columbia ; rent of buildings in the District of Columbia, Rent, etc. and sala ries for m aint enanc e and oper atio n of the b uild ings when such maintenance and operation is not furnished by the owner under Proviso . terms of the lease : Provided, That any funds for the fiscal year 1930 ofbuiaings rent, p etc ., fo r rent s and mainte nance of bui ldings in the Distr ict t m ransferret tom the v e of Columbia for any of the executive departments and independent rector. establishments may be transferred, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital ; city directories ; contingent Contingent expenses. expenses ; traveling expenses and car fare not exceeding $300 ; com- munication service ; professional, scientific, technical, and law books ; periodicals and reference books ; blank books and forms ; photo- graphs ; maps, leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees ; not exceeding $7,000 eesmforms far employ for uniforms for employees ; the maintenance, repair, exchange, sto rage, and oper ation of not t o exc eed one m otor- prope lled pas- seng er-car rying vehicl e ; the p urch ase, maint enanc e, a nd re pair of Immediately avail. equipment and fixtures, $859,000, not to exceed $40,000 of which is able amount. t o be available immediately .
Printing and bind- For all printing and binding for the Office of Public Buildings and ing. Publ ic Par ks of the Na tional Capit al, $3, 450 . Total, Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, $2,888,061 . SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION For expen ses o f the gen eral admin istr ative offi ce, Smith sonia n Institution, including an additional assistant secretary at $9,000 per annum during the present incumbency, compensation of necessary employees, traveling expenses, purchase of books and periodicals, supplies and equipment, and any other necessary expenses, $36,004 . International exchanges : For the system of international exchanges bet ween t he Uni ted St ates a nd for eign c ountrie s, und er the direc tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, and pur chase of nec essary books and p eriodi cals, a nd tra veling expen ses, $51,297 . American ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excava- tio n and preser vation of ar chaeol ogic r emains under the di rectio n of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, the prep- ar ation of man uscrip ts, dr awings , and illustr ations , the purcha se of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $68,800 . International Catalogue of Scientific Literature : For the coopera- tion of the United States in the work of the International Catalogue Smithsonian Institu- tion. Administrative office expenses . International ex- changes. Amer ican ethnolo gy. International Cata- logue of Scientific Lit- erature.
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