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SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS . SEss. IL Cns. 384, 385. 1929 . Vol . 44,p.394,amend- (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 394), is hereby amended and ed.

reenacted so as to read as follows Con struction au thor- SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Buildings and Public ized of six artificial bathing pools. Parks of the National Capital be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to locate and construct in the District of Columbia, subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, and a fter consulta tion with the Commission of Fine Arts, as appropriations shall be provided therefor, artificial bathing pools Buildings, filtered or beaches, not exceeding 6 in number, with suitable buildings, water, etc' shower baths, lockers, provisions for the use of filtered water, puri- fication of the water, and all things necessary for the proper conduct of such pools or beaches, and to conduct, and maintain the same. Limit of cost. Sums authorized. The cost of construction of any of these pools or beaches, with build- ings and equipment, shall not exceed $150,000 each, and the appro- priation of the sums necessary for the purposes named is hereby authorized to be paid in like manner as other appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia . tra nsferred Con tro l, t etc .,the Di s- be SEC. 2. The Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the trict Commissioners . National Capital may, in the interest of economy and good admin- istration, with the consent of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transfer for such period as he shall determine, to said commissioners the possession, control, and maintenance of any of said bathing pools or beaches . Otherwise they shall be operated and maintained by the said Director of Public Buildings and Public Operation, etc., other- wise, by Dir ector of Parks, and in either case the official conducting any bathing pool Public Buildin gs, etc ƒ or beach is hereby authorized to charge and collect a reasona"ille fee Fee s authorized , for for the use and enjoyment of such pool or beach, such fees to be credit of the District. paid weekly to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia . Approved, February 28, 1929 . February 28, 1929 .

CHAP . 385 .-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the col - [S . 1168 .] [Public, No . 862.] lection and editing of official papers of the Territories of the United States now in the national archives," approved March 3, 1925 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Official papers of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of Territories . p 1104, the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the collection and editing of amended.

official papers of the Territories of the United States now in the national archives," approved March 3, 1925, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows Continuance of col- " SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of State be ordered to continue the forting, editing, Govern- work of collecting, copying, arranging, and editing of the official for issue as a Gov- ment publication,

papers relating to the Territories of the United States and to have them issued as a Government publication ." Employment of hi s- SEC. 3 . For defraying the expenses to be incurred in carrying out torical experts . the provisions of section 2 of this Act, including the employment, either in or outside of the District of Columbia, of not to exceed five historical experts, especially informed on the various phases of the territorial history of the United States, without regard to the Edition to be printed Classification Act of 1923 and the civil service rules, and for the and bound.

and binding of an edition of 1,950 copies for the Distribution by De- partment

printing of State.

Department of State, of which 6 copies shall be delivered to each Senator and 2 copies to each Representative, and 8 copies for each State or Territory to be distributed to historical associa- tions, commissions, museums or libraries and to other nondepository libraries therein designated by the Governor of each State or Terri- tory, 4 copies for the library of the Department of the Interior, and the remainder of said 1,950 shall be for the use of the Department of State, and a sufficient number of copies for distribution by the