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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. Cii. 289 . 1930 . f Use of Present Earn- exceeding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building : Provided urther, That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture or not . •perat ,liwerli gght t, supplies . F uel

power, Operating supplies : For fuel, steam, gas for lighting and heating he ati ng water, etc ° purp oses , wa ter, ice , li ghtin g su ppli es, elec tric cur rent for ligh ting , heating, and p ower purposes, te lephone service f or custodial force s ; removal of ashes and rubbish, snow, and ice ; cutting grass and weeds, washing towels, and miscellaneous items for the use of the custodial forces in the care and maintenance of completed and occupied public buildings and the grounds thereof under the control of the Treasury Department, including the wharf and monument at Jamestown, Virginia, and in the care and maintenance of the equip- ment and furnish ings in such buil dings ; m iscella neous supplie s, too ls, and appliances required in the operation (not embracing repairs) of the mechanical equipment, including heating, plumbing, hoisting, gas pi ping, ventila ting, v acuum-c leaning and re friger ating a ppa- ratus, electric-light plants, meters, interior pneumatic-tube and inter- communicating telephone systems, conduit wiring, call-bell and signal systems in such buildings, and for the transportation of arti- cles or supplies, authorized herein (including the customhouse in the Buildings excluded . District ,of Col umbia, but exclud ing any other pub lic building under the control of the Treasury Department within the District of Columbia, and excluding also marine hospitals and quarantine sta- tions, mints, branch mints, and assay offices, and personal services, except for work done by contract or for temporary job labor under exigency not exceeding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building), $3,168,500 . The appropriation made herein for gas shall Gas governors,

include the rental and use of gas governors when ordered by the Provisos . Secretary of the Treasury in writing : Provided, That rentals shall not be paid fo r such gas gov ernors greate r than 35 per centum of the actual value of the gas saved thereby, which saving shall be deter- mined by such tests as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct doln t telepho ne- Provided further That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized switchboard contracts

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y author ized ° to contract for telephone service in public buildings under the con- trol of the Treasury Department by means of telephone switch- boards or equivalent telephone-switching equipment jointly serving in each case two or more Government activities where he finds that joint service is economical and in the interest of the Government, and to secure reimbursement for the cost,of such joint service from available appropriations for telephone expenses of the bureaus and offices receiving the same . R. Sy sees . 3749 53730, Lands and other property of the United States : For custody, care, p.73s.c.,p.loos. protection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property of the United States, acquired and held under sections 3749 and 3750 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 40, sets. 301, 302), the examina- tion of titles, recording of deeds, advertising, and auctioneers' fees in connection ther ewith, $550 . tact' Sus Office .pervising Arc hi- OFFICE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECT .-Salaries

For the Sup ervisin g . Supervising Arc hi- Architect, and other personal services in the District of Columbia, tact, and ofce person- $39 0,670 . MISCEL LANEOUS IT EMS, TREAS URY DEPART MENT American Printing House for the Blind .

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND Expenses . To enable the American Printing House for the Blind more ade- vol. 44, p. 1060. quately to provide books and apparatus for the education of the p 2966. C ., Supp. IV, b lind in accord ance wi th the provis ions of the Ac t appro ved Feb - ruary 8, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 20, sec. 101), $65,000.