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7 4TH CONG RESS . SESS. I . CHS. 415, 416. JULY 25, 1935. to abandon the ticket age ncy and baggage accomm odations main- tained by it pursuant to the requirements of said Act . Enclosed shelter in

SEC. 2 . That in lieu of the said substat ion and facilities maintai ned lieu . at the intersection of the Seventh Street and C Street Southwest, in the city of Washington, the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- ington Railroad Company is authorized to construct and maintain on the train platform an enclosed waiting room for passengers, with convenient means of ingress and egress leading from and to the street level below . Area to revert to SEC. 3. That the area in square south of 463 on the map of the District .

city of Washington heretofore used for station purposes shall revert to the District of Columbia upon the completion of these improve- Proviso .

ments : Provided, That the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- Railroad to maintain walkways, etc . ing ton Railroad Company s hall construct and mai ntain thereon, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, adequate walkways to the adjacent streets . Amendment .

SEC . 4 . That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act . Approved, July 25, 1935 . [CHAPTER 416 .] July 25, 1935.

AN ACT

[H.R.7590.]

To create a C entral Stat istical Com mittee and a Central S tatistical Board, and [Public, No . 219 .]

for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the Central statistica l United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are Committee and Cen- tral Statis tical Boar d . hereby established a Central Statistical Committee (hereinafter Establishment; pur- pose . referred to as the "Committee") and a Central Statistical Board (hereinafter referred to as the " Board ") to plan and promote the i mproveme nt, dev elopment , and c oordinat ion of, and the elimin ation of duplication in, statistical services carried on by or subject to the s upervisi on of t he Feder al Gove rnment, and, so far as may be prac- ticable, of other statistical services in the United States . sit Committee; compo- SEC . 2 . The Committee shall consist of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor . sel ect ion . d

perso nnel of,

SEC . 3 . The Board shall consist of a chairman, who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Sen- ate, and not to exceed thirteen additional members, who shall be Provisos .

selected in such manner as the President shall prescribe : Provided, Qualifications . That not less than ten of such members shall be persons already in the service of the United States . The chairman and all the members shal l be persons technically trained in statistics, ec onomics, or public a dministr ation, known in their professi on as o f high s tanding and Chairman ; salary, wide experience . The chairman shall be the chief executive officer qualification.

of the Board, shall receive a salary of $10,000 a year, and shall not engage in any private business, vocation, or employment : Provided, Restr iction on pay- however, That if the chairman shall at the same time hold any other msntofsalary .

paid position in the service of the United States, he shall receive d uring su ch tenu re no ad ditiona l remune ration for acti ng as c hair- Members of Board; Man of the Board . No other member of the Board shall receive expenses . compensation for his services as such member, except that the Board may provide that any such other member not at the same time hold- ing any other paid position in the service of the United States shall, while attending or traveling to or from meetings of the Board or of committees thereof, receive a salary of not more than $25 per diem, and in addition thereto necessary traveling and subsistence expenses .